I love these shots, a smiling Lelouch and maniacal laughter always provides entertainment.
Well as promised there was definitely a showdown between Guilford and Zero in this episode, as we resolve the execution standoff. However, there were also some heavy developments regarding Rollo mixed in with some minor mecha action and devious Lelouch. We discover some of Rollo’s past and what kind of person he is.
Episode Summary:
The episode opens with a scene from the past, where a young Rollo uses his geass to freeze and assassinate a man. We are told that Rollo has been an emotionless assassin for years, working for the Empire to kill off its enemies. His most recent assignment is revealed to be to pretend to be Lelouch’s brother and keep tabs on him, killing him in the event he regains his memories. He’s a bit reserved about it however, since he’s never had friends or a family. Back in the current time frame, Lelouch has been counting the time and has figured out that Rollo doesn’t stop time, but instead freezes it for the others around him. In order to avoid getting shot here, Lelouch offers Rollo C.C. in exchange for his life, and Rollo agrees and lets him go.
At the embassy, Li reveals to Kallen and C.C. that the ambassador has been removed and that Li plans to lay the blame on the Black Knights and they are forced to accept due to the circumstances. Meanwhile, Lelouch starts to think out his plan, Rollo tells himself how the mission is more important than the team, and Guilford prays for Zero’s appearance while looking at his decorative plate of Cornelia. In what is probably a scene from the recent past, Li confronts the Chinese ambassador as to why he was going along with Zero. Obviously delusional from the geass, the ambassador cannot give Li a satisfactory answer and he kills him.
As the time for the execution approaches, everyone watches with anticipation. Before it starts, Lelouch goes to a nearby building and uses his geass on a knightmare pilot who was aiming to avenge his father Dalton’s death. Meanwhile, Rollo has stolen the identity of Lord Kimmel so he can pilot the Vincent in this confrontation. As the Brittanian’s prepare to execute the prisoners, Zero arrives on a Knightmare from outside the compound and accepts Guilford’s challenge to a duel. As Guilford rushes in, a Brittanian technician geass’d by Lelouch sets off the settlement’s plates and tilts the plate the Brittanians and prisoners are on toward the embassy. Kallen leads the Black Knights in to defeat the remaining Brittanians and rescue the prisoners.
However, as Lelouch flees into the embassy Rollo chases him, intending to kill him for breaking the deal. However, as he closes in the pilot Lelouch geass’d earlier fires his rifle at Rollo who is unable to stop it in time. However, Lelouch slides his knightmare over to take the hit and save Rollo. Lelouch tells him he did it because he is his little brother, that even if the basis was a lie, the time they spent together was real. This breaks Rollo mentally, and when Guilford attempts to kill Zero Rollo catches the spear he threw to save him. At this time Li issues a warning to the remaining Brittanians, who are forced to retreat to avoid an international incident. As Kallen is reunited with the rescued members of the Order, Lelouch seemingly convices Rollo to join and him reveals to us that it was all planned. Lelouch plans to use him as a pawn to get Nunally back and then toss him away. The last shot is of Suzaku in front of Ashford Academy dressed in the school uniform.
Impressions:
I kind of saw this coming, the way Rollo acted around the Villetta intelligence folks seemed to be more his real personality. I’d have to say the emotionless shouta killer is kind of an overused character type and I was kind of meh over the whole thing. However, it was necessary to give such a seemingly important character some background, because it was clearly lacking so far. Good thing we get to see more batshit insane Rollo later on in this episode.
The always perceptive Lelouch catches on fairly quickly to exactly what Rollo’s geass was, and it was kind of as most of us were predicting at least as of episode 3. Some were able to give a pretty close explanation even after episode 2’s events, but it became really clear in episode 3. Freezing time for people seems much more mental and like the other geass abilities rather than teleportation or total time stop. Overall a pretty damn useful geass for killing people, albeit little else. We still don’t know who gave him the geass however.
