I thought the Eunuchs were kind of funny. Meh Anya is just pedo bait.

I just hope the writers don't make Shirely's death attributeable to Lelouch any more than it already is due to him being in proximity to her. I don't want another Euphemia on his hands, at least not so soon after that whole thing happened anyway.

Thoughts on ep 13 after the raw (naturally, I may have made a couple translation mistakes, I'm still at the stage that I have to double check when the fansubs come out, and I've also only slept 6 hours out of the last 48.)

Seriously, it's like I'm writing this show.

First, thoughts on the new opening:
Music's passable (IMO second worst of the 5 openings), but some of the things I noticed were interesting:
-Mordred is shown among the Black Knights mechs (:D!).
-Gurren gets some sort of ulta-wing upgrade, presumably by Loyd. I almost wonder if Kallen switches sides.
-Most of the opening focuses on five characters in the short flashes (Lelouch, Schnizel, CC, Suzaku, Nunnally) which is odd, since Kallen is supposed to be a main. Not that I'm complaining though- heightens the chance for CC end.
-Orange and Viletta are shown as a pair.
-VV is totally absent? What's up with that?
-The origami crane that flew around with a rainbow trailing it was really, really lame.
-I really liked the Anya shot when they were going through all of the characters. I'll have to make an avatar of that or something.

I liked the ending theme, but the art seemed low quality for CLAMP.

I totally called Orange-kun changing sides. I was also joking around a few days ago with a friend saying "all I need is some Rolo killing Shirley..." and it actually happened. I knew that he was going to become unstable at some point, but I expected Nunnally would be the target, but I guess all it takes is her name for him to snap. It's possible VV killed her though, I guess, since he can teleport, seems pretty damn unlikely though. A little confused as to why she didn't point out Rollo as the killer.

The Chinese Federation is being unified successfully by Li and the Order, it seems.

Orange is my hero. Not only does he have arm blades, he's also reasonable and has a sense of duty and honor. His "Your Majesty" line had me waving my fist in the air in triumph.

Cornelia doesn't believe in God/Gods, but is apparently trapped by VV. Her side change will take a little longer than I initially predicted, but I'm convinced it will still happen.

Alright, new predictions:
-At the end of the next episode, Cornelia is the one piloting the Siegfried. (95% certain now) EDIT: Additional information leads me to believe that the pilot is not Cornelia, but is in fact VV. Apparently he can pilot it as well (perhaps because he had type R cells?).
-Orange becomes Kallen's replacement as Lelouch's trump card. This is purely theoretical though, but I think a geass canceller is one of his most powerful pieces, I would even rank him alongside Xing-ke in usefulness. Especially if they get the Siegfried back.
-Starting with episode 16 or 17, Schnizel separates and has his own faction. It has to happen soon, and the title of episode 16 is "United Nations Resolution 1" leading me to believe that most of the world will unify against Britannia.
-Anya switches sides somewhere in 18-20. Her switching is basically confirmed, by the opening. She actually got as much screen time as Kallen in it.
-Lelouch's geass will soon evolve once more, if the rapid anti-death geass on Shirley didn't do it on its own.
-CC becomes the dominant female character once again, after Lelouch temporarily hating her for giving him the Geass.
-The "God" Charles and VV are trying to destroy is Geass itself. Just a guess based on VVs statements about God.

I might add something after I see the sub. Now to sleep...

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Now i understand that everyone pretty much hates Shirley and Suzaku but i like both of them, but I am happy that Shirleys last words where happy ones instead of cursing Lelou for killing her father.

I was really surprised about Orange-kun's actual past being linked to Lelou's mother and also his defection.

