Oh my god… This is what I have been waiting for, a brillaint fight episode finally. Although, so much did happen and get revealed this episode, I am still in some awe from the fighting near the end. (And in awe that Kaguya got more than 2 seconds of screentime… Kaguya-hime!)

Rollo has his uses and it seems apparent that his Geass can only last about five seconds at a time it seems. I was wondering how Lelouch would get out of this perdicament as he surely doesn’t want to crush Nunnally but at the same time, he did promise not to lie to her. Luckily a Rollo was there to save his ass (funny how supernatural powers get him through most of his troubles…) and now Suzaku has doubt about whether Lelouch’s memories have returned and whether the new Zero is a fake.

New Loli… proably the Chinese princess… I hesistate to think she is the empress or what not… I want to know a lot more about the Chinese Federation… about their powrbase and how they operate. I would think that to make his take down of Britainnia effective, Lelouch would have to gain more favour with such a large power (one that has been alluded to).

Obligatory…. Kaguya-hime!!! Oh god, it was such a surprise to see her get a better amount of screen time. At least we find out where she has been hiding out at, like the rest of the important members of the Black Knights it seems.

If I were Lelouch, I would be less interested in the Chess board… Lelouch asks some poignant questions and gets some rather cryptic remarks from C.C. I still so desperately want to know what her wish is, the one stipulated when she gave Lelouch his powers.

And on the other side, the emperor calls V.V. nii-san which has me really confused… V.V. has been with the emperor since the Emperor’s childhood as a older brother like person seems the more likely thing. I really want some backstory explanation here. The geass side of the story is where a lot of my interest lays but we only het more information at a snail’s pace.

It is moments like this that remind me quite jarringly why Lelouch has seemed so cool to me. Nevermind the mincing about or the theratric affair, just ordering death and casuallly strolling to where he want to be was just awesome. And he always seems to have most of the bases covered, with the guard killing everyone in the guard room.

Obligatory Anya Screenshot… finally, we see the Mordred in action. Those four hadron cannons (physics lol) surely pack a huge punch desimating the other ship which was falling. A whole load of better mech just came to this, with the Knights of Round in their custom mechs, and Guilford in a one of the prototype mass produced units. Suzaku seems kinda haxed in his Lancelot now, with the new powerful gun attachment and him survivng pretty well under the Gurren’s Rad Arm where others have been completely decimated. Hell, the shot in the face did more damage than the rad arm did to the Lancelot.

The fighting was pretty cool to begin with, but it just got awesome with the improved Gurren who got remade mid flight in an epic and complicated manner and the aerial fights started in earnest against the Knights of Round. The Gurren is now packed with some awesome gadgets with a cool new Rad Arm which now can do long distance shots. Kind of lame for Guilford to be able to escape that. Finally, the Knights have an aerial frame too to match the Britainian ones, and it matches pretty well, disabling frames and the erradicating Guilford’s unit of mech.

What? Again!? Kaguya-hime! I got to say, I love R2’s new clothes designs for some of my favourite characters, like C.C.’s new outfit. I must say, that Ogi is sporting some cool new threads too. Why is he wearing that instead of the Black Knights uniform though?

I actually had no idea how much I missed Nunnally until she actuallly had some actual screen time in the longest time. Nunnally is trying to extend the same offer to Zero as Euphie did before her. We all know how well that turned out… and Lelouch remembers that quite negatively as well. He almost had her but spent way too long just talking to her. I thought it was harsh when Nunnally calls out to Suzaku for help, pretty much tearing Lelouch to pieces. And it seems that Nunnally may recognise Zero by his screams of Nunnally. This is getting more and more intriguing. I desperately await the next episode.

So yeah, I am now labled a loli master at least in relation with this show… meh, not like I am complaining. So many returning characters… my favourite is Lloyd who pulls off the weirdest exclamation ever when the Lancelot was hit in the head. 

Thank god someone has finally gotten Jil to realise that to be a Guardian (read: tank) he needs not just be a human shield but actually get some attacks in too. This type of fighter is supposed to be the one taking the damage because he can but still has to be dealing out damage of his own… my word, I almost forgot this was an anime. 

