The death of Shirley rocks Lelouch to his core. Having lost one of his closest friends,
Lelouch is dead set on one thing: the fall of Geass. With this in mind, and with the help of Rolo
and Jeremiah, Lelouch takes the battle to the heart of Geass itself. A massacare follows, one that will leave the
Black Knights questioning their morals more than ever. And what awaits Lelouch at the end of
this? A confrontation with his father,
the Emperor of Britannia. At last, will
Lelouch have the victory he set out for as Zero?
Okay…okay…deep breath…deep
breath…ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHH!!!!!
WHY??? WHY IS ROLO STILL ALIVE???
The second we started back up and Rolo cheerfully
revealed he was the one who killed her, I expected Lelouch to choke the hell
out of him. But Lelouch isn’t really
about that now is he? No he’s about
using others for their skills and then leaving them to rot horribly. Now…he could have just, you know, gotten the
location of V.V’s base out of Rolo and then killed him, instead of some
elaborate kill him with a bomb on the battlefield plan. IDK to me, Rolo represents everything that’s
been wrong with Code Geass Season Two.
He started off as a potentially good, new foe (who probably shouldn’tve
lasted as long as he should). But he
quickly degraded into a back and forth, see saw effect of a character, becoming
unsure of his loyalties but more so siding with Lelouch cause he’s so deluded
he think theyre actually brothers.
Season Two has had some really good ideas and moments but has become so
hopped up on trying to recreate the first season rather than go it’s own way
that it’s become a huge mess. And again
with this set, for every good move made, a bunch of bad ones follow. Halfway through the season, this is not a
good place for this once amazing show to be.
V.V.’s had his ass kicking coming ever since he first
appeared and opened his mouth. To see
Lelouch get the better of him and make him sweat was a moment of joy for me, I
love it when bad guys who think they’re invincible get the beating that’s
coming to them. As for the rest of the
massacare of V.V.’s base, I did feel like this was a hard to watch but still
effective response from Lelouch. He cant
kill Rolo right away (and in a way, Shirley’s death is almost mostly on Lelouch
cause he’s let Rolo live so long), so he’s taking his fury out on a facility
full of civilians. It brings in the questions
of how far he’s willing to go to see his crusade til the end and that’s one of
the discussions Code Geass does so well.
So yeah, it was rough to watch at times, but it was a brief return to
form for Code Geass. Plus Cornelia got
her few seconds of fame helping to blast that little brat, V.V., to hell,
that’s my girl.
Then we got the long awaited true confrontation between
Charles and Lelouch. Come on, did we
really expected Lelouch’s Geass power to work on him? That would have been too easy. And after all of this build up, it would have
been disappointing to see it end that way.
However, Charles is immortal now, having taken V.V.’s code, for reasons
unknown. Which leaves him to bolster and
posture like the Architect from The Matrix Reloaded. Does he even know what his plan to kill God
really is anymore? This hardly felt like
a showdown and more like a set up for the inevitable final showdown between
father and son. We did get a good look
at C.C.’s past and how she came to be, as well as a hint at her true wish…which
is to die or beloved? I don’t know which
one. All I can tell you is wiping her
memories and returning her to slave girl mode is not the best move this series
can make at this point.
Finally, we got the final preperations underway for the
next big battle for Japan. Zero may have
a ton of countries on his side…but Schneizel has let Nina build what looks like
an atom bomb…and he’s letting her give it to Suzaku in the hopes that Suzaku
will dies (cause he’s Japanese) and that she’ll die too (so she can be with
Euphie)…Schneizel…no…just no. Nothing
good is even going to come from this and Schneizel loses a few points for this
in my eyes. He and Lelouch have more in
common than I realized. They both kept
around hindrances that are going to bite them in the ass at some point.
BTW even though Kallen’s been out of the picture for a
bit, she gets MVP this set for beating the ever living crap out of Suzaku for
him trying to use refrain on her. Not that
Suzaku’s ever been my favorite character on this show…but even he needs a punch
to the face most of the time.
Still, next set looks like we’ll be reaching the end of
Season One…errr I mean the next final battle of Japan. Will it turn out the same as last time? At this point, who even knows.
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