Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Sound Episode 6 // Not Canon (Crack)
For More information about the Sound Drama, check the post for the First Sound episode over there
**One of my favorite Takahiro Kimura cover ever; While I regret more meaningful sound drama like we had for the Season 1, at least we managed to get incredible crack-ish artwork like this one**
Track List :
1 - REASON (Xingke and Gino's character song. Yes.)
2 - Short Drama "Lululu Goukon Rhapsody"
3 - Short Drama "Motorcycle Man Jeremiah"
4 - Short Drama "Sumeragi Kaguya’s Meeting with the Demon"
5 - REASON (Instrumental)
Reason, Xingke and Gino' s character song, sung by Hikaru Midorikawa and Souichirou Hoshi
Audio Drama "Lululu Goukon* Rhapsody"
You can listen to the Audio Drama there (Curtesy of @celestadore ٩(◕‿◕)۶)
**Gokon are sort of group dates, where boys and girls meet, go to Karaoke, etc, in the hope of finding themselves a girlfriend/boyfriend amongst the various guests, it's something teenagers often do
Drama begins with Lelouch, Gino, Jeremiah and Rolo getting ready for a Gokon.
Lelouch already has determined various patterns of possible outcomings for this.
To their common surprise, enter Suzaku, Xing-ke, Schneizel and "Hentai Megane" (aka "perverted four-eyes) : Lloyd.
Lelouch gets angry at Suzaku for coming here, Suzaku thinks he might have gotten into the wrong room but it doesn't seem like that. Everyone is puzzled.
Suzaku receives a mail from the invited girls who decided to cancel last minute.
Awkward silence.
Suzaku: "Well let's fill the silence LOL"
Schneizel, composed as usual, asks what this fuss is all about and why they couldn't hold the Gokon together.
Lelouch cannot accept this since a Gokon is supposed to be between girls and boys.
Schneizel replies something as trivial as gender doesn't matter (Expanding here but it's more or less what he means)
While Lelouch agrees, he thinks they must confirm something first: Everyone gathered must reveal their sort of secret technique/pick-up lines to make the girls melt but they can't use basic stuff like "I love you".
It has to be somthing that nonetheless leaves a strong impact on the girls.
Everyone is in awe
Since everyone agrees, Lelouch motivates everyone by making them repeat the motto of it;
Lloyd, to Gino's surprise, is the first to speak up;
His line is "OMEDETOU"
Suzaku doesn't quite get it.
Schneizel is second, and starts talking about spring, spring breeze, princesses and cheesy stuff like that (poetic stuff), alas Lelouch cuts him off.
Lelouch then aks Gino to be the next one.
Gino barely started saying something about roses, when a loud sound like an explosion is heard.
Jeremiah then starts talking like a very cliche homosexual (The effect of Gino's line ?)
Lelouch says Gino's line isn't a real pick up line, just something very host like ; Meanwhile, Rolo is disgusted by Jeremiah's attitude.
Rolo then wonders if Jeremiah has anything to say.
Jeremiah plays shy, then remembers to switch back to his normal voice.
Rolo has to insist to make him reveal his line, but instead he goes on rambling about a woman; Eventually, no one trust him and he does not even get to reveal his line.
Lloyd gets curious about Xing-ke, who starts coughing and collapses.
Xing-ke then manages to explain to Rolo (picked up to be his partner in this act, because of his "baby-face" (because it would remind Xing-ke of Tian-zi ) that he has not much time left.
Loud sound of explosion again, Rolo gets hit in the heart and acts all shy because of "playboy "Xing-ke' s words before he snaps out of it.
Lelouch says it's not bad, but Gino thinks it's nothing compared to Suzaku's skills.
He recalls a conversation with a girl in a Japanese restaurant (this is still naive!Suzaku, so he said something totally ordinary but was misunderstood and didn't notice).
Lloyd and even Schneizel are completely dazzled, and start acting gay, just like Xing-ke and Gino.
Lelouch can't believe it, but is confident in his skills. Of course he thinks about …. GEASS!
Lelouch: geass LOVE ME!
But;
Jeremiah: GEASS CANCELER!
Lelouch: ASDFJKL JEREMIAH!!!!
It nonetheless works on Rolo: "Nii-san you are so cool !"
Gino then reminds Lelouch of his own rules and that he can't use those words.
Even if so, Lelouch has another one;
Lelouch: geass DIE FOR MY SAKE
Everyone: YES YOUR HIGHNESS!
