This was a pretty action-packed episode with Xing-Ke versus Lelouch *,* At the beginning of the episode, Lelouch successfully abducts the empress and takes her aboard the Ikaruga where Kaguya keeps her company. Kaguya tells the empress that they've finally gotten her outside the Forbidden City and Tian Zi is surprised that her friend remembers her wish. Meanwhile, the Eunuch Generals have imprisoned all those who raised the coup d'etat. You know... something about Eunuch Generals and girl empress reminds me of Romance of the Three Kingdoms like the whole prophecy/saying about the woman ruling a house equals despair, chaos, and destruction thing so that's why when the eunuchs and the mother of a prince controlled this one kingdom it was just utter chaos.
Anyway... the Eunuch Generals are unable to defeat Lelouch and retrieve their empress when Zero successfully ambushes the Chinese Fed army and demolishes most of the operating troops. Because of this, they go to the imprisoned bunch and tell Xing-Ke that if he goes and fights for them, they will forgive his crime (lies of course). Well, Xing-Ke goes in this monstrous Knightmare frame called Shen-Hu (神虎) to get the empress back and it fights on par with Kallen's Guren Nishiki. Lakshata makes a note that the Indian government must have helped the Chinese Fed out with the model and that she had participated in building Shen-Hu. After the skirmish, Kallen's Guren loses all energy and she is captured by Xing-Ke. Lelouch, actually fearing for Kallen's life, tells her that he will do all he can to rescue her and to not lose hope. Diethard tells Zero that they need to give up on Kallen, because she's just one soldier and to meet up with the Indian government, but Lelouch thinks differently and says that the Indian government has probably betrayed them by now. He gives the command to the Black Knights that they would rescue Kallen, and the Black Knight members plus C.C. looks pretty happy and relieved to hear this from him.
Later, Lelouch and Xing-Ke engage in a pretty chess-like battle of strategy & tactic. Both seem to be able to read and counterattack each other's moves until Xing-Ke manages to sink most of the Black Knight's Knightmare frames in the irrigation canals. Lelouch has Toudou rescue all surviving members while unleashing a powerful attack to take down many of their foes before retreating. The Order escapes to the tomb of kings where everyone would think twice before attack. They all notice; however, that the Chinese Fed has brought in reinforcements from Brittania for the upcoming battle.
Back at Ashford Academy, the students are still watching and waiting for news of the events in China and then a phone call comes in and Lelouch is the one answering the phone. Rolo, Shirley, and Rivalz are all at the table and look relieved when they hear that Milly is fine. Meanwhile, the news is going on about the abduction of the empress and how Zero is now awaiting this doom in China...
My Thoughts: I think some time lapse has occurred, otherwise there really can't be any other way for Lelouch to find himself a double to act as him. He could have put someone else as Zero back in China and found a way to escape back to the academy in order to make it seem as though he is still there. This would most likely solve the case of the "mysterious OMG Lelouch's back at school!? HOW!?" question.
I think Tian Zi may be in love with Xing-Ke, though a lot of people are calling him a lolicon since he seems to have some feelings for her... (I wonder about that though)... She also looks like one of those really short people who are actually older than they look. To me, I keep thinking that Tian Zi is 15 or 16, but lots of people seem to say that she's 12 or something =,=;
Also, Kaguya's hairstyle in this episode was pretty cute ^_^ I really liked it compared to how she usually has it. I'm sure it's how she would put it for formal occasions, but it was nice.
Preview: 中華連邦の象徴である天子奪ったゼロと黒の騎士団であったが、予想を遥かに凌駕する戦闘能力を持った星刻、そしてブリタニア参戦により天帝八十八陵への篭城を余儀なくされていた。孤立無援の戦は徐々に、だが確実に騎士団を追い詰めていく。さらに大宦官は天子諸共、クーデターを起こした星刻抹殺も目論んでいた。果たしてゼロはこの窮地に如何なる秘策で挑むのか！！ (Taken From Official Website)
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