{"id":1260,"date":"2008-09-08T21:45:04","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T13:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2008-09-09T23:33:49","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T15:33:49","slug":"code-geass-r2-episode-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2008\/09\/08\/code-geass-r2-episode-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Code Geass R2 — Episode 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n“ICHI-JOU!”<\/p>\n

It’s cool that Lelouch is all anti-hero and I-am-the-boss<\/em> now, but there’s just something wrong about this whole situation. Too-busy-for-haircuts<\/em> Charles was a much more interesting antagonist than pretty-boy<\/em> Schneizel, mainly because Norio Wakamoto<\/a> is also the voice behind Onsokumaru<\/a> and that hard-boiled penguin from Gunparade Orchestra<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Summary<\/h3>\n

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\nEveryone’s like “ALL HAIL LELOUCH” now, but no one ever said “ALL HAIL CHARLES”<\/p>\n

It’s time for world domination. Having done away with titles and nobilities, Britannia is now a socialist dictatorship with Lelouch as the Dear Leader. Now that he has total control of the Fatherland, discretion is no longer a necessity and finesse is for pussies.<\/p>\n

\"Code
\n“I can’t believe I came all this way just to voice one line!”<\/p>\n

In less than 5 minutes of airtime, the remaining Circularly-Shaped Knights fall at the hands of the great Japanese-born Knight of Zero, Saitou Hiraga<\/a>. Some of them have waited the entire season to make their debut only to be blown apart after delivering just one line of predictable clich\u00c3\u00a9, but that’s life for you. It’s not these people’s fault for failing so hard in life; it’s the changing paradigm, the evolution of technology, and that goddamn noob, Suzaku, cheating in his new ride powered by the almighty plot device.<\/p>\n

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\n“Democracy is for noobs. Let’s decide this with good old hoop-shootin'”<\/p>\n

Lelouch wants Britannia to join the United Federation of Nations and for the whole world to unite as one big happy family ruled under his iron fist. Kaguya, torn between her pubescent feelings for Zero-sama and her duty as the Leader of The Free World\u00e2\u201e\u00a2, is highly confused and somewhat aroused by Lelouch’s aggressive advances.<\/p>\n

\"Code
\n“Please insert brain(s)”<\/p>\n

Some people (“the sheep”) see Lelouch as the defender of justice who has successfully reformed Britannia and freed the Numbers of the world, and are eager to let the reborn Britannia into the exclusive club of democratic nations, while others remain sceptical. Tamaki is an exception in that he has no opinions of his own and is merely a hollow apparition feeding on the hopes and dreams of others.<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nIT TOOK HER LONG ENOUGH<\/p>\n

Kallen bids a sad symbolic farewell to the object of her sexual affection, but we all know that she will come around by the next episode. I mean, didn’t she go through this whole melodramatic routine like ten times before? Oh, Lelouch, you’re such a fool. Unlike other love comedy male leads who have to make tough decisions and choose one girl from dozens, your load is a lot lighter thanks to Sunrise’s wanton killing of side characters. Just pick one already you bastard.<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nThey got rickrolled<\/a> by Schneizel<\/p>\n

The episode ends with some shenanigans from the Schneizel camp. But seriously, after the entire Geass issue was abruptly “settled” in the last episode, Schneizel’s oh-look-at-me-being-evil<\/em> thing just pales in comparison. So what if he has a flying fortress that can blow up entire cities? He has no glowing eyes!<\/p>\n

Thoughts<\/h3>\n

\"Code
\nHow did he convince those people to put on those clothes without using his Geass?<\/p>\n

Uh. So will we ever find out where Geass came from? Or will the rest of the episodes simply play out between too-cool-for-britannia<\/em> Schneizel ratface and bad-fashion-sense-redux<\/em> Lelouch? Frankly, I was expecting something deeper and more philosophical at the end. Considering how much they’ve been hyping the personal relationships surrounding Geass over the course of the series, I would be sorely disappointed if the ending turned out to be some gigantic mecha battle gibberish and explosions.<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nShe’s out of a job<\/p>\n

Like, what’s C.C. supposed to do now that the faux-social-darwinist human-instrumentality-project<\/em> Charles and his lovely wife are trapped for good in the infinite beyond. Look cute and make snide remarks? (That said, I do like it better now that C.C. is back to her usual cynical self.)<\/p>\n

\"Code
\n“Obey me for ever! And overlook this huge plothole!”<\/p>\n

Also, How the hell does Lelouch remove both his contacts so quickly? There aren’t even enough finger space to go around! Remember back in Season 1 when Euphie died (omg spoiler) and we were all like “ZOMG LELOUCH CAN’T CONTROL HIS GEASS NOW?” Well, I feel cheated. :(<\/p>\n

Screencaps<\/h3>\n

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\nJust to remind folks that he’s still alive<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nPizza Hut didn’t pay enough for the animation budget this episode<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nWing Zero<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nWhere is Ougi’s left hand?<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nShe’s not so annoying now<\/p>\n

\"Code
\n;)<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nBlack Knight, the old SS<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nKallen is pondering whether she should rape Lelouch round the next bend<\/p>\n

\"Code
\n“I hungeerr forrrr brainzzzzz”<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nHe looks like one of those magical CLAMP characters from Tsubasa<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nSomeone forgot to forward him the memo about wearing formal attire<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nThousand-year-old stereotypes ftw<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nHasta la vista<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nThey are the good guys now, sort of?<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nHer eyes say no but her heart says yes<\/p>\n

\"Code
\nInitial drift!<\/p>\n

My exams are this week and next week. I should be doing maths now, lol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“ICHI-JOU!” It’s cool that Lelouch is all anti-hero and I-am-the-boss now, but there’s just something wrong about this whole situation. Too-busy-for-haircuts Charles was a much more interesting antagonist than pretty-boy Schneizel, mainly because Norio Wakamoto is also the voice behind … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[125,720],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}