Board 8 > So I started watching Code Geass. *spoilers as I go*

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Basically, I've been watching this abridged series called Code MENT. Personally, I found the series hilarious but I wanted to attach a bit of context to what I was watching. Like Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series, I decided to watch a few episodes of the actual show and get a feeling for it in comparison to the abridged series. Since Code Geass is only like 50 total episodes, I figure I'll watch the entire series. The last anime I watched all the way through, I think, was Monster and that was 2-3 years ago.

I finished up with season 1 and even though I'm not an anime fan at all, there's something oddly compelling about this show. I might post my deeper thoughts on it if anyone cares.

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Geass was made for every crazy fan in mind.

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Season 1 is great.

Season 2 is ****ING HILARIOUS. It's the Konami press conference of anime.

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KimPilgrim posted...
Season 1 is great.

Season 2 is ****ING HILARIOUS. It's the Konami press conference of anime.

Is that a bad thing?

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KimPilgrim posted...
Season 1 is great.

Season 2 is ****ING HILARIOUS. It's the Konami press conference of anime.

Is that a bad thing?

God no, it's great.

I mean, it's ridiculously stupid, but I found myself staying up till 5 AM when it was airing near the end to download an watch an unsubbed 176x120 resolution episode minutes after it had aired in Japan, even when I had to be at work at 8 the next day. It was AWESOME.

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Goddamn I miss Geass Sundays.

Those were good sundays.

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OH GEEZE LOOK AT THE TIME



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TheRock1525 posted...
KimPilgrim posted...
Season 1 is great.

Season 2 is ****ING HILARIOUS. It's the Konami press conference of anime.

Is that a bad thing?

First half or third of season 2 isn't too much of a departure from before. For the latter half, it depends on whether or not you can enjoy absolutely absurd plot twists. Constantly. For instance, a fun game to engage in while you're watching is to guess which characters that get killed actually stay dead.

In fact, a good game to start now is to guess which characters that you were pretty sure were dead at the end of season 1 make an appearance in season 2. Doubly so if you haven't watched the first opening for season 2, it spoils one of them.

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Yeah post deeper thoughts I'm curious

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I might actually compare them to the Code MENT versions for fun, too.

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TheRock1525 posted...
KimPilgrim posted...
Season 1 is great.

Season 2 is ****ING HILARIOUS. It's the Konami press conference of anime.

Is that a bad thing?

First half or third of season 2 isn't too much of a departure from before. For the latter half, it depends on whether or not you can enjoy absolutely absurd plot twists. Constantly. For instance, a fun game to engage in while you're watching is to guess which characters that get killed actually stay dead.

In fact, a good game to start now is to guess which characters that you were pretty sure were dead at the end of season 1 make an appearance in season 2. Doubly so if you haven't watched the first opening for season 2, it spoils one of them.

Oh God, does this mean Euphemia is going to come back as a cyborg or something designed to hunt down Zero?

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season 1 so good

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code geass is the best show ever made, so enjoy it

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Dub or sub?

Lelouch is amazing in both though imho

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OH GEEZE LOOK AT THE TIME



oh my god the suzaku pics in your imgcake are amazing, 100% of the reason I started watching it

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KrahenProphet and Kana are on opposite ends of the Awesome Spectrum.

OK, this is driving me nuts.

There's a specific song used throughout the season. The most prominent moment is right here:


Any idea the name of the song from the OST?

By the way, I'm watching the dub cause I don't feel like reading.

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the dubs not as good as the sub, but its still a good dub, so its not that big of a deal

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Probably going to start season 2 tonight.

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The dub is great. I liked it more than the sub.

Season 2 Episode 1:

Oh. C2 is alive. Well, I guess she's immortal so that shouldn't be too surprising.

Lelouch is back at school. Huh.

Villetta is a gym teacher? Alright, alright. This is pretty annoying. And this opening sequence is showing a s*** ton of people I do not recognize. And... is that Jeremiah?

Oh, and it looks like Nina didn't blow up the school. That or she did and they rebuilt it rather quickly. But then how did everyone survive? I'm gonna just assume the former.

Who the f*** is this guy calling Lelouch big brother? Where is Nunally?

What the f*** is going on?! Why doesn't Lelouch know that he's Zero?

Well, we've got a new Viceroy. Oh, hey, Guilford's there! Cool, at least he survived.

Someone is targeting Lelouch. I'm assuming they're making sure he's not Zero? Or they know he's Zero and don't want him to realize it? Did he lose his memory? Did someone erase his memory? In this show it seems like whenever someone gets shot, they lose their memory. It's like clockwork. But then were did Rolo come from?

