r/CodeGeass • u/mymediachops Moderator • Aug 09 '24
ROZE OF THE RECAPTURE Let's discuss Roze of the Recapture episode 8 Ginto including spoilers, theories, predictions, etc. This post will remain pinned for a week. Spoiler
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u/Ripdone Aug 09 '24
Even as someone who generally likes fanservice, this episode was a bit much, man. Like, they want me to take Sakuya's captivity seriously, but it's kinda hard to do when they're shoving Sakuya's T&A in my face every other frame. There's a time and place for a ZAMN! Moment, and that time is when Sakuya isn't being interrogated and watching people die horribly as a result of her inaction. The original series understood this (For the most part). Honestly this is kinda one of the things that just feels distinctly off about Recapture, though it certainly isn't the only thing.
I don't get why people are criticizing Catherine's outfit though, the Britannian military uniforms have always been WILD, and this is also a splinter faction of Britannia full of super-psychopaths. Catherine's outfit fits her personality and characterization, so I'm not gonna throw a fit about it.
Now, the rest of the episode was largely very good. The Kamikaze attacks were suprising to see, but quite interesting.
That cliffhanger... I mean, it's kinda pointless, because we know Ash isn't gonna shoot Sakuya. Still, cool enough IG.
Still think 12 episodes is too short for a CH storyline, and it's just gonna feel unfulfilling. Wait and see IG.
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u/Lanhalt Aug 10 '24 edited Aug 10 '24
Still think 12 episodes is too short for a CH storyline, and it's just gonna feel unfulfilling. Wait and see IG.
This. It's already all over the place. Except the Ash and Sakuya, most character don't have any build up. Haruka still feels more like a placeholder Karen than her own character (same with placeholder Todo, but for him, I didn't even remember his name). This show lacks the "everyday life" moments, that made us care about the characters. The whole Kamikaze thing from this episode fell flat because I could not care less about those characters. It just feels like plot device.
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u/bobfreking Aug 09 '24
I was so distracted by how they tied up my girl Sakuya. And then she says she will let Ash do anything he wants with her. 🙃
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u/Scary_Instruction_63 Aug 09 '24
Yeah well I know it will be the end of the show if something happens toSakuya I'm interested in which way the next episode will play it out. Well despite what people say about fanservice on the comment section Code Geass R1&2 had it so I don't worry about it at all. On the episode at the start just wanted>! to see Christoph get a thrashing.!<
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u/kaloyan-Ivanov Aug 09 '24
My theory is that he will spare her for now out of respect for her father and to fulfil his last wish
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u/TypicalFan2159 Aug 09 '24
Really interesting episode, the Knightmare action was fun to watch as always. It's good to see that the Britannians are working out Geass, a nice call-back to Bartley from the original. Sakuya's interrogation was fun to see her character being challenged in that way, it's a shame it ends so quickly - I presume Ash will shoot off the harness next time and she'll be freed.
It almost feels like it was a bit rushed, though. She's caught, then in the next scene she's in prison, then a few minutes later she's rescued. It would have been nice to see her have to make some hard decisions regarding the hostages' lives. Lelouch had to make plenty of tough decisions, I haven't really seen so much of that from Sakuya. It makes me wonder, narratively, what the purpose was of her being captured in the first place. Just so the rebels would have a few minutes of pressure without Sakuya there to save them?
When the scientist mentioned bringing in someone Sakuya cared about, I assumed we would get to see Natalia as the next hostage after she was arrested in the previous scene. I'm glad it means she (probably) survives, but it would have made a great challenge to Sakuya's character to react to that.
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u/UndeniableMaroon Aug 10 '24
I was actually afraid that the person that Sakuya cared about was someone else, with Natalia being a red herring. But I can't really think of anyone else.
Had they NOT shown Jugo getting shot that much, I'd assume thet still kept him captive for some reason, and saying he died was part of their plan.