Jeremiah: GEASS CANCELER
Everyone: Damn that was a close one….
Lelouch: And what about this? geass If it's not love, wouldn't you mind dying?
Everyone: YES YOUR HIGHNESS!
Jeremiah: GEASS CANCELER!
Xing-ke: If it hadn't been for Jeremiah we'd be done for good…
Lloyd: Too bad for you Lelouch
Lelouch tries again, (and probably again and again and again…)
Gino concludes that all Lelouch's killer-lines were just him using Geass and that they should advance to the next step of the Gokon: the King's Game! ( it's like drawing lots and whoever as a result of this becomes the king has the right to command the others)
Rolo asks about this, and Lelouch answers by reciting the entire history of the game, dating back to old Russia etc etc.
Lelouch wants to pass, but Schneizel provokes him, saying "if you can't get a hold of this game, how could you get a hold of the world?"
Lelouch being Lelouch he responds to provocation just as the enemy expected.
Lloyd notices this and laugh, praising Schneizel.
Lelouch gets all excited and the king's game begins
assuming they're drawing lots
The king is… ROLO!
everyone collapses
His first order is for #3 and #6 to do the "kari kari chu chu game"
(the lots everybody draws also feature a number, so the King can order number this and number that to do things together, against each other etc. Yes it's as silly as it sounds)
"Kari kari chu chu game"is two people nibbling on the same pocky from each end and eventually their lips meet when they don't pay attention and end up "kissing" ("chu chu") .
#3 is Suzaku and #6 is… Lelouch!
Rolo wants to cancel that order, but the King's orders are absolute and cannot be objected.
Lelouch: LET'S DO IT SUZAKU
Suzaku: W-wait Lelouch!!
sound of Lelouch stuffing a pocky inside Suzaku's mouth
Lelouch is full of fervor because he refuses to lose, for he is Lelouch vi Britannia and starts eating the other side of the pocky.
Jeremiah is the referee wile the other ones comment and root for their favorite;
Schneizel compares it to some ancient war tactic and Jeremiah thinks it reveals a true man's soul.
As everyone wonders who will first give up…
KISS noise
Innocent days starts in the BGM
Rolo: NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN"
Lelouch: Suzaku, why didn't you stop?
Suzaku: Lelouch, that's because we're friends right? (that's his line from the S1 finale, the sound dramas like to re-use and distort the original quotes)
telephone rings
Schneizel has Suzaku picking up.
(They were seemingly in a karaoke box because they get a call that their time is over. Karaoke boxes are rented for a specific amount of time and when it's almost over you get a call from the clerk so you can finish your song food and prepare to leave)
Lelouch stops Suzaku and wants revenge, so everyone is in for another King's Game.
Translation by Kitsune
Audio Drama "Motorcycle Man Jeremiah"
Jeremiah "The man whose body is made of machines, who has a strong sense of loyalty; he shall not forgive any wrongdoers. Motorcycleman Jeremiah, perfected in fighting with all his might."
Lelouch "Jeremiah, go forth!"
The boy-superintendent Lelouch who serves justice as his mission is up against the Wicked Britannian Emperor Charles, his cunning staff officer Schneizel, and the Death God Imperial Princess Cornelia. With Jeremiah's actions, can Britannia be defeated!?
Motorcycleman Jeremiah is a cyborg who can transform into an autobike. Together with Lelouch, they fight the Evil Britannian Empire day by day. However Schneizel has tapped into the root of Geass. As it is, can Jeremiah prevent the Britannian Empire's goal of World Conquest?
Summary by Blottyparchment
Audio Drama "Sumeragi Kaguya’s meeting with a Demon"
As Kaguya Sumeragi is passing time in the Kururugi temple, she overhears a conversation between Suzaku and some friends of his about them planning to go and catch beetles the next day; As Suzaku doesn't seem very motivated by the thought of bringing her with him, Kaguya then manages to trump him into pretending she hhas her bean bag stuck in a tree;
As Suzaku tried to get look for it, Kaguya then suddenly throws beans at him, as he begs her to stop, laughing at him, telling him it's his punishment for leaving his fiancée behind.
She then threatens him to reak their engagment, which would be a trouble for the Kururugi family (she acts very spoiled/bratty, actually)
We then moves to a scene with Kaguya and Kirirhara where she learns Suzaku doesn't have the right to take her out of the temple because Kirirhara told him to; As she is sulking about how plying without going outside is impossible, Kirihara reminds her playing is useless while studying is of the utmost importance, to time for a dance lesson !
