Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion R2: Episode 2
Rating: 8.5/10 (sorry, it went down after the initial excitement eased…xD)
Impressions:
With a tremendous start to the second season, this second episode follows up with fitting pace and brings back the same sense of Geass awesomeness that the first season has. Zero is back, and his asskicking abilities have returned with him. Already, new twists are occurring, such as Rolo and his hit-list, which unsurprisingly has Zero on it, as well as the Emperor having a Geass himself. Then there are the new group of likely antagonists, the whatchamacallit Knights that Suzaku has joined. Seriously, I still find him quite annoying, but I guess they need a primary antagonistic prick somewhere at any given time. xD
I forgot to mention anything about the OP and ED last time, IIRC, so I’ll say something now. The OP, if I may say so, is rather…bad. I simply can’t match it up with the epic feeling of Geass, for the tune and timbre of the voice is just…lacking. The ED is a lot better, though not that good anyway. EDs are usually more flexible anyway, due to the nature of closure of anime, which basically dictates that, anything works. It doesn’t really matter though, as it’s the things that happen between the OP and ED that count. Essentially, the anime itself. The next episode seems to be focus on Rolo, which should be interesting, as it’s going to be Zero vs Rolo.
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yay 1st comment!!!!!!!
I’m surprised you ranked it so low, this episodes deserves a 9-9.5 in my opinion but I’m not an anime blogger. The series is certainly on pace to be amazing again and the sheer fact that it is revealing so many secrets this soon in the series makes me all giddy inside.
But I don’t agree on you with the op, I think its fabulous, has the right tone and speed to go along with the anime perfectly.
Just my opinion of course.
am i the only one who is kinda dumbfounded by that teleportation thing?
(My first time posting here… epic moment)
Anyway, I kinda agree with Frosty.
First of all, this second ep brought everything I expected, and a lot more ! (and I kinda expect a lot of CG)
the second thing that shocked me was the fact that you said the OP doesnt fit the anime… a big O_O for that. IMO it really does grasp the epic feeling of the anime, and its probably one of the best OP’s I’ve heard (it’s from orange Range if i’m not mistaken, the same ppl who made the first OP of bleach?).
Than again… I’m not a blogger either. Just felt the need to share my humble opinion on (hopefully) one of the best series.
oh. shit. lol. i completely forgot what the OP sounded like when i wrote it. when i listened to it again, i realised i had liked it the first time i heard it. but still, i like Bleach’s first OP better.
arenu , i could be a geass power.
Like every geass is different per person.
Hey Danny, why’d you rank it so low? i thought tat this episode was amazing!!! There were so many plot twists too >.
aaah, yeah, I finally someone actually agrees with me on the OP matter..Man, I just never liked Code Geass’s openings, not even the first season’s. They are so forgettable, even now, I wouldn’t be able to remember how CG’s OP sounds like. It’s too bad.
The episode was good, still enjoyable. I was never a fan of CG, I always feel that the story is rushed, and lots of stuff in the show is not credible.
And lol, Suzaku is my favorite character in CG, I can’t stand Lelouch.
All my personal opinion though;)^_^
Those are bad opinions.
I say that with love
@Hotarubi: How can you even like Suzaku? He’s such an ass. D:
@Scoro: i’d rather expect it to be a new technology, but i guess a geass is possible as well, seeing how Rollo possesses one himself.
@Kenji: i too think the opening doesn’t fit the anime all that well.
it isn’t bad, and it gives me the feeling of a new season rather than the continuation of the first one. however, it just sounds kinda… too happy(?)
@Alliecat: he raked it lower(8.5 isn’t actually low) because, despite being a nice comeback, it didn’t deliver the same feeling the first season did.
the scenes that were supposed to be dramatic aren’t executed as such very well.
@Hotarubi: i know i probably have no right to criticize people in here, especially since i don’t know you, but…
to me you sound pretty much like the typical philistine shounen boy.
Colors is one of the best fitting and artistic openings i’ve seen in an anime(and believe me when i say i’ve seen quite a lot of them).
Kaidoku Funou wasn’t as good, but still good enough to bring a little fresh wind to the show while still managing to keep the same feel the first op did.(although i didn’t like it the first time i heard it).
i didn’t really like the third one, but may have served to mark the final episode, and it did feel a little lonely, so i guess it was intended.
