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12 Responses to “Watch Code Geass R2 Episode 10”

1. dragon Says:
   June 9th, 2008 at 4:47 am

   no one posts here… ah. if anyone comes by here and might have some idea; 2 questions. do you know how many episodes this might turn out to me? probably around 25 like the first season. then well about the other question, they’ll probably air these week like normal huh? not including holidays of course. ^^

   i can not wait for his father…. to get, i hope he gets lulus wrath. eh i hope kallen, lulu, cc-karen dont die. i <3 them. screw suzaku. idiot. baka.

2. dragon Says:
   June 9th, 2008 at 7:51 pm

   it looks simple to me. not sure why everyone makes a big deal of lulu capturing tianzi. its all part of his plan. the evil laugh. its all an act to to lure Li Xingke to lulu’s side through tianzi. i think i remember lulu originally wanted to reach tianzi before the britanians so he can use his geass on her to take control of the chinese federation and prevent the political marriage being set up by britania. however since Schneizel and company got to tianzi first, that became a problem. so lulu devised a chess match to rid himself of suzaku leaving tianzi, Schneizel, and anyone else vulnerable to his geass. since the chess match ended without a clear winner, zero was advised, no rather warned not to show up at the ceremony tomorrow. so what does lulu do? he poses as to kidnap lulu in order to take advantage of the coup de tat led by Li Xingke. that explains why lulu suggested that Li Xingke made his job easier. So this also means that lulu might not even have to use his geass on tianzi to take control of the chinese federation. like a game of chess, in one single move, as lulu claims in the episode 10 preview, he will take the chinese federation. the nature of his words suggest coup de tat lead by Li Xingke. so now lulu will have “almost” enough power to stop Britania.

   to those complaining about the chess match and the illegal movements Schneizel made with his king piece. yeah. you’re right. however thats not the point of Schneizel’s actions. he is trying to profile zero through a game of chess. if lulu lost the match he’d have to reveal is idenity to all in the room. since they were going to end up in a 3 round repetition where each would not concede to the other, the game itself ended as a draw, but all that was left was a philosophical debate between kings on a battlefeild. this likely symbolizes the motifs behind each king.. in other words the hostile doctrines and malicious social hierarchy of britania representing the white chess peices with Schneizel himself as the white king and all of the japanese and the order of the black nights lead by zero who represents the black king fighting for independence, justice, and revenge. where as Schneizel’s white king was aggressive and confrontational by moving forward to face off with the black king, zero in turn instead of taking the bait in attacking the white king head off, moved his black king behind his supporters and followers, behind the love and admiration of his army. so in reality Schneizel was able to learn a little bit about zero’s nature and lulu was able to come one step closer to finding the truth about his mother. afterall the man who knows the truth of his mother is standing before him. neither of them won the match, but they didn’t lose either. however i give the overall advantage to lulu simply because because he can utilize both his idenity as himself and as zero, that alone increases his ability to effectively design and work his strategems. not to mention the next day was the ceremony, during the confusion brought by the coup de tat, Zero’s job was “made easier” by Li Xingke’s actions.

   as far as Nina goes… omg please die. shut the hell up. i don’t see anyway to help you. its sad, but you’re annoying and simply insane. yes. i did notice she looks more like euphemia too which is scary. her goddess huh. wow. i’d love to see kallen’s Guren mech use that radioactive move. sorry i’m not to up to speed with so many of the names of moves and parts and mechs. other than the hadron cannon, guren, and lancelot, float systems, thats all i can easlity recognize and refer to.

   i’m going to go out here and say that C.C. is a goddess and V.V. is a god. they’re both immortal. cc tries to live in human world gets persecuted as a witch, finds herself alone in the flow of time. V.V. probably takes role of the truly evil god who for all intents and purposes wants to kill all of the other gods using the only available means, the atkashas sword… thus using and taking advantage of lulu’s father, charles’ lust for power v.v. makes a contract with him to “likely” recover the various shrine/locations around the world….. whatever we saw on that island where suzaku, kallen, and lulu fell and landed infront of Schneizel, i think that place was one of those shrines. looking back again, c.c. was captured and had experiments done on her, i think she had a purpose more than simply to ‘live among humans’ might have wanted to protect various shrines and/or destroy the means as to which that will activate the atkashas sword. my main point is that c.c. might be seen as a witch to most humans, she might actually be one of the gods v.v. talks about even though he doesn’t seem to openly reveal that to charles. they might want c.c. because they think she can reveal the locations of these other shrines and also to use her and nunally as hostage against zero whose force begins push back britania and i’m talking zero’s direct power and influence on a global scale, not sure how the EU would weigh in, they’d probably work with zero.