Oh hey, Kallen in fanservice mode. Nevermind.

Kallen didn't recognize Lelouch. For the love of God what is going on?

He walks around with a chess set. Huh.

Prisoners giving exposition. Fun times.

"You filthy lying adult!" Weakest insult I've ever heard.

Oh hey, s***s blowing up and Kallen's kicking ass. Lelouch is still clueless.

The Chinese Federation leader is so feminine.

That Knightmare is all "Come with me if you want to live."

Hiding your key inside your cleavage. Very clever, Kallen. Here comes the Guren Mk-II! Ready to f*** s*** up.

OK, why do none of the student council members question the fact that Lelouch has a kid brother now instead of a kid sister? That's a pretty big difference.

Oh hey, C2 has finally seen Lelouch. And she's trying to explain what the hell is going on to him. And he's still clueless. Obviously he's got amnesia. Either bullet-wound or someone with a special geass that lets them erase memories?

C2 was just shot! Oh no, it's not like she's immortal or anything!

And apparently this guy is a stalker. He's listing off everything he does. So someone's been spying on him. Oh, he's bait, trying to catch C2. OH NO THEY'RE GOING TO SHOOT LELOUCH!

And he's still f***ing clueless. C2 with the save. Still trying to explain everything.

Phony memories implanted in him? I assume it was a geass.

I AM ZERO. Damn straight you are.

Suzaku flashback!

Lelouch hamming it up. Nice. And now he tells them to die. OK, are we officially repeating the first episode verbatim? Cause almost nothing is different.

And now two giant robots drop from the sky and bow to him.

And now, Suzaku and two other people are standing before the Emperor. And Suzaku claims he will kill Zero. That's super.

So really, there's a lot of s*** put in this episode with very little of it explained. Who the f*** is Rolo and where is Nunnallay? Why is Villetta now a gym teacher? Why the f*** can't anyone remember Nunnally? Where is Cornelia? Is she alive? Who are these two people next to Suzaku? Was that Jeremiah in the opening? Is he alive, too? Where is Nina? She's obviously not a part of the student council. Is she in jail? Honestly, there wasn't a whole lot of progress in this episode. The only thing that happened was that Lelouch regained his memory. That's super. It was basically a repeat of the first episode. I get the feeling that episode 2 is going to be a repeat of episode 2 of the previous season, isn't it? This viceroy looks pretty expendable and I'm sure the new viceroy will be someone with a grudge against Zero (Jeremiah? Cornelia?).

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Season 2 is a giant epic trainwreck


It makes zero sense, but it is completely awesome

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ahhhhh so good. Watch episode 2

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for the record I didn't like the dub. Its listenable, but not as near as good as say, Death Note.

I thought it was about as good as Haruhi's dub. Good for the most part, but not something I would ever choose to watch if I was watching it alone

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YES

IT BEGINS

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Season 2 Episode 2

TINY CAPES!

Kallen continues to run around in her bunny costume.

FLASHBACK! Maybe that'll explain things. Oh God, they're both horrible shots. Spinzaku Bird Kick! OK, so Suzaku takes him before the Emperor. Dickzaku holds him down and asks for a spot in the Knights of the Round. I have no idea what the hell that is. Ipparently the Emperor has geass. Is everyone going to have geass this season? I'm gonna assume so.

And Lelouch finally realizes Rolo isn't his brother. So who is Rolo?

And time to geass some fools!

Oh my God, he just asked for his knightmare. We ARE repeating episode 2.

C2 calls out his hamminess. I am pleased.

Guilford! He wants to fight but they won't let him because they need him to entertain the Chinese guy.

Oh s***. LASER-ARM!

And Lelouch is back in "I know exactly what is going on and what you need to do" mode. These men with tiny capes are useless!

Alright, Kallen's breasts wants answers.

Emperor and Suzaku giving vague exposition.

"This is a weapon for destroying God" Oh, so I guess we're going full-blown stupid mode. Time to strap myself in.

Kallen's breasts are wondering if he used geass on him. Apparently she hates Lelouch but loves Zero. Whatever. And Lelouch points out her outfit.

Here comes the reinforcements.

"That clears all tasks at hand." Oh, how I've missed that.

Oh hey, even though there was only 6 of them earlier, the Black Knights just had like 10 of them killed. Whatever.

Ass-shot.

