Aahhh, it's time to review one of my favorite anime's. At first honestly, I didn;t expect this anime to be that famous, not to mention making me have to wait every week for it to air. But in the end, it really sarisfied me to the point that I consider it to have one of the best storylines ever. The review here is supposed to wait for the 1st season to completely finish, but that'll mean it could only be done on summer when the last 2 episodes of the first season will air. Since the rumors says that it'll continue straight with season 2, then i guess i'll join the two last episodes of the first season with the second season.
What makes me eager to wait every week is the plot twist that happen in this anime. You really can't guess what's gonna happen next episode, even you've read the preview for it. It's always full of surprises and always makes you think how is Lelouch gonna reach his destiny. For Suzaku, i think he serevs as the side role and the antagonist of the series being Lelouch's friend and foe both. I do hope Suzaku is gonna be the main role in the 2nd season.
The story itself isn't that original. It starts with a boy named Lelouch who was banished with his sister to Japan by his family. Ironically, the Japan now they live in is now conquered by his family. It is when they where banished, Lelouch got to befriend Suzaku, the son of the now last prime minister of Japan. The setting of the story is 7 years since there first meeting and it revolves around their paths to free Japan from colonized.
Lelouch as the protagonist of the show does have a similarity with Light Yagami from Deathnote, both being very calculating and cunning to reach their ambitions. And too bad for Lelouch, his main rival is none other than his best friend Suzaku Kururugi (like Kira and Athrun form Gundam SEED). The interesting part is that even they are enemies, that only happens in the battlefield. But once back at schools, they again become great pals. But thisn only happens till late of the show when Lelouch finally gets to know who really Suzaku is.
As for the mecha, well to some degree, i do think it has more realism than other mecha shows such as gundam and the others. But you can't definately expect them to be all real. Luckily too, the mecha's here aren't the main parts of the show, not like gundam. The mecha's which are called knightmare frames act as a tool for each sides to battle each other. There are some ace KMF, but don't expect them to be that great with battle, which also adds to the realism. The interesting part in the KMF's are it can eject it's pilot cockpit like in usual day air fighter's.
And not to mention the main part of this show, the Geass ability. A powerfull ability that in Lelouch's case, enables him to give an absolute order on anything to someone. In the show, we are introduced to two types of Geass, one form Lelouch and the other from Mao. Mao's ability is more cunning as it enables him to read minds in a certain perimeter. The same parts is that this Geass power will slowly grow that it might endanger it's user. Mao has his Geass turned permanent and Lelouch got his one permanent late at the show. This ability in show ended up making Lelouch have to suffer great pain in his heart due to it turning on automaticly on the wrong person (no spoiler's here). In the end, the Geass ability really is an enigma that hasn't been solved.
Even if there is someting that is bothering me on this show is the constant fanservice being showed. If I can list it, it really does have too much I guess, from shower scene to masturbation scene. Masturbation....???Yup...even i was surprised to see this kind of scene able to get aired. If i was to give a rate, I think it's gonna be around 15+. Luckily the fanservices aren't scattered everytime. But the rate itself portrays how dense and deep i think the story itself. You would rarely find any comic reliefs and antics here.
The show in the end is a great thing to watch. I personally recommend it to those who like to watch anime. As for the 2 last episodes, I do hope that it really wraps up the first season perfectly. It way better to wait for summer for a perfect ending rather than have it rushed up.
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