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| I'm glad Suzaku's not displayed as purely good, since that doesn't really exist irl. A great episode. Liked his shocked expression ^__^ |
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| Didn't expect a show like Code Geass to bring back dead characters for now reason and someone be able to dodge an automatic machinegun Oo Well it was alright, but I hope it'll get better again. |
| (rewatching) Shut up, Mao! /clap-clap-clap C.C. got back just in time. She looked good with dark hair. Suzaku's secret is exposed. Your camera-mounted-guns or no match for him. |
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| A few problems in this episode.. -Lelouch could have just pushed the scale down to his side, game over -Lelouch could have used his geass to just kill Mao, or make him go away -Suzaku has officially entered the Matrix And my biggest issue since a couple of episodes ago, this little side story about Re-L (I don't know her character name in this show, I just recognize the voice actress, she's the low-tier Britannian that guy found on the rocks outside the warehouse). Amnesia. Amnesia is such a convenient plot point. I really hope they make something good out of it later. Good things: -Suzaku's murderous history -The little bit that Cornelia says about avenging Lelouch and Nunnally's deaths was interesting |
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| Couldn't Lelouch just pick all of Mao's chess pieces and place them on the scale without playing? I mean he had his own plan after all but this would seem easier. Kotori said: - could just push the balance on this side with his hands - could tell Mao to just die instead of shutting up the balance part was really stupid Yep. Now I can see its flaws when rewatching |
HazukashiiDesu said: Couldn't Lelouch just pick all of Mao's chess pieces and place them on the scale without playing? I mean he had his own plan after all but this would seem easier. Kotori said: - could just push the balance on this side with his hands - could tell Mao to just die instead of shutting up the balance part was really stupid Yep. Now I can see its flaws when rewatching Well, even though it does seem stupid remember that Mao can read his mind, so very second Lelouch gets an idea Mao knows about it. With his sister's life on the line I do not think Lelouch can react so fast, so basically if Lelouch tries to cheat his way out, that very second he thinks about it and before he acts, Mao will know and do something about it. |
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| So Mao survived being riddles with 100 bullets? Ooooooooooooookay....let's hope he stays down like a bad dog this time. As so Suzaku, you killed your dad because you thought it would end the war and stop the suffering...how's that working out Suzaku. He just got more annoying... |
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Raidriar said: I loved the ep. Although I hate Suzaku and his super human skills, I'll just live with it. I'm glad it was revealed he's not the true white knight as he portrays himself. No one mentioned it but I thought it was shocking Mao said that the only reason Suzaku puts himself in those crazy situations to save people was in fact to KILL HIMSELF. That's crazy. Subconsciously, he wants to die. Yeah, now it makes sense and I like Suzaku a bit more. He can't admit to himself that he killed the father for nothing, so he has no choice but to continue pursuing his ideals, but feels incongruence and subconsciously wants to die. Great revelation. |
| Okay, can't decide if this was the best or worst episode. Lulu could have told the police to kill him....yeah, WHY DIDN'T HE DO THAT? And he could have told Mao to kill himself, BUT HE DIDN'T DO THAT EITHER. But what came out of it, i have to admit, it was very intense and entertaining still <.< Mao did so much shit in three episodes, wow And Suzaku was displayed as very athletic before, so i can't buy the complaints about him in this thread just for the sake of hating him. I think, this episode redeemed his actions so far. |
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| The part where Suzuku dodges the surveillance cam/ machine gun was so badass. It's nice to see his character get some more work. Also, "Your self-righteousness is just thinly-veiled masturbation" Really? :/ |
