C&C- Code Geass R2 - "Bride in the Red Forbidden City" [1/24]

[RockmanDash]

Code Geass is on at 1:30 eastern.

Last time Lelouch's big plan was to get everyone to dress up like him so they can all get banished! How he was able to get all those costumes in a short amount of time is beyond me..

NO SPOILERS: Which means no talk of future episodes and ultimate spoilers of doom. Seriously have a heart for the dub watchers kk? At least use a spoiler tag.

[warnerbroman]

oh what will little lulu do next?

[zoombie]

I have waited and now it is finally here, one of my favorite arcs. It has a very nice ending, I am going to enjoy this.

[Terra Branford]

I've stuck with this show for a while now. I hope the episode will be great tonight.

[Kitschensyngk]

Last time: I've seen googolplexes with fewer Zeroes than this.

"I conquer you to fly"?

Yes, eunuchs have no genitalia. We get it.

How safe is this? I still expect something to happen.

Zero's not God. Not only is his powers limited (even his Geass powers), but sometimes he's driven to become the Devil himself.

Oh, you know you want it.

Tabasco on pizza?

[Nel]

"We've gotta stop meeting like this." :p

[Kitschensyngk]

Britannia and China? I'd hate to see their kids!

Table Humper?

[Nel]

Aaaand Milly shows up just in time for fanservice.

[Kitschensyngk]

Try waiting for the speak-now-or-forever-hold-their-peace part.

More male falsetto. Erk.

How could something so cute be so tyrannical?

There's that man again.

Which will stick out first? Zero or Milly's boobs?

Whoa. Nina. Cool it.

[warnerbroman]

Fanservice

shut-up Nina you table hu----

"good thing we can't kill with the words we say"

Zero"uhhh.."

[Kitschensyngk]

Can't these governments play nice for five seconds?!

Since when did Orihime sound so snooty?

OT: More old school bumps.

[RockmanDash]

Poor Suzaku, your going to end up being the princess's new toy if Zero wins in chess.

[zoombie]

Did Lelouch just offer to use Suzaku as a gift to his cousin? Ill

I don't which is worst that or the Brittanna royal family and those no Enichs arrange the oldest Brittanna prince to marry a child. Ill

But now it is getting good, I told you this arc is great.

[Kitschensyngk]

"...Kallen."
"...Suzaku."

Even prettier than her wanted poster. Tee hee.

Dang, Schneizel's good.

Aaaaaaaand Nina explodes.

Well THAT was a break in the monotony.

[zoombie]

I almost forgot this is when Kallen and Gino meet.

[Bloody Marquis]

Hmm. Nina's snapped again. :ack:

[Nel]

Someone get this crazy ***** out of the room! I'm trying to watch chess!

[warnerbroman]

Zero:I need a distraction

Nina: The TABLE WAS MINE!!

[Bloody Marquis]

And Odysseus seems pretty mellow for one of Chuck's kids.

[Kitschensyngk]

We are gathered here today to forcibly join this woman with this man in holy matrimony.

Wedding crasher.

ZERO! WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, START A WAR?!

Who would point a gun at something so cute?

She's engaged to ME!

Oranjii?!

[RockmanDash]

Orange boy is alive!

[Bloody Marquis]

We are gathered here today to forcibly join this woman with this man in holy matrimony.

Wedding crasher.
Make that a "Wedding Crasher" Crasher.

And yay! Orange is back!

[Bunai]

this girl has a lot of speaking lines...lol
"Li Xingke!! Xingke! Xingke! Xingke!...Xing...ke!!!"

[zoombie]

Treating to blow the brains out of that girl is not going to look good in PR, but I am sure Zero knows what he is doing.

Lelouch has learned a few things from his setbacks, this girl is Xingle's weakness, is kryptinite, just like I have always said Nunnally was Lelouch's weakness. So it is kind of ironic or poetic justice.

To top it all off, Orange boy is back.

