ok I’m going to be honest, it was honestly quite hard to get into code geass at first, but R2 was literally probably the best season 2 I had ever watched. It was honeslty such an emotional rollercoaster start to end. The beginning was such a great hook, and I couldn’t take my eyes off it at all. The art style isn’t that best Ive seen but I feel like it tied into the genre of the anime really nicely. I never really liked political stuff before watching this, as I would say it was a “bore” but after watching this, my opinion has changed.
I cant really say that there were any ‘bad guys’ or ‘good guys’ in this anime. Just people who wanted the same thing, but wanted to reach that goal differently. But I must agree with Lelouch’s idealism. His parents wanted a world of peace where no one had any of their own decisions to make. Where they were basically just lifeless dolls doing their day to day life. Lelouch’s brother ( I cant remember his name-) wanted a world where there would be one ruler, and people just blindly following. Whereas Lelouch wanted a world where people had their own opinions, but still being able to live side by side. That is a world I would also wish to live in.
Lots of people may argue me on this, but I think that Suzaku’s character was actually a very nice contrast to Lelouch’s character. While I agree that suzaku definitely did some sketchy things, I believe he was just trying to help. In his own crooked way- but oh well. Suzaku’s character is very complex and it’s very hard to jsut say that “I hate him.” Then again, like I said earlier, everyone had the same goal, just a different way to reach those goals.
The ending reallly made me do a double take- like “what just happened.” I was so shocked at that, and I was stunned that I burst into tears. And literally do not get me started on the end- I was honeslty not expecting that at all. I love how they portrayed Lelouch in such a bad light, just to reveal that he was a good guy all along. The ending was perfect. Literally, it’s so sad, but no matter how much I imagine, I cannot think of a better ending. His sacrifice for the greater good was so amazing.
This anime really taught me abt sacrifice. Honestly i couldn’t sympathize enough with Lelouch. As a big sister myself, I can understand that he wanted to do all that for his sister. Needless to say I probably would not do what he did just to protect my siblings, so I definitely applaud him for that haha. I would love to watch Code geass for the first time again. It was so beautiful, and I cannot express my love enough for it.
Thanks for reading this all over the place, rant, review of Code Geass and I apologize for any typos made haha. Overall I think I’d give this a 91/100.