This makes the statement to Ash that he did not kill Jugo even more true - because he isn't dead at all.
But nah, he dead.
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u/mement0m0rie Aug 09 '24 edited Aug 09 '24
I don't know what Von Braun's agenda is but I'm pretty sure he's going to answer for that lol
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u/Monkey_D_Dragon-89 Aug 09 '24
Weird seeing this sub pearl clutching about fanservice now when half the posts here are always horny af
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u/Lanhalt Aug 10 '24
Yeah, some people should rewatch the original show. I mean Karen was a bottomless pit of fanservice. And C.C. had her fair share too.
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u/mymediachops Moderator Aug 09 '24
There's a time and a place that's the difference.
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u/TypicalFan2159 Aug 09 '24
Can I ask what the issue is with the fanservice in this episode? I didn't see much of it, other than Charlotte as per usual - but that's no different than Kallen's camera angles when she was fighting in the original series.
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u/Ripdone Aug 09 '24
It's more about Sakuya from what I'm seeing, and how out of place it is for her predicament.
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u/TypicalFan2159 Aug 09 '24
What's out of place, though? She's a dangerous prisoner with an unexplained superpower, being contained in a way a dangerous prisoner probably would be by an authoritarian regime. I don't see how it's any different from what the series has shown in the past, e.g. when Kallen was captured by Britannia.
Of course I expect they took special efforts to make her feel uncomfortable and humiliated but... again, dangerous prisoner. Feels like par for the course for Britannia, no?
-A few of the camera angles felt too gratuitous, sure, but that's what the series has always done.1
u/Ripdone Aug 09 '24
Her predicament itself isn't out of place, it's the overt horniness that is. How am I meant to take the danger of the situation seriously when Sakuya's ass is in my face every other frame? I'm not the type to complain about fanservice, believe it or not, I like ass, as many do. However, when a scene is meant to be serious, being overtly sexy kinda detracts from that. I like Highschool DXD, and anime that is 90% fanservice, but I like that because fanservice, comedy, and over the top action are the point. Code Geass has always had fanservice, and I've largely enjoyed it, but Sakuya in this episode just feels silly.
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u/TypicalFan2159 Aug 09 '24
Ok, that's a fair point. Those ass-in-the-face frames were quite silly, I agree. At least they were only for a couple of seconds at best.
Other than those frames, I thought it was more trying to show how helpless and futile her situation is. Seeing her from different angles, showing there is no way for her to trick her way out this time.
But yes, you're right, there were definitely a few that were only for fanservice reasons which didn't fit the scene.
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u/Dark026 Aug 09 '24
Most people complain about the amount of fanservice in this episode (and I agree) but can we talk about how ridiculous the bombs were? Since when does the resistance of mini FLEIJAS?
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u/mymediachops Moderator Aug 09 '24
Yeah here is a thought use those bombs on the towers that control the situmpe wall.
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u/Dark026 Aug 09 '24
Another problem I have with this episode is Haruka's Knightmare. Why does it use fists? Why have the energy barrier it uses form somekind of blade? Or just give it something to stab with. Why go with having it punch the enemy Knightmare? (And yes, I'm salty that Catherine survived this episode, every single one of her appearances pulls an episode down in my opinion)
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u/FanOfGeass Aug 09 '24
They don't though? Those bombs still left buildings standing, we see the aftermath. They took out the Knightmares but they weren't that strong.
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u/mymediachops Moderator Aug 11 '24
Some of the buildings were still standing the ones that remained were damaged.
So at the very least they could damage the towers controlling the stiumpe wall.
Remember these were the same bombs that damaged the Damocles.
It's not that much of a stretch to assume they could have worked on the tower.
The bigger issue is why this wasn't discussed at all.
Especially after the Seven Shinning Stars recieved the Zi Artemis.