Lelouch was also a pretty quick thinker to figure out a plan to get himself out of this. It’s pretty obvious he has no actual intention of selling out C.C. because she’s the source of his power, but Rollo is pretty gullible and believes him. What I don’t quite git is in the shot above he is looking at Rollo but the geass doesn’t hit him. The geass has worked on other geass users before, and his eye is lit up so why doesn’t it take him? And why would Rollo let him turn around and bring his eye on him anyways? Convenient plot hole I guess~
Why I find clumsy C.C. moe I have no idea. Maybe that’s because she’s always so deliciously devious and seductive that this sudden bout of clumsiness hit me hard. She’s getting awfully close to Kallen in my heart. She does quickly shift to composed and calculating C.C. when Li comes in. I was pretty disappointed here, I thought Li was going to charge in and start some shit with the Black Knights. Turns out he’s just playing political games for his own benefit seemingly. He just wanted to off the ambassador and use the Black Knights as the scapegoat. He slid down in my opinion this episode.
I laughed so hard when I saw this, Guilford has a freaking decorative plate of Cornelia. Man, that’s pretty pathetic I’d have to say, she’s not even dead yet. Guilford is a sad man, still hung up on a Princess who seems to have deserted the empire and has been gone for a year after losing to Zero.
Boo to the new timeslot this season, they seem to not be able to show blood actually spurting out like they could first season. It’s happened a couple of times, most visibly in the first episode when Lelouch ordered the Brittanians to kill themselves. In the first episode of season one you saw them shoot themselves, whereas this season you did not. This shot also has a bit of QUALITY to it, they saved their animation budget for the second half it seems.
Such manly flower petals! Ah I love his grand entrances, and I also found the various reactions to the situation from the prisoners to be amusing. Most amusing of course was Tamaki who is all rabu rabu for Zero.
Kaguya-sama sighting! We welcome you queen of all lolis. Now I’m not a lolicon like Impz and say, wildarmsheero, but I can certainly appreciate her charm as she is definitely adorable and infatuated with all things Zero. I also look forward to these “plans” Diethard spoke of that they came up with last year, probably preparing for Zero’s return.
Your first mistake when dealing with Zero you silly knight. War isn’t about honor and fair duels, war is about who wins and who loses, and boy did you lose. Did he actually think that Zero would go at him one on one considering his tactical skills and events of the past? Sorry sir, try again next time.
Pragmatism at it’s finest, if you worry too much about your own personal morality you may never achieve the best result in the end in his mind. Sometimes less than honorable means are required for the best ends to be achieved. I think this is a short and concise statement of Lelouch’s true ideals. He feels that in order to defeat a greater evil he must slug it out in the mud with evil himself.
An excellent plan in the end to crush and separate the Brittanians, one that obviously draws parallels to the end of the Black Rebellion. And our favorite darling guerilla Kallen leads the charge to save her comrades. I am quite disappointed in the failure of the writers to provide Kallen fanservice this episode. A mighty failure indeed. I also found the various deaths of masked Brittanian’s with one name to be amusing. BARTO!!!!!!!
Oh dear, what do we have here. Lingering rabu rabu for Ougi I see. Somehow I see this coming back to rear its ugly head later on in the series. After all she did do the naughty with a dirty Eleven.
Ssssslllllooooowwwwww mmmmoooottttiiiiioooonnnnnn…..Ah yeah I really didn’t see this plan coming. I was actually really surprised when Lelouch took the bullet for him, I just thought he had used his geass on that guy to kill Rollo. Ah but it turns out Lelouch is obviously more brilliant then I am because he’s got a hold on Rollo now.
Oh dear, unabashed yaoi fodder, this was that shot from last week’s preview. But oh man, he laid it on thick with the little brother mushiness, completely mind fucking that wacked out Rollo. Through his words and through the circumstances he triggered, Lelouch seems to have brought Rollo over to his side. Obviously that’s going to play a huge role in the future if he has possession of two geass and the Vincent. I’d like to see Lancelot vs. Vincent, but we all know Suzaku has Jesus plotarmor and would never actually die.
Speaking of Jesus, here he comes to be a douchebag and ruin the fun. Since he is shown in an elevator hanging out with everyone, including Lelouch, one would assume he is trying to figure out if Lelouch really got his memories back. Lelouch is pretty good at stringing people along, but Suzaku is a lot smarter than Rollo and wont be so easily deceived.
Overall it wasn’t quite as good as I had hoped, but still an excellent episode. They totally pulled a fast one with Li, I thought he was going to fight it out with the Black Knights but it turns out he just did it for politics. I was totally surprised by how the whole thing with Rollo turned out, and I think it’s going to be a huge driving force for later plot. Lelouch’s plan this week was pretty awesome, I knew he was going to rescue the prisoners but I didn’t think it would be such a flawless victory. He not only rescued all of his comrades but he secured Rollo and the Vincent.
