Guilty Crown episode 2

Can you spell a simple word like drink? Are you able to use a calculator? Is reading something you do on a daily basis to function as a human being? If so please do not apply at our store. Apparently we are only hiring people that can drive Tenchi crazy. That includes not understanding that we don’t deliver to areas 30 miles away from the store, being confused how many toppings a 3 topping pizzas has, and having handwriting so horrible that it no longer resembles any human scribbles.

Obviously I had a great day at work. A SUPER GREAT DAY.

We never kid. Anime is serious business.

But with a cupcake in hand it is time to blog. Yay for blogging animes that are confusing and having girls wearing spandex g-strings. I kid I kid. Maybe. But yes Guilty Crown episode 2 time. Spoilers for words and crazy faces.

When you pull a sword from someone's boobies it gives you the powers to fly!!!

Episode Summary: Shu is still in awe over the awesome power that is…something. He is able to fly around avoiding missiles and what not. He does great damage to the mechas that are attacking him but it is shown that the pilots are not in the mechas but somewhere else controlling them with their minds. After the immediate danger is over Gai (via tiny robot thingy) tells Shu to save Inori whom has been rendered unconscious due to Shu taking a weapon out of her chest. The resistant force called Undertaker or Funeral Parlor depending on your translation is still fighting the Antibodies (the force in charge of keeping the virus underway). Tsugumi and Ayase try to take out more forces but are force to abandon their mecha when cornered by a powerful enemy. Guin, one of the people in charge of Antibodies) tries to greet Daryl, the person piloting the mecha that took out Ayase. But Daryl is a crazy person drunk on Daddy’s power (someone higher up in Antibodies) and doesn’t like to be touched. Shu gets Inori to Gai. He seems okay with Ayase losing her mecha but upset with Inori. Gai briefly explains that Anitbodies created something…amazing and Gai was supposed to have that power for himself. But instead Shu now has it and controls the power of the Gods. There are more words than that but that is the basic idea. Gai tells Shu he can no longer go back to his normal life now that he has such a power.

I think someone needs to live in a bubble from now on.

Back at headquarters Gai is informed that over 100 people sought refuge in an underground area but now Antibodies have taken them captive. Most people want to abandoned the kidnapped but Gai is like time for a rescue mission. Inori and Shu crawl towards their designated spot for the rescue. There they witness Daryl and his cruel ways, killing innocent uninfected people. Gai gives the word to mobilize. His plan ends up leaving the Antibodies surrounded. Guin comes out and smirks. He says that if they fire they will set off some toxic gas planted near the captive people. Gai comes out as the leader of Undertaker and explains their mission in life. Guin orders everyone to aim and fire at Gai. That is Shu’s cue to take Inori’s power and zip on over to where Daryl’s body is piloting the mecha. He takes out Daryl’s power which is a kaleidoscope. That causes the attack to bounce off Gai and destroy the Antibody force (minus Daryl and a few red shirts rescuing him). Gai tells Shu this is the start of a beautiful alliance and invites Shu to join him. He offers his hand…and bam we are back in class. Shu said no and is like wee going to enjoy my normal life now. That is until Inori shows up as a transfer student YAY!!! The end.

So many words. So many confusing words for my brain to go X__X over.

This episode (or maybe series as time goes on) reminds me a little of Code Geass.

The crazy “evil’ faces seem familiar, the sleek looking mechas, and the overall rebellion against the current power. I guess Inori is a bit mysterious like CiCi but Shu is not really a “misunderstood” master mind. Although Gai might be.

A very, very OLD 17 year old....

Why did Wiki just tell me this Gai dude is 17? He is clearly a million years old AKA in his late 20’s. Hello there young Skywalker. I am merely one year older than you but sound so much older due to my….chain smoking? 17 indeed.