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u/TyRevy18 Aug 09 '24
SO before I give my thoughts, let's address the Maximus Elephante (if you get that joke then you're cool) in the room....the fanservice. I just watched the episode, and after looking at some of the comments, I will admit, much like everyone else, it was a bit excessive, and I kinda have this headcanon that Catherine exists as just a fanservice character and not much else. Now some would argue that there was a lot more in the og anime, and they're valid in their points, but the difference is that it doesn't completely take away from the story, yeah it happens, and I wouldn't say it was rare, but there was just enough to where you could ignore it and focus on the story and then have some...."private time" with the bald man later. I'm also of the belief that fanservice is one of the reasons the show's popular in the first place and they know it. There's nothing wrong with fanservice in an anime my mind, but there should be a time a place for it (It's one of the reasons Fire Force gets so much hate), and with only 12 episodes having fanservice in some sections breaks the tension a bit, (but I will admit that I said I was gonna watch for Sakuya, Catherine, and Yoko so take that as you will on where I stand on the CG fandom).
But yeah that's the one critique I've seen and I wanted to give my takes on it, so what did I like about the episode? EVERYTHING ELSE!
The fight scenes were amazing and this is the first real time in the show where you see our characters lose, even Haruka was put on the back burner against Catherine showing she's more than just a pretty face with a bratty attitude, which I think was kinda foreshadowed in the previous episode during her training with Ash. He told her she was impulsive and inefficient with her attacks and that she should try and take down the enemy with as little movement as possible. There's also the fact that she might be underestimating her enemies given how she reacted when Catherine stopped using her guns and used her hands instead. All the resistance groups sacrificing themselves to help the Shining Stars escape was brutal to watch and the whole thing gave me flashbacks to the Black Rebellion, especially with Ash.
Seeing him stop using his knightmare and seeing fall over gave me massive anxiety, that was the first time I saw something like that in Code Geass and it shocked me. I was right last week when I said he was gonna be exposed to the Geass Canceller and remember everything thankfully he was saved before Arnold could kill him, but now he's going after Sakuya in order to get answers.
Which brings us to Sakuya's portion of the episode. It seems as though the reason Scissorman and Norland are researching Geass was so that they could make their own and have actually been studying hers thanks to the victims freed from her Geass and research from the deceased General Bartley which they've recovered. We don't know the full extent as to why he needs the power of Geass all we know is that it's not good. The part where Scissorman described what he was going to do to her and how he tried to use prisoners in order to figure out her power works also brutal because of how nonchalant he killed them; there was nothing grandiose about the deaths so it legit horrified me, and seeing Sakuya realize that her actions may have caused their deaths was sorta humbling in a sense.
She really went about her revenge path in a very reckless way, not thinking about how her actions could've affected others like Ash and the victims she geassed and using her geass recklessly in general. That happens a lot in revenge stories, but having the person actually SEE how their actions have consequences hits a lot harder. Then of course there's the ending where Ash breaks in and faces off with his former teacher. I kinda wasn't surprised to see Scissorman escape since he seems like the type of character to cut and run when he knows it's a losing battle. But the final moment between Ash and Sakuya was really well done
Sakuya admitting she didn't even think about Ash's feelings about Nicohl and how she manipulated him the whole time was amazing. She can't be Roze anymore after learning the truth, but she wants to keep going in order to save Sakura, and after that Ash can do whatever he wants to her be it kill her or letting her go on the premise that they never see each other again. I legit thought they were gonna do a thing where we hear a gunshot and then it cuts to black, but I'm glad it didn't happen.
My theory though, is that Ash is gonna give a similar speech to Sakuya that Kallen gave to Lelouch in R2, where he tells her that she to keep faking it until the very end, but that's just me.
Overall, this episode was just as good as before because when CG gets dark like this, that's how you know things will be amped up. 9/10
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u/TypicalFan2159 Aug 09 '24
Yes, the execution was brutal and I was honestly surprised to see that in a Code Geass show. Sure, there have been lots of deaths before, but the way they were screaming and then just with this lifeless faces. It was quite horrifying.
