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Apr 29, 2020 11:03 AM

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honestly my dudes i'm a little confused but i'm willing to continue to see what happens

i don't know if i like the animation style with the huge angled eyes, overly triangular features and such tall thin characters but i guess i'll get used to it

what is this power lelouch suddenly has? and why did they call him vi brittania? who is the green haired girl? there is a lot i don't understand, the episode was very fast-paced (almost rushed) and action-packed which was great and i hope it explains all the ideas it brought up

i can see the lelouch-light similarities - they are both clever and tactical, they both seem unsatisfied with the society they live in, they both suddenly receive a huge amount of power that they embrace very quickly. also their voice actors sound similar, or is that just me?
Aug 16, 2020 2:29 PM

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That general guy was pretty stereotypically evil. But I guess wars do bring out those types. It made it all the more satisfying when he gained that power though!
Oct 3, 2020 11:30 PM

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Nice start.
The opening has one of the best opening songs I've heard, and the ending one of the worst. lol
Oct 6, 2020 3:48 AM

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This show brings nationalism that I never know I have. And I am maybe the least nationalist of my country.

How the show portrayed Japanese as victim of wars, insensitive to any suffering they brought with them during WW2. I know this is a Japanese show created for Japanese people, but still that stink so badly. I will still watch it only to see how far they will go with this.
Dec 19, 2020 7:38 PM
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Oooooh ok, so I loved that first episode.
I like the premise.
I also like Lelouch so far.
Dec 21, 2020 2:21 AM

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I am just rewatching this series for kicks.
Can't wait for the next episode to see

Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate.


I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death.


Jan 23, 2021 8:57 PM

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Aug 2020
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I think I liked that episode? I can’t really say because I have no idea what’s going on, but I’m intrigued, to say the least.
Feb 9, 2021 4:16 PM

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Mar 2020
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What does he mean by saying everything is a lie?
Feb 9, 2021 4:20 PM

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For those who don't like the art style, Isayama (creator of Attack On Titan) once stated that it's better to have "ugly" art than having forgettable art. And i totally agree with that.
Jun 1, 2021 9:38 AM

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Aug 2018
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Wow they are evil... killing innocent people like that..

Is that fucking sexy green haired babe a robot or something?

Jun 25, 2021 1:49 PM

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Finally starting Code Geass and damn the first episode was a banger! Lelouch single handly destroyed them all. The opening is such a banger. I might not be a big mecha fan but damn I love this.


“You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!”
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Jun 25, 2021 7:39 PM
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Great first episode definitely a theme about colonialism and imperialism in this series and geopolitics. About too racism and the ideology of self help of german idealist with alot of posmodernist. But great start to a fantastic series that deserve to be watched and examined.
Jul 13, 2021 5:30 AM

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Britannia empire conquered japan.king ordered to kill his own civilians.A green haired girl saves his from death and granting the power of the king.which allows him to compel others to his bidding.his living and everything is nothing but lies.the smile and his power going to change Britannia empire.lelouch is no more a human.this episode is marvelous.i am definitely going to watch and continue this series.
Sep 14, 2021 4:09 AM

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The first episode was too fast but I enjoyed the violence here. Some mecha look weird.
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Sep 14, 2021 5:23 PM

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Jan 2021
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Man you can already tell that Lelouch is a menace Britannia’s gonna get what’s coming to them

Oct 6, 2021 2:48 AM

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Apr 2020
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Okay after a long wait I finally decided to watch Code Geass.

Interesting story, so the Britannian took control of Japan and changed the name of Japan to Area 11.
Lelouch is very smart, and I like his calm demeanor when he's in trouble.

Looks like the power that Lelouch got from the green-haired girl is really OP
Oct 20, 2021 4:03 PM
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Aug 2021
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Should I watch it or not ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
Feb 17, 2022 10:39 PM

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This is kinda starting off with a weirdly paced episode that really had some interesting stuff going on, this is one of the shows I heard much praise about so I will be giving it a try.
Apr 2, 2022 1:37 PM

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Sep 2021
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FUCK im already laughing myself to tears this is so bad its funny
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Jun 23, 2022 6:54 PM

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Dec 2021
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its been quite some time so I decided to rewatch this masterpiece ..


forgot the 1st episode was a mass genocide / extermination ..

