So this episode of Code Geass was pretty by the books, with a few surprises here and there. It was out of left field how Lloyd revealed he had a Geass in front of Lelouch, and then Tamaki went crazy and cut off that dude’s arm. Kallen needs better wr—Wait, this is the Mahouka blog. I forgot. From the barrage of shows like Guilty Crown, Aquarion EVOL, and Valvrave, I should have known better. I should really distinguish this show…

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…according to Tatsuya’s standards. So apologies to all of my white supremacist fans who were misled by the blog title. But that drives Mahouka’s plot into a wall, by casting this type of conflict as a black and white view where the people fighting for equality are either evil or stupid, and the people fighting against it are painted as valiant warriors of justice who will not let so much as a piece of their school uniforms be stained by…

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On this week’s session of Mahoukey Pokey, we have more of characters sitting in rooms and talking about skin-deep politics for twenty-two minutes. I know that sounds vain of me, because that can describe plenty of excellent shows that have aired and are airing right now. The “I don’t like this show because it’s nothing but talking” complaint usually depends on what the characters are talking about exactly, as well as how they express themselves through conversation. For instance, I…

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So, is anybody else in the mood for dogmatic discourse on class issues that come from surely has to be a myopic viewpoint? That one speech at the end of the episode swallowed up what would have been just another bad entry, causing this anime to be painted as propaganda or whatever. There are many things that must be assessed when viewing Tatsuya’s speech on equality being a means to a contemptuous end, and how there is justification in the…

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