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I love code geass, my favorite anime of all time. The story is beautiful and compelling, then I come to this reddit...THERE'S A FUCKING HORNY POST ABOUT SOMEONE WANTING CC OR KALLEN WHEN IN REALITY NIETHER OF THEM WOULD GIVE YOU A SECOND LOOK. stop with the horny post, you degens.

Big Boobs Gothic Lolita C.C., a screenshot redraw by forsakencause

the reason you shouldn't watch code geass as your first anime is because you will be so spoiled by how great it is all other anime will be bad compared to it

Look, I know no-one likes a hater, but I need to went my frustration with the series. I know, I'm going to be nitpicky, but I thought I would love the series, but I just can't. I know I'm taking all the fun out of it by overanalyzing, but these are some of the things that took me out of the story. You're allowed to dismiss me and say that I just don't get it (even in a rude or insulting way)

Firstly, the mechs: Look I know mech fights are cool and awesome and I don't care about the physics, do what ever you want. The things is actually bothering me, isn't the mech fights kind of undermining the anti-war theme?
Yes, it is argued that every anti-war movie is also unintentionally gloriously war, but doing it in cool mechs doesn't help their case.
The other thing, why aren't there in the series presented effective counters against knightmares from the other powers?
Like, when tanks got introduced into ww1 they escorted infantry, but in ww2 and after is it infantry that escort tanks now. Because, while tanks are vital to breakthroughs and assaulting heavy defended posts, they are still vulnerable to things like hit and run tactics.
I thought knightmares function would be to do flanking maneuverers like cavalry or urban warfare. But, it seems like they have pretty much taken over every position in the military, not just on land, but also on sea and air.

Secondly, Britannia: I do get that their history is heavy censored through propaganda, but without any additional information, I just don't see how Britannia should exist, at least not as a superpower. There are so much history in Europe and the Americas that handwaving it away with some few butterfly effects, kind of show that the creators doesn't really know anything about the history in Europe and Americas.
Then there is their society and government, why isn't Britannia constantly in rebellion?
Even if we take out all the diverse range people living in the Americas, their distance from each other and say most of the people identify as Britannian. It's still a society that basically justify anything they do by "might makes right". That kind of society would tare itself apart before if become regional power , let alone superpower.
Even if say that it is only the nobility and the rich and powerful that believe in this bullshit. It would still create a big disconnect between the government and the people. Because, I assume Britannia doesn't have any social safety nets or regulations that protects the populous. So shouldn't there be rampant poverty, not just amongst the numbers but also the britannians too?
And wouldn't corruption in Britannia be even worse than in the Chinese Federation and Europia United. Wouldn't that completely negate their ability to wage war or just function?

These are the things that are bothering me, if you can please view this as good faith criticism

Thanks to ZepHindle and all of you to help me realize the reason for my view on Code Geass, you guys are awesome 😁:

I think I know what that took me out of the show. When I started watching the show it was ok and I was planning to finish the series. But when it came to the part were Suzaku decided to walk back and “trust” the system (yes I know he has a death wish), then I felt that was enough for me.

I love black and white setting, I love grey setting, but I can’t stand any story that has a black and white setting that claims to be grey. I can buy people being loyal to an evil empire, but I call bullshit when the story try in any way to say it can be reformed, without a clear opposition to the status que. I think that’s what I liked in Akame ga Kill, there we are repeatedly shown that the empire is rotten to its core and that the revolution is happening because every attempt to reform has been crushed.

So I've decided to rewatch Code Geass for like the 4th time and as i got to episode 4. It reminded me how much I truly hated Suzaku in this series. I was thinking not only about what happened in that episode but what occurs later in the series. His character has genuinely frustrated me everytime I've watched this series and I just wanna know, Am I alone? Does anyone else hate him as much as me?

Can't believe I've got to say this but if you don't ship Lelouch don't bother reading any further

To me best girl is the one who's best for Lelouch and that's without a doubt Kallen, Shirley is a bit love blind and overall knows the least about lelouch.