[PickHut]

I still wonder how anybody on Zero's side can consider him sane whenever he does that crazy laughter...

Man, this episode sure packed a lot of tension and drama inside of it. And most of it happened around a game of chess of all things.

Next episode: Zero has a plan. He always has a plan...

[zoombie]

I told you this part of the season is excellent, this arc is great.

Oh yeah, Nina is efing crazy.

[MetroSparkster]

-Nina looked likable at the beginning, then unlikable when she snapped at Milly, and then back to just plain hating. PRINCESS EUPHIE WILL BE AVENGED!!!
-Time flies when you lose.
-Is it really legal to marry someone of that age, even if it's a political marriage?
-Jeremiah's back! From Florida no less...

[zoombie]

-Is it really legal to marry someone of that age, even if it's a political marriage?



It is is in this show's society. This universe is a ficational world, when they have their own laws. The reason this marriage is wrong in this universe, is not the age difference, is the fact she doesn't love the prince, the Enichs sold this girl like sexually meat, and the prince is an apparant creep. I don't know much about him, but I am guessing he is a creep like Schnizel. The age thing is not a big deal apprently, because the way this arc ends, I don't want to give away too much, but those that saw the whole series, know what I mean.

Remember Zero and the Black Knights their whole motra is to protect those without problem form the injustice of those with power. He is doing the same thing here, despite her offical title, she is a victom of injustice by the Enichs and Brittania. Zero has his own reasons, but knowing Lelouch like I do, deep down he doesn't approve of this marrige either.

[warnerbroman]

in old time this was legal

[RockmanDash]

I don't want to give away too much,.

Or how about you don't give away anything at all:p.

[zoombie]

in old time this was legal

Yeah, but in case this is not old times. This is the future, the year 2018.

But I get your point. In any case, we have to understand their rules are different than our rules.

[airfighter]

It's a future that is ridiculously anachronistic though. :sweat:

But those arrangements aren't just a thing of the past, they can still happen in some areas of the world.

This arc...isn't among my favorites. Just for the record, there's no reason to discuss that right now.

A couple of formal nitpicks aside, including but not limited to a certain move, the episode itself is actually okay and has a nice cliffhanger.

Never liked Tianzi and that's still the case, but at least Xingke gets his time in the sun. Only to be outdone by Zero, quite clearly, but you could say it's the thought that counts. :p

[email2003]

God! Could Nina just STFU and die already. She's the worst character in this series.:mad:

I thought Orange boy was killed in season 1?

You guys think Schneizel has an idea who Zero really is by just playing chess against him?

[garfield15]

And yay! Orange is back!Pssh. You think that drowning could stop Orange-boy?

[bleachj0j]

Yep Orange boy is back. Oh snap! And Nina claims she changed but still goes off like that. not buying it

[GWOtaku]

I thought the characterization in this was pretty good, with the Xing-Ke & Empress backstory as well as Nina being, well, herself, and Suzaku stopping Nina's berserk rage and then questioning why he would. Just an episode ago Zero was being a great leader, and he's basically back to behaving like a bastard as he goes about his plans--for now. Really, that's quite the sinister laugh at the end.

For the record though, what I see as a significant writing mistake should be noted. The whole Lelouch/Schneizel chess scene is basically messed up by the fact that the situation Schneizel created wasn't possible. Kings are not allowed to move into check. Also, Schneizel calls checkmate when that obviously wasn't the case since Lelouch backed off his king. Checkmate marks the end of the game and happens only when the king is under threat and has nowhere to go. This is very, VERY basic stuff for anyone who even slightly knows the game. They certainly could have done it so that Schneizel had left himself obviously open to checkmate just to bait Lelouch, and his line comparing him against the Emperor was the perfect way to tick him off. But here they either didn't know what they were doing or they just overlooked the rules in favor of the dramatic tension of having their respective king pieces face off. But Chess is a famous game, and they should have made the scene logical for the many viewers that understand it.