   okay i hope and pray that C.C. does not die. i love that girl. a lot of people might like her because of her interaction with lulu. shes cruel, cold with other people, especially lulu and she likes to tease him a lot. her very persona underlies a womanly and devilish charm that makes lulu signifigantly reliant on her support as zero’s ally, but causes lulu to become emotionally attached to her through and towards the end of season one. especially after euphemia’s death. lulu was shaken and crying, but she suddenly stopped, walked over in front of him and cajoled, comforted him in his times of frustration and despair. basically saying, “do not worry, no matter what happens, even if the worlds turns against you, i will always be at your side,” so by this time C.C. herself had become attached to lulu just as mao was to her. at the beginning of everything, lulu obtained the geass through a contract with c.c. in that lulu would grant her greatest wish… then later on rooftop at sunset, lulu makes his own contract with C.C. in that she would help him and zero create a better world, that she would stay at his side. then towards the end of the season they hit that geass trap at the shrine on the island and lulu learned a bit more of c.c. past and emotional state. interestingly enough she confided in him that she was all alone by herself in flow of time and lulu stopped her by saying she wasn’t alone and that he would be with her always. as she is a witch, he will be warlock. then she kissed him before they were to part ways in order to save nunally. then haha wow, season 2 comes and c.c. and kallen both come to save him.

   as for the other girls who love lulu. sherri represents the possible love if lulu kept to his secluded normal life in the ashford academy. however as the reality sets in she’ll likely remain good close friends with lulu.

   euphemia - was very kind and also lulu’s first love. however as reality set in and euphemia wanted to bring back the past where as zero as lulu was working with eyes set on the future cause these 2 potential lovers to part ways as euphemia took a liking to suzaku’s way of thinking. ironically she was doing so she could be with lulu and nunaly like they used too, and suzaku and company. it didn’t come out and would not have worked out that way due to the power and influence of the totalitarian britanian hierarchy.

   kallen - I LOVE KALLEN. anyways, she is the lover ‘wether she admits it or not’, who represents and works under zero’s command and with lulu himself. though upset at lulu’s dishonesty and general failure to confide in her and believe in her, she seems to secretly harbor intense feelings for not only zero, but lulu himself despite his dishonesty in season 1, infact i believe as a result of lulu and zero being one and the same and also her passion to support zero, her emotional need to feel close to lulu has signifigantly deepened their bond. haha, thus prevoking the playful teasing brought about by c.c..

   kaguya - well hm. i don’t know. yeah she is the ”goddess of victory”, however, lulu did say he didn’t need a goddess of victory because he made a deal with the ‘devil’. kaguya thinks of lulu as her groom to be and doesn’t mind that kallen and c.c.’s subconsciously obvious affections. really, i wasn’t sure about kaguya at first when i saw her, but she seems very likable despite being a bit younger. shes definately older than tianzi and shes pretty smart too, being diplomatic to cover for lulu in front of suzaku and schneizel. she did name herself, kallen, and c.c. as lulu’s pillars, or guardians or maidens, i’m sure of the exact reference. i thought she said something about dolls. anyways all three of them are stuck to lulu like glue. aside from kaguya herself since she doesn’t know lulu is zero, however i suspect she would be even happier if it was him.

   i just want to say about suzaku. hes a real bastard. i was really irritated watching him restrain lulu while his father werote his memories. bastard. also i know the reason they didn’t kill lulu. it was all to see if c.c. would try to make contact with him, where if she did they could kill lulu and take c.c. yet because they chose not to kill him i believe will lead to charles and v.v. ultimate downfall. especially suzaku since he is a traitor, i’d like him to do something to redeem himself. something that would clearly contrast his arrogance with lulu and his ignorance of those fighting under zero. his own countrymen and possibly others who can and will fight.

