LELOUCH TOO MUCH RIZZ! | Code Geass Newlyweds Reaction | Ep 12, “Turn 12: Love Attack!”

[@LettsReact]

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[@Marta-uv4id]

Oftentimes, the 'calm before the storm' episodes are most devastating on rewatch because you realize this is the last time you will ever see the characters the way they were before.

[@БауыржанБайтьяков]

Exactly!Code Geass helped me prepare for Attack on Titan ,you can't trust happy moments in both shows.

[@carbonized5114]

Yeah, it definitely hits abit harder when you know everything that happens. I really like Kalen for that, her growth is just a non-stop rollercoaster of changing beliefs.

[@Megalomaniac_Trans_Lesbian]

This one is the hardest for me on every rewatch for that very reason. Next one is one of the most horrible plot twists, and there's no happiness after it. None

[@saltyk9869]

This is one reason I don't really think the series has filler. Even in this episode, we get Cornelia infiltrating the Geass order and Jerimiah cancelling both of Shirley's Geass effects. In many ways, this is the beginning of the end.

[@christianhaddad7582]

i appreciate your careful wording here, as to not give away too much 😭

[@MetaKnight4141]

Code Geass doesn’t have any filler every episode matters. Probably because it’s an original story, not adapted from a manga

[@In-The-Zone]

3 points of relevance doesn't make something not filler. Filler is literally just filling time to meet commitments. It doesn't automatically mean unimportant or non-canon

[@EricSmith-kh3ho]

I personally don't see this as filler. Lelouch has many sides to him, but broadly speaking it is three: his school self (very friendly and quiet genius), Zero (flamboyant genius and tactian) and his real self (something in the middle). He exaggerates his personality for 1 and 2. This episode is all about showing how his school life is and that personality 1

[@pwnorbepwned]

There is a difference between filler and padding, but most people just use the word filler for all of it, unfortunately.

[@In-The-Zone]

@@pwnorbepwned No there isn't, you are just choosing to treat them differently.

[@jakubgodyn7413]

@@In-The-ZoneThere is. Filler has no connection good or bad. It's just a fact. Padding has negative meaning. Every padding is filler but not every filler is padding

[@AlicentviBritannia]

I hope you enjoyed this episode. It's the last school episode as Ashford Academy fulfilled all its narrative functions. Ashford Academy was the happy place for Lelouch, Suzaku, Kallen, and even Rolo. A safe space that allowed our characters to act according to their age and reminded us viewers that they were teenagers trapped in a war that forced them to behave like adults. It was also a neutral territory where Britannians and Japanese could forget about politics and live together in harmony. You have several examples: the integration of Suzaku, the festival that Ohgi and Villeta were able to join quietly, and the friendship of Kallen and Suzaku, even though they knew who they were. This warm, joyful atmosphere was created by the Student Council. Up to this point, the series took care of showing us why and how important Ashford Academy was to Lelouch by sharing with us several moments with his friends at school. And this is because one of the purposes of Ashford Academy is to humanize Lelouch in every way. Ashford Academy often does this by putting him in mundane settings where we can see other facets of his character. Lelouch's intelligence, efficiency, and skill in several areas puts him above the average man, but here he acts clumsy and shy around Shirley. The situation reaches its comedy peak when in the sneak peek Lelouch says that he already knows how to solve all the political and military problems and his only concern is that he doesn't know what to do on a date. Sadly, Lelouch's happy times and jovial phase come to an end with Milly's graduation, as it marks once and for all the disintegration of the Student Council. From the beginning of R2 this was happening since Nunnally, Kallen, Nina and Suzaku separated from the group for different reasons; but Milly's departure is final since she is the leader of the group and mainly she was the one who brought the chaos and joy. Now that Milly has gone Ashford Academy, it means that dark times will come, because another of the school's purposes was to relieve the tensions, dramas and emotions of the main plot. Milly has a small narrative arc. She comes from a noble family that lost their status once Lelouch's mother was murdered as they were one of her biggest supporters. As a result, the family was forcing Milly to marry a nobleman to regain their power and glory. Of course, she didn't want to do it and sabotaged all of her dates, however, she never made an effort to change her situation until Nina called her hypocritical and frivolous. Ironically, it is thanks to Nina that Milly reflects on what she wants for herself and decides to be true to herself and her desires, as Milly transformed Nina's insult into constructive criticism and in the end found herself and a happy life. By the way, the Cupid event was not to pair up Lelouch and Shirley. Rather, it was Milly's last chance to get Lelouch as her boyfriend, and Sayoko hints as much when she discreetly whispers in her ear. Although Lelouch has two love interests (Kallen and Shirley), three girls have crushes on him: the two mentioned and Milly (which is the reason Milly liked to tease Lelouch). If anything, Milly's achievement lies in the fact that she wants Lelouch to be happy, even if he's not with her.

