Code Geass: Lelouch of the Revolution

Matters of fact:

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Revolution is an anime series under the Sunrise production and directed by Goro Taniguchi and written by Ichiro Okouchi with characters designed by Clamp. It first aired on October 05, 2006 and ran until  July 28, 2007 for the first season and resumed on April 06, 2008 for the airing of the second season which ended just last September 28, 2008. Tha manga adaptations, which carry alternating interpretations started serializing  in October of 2006.

It started out with a person having no special intricacies in life except for his finesse in chess. Other than that, he was just a rich brat with time to waste. Then he met C.C., the shady chic with green hair and everything became anything but normal. With a two-season installment and once-in-a-while dragging episodes, it ended with a very superb ending - something that you thought you expected but would never be able to pull off.

Something about the characterizations of the people in the episode makes you love them and hate them and wonder about them at the same time. The line between protagonists and antagonists becomes almost invisible, leaving you to wonder and ask, “Who’s the main character here again?”

Exposure wise, Lelouch is the protagonist. Usual plot wise, you would think it’s Suzaku. Power wise, you would think it’s anybody’s ball game.

Here are some of the things that I would never forget about the series:

• never ever get lost in the shifting of the personalities you are trying to live - if you are not as good as Lelouch, you will definitely lose yourself in the middle
• the most effective way to bring a high-ranking official down, no matte how prestigious they are, is to call them using a name of a fruit. (Orange-kun)
• underlying relationship between Lelouch and close male characters - Suzaku and Rolo - everybodywho has watched the movie and do not have the kinks of doing it with the same sex may find this idea perverse but I swear on my dead lesbian escapades, Lelouch is a potential ya-oi superstar.
• one lesson learned: If you have this magnanimous dream to make the world a “better place”,  don’t have kids - they will ruin your plan for you especially if they are as good as you are.
• with all the men in Britannia, only Suzaku can match the amazon of the black nights - Karen. And considering that Suzaku was working under Lelouch’s geass to survive. It only shows that the only man who has balls big enough to carry Lelouch to victory is a woman.
• balls-cracking quotes:
  • All hail Britannia!
  • Those who are allowed to shoot are those who are prepared to be shot.
  • Inequality is not an evil. Equality itself is evil.
  • The world won’t change with pretty words alone.
  • Princess Euphemia: Everyone who calls themselves Japanese. I have a request. Can you all die? Erm…I hoped that you would all commit suicide, but is that impossible? Then can all the soldiers please annihilate them?  It’s a massacre! (After killing someone) Now, will all the soldiers please hurry
  • C.C: Within the endless flow of time,l i am alone
  • Lelouch: Terrorism is nothing more than childish harassment.
  • You’ve had only two choices ever since you joined the Order of the Black Knights. Either live with me, or die with me!
  • The world will change. I’ll change it.

  For those people who haven’t seen the series yet, I hope this article would make you want to see it. It’s a nice change from this era of predictable plots. (Really!) For those who have seen the series, let’s congratulate ourseleves for being so damned lucky for having done so!