Zero shockingly agrees to participate in helping Nunally
establish her Special Administrated Zone of Japan. A tear splits down the center of the Black
Knights, who begin to question Zero’s leadership. But is there a bigger play in mind? Then Zero and his comrades get caught up in a
Coup d’etat in the Chinese Federation that could play to their advantage. And while all of this unfolds, allegiances
shift, plans are made in secret with old enemies, and Lelouch confronts two
siblings. Three nations find themselves
on the brink of war in the next chapter of Code Geass.
Is it wrong to say I really, REALLY don’t care about
anything going on directly related to the Chinese Federation plotline? The introduction of Xinghe, the (incredibly
annoying) High Eunuchs and the sort of expanded role for Kaguya have done
nothing to further the plot of Code Geass along. If anything, they’ve stalled things quite a
bit. There are more interesting details
that could use the screentime here, like expanding on V.V.’s role and clearing
up some details about the Geass itself.
Right now though, the attempt at world building is only hurting this
series more and more. It doesn’t help
matters much that the story cant make up it’s mind who is on whose side. In the last few minutes of this set alone we
had…2 or 3 double crosses?
So we have Lelouch who’s taking advantage of a volatile situation
to take out an enemy (I think). We have
Xinghe who is dead set on protecting the tiny Empress while slaying the High Eunuchs
who’d use her as a bid for more power.
And the High Eunuchs who…well as I said, just trying to score brownine
points with Britannia but will use Xinghe for their own ends, even forgiving
him for his coup d’etat before pulling the reigns on him AGAIN!!! This is making my head hurt and I miss the
days when Britannia was the only threat Lelouch had to deal with. But Code Geass R2 is determined to make all
the world a stage by the end, at least I think so. It’s just a lot to keep up with though.
Not everything was totally bad here…most of it was but
still. Lelouch and Schneizel finally came
face to mask against each other. Their
chess game was a nail bitter and im curious if Schneizel knows Lelouch is
Zero. It’s kind of unclear who knows and
doesn’t know at this point…or who’s just being a gulliable idiot (i.e.
Suzaku). But I’ve liked Schneizel since
his first appearance. I feel he’d be
sharp enough to piece it together quickly.
Hell Euphie did and she only met Zero once. We also got a brief but promising glimpse at
Jeremiah 2.0. Conversing with V.V. and
sporting a calmer, but still theatrical, appearance, I cant wait to see how
this season puts one of Season One’s most entertaining characters to work. Plus, for all the crap I give Xinghe and his
story arc, his Knightmare’s capabilities allowed for some cool action scenes
between him and Kallen.
Cant really close this out without mentioning the big, “I
AM SPARTACUS…er…ZERO” scene. In a move
probably inspired by V for Vendetta, Lelouch got one million Japanese to don
Zero costumes and follow him in his exile to a new island homeland. This was a smart way to avoid the potential
outcome of another Special Zone massacre, something most of the Britannians
seemed dead set on carrying out. It was
one of the biggest surprises that reminded me of why Season One worked so well. The unexpected occurred and laid the
foundation for better buildings from it.
Oh and Nina was back this week…still a pain in the
ass…still hopped up on crazy pills and…yeah just so unlikeable, calling Milly
out for being too caring and bad mouthing Suzaku and Kallen cause of their
heritage. As much as I praise Schneizel,
I have to dock points for him using such a fragile and potential plan screw up
mind to his advantage…did I just feel sorry for Nina? Yeah better cut this out before I start
sounding a little crazy.
We left Zero and the Black Knights boxed into a one way
out fortress, Kallen captured…and all the while I say they could have avoided
this if they’d just ignored this whole storyline all together. Maybe Schneizel coming into the fray will
spice things up a bit…cause God knows Code Geass R2 needs it more than ever
right now…oh my poor series.
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