C2, she's not good for Lelouch I don't know how people don't see, its such a toxic relationship.

and no she isn't the only one who loves the real lelouch which is a misconception I'm sick off I understand it's not said as much but people still believe Shirley loved lelouch lamperouge Kallen loved Zero and c2 loved the real lelouch such a dumb take.

All girls knew the real him not just C2 however Shirley's love is portrayed in a toxic manner by the way she's obsessed.

C2 is toxic for dozens of reasons 1st she's so much older it's also implied she was around Lelouch as he grew up which is just gross she also uses him which a lot of people completely disregard

Kallen, she never loved Zero she admired him but she did love lelouch all lelouch's including the real one in fact kallen is with the real lelouch the most in the series second to suzaku.

it stuns me how people dont realize zero the emperor, lamperouge even vi Britannia are all his masks, whenever he appears vulnerable or has a soft smile on his face is when he's being genuine (probably not always on the smile) which mostly happens with who? KALLEN!!

Now I admit I could've gone into more detail I'm willing to do btw if it's a big deal but give me some time, it's just the fact it's 3:00 in the morning rn so I'm tired and can barely write or see my screen but my last point is romantic tension in the series he definitely has A LOT of tension with Kallen when compared to the other girls.

Last thing I don't care who you ship him with but if we're talking actual best girl for lelouch it's Kallen and I'm tired of people saying it's C2 but the main thing main reason I made this post is the whole Shirley loves blah blah kallen loves zero C2 loves blah blah I don't see enough people call it out when it's such a dumb analogy

They have some serious groundwork on paper for an enemies-to-lovers or enemies-with-benefits type ship. Of course CG clearly intends the Lelouch harem to take priority over other character relationships and Suzaku is still heartbroken over Euphy, but consider what they have under their belt:

• Kallen in Guren being the first devicer to put any pressure on Lancelot

• Them having the same desire to help Japan but different approaches

• Kamine Island. Even with fanservice aside, he told her that her real personality was charming to see, and more importantly she was the first person (that we know of) he voluntarily told about killing his father since the original coverup

• Suzaku breaking the law by keeping the identity of a terrorist a secret. Timing matters as this is right on the heels of him insisting to Zero that he'd be better off dying than breaking the law. (Which people probably take as the "roulette wheel" meme but IMO demonstrates that he has no love for Britannia or even the law in the abstract sense, but rather he fears the consequences of resistance. It's consistent with him being willing to make covert exceptions for people he cares about, like keeping Lelouch and Nunnally secret while they were still in hiding, or confronting Lelouch alone in R2 despite him admitting to being Zero again)

• The jail scenes for obvious reasons

• A tally of two one-sided stabbing attempts off the battlefield and three mutual killing attempts (as opposed to merely disabling the opponent) on the battlefield for that peak foe yay

I'm not here to start a ship war or anything, I really don't care about arguing over what's the most canon, I just think they're neat

I’m currently on episode 7 of season 2/R2 and barely liked him last season but after seeing him drag lelouch to Charles and have his memories erased I genuinely hate his guts

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He's a terribly written character the fans have formed a cult around because the writers switched his personality for season,

He's a great character only if you're a kid who has a short-term memory about character consistency. He didn't "care" about the Japanese until the second season when the Sunrise execs changed his personality for money.

His "character development" happens in leaps, making him remain flat and have a different personality depending on how the writers wanted to portray him.

Also, claiming the Black Knights don't harm innocents right after collapsing a city. Wow, Okouchi really did expect the audience to have a ridiculously short attention span. That's the most inconsistent characterization I've ever seen.

Look no further than him trying to sabotage the first Special Zone. At first, he was genuinely narcissistic about it; then during the second one he was all teary. "I'm not needed!" like he was doing it all from the goodness of his heart from the beginning.

Official Code Geass art by Takahiro Kimura redrawn by forsakencause.

Come on it’s about the anime not about your sexual fantasies over a character. This would be r/hentai or create a subreddit for that.

It ruins my feed and once I got a big ass Kallen when I was in the bus..

I know my post isn’t related to the anime too but people here really need to think about that.