Code Geass R2 — Episode 2
Because fangirl pandering is (sometimes) awesome.
Code Geass R2 isn’t slowing down the pace just yet. Episode 2 is non-stop action, drama and fanservice, with a few familiar cameos to prepare the viewers for what will surely be unstoppable mayhem intertwined with intentionally misplaced comedic moments. Sunrise should concentrate more on doing this kind of shows and outsource Gundam to someone else.
Summary
Lelouch regains his memories and takes command of the Black Knights. Apparently there are still quite a number of them left, at least much more numerous than the impression I got from the blimp scene in episode one.
He carried Lelouch back all by himself and didn’t even have time to change
After getting his ass kicked the last season, Lelouch was brought before the King of Britannia by Suzaku (that no good two face bastard) and his memories were erased by the King’s Geass. It’s not explained as to why the old man has Geass (on both eyes no less!), but I guess it makes sense considering it’s the “Power of the King”. Or whatever.
I’ve always wondered… Is that a wig?
Karen has a moment of doubt and privately confronts Lelouch with a gun, but her bunny suit prevents her from being taken seriously and it degenerates into a typical love comedy situation. Her doubts cleared by her irrational lust for his love, she reaffirms her loyalty to Zero and promises to be his sex slave for eternity. (Isn’t that sweet?)
“Please… Just have sex with me.”
Lelouch does his whole life-size chess pwnage routine with the whole “B2″ and the “C6″ works, but an unexpected visitor almost foils his plan. Dun dun dun!
Activating GN field!
The Brits have a new Knightmare Frame based on the Lancelot prototype, and this time it’s not just inhumanly fast, it actually teleports! Physics never stopped anyone. But Suzaku is busy sucking up to his new boss back in the Great Fatherland, so who is piloting this? Well… Later.
It just keeps tumbling down tumbling down tumbling down
(This is my 2nd try. Will someone please get the reference?)
Predictably, Zero blows up the entire building, burying alive a good portion of the Britannia Army stationed in Area 11, allowing the Black Knights to escape in an underground passage that the Brits somehow failed to notice. C.C. must have an incredible amount of foresight to predict Lelouch’s plan of action and bring enough explosives for this, either that or he is just so darn predictable.
“Oh Zero, I love you.”
Conveniently, the Babel Tower is located right next to the Chinese Federation’s consulate and, after a bit of persuasion by Zero, the Black Knights take refuge in Chinese territory. From there, Zero appears on live broadcast and once again declares the creation of a Japanese republic.
Intentional devil horns?
The Britannia forces dare not enter consulate for fear of creating an international incident. The mysterious pilot of the physics-defying Knightmare however, has no qualms… Because he turns out to be Rollo and he has frigging Geass too!
It runs in the family
Geass is like a GN drive. It was cool back when only the protagonist had it. Now it’s cheap, widespread, and Haruhi knows where everyone is getting it from. Lelouch needs to get some kind of Super Geass soon.
Screencaps
Karen is now the official fanservice personnel
She’s unhappy with the lack of Pizza Hut in this episode
They should really train their pilots not to exit the cockpits…
This alternate universe is hilarious
Unimportant character
“Stop lying! You had your way with me using your Geass, didn’t you?”
Bewbs
いや、恥ずかしい～♪
Yagami Light
Most pointless self sacrifice so far
Very interesting camera angle
She still hates Zero
She still lusts for Zero
She’s still mentally unstable
Mikuru Beam!
Still Alive (in China)
Code Geass Musou (or Olympic torch protest gone overboard?)
On another note, I installed Vista on my primary desktop. It’s pretty decent. I don’t see the big fuss over it, but of course I wouldn’t try it on my underpowered laptop…
Also, I rewatched 08th MS Team and it was awesome. XD
April 14th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Why do I love your summaries so much?
Screencap of Uzaku and Gino as a starting image? Wow, this is some surprising choice coming from Kallen’s fanboy number one. Not that I’m complaining since I already like this guy a lot.
Oh, and what about that ‘Komm, süsser Tod’ reference? I think that everyone gets it.
April 14th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I always have this feeling that im the only one who watches Geass for political awesomeness.
you know. manipulation of the masses, revolution, terrorism,
and references to Nazi Germany and 1984
it also reminds me of Ibsen.(Norwegian poet)
“In matters of right and wrong, the majority is always wrong”
Everyone else seems to be all about the characters, (most of which i hate)
I mean Lelouch and Suzaku both seems to have more than one deus ex machina floating at their shoulder satisfying their every whim.
I mean honestly..
April 14th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Love your blog and those pic comments. And I do believe that code geass is far superior to gundam 00.
nippon banzai! Long Live Zero!
