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| Lelou is awesome... again... he's a genius <3 I don't feel pity for Mao anymore, he deserves his death. |
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| rewatching episodes 14-16 because I think the "Mao trilogy" is one of the BEST parts of season 1. Not so much because of Mao himself (though I do enjoy his evil/ crazyness) but because of the sides these episodes show of the other characters. We get some great insight into the relationships between lulu/ cc and lulu/ suzaku...and the characters as individuals. And yes Mao is awesome lol |
| This episode was stupid, Suzaku abilities were too absurd (dodging bullets, running in the walls etc) |
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| This episode, although farfetched, was pretty enjoyable. The whole Suzaku side story was outta no where... OMG is Mao dead yet? |
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| lowut? xD dodge bullets, wall run, kill the machinegun xD only a bit sad mao didn't last more :( with a bit more of wit it would have been an awesome villain, more than how much hilarious he already was |
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| If only we had more people with Lelouch's brain. |
| :) Great episode. It was like Light's huge complicated plan in Death Note crammed in a single ep xD. This is like Death Note, but there, you could truly see that Light was wrong. And here, you have Lelouch, although his methods are obviously (in my sight) wrong, he has connections to what has happened and he's experienced much loss. He has proper reason for what he's doing. He's also developing more that Light did, you can see his weaknesses easily, wherein Light really wasn't portrayed with weakness or hesitation in most cases. The thing I really liked about Death Note though, was it was placed in our world basically. No mechas and things that could deter from reality (except for shinigamis xD I'm mainly talking about the general world of Death Note haha) |
| I haven't really liked these episodes with mao, I'm glad they are over now. But this episode was enjoyable to me, it was nice to see Lelouch actually put his faith in Suzaku to get the job done. I disagree with the above poster, I think lelouch's methods are right. Suzaku on the other hand... his way of justice or whatever you want to call it is just idiotic. He thinks he can change the world from within but he is just blindly following them. He was ordered to slaughter all those people in cold blood and he what does he say to that? "Yes, my lord." Atleast Lelouch is taking a stand and getting results, he is making an immediate impact and trying to change things for the better, that's why I sympathize more with him and his methods then Suzaku. |
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| Mao's arc was bad. I'm glad he's dead and we can move on with the plot now. |
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| This episode was my least favourite in the whole 2 series. Lelouch's plan was immensely clever and it also introduces Lelouch's opinion on Suzaku/Nunnally - however, Suzaku asked no questions as to why Nunnally was tied up and placed under a bomb. And Mao, once Suzaku burst in, never mentioned a single word about Lelouch being Zero...despite how angry he was at Lelouch at that moment. He just went on to tell of Suzaku's past....he didn't even know who Suzaku was. |
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| Okay, so at first I was glad to see that Mao was still alive, but I ended up hating him in this episode. I thought he went too far. I get that he wanted revenge on Lelouch, but he didn't have to become such a sadist. Kidnapping his blind little sister and hanging a bomb over her head, and then tormenting Lelouch with the chess game? And after he caused Suzaku to remember traumatic memories of his father, I couldn't wait for this buttface to get killed. It was even better seeing C2 to be the one to end him. All in all, though, I still think he was a pretty neat character. R.I.P. Mao, I guess, if you're actually dead or whatever.. I always thought Suzaku was cool, but I didn't expect him to be such a BADASS! Outrunning machine guns and running upside walls and disarming pendulum bombs and dodging Mao's gunshots. This man's ridiculous! Lelouch was also pretty badass, using Geass on himself to forget his plans. These dudes are super-deft. I can't remember anything else from the episode except that it made me really excited to see more of Suzaku's story. EDIT: Ohh, I remember something! Villetta's totally a house-wife now! That's sooo adorable. Man, why do I like her so much? I'm such a creep. Ehh. |
RockDagAug 5, 2012 6:57 PM
| Until now, its my favourite episode, although I dont like Mao. Its the fist time, I was happy to see a character dies. But... (maybe a spoiler from Durarara) I woul like to see the Izaya-yatsu getting killed. |
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| I really enjoyed that ep, I liked it very much. Pretty awesome plan by Leloch. I wonder if Lelouch will use his geass on Suzaku and make him forget everything about his father and stuff... I mean I expected this to happen in the end but it didnt so... CC was awesome as usual. Overall great episode, next one looks awesome too. 5/5 |
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randomuser10 said: Suzaku dodging the machine gun was total bs Other than that, it was a great episode, one of the best for sure.It's really good to see how Lelouch doesn't lose his humane side after all that happened. Not only he's so affectionate for Nunally(lol, compared to Light who was prepared to kill his sister) but he trusts Kururugi, his childhood friend. I agree that Mao's revival was cheap. It leaves bad taste in the mouth. One of the things I like about Code Geass is raw bleakness in it. I'd hate if this was one of the animes, where Kururugi was just White Knight who cluelessly defends all that is good There were some really enjoyable fun moments in this episode too. Like to see how does Kallen act in her school - I've forgotten the fake "weak" Kallen :D Mao's twisted joke that he'll extend Lelouch's time a hour more if he searches for him while doing a handstand was hilarious :D Euphy's squal was one of the cutest sounds I've ever heard :D Also Lloyd was 101% win :D |
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| I wonder who's past will be revealed next. Good episode. |
randomuser10 said: Suzaku dodging the machine gun was total bs I lol'd. |
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| Suzaku dodging bullets was quite ridiculous, but I guess you just have to roll with it. The main reason why he didn't just tip the scale with his hands is because it would go against his pride, and if you've been watching this series (No matter how stupid it sounds) even at the risk of others lives, he would never do anything that will hurt his pride (Or at least at this point in the timeline). I think that's the simple, yet ridiculous answer to that question. |