[@welshbandit7208]

Idk if Milly necessarily fancies Lelouch, but she certainly enjoyed teasing him. Really, almost anybody on the student council was fair game(I had never noticed that picture of Prez straight up groping Shirley). While I like Prez, I never paid her that much mind, and I think I'll pay closer attention whenever if ever I have my next rewatch. 🤔

[@hakuakuma1426]

She does like him. If you haven't found it, listen to the translated audio drama. There is one that establishes her feelings. Also pay attention to everything she says to Shirley, she's often projecting her true feelings. She pushes Shirley towards Lelouch because she knows she has to marry to restore her families name. Last fun fact, if Lelouch's mother wasn't killed, he and Milly would have been put together in a political marriage to bring the Ashfords into royalty, as repayment for sponsoring Marianne's ascent to knighthood. And to get a contact to start mass-producing the Ganymede, that nightmare they use at school functions.

[@Lolla124124]

CC erasure?

[@tiredidealist]

I never noticed that smile at 5:20 lmfao

[@AlicentviBritannia]

I hadn't noticed that fleeting smile either xD But it makes sense that Lelouch is enjoying being the object of interest of so many girls. As the writer of Code Geass said, "Lelouch is a good liar."

[@flygonkerel781]

Milly likes lelouch too,that's why she wants the hat lmao. Also she's know him longer than most of them

[@kingbrago]

Last episode before the storm. Now... welcome to the real Code Geass experience!

[@frenchynoob]

The "real" Code Geass experience is episodes like this, or the two School Festival episodes.

[@asjalrashid9882]

we are now in the endgame

[@georgeprchal3924]

Allen: Man Lelouch what's this place done to you? Lelouch: You yave no idea. (Hat Club!) Lelouch: Okay, now you have some idea.

[@DontStealMyFish]

Guess they haven't found out that every geass episode like this, where it feels like general school goofiness, means something really F'ed up is about to happen...☹

[@Megalomaniac_Trans_Lesbian]

Well that one's the last one, so I guess they won't realise it any time soon

[@ZBoy-rc8zf]

Next episode surely will be just as wholesome and free spirited as this one!

[@hundvd_7]

Long Lelouch isn't real, he cannot hurt you. 15:26 Looooong Lelouch

[@vyr2471]

Bismarck is the name of the german chanceller that was arguably responsible for the first germany unification in 1871, that created the german reich from prussia and other germans states (minus austria). Conversely, it is the name of one of the most notorious war ships of the kriegsmarine with some U-boots and the graff spee. It was named after the same guy. If you are into games, he is also one of the german rulers in civilization games. Honestly those are where I feel most probably you could know "Bismarck" from.

[@Zapporah85]

Montana deserves a genius point for predicting emotion-based Geass.

[@SellavinAtoms]

I love this episode because of how sometimes this show could be so funny to the point where you're like. Are you serious at the same time? It leaves you with this cliff. Hanger. That's going to change the premise of what's to come. This is only a preview of what's really gonna happen and it was before.

[@robertoschirmer5530]

Otto von Bismarck joined the chat.

[@Megalomaniac_Trans_Lesbian]

10 episodes later: Admin Kururugi Suzaku has kicked Otto von Bismarck from the chat

[@BigHeadClan]

You guys are in the end game now, I hope you are ready for an emotional roller coaster.

