Serious Lelouch is serious
Not a particularly exciting episode, but Marianne finally makes an appearance, sort of. I can’t imagine how this is all going to end. For one thing, I don’t see any role for Kallen in the grand finale that’s being played out between the old man, the ambitious elder brother, and that good-for-nothing son who likes to play dress-up. :(
Summary
In real life, Suzaku would be a short Asian character and a whole lot less menacing
Suzaku is fashionably late in finally losing his cool and deciding to wipe out all Geass by force, considering the fact that Cornelia and Lelouch already went through this phase many aeon/episodes ago.
Not buttoning your shirt is an offence punishable by death
Schneizel reveals his hand without much fanfare and casually launches a coup d’etat over a spot of tea in the recreation room. “About that time eh chaps?” “…Righto.” I wonder how much he actually knows about this whole Geass business, like the fact that his father is immortal and is kind of hard to assassinate.
It’s like Destiny Gundam except with more hair
The old man is busy playing with his toys, which just happen to be million-year-old ruins that might just wipe out humanity through a Third Impact that makes us lose our precious AT Fields. I mean Ragnarok or whatever. I still have no idea what that this whole show is about, other than Kallen.
Maybe the sliding eye piece broke
Lelouch is acting all bad-ass for now and frankly he should be invincible now that he has apparently lost everything that was once precious to him. He is like Batman, whose girlfriend died and who now has nothing important to him that can be taken hostage by his enemies, except maybe good old Alfred. But of course that’s what Lelouch (and Bruce Wayne) thinks. C.C. and Kallen are on their way! (And Batman is totally going to fall in love with a new girl in the next movie.)
Anyway Lelouch and the old geezer are going to spend the rest of eternity together. How gay.
Thoughts
Lelouch finally realizes something that he has overlooked all this time: instead of wasting his one-use Geass on a single order, he can simply order the person to obey him forever! (Plot hole alert.)
“Yo, C.C. I, like, totally missed having hot lesbian sex with you”
And now that the mysterious Marianne has revealed her personality to be that of a high school girl on steroids, the illusion of dignified royal grace and beauty has been shattered and the image of the Britannia lineage suffers another mortal wound. Lelouch’s whole family is fricking insane, which makes one wonder what dark shameful secrets Euphie bore.
Cornelia has very flexible eyes
After being showered with attention and glory to a level normally reserved for the main characters, and subsequently thrown aside with little afterthoughts by the cruel whims of the Power That Be (i.e. the producers), Xingke looks like he may yet play some mildly important role in the final encounter. Yeah, he probably gets to kite the annoying little spawns while the real hero tanks the last boss.
Screencaps
Working up the courage to confess
Lelouch gives his last words to his true love :(
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Ethnic stereotypes rock
Lelouch’s penguin army shall rise
Poor Milly. She’s been downgraded to a generic newscaster character
“I like to touch my chin”
“ZERO I LOVED YOU!”
O_O
“Oh no! I’m going to die a virgin. T_T”
He’s his father
Wearing that uniform gets you killed, 100% of the time
Rough night
London bridge is falling down~
I guess Marianne arranged for her own death so that so can have a loli body
She’s back
It looks like two pillars of shit
Recently I started reading Hatsukoi Limited by Mizuki Kawashita, the author of Ichigo 100%. It’s really awesome, but it’s also surprisingly short at only 4 volumes, compared to Ichigo’s 19. I’m having Tsukasa nostalgia.
actually i mentioned the possibility that she is either Euphie or Marianne but it got called “crap” which makes me even more happy that it turned out this way ^^
uhhh that killing 35+ million people might change someones mind didnt occur to you eh?
whats with people calling it rushed? didnt feel like that to me at all, maybe you guys are to slow to comprehend it? whiners :P
So Lelouch’s eye did that swirl thing again like when he was going around killing Geass-ers.
I want to assume he might actually turn into a Geass.
I like this episode, it threw like, half those spoilers from the last batch of comments out the window.
I’m assuming that was a typo, but the idea of Lelouch turning into a red Geass symbol still made me chuckle a little.