C.C. having the power she has ,, you'd a thought she just order the death of the soldiers instead of getting shot ..


and an entire freight truck explodes , yet everybody comes out unharmed ??

anyways , solid first episode
Jul 18, 2022 6:38 AM

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Oct 2021
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Finally started watching Code Geass, i have some pretty big expectations but hey first episode was genuinely good, so this is a war/mecha genre...interesting.
Sep 5, 2022 12:28 PM
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it was good for an anime begining
Nov 7, 2022 12:34 PM
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Nov 2022
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O gráfico a pisicologia do personagem e incrível ๐Ÿท๐Ÿ—ฟ
Dec 13, 2022 6:59 AM
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Nov 2022
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it was ok somewhat boring but hehe
Dec 17, 2022 3:24 AM

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The conclusion of 1 episode is perfect. Not only the murders but his monologue as well.
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Mar 26, 2023 6:34 AM
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[color=#202124][font="\"lucida grande\", tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"]this anime far exceeded my expectations. for me Code Geass is 10/10[/font][/color]


Apr 9, 2023 10:17 PM

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huh? Yes, he had a somewhat self-centered attitude from the beginning with the noble in chess but I don't understand the drastic change in attitude and personality after making the "contract", I guess because of the same contract but idk, it was too weird to see

I have to say that I already ate 2 spoilers trying to find the order in which I'm going to see it. One I will probably forget since I am not familiar with the name of the character itself, and the other is impossible to forget, I literally spoiled the end of the 2nd season xDDD

And now the typical speach that no one will read but for some reason some of us like to do (I am not going to translate it since I feel that many verbs and the meaning of what I say will be lost xd)

Hace una decada veia que mis primos tenian Code Geass en su televisor, pero siendo sinceros no me llamaba la atención ya que nunca le prestaron mucha atención, solamente la tenian de fondo como si fuera una telenovela mexicana mientras platicaban y jugaban, asi como Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya y Captain Tsubasa. Pero con el tiempo he leido que Code Geass mucha gente lo consideran de lo mejor del anime.
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Apr 21, 2023 9:28 PM

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Apr 2023
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Decent first episode, the character design for the mc is good, mecha action also looks good. Nice start!
May 3, 2023 12:21 PM
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Apr 2023
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Im late to this one. Its always getting suggested as a good anime for people who love Death Note (which I do) so Im going to give it a shot!

So far so good, despite mecha not really being my thing. It seems like the story is more focused on the characters than it is on the robots/battle scenes.
May 19, 2023 12:18 AM
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It's really good introduction to the story apart form the pacing. I think if the first episode ended with the reveal of the girl it would have been better. This way we could have given more time to digest the world.
May 25, 2023 2:00 PM
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May 2023
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Very great start to the greatest anime of all time.
Sep 1, 2023 7:41 AM

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Apr 2021
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It's about time I watched Code Geass!!! The story is really interesting. Looking forward to see how this goes!!!
Sep 23, 2023 6:39 PM
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Dec 2017
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Oct 18, 2023 9:20 PM

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Mar 2020
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Heard a lot about how good this is, one of the few popular animes which wasn't based off a Manga... love how they dove in straight to the action too from the first ep. Lelouch already showing glimpses of a top villain...


Similar art style to Yu Gi Oh and vibes of FMAB... what can go wrong right?
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Nov 12, 2023 7:36 PM
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Jun 2023
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Strong start. Lelouch is a ruthless - yet amusing - protagonist, who seems rather shameless about his use of violence. Excited to see where this goes next.
Nov 16, 2023 5:03 AM
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Oct 2023
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pretty good first episode, i hope this anime will live up to its expectations
Nov 23, 2023 11:55 AM
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Nov 2023
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the episode was good as an opener and it ended well
Jan 19, 5:59 AM
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dupa! dupa! dupa!
Jan 30, 2:34 AM
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Dec 2023
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The fights and the strategies were a masterpiece
Jan 30, 2:34 AM
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Dec 2023
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The fights and the strategies were a masterpiece
Mar 6, 7:08 AM
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Dec 2022
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Mar 11, 3:07 PM
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The smile at the end
May 11, 2:36 AM

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May 2020
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Good starter, strong story at first and now already take contract with Mysterious Girl. So basically, Lelouch has a power that can control people. That's the girl in the truck called as a poison.
May 25, 10:43 PM

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The first episode of Code Geass, a series ive heard so many amazing things about. Ive had my eyes on this show for quite along time and ive finally decided to watch it and even though its only been one episode, this show is already very amazing.

The short backstory with the britannian empire taking over Japan, was short but very interesting along the short moment of young lelouch and his friend.

The part with those people transporting the so called chemical weapons was quite interesting and cool with all those people after them and those mech things. Though the action may have been short throughout the ep the parts with the mechs was nice and seeing them fight each other was cool.

The Britannian empire is quite ruthless killing all those people who are innocent and have done no wrong.

The end of the ep with Lelouch gaining his power after that girl passes aways was cool and seeing him use it was awesome, i cant wait to see were this show goes.


Jul 10, 7:41 AM

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Mc Might Be Ruthless , So I'll Watch Some More .
Jul 16, 1:39 PM
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wtf did I just watch
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Aug 13, 12:03 AM

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Just from this episode alone, I already know this is gonna be amazing.
Aug 22, 5:12 AM
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First Episode caught me off guard. I didn't expected a start like that. Looking forward to watch next episodes
Nov 11, 2:39 PM
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Lmao, so basically just Britain being Britain.
Anyways, lots of reading ahead TLDR: Good world building, Good animation, Story itself is a bit more iffy so far but still good.