[@ThyLilium]

I love the start of this episode. Is a bit a unshown callback to when CC started to sleep in Lelouch room. Sayako starts finding womans clothing in his room and starts to, falsely, assume he is a womanizer. And here she stakes that false assumption to the extreme. "Ah yes. Master Lelouch casually bang girls. Lets set him up with 118 dates in one day. That's normal for him, right?"

[@AlicentviBritannia]

In reality, Sayoko assumed that Lelouch was a transvestite, not a womanizer. In theory, this happened before CC got her own dorm.

[@ThyLilium]

@@AlicentviBritannia It all makes sense now!

[@Friidge]

Such a great episode that gives an insight into how deeply unhappy and unfulfilled Milly has been this whole time.

[@TheJokerAkaCirque]

In the short term, Lelouch altering Shirley's memories in Season 1 may have seemed like a copout to resolve that conflict. But now we see memory erasure is not necessarily permanent... and delayed though it may be, there will be a heavy price to pay.

[@TheJokerAkaCirque]

there's a concept called "shoo out the clowns" and to some extent that's what this episode is

[@AlicentviBritannia]

Fun fact: Shiawase Neiro (in English, A Happy Timbre) is the name of the first ending of Code Geass R2 performed by the band Orange Range. It was written especially for Code Geass (as was the first R2 opening performed by the same band), so the lyrics were designed with Lelouch's character and his journey in mind. Up to this point I haven't told you anything new, but how would you react if I told you that the creators said that one of the illustrations that appears was replaced by another to avoid a spoiler? Instead of the illustration of Anya and Gino, there should have been the illustration of Shirley that was moved to the second ending (if you remember how Shirley appears there, you already know what the spoiler was). Interestingly, at that moment the lyrics of the song say "Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, next time it will be my turn to bring you happiness", which relates to what Lelouch says about Shirley in episode 14 of the first season: "Then I realized how much she meant to me… How her smile saved me. And how I'll never be able to argue or laugh with her like that again" (that is, he wants to give Shirley back her happiness/her smile). This has given rise to theorizing that the lyrics of the song are reflections/wishes of Lelouch about the people with whom he has interacted. I invite you to watch this beautiful subtitled ending, it's fun to analyze.

[@kaleonaehu-gutierrez1000]

Awesome reaction, thank you!

[@Emre.55]

Even knowing what's to come, I'm still not ready for the next episode...

[@blackman7186]

Oh boy... You guys are not ready

[@travisasselta9140]

Fun fact Anya is 15 the same as Nunnally.

[@SwordTune]

Dude with the net was wild for that.

[@paulbasaur]

@@SwordTune 🤣🤣

[@Mariopwnzu]

Code Geass filler episodes be like Lelouch gets up to silly school antics while Cornelia is uncovering government secrets and human experimentation

[@sheikhlelouch2726]

the last calm episode

[@minhsakura281]

Unless you treat Lelouch the student as a complete fake self ( which it definitely isn't, refer to R2 ep7 for more details), then the school episodes are not really filler even if it doesn't significantly drive the rebellion plot forward. Lelouch holds his friends in the academy very very dearly in his heart

[@christianhaddad7582]

@7:57 @Letts React I GOT IT YOU'RE THINKING OF BIZ MARKIE!!!! "yooooouuu.... you got what I neeeeeed... "

[@cavoritelizard]

5:10 lmao I never noticed Lelouch enjoying the attention for a second here. Gets to bask in being popular in high school for a second, as if he's not one of the most important geopolitical figures of his time or Britannia's most wanted criminal.

[@hollyscahill3325]

Doesn't Anya know it's illegal to take someone's picture without their consent? Also, Gino's "Lelouch, old man" had me dying!