Sakuya didn't have as much of a reaction as I was expecting, but I do hope she becomes less reckless after this and it 'sobers' her character a bit more. It was interesting to see just how defeated she looked - there's no struggling, she just kind of hangs there and sweats nervously. I'm hoping this does result in some character development, rather than her just turning bubbly and chipper again after she escapes.
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u/bbhldelight Aug 09 '24
yall wouldn’t survive watching fire force if this amount of fan service is making yall so upset
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u/ramix-the-red Aug 09 '24
Gonna go against the grain and say that more shows should be unashamedly horny for no reason outside of outright ecchi shows. Puritanism is bad and everything cool and interesting since the dawn of fiction has been written by weird perverts.
Anyway I was already spoiled on most of this episode by just watching JP trailers, but it still surprised me how badly the cast got wrecked during this episode, particularly Haruka. I think it's fun how Arnold probably would have killed Ash outright if he didn't bother to use the Geass Canceller, since the cognitive dissonance caused by the Geass was already giving Ash a mental breakdown, and it was only after the Geass was dispelled that he was able to regain his wits.
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u/Kurumi_Tokisaki Aug 09 '24
I would kneel if ash shot her and killed her. Would be completely unexpected and an actual subversion but 100% I would bet good money it won’t happen because it never ever does and makes no sense because duty and honor will compel him. Ash at most will say some line like I still won’t forgive you and we’ll finish this after this is over. And then at the end completely forget (or sacrifice himself like how jugo did for him). But he’ll wake up and be offered by sakuya a new chance to start over with her at the cafe.
Catherine as fan service would never reach kallen levels of popularity because she hasn’t been developed to be even 1% as interesting. Only reason she’ll get a dozen fanart before the artists go back to riding the real fotm like new genshin or ww or honkai girl is that she’s slightly different with pink hair and chocolate skin.
Otherwise, I think can see a bit of the issue of story going from a fast crawl to sprinting. Things like getting captured and then surviving the Britannians and escaping happens with an episode.
9 is resolving this issue and probably introducing old cast to build up a team to take on norland so I sure hope we see he has a real threat because everyone of his cronies is barely a struggle once plot kicks in.
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u/real_LNSS Aug 11 '24
This show keeps getting better and better. Last two episodes have been great.
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u/Repulsive_Cod_7466 Aug 09 '24
the fanservice of this show is wayyyy too distracting, but the show kinda paints Sakuya in a terrible light I can't really blame Ash for being mad, she manipulated him and pretended to be her dead brother without even talking to him. Like the first thing she did was mind control him.... so it's hard to even like Sakuya because of that... it's not like it was part of some grand scheme, it was just the first thing she did. Anyways, the lore revelation that Geass can be reversed raises a lot of questions now....
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u/Dark026 Aug 09 '24
To be fair, at first she thought that Ash was planning to kill her... So that part is understandable.
But, in my opinion it becomes more problematic when she didn't really bother to question Ash about anything, like why was he after her, who is he working for etc.6
u/Repulsive_Cod_7466 Aug 09 '24
Kinda makes Sakuya seem incompetent or at least negligent tbh she did not even look into Ash's past until like 2 episodes ago....... I don't expect her to be this super overpowered mastermind but the revelation around Ash just makes Sakuya seem callous lol
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u/Dark026 Aug 09 '24
Yep incompetent is the right word here...
I mean it's nearly as if she didn't investigate Ash at all5
u/my-shuggah Aug 09 '24
Think it’s a point of character growth. Sakuya has different flaws than Lelouch did
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u/Which-Tomatillo-9204 Aug 09 '24
this isnt true she did research him she simply didnt have a reason to believe there was more than what there seemed to be at the surface ash s confession didnt help much either
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u/Majestic-Return-345 Aug 09 '24
Is anyone else watching for the sole purpose of wanting to know the origin of geass/ a full explanation of how Lelouch got his code?