I just hope Kallen is rescued / freed soon

The Stats lelou shows in Ep13 at the beginning was pretty funny

If there was a real evil in the universe it would be the illusion that man creates to defend its Forsaken Ideals.

i was really sad too about this episode sniff...

u know Jeremiah was linked with the queen in the picture books of Code Geass Season 1 i think it was 4.33. Also for some reason it seems to be that Suzaku, Cornellia and the Chinese will gang up against the emperor or maybe the cult b/c of the intro

Why don't they kill the character that deserves to die before anyone else damn it. Poor Shirley, I actually enjoyed her character, she wasn't a stuck up bitch like those kind of characters usually are. If I have learned one thing during the course of watching anime it's never read too much into an opening. We pretty much knew that Schnizel was scheming long before this second opening and it's pretty much a given he will move as soon as Nina completes her reactor. Unless Karen gets geassed or somehow loses her mind or they threaten to kill her mom there is pretty much zero chance of her switching sides. (Working for Nunnally doesn't count because it's basically the same side as Zero since she is not going to stand against him in any direct fashion.) She loves Zero/Lelouch and has faith in him and what he is trying to do, not to mention her hatred of the Britannian system. I'm hoping Kallen returns by episode fifteen at least.

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Why don't they kill the character that deserves to die before anyone else damn it.

Because that's subjective, of course -_-;;. Although I have yet to find a person that doesn't think Nina should die...

Geass openings often contain a few relevant things (although the endings almost never do), so it's worth reading into them a bit. At least, they've never had anything blatantly misleading, and typically show what the focus is going to be on just by appearances. It depends on the show though, Fate/Stay Night, for example, was filled with things that never happened in the anime.

I can tell you for certain that Kallen won't be back by 15- next episode we see her in some sort of cylindrical cell wearing a dress (that's in the preview), and the current spoilers indicate that Lelouch won't be in Japan in 15, and that the episodes won't really focus on her at all.

Spoiler for information from NewType concerning the next 4 episodes. There's one really massive development, but I'm trying to contain it to the first paragraph (first 7 lines) so you can skip over it if you want to.

CC apparently had a Geass, at one point, in addition to being mortal. There's a picture of her as a little kid with it active in her left eye (she's really cute too, totally different demeanor), in addition to a picture of her in a school uniform identical to one Marianne's wearing. It seems that CC is getting a lot of focus from now on, or at least for the next few episodes. Wondering how she became immortal, and why she got a Geass in the first place.

No new information on 14, except that Cornelia may work with Lelouch during it, and that Lelouch may attempt to send Rollo on a suicide mission to get rid of him. It's mostly speculation mixed in with some "leaked" information from 2 chan, so take it with a grain of salt.

15 appears to be a sort-of flashback episode in which Lelouch is sent to the world of C (equivalent to the world of the dead), and has to fight someone (perhaps VV)? Apparently, is also saved as well. I'm hoping it's Anya, but it's probably Marianne.

16 is basically "Britannia vs. The World. Begin". Not much more information than that, although it appears Lelouch may finally liberate Japan during it. This is where Kallen might get saved, if it happens any time soon.

17 doesn't have much information, but it appears to be a Lelouch vs. Suzaku confrontation at a shrine. I don't really know what's going to happen, but I doubt Suzaku will change sides (to Lelouch, anyway) or be killed.

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You get the feeling that at the rate we are going they will find a way to pull a season three out of their hat? Granted twelve episodes leaves plenty of room to close things up, but the same could have been said of season one...and we all know how that turned out.....SAZ turned to shit...

I'm doubtful about a third season, it's possible, but after ~15 is over most of the questions should have been answered (or at least the ones related to CC and Geass), which doesn't leave much more but plot twists and natural progression. I'm fairly certain it'll be wrapped up this time, but I could be wrong, I certainly have been before.

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Im not seeing a 3rd season on the horizon guys.. I can see lelouch killing Rolo, killing V.V. and the King in 12 episodes.

@ Crenshnibon's ( Prediction for Episode 17 ) - YES! Suzaka's gonna die! >D

One, V.V. WILL get pwnd.
Two, Nina WAS JUST pwnd.