Let me get this right, C.C. granted the Queen a Geass but kept breaking the deal they struck… guess dying before your time will do that. Looks like her Geass was the ability to copy her memories and personality onto someone elses. Chances are the memory flash backs Anya was having were just that then. Seems everything Anya had was their to remind her or rather the Geass in her, of whan to go off.
Guess the King killed the Queen then in order to have Geass to himself!?
Whats with Knight of Ones eye, wasn’t it glowing as if he had a Geass?
Damn, Kallen have no moar role in teh showzsz!!!!!
Ah, Hatsukoi limited? Its funny because in the series, the prettiest junior girl falls for the ugliest junior guy in her class. XD And the Modonna of 10th grade falls for a sister-loving guy. Friggin hilarious.
But seriously… 2 piles of shit?
Anyway, watching Lelouch go crazy is like black rebellion all over again. he kicked so much ass back then… ^_^
And Yes, the Knight of one has a Geass. No one knows what it is, but it is a Geass.
And for god knows why, it just had to be in the eye that was sewn shut. The Geass is so wasted on him.
Since we dont know what his geass does it isn’t sure wether or not he needs the eye. Geass always manifests in the eye, but its not necessary to have it open. Mao or Rollo could use their geass without their eyes.
Though if it was sewn shut because of his Geass, then it’s safe to say that it requires eye contact or at least a Geass that requires your eye(s) to be open.
Hmm, I shouldn’t find the slightest amusement in my own typos…
but, I chuckled a little too…
I personally like the order of confrontation here, they’ll probably finish off all the metaphysical/Geass-related info next episode, probably who made those 8 Geass ruins, and what Charles’ real plan was. Then the remaining 4 episodes will deal with the political situation between the UFN and Britannia and Schenizel’s plans. Many series do it in reverse (political, then metaphysical), often leaving the viewers with Gainax endings or mindscrews.
I think Bismark’s Geass is along the lines of ‘kill anyone who looks into my eye’, that’s probably why it’s sealed-he claims that ‘strength without limits is nothing but violence’.
As for Marianne, I think her Geass was more of a ‘hyperlink’ than a ‘memory backup’, and that her persona is in the World of C; not sure what ‘on OUR side’ means, do she and Charles have an agreement?
And I partially expected her to be lighthearted, the impression up until now was that she wasn’t reserved or delicate like the rest of the Emperor’s wives, being a KMF pilot is a clear sign of this. Plus, I can see where Lelouch and Nunnaly get their kinder/more carefree personality traits from.
cor-
You said resurrected if my (brilliant) memory serves me right, that theory was indeed crap, but having a geass used on a girl to perserve your life and memories is something entirely different, still I wasn’t expecting that Anya was Marianne.
andreas-
We know for a fact that it is geass, we just don’t know what it does, I’m betting that he lost control of it and sewed up his eye to hide it since he apparently isn’t like C.C., who can produce geass-blocking contacts out of no where.
Why do people say the animation quality was low in this episode? I was rather impressed.
biltwick-
A few spoilers in here…
Charles is NOT the final boss, apparently that gets resolved in the next episode (or the one after?) Not sure exactly when, it’s also confirmed Schniezel is the final boss, which came as a surprise to me, although it seems rather odd since the emperor is trying to destroy the world.
We have no clue about Bismarcks geass, but it’s something that makes him strong enough for Suzaku’s live on geass to activate, even when there seems to be no problem.
I agree about Marianne’s geass, that can really be the only explanation, a geass that allows her to perserve her life through storing her memories in another. Thinking about it that way really makes all the Marianne related stuff so far make some sense.
We knew she was lighthearted, it was mentioned in the picture dramas, like when she threatened another one of the imperial wives with the Ganymede when they were bugging Lelouch and Nunally, all the while acting polite and almost cheerful.
She is a very interesting character.
I don’t know how the story will end up but i’m pretty sure it is gonna be a strange one and interesting.
sandslayer:
I didnt mean that it is not geass, i just meant that the fact that it’S sewed up doesn’t mean it’s not working. Rolo’s or Mao’s Geass worked fine without anyone actually seeing their eyes.
