This is a must watch episode of Code Geass R2. First, because it marks the 2nd half of the series, having new opening and ending songs and animation. The opening song kinda retains in your head. And its animation is especially cool. I liked the part where characters (Schneizel, C.C., Suzaku and Nunnally) are flashed consecutively and the part where all the Knightmares were shown.
The ending song was not that enjoyable for me but the angelic Clamp trademark animation is excellent.
And second, so many things happened. JUST SO MANY!!! And I can’t help but feel sad about this episode.
The whole episode revolves around Shirley whose memories have returned. It was so like her memorial day. But first off, we have Orange-kun attacking Ashford, cancelling Rolo’s geass while CAUGHT in it and having an awesome fight scene with ninja/maid Sayoko. And thanks to Jason [edit: Jason says in his later post it was Ruffles, but Ruffles say it was an anonymous pervert], I was not able to miss the superb panty shot that comes with the action scene.
Sneak Preview
The Real Shot
At the same time, V.V. and Cornelia meet in the Order hallway. This scene just showed that V.V. is an immortal or I may say cannot be killed by ordinary means and that Cornelia seems to have gotten some rest before R2 since she seems way hotter now.
Afterward, Lelouch, Shirley and Suzaku meet while Lulu is testing his anti-Sakuradite train and while Shirley is trying to tell Suzaku that Lulu is Zero. And then, Shirley goes into a fit and falls. For one moment, I thought she would already go into a worthless death.
And here goes Orange-kun facing off with Lelouch. And poof! Orange-kun suddenly confesses his lust loyalty to Empress Marianne (Lelouch’s mom). And so now, Orange-kun is part of the Black Knights.
Finally, there is the Shirley x Rolo match-up. How stupid of Shirley to pick the line “And his sister Nunnally as well.” But, just WTF is that gay brother thinking to kill Shirley just like that. It made me want to kick his ass and slice him the way Sekai was minced by Kotonoha. Now, I am one swimsuit fanservice short. Damn Rolo!
Shirley meeting up with Lulu before her death was a very toching moment. At some point, I was really hoping that Lulu’s geass would take effect and make Shirley live. I think I replayed Shirley’s lines to Lulu about 7 more times after I finished the episode. It says:
“No matter how many time I’m reborn, I’m sure I’ll fall in love with you again.”
If Lelouch didn’t have this emo facial distortion, I would have dumped him in the garbage together with his gay sister brother wannabe.
