The Most Compelling Protagonist Of All Time.
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- A video analysis on Lelouch from Code Geass, the most compelling protagonist of all time.
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The fact that Lelouch never refuses the blame for Euphemia's massacre is the best insight to his core character.
People often cite his accidental activation of Geass and his weird phrasing as an inexplicable plot convenience to drive the story but imo it’s a very insightful moment into lelouch’s character. He’s always very careful about what he says especially after acquiring Geass. I think the fact that when explaining Geass to Euphemia, he uses the hypothetical massacre as an example shows that, as the strategic mastermind he is, he had realized that that plan would be the easiest way to turn the Japan special zone situation into one that would benefit his goals in the long run, but he decided against it for obvious reasons. Despite this, this potential plan was still fresh in his mind so it was the first example of Geass he came up with when talking to Euphemia, and we all know what happened after that.
@@notmyrealname5520 that's also what i eventually came up with after numerous rewatches
@@notmyrealname5520 I like to think of it this way. It's not some random event... it's indicative of the battle that was going on inside him. He surely had the idea that such a brutal way would work to reach his goal, but he was always toeing the line of morality. The fear of the possibility that he would lose control and succumb to the worst side of himself was everpresent, and at that moment his subconscious sort of took over.
@@saucythighs phrased it perfectly
Lilush is good protagonist
“To defeat evil, I shall become an even greater evil."
- Lelouch.L (Zero)
-Zero
Eren be like well i am accepting that
in sub it was actually "To defeat greater evil I will do evil"
Never heard of Garou? From OPM He is the same as Zero
@@maiiwiththedrip1764 well yeah
in my opinion the best anime protagonist is dora from dora the explorer, her exploration skills extend far beyond anything within the human imagination
Ngl I feel that swiper war arc ruined the themes of her character
Backpack is also a complex and three dimensional character , his development and progression was perfection .
Dora is meh....
Ngl, he spittin'
Boots was a better character lol.
Lmao boots was best boy tho
There’s a reason why he’s the most favorited character on MAL.
Fax
For the same reason that FMA is the most favourited on MAL
Becauee the fanboys are insane
@@vovabars1234 Or... maybe it’s just a good series that a lot of people like?
@@zaynthemane bro FMA fans downvote other series on purpose so they don't reach their fav anime on MAL
@@vovabars1234 No clue why people think FMAB fans are the only ones who do this. The top 10 anime are always at a war with one another because the fanboys will downvote the others. Just because some no-lives do that doesn’t mean the entire fanbase is crazy.
FMAB is #1 because it’s a good show that a lot of people like, simple as that
Lelouch is what happens when you stick to your ideals to the end.
Suzaku is what happens when you lose yourself along the path you walked. (Which is terrifying to people. Probably it’s why he is disliked)
Well Lelouch's ideals were flexible enough to go to war. Suzaku thought he could foolishly be a pacifist and simultaneously fight for a belligerent fascist nation's army.
@@sobitasadullah4517 the idea of inspiring social change while underneath the umbrella of the most tyrannical nation to ever exist is very admirable. To quote bane though, “...admirable but mistaken.” I think his reasoning was that after he killed his father he had to stick it out or what was it all for. He couldn’t come to terms with his mistake and that’s why nobody likes his character.
@@ohdontmindme4241 fighting for social change in a tyrannical nation when you've been given every opportunity to wage war against them while being the only person able to stop the resistance isn't admirable in any way. The Japanese people supporting Zero to the degree that they did shows how much they needed freedom, but Suzaku instead single-handedly hampered and ruined his people's hope because he couldn't allow his childish mistake to be ultimately proven wrong.
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@@sobitasadullah4517 "You can't usher in peace while under the control of racist totalitarian warmongers! Think, Suzaku, think!"
"He tries his best to always keep his composure"
well, except when his sister is somehow involved ^^
He tries, but fails to. That is part of of what makes him relatable innit? He has emotions just like every human, and can not always control them. It can be annoying at times, at least for me haha, to know he is actually so great and yet see him as down as we see him when nunnally is involved.
@@joselegomez3150 that’s why I Love code geass so much more than death note because lelouch actually feels like a human being who cares about people but light is just a dick to everyone
@@dom6258 See that's why I am a massive L fanboy cause I love Death note but cant really support light cause I find he's just lelouch minus all the heroic and general non asshole parts... That being said it sucks that I can only watch half the show with who I see as the protagonist
@@dom6258 yeah that's one of the main reasons i didn't like Death Note. First episode and Light is already sayin he's a God... Meanwhile with Lelouch you see him in many facets: regretful, joyful, defeated, triumphant; the time he had to brainwash Shirley was truly heartbreaking, you could see and hear Lelouch's sadness from having to do such a thing
@@Bojoschannel Light would NEVER cry over anyone- not even his own dad. I actually hate the comparisons because Lelouch is light years ahead of ANYONE
I see Lelouch, I click - My #1 Character.