   jerimiah. why…. why.. does he still live. i liked the comment about him being like team rockey comedy relief. not sure of the accuracy of that, but i laughed anyways.

   the one thing that concerns me about lulu. he really is going against the world, or rather he’s going against britania and he in c.c.’s words, “holds the weight of the world on his shoulders,”. there seems to be so many personalities and faces that are against lulu/zero. suzaku, the knight of rounds, we only know the details on few of them, not sure if they’ll all play prominent roles. also jerimiah, schneizel, guilfords knights, v.v., charles. as for potenial allies, i can see suzaku…. not sure of him, but there is the issue of the disappearance of cornellia. it might be that she decided to investigate once more the scenario and conditions behind lulu’s death. it could be thought that she would and will return fighting for lulu, ultimately reuniting with her guilford knights who in turn fight for lulu in order to protect nunally who would by this probably be in real danger because sooner or later the fact that zero is a britanian prince will get out. i have no idea how that will affect zero’s officers and army, even kallen who still doesn’t realise that lulu is actually a britanian prince. im sure it would make her stop and bitch lulu out, but she’d still stick with him. i’m sure the black knights would stand with zero as well considering hes brought them this far. or it might not get out at all. but i think kallen will know eventually if she doesn’t already know of lulu’s past history and trama. Villetta Nu will likey join zero’s side with her ‘new understanding of elevens/japanese’ and her im suspecting cherished time with Ougi.

   This time Lulu will be fighting with the goddess of victory, the devil god c.c., the black knights against the britanian tyranny and evil god v.v. with the whole geass power as tool used by both sides to make things interesting.

   im thinking wow, its all just a battle of the gods fought on earth, basically. its symbolic if you look at the ending theme screenshots from season 2. kallen, cc. lulu are all dark themed with black wings and torn clothing. britanians are dressed in white with angel wings being held down by those golden chains. especially suzaku who is wearing black but obviously wearing the marks both him both as a traitor and constantly conflicted with how to do things while hiding and running from his past.

3. Allen Says:
   June 12th, 2008 at 6:34 am

   nice post lol, it was worth reading through it

   As for the first questiion, japanese anime shows are usually aired in runs of 13 or 26, the first season had 25 because one was a fill-in. The way this season is going, there’s practically no way to end/cliffhang the series with the 3-4 episodes they have left for a 13 run, so im guessing its another 26.

4. mark Says:
   June 13th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

   great post dragon, you are definitely right

5. dragon Says:
   June 14th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

   oh hey. if you’re interested in my insight i spent like hours writing my analysis in the blog of this site. just look through pages 13 through 16 - i talk a lot about the symbolism in the anime outro and the main characters. especially kallen and pizza girl i love them. you got to real my thing on her, its pretty cool. thanks for the good marks.

   http://randomc.animeblogger.net/2008/06/08/code-geass-r2-09/comment-page-15/#comments

6. dragon Says:
   June 14th, 2008 at 2:19 pm

   hey i just figured i’ll copy the main snippets here. just so others might come across and see it. spent so much time writing -_- thinking -_- observing… frame by frame analysis. insane i know. ^_^ i’m also going to highlight that THERE IS A POSSIBLITY OF MAJOR SPOILERS

   I REPEAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MAJOR SPOILERS, so be CAUTIOUS!

   <>

   i was watching episode 5, noticed arthur, the black cat with a white feather. if cats were to chase birds and birds have feathers. not sure if its possible to explain, but another symbolism? birds can have both white and black feathers… arthur also seems to bite suzaku even though he likes cats its another symbolism of the inner conflict suzaku faces!

   his white shirt is completely torn to shreds. he is also wearing a thick and heavy black cloak lined with gold. he is completely black on the wings. my thoughts are that his torn white shirt represent his past, the black wings and cloak represent what he has become, the hold chain around his wrist, no he seems to be holding one end of the golden chain that overwhelms every other character shown right now to cc. the gold chain also represents the fact that lalouche is bound to the contract he made with cc. that fact that shes at the end of the sequence, in reality shes at the other end of the chain, a way of saying they are bound together as accomplices.

