I am surprised that Rolo’s death was comparable to Yamada’s confession, for you or anyone for that matter. Rolo claimed to have no family but the geass kids obviously looked up to him as a brother figure, and Rolo was not the most upstanding bloke in the series. Though perhaps you are a far more forgiving person than most, for me Rolo’s death was too clean for the things he did. Then again I am more dwarf than human, I am slow to forgive and even slower to forget.

RyanA: I’ll rank R2 somewhat lower, at 6. It is still above average, but it’s not awesome. In terms of interest, however, I’ll rank it a 10.

Ryan: You could say that the first season of Code Geass was more “moderate” than R2 (even if still no H+C, which I still don’t think it needs to be) , but then again it now seems clear that planning for R2 was hindered by the time slot move and that has resulted in certain problems. I trust anyone remotely interested in knowing that has already looked it up or read it somewhere else.

In other words, without that little wrench, with a slightly simpler plot or with more episodes, perhaps it could have “slowed down” just enough to suit your tastes. Or with a better staff that could better adapt to those limitations, whatever floats your boat.

Still, I had no problems with the whole Freya thing, and if anything it fits the show just fine. These people (Schneizel in this case, since he and Nina are being its deployment) are supposed to be arbitrary, over the top and prone to theatrics and militarism, which isn’t necessarily completely realistic. Not that I can’t appreciate realism, but I don’t require it all the time to have some entertainment.