Leaving off from last week, Lelouch is confronted by his father at the Sword of Akasha. Using his very mutli-purpose remote, he is able to geass Charles without being geassed himself. Geassed ‘to die’, Charles shoots himself in the heart. Elsewhere, Suzaku is forcing himself the refrain on Kallen, but then realizes at the last moment that that’s actually not a very nice thing to do.

Cutting Lelouch’s celebration short, Charles gets back up and reveals that he’s immortal now after killing V.V. Apparently the sibling complex wasn’t inherited from Lulu’s father. He proceeds to mindfuck Lelouch for a little while. Villeta and Ougi finally reunite, only to have Ninja-Meido interrupt. Ninja-Meido throws some kunai at Villeta only to have Ougi use his body as a shield and fall off a cliff, followed by Villeta.

Finally, after 30-something episodes, the specifics of C.C.’s one true wish is revealed. She wishes for Lelouch to kill her, which would make him immortal like her. She transports him to her memories, which feature loli!C.C whose geass enabled her to be loved. Suzaku finds out that Lelouch is Zero but hesitates to tell the emperor for Nunally’s sake.

After witnessing C.C.’s memories, Lelouch is returned to the Sword of Akasha where his father is trying to do… something to C.C. Lelouch seems to bring her to her senses or something and she helps get his mecha usable. He destroys the platform-thing and both him and C.C. are transported back to the gate where it seems she’s lost her memories. Meanwhile, Nina has successfully set off one of her nukes.

This episode was pretty good, despite lacking Cornelia. They finally revealed one of the show’s biggest mysteries but it wasn’t all that shocking. I had the feeling that C.C.’s one wish wouldn’t be anything happy.  The fact that she lost her memories was pretty surprising, though. I wonder if she’ll refer to Lulu as ‘goshujin-sama’ for the rest of the series now… Could it be that Sunrise is trying to make excuses for meido C.C.?

Suzaku finally realized that he was turning into Lelouch, whose actions he has been critical of the entire series. It’s a shame that he had to almost drug one of his friends before he realized it, though. Oh Suzaku~ Well, everything’s been prepared for another dramatic Lelouch-Suzaku encounter.

I’m sure this week’s episode made the OugiVilleta shippers happy. I don’t think that they’re dead yet, but I wouldn’t bet anything on that because it’s hard to make theories when it comes to Code Geass. I still stand by my theory that Miya is behind everything, of course.

Please be mai waifu~

True to his word, Natsume has dutifully been returning names from the Book of Friends. Things are going normally, with Natsume getting attacked by Ayakashi sometimes but Nyanko managing to chase them off. However while trying to return the name of a Dew God, he runs into some trouble. In the book, two pages are stuck together so he can’t return the name since trying to tear them apart could result in the actual Ayakashi getting torn apart.

Natsume and Nyanko then come up with the brilliant idea to return both names at once. The only problem is that they don’t know the other demon. Luckily the Dew God does, though, which leads the trio on a search for a God of Shadows. During the search, Natsume meets the only person who still worships the Dew God. She’s an elderly woman who has been praying to him her whole life but according to Nyanko she doesn’t have long to live.

The trio manage to track down the Shadow God and after a short scuffle Natsume manages to return the names of both the Shadow and Dew God. There was a brief flashback featuring the lovely Reiko about how she met both of them, like the first episode. The ending was a bit bittersweet, since as Natsume goes to see the Dew God he’s starting to disappear because the only person who worshipped him has died. However, he’s content because now he feels like he can finally meet her. The episode then ends with Natsume leaving an offering at a random shrine.

This show is actually pretty good at tugging on the heartstrings. It’s not enough to make me bawl or anything, but it’s enough to actually be touching and leave a lasting impression on me. This episode seemed just as good as the last to me, so I’m taking that as a good sign that it’ll stay interesting. It definitely needed so more Reiko, though.

