Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch, Gaksital Recommendations
Both Gaksital and Code Geass are the epitome of Tragic Hero's rebellion. In both tragic stories, the main characters, Lee Kang-To and Lelouch Lamperouge have a hatred for their respective governments on a personal level and a clashing ideals-level. Both of them are from noble heritage, but through traumatizing events, become your average citizens. Both of them start their rebellion after experiencing a life-changing event that calls them to adventure. Both Kang-To and Lelouch are morally ambiguous characters, they do "bad" as well as "good". They can be seen as both heroes and villains depending on the audience's ideals/beliefs. They are both incredibly smart and
manipulative but they also have a fatal flaw that lead to their undoings (at least for a period of time). They both wear masks and hide their true identities from the public during their rebellion. Behind the masks, and all the outside fighting, they are fighting against themselves internally, questioning whether or not what they're doing is the right thing. They both try to conceal the pain and hardship that they're suffering from in order to protect the people around them. And by the end, they both become "greater" figures than what they were in the beginning.
The difference between the two is that Code Geass is a completely fictional story where supernatural powers exist: "Power of the Kings". Meanwhile, Gaksital is a true historical story with no magical powers; old guns and swords. Furthermore, Code Geass takes place in a fictional world with the entire world at stake while Gaksital takes place solely in Korea and only Korea is on the verge of "demolition". Additionally, a lot of Code Geass takes place in a modern day school, while Gaksital takes place solely in the streets of Korea, the rebellion camps of Korean youths, and the Japanese police station headquarters (in Korea). Not to mention that Code Geass is a lot more childish with some fan-service while Gaksital is more dark and serious with not even the slightest hint of fan-service (that's not saying that there's no sexual actions, but they aren't just for the heck of getting the audience's attention).
They are both incredible and highly enjoyable tragedies-tales of Great Heroes (albeit one is completely made-up while the other is real). Both have great psychological face-offs with their opponents: The main characters make clever plans to deceive/defeat their opponents usually by countering their opponent's counter plan which was supposed to counter the main character's first counter plan which was to counter their opponent's original counter plan which was supposed to counter the hero's "obvious" plan but the hero's obvious plan was to counter their opponent's obvious plan which was... You get the idea. And there are lots of plot-twists that leave the audience frustrated at times, but also interested and entertained. Both have memorable and grandiose endings~
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