   also what in the world is that golden trinket around lalouches finger? i’ll give a strawberry to anyone who figures that one out. ^^

   nunally plays the role of innocence. though she always holds her brother with high marks. and also suzaku being that him and lalouche are friends. also she doesn’t have any wings and is not affected by the gold chains.

   also with rolo, see the gold chain wrapped around his leg? rolo starts off on white side but becomes closer to lalouche and as a result is bound to zero because thats become part of who lalouche is.
   >> just found another one!! ending sequence, rolo feels jealous of nunally. if you look he is also in nunally’s shadow. ^_^

   hey at the next screenshot. you see cornelia watching over euphemia with the sword? but do you see the golden bird pirched on cornelia’s hand? what ever could that mean?

   as far as gino goes, i like his character a whole lot. for being a knight of rounds he sure does represent a gentleness and kindness. i’m sure hes good at heart. he does have a black shirt and a black cape. one thing to note is that he does not have wings at all. if we were to assume to green ribbon on nunally suggested innocence, than can we assume it is the same for the green on gino’s cape as well?

   just realised. the gold etchings on gino’s shirt and lalouche’s cloak might mean they’ve come from nobility/royalty. as much as i can see into gino, i would think his ideas of equality and peace and compassion are very different from that of charles. that alone makes him more likely to sympathize with lalouche. he also seems to lend some essence of humanity to suzaku. not sure how it will effect suzaku though.
   >>> he seems to show an interest in kallen, but so also does anya. of course who knows what shes thinking. someone steal her blog! -:_^

   not sure what to make of vv. and charles… except they’re both the ultimate enemy.

   i love kallen….. god…. anyways her clothing seems to be ripped a little, maybe that stems from feeling a little betrayed by lalouche not trusting her, with his self as zero and about geass. wow. shes in love with him. ^_^ you see shes holding that black coat that zero covered her with while she has a grip on that golden chain, as if to say i’m hurt but i’m still holding on to my heart. the positioning and percieved movement of her black wings suggests that her feelings towards lalouche are growing and her drive to follow zero intensifies.

   no idea what the broken egg shells could mean. its probably something thats too far ahead to imagine.

   > insight into some of the major characters

   i’d place my bet on cornelia remembering bits and pieces over a long period of time, or maybe it came back all at once, just like viletta did. i agree with you. i’m sure though since viletta regained her memories, that cornelia will also regain her memories. if she discovers about marianne and were to remember lulu and make the connection between him and zero. in reality her reason for hating japanese is nonexistant. it was a fake reason, i lie told to her by the crown hierarchy. its a tough call to make. on the other hand her reason for hating zero is there, yet how would she feel about zero and lulu being one and the same? since lulu was one of her reasons for fighting so hard - quite possibly causing her faith in the britania hierarchy to greatly intensify. but strategically if you take away those reasons for hate you might be able to in a sense bring more balance to the odds that are against you.

   one idea she might have disappeared in the first place is that she felt betrayed by the britanian crown for lying to her about lulu. now shes asks herself, is nunally still alive too? train of thought next coming to marianne and the events surrounding her death. she was lied to and fought meaningless battles all for the sake of who charles, no not him, but the sake of crowning a new heir to the britanian throne. i know sure as damn well i would bet to say that she would not continue to fight for britania. or at least to that end - the one charles has in mind.

   at the same time. she still blames zero for her sister euphemia’s death. of course who wouldn’t be ticked off and upset? to this end, she wants to find the whole truth. that is what led me to believe she is investigating in the first place. she wont fight for charles or zero, she can however help lalouch on his way to the truth about his mother.
   besides she just ”disappeared”? all i’ll say is that its likely that her disappearance is related to the conversation her and lulu had.

   wait. another idea. what exactly was lulu’s command when he used geass on her? just came to mind, could lulu’s inquiry still be active on cornelia? i would think that since cornelia wanted in her heart to know the truth behind marianne since she saw lulu alive, that when she was geassed and given the same command - she was asked about it, she wasnt’ told but point is she already has the thoughts deep in her mind so that in theory might have enhanced the effect. afterall in the moments before you die, you have flashbacks, regrets, things go by real quick, even during those last moments you long to live on, just a little bit longer. so it would be just like when lalouch used his geass to command suzaku to ‘live on’ back on the island. as we’re seeing it still has effect on him. might be the same for cornelia. for now i’ll be leaning towards the other theory.