| The twisted rapey kidnapper JUST SO HAPPENS TO SHAR THE SAM NAME AS THE CURRENT CHINESE EMPEROR. PURE COINCIDENCE. Brilliant plan by Lelouche though. lawlmartz said: A few problems in this episode.. -Lelouch could have just pushed the scale down to his side, game over For all he knew Mao had it rigged so that pushing the scales to his side would do nothing, meaning Mao could then set off the bomb as soon as Lelouche had cheated by pushing the scales back. lawlmartz said: -Lelouch could have used his geass to just kill Mao, or make him go away I thought Mao was stopping Lelouche from making eye contact with his headphones/goggles. |
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| this episode wtf. idk why i put this series on hold for so long after 15 episodes but im glad i picked it back up again. |
| It's impossibruh that Mao still alive, LOL. LOL, it would be total humiliation when Lelouch handstand while searching, LOL. This time, Mao really died. I'm glad. Also I won't accept the fact that C.C. Loves Mao??? No way XP Sweet Viletta screen time there. |
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| Damn, that was awesome! 5/5 |
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| Is Suzaku some sort of super soldier or something ? Was he experimented on ? Because how t f could he do all that if he's just human ? It was a good episode tho. I liked the twist. |
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| Dumb af yet enjoyable. 4/5 |
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| Whoa, Suzaku, that's a big secret there. |
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| Why Mao didn't exposed Lelouch's identity the moment he got healed up, still baffles me. Just when I was finally happy for once to see Suzaka appear in a episode, we get this bomshell about his past dropped on us...Fucking hypocrite. |
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| Whoah .. it does make sense .. I thought this was a filler .. very good episode ~ . |
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| it was nice seeing Suzaku getting rekt by Mao |
| Did not expect Mao to come back. And considering he's probably forreal dead now questioning what the point of it was. Still a really solid episode. We hadn't seen Lelouch and Suzaku seriously interact in awhile. And Mao's little chess game trap was pretty clever. Also the twist that Lelouch used his Geass on himself was kind of crazy. Never even considered he might do that at all, but now that options used. Also since I forgot to mention this when commenting about the last episode. I think it's really funny that Mao started tauntingly calling Lelouch Lulu. It seems like the point of Mao, was to show Lelouch his actions can have unintended consequences for those around him. Curious what Lelouch will do after Nunally was in pretty serious danger this time. And also if Suzaku is going to do some digging into what's up with Shirley and Lelouch. He sounded pretty skeptical of it. Speaking of Suzaku that was a genuinely unexpected twist at the end. I hadn't questioned how strange the story of the Prime Minister's suicide was. But now we know why. Kind of makes Suzaku seem like a hypocrite. But the trauma of it is probably what's formed his current outlook. Oh yeah (so much happened in this episode) but the Student Pres is going to marry Lloyd? That's a little weird. |
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| WTF! Mao is alive? He got shot more times than 50 Cent. Holy shit! Mao is alive. He's in front of Nunnally. Dat rape face. Milly's marriage interview is with Lloyd? Holy shit! Milly looking fine in that outfit. Dat oppai. LMAO at Lloyd skipping steps. Pizza Hut! Oh, but Kallen, you do have something to do with Lelouch. Arthur stay biting Suzaku. Suzaku got quick eyes. Villetta cooking now. Total 180. Suzaku is quick AF! Dat belly squeeze. YAMERO!!!! Suzaku cut the cord! WTF! Lelouch geass'd himself. Damn. Suzaku killed his own father. Mao broke him down. Dat ost! lol at Lelouch swinging at Mao. C.C. is back. World of C? Mao is finally dead. Suzaku still shook. |
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| Thaaat was a brilliant plan, I never thought he could use his geass that way. |
| finally, that clapping guy is dead. |
| So Suzaku killed his dad? Wow, that's dark. |
