I must profess. Because I am not well-learned with books or in other ways of wisdom or knowledge, there are things which I am very much helpless at spotting. You see, there is this little issue which has been bugging me since 2007 after first laying eyes upon it. It is one which teases me with a devilish cackle, frustrating me, yet so alluring it is that I am convinced in following its impish dance.
Some call it a train wreck and some call it awesome. I call it Code G-ass Geass.
Let me begin by laying out what my initial expectations were prior to viewing the first season of Code Geass. With knowledge of it being a story about a former prince starting a rebellion in a country governed by his own father’s empire, I had expected Code Geass to be somewhat another take by Sunrise on politics, morals and war. ‘Looks like a serious show’ was in my mind back then.
Oh the surprise! For it was not what I had expected. Sheesh Japan, you never cease to amaze me. As if I was G-assed by Lelouch, I followed the entire first season with great loyalty despite the fact that it was constantly poking me with unease. And it suddenly came to me that I had finished Code Geass without much awareness.
Now this is not really a bash by me and I prefer to consider this post more of a desire for clarification *but from who? lol*.
Before we start on the ‘heh it is just you’ accusation, let us have a slight look into the kind of person that I am. Simply, I take my storyline pretty seriously as someone who has a hobby in writing stuff. So how do I take my it seriously you say? Well to put it bluntly, my standards do not require a story to be extremely realistic but it needs to have a certain degree of plausibility. In my opinion, it is this obstinate factor in me which is hindering myself from enjoying the show.
Probably the biggest irk there is for me is the story oscillating between the rebellion of Zero and Lelouch’s life in school which makes Code Geass seem like the story of a high school boy who has an extra-curriculum activity in terrorism/freedom-fighting. Yes of course, it is due to a frail little girl called Nunally that makes Lelouch obliged to remain in school. Also, Nunally is pretty much the main reason why Lelouch is acting the way he is. Even if it cannot be helped, it still feels… weird.
Perhaps the result of hawt passionate love making between WTF and AWESOME
So what does ‘not being well-learned’ have to do with it all? Well sir, I am not exactly certain that I would like to call this show a train wreck right away. The brimming flamboyance! The exaggerating plot! And who can forget the excellent blend of comedy that is often injected into the show to provide the lulz. I cannot help but infer that it was all planned by Sunrise. Oh my dear mischevious Sunrise and your mind rape on a poor noob like me. Is Code Geass making reference to some work of literature or abstracting inspiration from religious themes?
For now I am trying my best to perceive Code Geass in a different light but until that is accomplished, I will still be watching it for its entertainment and the lulz.
He does not get it as well
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Help me. =(
Never too late to jump on the CG bandwagon.
Actually I have been with the CG bandwagon for some time, just that my feet were tied and dragged by it.
Yeah and the Nunally twist is some good stuff.
Code Geass does throw out its references to literature (as with the Purgatorio Lelouch was reading in R2 ep.01) but I think it’s basically made of flamboyance and exaggeration, as you suggest. Thankfully I love those two things, but that’s probably a matter of taste (or possibly my lack of taste).