History WhamEpisode / GuiltyCrown

** Episode 9 gave us the [[spoiler: first of many, ''many'']] {{HeroicBSOD}}s Shu would have to face. After Shu meets Yahiro's younger brother Jun, who's [[spoiler: suffering from an advanced stage of the Apocalypse Virus]], it's explained how [[spoiler: the virus gave Jun the power to see people's Voids, allowing him to see the darker sides of people,]] including his older brother Yahiro. [[spoiler: Jun begs Shu to kill him so he can die while he still remembers Yahiro's kinder side, not the side with a killing Void. As the virus drives Jun insane, he manages to seize control of an Endlave and nearly crushes Yahiro to death with it. Shu is forced to MercyKill Jun.]] The episode ends as Shu [[spoiler:admits what happend to Yahiro, still in shock from he just did.]]

* Episode 8: Shu and Funeral Parlor manage to infiltrate a facility which contained the very source of the Apocalypse Virus, [[spoiler:only to see that the canister which contained it was already taken by [[ManInWhite Shuichiro]] of the GHQ.]]

For such a LoveItOrHateIt series, ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'' seems, at times, hell-bent on challenging two certain [[Anime/CodeGeass other]] [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica shows]] for the title of most [[WhamEpisode Whams]] in a single series. Up until episode 12, it seemed like just another awesome action show, but after [[spoiler:Shu kills Gai in the aforementioned episode]], it becomes a whole lot DarkerAndEdgier. To the point that it's easier to count the episodes that ''don't'' qualify.

** It ''DOES'' end poorly, as shown in Episode 15. [[spoiler:Souta and some others plan to break into the hospital to get more of the vaccine to prove that their Voids are useful, and Shu and Hare pursue them. In the end, they're all spotted by the Anti Bodies, and Hare is killed, essentially because of Souta's group. This results in Shu going berserk, [[RebuildOfEvangelion Shinji-style]], and in the end going against his own principles of not wanting a Void Ranking System, a system to determine who's more important to keep alive. Can it possibly get any worse now? Oh, and he also forcibly extracts Inori's Void, which when taken out of context, can be interpreted as statutory ''rape''.]] If they keep this up, there's no telling where the show is going to wind up.

For such a LoveItOrHateIt series, ''GuiltyCrown'' seems, at times, hell-bent on challenging two certain [[Anime/CodeGeass other]] [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica shows]] for the title of most [[WhamEpisode Whams]] in a single series. Up until episode 12, it seemed like just another awesome action show, but after [[spoiler:Shu kills Gai in the aforementioned episode]], it becomes a whole lot DarkerAndEdgier. To the point that it's easier to count the episodes that ''don't'' qualify.

* Episode 10: [[spoiler:Shu has quit Funeral Parlor and is in the throughs of a HeroicBSOD from the events of the last episode. Keido and his allies in GHQ have used the metorite that started Lost Christmas to trigger ''another'' even revealing himself to be the one who triggered the first one and (probably) the show's BigBad. Gai and most of Funeral Parlor appear to have been killed and Inori appears to be in agony because of the incident.]]
* Episode 11: [[spoiler:Inori reverses the effects of the virus signal by singing. Shu and the club is coming to rescue Funeral Parlor.]] Everything looks good until the last five minutes, when [[spoiler:Keido's blond accomplice teleports in, reveals ''he'' has the Void Genome by extracting Inori's sword and nearly killing Shu. Gai takes the hit while he escapes with Inori, causing the signal to rebroadcast and hell to come roaring back.]] Here we go again.
* Episode 12 gives us the ''true'' cause of Lost Christmas and the nature of the girl that strangely ressembles Inori, Mana. [[spoiler:The girl was the first person to be infected by the virus and Shu's older sister.]] It's also confirmed that Gai and Shu were friends as children, that ''Shu'' was the brave one in the bunch, [[spoiler:that the virus originally had marginal crystallization effects and more so affected the victims behavior, making them unstable and sociopathic.]] This in turn made Mana [[spoiler:fall head over heels for her ''little brother'' (with some heavy {{Yandere}} tendencies for added squick, tricked young Gai into shooting himself]], and [[spoiler:propose to and subsequently scare the ever loving crap out of Shu.]] He calls her a monster, so Mana [[spoiler:freaks out and subconsciously mutates the Apocolypse Virus into what the viewers are familiar with and rapidly spreads it]], at which point [[CataclysmBackstory Lost Christmas]] ensues. '''Wow'''.

* And then there's the fact that, as of Episode 16, [[spoiler:Mana, Shu's reality-warping and incestuous elder sister has effectively stolen Inori's body, starting while in the garden with him. Or when she killed those students in Episode 14.]]
* In Episode 17, [[spoiler:Arisa leads a coup d'etat, BackFromTheDead Gai cuts off Shu's right arm and takes the Void Genome, and the UN vote to eliminate Japan through an air-strike. And it wouldn't be a surprise if they actually choose to just carpet-nuke all of Japan, to eliminate the Apocalypse Virus' presence there.]]

* Episode 21 at the end, [[spoiler:Mana is finally revived.]]

* Episode 19: [[spoiler:Shuichiro reveals himself to be Haruka's older brother and the one who murdered Shu's father in the past. Shu uses up the last remaining Void Genome given to him by Haruka to destroy Segai's forces and kill Segai himself. And to everyone's shock, not only did Shu absorb Souta's Void, but also his Apocalypse infection as well.]]

* In Episode 13, [[spoiler:Keido somehow becomes the new President of Japan, and his first order is to completely seal off the "infected" portion of the city ArkhamCity style, including Shu and his entire school.]]

