Code Geass R2 — Episode 10
Zero and the Black Knights make off with the Empress, but their escape is blocked by Xingke. I am of the opinion that the writers for the series are secretly taking a long break in Hawaii and the current story arc is actually being written by the office janitor.
Summary
Seriously… What does the hair do?
Zero backstabs Xingke and kidnaps the Empress. His cunning plan is to create a new federation of states of which the new Japan is to be a member. He has the backing of the Indians and he believes that Mongolia will be supportive of the move.
Just why the heck does that yellow blob thing wear a hat?
Unfortunately, before Zero can make his getaway, Xingke shows up in his brand new Shenhu (Divine Tiger) Knightmare Frame and proceeds to massacre Indian-made Akatsukis, resulting in much death and destruction. He manages to capture Kallen and defeat Zero with superior strategy. Considering Zero’s jarring drop in IQ in recent episodes, it’s not too difficult.
This looks nothing like a tiger
Outwitted by Xingke in battle, Lelouch escapes to Tiandi Bashiba Ling (天帝八十八陵), a fictional resting ground for dead emporers, where he has set up a stronghold to hold out against the Chinese and Britannia forces that are coming for him.
Evil(er) clone?
Also, Lelouch has the power to teleport. o_o
Thoughts
The writers seem to believe that 合衆国 (a translation unique to United States) and 連邦 (federation) are different things. Zero says that he wants to set up a 中華合衆国 (literally a Chinese United States) to which the Empress replies, “But we are a federation (連邦)…” Zero then makes the absurd statement that the federal system is outdated.
She’s annoying
This shows a blatant lack of understanding on the writers’ part. The United States is a federation and the term 合衆国 was created simply because America likes to have a unique name. The political system itself is essentially the same thing: a federation.
Moving on.
The build-up in this episode is essentially non-existent. Just like how Xingke’s coup d’état was planned, revealed and crushed in just one episode, Zero’s escape plan is over in a flash. It lacks suspense and impact.
Brilliant tactic: drive straight
Lelouch’s plans are supposed to involve a series of seemingly unrelated preparations during which the audience is left to wonder what his actual strategy is going to be. The final unveiling is supposed to make every small element click together in a satisfying manner, until something unexpected crops up and much drama ensues. Recently, the writers have decided to forego the clever part and just jump straight to the drama.
It’s hard to deal with the fact that your classmate is a terrorist
And a final note… According to a forum post on a Chinese forum, Tiandi Bashiba Ling is an allusion to Ming Shi San Ling. Since they don’t look anything like each other, I’m not sure where that comes from. I wonder what the Chinese nationalists feel about what’s been shown in Code Geass thus far.
Screencaps
Kinky
Dopey, Grumpy, Doc, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy
Seppuku
It’s not China if there’s no panda…
Get a hair cut you hippie
Seriously disturbing
No one notices C.C. thanks to the brilliant disguise
Speaking of teleporting: David Copperfield’s Portal illusion.
June 21st, 2008 at 6:35 am
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You can download them for free there, though the downloads take some time. I don’t know how long they take to get new episodes though, I personally use a different sight I pay for,
http://www.anime-plus.com/
It’s $6 a month, gets subs almost as soon as they have them, and has fairly fast, high quality downloads.
Also if giving these sites was against the rules DM I apologize and of course feel free to delete or alter this post.
June 21st, 2008 at 6:46 am
i get a feeling that lulu’s recent failures in battles may be some preparatory plots for lulu/zero/the order’s downfall by someone’s betrayal. (like by Shinichiro)
June 21st, 2008 at 10:33 am
I bet that Rolo and Lelouch switched places at some point. Where I have no idea because there didn’t seem to be an opening for such a thing to happen. Lelouch was on a floating chunk of ice for quite some time and I imagine it would take awhile just to travel to and from their new home to Japan. Not to mention they’d have to get stilts for Rolo.
And about Sunrise sucking recently, I thought G00 was awesome up until the season finale. That last episode, to me, killed the first season. A cliffhnager immediately followed by a 4 year timeskip followed by another cliffhanger? Who the f**k came up with that?
June 21st, 2008 at 10:35 am
By the way, the 7 dwarfs comment was hilarious.
June 21st, 2008 at 9:39 pm
“I bet that Rolo and Lelouch switched places at some point. Where I have no idea because there didn’t seem to be an opening for such a thing to happen. Lelouch was on a floating chunk of ice for quite some time and I imagine it would take awhile just to travel to and from their new home to Japan. Not to mention they’d have to get stilts for Rolo.”
another slight flaw with that, is that rolos geass is in his right eye whilst lelouchs is in his left. and zero is shown in this ep with a geass in his left eye
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:03 am
@ Sourrooster:
G00 was good at the beginning, however I felt that they started to ruin much earlier then the final episode of the season. The first start was when they screwed with a lot of the political stuff, it was fine at the beginning but a ways through they pretty much threw that out only bringing so much in as to have minor excuses for senseless combat. After that they just added a lot more of characters being emo and more senseless pointless combat. I understand that CB was getting attacked a lot but some of the times when they went on the offensive were for little or no reason at all when you consider their purpose. As for the time skip that really wasn’t of too much concern to me, anime shows do that all the time in order to advance the plot. Clearly nothing important happened in that time that was skipped so can u imagine them playing episode after episode just to fill in that time. There would be far to many episodes of nothing and viewers would lose interest. Them killing so many people off at the end, especially main characters was annoying but most of the had become emo anyway so if they play it right it could be a good thing. But this is just my opinion, so whatever.
June 22nd, 2008 at 11:51 pm
well,let say…to put it this way.i might be impressed by the code geass plot but not for the whole characters & the knightmarish-thingy but then again i like the designed characters & the mecha that were to be made at MSG00 rather than the plot does.what i mean to say’s,in CG,the story were very strong while in MSG00 is not that so.and the characters in CG the characters & the robots are not much appealing(to me)but the characters & gundams in MSG00 were somewhat,cool-looking rather than how well the story goes.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:04 am
I don’t know if anyone’s going to read this, but I have something to say about the original poster’s comment:
“Zero then makes the absurd statement that the federal system is outdated.”
I beleive you might have misunderstood. As I interpreted it, Zero was implying that the current system of the *Chinese Union*’s rule was outdated, not the entire federal system itself.
Any thoughts?