Suzaku is also training to be a samurai, with a wooden sword, Kaguya begins to tease him about him using this wooden sword and the conversation then moves to what they want to be latter and how, according to Suzaku, if he works hard, he'll be able to reach what he wants.
Kaguya doesn't want to say what she wants to become because she doesn't have a say in it (ie, what she wants is different of what Kaguya, the Sumeragi clan member wants)
Kaguya is pissed she has to study and will have to study more when she is back at home and then runs away from the temple, while night is falling;
As she is hunting for the beetle she hears Lelouch's voice, calling for the person he just heard;
Kaguya and Lelouch meet, but they don't know each other, and Kaguya confuses him with a demon; Lelouch choses to play along.
As Kaguya fears he might kidnap or eat her she notices he is holding a flower; Lelouch tells her it's for his little sister; Kaguya is mesmerized to discover demons can have sisters and even enjoy flowers.
As she gets more comfortable, thinking the demon isn't so different of the human, Lelouch tells her he likes eating human anyway, to wich Kaguya threatens him with the power of the Sumeragi clan if something happens to her.
Lelouch eventually tells her he won't eat her and she can go, but Kaguya changes her mind and tells him he can take her if it means she won't have to get back to her lessons.
Lelouch ponders about her status (seemingly paralleling it to the royal families obligation) and tell her she can just stop being a member of the Sumeragi clan.
He then mocks about how she abused her status and know that she isn't that important, that it only comes from her family. After some other nice things he bids her goodbye.
Back to Suzaku who is looking for Kaguya and finally finds her.
Kaguya is sad and feels bad because she now realizes that she has been abusing Suzaku, but Suzaku being Suzaku he doesn't think it's that bad and he promises her in the future he'll do his best to have her come out and play with him.
Back to the present, it was actually a story Kaguya was counting to Kallen
Kaguya changed since that day and never forgot this night. Kallen is surprised to learn Kaguya was Suzaku's fiancee back then, but it's all in the past now for Kaguya.
Zero enters as she muses over Suzaku and she jumps on him in a very Kaguya way.
Kallen notices how Kaguya can act lovey dovey with a man whose face she doesn't know and Kaguya tells him the face doesn't matter;
Zero then intervernes, telling her a demon might be hiding behind his mask.
Kaguya is first surprised, but then excited by the idea of it; Zero is surprised so Kaguya explains he is the first one she chose by her own will and that's all that matters.
Lelouch respect that and Kaguya conclused about how she'll bear her responsabilities and will follow her own path while assuming what comes out of it.
Additional information : While some wonders if the last audio drama is actually canon, since nothing crack-ish or Au-ish actually happens, it seems unlikely since we saw in the anime, that Lelouch and Nunally actually met Kaguya upon their arrival in Kururugi Shrine (and it was certainly at the beginning since Suzaku still disliked Lelouch)
So far only the last audio drama and the Beautiful record of Rebellion drama could be canon, but if we go by the fact the Kaguya drama contradicts canon, it's unlikely for this one.
And that's the end for the Sound Drama of R2 ; While it was good fun, it would have been better if those drama had been mere fanfiction instead of taking room for what could have been meaningful stories, like we got with the season 1 sound drama (especially given the number of new characters in R2, fleshing out some of them in additional canon material wouldn't have been a luxury)
Hope you enjoyed anyway.
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HERE IS WHY SHIRLULU IS A LEGITIMATE SHIP -PART 1
Warning: I'm not a writer and English is not my native language. So kindly bare or DM me about it. Criticism is welcomed not hate.
I always wanted to post a detailed analysis of Shirley X Lelouch relationship and will post in parts due to Tumblr restricted on images.
Fun fact- I started watching Code Geass with all the spoilers (deaths) and was fully expecting to be part of the Cclulu or Kalulu fanbase (because they are popular), but as I continued watching, I couldn't understand why Shirlulu had a minor fanbase and was ignored when their feelings were so obvious. Needless to say I became a Shirlulu shipper.
Let's start -
Shirley and Lelouch loved each other.
While Shirley's feeling are so obvious.
Lelouch's feelings are hinted throughout the series (both direct and subtle hints), which are often ignored as filler or brushed off as "guilt" for killing her father (which is not the case).
There are people who dislike Shirley just because she is not "useful" like other girls. Let me tell you it's called a business deal and not love if you are going to choose a person based on their "usefulness."