[SuperMegaHyper]

I can almost see Nina in Joker makeup after this!

[RockmanDash]

I thought the characterization in this was pretty good, with the Xing-Ke & Empress backstory as well as Nina being, well, herself, and Suzaku stopping Nina's berserk rage and then questioning why he would. Just an episode ago Zero was being a great leader, and he's basically back to behaving like a bastard as he goes about his plans--for now. Really, that's quite the sinister laugh at the end.

For the record though, what I see as a significant writing mistake should be noted. The whole Lelouch/Schneizel chess scene is basically messed up by the fact that the situation Schneizel created wasn't possible. Kings are not allowed to move into check. Also, Schneizel calls checkmate when that obviously wasn't the case since Lelouch backed off his king. Checkmate marks the end of the game and happens only when the king is under threat and has nowhere to go. This is very, VERY basic stuff for anyone who even slightly knows the game. They certainly could have done it so that Schneizel had left himself obviously open to checkmate just to bait Lelouch, and his line comparing him against the Emperor was the perfect way to tick him off. But here they either didn't know what they were doing or they just overlooked the rules in favor of the dramatic tension of having their respective king pieces face off. But Chess is a famous game, and they should have made the scene logical for the many viewers that understand it.


It could be possible that in that world they place chess with different rules I suppose. But yeah that checkmate part confused me a bit.

Also... how many kids exactly did the emperor have? >_> That new prince looked really...eh....

[Maenos]

Also... how many kids exactly did the emperor have? >_> That new prince looked really...eh....

Well, Lelouch was the 11th Prince and Nunnally...I can't recall (nor can I find it) but memory serves she was somewhere around that same number too.

So at least 20 or so kids, I'd estimate.

As for the Chess move, when it first aired it did cause quite a stir. I always thought that Schneizel knew it was an illegal move but did so anyway in order to gauge how Zero would react.

[warnerbroman]

I am surprised that none mentioned the Kallen Fanservice at the beginning

[Bloody Marquis]

I am surprised that none mentioned the Kallen Fanservice at the beginning
There's always Kallen fanservice in an episode. It kind of loses the impact after the first several times.

[RockmanDash]

I am surprised that none mentioned the Kallen Fanservice at the beginning

You know this series had so much fanservice already it's...kind of not that surprising anymore.

[garfield15]

Also... how many kids exactly did the emperor have? >_> That new prince looked really...eh....
I believe one of the drama CD's said that he had 108 wives so....yeah...

[MetroSparkster]

I can almost see Nina in Joker makeup after this!
She'd be one sad clown...

[Mister Miracle]

in kinda lost here, so the marriage will bring both the elevens and the Britannians into peace?

put lelouch stops this, who is the guy at the end? with the half mask on?

[Taekmkm]

No, the marriage will make it legal for Britannia to come over and beat up the Black Knights.

And the half-masked guy is Jerimiah aka Orange.

[Funkatron]

in kinda lost here, so the marriage will bring both the elevens and the Britannians into peace?

put lelouch stops this, who is the guy at the end? with the half mask on?
Back in the olden days, you could use a marriage for political gain. By marrying off the empress, you are basically creating an alliance between Britania and the Chinese Federation, one where the Federation is basically giving itself up to Britannia so the Eunuchs could get a piece of the action.
If CF got buddy buddy with the brits, the Black Knights have no where to go

[Vallen Valiant]

For the record though, what I see as a significant writing mistake should be noted. The whole Lelouch/Schneizel chess scene is basically messed up by the fact that the situation Schneizel created wasn't possible. Kings are not allowed to move into check.
Britannia wasn't allowed to invade Japan either, your point?

Fact of the matter is, this is exactly how Britannia and Zero operate. Rules never REALLY mattered, what matter was power. The two most powerful people in the room are playing Chess, and no one but the two players can call foul. There is NO umpires in politics.

Zero had the choice of demanding that the move was illegal, or take the king. Zero decided to retreat instead.