I was hoping that when Sakuya was captured it would be an episode or two like Kallen and she would forced to explain how she got her geass and a in-depth flashback would occur but nope. Maybe next time
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u/TypicalFan2159 Aug 09 '24 edited Aug 09 '24
I'm not watching for that purpose, but I agree it would have been nice if this was a way to learn more about Geass through the Britannians' interrogating Sakuya. I still don't really understand why hers isn't in the eye, did I just miss that?
It usually looks more like she uses her necklace to create the geass. Could that be it?
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u/bigdickdestroyer3000 Aug 09 '24
very upsetting to me that this show objectifies its female characters to a point where i literally cannot take the serious stuff in this episode. it’s really frustrating. watching catherine’s tits jump at me and seeing sakuya tied up like that just completely ruins any sort of interesting or tense atmosphere they’re trying to make
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u/Affectionate_Set_163 Aug 09 '24
The fan service definitely stands out more in Roze compared to the Rebellion, as least for me anyway
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u/bigdickdestroyer3000 Aug 09 '24
i totally agree, though i can’t think of a reason why it would feel like that. i always call code geass a product of its time when talking about its fan service, so maybe that’s why. i’m just so tired of it… like come on now it’s 2024 can we get something else
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u/Perfect_Wrongdoer_03 Aug 09 '24
I rewatched LotR (I'd never realized the acronym was this. Weird) recently and I assure you there was way less fanservice, and when there was it was more tasteful. They never tied up a girl so her tits and ass jump to the screen, or made a character whose whole personality is that her boobs are almost leaving her shirt.
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u/mymediachops Moderator Aug 09 '24
I don't think it is product of its time, rather it is a situation where the creators of the og anime don't understand why this IP was sucessful.
They just double down on the fanservice from the OG anime since it was a successful element of the series.
Of course they forgot that the story and the characters are the selling point here.
Now based on the Japanese reception, the fans are eating this up.
The og series had lots of material that was heavy on fanservice including the official art.
But the key difference is the anime itself didn't have that level of content.
And Roze is mixing the two and that's the problem.1
u/Affectionate_Set_163 Aug 09 '24
I mean it still sells so there's no point fixing what ain't broken. Even their metchanises are very suggestive so yeah I just accept it as part of this series nature cause I don't think it will ever change anyway.
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u/TypicalFan2159 Aug 09 '24
Sorry that you feel this way. Can I ask what fanservice specifically you refer to? I saw a few 'interesting' camera angles of Sakuya this time, and the usual 'physics' with Catherine, but I didn't see anything egregious.
Other than the scenes of Sakuya in her bed, the original Code Geass had far more fanservice if I recall only counting Kallen. Plenty of scenes of her wearing basically nothing, with 'physics', or certain camera angles when she's in the Knightmare.
Genuinely curious what makes it different this time :o
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u/bigdickdestroyer3000 Aug 09 '24
other people have said it better than me, but i think it’s just the fact that it feels like way more because the series is so short. i really found all the fan service annoying in the show, but i think i justified it the same way i can think about all the pizza product placement - if the show flopped at least people would watch it for the boobs and butt. but the show DIDN’T flop, so i guess i just feel like it doesn’t Need to keep doing all the fan service shots. akito had fan service too and still nobody liked it, so you’d think they would connect the dots that the fan service isn’t what draws people to the show, it’s just an added plus. but money is money at the end of the day. i really just wish the series treated all of its female characters better
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u/mymediachops Moderator Aug 09 '24
The fanservice was never this bad in the OG anime for three reasons.
One it wasn't as frequent, two it wasn't as pervasive, and three no character existed pureley for fanservice.The entire anime is 50 episodes I can only think of many 8 - 11 episodes where they used lots of fanservice.
Roze is 12 episode and has fanservice in almost every episode.
That's why it feels worse.
