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 This includes both seasons.\\  I'd say Code Geass is a perfect blend of serious and hilarious. On a subjective level...well, I'm grinning like an idiot the whole time I'm watching it. Honestly...I didn't realize what a presence **Pizza Hut** was prior to re-watching it.\\  Code Geass has a handful of storytelling issues that vary from big to small. Let's start with some of the early series ones.\\  The meeting between Lelouch, Suzaku and C.C. in the first episode is incredibly coincidental. Though this is //fine// because it's the event that leads to the entire rest of the story happening.\\  Next, Suzaku becoming the pilot of the Lancelot is incredibly unusual and I'm not sure whether this is a major or minor issue. But yeah, //this// is a problem, though there are likely ways of justifying it.\\  Next next...Suzaku and Euphemia meeting was highly coincidental. While Suzaku actually //being// there is mostly okay, the problem is with her jumping out and landing in his arms.\\  Basically, the very beginning of the series relies on coincidences a lot to set things up, when it realistically didn't have to do that, besides the initial coincidence.\\  At this point I'll share that my notes are so haphazard that I'm struggling to figure out how to write something coherent. It's basically just a list of observations.\\
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-I'll take this moment to talk about the transition from Season 1 to Season 2. Basically, Season 1 ends with a <wrap spoiler>tense cliffhanger</wrap> where everything has <wrap spoiler>gone to shit</wrap> and Lelouch is close to <wrap spoiler>blowing himself up</wrap>...while Suzaku <wrap spoiler>aims to shoot him</wrap>. Season 1 begins back at <wrap spoiler>Ashford Academy...as if nothing had happened</wrap>, with Lelouch being <wrap spoiler>chased around by **Viletta**, his gym teacher</wrap>. And, to add insult to injury, Lelouch <wrap spoiler>now has a brother for some reason</wrap>. The transition is so jarring that I believe most viewers experience emotional whiplash. Of course, by the end of the //first episode// we get back on track and figure out what the Hell happened. Considering all that...I'd actually say this is a pretty good transition.\\  To be clear, it's //really **freaking** weird// but all the surrounding context kinda makes it work. Lelouch had basically fallen to rock bottom at the end of Season 1, forcing him to start over. And the way the writers went about it was strange, but it works.\\  Now let's move on and skip forward a bit. Later in the series, Suzaku and Lelouch meet at a shrine to talk. Lelouch doesn't explain himself to Suzaku properly, leaving out vital information which obviously angers Suzaku. On the surface this seems stupid but, after thinking about it, I think it //does// make sense. Lelouch isn't explaining himself properly because he's probably (correctly) assuming that Suzaku won't buy his explanations, so he's just kinda allowing himself to get beaten up. This made me come up with the term [[playground:plot hiccup]]. Lelouch is also desperate and likely not thinking straight, while Suzaku is convinced Lelouch is a monster. Which all contributes to the situation.\\  Alright, let's move on to some other later series nonsense.\\  It's never explained how Ogi and Viletta <wrap spoiler>got out of falling off of a cliff into a waterfall</wrap>. Seriously, //that// is shown and then they appear completely fine later.\\  Ogi <wrap spoiler>turning on</wrap> Lelouch is uncharacteristic of him. Like, yeah, he <wrap spoiler>loves Viletta</wrap> but him blindly believing <wrap spoiler>her</wrap> is another thing entirely. It's not surprising this was changed in the films. He is the second-most-loyal Black Knights member after Kallen.\\  <wrap spoiler>Marianne, Lelouch and Nunally's mom</wrap>, being <wrap spoiler>bad all along</wrap> is a weird and probably bad twist. My notes note, somewhat hilariously, that it might make more sense than it looks on the surface and simply requires thinking. Though, I don't think so anymore.\\  Nunally being <wrap spoiler>blinded and shot as a cover-up during the assassination attempt</wrap> is odd and pretty cruel <wrap spoiler> for a cover-up, though I'm not calling it a flaw since it lines up with the Emperor and Marianne not really caring about the current world</wrap>.\\  Oh, right, this is an early series thing, but I started wondering why the Hell Lelouch <wrap spoiler>killed his half-brother Clovis</wrap>. There isn't much good in-universe explanation for why he did this. When I first watched the series, I assumed this was setting-up Lelouch to start <wrap spoiler>killing off his relatives one-by-one</wrap> but that just never happens. The longer you sit and think about this, the stranger it seems, so I'm going to stop for now.\\  Moving away from story...the series is really good at portraying the chaos of the battlefield (not that I'd have experience) and especially with how quickly things can happen. The battles are always tense as you wait to see what happens...and the characters grow more and more desperate.\\  Next, the music is pretty damn good, which I didn't notice until my re-watch. I think the second season has slightly better music...and this is where my notes say ‘just that one track sounds a bit familiar to something else...’ and I have no idea what that means.\\  The picture dramas, which are a side thing, are a pretty good insight into the characters and the world. It's where we learn all kinds of things like Jeremiah's (‘<wrap spoiler>**ORANGE IS THE NAME OF MY LOYALTY**</wrap>’) reasons for being a purist...and other such smaller things. It's all mostly fluff and, besides maybe the Jeremiah thing, I don't think there's anything really plot relevant. Maybe C.C. and Kallen hanging out.\\  My notes are pretty much gushing about the series ending, which they call ‘fantastic’, so I guess I'll repeat that. Although Code Geass goes the [[lb:japanese.kumbaya]] route, it doesn't really //technically //stick with it? It's a pretty good ending overall, especially with the picture drama epilogue included.