@sandslayer
who cares about the method, the end result that she is Marianne is what counts.
and last time i checked none of your theories which werent friggn obvious came true so just stfu.
Ooh, I’m so scared cor.
Bullshit, the means in which the result is obtained is equally important. What your saying is like killing your teacher because you don’t want to do your homework.
Let me remind you that theories are just that, Theories. I can spout as many as I want out of my ass, it doesn’t matter, all it shows is that I’m creative enough to formulate what I have seen into a possible end result, something you are incapable of.
And don’t be going off saying that your theories were the same, because they weren’t. You based them off absolutely nothing. A reincarnation eh? Hardly. Was that hinted at in any part of the show? No. Also, implanting your life and memories in someone isn’t reincarnation, go look it up so you might have a slight bit more of an understanding of the world.
So in conclusion, think before you type so you don’t sound like a fucking retard who is competely ignorant of everything important.
Sorry for the double post, but this is a theory, not a rant.
I have a feeling Kaguya is going to play some important role in the next few episodes, I say this because her character is a tad under-used and because for some reason, a character that seemingly held little importance is suddenly suspicious of the OotBK leaders, and she believes Zero is still alive AND she’s heading to where he is. Also, she seems to realize that her and Zero were only a couple for media purposes and she thinks he never really viewed her as anything more, though she still loved him.
I am hesitant to say this but Kaguya has held a soft spot in my heart since her debut, and I’m hesitant because every single other character short of Ougi and Viletta (whom I now hate) that were the same way, have died.
Anyway, Kaguya, I think, is going to influence something major in the next few episodes. Hopefully something Lelouch related and not Schniezel or Suzaku related. Well, heres to the hope that the underused loli will finally show some usefulness in the plot!
Yeah, I agree with the whole Kaguya thing, makes alot of sense in my eyes.
what a lame ass comparison, yes you wouldnt need to do your homework but the end result wouldnt be the same since you would also go to jail.
the way you do that will affect the outcome and change it but in the case of the theories here it will not, shes marianne no matter the method used.
i almost fell from my chair laughing from this. Thats exactly what i did with the Euphie/Marianne theorie but according to you when i do it its “crap” and when you do it its “creative” ROFL
your anya sister theorie wasnt based on anything in the actual anime either lol.. the only thing we have from that are her visions and those hint more to Euphie than anyone else because she is known to have played alot with Lulu&Nunnally in the imperial garden but is the only one not seen in those visions.
also reincarnation is no odd theorie since we have an anime with immortal people, supernatural powers and 25feet mechas here and sunrise has already quite a reputation for bringing believed to be dead people back. If we had a real life scenario here then it would be totaly unrealistic but code geass isnt even close to that. You only embarrass yourself by calling such a theorie crap.
i never said that, learn to read.
i think you should take your own advice huh? i think everyone saw already from the recent flamewar that your the biggest idiot here and you proved it yet once again.
I was kinda bored with this whole thing, but the recent bitching urges me to interject. You guys need to calm down. It’s quite possible to argue or debate with each other without resorting to insults on both sides, really. Insults just make you look petulant and immature. Come on people, be polite. The internet is already enough of a cesspool without pulling 4chan style talk into here.
dude cor, your just dumb. stop acting smart aleady, you arent and you never will be so just stfu and gtfo of this blog alridy.
cor-
I would normally have gone off at you, torn everything you said apart, shove it down your throat and watch you slowly choke to death, but Amnestic is right, we can’t be fighting like this here, even if you are completely retarded and you like saying stupid things worded in even crappier ways that makes you seem smart even though you really aren’t.
Now I don’t want any more crap from you and I won’t respond to any more flaming responses. If you have anything intelligent to say, say it. If not, shut up.
Amnestic-
I appreciate how you step in to petty arguements like that to remind of us of how we should act, just remember that I’m not exactly one to hold back when someone calls me out.
