Code Geass Episode 20.

Good grief, I hate this episode. It mainly featured Suzaku, who isn’t even remotely interesting to begin with, and Euphemia, who just had to get all pooey and proclaimed her painfully evident love for him while he was in the battlefield and almost dying. Seriously, I want to throw up.

“I order you to love me!”

Aw, isn’t that just sickeningly sweet? Someone kill Euphemia and Suzaku already. The anime is mecha; not frikkin’ romance. Tell them to get a room or something. And please, tell Euphemia not to confess in the middle of a battle! What, she wants to get Suzaku killed? Not that I won’t like him dead, but it’s just wrong to proclaim one's, err, love like that and at such inappropriate moment!

I’m not even happy that she acknowledged her being deadweight to her siblings, since she doesn’t even try to do something about this. Honey, you’re a princess, and you’re supposed to have some spine. If you don’t get to work and fight, that same people whose smile you love to see will end up dying. This is war; not some stupid fairytale, you idiot.

And what is it with this Nina Einstein person? What is that girl on? I get that she’s dying over Euphie-sama and that her talk with the pretty spineless princess is supposed to develop Euphemia (or at least I think so), but so what? Is that really necessary? Does it have any pertinence to the plot? If anyone’s gonna argue that it’s for changing the system from inside and it’s all thanks to Suzaku that it's happening, well that’s just lame. It’s not as if Euphemia had some guts to begin with, and Suzaku underwent major trials before finally winning her over through his chivalry or something - because if that were the case then perhaps I'd give it more credit. But no, Euphemia is basically no more than a lovesick, idealistic idiot, and so this... thing, whatever it's called, is of absolutely no merit.

The only saving grace of this episode is that it showed Lelouch and C.C. in a Knightmare together. It made me smile more than I’m sincerely willing to admit, especially because Kallen wasn’t there (mwahahahaha!).

 

Lelouch and C.C. inside the Knightmare.

And I loved the faintest jealousy from Milly because Lloyd sent a sort of present to that creepy Nina girl.

The saddest part about this whole thing is that Lelouch saved Suzaku from his death. Seriously, Lelouch shouldn't have done that. It's wrong to interfere with people's death. Death is like, a serious business.

 

C.C. controlling the Knightmare.

Chawata’s moment of self-gratification was pure win as well. Haha, Lloyd sure as hell didn’t see that one coming. I love this sort of mind games between the two of them; it's pretty interesting when you challenge another person to... a battle of intelligence. Awesome.