Note that the reason neither side say anything about the illegal move, is that neither side cared about rules.

After all, I am sure there is a rule somewhere saying you shouldn't point a gun at a child's head.

[silvanoir]

You know, of the different people having different reasons to stop the wedding (politically or because of a promise), I wish one, just one of the characters would bring up how they guy looked in his 30s and the girl looked about 8. I don't care if it's a different society or a fictional world, it's still creepy and wrong :(

[GWOtaku]

Fact of the matter is, this is exactly how Britannia and Zero operate. Rules never REALLY mattered, what matter was power. The two most powerful people in the room are playing Chess, and no one but the two players can call foul. There is NO umpires in politics.

Zero had the choice of demanding that the move was illegal, or take the king. Zero decided to retreat instead.

Note that the reason neither side say anything about the illegal move, is that neither side cared about rules.


That could be how it's intended, it just throws me since everybody in the room was treating it the same way--as if Schneizel had exposed himself to defeat as opposed to making a wrong move just to see if Zero would call him on it.

[g-whiz]

pretty good episode. this season hasnt dissapointed yet imo. this should be a pretty cool arc, as people have been saying. all right lets break it down.

oh boy another awkard sex moment with kallen. this one was something i could see in america but ya know this is getting really annoying. do the writers usually do this in their other shows?

so we got a 30-something dude marring an child and it seems like suzaku and kaguya talkin marrige talk. they didnt say it but it sounded like it was implied.
this show could be placed back in the 1700s if it wanted...but it wouldnt be as cool :p

man nina sucks. milly was most likely nice to her for years, and apparently she forgot that. and shes crazy? if she was just crazy then i wouldnt mind. placing bets right now: nina kills herself, kills somebody, or nothing. you choose. oh and did she walk out of a room with a table in it?

poor Xingke i thought he was going to make it, get the empress and be on his way. but i guess ******bag zero is back in town. hey this is probaly just me but everytime i see some one getting rescued at a wedding i think of FFX. anyone else?

you know who im starting to like? gino. i didnt like how he was touching everyone, but he was funny in this episode.

its crazy, about when lelouche accidently geassed euphie i have been shaking during each episode. i did it a little for DN but not as much as this. weird huh?

[warnerbroman]

haha they have no jewels

[zoombie]

you know who im starting to like? gino. i didnt like how he was touching everyone, but he was funny in this episode.



Me too, I really am starting to like this guy, or started to like this guy around this part of the series. I know mention this movie in any comparison has been done to death, but he reminds me of Hans Solo in both battle / pilot skills and social skills. You heard of the Peter Pan complex, he has a Hans Solo complex. He is both arrogant and reckless in battle but good enough to survive, and says whatever is on his mind, only Gino has a little more mannoresm being in high society.

[The Otakuman]

Howdy all!

Well that was pretty intersting.

Yay for Kallen Fanservice:D
(Not to mention last week's Cecile & Milly Fanservice this week)

Good episode.

Cant wait for next week.

[purplehairedwonder]

and it seems like suzaku and kaguya talkin marrige talk. they didnt say it but it sounded like it was implied.I wish I could find where I saw it in the first place (the R2 thread on the Anime Board is a behemoth to try to dig through), but from what I recall, Suzaku and Kaguya were actually betrothed before the Brittanian invasion... make of that what you will in the context of that little conversation >.>

I still find it amusing that Lelouch tells Kaguya he wants to give Suzaku to her. It's like he's betting on a pet, not a person.

Not knowing the rules of chess myself, I didn't know Schneizel's move was illegal but knowing now, that just gives that scene a plethora of ways to be interpreted, but I think they mostly all work.

My favorite part of this episode is still probably Suzaku stopping Nina from trying to kill Zero and then questioning himself. That whole scene rings of a tragedy, like Suzaku says, and it's a bit pathetic to watch but it works especially well.

Tianzi is way too adorable. Her crying out Xingke's name at the end with her pinky in the air... gah, my heart broke.