April 14th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
I think u are mistaken on how they escaped the tower. They escaped by their own made personal bridge. It was part of the tower they blown up
April 14th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Yeah this episode was relatively disappointing when all of a sudden the king had a geass…… then Rollo….. and hell, maybe the cat will get it? And why not that car? a tree? FREE GEASS FOR EVERYBODY…. but seriously, severe disappointment due to overabundance of the same damn geass, they could’ve at least all had different ones, or has creative diversity gone down the drain? Okay I made that whole creative diversity thing up, I think. Something not stupid better happen soon, or else I’ll have to drop this like Gundam 00(and I seriously don’t want to have to do that).
April 14th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Fate:
Ah… You are right. I only remembered the part where Karen says that the enemy above them will fall to the ground. But now that I think about it, I guess that doesn’t have to imply that they are underground since only the top half of the building falls.
theholyduck:
Now while I do like the setting of Code Geass, I won’t say that it’s particularly insightful in terms of the politics depicted. In fact, there’s pretty much zero politics going on unless you count the petty maneuvering for power by Britannia officers that happened once or twice.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Politics-wise it’s no Gasaraki, that’s for sure - and that might be a good thing, given what Geass seems to want to be.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Yes, that’s why we watch it for mammaries.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
I think the geass the Emperor has is rather useless compared to Lelouches (assuming memory modifieng is all he can do).
Lelouche can modify memorys by giving an appropriate order, so he can do the same and more.
In R1 one could sometimes wonder wether Suzaku is the good or the bad guy. Now it’s clear. Look at his evil face!
Uh well, i guess Lelouche has that one too.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:14 am
Perhaps the emperor can use it more than once? Not only that, perhaps he’s used it on Lelouch before.
“My mother never existed?!”
“Yeah, I grew you in a vat.”
“THEN WHY-”
“Because I find this hilarious!”
April 15th, 2008 at 12:52 am
Evangelion, but wait, “second time”? You mean your previous Code Geass post had no one getting the reference either? Ouch.
April 15th, 2008 at 1:02 am
Well that was much better than the first episode imo. Although the exchange between Lelouch and Kallen just seemed retardly bad. And ofcourse Zero announcing himself to the world again was as cheesy as possible. Hopefully we get more like this (minus some of the bad dialogue).
As for 08th MS Team, I never really understood it’s popularity. Maybe because I went expecting there to be more of an overarching plot. Personally, I was always found 0080 to be the best of the UC animated sidestories.
April 15th, 2008 at 1:40 am
I thought it was entertaining enough, including the over the top drama, sweet Kallen fanservice, Suzaku’s being a bastard, Lancelot’s magical spawn, two more people with Geass and all.
Kallen’s reaction at the end of her conservation with Lelouch was definitely tsundere, taken from the typical romantic comedy and all, but Lelouch’s not a romantic comedy protagonist (say, did he nosebleed or shy away? Nope), so at least that was not as irritating as it could be. Plus I think the slave line could be interpreted differently, seeing what others have said, my lack of moonspeak notwithstanding.
Enzer Miliard: Do you know if Lelouch, Rollo and the Emperor have exactly the same Geass? Seems to be just an assumption. I’m willing to wait and see how that is going to work. It could all end up in Geass-spam-for-all, admittedly.
Btw, 08th MS Team is indeed awesome, though the last episode was…you know, basically out of nowhere.
April 15th, 2008 at 3:05 am
“Evangelion, but wait, “second time”? You mean your previous Code Geass post had no one getting the reference either? Ouch.”
No, iirc, that was in one of the recent G00 reviews.. DarkMirage, please tell me you are kidding… everyone should have got that reference >_> NGE is.. well, NGE, you have to watch it >__<
April 15th, 2008 at 4:31 am
I think im gonna like this show. Still not sold on the purple fire but whatever.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:27 am
man, that giant tower collapsing kinda reminds me of something that happened a few years ago. It seems Lelouch is reminding us of the war on terror
April 15th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Rolo geass is the power of teleportation. Already shown in the PS2/PSP video game, Code Geass: Lost Colors. That explained the Knightmare Frame teleportation capability (It is not one of the Knightmare Frame new capability).
April 15th, 2008 at 8:41 am
@ Owen S
DM quoted that in one of his last few Gundam 00 posts. I guess everyone was just waiting for someone else to spot it back then. =p
April 15th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Actually, everyone’s geass is different from the others, be it in the way they use it (range, direct contact, etc.) So it’s not the same. Lulu can control actions, the Emperor can erase and modify memories, Rollo apparently can teleport and Mao could read thoughts.
But yeah, Geass is now the new black.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:35 am
This episode was really cool, especially the TV broadcast part. XD Mikuru Beam.