Now can we get back to talking about the anime? The whole point of me putting the idea about Kaguya in was so that the conversation would be diverted less into flaming and more into arguing about theories about the anime and where it’s heading(not reincarnation, that’s just stupid. I’m talking about Kaguya’s role).
One little add in to the Kaguya theory, Asahina also held little importance in the story but he grew suspicious about Zero and later served as one of the trigger for the OotBK’s banishment of Zero. That being said, they might have a build up in suspense like that again, except with Kaguya heading it.
This I disagree with. Everyone is allowed to be here unless DM says otherwise. Petty namecalling and needless insults just perpetuate themselves though, it’s tiresome and altogether rather pointless. Voicing your opinions=Fine. Disagreeing with others=Also, fine. Disagreeing with others and insulting them for it=Not necessary, really.
Though I am addressing a point by Sandslayer, this is to anyone and everyone who cares to take note.
While I accept that you may not be one to hold back, I can make the point that it is possible to defend yourselves without resorting to insults. If nothing else, take the moral highground of not being childish. Insulting people is not a constructive use of your time. Intellectually pulling their points apart to show their flaws can be, as it shows superiority without being childish, as well as keeping other readers somewhat interested.
*sigh* I feel old. First I tell my younger brother to clean his room, now I’m lecturing people on being nice to each other. I should have a good twenty more years behind me before I start doing this kinda thing.
And this is why I get all my posts done on the first few pages before the insult storm hits!
dan-
Your a bit late for the insult storm dude, and it was rather short this time around (though knowing me, unless someone stopped it, it probably would have gone on and on and on).
Amnestic-
Alright, alright, enough already. I dropped the arguement with cor and hopefully he doesn’t bring it back up. Even if he does I’m not replying to it. Just not worth my time anymore, and it’s stupid, like you said.
Normally I don’t insult someone unless they go at me first, or they say something really, really repugnant (I have a low tolerance for some of the rampant rape jokes going around this site). In any case, I don’t really like argueing too much where it’s just plain ranting, because it’s not arguing.
People call me an asshole because I like to argue and they have a set-in-stone concept that arguing is some horrible thing and it’s only done by angry crack users beating their wives and by little children not getting their way, and that it’s ALWAYS negative. That’s not it, arguing is an intellectual process of proving your point about something over another person’s point.
I rant at someone when I’m angered, just as I’ve done with cor (twice in the past) and with MTP (hehe, sucker) and numerous others around the site who’ve offended me or insulted me, but I really do prefer arguing my points.
In any case, let’s discuss this damned anime, which is the purpose of me being here! Amnestic, if your so wise, you must have some counter for my theory…unless you agree…and then that would suck.
cor-
I can’t resist this one last thing.
Actually it would be the same. The goal was to not have to do your homework (the reason being you didn’t want to), so you killed your teacher. You don’t have to do your homework now. Even if you go to jail, your main objective has been completed, the little side details don’t matter.
And it’s not a “lame ass comparison” it’s an extreme example, a classic persuasive trick. Maybe you should read Animal Farm and listen to some of Squealers arguments, that could give you a few examples.
Now enough, back to anime.
ANYWAY
wonder how many more plot twists will show up in the next few eps….hope they don’t end up rushing shit
Interesting episode which leads us to the truth of geass in 21 episode.
I don’t know what to expect from next episode, but I’m pretty sure C.C. will save Lelouch or C.C and Marianne will save Lelouch, but I’m more sure of C.C.
i think its just safe to sit back, relax, and watch each episode every week, enjoying what’s happening. don’t make supr srs speculations, just enjoy what the writers and animators have given us! that’s what im gonna do.
It’s good to speculate though. It exercises your mind and improves your ability to perceive things, also if your good enough, you can argue your point with others which also brings satisfaction of knowing that you know your shit.
That aside, I don’t think they are going to rush things too much. I’m not sure how many episodes there will be, some say 25 and others say there will be a 26th episode thats an hour long. One person even says they will conclude it with a movie (but I doubt it).