New Knightmare! I bet it's Suzaku, since it's based on the Lancelot. It can teleport, too! It flips around like Suzaku, but whoever's piloting it doesn't look like he's wearing what Suzaku was wearing. Probably isn't him. Especially since Lelouch just said it wasn't him. D'oh.

Still teleporting.

Did he just stab himself to stab the knightmare behind him? Cool. He learned from the Vader/Maul fight. Of course, he's dead.

"Uncivilized monkeys!" Hahahawhat.

OK, they blew up a building and dropped it on the new viceroy. Shock.

CRAZY LAUGHTER!

Guilford assumes control. And guess who shows up screen.

I AM... ZERO. F*** yes, you are. Your hammy ass is back. And Deithard is creaming himself. Good for him.

Speech time!

They're in the Chinese Federation! They apparently rode down the building. You tricky bastard.

Oh hey, Nina. Glad to see you're still alive. Wait, nope. That's definitely not it.

He geassed the Chinese guy. Good. I would have geassed him to make him less flamboyant, but that's just me.

And here comes the Teleporting Knightmare. It's Rolo! Oh snap, he's got a geass, too. That's 2 new geass users in two episodes! At this rate we'll have at least 25 by the end of the season! Rolo must be able to teleport with his geass. Not a bad one to have.

Overall, liked this episode a lot more. Had more of what I like about Code Geass, and a lot of the questions I had from the first episode were explained. The biggest ones being why Lelouch couldn't remember and what exactly happened at the end of last season. Also, I wonder how Lelouch is going to handle the Rolo situation. And the fact that the Black Knights are now on Chinese soil, it makes for an interesting dynamic going forward. Especially since he geassed that Chinese leader, is it possible that he's going to turn the Chinese into his biggest ally to take on Britannia? He keeps talking about obtaining a power to take them on, perhaps he's referring to them? If I wasn't so tired, I'd probably watched the next episode.

Biggest complaint: lack of Rivalz. He usually carries the show.

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I hate Rivalz. Worst name ever.

By the way, I figured out the song playing in that once.



Awesome.

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**** yeah Code Geass.

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season 2 would have been so much better had the network not made the makers pander to the new viewers so much

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Also the dub is better cause it lacks Nina having sex with a table.

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TheRock1525 posted...
Also the dub is better cause it lacks Nina having sex with a table.

They took that out?

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In the version I have, apparently. I didn't know about it until I read it online.

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I'm pretty sure it was still there, you just might not have noticed it since it's just heavily implied.

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What episode was it? I'll go back and rewatch for s***s and giggles.

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Episode 12 is the table episode. I am currently looking at the dub on youtube. It's around the 10 minute mark.

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Oh God it is there.

Cannot. Unsee.

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Season 2 Turn 03

Going to try and keep this a bit shorter.

United States of Japan starts with ONE ROOM.

Rolo goes to active his geass, only to find out Lelouch is back at school. Oh-ho-ho-ho. Lelouch you clever f***. Although, shouldn't Lelouch be more concerned (or rather falsely concerned) about the fact that Rolo was in terrorist attack? That's pretty lame.

CAT-FIGHT! Not really. Lelouch is now cooking. Oh god is this going to be a filler episode? I've got that feeling. Oh look, force attempts at humor. This is super, really.

Ok, so now we care about Rolo and Lelouch being in a terrorist attack. And now Lelouch is pointing out the fact that everyone's mind has been wiped. Thank you for finally pointing out this crap.

Oh hey, secret underground base. Villetta and Rolo are working together! Apparently they're trying to lure out C2?

Exposition! Flashbacks! Fighting!

I see Suzaku is still using the Lancelot. How come everyone has a giant fighting robot now? Are we officially done with any sort of ground troops?

Rolo is trying to catch Lelouch. Lelouch is too damn clever for your stupid tricks. Instead, Rolo freaks out about some locket.

Ah, so that's how Rolo's power works. He doesn't teleport, he freezes people. Oh, and apparently they can't share info about geass to others so they have... kill their own men? Really? That's your solution? It seems like that's incredibly short-sighted? Won't they notice or care?
I'm really not liking this.

Kallen is naked. What's new?

Ah, they're going to kill all the Black Knights to get Zero to come out for a duel. Nice plan.

"She seems to enjoy liquor." Ha.

So he wears a contact to block his geass. Nice cop-out but whatever. And the student council is going to spy on them. And apparently... that was Lelouch's plan? I gotta see how this works out.

They spy on him outside of the school as well. Lelouch is still saying this is part of his plan. Time to geass some fools.

Ah yes, a flashback to that rather poorly handled Shirley storyline. I'll have to talk about that sometime later.

