Saki is surprisingly not as annoying as I thought she would be, being the laughing rich ojou-sama type. In the end, she turned out to be a more likable character to her manga counterpart in my opinion. Although the manga stuff has been really mixed up a bit with a different and earlier introduction of Saki-sama and her two cohorts who I completely cannot remember what their names are, the anime pulls it off pretty well and there have been no pissed off fanboy moments from me yet.
Story directions like this are probably sating me. Pulling Rito from the crowd and enticing him somewhat was a weird scene that I failed to understand the dialogue the first time (probably because I was distracted?) had me more jealous of Rito.
The theme of this season is HATE and JEALOUSY for the main guy of the show… I have been noticing this more often, maybe because I am watching eechier this season. XD… Damn Bastard…
Spot me in this hate filled crowd… we seem to be missing pitch forks! What follows is fan service spam…
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I remembered when the first season of Code Geass came out, I didn’t take much heed of the manga. There was three - Lelouch of the Rebelion was an abridged retelling, Counterattack of Suzaku was a watered down version with yaoi vibes and Nightmare of Nunnally had me somewhat confused. A year later, for unknown reasons, I checked the raws (this is becoming a habit) for the first two volumes as even now, only two chapter had been scanlated. I found myself amazed, particularly at Zero.
This Is Zero. In NoN, a mix between Spawn and Batman, being able to even take on Knightmare Frames on his own. Revelations later changes this a bit but seriously, this was more awesome and C.C. reappearing was fantastic too especially when we thought that she and Lelouch kicked the bucket in chapter 1. I find myself not really liking a faithful anime to manga adaptation but I liked this because it was a huge departure trying to add something entirely new (like the manga for Eureka Seven which I loved) . Summary for Nightmare of Nunnally from MangaUpdates:
An alternate Code Geass story in which Lelouch’s fate is unknown after his meeting with C.C., whether he be dead or alive. Nunnally makes a Geass contract and gains the power to read the lines of the future. She also obtains a new body and takes up piloting an unusual Knightmare Frame.
Poor Summary I know but man, from just skimming through the two volumes, it looked awesome… I so badly, so desperately need this scanlated. That or I can finish the first volume entirely in a year of intense translation myself. orz
Plea over, now for my regularly scheduled anime blogging. (Been catching up on my manga… Next to catch up fully on is Akumetsu)
This show keeps on churning out more and more songs… I expect many more CDs! Which remind me, the full version of Sheryl’s ‘Iteza*Gogo Kyuu Ji Don’t be late’ is utterly fabulous! Nonetheless, Ranka seems to be winning the singfest with yet another song, she is winning by pure amount now… The song was cute and smooth and I absolutely loved Ranka singing it. XD
I’ll take a little time to say again, that I love the future gadgets particularly the phones - Ranka’s especially… but more so because they lead to scenes like…
…this which was almost as suggestive as we thought. Usage outside of the manufacturer’s guidelines that is. Most of the episode followed Alto and Sheryl out on seemingly a date, Alto being coerced by Sheryl stealing his charm and hiding it in her cleavage. Coy, Sheryl. Way to go.
The end lead to this which had me squealing a bit in joy. I am so conflicted - I like both AltoxSheryl AND AltoxRanka… hm, RankaxAltoxSheryl could do with some thought. I am not certain but I do believe some people did notice that she was Sheryl and she was out with a man (or they may think woman). I see some rumours flying and backlash from this episode but I duly cannot wait to see how it pans out.
Of course, poor Ranka had to see this. How will she fight back for her Alto-kun. I expect some rivalry now for the Princess (lucky bastard Alto) and want to see how that goes.
There was no action this episode but it was fun and enjoyable nonetheless. A little bit does occur with Ozma and the military and at the end with the VF coming out of warp. I am a little confused about all of that because it was pretty dialogue heavy and my Japanese sucks. Will be eagerly awaiting a sub to patch up my understanding…