[@richardslammer7574]

Ok. KENNY. MONTANA. A few points. First of all no, they look like hearts. And why do they look like hearts? Because they are right side up! If somehow they were worn upside down then I could see your points that they might look like ball sacks. But they're not so they don't so where are you getting this idea from!?!? Second, You guys totally misheard what Milly said. These girls aren't from a club but form a special squad In order to stop Lelouch. Like a cheerleading squad. They called it the "glamour" squad as in glamour magazine! And finally if someone who's loved code Geass ever since it first came on the airwaves on Toonami, We're going to real and miss Asford Academy from now on. This is the last regular time it's a setting. Things only get Wilder and more heart-wrenching from here.

[@Heeroy2]

Best OP next episode

[@peaksees]

ik people who are rewatching were depressed from lelouch and shirleys convo

[@TamagoSenshi]

"That theory" is about the overall plot, remember that for the final 5 episodes

[@saltyk9869]

And things will only beginning to ramp up from here. A fun end to the school shenanigans. The campus will remain a part of the series, but we won't be having any more slice of life episodes where Lelouch has to deal with Millie's insanity. Jermiah is back, baby. And it's almost time for him to take on his true form. Loyalty! Oh God. I don't know if I am ready for next week. Especially after this one.

[@soumyadeepmondal6130]

Code geass non story episodes will have 90% of non story, funny and silly stuff and then the last 10% will be the most fuked up or serious revelation ever lmao

[@micahnieman673]

28:22 Sym-bye-ote

[@rauliggynashow9092]

Wow just a week off from posting this cupid episode on KZbin on Valentine's Day. hehehe

[@ray_rayy24]

28:07 Black Clover is a show that comes to my mind that’s a good example. The main character gains “anti magic” and can nullify any magic attack. It’s actually a really good show that I think you two should react to! It’s kind of like Deku’s story in My Hero but the main character in Black Clover isn’t a crier lol

[@awesomeninjachicken]

As far as characters with powers that are purely reactionary. There’s an anime called “to Aru Majutsu No Index” or “a certain magical index” the main character basically has a permanent counterspell on his hand.

[@theraven9072]

Next episode is just devastating

[@neoshenlong]

Here's an idea. If you enjoyed the ridiculousness of this episode's military-like school operation, you should watch Kill la Kill.

[@frenchynoob]

They clearly didnt... which is a shame cuz Kill la Kill is a good fucking show

[@neoshenlong]

I thought they were enjoying it, it looked like it. It's just they want to see the plot progress at this point of the story@@frenchynoob

[@frenchynoob]

@@neoshenlong they talked about _nothing_ but the Geass Cancelor afterwards, and they notoriously hate fanservice. There is NO WAY they would ever touch Kill la Kill with a 10 ft pole. Which, again, is a shame.

[@neoshenlong]

Of course they talked about the cliffhanger, that's Code Geass for you hahaha @@frenchynoob

[@alecolson8360]

This show so spicy 🌶️

[@jamessims-j2h]

Also love the cats

[@flygonkerel781]

How fitting this is in February hehehe

[@jamessims-j2h]

When is next EPISODE

[@p.anthony_xpert1013]

You guys should react to Assassination Classroom once Code Geass concludes.

[@kringle7804]

Full counter medlious ig

[@areopanda1664]

Spoiler spoiler spoiler So I’ve never notice that line, “if that’s true we would be the worst (etc)….”. Is this referring to the Flayas?? Or something else.

[@timewizardphil]

Rather than that I think it has to do with Bartley realizing what the emperor has planned. In the first season, he and Code R were researching C.C., geass, the thought elevators and what not, but he worked under Clovis and was kind of outside of the loop. Now that he’s working with V.V. And reporting to the emperor he’s become more aware of what it’s all for and doesn’t approve.

[@frenchynoob]

Why are so many people in the west so uncomfortable about fanservice? You're watching anime, it comes with the territory Edit: I said "people in the west", but REALLY it's "people in North America". Here in France, we're definitely not as prudish (at least the people I _know_ here aren't)

[@minhsakura281]

Yeah it's strange lol. I'm from Asia and I don't really care about it much..? This is my first anime with fan service too, I'm a girl and I just "hmm haha" lol.

