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!

I think they forgot that they went serious from episode 2 onwards… Although the content was almost fillerish, I did quite enjoy it for its comedy. 

Interest points were the ‘the anime costume trap’… featuring Kaaya in a bunny suit (to which she appears in such later as well), the ‘Coopa’ trap coupled with the ‘Change-back-everyone-but-their-clothes’ trap and what had me laughing the most was the ‘Magical Gender Reversal Device’. And when Jil and Melt try to take advantage of the situations to peek at a hot spring, the pixel trap happens and we are all denied fan service-y goodness. The pixelated animation brought me back to what I remembered of old games, although i started when the quality got marginally better. I was a laugh though. 

My favourite part was Jil’s ‘The devil made me do it I swear!’ to which Kaaya asks, ‘The Devil made you perverted!?’ From all the craziness, Kaaya, Melt and Ahmey really shone through and were so funny. It was damn well enjoyable… and the roper dance rocked. Too bad Neeba beat them to the punch… Possibly next episode will get back to seriousness again…