Time for the plan to be enacted.

"All tasks at hand have been cleared." I love that part. So he geassed that guy to set off a fire-alarm right after a bomb threat.

Aha! Gotcha b****! Lelouch has got Rolo. Oh no! Rolo geassed him right back and took his gun.

Nice set up for the next episode. Looks like the Chinese have had enough of the Black Knight's s*** and Rolo has Lelouch at his mercy. Should be interesting how he convinces Rolo not to kill him.

As for the episode itself... meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh. The fact that Shirley is still even a part of this show is frustrating, and the fact that she's madly in love with Lelouch AGAIN is kinda annoying especially since we've already had her memory erased twice. I do like Lelouch's plan, it's actually set up very well, and it made sense to him to geass Rolo onto his side rather than eliminating him. Of course, now it's going to take some sweet-talking on his side. The episode seems all set-up really. I'm assuming the next one will be the payoff.

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Season 2 Turn 04

Ok, neat-flashback with Rolo. He's been a child assassin. Nice exposition and explanation of his point and purpose, I suppose.

Lelouch explaining what I already figured out. Lelouch begins manipulating Rolo.

OK, so Lelouch is staring right at Rolo with his geass activated and... nothing. Especially since that's the WHOLE GOD DAMN REASON EUPHEMIA MURDERED A BUNCH OF JAPANESE. God dammit, why is this so inconsistent? Right then and there, it should have geassed the s*** out of Rolo no matter what.

Heh, C2 can't put a gun together.

So they're going to kill that Chinese guy. Good, his voice pisses me off.

Rivalz got his bike back! Thank god that story was finally closed. I was at the end of my seat!

Ok, so underground spies are confronting Villetta about the fact that Rolo is MURDERING THEM. Thank you. I don't feel like I'm going insane anymore!

Guilford looking at a Cornelia photo. She's missing, not dead, by the sounds of it.

Oh snap, they killed that Chinese leader with a spear attached to a rope! That dude is totally going to be called Scorpion for the rest of the watch-through.

There's only two guys working those computers in the spy-base. Is that all that's left? Oh, and a Dalton reference? Does anyone give a s*** about that guy? Who cares, he's about to get geassed.

Rolo is good at replicating voices? That's super.

Zero for the save! What type of sneaky plan do you have?

Deithard is planning something. I wonder.

Yeah, like they're actually going to duel.

The Chinese leader was called a Eunuch? That would explain the voice!

And here comes the plan. He's dumping them all overboard while he rides his shield like a surfboard. That's... something. They got dropped off into Chinese territory.

Oh s***, Kallen making a Lelouch like speach. He's wearing off on her.

Rolo is hunting down Lelouch! Ha, Rolo is screwed! He's... gonna be saved by Lelouch? This is getting really, really stupid. Now Lelouch explains how he's his little brother and all that nonsense. So Lelouch clearly hates him but he's going to save him? So Rolo returns the favor. And Lelouch is still protecting him? I gotta assume this is part of some larger plan by Lelouch.

Tearful reunion! Rolo is having a breakdown.

Ok Lelouch is now explaining the ridiculous Xanatos Gambit. Yep, he hates Rolo. Figures. Nothing is ever straight forward on this God damn show.

Schoolzaku returns!

I always enjoy these type of episodes more. It's less set-up and more "Lelouch proves he's smarter than everyone." Are they a bit ridiculous in terms of how ridiculously convoluted these plans are? Yes. But that's part of the charm. Most times, Lelouch thinks of everything. And it's only on the rare occasion where he's completely screwed. And it's not like Yu-Gi-Oh where its like "OH NO, THAT MOVE HAS ME COMPLETELY SCREWED" then five seconds later "HA, YOU PLAYED RIGHT INTO MY STRATEGY" or something stupid. Lelouch is a genius, he's supposed to be able to clown most of these fools. But generally, it's been two set-up episodes and two pay-off episodes. And the next one looks like a complete filler so that's gonna be it for tonight.

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Oh man next episode is amazing btw.

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No it is not. It is filler and will suck. Filler ALWAYS sucks.

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ALWAYS.

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TheRock1525 posted...
ALWAYS.

No, ass-hat episode will be awesome.

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I doubt that.

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Won't get a chance to watch any tonight, so just bumping to keep alive.

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No
No
No

It is not COLORS without JIBUN WO

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But too bad your ass got SAAAAAAAAAAACKED.*tackles*

Can't update tonight because I'm recording We Came To Play.

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