Crusader’s Impression (Drunk Angry Rant):
Well that was a freaking tease, Lulu bunts one again and Rollo proves to be a great failure. I was hoping that he’d be Ali but okay whatever I just have pin all my hopes on Suzaku to pile the main character kills. Kallen kills a bunch of guys with first names and little else. Fucking Tamaki lives to suck Lulu’s dick once again. I was so excited when it looked as if the Chinese were going to push out Lulu and his band of terrorist, but no they let them go… I just hope Rollo proves to be more of a problem as part of Lulu’s gang. If Rollo isn’t offing his new friends left and right I will be sorely disappointed. Man not a single eleven dies in the end. Damn it Guilford just rig your hostages to explode next time. You do not fight a dishonorable foe with honor, you do it by making him bleed by whatever means necessary. Rollo you idiot all you have to do is bring C2 to you masters and all will be forgiven, sadly the boy doesn’t seem to have much brains left…
Oh and Villetta still wants to get raped by Ougi…stupid bitch. As intel groups go Britannia has fallen a long ways from being MI6. It’s just not as fun so long as there is no real opponent for Lulu. For me Lulu winning everything every time is not satisfying he hardly works for it and we have to assume a lot for his plans to work. Honestly Rollo’s data wasn’t even protected at all. I just hope that Charles was planning to use Rollo as a sleeper. Such incompetence all around, it’s a wonder they got to be top dog in the first place…Well Suzaku will be back and much crying and whining shall be had from the Lu-Qaida. Cold comfort though…
Next Episode:
Back to Ashford as there is a huge party of sorts with cakes, dancing and Suzaku. His two buddy Knights of Round have come along as well, fireworks will ensue.
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I laughed during this episode more than I have ever have for a Code Geass episode.
Do they try to be serious? For me, this episode felt like a Code Geass parody with a lulz preview for next episode.
And I thought the slice-of-life school hijinks would be done with…
…it’s just me or Rollo will develop brothercon feelings?
GARLolicon: He already has them. That’s why Lelouch was able to win him over. Now, if he also promises Rolo that he’ll get him a sister by saving Nunally, then Rolo’ll be so far gone that it won’t be funny.
I can’t believed that Rolo would be immune to Geass. This will be a big problem if he betray Lelouch.
@zqube
I think CG is certainly not intended to be serious business like Gundam SEED or something, and instead just seeks to entertain you. Rather than try and make you all emotional over the characters, they aim to keep you entertained with a smile on your face. I love it.
@Extrange
I doubt it will become really overt or anything, but enough for some yaoi fodder.
@Haesslich
That would certainly be interesting, although I’m not sure if he needs to that at this point.
@Sniper
I don’t think he’s immune, I think they just overlooked that or didn’t care. Lelouch used his on Mao and the Emperor used his on Lelouch, so users haven’t been immune to each other so far.
heh I wouldn’t worry about Charles I don’t think Rollo and Vielettta’s group are the only thing he prepared to keep his bastard son in check,for one don’t foreget that as long as he has Nunaly he stil will have comeplete control over Lulu.
@Calawain, Sniper: He’s not immune, he’s just faster to react than Lulu due to his Geass; besides, he’s informed how Lulu’s Geass works.
I don’t get why it’s so hard for people to comprehend Guilford’s loyalty to Cornelia. To me it’s anything but pathetic and shows how much respect he has for his former commander. That is something noble to me that I guess the more quick to judge people can’t understand.
I swear, so few people seem to even try to get inside anime characters heads or give them a decent analysis these days. It’s no wonder few people seem to enjoy or discuss series beyond the most immediate and obvious levels of presentation or feel it’s being a “parody”. People don’t look for what a series has to offer on it’s own grounds and instead focus on what it is not. To quote an excellent piece of advice from a man I respect very much in my father, “There’s no use worrying over something you have no control over”. Seems pretty obvious to me that this series isn’t meant to be a Legend of The Galactic Heroes ultra-serious style take on politics and war, so why are people so obsessed that it’s not.