Natsume seems to already be changing a little bit. It might just be my imagination, but he seems a bit more energetic and less apathetic than the first episode. Maybe just having someone around who knows about spirits is enough to make him a little less lonely, even if that someone is a spirit. He’s still as pretty as ever, too~ It makes me want to draw him in dresses~

Something occured to me as I was watching this. The people Natsume lives with could see Nyanko, so apparently normal humans can see him, at least in his cat form. So that means that people can actually see him walking around with Natsume. I wonder if the people in the town think Natsume’s a fruitcake or something since he’s constantly taking a stroll with a cat…

Summary starts behind the cut due to spoilers.

At the start of the episode, a younger Marianne is shown with C.C. while younger Charles looks on with V.V. The two brothers talk for a short while before the scene changes back to where the previous episode ended. As Shirley lies on the floor, now dead, Rolo lightheartedly, and somewhat eagerly, approaches to tell Lelouch that he was the one who killed Shirley because she was a danger. Lelouch is suddenly all back to his normal self and thanks him followed by some gay standing close to each other reminiscent of episode 7.

That’s when Lelouch reveals his intentions to destroy the Order once and for all. Shirley’s burial is held with everyone that’s in the area, including Miya, except for Lelouch. Later Lelouch contacts C.C. and reveals his intentions that he wants to get rid of the Order and Rolo all because of Shirley.

Lelouch manages to surprise V.V. at the order and the Black Knights break in and basically start killing everyone. Scene change to Nunally talking to Kallen and being interrupted because Suzaku wants to ‘borrow her’ for questionable reasons. As the Black Knights massacre the people at the Order, a few question that the people all are unarmed and don’t seem like a threat.

Elsewhere, Diethard is giving orders to Ninja Meido Sayoko to follow Ohgi and at the same time Villeta is heading out to China because she apparently ‘needs him’. In the meantime, the Black Knights are still going about killing innocent people, getting geassed by little kids, and then having Rolo kill the little kids who were so lovingly calling him “Onii-chan”. The battle is taken outside as V.V. joins in with Siegfried the giant orange mech. It appears he’s a pretty awesome pilot since he holds his own against multiple enemies.

Getting back to Suzaku and Kallen, he tells her about Shirley and that the likely candidate is Lelouch. He plans to use refrain to get information from her. Getting back to the fight against V.V., Lelouch intends to explode Rolo’s mech when it’s on Siegfried but instead Cornelia is the one to bring it down. As V.V. lays on the ground injured, Lelouch finds him just to be transported to the Sword of Akasha where he meets his father.

I was hoping that either Rolo didn’t kill Shirley or Lulu wouldn’t find out this quickly so Rolo would stick around for a while but I’m pretty sure he’s signed his death certificate now. Oh Rolo, I really did like you but you kind of brought this on yourself… It still makes me sad that he can’t be happy with his Nii-San…

I know that the funeral scene was meant to be sad with Shirley’s mom being all broken up and stuff but the entire tragic feeling was ruined for me when I noticed Miya in the background. I completely forgot about what was going on because I was just like “It’s Miya~!” She didn’t have any speaking parts, though… Sigh…

V.V. looks a lot less weird and way cuter with his hair down. He could definitely be a delicious trap if he tried… He should’ve infiltrated Ashford Academy as a female student earlier on so the series could’ve had a trap. Sunrise, you missed out on a great opportunity.

This episode seems to be showing that Lelouch is starting to go down a dark path. I mean, I understand he’s upset over Shirley but killing a whole bunch of unarmed people seems a bit much. And Suzaku seems like he’s taking a turn for the worse, too… It makes me a bit sad when I compare their current selves to them at the beginning of the first season.

The episode starts out with a teenage boy named Natsume on the run from a couple of spirits. Ever since he was younger he’s been able to see things that others can’t but lately they’ve gotten more aggresive towards him. The chase brings him to a shrine where he accidently breaks a rope that acts as part of a barrier.

Breaking the barrier released a very ominous-sounding but actually quite cute cat ayakashi named Nyanko. He talks to Natsume about his grandma, a woman named Reiko who could also see ayakashi, and mentions something called the Book of Friends before disappearing. Natsume heads home, where it’s revealed that he doesn’t tell even the people he lives with that he can see spirits.

