Review of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

Just a disclaimer here, this review will be for R1 and R2. There will also be spoilers mentioned in this review. So this will mainly be for people that have already watched this anime, or atleast have watched season 1. Code Geass is one of the worst anime ever made. I don't think there are any other anime or manga that I've seen that are worse than Code Geass in terms of quality. STORY/PLOT: 1/10 The story is very simple. Lelouch gets his Geass power and wants to get revenge on the Britannian Empire. Eventually Lelouch does accomplish his goal due to asspulls, plot holes, deus exmachina, and retcons. It's actually hilarious to me how this anime tries to be intelligent, yet ends up being the complete opposite.

One problem I have with the story is the filler highschool episodes. None of these episodes have anything to do with the story. It's literally all just a bunch of garbage filler that doesn't progress the plot.

Another example of filler episodes that had nothing to do with the plot; the entire Mao arc! This is easily the worst episodes Code Geass has to offer. One part of this arc made absolutely no sense whatsoever that I just have to talk about it. In episode 14 Mao and Shirley both have guns to Lelouch's back and says if he uses the Geass he will shoot. Mao then goes back into the train to pick up a shotgun. He then says "I will just take care of them both". And then C2 helps Lelouch escape. If you cant see the awful writing in that then I don't know what to tell you. He had a fucking GUN aleady, and then he goes back to get another gun for no reason at all. That's only one example of stupid shit from Code Geass, there are many more examples of stupid shit.

Another example of stupid shit from Code Geass; Mao not dying even though he was shot like hundreds of times. Now you know how I said this anime tries to be smart but fails at it? This just the perfect example of that. Many Geass fans often say that he survived due to advanced medical technology. That still makes absolutely no sense! It doesn't matter how advanced technology is, if someone gets shot 100 times then they have no possible chance of surviving.

Don't even get me started on that stupid plot twist involving Euphy. I'm sure you all know what I'm talking about. That was hands down one of the lamest asspull/plot twists I've ever seen in the anime.

Another problem with the plot would be the mech fights. There's just too much mech fights in this anime that don't go anywhere. It's even worse in season 2 because the writers just throw strategy out the window. Season 2 is just about who has the stronger mech, not about who is more strategic. For example, there was a moment where Lelouch was cornered by the Chinese Federation. What did he do to escape you might ask? He fucking got a stronger mech, not by outwitting his enemies. And Kallen must've fought Suzaku like 100 times in these boring ass mechs. It just gets absolutely boring to watch. I didn't watch this anime to see these stupid Shounen mech battles, I came to see Lelouch outwitting his opponents. This anime is FILLED filled with lame mech battles that don't go anywhere. Funny thing is, even when Lelouch outsmarts his enemies Suzaku just comes out of nowhere and then saves the day. Everyone just goes home after that. This is how the show just gets extremely repetitive and boring for me.

Another plot hole is when Lelouch somehow commanded the entire country to follow him. I'm pretty sure it was stated that the Geass requires eye contact to actually work. I don't think it's possible ofr Lelouch to make eye contact to every single individual, therefore this makes absolutely no sense.

Even more plot holes, why didn't the Emperor just kill Lelouch? He had no use for Lelouch so I don't understand why he didn't kill him? It was never explained why he decided to wipe his memories and have him live a normal life.

Another plot hole that I have that made no sense; how did the Black Knights produce over a million zero outfits without being noticed? This was one of the worst asspulls I've seen in any anime! It makes no sense for them to not be noticed due to the amount of resources and people that were used to produce these costumes.

There's one thing that I always didn't make sense to me. Ever since Lelouch's first broadcast, how the fuck did people not know that it was him? It's quite weird how the people that have known Lelouch for all his life didn't instantly recognize his voice.

Overall, the plot of Code Geass is awful. There are many plot holes or just things that make absolutely no sense. People say Code Geass has a good ending, but I honestly don't care about it. I also didn't care about Lelouch finally achieving his goal because it was only possible due to asspulls and plot holes.

ART/ANIMATION 0/10

Lets be honest here, the art in Code Geass is absolute trash. How can I take these characters seriously when they're all built like sticks with their noodle ass arms. I also was never impressed with the animation. It was just average animation, nothing impressive at all.

CHARACTERS:

There's only one decent character in Code Geass. That's it, only one decent character.People always talk about how Lelouch is such a well written character, but I completely disagree with that.

So lets talk about why Lelouch is overrated. There are a lot of character inconsistencies in Code Geass. One example of a character inconsistency is when Lelouch was crying when Rollo died. This made absolutely no sense. This is the same character that said he will just use Rollo until he becomes useless and then he'll throw them away. That made no sense because he pities Rollo when Rollo dies...?

Suzaku is definitely the worst character in the series. Suzaku always believed that the results don't matter if you used the wrong method to gain those results. One episode he completely changes his beliefs. He says that the results are the only thing that matters, not the means. This is just bad writing at it's finest. This isn't even called characterdevelopment, this is just a character inconsistency. He just randomly changes his beliefs and it was poorly executed. The second I watched this part I just cringed way too hard.

Every single time Lelouch outsmarts his enemies, Suzaku comes and sends the Black Knights home with his broken Lancelot. This same thing happens over and over and over again for the majority of the first season that it just becomes ridiculous and frustating. Suzaku is such an unlikeable character it's just insane! He first says that results don't matter if the methods to achieve that result is morally wrong. Suzaku says that Lelouch's ways of doing things are wrong, yet he never did anything to accomplish his goal himself! They both have the same goal but at least Lelouch was doing SOMETHING. Suzaku did absolutely nothing to accomplish his goal, therefore he's a badly written character. It seems to me that he was a scumbag that only cared about gaining more power.

Lets talk about Kallen for a bit. i love me some fanservice once in a while. That's pretty much all there is to this character. I couldn't care less about her motives and her backstory at all. Here's why I didn't care; her brother wasn't even introduced to us, so why should I care about her wanting to get revenge? We don't even get to see an in depth backstory at all so why should I care about this character?

C2 has got to be the most boring character I've seen in an anime. She doesn't do much at all. She's just a boring one dimensional character that I never really cared about.

There are a LOT of characters that are pretty much living plot devices. Rollo is the perfect example of a living plot device. He has poor characterization, he's one dimensional, and the only thing he did was help Lelouch. Jeremiah is another example of a living plot device, mainly in season 2. He just comes out of nowhere and says that he wants to team up with Lelouch..? I understand that he was loyal to Lelouch's mother, but that just came out of nowhere. That's just a stupid asspull that was used just to get Lelouch out of the bad situation he was in.

Tbh, Lelouch really carried this trash ass show. Even though I consider him to be just a decent character, he's far superior to every other character in the series. Every other character is just awful, and that's all there is to it. I don't want to drag this review out more, so that's it.

ART: 0/10
ANIMATION: 1/10
CHARACTERS: 0/10
PLOT: 0/10

This awful anime does not deserve the score it has. Absolute dog shit.