And Lelouch proves himself once more to be a jerk. Pointing a gun at a little girl's head... and laughing about it? That laugh sent shivers down my spine.

Oh, and Orange~

[MetroSparkster]

It was kinda disturbing seeing Nina cracking when Kallen stopped her.

"Japanese?! You mean Eleven, right?! You pretended to be my friend?! GIVE ME BACK MY EUPHIE!! I NEED HER!!!"

I want to feel sorry for her, but her 'insane' record makes her more pathetic...

[SpaceCowboy]

Woah, what happened? This show jumped in quality pretty recently.

[n1c3guy707]

I'm sorry if this is a spoiler-ish question but why wasn't Nina geass by the Emperor like everyone else? Or was it just Lelouch?

[Taekmkm]

Because Nina wasn't relocated at school, where she could meet Lelouch. Plus, they want to keep someone that has nuclear theories memories intact.

[Inkan1969]

I agree, Kallen fanservice happens so frequently it's become a non-issue. I wonder if she really has a lot more fanservice scenes than any other female character. I'm amused by the makers' preference, as to tell the truth I don't find Kallen all that attractive. The same goes for most of the female characters; so skinny. C2 is the only one that I think really looks sexy.

Doesn't Kallen know that Nunally is Lelouche's sister? Nunally is now the viceroy. You'd think Kallen would've figured out already that Lelouche is a Brittanian prince. And that Lelouche's motive is obsession over his sister.

Ah, the days when China was ruled by emperors and eunichs. :) I wonder if Last Emperor Pu Yi has any survivors.

Gotta love fanservice aesthetic; It allows a dress like Milly's to be acceptable. :eek: :D I'm imagining what would've happened if Milly had attended one of last week's inaugural balls wearing that. :D

Why do the characters treat Nina with so much understanding? She doesn't deserve any sympathy. I really want someone to call her out on how much of a creep she really is. She's a racist, and a stalker. Kallen should've chewed her out for her bigotry, and Suzaku should've rightly pointed out that if Euphenia knew what Nina was REALLY like, she'd be repulsed by her.

[airfighter]

Doesn't Kallen know that Nunally is Lelouche's sister? Nunally is now the viceroy. You'd think Kallen would've figured out already that Lelouche is a Brittanian prince.
Unlike everyone else at Ashford, she didn't have her memory altered so that would be a fair assumption.

[Dark Moridin]

Well, very interesting episode. lots of tension being dished out. The empress being forced to marry someone (not getting into the age/creepiness topic), Zero giving up his identity in a game of chess (will get into this in a moment), the wedding being crashed by a sick ex-"powerful" (not sure of what his title was for that short time) guy who owes his life to said emperess, and Zero showing up with a pistol and cackling like he just found a notebook from another dimension that allows his to kill just by wri-...um, let's not get into that right now.



Tabasco on pizza?
Very good, you should try it, especially the habenero flavor.


For the record though, what I see as a significant writing mistake should be noted. The whole Lelouch/Schneizel chess scene is basically messed up by the fact that the situation Schneizel created wasn't possible. Kings are not allowed to move into check. Also, Schneizel calls checkmate when that obviously wasn't the case since Lelouch backed off his king. Checkmate marks the end of the game and happens only when the king is under threat and has nowhere to go. This is very, VERY basic stuff for anyone who even slightly knows the game. They certainly could have done it so that Schneizel had left himself obviously open to checkmate just to bait Lelouch, and his line comparing him against the Emperor was the perfect way to tick him off. But here they either didn't know what they were doing or they just overlooked the rules in favor of the dramatic tension of having their respective king pieces face off. But Chess is a famous game, and they should have made the scene logical for the many viewers that understand it.