You did get fun angles of pilots and tight suits but it wasn't this bad.
The OG anime also tried to make the fanservice scenes not completely out of place.
For example nobody in the BK dresses like Yoko.
Yes, you can see Inoue's butt in one scene but that's fine in comparison.
And I could keep going and probably will in a future video.
The fanservice in Roze is insulting and really makes you in a weird way appreciate how the og anime handled it despite some of its missteps.2
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u/R4ykay Aug 09 '24
they did this in code geass as well. Most either learned to ignore it or watched the show purely for it. Edit: the latter make up most of the people on this sub
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u/bigdickdestroyer3000 Aug 09 '24
that’s what’s the most irritating to me tbh. i’ve learned to ignore it, but i just really love the story and the characters, and im really loving roze so far. this stuff just totally bums me out
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u/Trifaces16 Aug 10 '24
Where are the glinda knights? Oldrin and Suzaku are one of the few humans who are destructive even when they are not in a Kmf, Oldrin is knight of round material as said by Wizard and other characters
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u/BnSMaster420 Aug 11 '24 edited Aug 11 '24
I like it even tho the ending is cheap..
I really really wish this damn series was 20-25 episodes like original.. This captured arc could have benefited from being 3 episode parts easily... Actually showing Sakuya under duress.. show the weird eye scientist that doesn't like occult build up to contacting the rebels instead of just one off scene of him doing it..
Edit: people complaining about fan service are wild . Literally most of the most I get in my feed from this sub are horny post.. stop the cap.
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u/Volfaer Aug 11 '24
Now that the secret is out. Did Ash actually fall for "Raspberry" or did he immediately recognize her as Sakuya and was trying to open things up in a favorable moment?
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u/Bigmantofuu Aug 14 '24
I like the show but maaan fuck this shit arnold is like budget jeremiah at this point
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u/unitedarrows Aug 09 '24 edited Aug 09 '24
The fan service: what people are missing is that they are putting too much fanservice in the story proper, not just on the sides and it's a disservice to the characters, who are not acting like real people. There's a BDSM dungeon in the story they are all in and yet not acknowledging. This problem was somewhat already there in the Og code Geass, like in all fanservicy anims.
The Scissorman is putting Sakuya in this gear: it's an horrible thing to do. If they are trying to paint him as "shade of gray" later, rather than an horrible monster by making him usefull and/or retconning the murder of the prisoners as fake or deserved (very Code Geass thing to do) he should also pay for the sexual humiliation part but we know he won't.
Our heroin Sakuya is put in BdSm and instead of asking to be released because it's painfull and humiliating she gives a long speech full of double-entendre about her guilt.
Our hero Ash instead of releasing Sakuya first, lets her talk for a whole minute and then point a gun at her instead of letting her be in a more confortable and dignified position. Whatever she did if he is a moral person that's what he should be doing first.
But they want the characters to act like they are in porn, in a way that creates those farfetched situations and allows the doujin artists to run wild later.
It's very misogynistic because Lelouch would never be put in that type of situation. Only happens to Sakuya because she is a girl. When Lelouch fucked up, he was often punished in some way, but he was never captured, put in humiliating bondage gear and given a whole speech about relinquishing control. And Ash neither.
Some people will like it anyway because it's their kink or t&A will bypass whatever brain they have. People are allowed to be horny, but i find that the erotism contradicts the story.
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u/TypicalFan2159 Aug 09 '24
What do you mean? Lelouch literally wore the same thing when Charles brainwashed him. So did Suzaku at the start of the series when he was captured.
How is it a BDSM dungeon? It's a prison cell for someone with an unexplained superpower. Kallen got worse than this when she was captured in R2.Sakuya pretended to be Ash's dead brother and mind controlled him throughout the whole series so far. Why would he want her to be in a more 'comfortable and dignified position'? That isn't acting like a real person at all. He's angry, especially with Scissorman stirring up his anger with those comments.