Let's start with Direct hints
R1 Stage 14 -
although the whole episode is dedicated to Shirlulu and their relationship. I'm focusing only on the bits right now.
Lelouch, being dense when it comes to love, didn't realize his feelings until he lost her. Lelouch really cherished her presence in his life.
When I first watched CG , I really didn't expect that Lelouch would say such a romantic line especially for Shirley ( the ship so unpopular) and I repeat NO ONE would say this for a platonic friendship.
I was suspicious of Lelouch's feelings but this episode made it crystal clear that's its mutual , it's just Lelouch didn't realize it before.
Honestly, I would love to see them bicker and laugh it off after patching up
R1 Stage 12 & 14 -
IIrc, Shirley is the only girl whom Lelouch kissed back.
Personally I don't think he kissed her back due to guilt over killing her father but more like doing anything he could to comfort her.
If he could have kissed back Kallen if guilt was the reason but he only let her kiss him.
R1 Stage 14 -
"Any sin you commit is mine to bear" is the love language of Lelouch. If we consider Lelouch's personality.
He is not type to buy flowers and chocolates and he is the type who would do everything in power to hide the evidence of you murder and going far to even take the blame for it.
Ranked as one of the best anime hugs and only hugging scene in code geass. The way Lelouch pulls and hugs her is everything
R2 Stage 12 -
Shirley felt Lelouch was lying about his feelings for her. His response was immediate hard " No". Once he realised what he blurted be played innocent.
The reason why he played innocent was because he is to busy to be in a relationship.
This alone should be a proof that Shirley's feeling are reciprocated.
It's because of his feelings he wants to keep her at distance so that is safe.
R2 Stage 24 -
Lelouch was arguing with Schneizel about how people struggle against sadness yet still seek the future.
The first scene that played was Shirley's death, symbolizing that Lelouch's struggle against sadness was Shirley's death and how he still he seeks a future.
R2 Stage 25 -
Lelouch was dying, the first person that came to his mind was Shirley not CC or Kallen (after it was just chronological order S2-S1), and his last being his childhood with Suzaku and Nunnally. Special people in Lelouch's life
Many people chose to ignore this moment but this one is undeniable proof that Lelouch never moved on from Shirley
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Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion Sound Episode 6 // Canon
For More information about the Sound Drama, check the post for the First Sound episode of season 1 over there
Track List :
1 - A GENTLE WORLD (Nunnally's first character song)
2 - Short Drama STAGE 0.916 "The Black King"
3 - Short Drama STAGE 0.884 " The imperial siblings"
4 - Continuous Drama Stage 21.534 "The Final invitation"
5 - A GENTLE WORLD (Instrumental)
A gentle world, Nunnally's character song, sung by Kaori Nazuka
Audio Drama Stage 0.916 "The Black King"
(Takes place just before the anime series starts and before Lelouch and Rivalz are friends.)
You can listen to this drama in english dub right here
The audio drama begins as Rivalz Cardemonde is losing a Chess match against a noble.
Rivalz explains that he felt confident he could beat the nobleman as he works part-time in a gambling den and has often filled in as a chess player for his manager.
However, the nobleman has proven to be a much more skilled opponent than he expected and Rivalz gets more and more concerned that he might lose the game because he doesn't have the money to pay off the bet that he made.
The nobleman seeks to taunt Rivalz further and tells him that if the game is turned around he will crawl around the table three times and bark like a dog.
Lelouch overhears this and decides that it would be interesting to see and he takes over for Rivalz.
Rivalz doesn't know Lelouch but notices he is from Ashford Academy as well; he tells him it's not a game for students but Lelouch notices he is a student as well;
Lelouch also mentions he knows who Rivalz is, where Rivalz comes from (California) and how he even knows he took his mother maiden name, Cardemonde, because he is in bad term with his father;
We then discover Lelouch has collected information from all the Ashford students.
Lelouch sits down and surprises everyone by moving the black king first. Lelouch's trademark move causes Rivalz to lose all confidence in Lelouch.
However, Lelouch gets a pen and paper and proceeds to write something down before handing the paper back to Rivalz.
A few moments later, Lelouch calls checkmate and the nobleman can't believe it.
He asks Rivalz to read the paper he gave him and it is discovered that Lelouch had already predicted every single move that he and his opponent would make.
Lelouch takes half of the winnings and when Rivalz asks why Lelouch saved him he says that he really just wanted to see the nobleman bark because he doesn't like people who confuse their ranks with their abilities..
