100Gauntletz said: To me I feel the hate towards suzaku may be unjustified. Honestly everything everyone said in this forum about him can be applied to lelouch. The thing about him being a hypocrite, he never once strayed from why he believed in. The thing about him killing his father, was to prevent Japan from entering indefinite warfare. The thing about him betraying lelouch, friendship was should have been thrown away since the day lelouch killed euphie. The selfish reason why he fights, lelouchlelouch did it for his sister and revenge, kallen did it for her brother and revenge so why can't suzaku be selfish. The thing about betraying Japan, last time I checked lelouch was from Britannia and kallen is half britannia and they killed other britannians like nothing. The thing about him being a tool, that can be said about everyone who serves under someone in any army. They talk about suzaku doing a complete 180 to join lelouch, what about when lelouch was supposed to be a Japanese revolutionary but instead became britannians king and colonized everywhere, talk about where your loyalties lie.
Honestly, suzaku was the most interesting and realistic character up in that anime. People liked lelouch more cause he played his arrogant, god-complex role well. Suzaku coulda done a lot more harm in this series, but he always showed compassion for those close to him. They said he wouldn't be where he is without lelouch?? Lelouch wouldn't be where he is without CC and supernatural powers. Suzaku understood his actions, he knew the world couldn't be changed easily, so he chose what I though was his best option. His skill alone brought him to the Knights table. He wasn't as privileged as lelouch and the others in Britannia, so he did what he had to do to rise.
They say his methods would never bring change, but I think with time he could have brought change to Japan. I cannot justify lelouch killing millions of people for his own "change" and then condemn suzaku doing the same, even to a lesser degree than lelouch had.
As far as I know, suzaku suffered most in this series. He fought his way to the top without supernatural powers, he never killed lelouch's girlfriends, he didn't lead both britannians and elevens to their death like lelouch and he had to suffer the pain of being forced to live when everything he cared for was gone just because of lelouch selfishness. Lelouch only told him to live so he wouldn't end up dying with him. And then lelouch took the easy way out by dying and left the burden of being zero all on suzaku. I mean you can't have a normal life after being charged to be the worlds protector.
So don't hate a character who in all honesty was more important than the main character. He kept on interupting lelouch cus it was his job, if he didn't other people would've just stepped up to do so.
If you do think I'm wrong however and feel like his actions are wrong, hit me up and I'll prove you wrong. But before you do, ask yourself if you have the guts to sacrifice your father for the betterment of others or would you rather destroy the world just because you're angry at your father??
"have the gut to sacrifice your father?" His father never wronged him in any way. It's against the japanese's code of honor to surrender, and that's why he called for a do or die resistance. There is nothing that Suzaku can say that will excuse him from plunging that knife into his fathers gut . His father, I repeat. Yeah, kill a couple, save a lot. Human lives can't be calculated like that. Who gets to decide who dies and who lives? Right, so Lelouch was wrong in killing Euphemia, but Euphemia was going to kill every Japanese until there were none left. Genbu Kururugi was only trying to keep Japan alive by retaliating against Britannia. Lelouch let Suzaku off the hook many many times even though he had multiple opportunities to undermine his best friend. But once suzaku found out Lelouch was zero he completely turned 180 and did everything in his power to bring down his best friend. Now I'm not sure what you meant by Lelouch becoming a Japanese revolutionary, but I'm assuming you mean in order to take revenge britannia, he should have joined the japanese liberation front instead. No. just plain no. He had his ideals to destroy Britannia because his father abandoned him to start a clamp "human instrumentality project" and didn't agree with the japanese. that's ok. cuz he ain't even japanese. but suzaku was japanese and basically and indirectly turned his country over to the empire on a silver platter. That's having some real issues there. he even planned on using refrain on kallen. he later opposes charles's rule ti join Schneizel, only to betray Schneizel to join lelouch just so he could go Brutus on lelouch and shank him. |