“[..]I always feel that the story is rushed[…]”
it’s called authenticity, as opposed to your usual long term shounen anime.
note: i don’t dislike shounen in general, just saying that i consider it to be the lowest of genres.
“[…]and lots of stuff in the show is not credible[…]”
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“I don’t understand the show, its background or any of its reasonings.”
“And lol, Suzaku is my favorite character in CG, I can’t stand Lelouch.”
well, if it’s your personal opinion then it can’t be helped. but i want to point out that most people(me included) dislike Suzaku because of his retarded way of thinking and his overdone sense of justice.
Can anyone tell me where they are watching code geass at? when i go to watch it from the website i watch my anime on its already been taken off :
@Raran: http://cyber12.com/page-Code_Geass_R2.html
you can download or stream it on this site.
i usually use torrents though~
@Arenu Thanks a bunch ^.^
Tought the speech of the revival of Zero was a bit crappy.. I mean he allowed his whole army to be slaughtered just a year ago…
@Arenu: And not to forget that Suzaku even sold out his friend.
@DotAzam: yeah, and Lelouch killed his brother, his sister, and so many other people.
I wouldn’t blame Suzaku for selling out his friend, he had every right to do so. And I understand that Lelouch did not use his Geass on Euphie on purpose, but he is still to blame, and I didn’t see that he actually regretted it.
@Arenu: well, ok, about the OP, I won’t say anything, ’cause in case of music, tastes differ, and to actually argue over which song is the best is pointless.
“you sound pretty much like the typical philistine shounen boy.”
Okay, first of all, I am a girl;) And, second of all, I am not a fan of shounen. I do watch Bleach and Naruto, and I think they’re crap, but I still read manga, ’cause I am plain interested in the ending.
“it’s called authenticity”
well, I still think the story was rushed. I mean, as for entertainment value, the episodes were awesome. I simply did not have time to be bored while watching CG. But it never left any emotions and it didn’t make me think at all.
“I don’t understand the show, its background or any of its reasonings.”
I don’t think I need to understand the show, or its background, everything is pretty much straightforward.
“…because of his retarded way of thinking and his overdone sense of justice.”
Yeah, he has it. This overdone sense of justice, but so is Lelouch - he has his overdone sense of justice, in a different sirection though - through deceit, murder and eliminating whatever there is in his way.
I may think of morals too much, but I would never be able to approve of a murder. And that is why I don’t like Lelouch. Because he has got the power, he thinks he can be the only justice in the world. Just like Light from DN. “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”.
Aaaah, I wrote too much, looks like I am a philosopher wannabe…
@Hotarubi: He did regret actually, Lulu himself said that Euphie was his “first” love and you could see that he kinda cried after during the incident.
Yeah, Lulu killed people, but most of em are Britanian armies. Remember, he hated Britannia because the King/his father didn’t care at all about his mother’s death and Nunnaly’s permanent injuries and practically said that Lulu is dead/useless/orsomething.
Suzaku was there, he know what happened to Lulu, what his father did to him, to his family. He was the first one that Lulu wanted to take revenge on Britannia.
And Lulu’s fight isn’t really about justice, it’s more to revenge. :/
yes, Lelouch was never really concerned about justice. his original motive isn’t revenge either, but to create a place for Nunaly to live freely.
on the other side, he does have a grudge against his father since his policy is that the strong ones should rule over the weak, and that the weak are worthless, thus abandoning Nunaly. Nunaly and Mariane were everything to Lelouch. He lost his mother and his beloved sister was gravely injured and is now disabled. and Lelouch thinks that his father has something to do with that.
Lelouch used the Japanese for his plan to crush Britannia, but it’s not like he that’s the only reason. the Japanese are in a sense in a similar situation like Lelouch and Nunaly. they were stripped of their pride and name because they were weak.
Lelouch isn’t, in any way, like Light. Light is a damn bastard who thinks he can play god and kill people just like that. and only because he was bored!
Light is may have had the intention to get the world rid of criminals, but he soon punished even the lightest crimes with death.
Lelouch is actually right, morally. and he did declare war against Britannia, not against its people, but against its philosophy.