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| "Revelation about Suzaku", "Suzaku's past is revealed" etc etc. Ehm, people, the parricide was mentioned several episodes ago. The only big thing here is that Lelouch learned about it. Yeah, Mao isn't dead. Just because (the series wanted a big early surprise for the episode). Yeah, Suzaku is a super soldier. Just because (the series wanted super athletic feats). The mirrored geass-isation and the one on Mao were easy to see coming but welcomed, too bad it forced the hero to discard a good trump card. On the other hand, why wouldn't a cornered and finished Lelouch just reach for the balance? Nice tie of the settings thanks to the omiai being with the engineer. 1/5 (or again, 5+/5 ironically) Conclusion: Never bother with plausibility when you can make facts come out of your hat just to be sure you deliver the big show. Wall-walking (and other athletic achievements): Coolness factor +1 (+15) CodeBlazeFate said: Heh, you've said coolness factor +1 a lot. How many coolness points does this anime have now?) 15 points so one "too cool" element less than the episodes count, thank God the overload has ended. @CodeBlazeFate not really starting, and not thinking about "cunt" or something like that. This was just a dumb (or easily impressed) little kid, with a gun at hands (seriously, never let guns at children's reach). Suzaku's problem was tlaked about (by himself trying to justify himself) several episodes ago. PS: sorry, you will never (at least in 99% cases) see me "hate" a fictional character even if you try hard. Simply because they are simply what their story need them to be. @CodeBlazeFate I know: I just watched the episode. XD They even used Mao to put the exact words out, in case the audience was too stupid to get it. |
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Rei366 said: Suzaku was always insanely good at physical skill. Why else does he always spin kick and shit? "Revelation about Suzaku", "Suzaku's past is revealed" etc etc. Ehm, people, the parricide was mentioned several episodes ago. The only big thing here is that Lelouch learned about it. Yeah, Mao isn't dead. Just because (the series wanted a big early surprise for the episode). Yeah, Suzaku is a super soldier. Just because (the series wanted super athletic feats). The mirrored geass-isation and the one on Mao were easy to see coming but welcomed, too bad it forced the hero to discard a good trump card. On the other hand, why wouldn't a cornered and finished Lelouch just reach for the balance? Nice tie of the settings thanks to the omiai being with the engineer. 1/5 (or again, 5+/5 ironically) Conclusion: Never bother with plausibility when you can make facts come out of your hat just to be sure you deliver the big show. Wall-walking (and other athletic achievements): Coolness factor +1 (+15) CodeBlazeFate said: Heh, you've said coolness factor +1 a lot. How many coolness points does this anime have now?) 15 points so one "too cool" element less than the episodes count, thank God the overload has ended. Well, they do try to justify Mao not dying. It's really cheap that it comes down to the semantics of Lelouch's wording if his orders from the previous episode but...it's something plausible. Lelouch's physical ability and reflexes are a fucking joke (literally). He could never reach the scales in time. If he tried, either Mao would've pressed it the opposite direction or he would've destroyed his hand by dining squeezing it lol Starting to see why Suzaku is such a hateful cunt? @Rei366 This is the crux of why he tries to be nice, not or if the goodness of his heart, brnto forgive himself for such a crime. This is his true nature: a bloodthirsty killer and hypocritical idiot who can't cope with or accept that fact about himself so he does anything he can to avoid it, like shift the blame onto others, or (preferably) act like a better person to forgive himself, and you see all of this in full display from here on out. That's what makes him s great character, especially in terms of making us want to punch him in the face and give him a reason you suck speech. |
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| lol at that character analyzation X] No wonder Kururugi is always so righteous and gung-ho about self sacrificing himself for the sake of people .__. makes sense now. Poor boy. His mentality is weak bc he harbors years and years of guilt D: |
| Has Mao really tied the legs of a girl in a wheelchair? wow |
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| well lelounch is being cornered slowly but surely |
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| C.C with her new secretary outfit is really hot. And her resolve to kill Mao at the end was quite commendable, it proves that LL's speech at the end of the previous episode really sealed off anything she had for Mao, well done for both CC and LL. I don't have any problem with Suzuku being OP (his superhuman strength can be justified through his skill of riding KnightMare) or Mao's plan since they are not the main subject of this episode. This one was set up to reveal Suzuku's groundbreaking decision in the past as well as solidifying LL and CC bond. That said, I agree that "resurrecting" Mao was quite a bad move, or to be more precise, badly written, would make more sense if they made some changes to the previous episode like: removing the scene where Mao got shot, just leave the sound of the gunfire, this way it can simply "trick" us into thinking that Mao is dead for sure, but at the same time it can cover the fact that how Mao actually got shot, how many holes he took, thus paving the way for the medical plot convenience thingy. |