Rivalz offers Lelouch a ride on his bike but Lelouch refuses on the grounds that he doesn't want to hang onto some guys back.
At this point, Rivalz decides to buy a sidecar he saw a few days before since he now has the money and so that he'll be able to ride around with Lelouch.
Audio Drama Stage 0.884 " The imperial siblings"
(Takes place after the Second Pacific War and a few years before the Black Rebellion.)
You can listen to this Drama in english dub right here
Schneizel el Britannia and Cornelia li Britannia are sitting together and talking about Euphemia li Britannia.
Euphie is getting close to turning 13 and Schneizel flatters both her and Cornelia.
He comments on how he expected Cornelia to stay in Area 14 as Viceroy but she doesn't see the point since it's been pacified. She doesn't seem to care about politics and only wants to crush her enemies.
Schneizel cautions her and says that you should always leave your opponents with a little will to live so that they remain productive.
Euphemia rushes over and interrupts them by saying that she would make a country a place for everyone to live happily if she were to be a viceroy.
At that Schneizel tells Cornelia that he wants to recommend her to become the next Viceroy of Area 11.
Cornelia doesn't want to do it so they think about sending Clovis la Britannia who just happens to walk in at that moment to welcome Cornelia who just returned from Area 14.
Clovis tries to be cordial but Cornelia wont take much part in it.
Clovis brings Marianne vi Britannia on the table and they start talking about Lelouch and Nunnally and how they regret they wouldn't save them.
Clovis then states that he officially requested to go be Viceroy of Area 11; When Schneizel asks him why since he dislikes this kind of work, Clovis mentions his record when it comes to his chess matches with Lelouch and how he couldn't beat him in the end; He was seemingly going to a tie with him once but the game was interrupted so he never really won.
Euphemia then pipes in and says that Lelouch once sent her a letter that vaguely detailed the friendship he had formed with Suzaku Kururugi. Because he knows that lelouch had a japanese friend, Clovis think about showing less harshness to the elevens but Cornelia reminds him their job is to subdue them, idea supported by Schneizel;
Clovis then walks out telling them to watch how he'll do and about how since it's Lelouch's final resting place he wants it to be as quiet as can be.
Audio Drama Stage 21.534 "The Final invitation"
(Takes place shortly before the Special Administrative Zone Massacre.)
Suzaku starts reminiscing to Lelouch about the summer days of their childhood.
Nunnally asks if the nostalgia has come from Suzaku talking to Euphemia about the past. The three of them then start talking about Marianne vi Britannia and the sibling's time as royalty.
Marianne apparently got into a fight with thirty other empresses. Before they can talk more, Sayoko Shinozaki comes in to get Nunnally for a medical appointment.
She is at first hesitant to go but with a prompt from Suzaku she decides to leave with Sayoko.
The two guys continue talking and Suzaku asks Lelouch if he thinks they could ever team up again like they did in the past. Specifically he wants Lelouch's help with the Special Administrative Zone of Japan.
Lelouch denies his request claiming that now he can distinguish between fantasy and reality.
Suzaku remarks that even though they have both changed so much their friendship hasn't changed. On that line Lelouch warns Suzaku to not get involved with the SAZ.
They start a heated conversation about what should and should not be done with their lives.
Lelouch continues to refuse Suzaku's request for help but promises that he wont forget. Lelouch then invites Suzaku to leave.
It closes with Lelouch commenting on how that was the last time they would ever talk as just friends.
With resolution Lelouch confirms that no matter what, they can never return to those summer days.
And that's about it for CD Drama for season 1 ;
Hope that if you didn't knew those, you learnt some interesting stuff, personally I really like most of them (if not all) and I pity the fact that CD drama for R2 (which will be posted after this final CD Drama for S1 is online) are mostly crack, although some are funny, it's just a waste of time while it could have been used for meaningful devellopment or information.
Well Maybe you'll enjoy those anyway, but the realm of Canon Sound Drama officially ends with the Final invitation (even though 2 tracks of the R2 sound drama could be canon but don't bring much meaningful information.)
My Own thoughts :I wanted to add that I loved them, all of them, but especially the ones expanding on Lelouch, Suzaku and Nunnally's childhood. I think an extra episode about their past within the anime wouldn't have been a luxury. I also have a soft spot for the one where Lelouch met Rivalz and Milly.
Hope you enjoyed.
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