I seriously don’t get most anime fans anymore. I don’t get why they focus on Yaoi or such mundane things as whether Suzaku is going to die, whether character X is going to end up in a relationship with character Y, or whether some other irrelevant criteria that they expect the series to cater to them on is going to happen or not. What ever happened to just sitting down to take in a show and then discuss what it brings to the table and how well it does it. Like I wonder why some people even bother with this series if they aren’t going to bother looking at the bigger picture. No wonder anime studios are designing their shows more and more around catering to specific fetishes. People are so hard to please these days that trying to do anything complex is just going to generate complaints that you aren’t enough of this or too much of that.
@zqube: So whine about it some more then. This is exactly what I’m talking about. You’re not getting the series you want so it automatically sucks apparently.
More alcohol for Crusader.
@Herbata
One would assume he has other means at his disposal for it, and who knows, maybe he wants him to simmer around and create trouble. We really don’t know the extent of the Emperor’s plans.
@Extrange
But Lelouch was looking straight at him, and with permanent geass on he should have caught him. He doesn’t pick and choose anymore, he just has to look at them like with Euphemia last season.
@Kaioshin “SUNRISE SHOWS ARE FUCKING SERIOUS BUSINESS!@!#!@$J@$!#$”
People aren’t interested in super, in-depth analysis of this show because it’s not meant to be taken as seriously as you take it. I know you can’t help yourself and think everything is freaking serious shit, but this show is made for entertainment. It is way too flamboyant, stylish, and sometimes ludicrous to be a serious show. So you can try to give some analysis as I do but becoming too mired in it makes you look pretty pathetic.
And the fact that you are wondering why people have shipping tendencies blows my mind. Like, have you been living under a rock your whole life? Shipping goes on in every media in every country, people want to see who ends up with who, who’s cheating with who, who is gay for someone, etc. And it’s perfectly natural that people want the shows they watch to cater to their interests. You are stating some really obvious truths here and acting like it’s some sort of surprise. Your outrage is midly-founded, at best.
@Ruk
Please no, the man has been drunk for parts of the last couple of days.
@Calawain: I think you are confusing serious look with alternative analysis. I mean I know these days people think that only Slice of Life and Romance series are worth giving anything more than a quick glance at with regard to the characters and their motivations, but hey, that’s just the time with live in. If some people would actually set aside their inherent beliefs that no element of Code Geass deserves to have one’s brain put to task over it though, they would realize that Guilford’s lack of tactics is actually an adherence to an Arthurian Code of Chivalry.
Among other concepts that Code Geass borrows from the Legend of Camelot, Guilford’s knight like status and personal set of beliefs obligates him to pay tribute to his lord in Cornelia as well as to recognize Zero as a worthy adversary and to try and engage him in a fair duel. Of course Lelouch doesn’t play by those rules and since most viewers tend to view the series from a Lelouch-centric method of perceiving the Code Geass universe, Guilford’s actions come across as foolish. Looking at it from his perspective though, Guilford’s actions come across as noble compared to Carares more brutal and unsavory tactics, and that’s something I can relate too and respect in Guilford’s character.
So all I’m arguing when I say that one should be looking at the bigger picture is that it’s worth it to try and look at things from Guilford’s perspective. That way it IS possible to come away with a little more appreciation then one otherwise would have for the narrative of the episode.
So I don’t get why you think I’m all SERIOUS BUSINESS about this series. I don’t think it’s ultra serious and I frequently make wisecracks about some of the scenes on my own blog. What I think it does deserve is a little bit of a deeper look into some of it’s scenes. No sense robbing yourself of enjoying it even further then one already is right?
@Calawain
Its the freaking weekend, I will get drunk if I want to I also discovered that Travis AFB has some pretty cheap Kegs…and some primo sake. I am not an alcoholic, alcoholics go to meetings. I do not.
@Kaioshin
Alright, let’s put it this way since I’d rather not have a discussion on this here. If you would like to make comments on Guilford’s motivations or any other discussion about the show itself feel free, that’s what this space is for (and half of your second comment there qualifies). However, if you want to complain about how me or someone else writes about the show, or complain about anime fans in general (like most of the first comment), do it on your own blog, not here.
@Crusader
“Alcoholics go to meetings. I do not.” Ah I love that quote. And man, it’s always true that military bases get everything for cheap. I wonder if they sell sake at Brittanian bases in Area 11~
Haha, I see a lot of people capitalized on C.C.’s gun-blunder. I merely included it in my entry. xDD
And now that you mention it, I didn’t find the plate so ridiculous until you pointed it out. Hehe.