They have plenty of time to make the story wrap up (2 and a half hours if 25 episodes, and 3 and a half if there is a 26th episode thats an hour long…and maybe even 4hours or more if there is a movie). Besides, there isn’t much left to explain since next episode focuses on the emperor’s intentions and Mariannes purpose, then the rest of the episodes start up the final confrontation between Schniezel and Lelouch.
I’m hoping for a good (though neccesarily happy) ending, anyway it goes, it should be awesome as it is very hard to mess up at this point.
I Like Code Geass :]
And i’ve recently started to read your blog :D
And i see The Ranting above, and i dont know much of what its about..
So i just want to say, I Love Jesus :D
Lets face it, judging how things go they will likely slip in a ‘recap’ episode for episode 21… just for those who don’t recall how we came this far! Most likely narrated by either C.C. or Lelouch!
@Dragoon: Or Charles.
I don’t think so. So far the only Code Geass recap episodes were .25 etc. episodes that were only included in the box sets. I highly doubt they would suddenly change that towards the end and add in a recap when they really would need the episodes for further developements. Either way, here’s the short summary for episode 21 from wikipedia. It seems a bit spoiler heavy so don’t read it if you don’t like spoilers.
So recap? No.
My theory right? Yes.
Get used to it.
I think that lelouch is going to be able to take charle’s code and kill him because his geass will be strong enough. And also C.C., Marianne/Anya, and Suzaku are going to end up reopening the door to retrieve lelouch.
Also Sandslayer I do think that your theorie about Anya being lelouch’s real sister is possible but i doubt that it would be that way because thay already revelead something significant about Anya.
Anya could possibly be his sister merely because of the memories being implanted in her. Who knows, it could have just been a random pick, but then again it might not have. Also, Marianne didn’t seem to concerned about Nunnally being dead, which makes me believe she wasn’t her daughter or she isn’t dead, or she doesn’t know. OR maybe it’s a plot hole? Who knows.
Revealing something significant about someone doesn’t kill off the mysteries about someone. We learned Suzaku killed his father but we still don’t know why he is so twisted and acts like a total retard, even towards his previous best friend, and there has to be some sort of ultimate mystery revealed in order for Lelouch to stop himself from only wanting to get rid of his father and go after Schniezel, since we know that Schniezel apparently will be the final boss….wow, run-on sentence.
Everything aside, I liked Anya more than Nunnally, so I prefer that Nunnally is gone and Anya is his real sister.
…Ok all right, I never liked Nunnally at all, she annoyed me.
Anyways, I’m really curious about Bismarck because his geass is apparently so powerful it activated Suzaku’s live on geass, right when the fight started. Very, very interesting…
sand, your kinda getting annoying again, i mean look how much you write off one little thing. tone it down a bit.
Wtf is with you posting spoilers all the time too i mean, when i read it I don’;t want to read spoilers that jsut makes the experience worse.
i dont think anya is his sister no matter what you think. makes no sense and it’s just stupid, kinda like you sometimes.
Anya is his mother and not his sister, if his mother was in his sisters body wouldnt that be weird and makes some of the christian viewers mad?
I can write as much as I want first of all, and it’s not that much compared to some of the other posts I’ve written. If you want to see how much I can write, go ahead and ask, I am perfectly capable of posting on and on and on.
As for spoilers…I said it was a spoiler, I warned you, it’s your own fault that you read it. Not mine.
Oh, how tempting it would be to rant at you, but people don’t want to read that sort of stuff.
It’s an anime, all I’m saying is that her being his sister would explain why she was chosen for Mariannes memories. It is also possible that she was chosen randomly, but I’m just stating all the possibilities.
And how to Christians tie into this? Please explain your thoughts, most of mine on this matter would just make the over-protective-religious types on this site hate me and rant at me.
Jesus, four posts on one page, I’m done for now, at least until another page opens up.