   in an effort to talk about other things ^_^ i started watching season 1 episodes again. frame…. by frame… sooo i noticed that C.C. may possibly have a connection to lulu’s mother marianne. just from some of the scenes where she watches suzaku and lulu playing together on a small hill - patch of earth. then i saw a picture of what i thought was her at the time of the britanian attack. can’t remember if that was her. it looked like her. anyways not just that, there was some of cc’s statements early on suggest some kind of relationship to the past. she first sets eyes on him in episode 1 season 1 and says something to the effect of, ‘its you, finally i have found my…’ during the chase scene at the beginning. so does that make lulu her, target?

   i do remember scenes from cc’s past… as she was living through the flow of time… i think there were shots of crosses… maybe from gravestones or no, churches. people were yelling, “witch,”. perhaps c.c. made a friend in marianne. i have theory. the whole explanation for mariannes death… i think there were 3 seperate stories told. there was the 1st being terrorists killed her. this was told to the general public. most people wouldn’t give it a 2nd thought and swallow it whole. then 2nd story comes to those who are ”insiders” and viral gossip going on between the high nobility and elites. this story detailed that it might have been an assassination by someone from within the crown. yet these people are ignorant and laugh it off as nothing unusual. after all it was because of the whole deal with the ashford family rising to prominence. i think infact that this 2nd story is nothing but a half truth. the assassination was real, but the part about the ashford family rising to prominence… it probably wasn’t a lie, but more of a scapegoat to blame to advance the crown’s political agenda. in other words that part was a cover story for an added measure of security. now as for that 3rd story, all the details aren’t clear, but i suspect that whatever relationship marianne had with c.c. was a problem with charles. the emporess marianne probably went against charles wishes…. his wishes were to fufill the contract with v.v. and destroy the gods using atasha’s sword. so this could explain why they’re looking for c.c. so badly. because they need her to activate this weapon. anyways, marianne likely refused charles plan preferring kindness and love equality etc, and she knew she was condemmed to die. i also heard somewhere i can’t remember where exactly, but that day-week she was killed, she sent cornelia and her unit elsewhere - they’d been tasked before with guarding marianne. i’m going to say that since marianne knew or felt she was going to die, she sent her guard away in order to protect them. from what we’ve seen, it looks like she was killed in her sleep, as shes dying we see her eyes open as if she awoke to her own death. and nunally being traumatized by this - and being shot in the legs. so i’m thinking marianne would have told c.c. to keep her son safe, don’t let him die, find him. to that effect. cause i can put together that lulu wasn’t immediately around at the time of his mothers death because otherwise he’d have died too. thats why he waltzed into charles court about his mother. so charles sent him and his sister off to japan as political tools for play in the ashford academy. so c.c. looks for lalouch… so she makes it to japan and finds him…. it just so happens she gets caught up in the britanian attack on japan and gets captured. so clovis starts doing experiments on her. then 7 years later, a japanese resistance group steals ”medical equipment”, which is reported to local authorities and the public as toxic gas. the resistance think this too, except that lalouch finds c.c. first and before he would have died, she gives him geass. the power of absolute obedience - the power of the king. code geass begins..

   so what could c.c.’s promise be from lalouche? i’m pretty sure she never actually told him yet. likely cause it relates to his mom, or no rather because it relates to a world that his mother marianne wanted to protect. anyway, as for cc., she is very zealous to not let lalouch die; and insists them to, ‘both be in this together,’ and ‘accomplices’. she says to him when he comes home, walking into where nunally is making paper cranes, she says, ‘welcome home, lalouche,’ and ‘he made a promise about our future together, right?’ lol the last quote was funny i thought cause she was talking to nunally who doesn’t know anything about whats going on and to further comfirm herself to lalouche. so what is that promise? anyone want to take a shot at this?

