Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Code Geass R2 Episode 09

Something about this series just never ceases to surprise me. I'm always left hanging for more after every episode and always thoroughly impressed with plot progression. After waiting two weeks for a new episode, I'm so happy that patience has paid off ^_^

I'm pretty surprised with how the end of the episode worked out. I kind of want Tian Zi and Xing Ke to be together =_= (kind of lolicon-ish, but whatever), but I think Xing Ke might die from his disease. I wonder if he has tuberculosis, really bad ulcer, leukemia, or some form of sickness that causes a person to throw up blood... *sigh* He's so good-looking too T_T. I hope the next episode doesn't make me cry or something.

Also... now that Lelouch is in China, how is he going to protect his cover back at Ashford Academy? I guess Rolo is there and since Suzaku is with Schneizel, no one will really notice that Lelouch is Zero. If Suzaku goes back to Japan while Lelouch isn't there then he'll know that Lelouch has regained his memories, but right now it's working out conveniently =_=; I just wonder how long he can keep up the jig.

And... does he really intend to marry Tian Zi? Or just keep her hostage!? @_@ I'm so bewildered and blown away by what happened at the end that I can't even thing straight =_= I think I liked Lelouch up to him kidnapping Tian Zi =.=; So I hope he doesn't do something that'll make me sad. I wonder how old Tian Zi is...?

I think it's kind of cute and funny that Milly and Lloyd are still engaged. Though they seem to be kind of opposites, I think they have some of the same traits and characteristics. The two can get along pretty well, in my opinion, but I wonder if Milly can really make herself marry Lloyd. The earl is pretty self-absorbed and in love with mechanical engineering so I don't think he'll be able to make Milly happy, but then she'll have a lot of freedom to do as she wishes since he's so preoccupied with his own work. I don't think I really mind the pairing as much anymore and find it kind of amusing.

Nina Einstein is insane. She is totally off her rocker now and her obsession of Euphemia is pretty extreme. She reminds me of those emo girls who are pretty emotionally volatile and can be exceptionally dangerous. Right now, she tries to dress up like Euphemia and be like her idol, but she is nothing like her. Euphemia was much more elegant and sweet; Nina is such a lovesick weirdo who is pretty maniacal =_=; I never quite liked Nina, even before we found out that she was crazy. Something about her just did not sit right. I wonder why she's so afraid of Eleven/Japanese. She's such a racist. If we learn more about her past history and if it involves anything of the Japanese doing something bad to her or her family then I can totally see where her fear stemmed from, but at the moment she's just really disagreeable, in my opinion =_=; She totally flips out on Milly, a friend who has always been pretty caring over her, and after her insane moment with the Ganymede back during episode 24-25, of course Milly would say something like "If anything bothers you, please talk to me." But then, Nina just flips out =_=; Oh dear... Well, I guess she's always had a bit of an inferior complex =_=; so ok...

I thought Kanon was giving some fanservice during this episode when he joked with Milly about being the aide to Schneizel both publicly and privately ^_~ Some slash humor there?

I wonder if this series will really end this season or stretch it for one more. The plot seems to be moving quicker and might just start unlocking more secrets in the remaining 16 episodes. There are still lots of unanswered questions such as ...
  1. V.V. and C.C.'s history
  2. C.C. and Lelouch's contract
  3. Why was Marianne assassinated?
  4. What is up with the other world that V.V. and the emperor seem to be protecting?
  5. Is there a limit to the emperor's geass?
  6. Is Cornelia still alive?
  7. Why does Jeremiah Gottwald keep reviving?
  8. What will happen between Ougi and Villeta?
  9. What is Schneizel's true motive?
  10. What is the relationship between V.V. and the emperor?
  11. What is C.C.'s relationship with Marianne?
  12. Why was C.C. imprisoned by the Britannian government during season 1 episode 1?
  13. From whom did Rolo receive his geass from?

V.V. was telling Jeremiah that if the other world-like place was what Lelouch is after, then it'd be troublesome, but I'm not even sure if Lelouch knows that the other world exists, and if that world crumbles, then what? There's so much left to answer and I wonder if this episode means that there will be some development between Lelouch and Karen?

I'm really warming up to Kaguya now. At first, I thought she would be the kind of character I wouldn't like, but she possesses a very interesting way of thinking and is pretty intelligent. I really think it's pretty entertaining how she says it's totally alright for her "husband" to have many women lol ^_^ She is truly an intriguing woman.

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to episode 10 ^_^ though I'm kind of worried with the turn of events right now. I'll be really sad if Xing Ke dies T__T. I'm kind of disappointed that they didn't do the scrambling of images in the opening again like they did in the last season T__T. I really liked the scrambling, because it kept me in tune to all 24 minutes rather than skip right into the meat of the episode ^_^; The different scramblings happened in episode 1, 9, 13, and 18; two with COLORS and two with Kaidoku Funou. I think it's kind of interesting to see that when the Lancelot's key is tossed up in the air during episode 9, it's night time, but then for 13 and onwards, it's daylight ^_^. Ah... that season had the best of everything. I feel as though they got lazy with something on this season for some reason =_= *sigh* Anyway, can't wait till Sunday~!

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