Every time I do, that's right I've done it about five times now, I always stop at about the same point.
The anime opens fairly strong, with simple and quick background on the world. The character style is a little odd but it doesn't take long to get use to and the action in the show is really well put together.
So good opening story setting, animation, and music. But after all that all the problems I have with this show come right back in the form of Suzaku.
Suzaku, is awful. This could be almost ignored if he was a side character, like the even worse Nina, but he the 2nd main character to Lelouch. Lelouch isn't awful, but as a main character he is only good next to some of the others.
I think the only characters I enjoyed seeing were Kallen and Jeremiah.
I think without characters like Suzaku and Nina being so badly written I could have finished season 1, but it's just not something I can sit through.