Lelouch is aware of his actions. he knows what tragedy many people go through because of him, as he has seen for himself when Shirley’s father died. hell, he even thought of stopping for a brief moment, but realized that it’s too late. he has to take responsibility for his actions. in that sense he’s the same as Toudou(the leader of the 4 holy blades).
it was also shown many times that he doesn’t view the Japanese as his pawns.
however, as the head of a military organization he can’t afford to think morally and noble all the time, as seen when he blew that ship up in the first season. he has to make priorities, and he has his own personal priorities as well –> Nunaly. she is everything to him, he even left the place of war in the end of season 1 in order to save her. the Japanese may have won if he stayed, but if he lost Nunaly he would probably be a broken man by now, unable to lead the black knights any further, and he knew that.
he may act all high and mighty because he is so friggin’ intelligent but the things he went through didn’t leave his soul unscratched.
well, you see, he had a difficult past, and he has good reasons for everything he did.
Suzaku is just a plain simple minded immature idiot.
he tries to change the world by being a model human to everyone.
that’s not a bad idea, but the time he would reach his goal his people would probably be almost extinct. he despises Zero’s way of forcing the change, but on the other hand it was him who killed his own father in order to save the Japanese. he’s not any different from Zero actually. they both took the initiative, and they both know it was their right decision, but right now, Suzaku is just being a damn hypocrite. but i think he knows that by himself.
from his expression of the first 2 episodes of the new season i would say that he greatly regrets what he did and that something died inside of him.
Suzaku might actually become a likable character, if he just was honest to himself and see things the way they are. but right now, he’s just being an idiot(over usage of the word idiot >_
Suzaku will be the enemy in this series, that much is clear. Hes more or less gone over to the dark side as far as lelouch is concerned, and where as lelouch might have lied to himself in the first seasons into thinking suzaku could be persuaded to join him that wont happen again.
Suzaku will be the antagonist of this series thats for sure, or at the very least, one of them, hes easily lost all of his likeableness.
@Arenu: Oh yea, forgot about “to make the world a better place for Nunally” part. silly me.
Hey Danny, Yar honestly I’m still 50/50 with the song OP. I would of rather have Episode 24/25’s OP since it was only for two episodes. Why not of had “Hitomi no Tsubasa”? I thought that needed some attention in my opinion, though 2nd seasons tend to be on the “lite” side CGR2 doesn’t come close to that lol. It still really hasn’t gotten my attention as much as 24/25th episode of CG was!
Well, wow, I am impressed. I think I wrote this somewhere already, but some people write analytic essays on anime better than my final essay on Roman History.
haha…
In the end, I can’t really blame either Lelouch or Suzaku. I think they both have comitted crimes that can not be forgiven AT ALL. I don’t buy that. (I mean I can’t really see how any of them will ever be able to live “happily ever after”).
And yeah, probably everything he does - he does for Nanally, and for revenge. I don’t think Nunally would appreciate it though.
But both Suzaku and Lelouch have reasons to be bastards, I guess. I do not really think there was this huge LOVE between Suzaku and Euphie, but, I guess after witnessing her death he is not really the same as before. Yes, he is worse. And I will forever consider Euphie’s death as the fucking most cruel character rape in the history of anime. It was horrible, and partly coz of that, I started disliking CG. I really thought it was too much.
And about Suzaku betraying his country - I really think it’s total BS. Since when people are friggin PATRIOTS? He is free to choose which army to join, be it Britannia, China or Japan. I don’t see this kind of problem in the real world. After all, US army does not have only NATIVE WHITE AMERICANS (if there is actually such a thing).
I guess I just disagree with the creators of the show here. It’s not about characters. This kind of false ideology and stuff like “the strong rule over the weak” and “revolution is good” kinda thing just annoys me.
ok, I found the root of my problem. Haha, we can end the discussion.
revolution IS good.
revolutions don’t occur without reason.
they happen because people are not satisfied with the government.
for example, if it weren’t for revolution the French would have long died out.
the Elevens(Japanese in Code Geass) revolted because they were discriminated in what was once their own land. they were degraded to people of second standing and their pride and honor were were trampled upon.
how can you say it’s false to think that revolution is good?
about the strong ruling over the weak…
well, it’s a natural order. it’s not something necessary in a civilized world, but seeing as how this is still the case even in the real world, i must that we(humans) aren’t near as civilized as we’d like to call ourselves. yeah, reality sux >_>
I stopped watching the first season of Code Geass at around episode 4 or 5 beacause Suzaku annoyed me so much that I stopped watching. I read the review and apparently it’s normal to hate him so I’m thinking about picking this series back up, but I have a lot of catching up to do now.
Those morally linear advocates of the pipe dream ftl.