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| So Mao wasn't dead! Is he dead now, now I'm getting suspicious :p Decent side story though, good that she's saved! |
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| Sick episode, I love genius protagonists. Although why didn't Lelouch just put his hand on the scale? xD Suzaku's hypocritical nature is becoming more evident after that backstory. |
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| Well I feel trolled...who knew that Mao would survive? Dusk252 said: For all of you who complained about the scale: if Lelouch even thought about cheating (aka putting his hand on the black side of the scale), Mao would know beforehand (did you forget he can read thoughts?). During the one second Lelouch would be deciding whether to risk it or not (he's a fast thinker but he can't do anything without rationalizing), Mao could do put his hand on the white side. Knowing his thoughts beforehand, Mao would always had the upper hand when it comes to time, even if for a mere second. So, that was a stupid option. Lelouch was damn smart in using the geass on himself with the mirror. That was an amazing move. Well that's true, but if Lulu was really desperate, he would've tried it anyways. Instead he just stood there looking shocked. I mean if either way, the bomb was going to be triggered, by (1) Mao putting one last piece down on the scale or (2) Mao reading Lulu's mind that Lulu will try to push down on his side of the scale and therefore stop Lulu and still trigger the bomb, then why wouldn't Lulu make one last desperate attempt despite it having 100% chance of failure? Well it's whatever. It was definitely smart of Lulu to use the Geass on himself, but I wasn't surprised that he did since he definitely didn't look like he was acting and the situation felt really similar to something that happened in another anime. But someone said that a reflection isn't really a direct look...it's probably something like C.C.'s powers penetrating through Lancelot's armor and onto Suzaku, I'm just thinking too much. My suspension of disbelief seems to be malfunctioning. Ahh Suzaku. Most of us don't like him because we find him hypocritical, but I think what Mao said was interesting, that Suzaku is trying to pay penance by putting himself into dangerous situations which could cause him to die. Seems like he is a much more complex character than I originally thought he was. I mean he's still preachy and hypocritical, but I guess he's going through a lot of unconscious internal conflict :/ Oh and nvm my post from the last discussion...I guess Villetta is really, conveniently, an amnesiac. And yeah, I agree that Suzaku is a little OP running on walls and jumping high enough to kick down the machine gun (I guess it's due to his long legs being able to reach it). edit: deleted spoiler |
tingyAug 9, 2015 11:19 PM
| I couldn't take Mao seriously after he lost his voice. He just looked so...derpy. Lovin' the strategizing as usual. Wish more people had Geass so we could see fights like these more often. Yeah the thing about him just putting his hand on the scale. I would have done that for sure. |
| Decent episode I guess, but damn, Suzaku moved at insane speeds to dodge the minigun... |
| After 3 episodes of him, Mao definitely seems like a waste of a character, finally someone else with Geass and...meh. I was hoping it'd be Jeremiah or Suzaku that eventually got a power for foil purposes. Then again there's lots of story I still need to see. I liked the Suzaku development at the end at least so I guess this wasn't completely pointless. Also I'm pretty sure either CC or LeLouch himself said his Geass works as long as he makes eye contact in any form, it's one of the earliest episodes when he's testing it. So with that in mind the mirror thing made sense to me and was pretty ballsy so I can respect it. Looking forward to the next episode since it looks like things are going to pick up again. |
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Pewdie said: Ok, I know Lulus plan against Maos bomb was great and all.. but wouldn't it be smarter just to put down your hand on that weight in order to disarm the bomb? Those were the rules right? there were other things like: How can Mao setup such a complicated bomb around a school without no1 noticing? That rly disturbed me ....=) I can keep going but you'll get the point. Thats why I disliked this episode :< That is so true but now we know that he is dead or at least we allhope he is poor Suzaku n pretty crafty Lelouch for using his Geass on himself. |
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| Mao is a huge weirdo offering deathly chess games.. He had the most beautiful and dramatic deaths that I've ever seen though. |
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| 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. And I came to the same conclusions as the others did with the scale. The guy is reading your mind, I wouldn't dare try to touch the scale. Also losing his voice is actually pretty cruel considering Mao relies so much on his voice to portray his thoughts and feelings. He got what he deserved though I don't blame him for going psycho since LuLu try to kill him. |
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| This was probably the most ridiculous episode I've seen so far of CG. It was still good, but Suzaku taking out the camera was too much lol. Nice reveal though. I didn't expect the relationship with his father to be too big. But that's an interesting discovery. |
| Really good episode,let's see what happens next. |
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| And checkmate. |
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| This episode should silence those people bitching about Suzaku so much. Suzaku was great this episode and got some good development too. Lelouch was a genius to use geass on himself. |
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| Geez I knew he wasn't dead at all. Sick bastard, I hope he's dead for real now. |
| Using the geass on himself? Bloody brilliant! |
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| Wow, what the fuck just happened? What a weak episode. I heard about Code Geass entering a level of bullshit but I really hope it's just this episode only. |
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| Mao aka Mr. Clapper is still alive? Who woulda thought? Anyways That was some interesting backstory on Suzaku, and good thing Suzaku cut that wire or Nunally would have been toast. Hopefully Mr. Clapper is dead for good now. |
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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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