Anyways, we had a Coopa episode (I don’t particularly like her voice) but it was okay. We had some character growth all around. I still crack up at Melt and his pickiness (I don’t blame him looking at those Sea Peppers) and Coopa in combat so really reminds me of a caddy with her driver selection. And the Special Guard Unit is creepily funny - “the special guard unit washes all over.”

Zero has been on a killing spree and all the victims had one similar factor… Each one has one thing in common. They are all Governor-Generals of Area 11. Indeed the position seems to be cursed with Zero killing the last three. 

Prince Clovis - killed personally face to face - shot.

Princess Euphemia - killed personally face to face - shot regrettably but still killed.

That Guy - Unimportant enough not to bother personally - crushed under building. 

And next is Nunnally! I am sorry but this is what I thought when Nunnally was revealed as the next General-Governer of Area 11. I am still damned shocked that Suzaku got one over Lelouch although the look on his face was brilliant. I wonder how more difficult this will make Lelouch fighting Britainia. 

Oh and I would like Suzaku to get his Knight of One dream and rule over Area 11. Maybe then Lelouch could actually kill the bastard. He should have taken up Rollo’s offer, seriously. 

I am feverish, tired from unplanned football training and somewhat bored of episodic reviews… expect some more of this weirdness (the post) at odd intervals. Also this post was somewhat an excuse just to use my tablet… yeah, I fully exploited its use, yeah… 

Way to go Kogarashi… Every time he uses his Maid Guy Sight just has me cracking up, he has no tact or sense of decency at all that it is just utterly hilarious. Every episode, he proves again and again why he makes this show so good.

The new character introduces, Liz (an annoying spoiled loli) doesn’t really interest me that much, even with her grudge against Naeka which borders on perverse when she describes it. However the introduction of her Ninja Maid is another thing altogether. She seems to have two personalities going from being very serious, to being a caring coddling nanny of sorts. Her fight with Kogarashi was brilliant, and the man just walks away calmly after inspecting her panties… He need to find a better identifier than the pattern on their panties. Fukibi blowing him up shouting ‘Obaka’ realising what he had done was amusing to boot too. 

Oh my god, no one… NO ONE saw this coming. Suzaku coming back and his interactions with Lelouch were hilarious as they try to second guess each other and try to play their parts while still hating each other’s guts. The reveal with Nunnally at the end as the new Governor-General was out of this world, but this is where it gets interesting. Lelouch actually shouldn’t know Nunnally, he will have to heart-breaking-ly tell her that he doesn’t have a sister, all so that he isn’t caught by Suzaku. Harsh. 

On the other side, Lelouch is slowing removing all the old surveillance troubles he used to have and now, he has Villetta blackmailed now as well in relation to her relationship with Ogi. The nail in the coffin was just Lelouch casually giving her the birthday present and wishing a Happy Birthday… that was slick of him. XD

The rest of the episode wasn’t so serious at all (and it seems to be a pattern this season for 5th episodes from what I saw of Druaga) and was really wacky fun especially the huge chase after the tomato bearing Knightmare Frame. Feeling the C.C. love again, as I really like her in the school uniform. It is hilarious that she would risk capture for the (still unsuccessfully made) giant pizza. She still hasn’t eaten pizza in the longest time though… oh and the ear pieces make her look like Chachamaru as everyone is saying… 

I do feel sorry about what happened to C.C. this episode. Lelouch was really callous to just toss her in there. I hope this doesn’t traumatize her toward Pizza. C.C. reveals here that she knows of V.V. I really want to know more about the Geass subplot so this was interesting… 

Customary Kallen ass shot… She does seem to be the fan service machine of the second season now… not that I am complaining. Alright I am, it needs more C.C. fanservice - more so than the two or three panty shots of her in the tub of tomatoes. 

Quite a lot of fanservice this episode, more so than usual (thank you Shirley, you actually have a use now suggesting this). Although I did want the plot to progress much faster, I did enjoy this episode nonetheless even with little much going on, although the last revelation probably made up for it. Zino and Anya were introduced properly this episode, and I really like them although Zino is way too touchy feely with Suzaku. I declined on Anya screenshots because some people suspect be of being lolicon… The transformer type knightmare frame wasn’t as bad in action as I thought and we didn’t see the Mordred in any action.  

Finally, I would like to apologise for the lateness of this post to when I usually get this out, but I was playing in my fight American Football match and we won…. 48-8!! WOO!