[@jasonf7072]

1. Not all anime are like that 2. It’s unnecessary 3. Most people do not find the over-sexualization of underage girls appealing 4. Montana is relatively new to anime & this show easily has the most fan service out of every anime she has seen so it stands out to her Just because it “comes with the territory” doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to find it uncomfortable.

[@frenchynoob]

@@minhsakura281 yeah, it's just animators and artists having fun, and _this_ show does it better than most since it never takes time away from the actual story.

[@frenchynoob]

@@jasonf7072 I just find it weird that it seems to be ubiquitous among american reactors _specifically_ ; women AND men. I just don't see the issue. Also, "underage girls" is stretching it. They're 18 yo high schoolers, and also not real.

[@DominoPivot]

You are mistaken. Sure, what is considered acceptable or indecent depends on your culture, and what's considered acceptable to show in the media as well. But it's not just eroticism itself that offends Western audiences in anime, it's the gratuitousness of it in an otherwise nonsexual setting. It breaks immersion, feels like a cheap production trick meant to titillate the viewers instead of telling a story. It dehumanizes the characters. I love erotica, but I still roll my eyes and groan at the stupid stuff they pull in Code Geass at times. Though honestly, the scene in this episode was not that big a deal to me, probably because it's a joke involving background characters in an already silly episode. I find it much more jarring when they show a low angle shot of Kallen in her knightmare frame for no reason.

[@DigiCount]

Here we are at the butthead episode

[@jamessims-j2h]

Why are there 2 essays about the show

[@SAS1078.]

I hope after Code Geass you guys will watch Vinland Saga. It's such a amazing show, and so beautiful.

[@andrewkeshan8649]

How is this my 2nd favourite anime but I can hardly remember anything in season 2 other than it's ending. Sometimes I wonder is it Lelouch I love which blinds me to thinking I love Code Geass. I love Lelouch and tge ending and I think that makes me biased to thinking this show is phenomenal while I can't remember a single plot point in season 2. It's crazy how much I love a single character and an ending to a show that I'm willing yo forget that I never cared about anything else in the show. That's wild😅

[@welshbandit7208]

Maybe you were geassed?

[@andrewkeshan8649]

@@welshbandit7208 probably

[@Orengi-kun]

Those are my same thoughts on S2 thus far. I only remember a couple of key moments and the rest is a blur. Like, the only thing I remembered up until this point after the introduction of Rolo was the scene where Xingke saves the empress. I do remember a lot more from this point on though. The second half of this season is fire.

[@whitewingedkrad]

S2 had some wobbly parts to it but they landed the finaly so well it overshadows everything else

[@gauravj6543]

Best anime recommendations which are available in English dub 👇 Death Note (complete) ‌Attack On Titan (complete) ‌ Demon Slayer (ongoing) ‌ My Hero Academia (ongoing) ‌ Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (complete) ‌ Vinland Saga (ongoing) ‌Dr Stone (ongoing) ‌ Monster (complete) ‌Terror In Resonance (complete) ‌Parasyte (complete) ‌Classroom of the Elite (ongoing) ‌ Erased (complete) ‌Link Click (ongoing) ‌Golden Kamuy (ongoing) ‌Assassination Classroom (complete) ‌‌Joker Game (complete)

[@andrewkeshan8649]

I hope the react to Vinland Saga soon. They are going to adore that show. I know it

[@welshbandit7208]

Is this for the reactors, or to the people? Cause if the reactors, they've already watched a few of those. And annoyingly, I have Monster on DVD. I've had it for maybe a decade. Still haven't seen it 😭

[@jhost1258]

@@welshbandit7208oh my god you actually have to watch that it’s an unbelievably well done story

[@valmoer]

That's Steins:Gate erasure. That dub is phenomenal!

[@vking4983]

Me hearing they're now reacting to JJK: :D Me remembering they only watch anime in dub: D:

[@MichaelaEvans]

Please react to Hazbin Hotel! Only 8 episodes not including the pilot episode.

[@neoshenlong]

ah, yes. filler. this is... filler. yes. it has to be.

[@ladabudilova9262]

Aw yes, another filler episode with a bunch of important details and foreshadowing…love it❤