Intro World Building:
I'd say "if there was no war of independence" but this goes way further than that, mind you at some point The Netherlands debatably held more power than Britain and even ignoring that (considering the VOC's (UEIC) power did decline eventually and pretty much just disappeared) there's still also still Spain for example.
On top of that they've pretty much conquered the whole world in this reality. Though I'm also immediately wondering where the hell Japan is getting it's technology and with whom it's allied (prior to being conquered). Considering you kind of need events like WW1 and WW2 and Japan being allied with Britain first and Germany later in order for most of Japan's military power and technology to even make sense at all. Or you'd need an alternative explanation. It's pretty hilarious to see how "American" the Britannia empire is as well, kind of pointing at how despite it's independence a lot of what America is, is still quite British hence even after it's independence the US was quite colonial. And even now despite trying to keep up appearances it's not much better tbh, just in a lot of different slightly more subtle ways.
So it defenitly feels pretty spot on for a "United Western Empire" Essentially European + American influence (which of course "American" is more or less just a product of Europe's colonial culture.) Also mr "British MC" has the most French name possible lol. (I mean as someone who's name doesn't match his country either I can't exactly blame him but still kind of funny considering France historically of course is basically often at war with Britain or willing to go broke to support the US's war of independence, whereas countries like the Netherlands kind of just wanted no part in it and fucked off wanting no bloodshed and pretty much just surrendering with certain terms and conditions rather than fighting which they certainly could have done considering their fleet size, fortifications of a city like New Amsterdam/New York and more importantly MONEY. It was more that they didn't care that much who owned the land as long as it stayed roughly the same Culturally which I defenitly think they achieved.)

Chess:

Now I'm no expert Chess player the opposite I've only played a few times in my life, but I'm pretty sure his friend saying "you can't win this right" is really silly if I see the board correctly, I was a bit confused at which piece was supposed to be the king but I guess it's the weird spiky one. In which case he has a Queen, a Horse and a Tower left. That's perfectly winnable. Now I don't like playing under the stress of time so 20 seconds I probably couldn't do especially since I have Chronic Headache and generally think/work slower than average despite being relatively more intelligent than most (it's disharmonic though so I'm really stupid at some things).
I defenitly could win if I had as much time as I wanted, 20 seconds per turn is still decent so I guess maybe I could still win even then, but I don't like stress.
Haven't seen the match yet though so I guess we'll see how easily he wins.
First move I would make is move the queen to the back of the board to take his Bishop the next turn. From there it would obviously depend on what the opponent does and I can't see that without just watching. BRUH they'd didn't even show the match, all they showed was that he chose to move the king and "I guess" that somehow ended him up winning the game. That was hella silly NGL.

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Also so far apart from conquering the world, I've yet to see any reason why we should dislike or hate the Britannia Empire here, sure there seems to be a clear amount racism... but overall it seems pretty darn prosperous. I guess maybe it's just the classic Star Wars "The Empire were actually the good guys" (Despite the emperor himself being a bad guy)

Gotta love the mechs though along some other weirdly Retro other stuff.

Ah yes the purest form of poison A WOMAN.

That sound did not sound like a gun shot but the friend getting shot was expected now all we need is an awakening.
Aight now we getting into the more "evil" side of things, exterminating a ghetto. Which is more just good old Classism but really... most forms of discrimination are Classism at the end of the day.
Damn show is clearly not pulling punches although not showing it clearly implying complete genocide especially the baby getting shot was "good" (in a bad way).
Convenient how they keep not immediately shooting him though. Like the animation though especially the one at 20:38. Overall drops of world building given are also really good.
"are you some kind of radical" the answer to that is defenitly yes lol.
Anyway, that "fire" did not sound like fire at all more like a few other language's equivalent of it but even then it sounded weird like a Gremlin/Goblin or Yoda or something.

Final Thoughts:

Lol also his face instantly going to "Evil edgy boy" defenitly confirmed my "radical" comment. Although for the most part I guess he's fairly relatable apart from maybe his initial hate against the empire as a kid being a bit unclear.
Also defenitly need to know more about Green haired girl considering she moved after getting shot in the head, to judge any of that.
Oh and the only world building detail I'd want to nitpick is the quantity of "Britts" but.. it's still a bit unclear what qualifies as one. If they are all actually supposed to be "from Britain" though that's ridicilous. But if it's as simple as "Being born in the Britannia Empire" (which would include, America, Probably all of Europe, and several other countries and Maybe pretty much everything else too it wasn't quite clear from that image of the world map) then it would of course be extremely easy. But because of this Classicist/Racist narrative you'd expect more of at least somewhat genetic reasoning. Like "Your family was originally from Britain before they started conquering the world." But again that would be very unrealistic because you simply wouldn't have enough people.
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Dec 24, 10:19 AM
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Wow, what an amazing first episode - I already know I'm going to love this anime.
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