A lot of the terminology was lost on me. Went straight over my head. And probably Shu’s. I wonder how much of that he really digested. I am not sure if this power is purely a human invention or derived from something else. I would hope though it came from something else. Alien or what not. Because the idea of humans creating something so powerful is a bit X___X

Ah yes. This makes perfect sense.

So yes. I am simply going to go with the Antibodies made something really…special and Inori stole it. Shu accidentally put it inside himself and now he can make ideas out of people’s…souls. And these ideas turn into weapons that can let him fly and do other amazing things. That is how I am going to think about it until other information comes to mind. Like TADA the amazing powers and machines we created actually came directly from virus information which we caused ourselves when we accidentally opened the Hive.

I wonder what power lies within me? I am sure it has something to do with Hello Kitty.

I would like to know more about the ability though. Power of the Kings if you would. Gai does not have it and is pissed. Yet he knew exactly what weapon Daryl would produce. That knowledge kept Gai (and everyone else) from being fried. But how did he know that? Of course this is only episode 2 so there is still much to learn.

But in the future young girls still need to wear tight clothing to pilot said mechas.

I do like that the people seem to be piloting their mechas from a safe distance away. This is the future after all. If people are capable of creating such amazing things surely there would be a way to keep the pilots from actually piloting. There might be other dangers though like losing your mind if you are ‘in” your mecha at the time. Still I thought this was interesting. Also we can keep the fighting up without losing major cast members so early on.

Someone took a lot of crazy pills. A lot.

I am not going to like Daryl. I mean I get why he doesn’t want people to touch him. That much makes sense. But having such an over the top baddie is annoying. When the real intentions of Antibodies is revealed maybe more will make sense. If there really is a different reason other than taking dramatics measures to make sure the virus stays contained of course. If not kill away. Kill away. But even if the other baddies have reasons beyond that they will be killed first and Daryl will remain to fight another day. Sadness fills my soul.

Shu is super impressed weee!!!

The overall plan to beat the Antibodies also reminded me of Code Geass. Something so planned out to a T and it all going perfectly. Because obviously Gai knows everything and can anticipate what others are capable of doing. Insert crazy laugh here.

I think I will like Gai because he went back to save those people. Yes he was harsh on his own troop but she did sorta mess up his plans on being awesome. Maybe he should have stepped up and stole his own goodies. And maybe saving all those people just played a bigger part in his plan. But I like that he didn’t abandon them. Things were getting real Kid without Parents and he stepped in before it got too bad.

Perfect for battle yes?

I will not enjoy the fanservice. I never do. I really thought that High School of the Dead could have been better had they focused more on the story and not the boobies and butt. Why is it the guys are wearing a normal amount of clothes but the girls have to pilot mechas and run around wearing things that show their butt cracks and boobs? Can’t a story just be good? Do we have to get viewers by makings over the top sexy? I mean…in Resident Evil was Alice not sexy yet wearing something that allowed her to have reasonable movement to fight? Just bleh.

Come with me if you want to live long enough to see John Conner fight machines in his wheelchair.

The best part of the episode was the ending. Gai wants to take Shu’s hand as together they join forces to take on the baddies. It was set up to be a sparkly we can do this moment. Bros believing in bros.

And Shu was like HELL NO and went back home. Because that is what sane people do. Yes it would be nice if everyone felt compelled to join a dangerous battle after watching innocent people get slaughtered. But when you are able to pull weapons out of people and FLY IN THE SKY and basically almost get blasted to pieces I can see how a sane person would run home and try to live their life out normally.

Of course this is going to cause Shu much pain and angst. Because he beat himself over allowing Inori to be kidnapped in episode 2. No doubt he might seem happy living his “normal” life but deep down he beats himself over being a coward and a fake.

I hate you burst your bubble but Daryl is one with Shu now too. XD

That might be put aside for now as Inori has arrived at school. Maybe we will not see mopey Shu because X__X Shu is just more fun. I hope that the plot continues to be interesting and doesn’t turn into Inori doing cute things at school.