I saw this right away and was also a little confused as to why it wasn't called out (I was talking at the TV myself).
Also, as for the game and what Schneizel knew after the game, I am suprised that noone seemed to hear Lulu say that Schneizel was the only one who Lulu couldn't beat. To me, if there was someone who was good but never could beat me, I would not only remember them, but also their playstyles. Which means that as the game went on, Schneizel had to have gotten a very strong sense of Deja vu. Which, coupled with the fact that almost everyone in the Brittania military knew Zero was Lulu, means that Schneizel has confirmed that this 'current' Zero IS Lulu.

Can't wait to see next episode, not only what Zero will do, but I suspect that Schneizel will be waiting in the wings (not spoiling, just applying common sense).

[bleachj0j]

Yeah why did leoluch play chess with .Schneizel Since they played chess together as children it only confirmed Schneizel 's theroy. And he knows Leoluch has the motive to want to destroy britanina.

[potogold]

I really don't see the point of Nina or Kallen. Ones a submissive fan girl and the other is a sex slave innuedo.

[Rob_TF]

Unlike everyone else at Ashford, she didn't have her memory altered so that would be a fair assumption.

Though it's never explicitly mentioned in the anime, members of the show's staff have confirmed that C.C. told Kallen that Lelouch was a prince of Britannia during the 1-year gap between the first and second seasons.


Which, coupled with the fact that almost everyone in the Brittania military knew Zero was Lulu, means that Schneizel has confirmed that this 'current' Zero IS Lulu.

No. I'd like to point out that Lelouch = Zero is a classified matter that only Suzaku and the Office of Secret Intelligence know of. Explaining further is spoiler territory.

[airfighter]

Though it's never explicitly mentioned in the anime...
You're right, but I was wondering if saying that much would be prudent or not. It's not exactly a spoiler though, but still...not quite common knowledge either.



No. I'd like to point out that Lelouch = Zero is a classified matter that only Suzaku and the Office of Secret Intelligence know of. Explaining further is spoiler territory.

Well, people should at least remember that the Emperor did tell Suzaku he was the only one among the Knights of Rounds who knew about Zero's true identity. If the rest of the Knights don't know, it would be fair to assume the Britannian military as a whole probably doesn't either.

[Dark Moridin]

No. I'd like to point out that Lelouch = Zero is a classified matter that only Suzaku and the Office of Secret Intelligence know of. Explaining further is spoiler territory.

Thanks for clarifying things for me. I had a different take on it, but I am new to the series, aka never seen the subs or read the manga, so my understanding is only based on what I have seen and comprehended.

[Sinsio]

I don't understand why there are people getting bent out of shape about the whole age thing. It's a political marriage, nothing more. It's not like he would "consummate" his marriage on the their wedding night. He seemed like an OK guy to me, especially since he attempted to comfort her during the reception.

[Taekmkm]

But if you remember last season, he's pretty much a spine-less worm that's only 1st prince because he's the oldest (Which is amazing, considering all the political family troubles befalling the others).

[bigdeath]

I don't understand why there are people getting bent out of shape about the whole age thing. It's a political marriage, nothing more. It's not like he would "consummate" his marriage on the their wedding night. He seemed like an OK guy to me, especially since he attempted to comfort her during the reception.

Well, back in the old days it was common for an older man to marry even 14 year old girls and they would "Consummate" their marriage at such a young age. In fact, there are still plenty of places in the world were girls have arranged marriages at young ages and are expected to bare children at such young ages.

[Inkan1969]

I don't understand why there are people getting bent out of shape about the whole age thing. It's a political marriage, nothing more. It's not like he would "consummate" his marriage on the their wedding night. He seemed like an OK guy to me, especially since he attempted to comfort her during the reception.

This being Clamp, though, who knows? :sad:

I don't remember the crown prince from the first season. What did he do? The empress seemed very uneasy about the marriage, and she was going to wind up a political hostage. The deal sure didn't sound good for the Chinese.

BTW: So the Chinese invented the pinkie swear? :D

[Captain Highwind]

"You'll never be like Euphemia! She was deep, like the lower-hanging drawars of a grand oak office desk!"

