now, that's a finale

[seichan]

Code Geass R2 25! the end. For such an obnoxious story with the most arrogant characters, Code Geass was so very enjoyable. ~9/10 rating~ minus one because I have no desire to rewatch it anytime soon--well, maybe this last episode will get another viewing. :)






The only fanservice missing in episode 25 was nude girls. You've got a gay pride parade bondage though; Schneizel and Nunnally in kink-gear. They even threw a lovely Lelouch x Suzaku moment that made me think of Seishirou x Subaru. Kanon got another 'No. 1 uke' scene. Orange's fate in an orange grove was cute. I'm glad Sayako is alive somewhere....hopefully in the orange grove, too. I'm also glad Lelouch ended everything on his own terms successfully. Although the final scene screams, 'Lelouch is that guy driving the hay cart,' to the fans in denial, I think Suzaku as Zero stabbing Emperor Lelouch was appropriate as well as mostly expect (see latter ramblings). It was a lovely scene complete with cross imagery.

The only character I truly liked was Sayako, the loyal super-maid. Lelouch, Suzaku and C.C. were complex and interesting characters that you'd cheer for or against, but not exactly ones that you'd want to hug.

In reference to the production, the animation was pretty high quality most of the time. The low quality moments weren't too bad; definitely not like as bad as Macross F's bad moments. The music was okay. I didn't like any of the opening or ending songs, but during the episodes, the bgm music served its purpose. The action scenes were pretty good. Not as wow as Macross F or even Gundam 00, but the last few fights were great.

The fanservice and the resulting wank was fun. The anime really covered every type of fanservice available; nudity, loli, homo-homo, crack, wtf, girls-w/-guns, large phallic mech-things, etc. I'm sure the fandom will live quite long after today. Clamp's character designs also served its purpose, and cosplayers will have a tons of nice outfits from which to choose.

The Pizza Hut pimping was an unexpected touch. Finding a large, stuffed, affordable Cheese-kun will probably be a life-long goal of mine. It looks so squishy.


The initial story, Brittania versus Japan/11, was one that made people wonder how the writers were going to pull it off. The resulting past versus present versus future was also engaging. Charles and Marianne once again prove that anime parents are basically useless...well, the fact that Ougi and Villetta are parents also prove that statement. Poor Schneizel was still geassed at the end. Hopefully he and Kanon are still a couple. The whole matyr vibe presented itself quite early on in the series (due to some of the mech names and other in-your-face religious connotations), and there was no other way everyone could have lived happily without someone taking all the blame. C'mon, C.C. as Mary Magdalene, Suzaku as Judas....very expected, but I enjoyed watching to see what else the writers wanted to mix into the series.


Anyway, because CLAMP's name was smattered all over this show, CLAMP will have to create a darn fantabulous ending to X. Code Geass took the recreate-the-world plot plus what's-your-true-wish plot and made it satisfying or at least memorable. There seems to be a good number of people who hated that Lelouch was 'killed' off. Bah, sure he can be the hay cart guy if you want.

Man, my rambling is pretty ugly. Ah well. Fun anime. The end. Until they decide that they could make more cash and do another version via movie or something. I really have no desire to read the manga, novels or whatnot, but there seemed to be alot of side stories that other fans have read that make the side characters more appealing. *zzz* I ended up liking both Lelouch and Suzaku at the very end.

Comments

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

the zero killing lelouch scene reminded me so much of the ending of kamui and fuuma it's weird x__x;;

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

yeah, the whole 'both are the same, but different' thing. more pressure on clamp to release a better and more unique ending to the x manga.

the anime is overrrrr. that was fun. now to wait for the extras. whatever shall we do on sundays????

[x-reggg.livejournal.com]

i hope code geass gave them inspiration to finish the damn thing :x

i'm going to go post non-existent raws :(

[piratelicker.livejournal.com]

actually now that I think of it... Suzaku killing Lelouch reminds me of that Sephiroth-wannabe dude killing Ashura-Ou in RG Veda. 0_0

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

i kept falling asleep trying to read rg veda. :\ i'll take your word for it. :)

[m-ka55.livejournal.com]

wa long review ^^ I like to read your thoughts.
Yeppp CG was enjoyable all the way through~ I bet fans' argument about the ending won't stop in a month 8D

Are you gonna watch the new MADHOUSE anime with Clamp's character design?

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

thx for reading. :)

yes, i'll probably watch mouryou no hako. it doesn't sound like something i'd want to watch, but hey, at least the characters are attractive.

[himehikari.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed reading your comments about the final episode. It made me smile rather than cry like I always do when I re-watch it (yes, I'm one of the fans in denial of Lelouc death XD)

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

np. thx for reading. i'm sure this isn't the end of code geass. they haven't announced the extras for the last volume. maybe they stick something special in.

[himehikari.livejournal.com]

oh god. your icon is just too adorable.

wow really? I really thought that this will be the end of Code Geass *laughs*

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

wishful thinking. maybe a side story.

i'll look around for vol 9 info...hehe.

[himehikari.livejournal.com]

I'll be really happy if there is one. Especially one that is Lelouch-related *laughs nervously*

Vol 9? Of what? Sorry for being slow ^___^;

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

vol 9 is the last r2 dvd volume. there hasn't been any info released for it. i expect a clamp box and the usual picture drama, commentary and stuff. hoping for something even more. :)

[himehikari.livejournal.com]

Me too! I don't know why but I made an assumption that you won't be liking any additioal episodes of CG. But looks like I'm wrong ^______^

Code Geass is just too addictive right?