I'm just following the thought process that at the end of episodes there's always an easy 2minute solution to all of those cliffhanger problems (i.e when Nunally calls Lelouch, no problem! Rolo geasses Suzaku problem solved! The mystery of 2 Lelouches, no problem!!! in 2min it's revealed that Sayoko is in disguise). So there is a likeliness that in the next epi, Shirley could be easily geassed within 10minutes of the beginning of the epi.

So he will just have to keep regeassing Shirley every ten or so episodes, that is really going to suck. Granted he may have to regeass certain people just so that he can be safe talking around them namely karen it would not be good if she got massacre princessed due to some off hand comment from Lelouch. It's has to be incredibly stressful to always ave to worry that you'll accidentally geass someone and have them go on a rampage due to some offhand comment. He may very well forgo regeasin Shirley because in the end it may make things easier for him to simply allow her to keep her memories.

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Doesn't it seem like Lelouch is having a very hard time winning significant victories over his enemies? Not just Suzaku anymore but other ppl too give him a hard time.

I just hope he gets his shiz together and makes some real progress (not just floating away with a million Zero's on an iceberg thing...)
He really needs to learn how to pilot a Knightmare Frame.

Well you have to take in all the factors of the second season. He has limited movement due to the surveillance from the knights of the round. His opponents are much smarter. His opponents keep thining his options. His opponents have really strong mechs that ruin his strategies single-handedly.

Long story short,He can no longer step on his opponents because they are no longer bugs.

While I do realize that I still have a hard time getting over it...
I thought the whole point of this series was to destroy Britannia. If he keeps wasting his time like this not doing anything significant how in the world is he going to achieve his goals. At this point Lelouch just has way too many enemies.
Half the battles so far have been meaningless (scoring no decisive victories), and half the episodes have been dedicated on Lelouch's school life (which is even less significant).
My prediction is that the show won't finish this season. I really doubt that Lelouch can defeat Britannia in 12 (or so) more episodes. Even if he is able to do it there will be quite a lot of loose ends to tie up.
I think its safe to say there will be plenty more Gode Geass for us to enjoy... Just really hope that they can give us some progress instead of stomping around the same spot.

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I'm beginning to think that the next major thetare of operations is going to be the half of the EU that Britannia has conquered either that or America. If things keep going the way they are Lelouch is going to have alot of stuff to deal with in Japan what with Orange on the prowl. Lelouch suggested in episode 11 that what he is doing with Japan and China is part of a larger scheme to create a superpower capable of fighting Britannia. It would make sense too China in this reality probably has the numbers to put up a good fight against Britannia. It looks like Zero isn't hurting for technology with help from a faction of India and Lakshata. If he could get more of India and at least part of the EU in his court he would be ready to confront the Britannian empire more directly.

Keep in mind the fact that even if Lelouch was able to kill the emperor the empire would simply descend into chaos with about a trillion factions vying for supremacy. He is going to need a military force capable of standing up to Britannia directly. Not to mention one capable of holding a country together.

The Black Knights though they number about a million strong they probably don't have the war potential to deal with Britannia for any length of time. If anything I suspect that they were much larger during the Black Rebellion and Britannia still overwhelmed them in the end after Lelouch disappeared; granted the BK are useless without Lelouch to command them.

Though Right now the chinese fed is in civil war, so unless Lelouch can quickly unite them, Britannia is gonna gain lots of land off this civil war.

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I'm beginning to think that the next major thetare of operations is going to be the half of the EU that Britannia has conquered either that or America. If things keep going the way they are Lelouch is going to have alot of stuff to deal with in Japan what with Orange on the prowl. Lelouch suggested in episode 11 that what he is doing with Japan and China is part of a larger scheme to create a superpower capable of fighting Britannia. It would make sense too China in this reality probably has the numbers to put up a good fight against Britannia.

Quick lesson in Geass geography- the Britannian empire is made up almost entirely of North and South America (all of their main cities and the like are there). They lost the United Kingdom to Napoleon, so New England is sort of like their homeland. Attacking there would be the most difficult of all the possible places in the empire. (Not that the show on its own tells you any of this anywhere besides the maps they occasionally show in the openings).

In any case, you might be right, but apparently the Chinese Federation alone is comparable in power to Britannia (or at least Lelouch said so, and with the updated technology it should be enough). If he can finish unifying the Chinese Federation the forces are essentially in place for a full scale war. In any case, they're definitely much larger than they were during the Black Rebellion since they have Chinese troops instead of Japanese civilians.

I'm thinking its more likely that Cornelia actually joins his faction (since she found out that the Emperor might "destroy the world", and that it was the Geass' fault that Euphemia ordered the death of the Japanese) or Schnizel finally stages a coup against the Emperor, either of which would give him the necessary opening and means.