In Season 1 Zero was able to roam around and carry out his plans much easier. In Season 2, however, he’s kind of fighting those around him first. He has to keep an eye on his “allies” as well (especially Rollo – whose side is he going to be on? and maybe Li XINGKE – what plans does he have) I think it will unfold to be an interesting series with betrayals and surprises, especially with Suzaku in the mix
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I don’t think it was a plot hole at all, it’s just that Lelouch never game an order while facing Rollo.
And I lulz at the “Zero is Happiness” from the Eunuch General.(I watch the Eclipse Subs)
I think the Geass didn’t work on Rollo simply because Lelouch wasn’t issuing any order. Either that or Rollo just averted his eyes.
Did anyone else feel that all-work-and-no-play emotionless assassin Rollo was too quick in agreeing to spare Lulu in exchange for C.C.? Even if his official mission is C.C., Zero is the key aspect of the rebellion, take him out and everything goes downhill for Elevens from there. I was wondering how they were going to work this particular situation out, but it seems that the almighty “I’ll show you a different future” solution was inevitable. Meh.
Well, at least Lulu still seems to have his one chance of geass’ing Rollo. Not that he needs it, mind you. He screwed with Rollo’s head using traditional methods so bad, I’d be surprised if the guy could even form sentences anymore, especially what with Suzaku radiating Jesus/Justice waves around him.
Seriously, Lulu’s manipulations are just the best form of entertainment.
@Nagato
I am keenly aware of any and all things concerning Kallen and C.C., the latter especially since she’s had so little screentime so far =/ And the plate was just freaking hilarious because Guilford is a silly man so it sprang right out at me.
@ichibanluckycat
Well it’s certainly going to be interesting, although I could do without Suzaku in any form. Keeping his identity at school this season is going to be a lot harder than in season one, he’s dragging around a mentally unstable Rollo who knows his secret and doesn’t have C.C. with him to cover. Plus Suzaku already suspects him.
@Gravmech/Son Gohan
I dunno, that doesn’t really do it for me. The fact is Rollo shouldn’t have let him turn around because he just had to give an order and it was over.
@Myu
Well Rollo was really confident he could kill Lelouch regardless (I doubt he’s ever failed to kill someone before), his primary mission was C.C. anyways, Lelouch was secondary. And for him, it’s all about the mission and orders, rather than what would be bad for the rebellion.
He’s probably saving the geass for when Rollo figures out he’s being fucked with or goes off the deep end, hah.
Yeah, it does look like Rollo’s only purpose in life is to complete the mission. Hence, even if turning in Lelouch could possibly prove to be a chance to receive more glory and whatnot, he chooses C.C., his assignment.
But damn, it’s going to be fun seeing how this will turn out. Rollo must be going nuts (and, hell, he wasn’t that sane to begin with) with C.C. right in front of him. Lulu’s move was borderline perfect. He secures an emotionally traumatized pawn with quite the favorable geass, keeps his phony identity in place and has yet to geass the kid himself.
Can’t wait for Rollo to go bonkers.
Rolo will be sooo loneley, when he lose the control of his geass… poor guy
Another inconsistency I just noticed, why isn’t Rollo’s geass perma yet? He’s obviously overused it, and I thought all geass start to act on their own when that happens.
Albeit that it wouldn’t make a lick of sense for his geass to be permanently activated, but still…another hole in the swiss cheese of continuity.
Ah I enjoyed this episode – it was so much fun.
Clumsy C.C., Snowboarding Knightmare, Fanboy Tamaki climaxing over Zero, Guilford worshiping a decorative plate, Lelouch competely messing with Rollo’s mind & Suzaku arriving back at Ashford still in Emo-Jesus mode. Really looking forward to ep5 and how that plays out!
I also think that Lelouch’s geass didnt affect Rollo because he did not issue a direct order – thats one of the limitations of Lelouch’s geass, he has to give an explicit order. However I am also curious as to why Rollo’s geass hasnt become permanent since he has had it for so long. Granted it would be competely messed up if he was walking about in a permanent bubble, stopping everyones concept of time that came anywhere near him – I dont think his fragile psyche would last too long in that state. But who cares about these little plot-holes, Code Geass is definately all about the entertainment value and I am entertained!