Who keeps giving Nina weapons?!

Something tells me the anime writers don't know how to play chess...

[bigdeath]

This being Clamp, though, who knows? :sad:


This is not clamp. They do not have anything to do with the story. *sigh*

[Taekmkm]

Yes, blame Sunrise for their recent string of Loli's in their mecha anime.

[zoombie]

Who keeps giving Nina weapons?!


I tell you who, Prince Schneizel. He is doing what Lelouch is doing with Rolo. Using a fraggile messed up person, which will back fire and cause great destruction.

[zoombie]

I don't understand why there are people getting bent out of shape about the whole age thing. It's a political marriage, nothing more. It's not like he would "consummate" his marriage on the their wedding night. He seemed like an OK guy to me, especially since he attempted to comfort her during the reception.

I understand that in the world of Code Geass that is acceptable. Though I disagree with you about the the 1st Britanna Prince, he does not seem like an okay guy. He seems to be a jerk like Schnizel. I don't think he is evil, (actully he seems more like a buffon, and a puppet to Schnizel) but a creep non the less.

Is just me, or does the Empress remind you of Rurichiyo Kasumiōji. Not only do they have the same color hair and are very young, but the way they lived their lives. Difference being Tang is very shy, while Rurichiyo was more of a free spirit.

[garfield15]

Yes, blame Sunrise for their recent string of Loli's in their mecha anime.

"You have control ~desu"

Sigh.....

[bigdeath]

And Orange boy returns! :D

Why aren't people making a bigger deal of this, it is the most important thing that happen this episode. :p

[bigdeath]

For the record though, what I see as a significant writing mistake should be noted. The whole Lelouch/Schneizel chess scene is basically messed up by the fact that the situation Schneizel created wasn't possible. Kings are not allowed to move into check. Also, Schneizel calls checkmate when that obviously wasn't the case since Lelouch backed off his king. Checkmate marks the end of the game and happens only when the king is under threat and has nowhere to go. This is very, VERY basic stuff for anyone who even slightly knows the game. They certainly could have done it so that Schneizel had left himself obviously open to checkmate just to bait Lelouch, and his line comparing him against the Emperor was the perfect way to tick him off. But here they either didn't know what they were doing or they just overlooked the rules in favor of the dramatic tension of having their respective king pieces face off. But Chess is a famous game, and they should have made the scene logical for the many viewers that understand it.

If Schneizel made that move in real life he would have forfeited the match hence he would have lost. The point was the Emperor would have accepted such a win but not Zero. I don't think it was much of an error at all and the big deal made over it really puzzles me. I do believe most viewers find it a minor and insignificant error at worst.

[Beefy]

Zero: the ultimate party crasher. You heard the racist crazy girl: GIVE HER BACK HER PRINCESS EUPHEMIA!


And Orange boy returns! :D

Why aren't people making a bigger deal of this, it is the most important thing that happen this episode. :p
Well, Rakshata mentioned they salvaged the Guwain (I have no idea how to spell that) and that uber-mech Jeremiah had at the end of season 1, and she didn't mention finding Jeremiah in it.

[Classic Speedy]

Loved all the moments when Nina snapped at people. She -did- look better sans glasses, pretty dress, and different haircut, but when she started yelling at people... not so pretty anymore. :sweat:

[garfield15]

Loved all the moments when Nina snapped at people. She -did- look better sans glasses, pretty dress, and different haircut, but when she started yelling at people... not so pretty anymore. :sweat:
I swear I think they did that on purpose. Make her look pretty and normal and then ruin it all in the blink of an eye.

[MetroSparkster]

I swear I think they did that on purpose. Make her look pretty and normal and then ruin it all in the blink of an eye.

My thoughts exactly. I was actually starting to like her a little and this happened.

[garfield15]

Zero:I need a distraction

Nina: The TABLE WAS MINE!!
Zero comes up with the greatest distractions ever apparently :p