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| Not gonna lie, C.C. looked very sexy in that outfit. 16 episodes and Suzaku has finally got interesting. |
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| When I watched the preview last episode and saw this one would be called "Nunnally Held Hostage" I knew shit would go down and it absolutely did. The mind games in this episode were so awesome. Granted, they weren't 11D chess like in Yakusoku no Neverland, but Lelouch using Geass on himself to forget the orders he gave Suzaku was brilliant. Glad Nunnally was able to be saved safe and sound. I almost have a feeling Villetta is 100% bullshitting Ougi. I don't think she has amnesia. Maybe she's just feinting him? |
"In this world, there is malice born from kindness. There is also kindness born from malice. In the end, how will the people treat the actions that Lelouch has taken? Is judgment inevitable in this world? Geass. The one who uses this inhuman power will feel loneliness in their heart, whether they are willing or not, as they fall into the abyss between kindness and malice. However, if there exists someone who is able to rise above... Yes. That person would definitely have the characteristics to be the king, isn't that so?" -CC This quote is probably the best thing about this show. However, I can not take it seriously. This anime is packed with so many different genres to try and appeal to a wide range of audience, but it fails in all aspects. (Mecha, High School Romcom, Action, Si-Fi...) The characters are all flat and boring. I hardly cares what happens to anyone. Lelouch is probably the most developed, but he just feels like a watered down Light. Watching this anime is suffering, ay. The only reason I'm finishing it is because of the GBF event and I don't drop anime. Considering the first half of this anime is completely terrible, I have no idea why it's in the top 100 anime. I can understand the appeal of most top anime even if I disagree with the rating, but this is big yikes. |
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| ok is mao finally dead now???? that was pretty nifty to use the geass on himself, i didn't realise he could do that but the whole chess game, i was thinking why doesn't lelouch just push down on his side of the scale with his hands, who cares about the "rules" also suzaku outrunning that machine gun and jumping in time to cut that wire was ridiculous lol |
| oh! and suzaku killing his father then preaching that he wants to protect people, irony much? also a few episodes ago he was like he joined the military to prevent people from dying, dude what do you think people do in the military?? especially knightmare pilots lol |
| I wonder how he geassed himself, did he use a recorder or something? The truth has come out on why Suzaku is so selfless. It also seems to be the end of Mao, I wonder what they're gonna do next. |
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aghi said: Lol! Mao looks so stupid when he claps like that xD True his way of clapping is funnily odd |
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maiawatchesanime said: ok is mao finally dead now???? Well I don't know how on earth he got himself out of his pickle last episode, but surely a bullet to the brain from CC would've ended him? Plot holes aside, I really enjoyed this episode. I was kinda upset at Mao being killed off like that last episode, but now after this crazy shenanigan of his, I'm fine seeing him gone |
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| Well damn Mao returns again and gets killed again in span of 1 episode. Whoa Suzaku killed his dad? Damn that explains most of the stuff he says in previous episodes. Awesome pro gamer move by Lelouch geassing himself. Damn that is like epic move against mao. Also damn Mao got geassed by Lelouch to shut the hell up before he got offed. Should have wore that eye mask. I am glad Suzaku gets to show off more this episode. Him disabling that camera gun is very epic move. Damn that spinzaku kick. Atleast the Mao arc is concluded for good. We see him relieved out of his geass meaning he is dead once and for all. Now Lelouch just has to deal with the fact that his best friend was the reason Japan got surrendered and that his bestie killed his dad. |
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