+I'll take this moment to talk about the transition from Season 1 to Season 2. Basically, Season 1 ends with a <wrap spoiler>tense cliffhanger</wrap> where everything has <wrap spoiler>gone to shit</wrap> and Lelouch is close to <wrap spoiler>blowing himself up</wrap>...while Suzaku <wrap spoiler>aims to shoot him</wrap>. Season 1 begins back at <wrap spoiler>Ashford Academy...as if nothing had happened</wrap>, with Lelouch being <wrap spoiler>chased around by **Viletta**, his gym teacher</wrap>. And, to add insult to injury, Lelouch <wrap spoiler>now has a brother for some reason</wrap>. The transition is so jarring that I believe most viewers experience emotional whiplash. Of course, by the end of the //first episode// we get back on track and figure out what the Hell happened. Considering all that...I'd actually say this is a pretty good transition.\\  To be clear, it's //really **freaking** weird// but all the surrounding context kinda makes it work. Lelouch had basically fallen to rock bottom at the end of Season 1, forcing him to start over. And the way the writers went about it was strange, but it works.\\  Now let's move on and skip forward a bit. Later in the series, Suzaku and Lelouch meet at a shrine to talk. Lelouch doesn't explain himself to Suzaku properly, leaving out vital information which obviously angers Suzaku. On the surface this seems stupid but, after thinking about it, I think it //does// make sense. Lelouch isn't explaining himself properly because he's probably (correctly) assuming that Suzaku won't buy his explanations, so he's just kinda allowing himself to get beaten up. This made me come up with the term [[lb:plot-hiccup]]. Lelouch is also desperate and likely not thinking straight, while Suzaku is convinced Lelouch is a monster. Which all contributes to the situation.\\  Alright, let's move on to some other later series nonsense.\\  It's never explained how Ogi and Viletta <wrap spoiler>got out of falling off of a cliff into a waterfall</wrap>. Seriously, //that// is shown and then they appear completely fine later.\\  Ogi <wrap spoiler>turning on</wrap> Lelouch is uncharacteristic of him. Like, yeah, he <wrap spoiler>loves Viletta</wrap> but him blindly believing <wrap spoiler>her</wrap> is another thing entirely. It's not surprising this was changed in the films. He is the second-most-loyal Black Knights member after Kallen.\\  <wrap spoiler>Marianne, Lelouch and Nunally's mom</wrap>, being <wrap spoiler>bad all along</wrap> is a weird and probably bad twist. My notes note, somewhat hilariously, that it might make more sense than it looks on the surface and simply requires thinking. Though, I don't think so anymore.\\  Nunally being <wrap spoiler>blinded and shot as a cover-up during the assassination attempt</wrap> is odd and pretty cruel <wrap spoiler> for a cover-up, though I'm not calling it a flaw since it lines up with the Emperor and Marianne not really caring about the current world</wrap>.\\  Oh, right, this is an early series thing, but I started wondering why the Hell Lelouch <wrap spoiler>killed his half-brother Clovis</wrap>. There isn't much good in-universe explanation for why he did this. When I first watched the series, I assumed this was setting-up Lelouch to start <wrap spoiler>killing off his relatives one-by-one</wrap> but that just never happens. The longer you sit and think about this, the stranger it seems, so I'm going to stop for now.\\  Moving away from story...the series is really good at portraying the chaos of the battlefield (not that I'd have experience) and especially with how quickly things can happen. The battles are always tense as you wait to see what happens...and the characters grow more and more desperate.\\  Next, the music is pretty damn good, which I didn't notice until my re-watch. I think the second season has slightly better music...and this is where my notes say ‘just that one track sounds a bit familiar to something else...’ and I have no idea what that means.\\  The picture dramas, which are a side thing, are a pretty good insight into the characters and the world. It's where we learn all kinds of things like Jeremiah's (“<wrap spoiler>**ORANGE IS THE NAME OF MY LOYALTY**</wrap>”) reasons for being a purist...and other such smaller things. It's all mostly fluff and, besides maybe the Jeremiah thing, I don't think there's anything really plot relevant. Maybe C.C. and Kallen hanging out.\\  My notes are pretty much gushing about the series ending, which they call ‘fantastic’, so I guess I'll repeat that. Although Code Geass goes the [[lb:japanese.kumbaya]] route, it doesn't really //technically //stick with it? It's a pretty good ending overall, especially with the picture drama epilogue included.