Butterfly Dreams

I was completely lost for the first half of the episode. I didn’t know what was going on or why I was watching it, but after Shintaro and Murasaki met, I really liked the chemistry between them. Murasaki’s an adorable girl for being rich and Shintaro has that pathetic quality that just makes me want to hug him. When I first read the premise I thought Benika was the rich girl he was supposed to protect, and Murasaki was his sister, but it turned out nicely this way, too. Now I’m wondering what kind of organizatin Benika runs, what connection she has to Murasaki, and how Shintaro is a part of it at his age. By the brief flashback, I’m guessing Benika took him in when he was small. But isn’t he too young to be mediating dangerous situations like that? Benika said something about obtaining a new body, which could mean he’s not human?

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I am in love with series. Just one episode and I feel so wrapped up into the story. It’s weird, because some parts of the story are predictable and the hints easy to catch, but I still find it so interesting for I want to know how it’ll turn out and what will come out to surprise me. And the impending triangle is a plus. And I literally screamed when I heard Miyano Mamoru’s voice. I thought Zero wasn’t aware that the night class was a bunch of vampires, a race he hates, and I thought that was ironic. Then it turns out he knows it and still does the job (mainly because he has no other choice), and then I thought it’d be even more ironic if he was a vampire himself. And lo and behold, they’re hinting heavily that he is. Generic, but it’s something that works because it complicates things, which makes things interesting.

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I could go all “OMG, it’s CODE GEASS!@@$!”, but I think that’s been done enough the first day or two since it aired on Sunday, so I’ll just assume you all know my excitement and move on. I guess it should’ve been obvious that with a one year timeskip, Lelouch’s initial amnesia is a given, but it still took me a while to actually get it. It was like I was watching an alternate universe, because it’s a complete mystery to me (and I suppose you guys as well) as to how something like that can happen after the cliffhanger end of season one. It reminded me a lot of the period of when Light from DEATH NOTE lost his memory and was normal again. Granted, Lelouch was restless, but you have to wonder if he was better off that way, though someone (whoever gave him amnesia) was clearly trying to contain and control him by doing so.

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