Code Geass R2 — Episode 11
“Where’s my pizza?”
It’s cool now guys. Code Geass is back from the dead. As Pierce Brosnan would say if he were an anime otaku blogging about Code Geass: It lives to die another day. Okay, so it’s not perfect, but at least we are free of this particular uninspired story arc and on to greener pastures, hopefully.
Summary
Zero’s plan is to force the eunuchs to attempt to kill the Empress, so that he can save the day and record it with his low quality camcorder for street cred. (We all know that rebels can’t afford proper camera equipment.) He puts up an act to protect the empress, and in doing so position himself to gain the trust and goodwill of the people of the Chinese Federation and Xingke.
Of course, in order to achieve this, he needs to be actually capable of protecting the Empress in the first place. We all saw how hard he got owned in the last episode, and it certainly wasn’t an act considering poor Kallen was made POW because of it. :( So how exactly does he intend to put weight behind his words? Perhaps some kind of brilliant master plan involving the reanimation of China’s past emperors as invulnerable zombies of terror?
“I have cooties!”
But of course, this is Sunrise. The First Law of Gundamian Robotics: all sticky situations can be resolved by introducing a new mecha.
Hey, how did Sunrise get this picture of me?
Its name is Shinkirou (蜃気楼), which is Japanese for Mirage. It’s also painted mostly black, so I’d say that it can fairly be described as “dark”, no racism intended. Therefore, I shall christen it Dark Mirage because Sunrise was clearly inspired by my blog.
Any resemblance to Tiananmen is purely coincidental
The Chinese people revolt after seeing Zero’s propaganda YouTube video, the eunuchs get owned, Britannia withdraws, Zero and the Black Knights are the heroes, and all’s well that ends well.
That girl on the right needs to get more airtime
Diethard thinks that a political marriage between the Empress and a Japanese will be necessary to cement the relationship. Lelouch is stupid enough to agree. As any one with half a point of EQ can tell, that is a stupid idea that will only serve to destroy any current goodwill. The plan is promptly aborted in face of overwhelming oppositions from the “true love” camp, i.e. the girls, which surprisingly includes C.C.
Shirley—she’s still a character in Code Geass
Lelouch then heads back to Area 11 in Dark Mirage, which also happens to be a submarine, and takes over from Sayako, who has been filling his role since he left for China. (In various ways.) School life hilarity intertwined with counter-intelligence operations await us in the next episode.
Thoughts
Real men have holes in their shields
So, Dark Mirage, or DM, is a Knightmare Frame which apparently specializes in defence. But the designers probably forgot to send DM that memo, because after defending Xingke and the Empress from a barrage of artillery fire, it calmly proceeds to shoot the crap out of everyone with its overpowered phase transition cannon prism thingizmo. This is very unfair because as anyone who has played World of Warcraft would know, speccing stamina means that you don’t have enough points for agility and strength.
Apparently, DM also stands for deus ex machina.
The Chinese girl gets like one entire line in this episode
Nitpick of the week: In one scene, some peon is informing the eunuchs that cities all over the Chinese Federation are revolting after watching Zero’s masterpiece and he mentions Jakarta and Islamabad. This is something that wouldn’t happen in real-life (if they were part of China), because the official names of those cities would have been in transliterated Chinese. Moreover, the name “Jakarta” is a recent rendition of the city’s name and it would make more sense to use more historical names, depending on the time it was assimilated into the Federation.
The Geneva Convention never happened
This episode is also noticeably strong on the fanservice front. Not that I am complaining. But I do wish Kallen’s Britannian captors treated her better. She’s all bound up and stuff. T_T That sick bastard Suzaku and his BDSM fetish.
Also, isn’t it interesting how Lelouch immediately thinks of Nunnally after Shirley explains to him the meaning of true love? Oh Lelouch, your harem is wasted on you, you siscon rascal.
Screencaps
I don’t understand Toudou’s role in the story
Rakshata is a bloody genius
The garage couldn’t fit
“Who needs tactics when you have technology?”
“Sir, Zero is drinking our milkshake”
Do not adjust your monitor
When characters do this, what are they actually staring at?
The Britannian Eunuch
Only in anime, folks
One day, Shirley will reveal herself to be the true evil mastermind and do something
What every world leader needs: a loli and a 20-feet mecha
It’s amazing how Lelouch manages to stay focused on Nunnally
I mean jeez, even the camera is distracted
Nice boat.
The new love interests in Lelouch’s ever-expanding love comedy harem
And the yaoi fangirls go wild!
My midyear exams are next week. Or rather, this week. Or more precisely, today. I should get some sleep. Japanese paper in a few hours… T.T
June 27th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
My bad. Some errors.
The eunuchs were the ones having the most control over the chinese federation. If Lelouch did not stop the coup, the eunuchs would still be there, and he probably would not have been able to gain the territory of the chinese federation, as the eunuchs supported Britannia and Tianzi had very little control over the federation. The eunuchs would still have control over the chinese federation, as opposed to what he did in stopping the coup. He was able to gain the terriotory of the chinese federation, as the eunuchs were out of the way already.
June 28th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Lets face it, we all know that a certain Blacknights act pilot is going to have a date with a big guy and his magic eye of memory removal!!
June 29th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Yah know, on the picture with Suzaku staring evily, Unleass i’m confusing it with something else, I think In THIS case, he’s staring at Kallen… Sick Bastard. I mean come on!, Its bad enough Kallen gets captured, but Suzaku went overboard with the restraining method.
I mean really. I think he just wants to make her and Lulu chan suffer.
Either way, there is one statement we can ALL agree on:
SUZAKU IS A F#$%ING BASTARD AND (NOT MUST,) BUT WILL DIE SOON.
He’s gone totally evil now.
The only two questions remaining now is, When will Kallen rejoin the group. and two, when will suzaku get whats comming?
June 29th, 2008 at 7:09 am
Suzaku has been an evil SOB and a tool since the beginning, nothing much has changed.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
i agre flame of heaven, he deserves 2 die.
July 1st, 2008 at 4:37 am
Have you seen the little tiny seen where Zangetsu’s hair blocks a kick from Lancelot.
It’s hair is like steel, now if it can be fired like a Slash Harken….
July 6th, 2008 at 8:15 am
If lelouche didn’t intervene xinge wouldn’t have been able to stop the eunuchs. Then Xinge would’ve looked like the betrayer and both china as Brittania would be against Xinge and the Black rebellion.. The only reason they got China behind them is because of lelouche recording it all because he predicted it, I think it’s you guys who’s IQ has been dropping. No offense..
July 8th, 2008 at 9:18 am
What every world leader needs: a loli and a 20-feet mecha…funiest shit ever
October 19th, 2008 at 1:33 am
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