Hello all. I am new around here, though, I have been lurking this particular thread for a bit. Not really much outside of this thread, but I find a lot of the conversation that takes place within this thread very interesting, and one day I wanted to comment on some things, so I signed up, and yeah, that's my story.
Now, I think this episode is getting a bit more hate than it deserves, while yes, it was a bit filler-ish, I thought it was all-in-all, a fun heart-filled episode. I liked the character interaction between Lelouch and Shirley, and I even enjoyed the segments where Milly and Lelouch were having battles of the mind. I didn't mind the fanservice, it didn't make me happy, but it also didn't make me grimace, I mean, I don't really think Code Geass is that bad about fanservice, or no more than it was last season, it is just a thing Sunrise wishes to incorporate into the show.
On the other hand, I do feel as if this was a way to write out Milly, which I am actually not to happy about, I thought we would see her fully develop.
Maybe if there is a season 3? At this point I am hoping there is.
While many seem to think that the show has been brought down, I don't believe so, I think it is still amazing and everything Lelouch has done has gone over well. The whole Tianzi-arc was done beautifully, I thought it was completely amazing how Lelouch planned the whole thing out from the very beginning and was able to manage it coming through. Xingke is an awesome character, shame he will most likely die, so I think a season 3 would only bring good things, and I just believe there is to much for season 2 to finish up in 13 episodes. I'd like proper development of the KoR's and the other Royal family merabers. Plus the Geass Cult that Lelouch is having C.C. looking for, and the whole deal with V.V. and the emperor, not to mention the GoRAB and the weapon that destroys them.
I believe Sunrise has a firm grip on what they are doing, things are advancing, and while this episode wasn't entirely needed, it was nice to have a light-hearted episode while we can, from here on out I can only suspect things getting harder for Lelouch and Co as more and more of the Royal family become concerned with them, not to mention Orange-kun showing up, that just shouts bad things.