@Myu
It’s only a matter of time, Sunrise always likes to include characters that lose their marbles.
@Kenshin/Shirukii/Caraniel
Well they haven’t quite established as to how much you need to use it for it to become permanent, and you can try to explain it in a power levels way. Lelouch has an extremely strong power so maybe that’s why it went permanent faster. Also, from a plot perspective it’s harder to come up with a way for the Emperor or Rollo’s geass to be on permanently and have everything make some sort of sense. The whole system is a bit out there, so I can’t fault them for smaller inconsistencies like this, although it won’t keep me from pointing them out along with everyone else.
@Caraniel
Eureka Geass! Well, not really but it did bring back memories of that show. And for now I’m going to hesitantly buy the “order required” argument for now and just try not to fret about the details, heh.
Those are some of the best pictures of Code Ceass R2 i have ever seen! I can’t wait for Episode 5 though!
The only thing that really bothers me about the second season is, where is everyone getting the power of the geass from? I honestly thought that C.C only had the power to give it to a regular human and now it seems that lelouch’s enemies seems to have taken it’s power for themselves. Is the geass truly the power of a God? Is that what the emperor was talking about when it was talking to suzaku about the power of Gods? In addition, does anyone else think that this show has some dark themes? Everytime, when I feel that Lelouch is a great leader, it does something really dark and tricky that makes me think that he might be going crazy from his use of geass. Is it possible thgat Lelouch has developed some feelings for Rolo and is hiding it under the facade of revenge for his sister? Technically, Rolo is as much a victim as he was by the British empire, at least Lelouch has some loving memories left of his mother and sister but Rolo has nothing. I definitely feel sorry for him, couldn’t Lelouch just adopt him into his family, it’s obvious he’s been a puppet his whole life and he didn’t erase Lelouch memories and replace himself with his sister, technically he was following the orders of the emperor, so he shouldn’t be harmed for that. Is anyone else wondering if Lelouch’s sister is still alive? I don’t think she has been seen, except in flashbacks by Lelouch, where is she? Who is holding her? Is she being harmed? Did she ever gain back her sight? I mean what happens if Lelouch is going through so much, to try to save his sister, only to find that she been killed like his mother. the way the show goes, it can be a possible twist of the story, that Rolo ends up truly replacing Lelouch’s sister, if she’s dead and Lelouch ends up caring for him. Also, what is Suzaku’s agenda? I mean we all know that Lelouch is going through any crazy way to destroy the empire by force, however Suzaku is a different story, he’s more of an enigma, I don’t think he stands for justice because than he would be doing something like Lelouch to gain freedom for his people, rather than becoming the puppet or dog of the British emperor. However the saying does ring true that you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, so maybe he is trying to find another way to get things done by breaking things from within, it’s just so hard to tell with him. In season one, I honestly didn’t think he was a bad person, but than he feel too quickly for that pink haired girl (sorry, I forgot her name) and went crazy, ended up betraying his friend and turning him over to the emperor for brainwashing. How do you even forgive someone for that? I’m sorry for all those Suzaku fans but I truly feels he either deserves to die or feel that same pain that Lelouch had been burdened with, his whole life. He needs to do something interesting instead of playing the fool. I have to agree with the blogger’s words that he is douchebag, and he’s acting like a complete idiot, and I lost respect for his character, I just hope he doesn’t do anything stupid, I feel sorry for Lelouch, he has to face both Rollo, the british empire spying on him, and now has to reunite with his ex-bestfriend who literally stabbed him in the back or would the better terms be, practically shot him and gave him, for the lack of a better term, as a present to his enemies. Seriously though, where is this season going? I want to hear what everyone else thinks.
