Code Geass R2 — Episode 24
Old rivalries will finally be settled once and for all, the dead have started to rise from their graves, and the last boss is revealed; everything is coming to an end. Or perhaps it has already ended. Spoilers ahead.
Summary
Xingke, always too willing to be manipulated, ambushes and boards the Avalon with the pathetic remnants of the Black Knights. It is quite clear that Schneizel has no intention of halting his FLEIA spam just to let Xingke rescue his precious loli, so this is a rather suicidal move.
This thing is three episodes late
Nina finally completes her anti-FLEIA device, what I call the Lance of Longinus. But she has no time to write an auto-configuration programme, so the input parameters for the device must be manually entered by hand. And instead of being attached to a guided missile warhead, the lance has to be hand-thrown by a Knightmare. Then again, Evangelion did it first.
Thanks to Nina’s design, Lelouch’s record-breaking typing speed, and Suzaku’s throw, the Avalon survives complete annihilation, thus saving the lives of Xingke and friends. How ironic.
“Who could’ve imagined that our sole weak point would be used against us?”
Like all superweapons of doom, the Damocles has the most powerful offence and defence capabilities but suffers from a single fatal flaw: it has to open its shields to fire FLEIA. Since nothing can penetrate Damocles’ shields while they are up, Schneizel should’ve waited until it is in the safety of low-Earth orbit, beyond the operating height of Knightmares, before trying to kill Lelouch with FLEIA. But I guess he, like the designers of the Death Star and its exhaust port, wants to give the protagonist a chance to win.
Love rivalry turns ugly
C.C. and Kallen fight over the right to Lelouch’s virginity. It is quite obvious that the new pink Knightmare was introduced just to sell more toys for Bandai because it does absolutely nothing. C.C. gets owned before you can say “catfight”. This is what you get when you spend decades eating pizza and sleeping.
“Lelouch, behind you!”
Lelouch manages to Geass Schneizel, thus putting an end to this whole story… Oh wait. Schneizel, in spite of his selfish genius, did not plan for a manual override to the Key of Damocles. Hence, Nunnally is the last boss. How shocking.
Thoughts
I find it hard to believe that Lelouch could’ve predicted the content of his conversation of Schneizel down to the exact words used. Perhaps Lelouch is speaking through a microphone to a silent pre-recorded movie with advanced lip-syncing technology. Oh well.
Terrifying
For some reason, I’m not too excited about the last episode. I’m not even sure what kind of ending I’m hoping for any more. It seems to me that the only real obstacle left to a happy ending is poor misguided Nunnally, whom I can’t convince myself is a threat of any significance.
Maybe it’s just me, but I prefer it when Lelouch pulls off a complete turnabout from utter hopelessness and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Nunnally is just too loli a last boss to provide that kind of threat, thus a happy ending probably won’t be very satisfying. (“Oh great you defeated a little girl.”) Therefore I predict a tragic ending and everyone dies in the FLEIA!
Screencaps
Conservation of momentum is being violated
They have hot passionate sex after this scene
The real evil mastermind
How can you take anyone in that outfit seriously
“Lelouch, I…”
“…love…”
“Stop!” exclaims the love rival as she enters the ceremonial hall
“How could you betray my love?”
“You slut, die!”
A sword is a weapon; a pair of swords is compensation
Her only role in the show ended three episodes ago
“Hey guys, this kind uncle is giving us free candies”
Sayoko is the best character in the show
The bullets missed her vital assets
At this rate it can’t be long before Euphie comes back too
The character with the stupidest motivation in the show
This pose is mildly erotic
He finally realized that he’s a useless extra
Can you hear that? It’s the sound of thousands of doujin artists sketching furiously
I’m much more concerned about the last episode of Macross Frontier. I hope Sheryl wins. :(