Nyanko seemed to be waiting for him to try and steal the Book of Friends but is foiled by a closet door. When his attempt didn’t work, the cat ayakashi seemed to calm down a little and explain to Natsume that the Book of Friends contains the names of ayakashi Natsume’s grandma defeated. Having it allows a person to summon an ayakashi whose name is in the book.

Their conversation is interrupted when the two spirits from the beginning of the episode return to get the book. Natsume manages to get away and once Nyanko catches up he tries to convince Natsume to give him the book but he refuses. The cat ayakashi transforms into his much more intimidating true form and tries to take it by force but Natsume just punches him.

The two make a deal that Natsume will try to give all the names back and if he dies along the way Nyanko will get the book. Natsume goes to deal with one spirit while Nyanko takes care of the other. Using what Nyanko told him, Natsume does a ritual to give back the name and when he does so sees how the name got there in the first place.

It turns out that the ayakashi had been lonely when Reiko came along, beat her, and added her name to the book. After that, the ayakashi waited for a very long time but her name was never called and became even lonelier than before. Finally at some point the ghost wanted her name back and that’s what brought her to Natsume. As the ayakashi starts to fade away it’s shown that she still cares about Reiko and Natsume reassures her that his grandma wasn’t alone. The episode ends on a happy note with Nyanko and Natsume going to get some steamed buns together.

I wasn’t sure what to expect before I watched this. All I knew about it was that ghosts or something was involved. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that this ended up being a very interesting and engaging episode. I swear I didn’t tear up when the ayakashi’s story with Reiko was revealed. It managed to keep my interest for the entire episode without anything flashy happening.

The writing seemed good to me and the characters, mainly Nyanko and Natsume, were well done and likable. The art seemed to fit the feel of the series well. Natsume has very pretty eyelashes. I also really liked the OP. There wasn’t really anything spectacular that stands out to me but overall it was very fitting. The humor didn’t try too hard or anything but it still got a few chuckles out of me.

The story seems like it has a lot of potential. I’m hoping Natsume will find others like him so he won’t be alone. And if the OP is any indicator, it looks like he will. Even if this turns into ’ayakashi of the week’ if the story remains this good I’ll still watch it. So basically, I’m looking forward to the second episode.

Episode 13 of Code Geass R2 starts where episode 12 left out with Shirley just kind of freaking out. After regaining all her memories, she’s quite obviously confused about what’s true and what’s a lie. She asks Suzaku to meet with her with the intention of telling him about Lelouch. Lelouch runs into the two of them after some Zero-related business.

As this is all happening, Jeremiah, who I will now refer to as Orange-Kun, is running around killing people apparently trying to find Lelouch. Ninja-meido Sayoko has to fight him but due to Orange-Kun’s being a robot or something along those lines, Rolo has to come and save her but then gets himself pinned down as well. While this is going on, elsewhere Cornelia, who’s still rocking her new look, has an encounter with V.V.

Shirley becomes a drama queen and after trying to throw herself off a building finally gets ahold of herself. Suzaku and Lelouch have a gay moment, but Suzaku quickly regains his grumpy face and tells himself not to smile because after all big bad Lulu killed his Euphy. Lelouch leaves to go deal with Orange-Kun, which gives Shirley the chance to talk to Suzaku. She basically kind of urges him to forgive Lelouch before Suzaku instructs some random Brittanian official to protect her while Orange-Kun is out and about. And then Suzaku’s absent for the rest of the episode.

Orange-Kun catches up to Lelouch in front of a rigged train and Lelouch manages to ‘capture’ him by turning his strengths against him. He questions him and learns that Orange-Kun came here to join his side because of his loyalty to Marianne. The two of them then have a slightly-touching gayly smiling/crying moment. This happy moment is then destroyed by Shirley coming back because she wants to be on Lelouch’s side and runs into Rolo.

Rolo starts up his geass, scene change, and then she’s dead. Lelouch, coming back from his little talk with Orange-Kun, finds her. She confesses her love for him as he desperately tries to geass her to live before she finally dies.