In addition, Is rolo truly an orphan? I mean it looks like he has the same beautiful eyes as Lelouch, is it possible that they really are siblings and the emperor been using his illegimate son as his personal assasin? Is anyone else wondering if Lelouch’s sister is still alive? I don’t think she has been seen in the anime, except in flashbacks by Lelouch, where is she? Who is holding her? Is she being harmed? Did she ever gain back her sight? I mean what happens if Lelouch is going through so much, to try to save his sister, only to find that she been killed like his mother. the way the show goes, it can be a possible twist of the story, that Rolo ends up truly replacing Lelouch’s sister, if she’s dead and Lelouch ends up caring for him. Also, what is Suzaku’s agenda? I mean we all know that Lelouch is going through any crazy way to destroy the empire by force, however Suzaku is a different story, he’s more of an enigma, I don’t think he stands for justice because than he would be doing something like Lelouch to fight for the freedom for his people, rather than becoming the puppet or dog of the British emperor. However the saying does ring true that you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, so maybe he is trying to find another way to get things done by breaking things from within, it’s just so hard to tell with him. In season one, I honestly didn’t think he was a bad person, but than he fell far too quickly for that pink haired royal girl (sorry, I forgot her name) and went crazy, ended up betraying his friend and turning him over to the emperor for brainwashing. How do you even forgive someone for that? I’m sorry for all those Suzaku fans but I truly feel that he either deserves to die or feel that same pain that Lelouch had been burdened with, his whole life. He needs to do something interesting instead of playing the fool. I have to agree with the blogger’s words that he is douchebag, and he’s acting like a complete idiot, and I lost respect for his character, I just hope he doesn’t do anything stupid, I feel sorry for Lelouch, he has to face both Rollo, the british empire spying on him, and now has to reunite with his ex-bestfriend who literally stabbed him in the back or would the better terms be, practically shot him and gave him, for the lack of a better term, as a present to his enemies. Seriously though, where is this season going? I want to hear what everyone else thinks.On a last note, wouldn’t be a twist that Lelouch’s trickery of Rolo, ends up hurting him, if it turns out that Rolo is related to him in some way and might be the only way to save his sister? Could the series do the escaflowne twist and make Rolo, actually be some messed up male twin of Lelouch’s sister? Does anyone know the color of Lelouch’s sister’s eyes? I was curious if that amethyst violet colored eyes is his family’s trademark or the common color of the eyes of individuals, supposedly violet is the color of royalty too, so if it’s a genetic trait, the color of his eyes might be the hint of Rolo’s parentage. I just hope that Lelouch doesn’t make the same mistakes as he does with season one, he has more at stake now, and his decisions can make or break his comrades. I feel that Lelouch grown up from the first season and is immature at some times as well in this season. He grown up in the sense that he has learned to trust his comrades and work with them, in season one, it seems that he was only relying on himself and didn’t really consider the black knights as his comrades, he thought of them more as his pawns. His immature side is shown in his constant need for revenge and tricks, he doesn’t have the physical strength to match his brains, so he relies on tricks too much and it ends up, hurting him in the end. He needs to find other ways to use his power, because revenge did not lead him to win in the last season, and he needs to get his act together before he hurts more people that he cared about like the girl, whose brain is really messed up by both Lelouch’s geass and the emperor’s geass when it manipulated the whole class. On a lighter note, if Lelouch wins the war, what is going to happen after? How would the left-over hate and discontentment dissolve? Will Lelouch become the new emperor or will everyone be considered equal? Will he go off a campaign to kill everyone that wronged him? Will his sister even be alive at the end, does she know that her brother was zero? Why was Lelouch’s mother killed in the first place? I’m not sure if the reason behind the assassination of Lelouch’s mother was ever explained in the last season, all I know is she was wrongfully murdered in front of his sister, yet I still don’t know the reason behind it and sometimes I wonder if the thing that Lelouch needs the most right now, may be closure on everything that happened from the betrayal when he was young with his mother and sister to present. Where does Lelouch truly think that his form of rebellion will lead him? After all, he failed once already, is he ready to fail again or would he sacrifice anything, not to fail? Also, will Lelouch be taking revenge on Suzaku? I mean, I don’t think that Suzaku is immune to the geass, so he could use his geass on him and tell him to kill himself, unless Suzaku is immune to it for some reason or way too head strong, so he has to do the violent way. In the long run, Suzaku is physically stronger than Lelouch, so a physical battle is out of the question and a battle of wits can only go so far. So what will it come down to, Geass vs. Suzaku’s will. Who knows? :p
I think the reason that Rollo wasn’t hit by it was because Lelouch didn’t actually give a command – he just sorta talked to him and made promises. Lulu’s Geass only works when he commands somebody, I am pretty sure…
Hey Im Not A Formal Here But Maybe Since Rollo Didnt Come Under His Order Rollo Used his Time Thingy before and Lelouch thought he was talking to Rollo When It Was A Mere Blur Image Of That Time Thingy Effect!!!
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