Review of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

STORY 10/10: Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch is the 1st of two seasons of the series more commonly known as Code Geass. This series is about Lelouch vi Britannia who lives under his alias Lelouch Lamperouge, the name taken from his mother. When he was 10 years old his mother died while his sister Nunnally became paralyzed from being shot in both legs and also became blinded. Lelouch was angry at his father and King of Britannia, Charles, over this incident and threatened to renounce his entitlement to the throne. Unexpectedly his father already had plans to send him and his sister to Japan so theycould be used as political hostages. While there they stayed with the Prime Minister's family, the Kururugi's, where he met Suzaku who became his best friend, even though they never got along at first. After the Britannian Empire created Knightmare Frames (fighting robots/ mechs), they quickly took over Japan, leaving Lelouch and his sister without a place to go until they were taken in by the Ashford family and given a room at their academy.
Charles view of the world is stern; there are winners and losers, the rich and poor, and those at the bottom will never succeed. Lelouch swore after everything that happened, he would make a fair world so his sister could have a chance as well as find out about his mother's death. But to do this he would need power, authority, money, a team, and a way for no one to recognize him. He thought he would need to wait a long time for all of this to come together, but then he meets a mysterious girl named C.C. who makes a contract with him in order for her to get one wish and Lelouch to get a geass. The geass is an eye power that is different for every user. Lelouch can use his geass to control anybody with a gaze in their eyes, but can only use it once per person. After receiving the Geass he leads a group of rebels through radio into defeating Clovis. After this he dons his new outfit and mask to become Zero, the knight of justice.

Art 9/10:
You would think an action series would use a shonen style, but on the contrary, it uses CLAMPS's, a shoujo style wich surprisingly goes well with the series. Its refreshing to see this rather than the same old shonen style.

Sound 7/10:
In my opinion the OST's were average, not great but not bad wither. As for the openings and endings, well, they just weren't my type of music.

Characters 10/10:
Code Geass has a wide variety of characters ato like, and well, dislike. But in this review I will focus on the 4 main characters:

Lelouch vi Britannia is an extremely intellegent high school student who doesn't take his studies or his postion of Vice-President on the Student Council too seriously. He is calm, sophisticated, and arrogant due to his upbrining. Even so he is righteous and noble by nature he has a belief that he must commit evil to destroy an even greater evil. At first his goals are a bit selfish but, he comes to realize that his goal can become good for the entire world. He also has a habit of blaming everything on himself, whether or not he is at fault. And though he can be merciless on the battlefield, he truly cares for his friends at school and his comrades on the battlefield.

Suzaku Kururugi wants to change Britannia just like Lelouch, but believes violence will not solve anything. He is naieve belief that Britannia can be changed for the better. This huge difference of beliefs between him and Lelouch eventually leads them to become rivals. Then mortal enemies after Zero kills Suzaku's love in which he loses some of his naivety and no longer believe that killing will no longer solve anything. Since he wants nothing more than Zero dead.

C.C. is a mysterious girl who can grant the powers of the Geass among anyone who she deems fit. She is quite cold and emotionless, but over time begins to care about Lelouch more than just someone she wants to use to get her wish.

Kallen Stadtfeld/Kozuki is a half Britannian on her father's side and a Japanese on her mother's. She also has a low temper, is very stong willed and sometimes impulsive. Despite all of this she is sensitive and gentle. She can come off to people at first as cold and ruthless, but cares deeply for her teammates and especially for Zero which grows as the series goes on.

Enjoyment 10/10:
At first I thought I wouldn't like this series because I hate mech series, but soon came to realize that this story has a deep plot with many twists that you can just not stop watching.

Overall 10/10:
I would reccommend this series to anyone 14+ because it does have violence and blood as well as dark themes. As for genre, don't worry what type of series you are into because I promise you that this is a series anybody would enjoy.