If it wasn’t for translated Newtype summaries I read before I watched the episode, I wouldn’t have even guessed Shirley would die. I figured that if Sunrise was going to kill her off it would’ve been at the end of her arc in season one. She definitely wasn’t my favorite character, but I couldn’t help but be affected by the last scene. I used to like her but after her arc came and went she really didn’t interest me until now. I just can’t believe that Rolo was the one to kill her. At least, I’m hoping he wasn’t the one to kill her because I can’t help but want him to be happy. And if he did kill Shirley and his Nii-San finds out, he definitely won’t be happy. I have a weakness for the cute ones, okay?

I know there’s some doubt about Orange-Kun being truthful or not about the whole Marianne thing, but I think that he’s telling the truth. I know it mentioned something about that in one of the picture drama-things, so…

I want Kallen to come back. Where’s the epic Rescue Kallen arc, Sunrise? Just when I start shipping Lulu x Kallen, she’s suddenly out of the picture. It would be pretty sweet if the emperor like geassed her into thinking she was a Brittanian or something, though…

I actually liked this episode a lot because I got some interaction between Suzaku and Lelouch. I’ve been missing the dynamics of their relationships since they haven’t been around each other much since season one. I was very happy to see them together in the preview from last week’s episode and wasn’t disappointed. I’m hoping that those two will become at least somewhat-allies at some point~

Anyways, I know that their writing isn’t exactly the best, but I am addicted to Sunrise’s crazy plot twists and the like. Sunrise, if it doesn’t end up that Miya is actually orchestrating everything and is actually Lulu’s long lost twin sister or something, I’ll be very disappointed.

So, as you can tell from the fact that I’m posting, I’m back after a very length absence. I became quite busy with school and such before and stopped blogging. But now I’m back. Not much has really changed since the last time I blogged. Don’t have much to say besides that.

I already featured Nagi once, so now it’s time for the other tsundere loli~

Group A:
Shana from Shakugan no Shana
Nagi from Hayate no Gotoku

Group B:
Konata from Lucky Star
Konoka from Negima!?

Group C:
Nanoha from Nanoha StrikerS
Vita from Nanoha StrikerS

Group D:
Yuno from Hidamari Sketch
Rena from Higurashi

Thoughts

I’m sure everyone’s well aware at my joy from Rena advancing if you’ve read my last couple of articles. x3 I’m still amazed that she actually beat Kagamin. I wasn’t expecting Yuno to advance either, but it seems like she did. Things have been set up for a tsundere loli vs tsundere loli later on. I’ll be rooting for Nagi. (Sorry, Shana~)

Rika-Chama~ Nii-pah~

Group E:
Shinku from Rozen Maiden
Takako from Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
Tamao from Strawberry Panic
Ayumu from Hayate no Gotoku

Group F:
Aruru from Utawarerumono
Suiseiseki from Rozen Maiden
San Seto from Seto no Hayanome
Tsukasa from Lucky Star

Group G:
Elulu from Utawarerumono
Sayuri from Kanon
Mion from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Rika-Chama from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Group H:
Suigintou from Rozen Maiden
Alicia from ARIA the Natural
Louise from Zero no Tsukaima
Eri from School Rumble

Thoughts:
How could this be? All of the Kanon girls with the exception of Sayuri have been knocked out? :< This is just too sad. I had such high hopes for Mai, too. Well, that’s too bad but at least I have some good news. Rika and Shion have passed, so they will match up against each other. I’m on team Rika-Chama of course, the reasons for which should be obvious if you know me. x3 Plus, she’s just that awesome.

I’ve been watching Zero no Tsukaima, so it’s a bit comforting that Mai lost to Louise, who’s an awesome loli tsundere. If she lost to someone else, I probably would be feeling worse. Tsukasa has advanced, too. With the characters in Saimoe, I keep getting reminded that Lucky Star has ended…

Thank you to everyone who voted for Rena!

Rena Ryuuguu has beaten Kagami by 133 votes and will be advancing. And although I do feel bad for Kagamin, I’m thrilled that Rena made it. I honestly thought that she’d lose by quite a bit. I’m just so happy! Go for the gold, Rena! You can do it!