For such a LoveItOrHateIt series, ''GuiltyCrown'' seems, at times, hell-bent on challenging two certain [[CodeGeass other]] [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica shows]] for the title of most [[WhamEpisode Whams]] in a single series. Up until episode 12, it seemed like just another awesome action show, but after [[spoiler:Shu kills Gai in the aforementioned episode]], it becomes a whole lot DarkerAndEdgier. To the point that it's easier to count the episodes that ''don't'' qualify.

** Episode 5 [[spoiler: leaves Gai's fate unknown]] as the viewers are treated to [[http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VpiK13m5hDo/Trys_sp9qzI/AAAAAAAAdRI/FT90UohjRq0/%25255BCommie%25255D%252520Guilty%252520Crown%252520-%25252005%252520%25255BCEDCE7F8%25255D.mkv_snapshot_21.13_%25255B2011.11.10_20.17.17%25255D%25255B2%25255D.jpg this]] view of what [[KillSat Leukocyte]] can do. ''And it's not even fully charged at that point.''

* Episode 15. Dear god, ''episode 15.'' [[spoiler:Hare performs a HeroicSacrifice and a ''brutally'' averted DiedInYourArmsTonight, shattering in Shu's arms. And so begins Shu's StartOfDarkness.]]

For such a [[YourMileageMayVary Love It]] or [[LoveItOrHateIt Hate It]] series, ''GuiltyCrown'' seems, at times, hell-bent on challenging two certain [[CodeGeass other]] [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica shows]] for the title of most [[WhamEpisode Whams]] in a single series. Up until episode 12, it seemed like just another awesome action show, but after [[spoiler:Shu kills Gai in the aforementioned episode]], it becomes a whole lot DarkerAndEdgier. To the point that it's easier to count the episodes that ''don't'' qualify.

* Episode 12 gives us the ''true'' cause of Lost Christmas and the nature of the girl that strangely ressembles Inori, Mana. [[spoiler:The girl was the first person to be infected by the virus and Shu's older sister.]] It's also confirmed that Gai and Shu were friends as children, that ''Shu'' was the brave one in the bunch, [[spoiler:that the virus originally had marginal crystallization effects and more so affected the victims behavior, making them unstable and sociopathic.]] This in turn made Mana [[spoiler:fall head over heals for her '' little brother'' (with some heavy {{Yandere}} tendencies for added squick, tricked young Gai into [[spoiler:shooting himself]], and [[spoiler:propose to and subsequently scare the ever loving crap out of Shu.]] He calls her a monster, so Mana [[spoiler:freaks out and subconsciously mutates the Apocolypse Virus into what the viewers are familiar with and rapidly spreads it]], at which point [[CataclysmBackstory Lost Christmas]] ensues. '''Wow'''.

** It ''DOES'' end poorly, as shown in Episode 15. [[spoiler:Souta and some others plan to break into the hospital to get more of the vaccine to prove that their Voids are useful, and Shu and Hare pursue them. In the end, they're all spotted by the Anti Bodies, and Hare is killed, essentially because of Souta's group. This results in Shu going berserk, [[RebuildOfEvangelion Shinji-style]], and in the end going against his own principles of not wanting a Void Ranking System, a system to determine who's more important to keep alive. Can it possibly get any worse now? Oh, and he also forcibly extracts Inori's Void, which when taken out of context, can be interpreted as statutory ''rape''.]] If they keep this up, there's no telling where the show is going to wind up. For a [[YourMileageMayVary Love it or Hate it series]] there sure is a lot of WHAM.

* Episode 19: [[spoiler:Shu regains the Power Of Kings and gets the Apocalypse Virus after he uses Souta's Void.]]

* Episode 18: [[spoiler:Gai sacrifices a bunch of MauveShirt students to repel the UN attack, GHQ activates a massive KillSat network to threaten the world not to intervene in their plans, Daryl has a HeelFaceTurn, Arisa kills her own grandfather, and Inori gets captured after leading the GHQ away from Shu.]]

* Episode five [[spoiler: leaves Gai's fate unknown]] as the viewers are treated to [[http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VpiK13m5hDo/Trys_sp9qzI/AAAAAAAAdRI/FT90UohjRq0/%25255BCommie%25255D%252520Guilty%252520Crown%252520-%25252005%252520%25255BCEDCE7F8%25255D.mkv_snapshot_21.13_%25255B2011.11.10_20.17.17%25255D%25255B2%25255D.jpg this]] view of what [[KillSat Leukocyte]] can do. ''And it's not even fully charged at that point.''
* Episode 8 is where the endless chain of ''Guilty Crown'' Wham begins when [[spoiler:the meteor rock that started Lost Christmas is stolen by Keido.]] And this was a BeachEpisode!
* Episode nine gave us the [[spoiler: first of many, ''many'']] {{HeroicBSOD}}s Shu would have to face. shu meets Yahiro's younger brother, Jun, who's [[spoiler: suffering from an advanced stage of the Apocalypse Virus.]] We're shown a flashback to the moments before [[CataclysmBackstory Lost Christmas]]. Jun explains how it was the happiest time of his life. Then it's explained how [[spoiler: the virus gave Jun the power to see people's Voids, thus allowing him to see the dark and cruel sides of otherwise kind people,]] including his beloved older brother, Yahiro. [[spoiler: Jun begs Shu to kill him so he can go out remembering his wonderful older brother, not the one who has a void that seems to be tailor-made to end Jun's life.]] Then we see [[spoiler: [[CataclysmBackstory Lost Christmas. As the virus drives Jun insane, he manages to seize control of an Endlave and is in the midst of using it to crush Yahiro to death. Shu is forced to MercyKill Jun in order to save Yahiro.]] The episode ends as [[spoiler: Shu admits to having killed Jun with a look of utter shock on his face.]]