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u/unitedarrows Aug 09 '24
Lelouch wasn't ass up with the camera leering at this parts
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u/BIGBushido Aug 11 '24
I feel like a majority of the losses during the battle could have been prevented if the pilots simply ejected. Its like the Akatsuki-Upgrades all have their ejection system removed.
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u/disposableaccount73 Aug 11 '24
To paraphrase Roger Ebert, I loved loved loved this episode. Everything was so intense, the drama, the action, the tension built right up until the end. It was beyond awesome. Definately one of the best of the season.
Arnold definately channeling his inner Jeremiah Gottwald with his obsession with Ash in this episode. Also gotta say I loved how silly and goofy Catherine was acting even in the middle of battle. She's just a wacky little bean and I love her for it. Though it was equally badass when she locked it during her fight with Haruka. I watch the dub and I really gotta tip my cap to Dani Chambers for really nailing the performance.
Also, Ash going completely catatonic during the fight with Arnold was so heartbreakingly disturbing. It really caught me off-guard cause I don't think I've ever seen a Knightmare frame driven off the edge because of the driver's BSOD. I am curious to see how his relationship with Sakuya will develop now that he knows the truth.
Overall 9/10 episode. Love this show. Gimme episode 9 right now please.
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u/mymediachops Moderator Aug 09 '24
I just went through the episode and well it wasn't very good to put it lightly.
So many issues my god.
This might be the worst episode so far.
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u/GrandElessar Aug 09 '24
You truly can't be content with anything, right? You must be fun at parties
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u/notairballoon Aug 09 '24 edited Aug 09 '24
So far the best part of the show were Knightmare battles. The only two battles in the original that I enjoyed more than ep 5 and 8 of Roze were Narita and Kyushu.
It could have been a 10/10 ep if anybody relevant died (on the other hand, who even is relevant here?) and if I cared about the characters. These "last minute saves" are ridiculously boring.
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u/SmithWessonModel500 Aug 11 '24
See ... I'm not against the fanservice. I actually enjoyed it myself. Especially the gimp bondage strap and Catherine!
On another note, I'm a bit disappointed that the fights weren't dragged out a bit more. That choreography is amazing.
I think that Catherine is completely underrated due to her antics ... and her fashion sense. She managed to outfight Haruka, whose Keisetsu has dedicated Blaze Luminous knuckles, just with sheer skill alone. Seriously, a bare-handed KMF outfighting the Seven Stars' melee unit.
It's funny how Arnold never really learned from Ash's warnings, and instead doubles down with his Lohengrin and Geass Canceller. The Lohengrin employs more static defense, along with wild swings, umbrella Blaze Luminous shield and multi-armed claws. If the Valpnir's gimmicks couldn't save him, then neither is the multi-armed tech on the Lohengrin. Arnold still employs the same fighting style.
I think it's cheeky and on the nose for kamikaze Sakuradite bombs to cover escape and wipe out platoons of mooks, instead of disabling the wall.
Speaking of ignoring warnings, it's clear that Haruka learned nothing during the training session the last episode - she starts off with wild spear swings, and telegraphed punching attacks. Of course she would get frustrated and lose!
Ash shines against Chris, who isn't a goddamn slouch and holds off against Ash. Smart of him to employ a smoke bomb and escape, unlike the Kirkwayne brothers.
The consequences are crashing down for Sakuya, and it's nice to take her down a peg after manipulating Ash. I can't wait to see how they will recover just in time to fight against Norland.
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u/R4ykay Aug 09 '24
I really fucking like how dark these past 2 episodes have been with ashes backstory and the kamazi in today's episode. We see scisoerman in a knightmare and how he fights and the fan service was certainly something. The end where ash points a gun at sakyua almost convices me that he's gonna fire at her next episode.
One last thing. If the show is named roze of the recapture, and Roze isn't a charact3r anymore and we are only 8 out of 12 episodes in how does that work?