They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

* The second season of ''[[Code Geass]]'' would've been ''much'' better if they took half a breath and thought about how the hell they were going to pace it. {{spoiler|C.C.}} losing her memories and turning into a medieval waif? Good twist—ittwist — it forces the various characters to reconsider how they felt about her original [[Deadpan Snarker]] flavor. But it falls flat when the whole thing is resolved too quickly {{spoiler|because it turns out she did it as a self -defense mechanism and could turn it off at any time, and no one brings it up again}}. Also, a lot of interesting ideas, such as {{spoiler|the Knights of Rounds, the Geass Order, the Emperor's [[InstrumentalityAssimilation Plot]] plan, Lelouch's mom being alive, and Schneizel and Lelouch fighting for the throne,}} were either given too little screen time or were thrown out a few episodes after being introduced. Just what the hell Geass is was never explained. Instead, for the finale, we got {{spoiler|a battle between Suzaku Vs Kallen, Jeremiah Vs. Anya, and Lelouch geassing Nunnally to give him control of Damocles}}. This can be seen as a case of [[Screwed by the Network]] and [[Executive Meddling]]. ''Code Geass R2'' ended up in a new prime time slot, forcing a partial rewind of the story to introduce the show to new viewers. This sounds fine on paper but, according to staff interviews, this meant changing many of the original plans for the show. There wasn't enough time left to properly deal with several old and new plot lines.