The playful and ‘loud’ natures they tend to exhibit and the straightforward ways they’re unafraid to express themselves. When we look at the protagonists of the larger mahou-shoujo franchises such as CCS, or Sailor Moon, Doremi and Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, it’s all in the coquettishness. It follows the changes towards treatment of women in society, and challenges the gender norms of conservative Asia. Timed to the Women’s Liberation Movement of Japan throughout the 1970s, and the Equal Employment Opportunity act in 1985. A sub genre, by which, has long lost the image of being simple frivolous pretty fantasies. In fact, it’s pretty close up there with Edward’s equivalent exchange speech in terms of indirect proposals, especially as we know how important a name, and identity, is to both of them.Īs it’s International Women’s Day, let’s bring it back to one of my favourite discussions – the feminist movement behind CLAMP’s CardCaptor Sakura success.ĬLAMP took a big chance with Cardcaptor Sakura (“CCS”) turning 180 after the release of their post-apocalyptics – Babylon and, one of my favourites – X/1999.ĭespite the soft hues of pink, magical mascots (Cerberus who is… A winged tiger?), and frilly wardrobe changes – paired with a theme song Taehyung knows by heart – CCSremains a keystone in the magical girl sub genre. * While it could also be due to own personal bias – as I was partial towards C.C out of the multiple love interests – a standout moment for me was when Lelouch took on C.C.’s name (as if him declaring himself ‘warlock’ to her ‘witch’ wasn’t enough). Serving, perhaps, as closure for fans of the original franchise, Lelouch of the Re surrection gives us a glimpse into the lives of the characters we know and love (can you believe that it’s going to be 15 years?) and how they’re learning to let go of the war, of Lelouch, whilst setting up the stage for the upcoming “Z of the Recapture”. Instead of the plotting and scheming, chess-like strategy we’re used to, Re surrection focused on each character’s changing relationship with Lelouch. They were just decorations to demonstrate the growing, changing relationships between the existing characters – even if it were to only bring the secondary cast – such as Lloyd and Cecile – closer. the ‘conflict’ of Re surrection felt redundant. There was an extreme lack of effort to develop any new characters (in fact, I felt that they were too ready to just kill them off as soon as possible) before we could sympathize with their cause, and it’s partly why the villains, i.e.
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(and this movie is a definite treat for C.C./Lelouch shippers), his first death taking her feelings with him. Despite how pivotal Shirley was in Lelouch’s survival, she does not come in contact with Lelouch at all, and Kallen – in particular, seemed to have her emotions tampered throughout the film to further the now ‘canon’ pairing of C.C./L.L. Whereas his childhood friends act more as cameos, his love interests also take on new roles. The growth they’ve gone through without him by their sides.
Nunnally and Suzaku do not play major roles, beyond ‘sister’ and ‘knight/best friend’, yet, in a way, it reflects the time they’ve learnt to cope with their survivor’s guilt. But too much felt too beautiful, and pacing suffered for it, as fight scenes lagged on as each time the tension picked up, and we were thrown back into a slower pace.
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It may have even been due to the overwhelming need to make it ‘cinematic’ (as if CLAMP could make anything look bad), given how grand the scale of the last ep of Code Geass was.
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Since news of the new Code Geass mobile game and Z of the Recapture came out, I spent last night re-watching the Lelouch of the Re surrection.įeaturing a beautiful opening scene that showed the pair’s initial travels (those who watched the original series/X 1999/Tsubasa will recognize ‘sweeping landscape’ shots and peeks into mundane life of unnamed characters that CLAMP likes to adopt), it’s particularly heart wrenching, as – if Lelouch were not just an empty shell at that point – the opening was the idyllic, picturesque happy ending that many fans had wished for.Īwfully slow and rushed all at once (how did Nunnally and Suzaku get captured so easily?), as it lacked the depth of the original series (despite being a direct sequel, not a stand-alone), whilst extending the same kind of the visually stunning imagery from the last Code Geass episode towards the production.