   >Kallen>

   respect and admiration are facets of love; prerequisites. i also want to point out that there seem to be quite a few girls who take to lalouch. on so many different levels too. there was shirley, euphemia to name two. the reason i think they’re getting closer is the fact that lalouch is no longer fighting for just himself. that also allows kallen to pivotly increase her role. there is also the matter with cc with many of her actions, people seem to like to tease kallen about her feelings, especially cc. even lalouch teases her. even in the babel tower she was ticked off but lulu said that her heart was her own and that she chose him. not just in a zero sense but as we’ve been seeing i think that the signs are there. basically the idea that she is no longer being manipulated and the idea lalouche is not just fighting for himself anymore begs into question some of these feelings as respect and admiration. asside from cc, kallen is the only one who knows his idenity and who knows him outside of school. plus it was kallen who went to see him at his darkest hour in episode 7, where she slapped him when he almost kissed her in his depressed state. lalouche meeting up with milly, rivals, and shirley was also seperate. in episode 9, zero takes off his mask and she is talking to lalouche and she actually thinks back to when he was going to kiss her and ends up falling on top of him. she asks him why he came back, and says her by name asking her to go back to ashford academy with him when the fighting is over. to back out of their universe just a bit, i think that there are situations in other drama situations from other japanimation, even live movies that focus on drama. so i think that whole situation is served to point out development between their human characters, not just the relationship between bodyguard/subordinate/follower and zero.

   she gets upset too when lalouch tells cc things and not her. haha like about the urabe pilot issue and lalouch counters about their ‘relationship’ i thought that was funny. then when cc and lalouch switched places when they took the chinese consulate and kallen was all smiles thinking she was talking to lalouch after hearing that long speech. hah, she even asked why they were hiding things from us and cc pointed countered by asking if it was more like “me” instead of ‘us’.

   i don’t think the feeling of traitor fully applies to lalouche when it comes to suzaku. i think it does when you look at the relationship between just the two of them, but technically suzaku is more of a traitor to japan and for selling out his friend to the emperor. lalouche has no country so hes going to create his own the united states of Japan! ^_^

   other than that i just said about how lalouche looks strikingly similar to laharl from disgaea when hes in his royal attire before getting exiled. also the victory music is pretty cool, it plays when all the conditions are ‘cleared’. like during the resting period after a major conflict zero wins. the drama of code geass reminds me of that played out in the psx game Final Fantasy Tactics. lulu also looks like another version of light yagami, except lulu doesn’t loose his soul in the process. ^_^

7. dragon Says:
   June 14th, 2008 at 2:26 pm

   i forgot! –__– there was something about kallen, that might serve as an indication of anything. so this comes from the user shadowblack from that blog. also the user L, kelessin, and shamaticgirl also help to add on to our debate. anyways the point that shadowblack’s suggestion was that:

   “On the topic of Karen: Her code name is (and has been from the start) ‘Q1′. Wanna bet that ‘Q’ is short for ‘Queen’? The most powerful and second most important piece in chess (second in importance only to the King piece)?”

8. Quang Says:
   June 15th, 2008 at 12:37 am

   yeah i kinda noticed that too about the Q1, if we set this onto a chessboard i wonder what pieces everyone would be. Lulu is black king Kallen is black queen Ougi is a bishop i guess, Toudou is a rook, that one dude that has like monkey hair and yells a lot would be a knight, a LOT of pawns, C.C. and V.V. what would they be? Emp is white king Scheizel is Queen(rofl but yeah) Cornelia is a bishop Clovis is pawn, Euphie is… bishop? Suzaku is a Knight Gino is a Knight Anya is a rook ( god this is getting confusing) Nunally… i have no idea, etc etc etc

9. dragon Says:
   June 15th, 2008 at 11:56 am

   lakatsha and diethard would be bishops i think, totou and ogi are knights, kallen is queen, lulu is king, vincent-rolo and cc in lulu’s gawain would be the rooks. ^_^ not sure how to make out the white side.

10. Kevlar Says:
    June 16th, 2008 at 2:41 am

    too bd the credits cut off >.< want to see whats up next week lol

11. Afroman Says:
    June 18th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    I hate watching it in parts =/

12. asdf Says:
    July 17th, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    nice post #2

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