I agree that speculation is very good for brain training, but I’m just gonna sit back and watch how things play out :P
I’ll totally read and comment on you guys’ stuff tho :D
sand just stfu already, you do write too much and everybody hates it you fag.
your too weak sand and you dont kno anything about anything, especially about cg so just stfu cuz nobody here likes you or wants to hear your theories
Sandslayer most of what you said about anya makes sense, I mean Anya would have had to have some kind of relationship with marianne, that she would use the geass on her. Also some other things that point this out is that i think Anya is around the same age as nunally, Anya has the picture of lelouch as a kid, and the fact that she is an elite knightmare pilot could have been a trait passed down from marianne.
@ overessence
just get over it sandslayer is just going to post whatever he feels like posting
anyway i enjoy speculation because i think its fun to see what other people thoughts are about what is going to happen.
as for spoilers i do think that there should be a way to hide them so the experiences is not ruined
the anya thing is possible but i kinda dont thinks its going to happen.
@ overessence
shut the hell up…. quitcher bitchin…..
i think Anya needs more background n shitz
Just so everyone knows. They do have plans to fill the time slot so I don’t think they will try anything fancy. I could be wrong.
http://gunota.info/index.php/2008/07/07/official-info-of-gundam-00-season-2-leak/
Also, very short but a preview.
http://anime-media.com/mobile-suit-gundam-00-series-2/
I do have something to say about CG episodes but I can’t word it right so I’m giving up and leaving it at this.
grav and inv you guys too ar fags, what happend to the uprising against sand not too long ago? I thought you guyz wer tired of sand rantin at us.
and inv why dun you stfu, yer bitchin more than me you dumbass and you post totally useless shit like sayin anya needs mor background.
I say kill the bitch an get it over with
so sand, nobody likes you and nobody ever listens to u so stfu already fag
Excuse me, that was supposed to be (though not neccesarily happy). Woops. Funny I didn’t notice before.
Amnestic-
I’m still waiting on you to write something, it’s getting kinda boring over here.
grav-
I’m glad to see you appreciate speculation. I’ve always like others (intelligent) opinions on things as well, which I often use as a base for an arguement.
invshika-
I agree, I’ve been pretty interested in Anya’s role and that would greatly please me if they covered the background for her.
hi-
Remember that the season finale for Code Geass Season 1 was roughly 4 months after episode 23, so they might just have something like that again, where they air it quite a bit afterwards so they have the same time slot, or something.
overessence-
What? Are you trying to be MTP and dedicate whole posts just to rant at me? OR maybe your trying to be like Karl Marx and incite a revolution through your beliefs? Am I that bad a person? I don’t care, I really don’t. Your like a small fly on the ass of a collosal cow.
I don’t need this, and I doubt your going to find much support unless MTP decides to come back for a second round (yes, I did win you failure). I will say the same thing to you as I said to cor. If you have anything intelligent to say, say it. If not, shut up.
Well, that was too long of a rant for my tastes, sorry everybody. Rants are probably more boring to write than to read, though.
aint been on this site for ages! what happened to MTP anyway?
i totally agree with overessence about sand and invshika
mtp was stupid, he didn kno wut he wuz talkin about. he jus thought he was some incredible person with a great life, but he was really just faggy like sand.
gbabh, mtp was stupid too, he thought he wuz all smart like sand but he culd have been worse cuz he only ranted at sand, sand actually duz talk about anime. so stfu gbabh cuz your soundin like them by supportin mtp and bein gay.
i stil think sand shuld just go off and die tho.
all i asked was what happened to him , i never supported him you prick!
cant wait for the new lancelot to make its debut
On the note of the theory of Kaguya being suspicious of the Black Knights, If you watch ep 7. You see Kaguya forming an alliance/agreement between her, C.C and kallens akin to the “three ladies” (I’m unfamiller with the term unfortunatly) either way, Kallen and C.C are going to stay loyal to Lelouch throughout the show and so theirs no suprise that Kaguya would do so as well.
3D
well did say herself that they were just a political couple so i dont think shes going stay loyal
besides she under pressure from the the rest of the BK
overessence
dude clam down i just said sandslayer is just going to post whatever he feels like posting
you can stop ranting now we get your point just some of us dont agree with you
just clam down and let it go