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I am willing to bet that Cornelia will just get Geassed by the Emperor, I highly doubt the authors would let her join Lelouch I mean come on she's like 2 Karen's and a Suzaku, with a dash of smarts. She would make the Black Knights almost too powerful unless the Emperor pulls the other 9 knights of the round out. Even then Cornelia was a friggin supreme commander. I could see Schnizel staging a coup though. I have a feeling that the Emperor doesn't give two shits though he's probably got something up his sleeve just in case schnizel gets any ideas. I get the impression that the Emperor would be pleased if Schnizel tried to take the throne, but he would still whoop his ass.

ExtremeDude, technically, you're wrong. You gotta admit. Lelouch is doing a damn good job. Imagine the small population of the Black Knights compared to Britannia. And don't forget to leave out the Knight of Rounds, Schneizel, and people like Orange-kun. It was mentioned in an earlier episode that the mask of Zero is heavier than anybody would seem to believe because a lot of people are putting their faiths in him but the fact that he's going against someone like 'His Majesty', it's just too much to just do something so abrupt and impulsive at the moment.

Even though the recent episode was pretty much a filler, it had a lot of meaning to it. Shirley, who cares about her. Everybody knows her love for Lelouch surpasses whatever he did in the past. And Cornelia is back. xD She lost some weight or something because she looks skinner, or at least very different. There is a possibility that she'll join Lelouch because she has FINALLY, after so many damn episodes, grasped the fact that what the emperor is doing is wrong. I don't think she'd be so weak as to let herself get captured and be sent to the emperor. Especially since I'm HOPING that she will join Lelouch. And especially since she's 100x better at piloting than Suzaku, somewhat smart, and not as hateful/ugly as Suzaku.

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I am willing to bet that Cornelia will just get Geassed by the Emperor, I highly doubt the authors would let her join Lelouch I mean come on she's like 2 Karen's and a Suzaku, with a dash of smarts. She would make the Black Knights almost too powerful unless the Emperor pulls the other 9 knights of the round out. Even then Cornelia was a friggin supreme commander. I could see Schnizel staging a coup though. I have a feeling that the Emperor doesn't give two shits though he's probably got something up his sleeve just in case schnizel gets any ideas. I get the impression that the Emperor would be pleased if Schnizel tried to take the throne, but he would still whoop his ass.

You might be right about Cornelia being overpowered (in fact, she's more like 2 Xing-ke's minus the sickness, a Toudou, and a Suzaku), but I can dream, can't I? 😉. But seriously, Lelouch will have to gain at least a few more allies, and even if Anya looks to be a lock, it's questionable if she's all there is.

With Schnizel it's all about the timing. Even if the Emperor has a trick (and he has essentially said "let him come" and knows full well that he's planning something), Schnizel is smart enough only to do something like that while the Emperor is preoccupied with some other matter of importance (presumably his God killing). If he catches him off guard at all it will create at least a small window where Britannia is vulnerable.

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I suspect she would just confront the emperor directly its not like she is a criminal she is just missing. Furthermore I would suspect that even if she knows about Geass she would think Zero purposely gave Euphemia that order. She wouldn't nessecarily believe that it was a complete accident beyond his control. I am pretty curious as to what Nunnally is trying to pull by going to see Karen though. If she lets her out Nunnally is basically in Lelouch's corner which is going to help him alot mentally if not stategically. I'm sure Nunnally has enough faith in her brother to know that he wouldnt just murder Euphemia, and even if she doesn't agree with his methods she wont stand against him actively.

Karen was pretty much "motherfuck you bitch" when the door to her cell opened. So I don't think she will ever betray Lelouch unless she gets geassed which I don't think will happen if Nunnally does what I think she will.

I am willing to bet that Schnizel will launch his coup as soon as Nina perfects her reactor or bomb that she is trying to build.

I agree with substituting two Xing-ke's for two Karen's when it comes to Cornelia, she's a beast.

Idk, Cornelia did get roflpwned during the Black Rebellion. Something Lelouch hasn't been able to pull over Schnizel yet. But Cornelia's another one that's gonna get a new uber Knightmare (possibly the hack of the Guren). Which will increase the already gratuitous amount of uber Knightmares AGAIN =/. I kinda liked it better when the only uber knightmares out there were Guren and Lancelot.

Not much to say about this episode except for Cornelia. :/

Now that she pretty much knows about the geass stuff, I'm sure she'll just confront Lelouch about it. Probably possibly kill him at first with no holding back but then he'll smooth talk her into siding with him instead of the emperor.

She would have to find Zero first, the easiest person for her to confront would be the Emperor himself. it could happen that she goes for Zero first though. It would be an insanely huge victory for him to get her on his side, and lets face it he needs a good victory at this point. I still doubt it though, I'm just waiting for the return of Karen in a blaze of absolute glory.

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If she even comes close to 10 FEET of Zero, then for sure he'll get her on his side. Right now, it seems that the Cornelia just coming back back to the emperor only because of Euphie. That damn hoe wasn't even that great. -Sigh- And Guilford or whatever his name is only because he's her knight or else he'll through a bitch fit. But the fact that she's going to the emperor is pretty darn high.

Wait...you think she's a gardening tool 😕 j/k 🤣

I want to say Cornelia is ultimately not a bad person, but I'm not sure she could forgive what happened to Euphie even if it was an accident.

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