If anybody noticed, Lelouch just invented an anti-sakuradite. Looks like Nina's research and perfecting her bomb has just been a waste. And I think when she finds out that Lelouch just pwnd her and her maximum level of crazy will be off the charts. Holy sheeet. Is there anybody who can save me the drama by sending Nina to the "funny farm"? DX

After this episode, I started to like Rolo even more and hated Shirley. No offense to anybody who likes her but I think she's just FUCKING ANNOYING. Sure, her intentions are in the right place but shut up for heavens sakes. Seriously, heaven will be so much happier if she just shuts up. -Sighs- Again, no offense to people who like Shirley. ^^

And I can somewhat see a 3rd season. I think the possibility of Lelouch finishing it off in R2 would be possible but the fact that he wouldn't is also possible. However, don't forget that we still need to see the other Knights of Rounds. We still need to learn why Marianne was killed, "rescue" Nunnally from Britannia, and then learn about C.C. especially since a lot more questions have popped up when she had a weird moment with Anya. And we still need to learn somewhat about Lelouch. There are still stuff we don't know. And who cares about Suzaku.

Nina is working on a nuclear reactor the anti-sakuradite weapon would be useless on anything powered by a nuclear reactor. Oh and DEATH TO SUZAKU!!!

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@ Crenshnibon's ( Prediction for Episode 17 ) - YES! Suzaka's gonna die! >D

If anybody noticed, Lelouch just invented an anti-sakuradite. Looks like Nina's research and perfecting her bomb has just been a waste. And I think when she finds out that Lelouch just pwnd her and her maximum level of crazy will be off the charts. Holy sheeet. Is there anybody who can save me the drama by sending Nina to the "funny farm"? DX

Once again, you'll be disappointed if you're waiting for Suzaku to die. Lelouch would have to die as well for Taniguchi to allow that, 17 appears to either be them reconciling as friends or simply coming to terms with each others position- nothing fatal.

Gefjun disturbers have been around since season 1... They're not new.

The nuclear reactor uses sakuradite instead of radioactive material, at least as I understand it. Unless she stops using sakuradite entirely, the Gefjun disturbers do theoretically work on it.

EDIT: Updated spoilers from new magazines. Info for 15-18.

A summary for 15 explicitly states "The secret of geass will be revealed". Yeah. Also, the person he has to fight in the world of C is his "ultimate enemy". The Emperor, perhaps? In addition, this person has an insane amount of power (not quite sure what this means in Geass since the battles are all mecha except for Jeremiah vs. Sayoko...)

16 remains the same, it appears that they resolve to liberate Japan as their first course of action though.

The purpose of the meeting in 17 is for Lelouch to convince Suzaku to save Nunnally. Not sure of anything beyond that, but it appears that he either doesn't know where Kallen is or doesn't care at that point.

18 is titled "The second decisive battle for Tokyo." So I guess we'll see Black Rebellion part 2, only Lelouch will win this time. There's some speculation floating around about Nina using her nuke and annihilating Tokyo entirely during this battle.

Interesting stuff.

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Interesting how they just put this stuff in a magazine. O.o

Gefjun disturbers have been around for a while but I don't think they've ever been used to stop sakuradite's effect or ever invented in intention to have anything to do with sakuradite. My guess is that it was a request from Lelouch to Laksharta to make one of those but who knows. However, I don't think Nina would stop using sakuradite because she doesn't know Lelouch has one of those. Even if she did, she still doesn't have the potential to do it in time before Zero liberates Japan. In my opinion, she doesn't stand anywhere close to Laksharta or even Lloyd and doesn't have the potential to reach up to them.

It'd be cool if Shirley returns as a human robot or as an enemy. xD Kyaahaah.
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The original purpose of Gefjun to disturbers was to disrupt KMF fuel sources... i.e. sakuradite. It also has some other applications that I don't entirely understand due to a lack of research (apparently it was used to focus the hydron cannons, for instance), but primarily what it does is disrupt sakuradite.

Schnizel puts a lot of faith in Nina. I don't exactly know why, but he does, so she must be capable of doing some absurdly ridiculous things. She's not really comparable to Lloyd or Lakshata though- she doesn't make Knightmares.

For fun, massively spoilerific avatar I made. I cannot use it until after 15 out of general courtesy, but I'll post a link to it now just because it's awesome. Once again, pretty massive spoiler, so don't look if you don't want to know.

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