ALL HAIL LELOUCH!
Yes my Lord
Same
AGREE
ALL HAIL LELOUCH
Yeah same for me
ALL HAIL LELOUCH
THANKS
"Ends up losing rolo" is such a weird thing to hear but is still fitting. Cause rolo really did eventually make a mark on lelouch, despite how much he despised him throughout R2
Yeah, since Rolo kinda gave him a push to end what he started when he had nothing anymore
He felt like a pawn the whole time to me. Like was there ever a point where rolo was not somewhat expendable to him?
Lelouch still never liked him
@@schnoz2372 During his death
@@deathnotefanatic4742 he did
Man Code Geass has one of (if not) the best ending
Ur pfp is cursed
not just the ending its one of the best anime till date top 5 for me surely
You mean the movie ending if so then yes 🔥
@@Vergil1233x the series as well?
@@okayfine3728 🍑💨 u say it best ending lol
I like how Guts and Lelouch are his most praised protagonists despite how different they are. Guts is lacking motivation in golden age, he is wandering from battle to battle searching for some kind of purpose. He has a goal of revenge against Griffith but he's mostly wandering around struggling to survive, fighting for the simple right to stay alive. He's just trying his best to make it through the day with only a vague plan how to. He is relatable for that aspect of his character. Lelouch on the other hand is focused and calculated, deffinetly more proactive. He is more admirable than relatable. His goal is monumental and unreachable, jet he marches forward nonetheless. Both are great protagonists but I find them hard to compare because how different they are.
Love this
luffy is the best protagonist ever
iron giant miss
@@davinrucker9173 Im sending SWAT to your exact address
@@irongiant2328 boruto
“If happiness had a form, what would it look like? It might be something like glass, because one doesn’t notice it normally. However, it is actually there. As proof, if you look at it from a different angle, the glass will reflect light. It will state its presence and existence more eloquently than any other thing in this world.”- Lelouch Lamperouge
Actually Suzaku is the one who said that, Lelouch was just repeating it in his monologue
Whoever wrote that line probably knows the meaning of life.
"I-It would look like a table" -Nina
Everyone else: "Okay, who let Nina in? Out, OUT!"
@@FreddyChoppins lmaoooo that poor table did not give consent
One of the rare anime I'd consider a masterpiece
Lelouch the goat
Exactly as a update I was going to put Eren Yeager above him but Then they did a copy cat at the end and Lelouch is still the GOAT
@@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003Lelouche Vi Brittania commands you to never use Eren in the same sentence as him again!
Eren wishes he was Lelouch Vi Britannia@@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003
@@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003 Le louch is literally eren if he wasnt a man child and was actually clever
@@tomchristie5547Eren is like Lelouch if he had 50 less IQ points
its kinda cool how “The Asura” is like the berserker armor while “The Masked Man” is just normal Guts😂
@Pissed Off White Guy what pissed u off white guy
@Pissed Off White Guy bro just chill dont be pissed
@Pissed Off White Guy Why so pissed man? Need a snicker?
@Pissed Off White Guy *CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT TIME*
I think eren more like light.
code geass is a 9/10 but would have been a 10 if nina got killed in a brutal way
Fuck nina I was so dissapointed that she lived in second season
BRO I HATE NINA
Might I ask why you despise Nina THAT much?
@@eldestdragon5766 firstly her hate for japanese ppl and how she tried to act so innocent secondly the fact that she developed a fucking bomb and then tried to act like she didn’t know
@@nonce6382 Where do I start?
Nina was a flawed individual, though I think that was intended by the writing. On the topic of her bigotry towards the Japanese think of it this way. She is an antisocial, timid individual who clearly doesn’t get out much in the world. She probably wouldn’t be witness to a lot of the mistreatment the Japanese get, all she hears is the Britannia propaganda and the acts of terrorism committed by resistance groups. The first time she hears about Suzaku is him being accused of killing the crown prince, she is held hostage and directly threatened by a resistance cell, and finally her idol, Euphemia, is killed by a terrorist leader. Oh yeah, and one of her friends turns out to be a terrorist all along and was lying to her. Now, the viewer has the full perspective on this but Nina does not.
The events of Season 1 clearly have a horrible effect on Nina’s alright weak mental state, resulting in her being easily gaslighted by Schneizel into make the FLEIJA because it’s “What Euphie would have wanted.” Clearly ridiculous, but Nina was definitely not someone in the right mind. After the FLEIJA is actually used Nina gets woken up from her insanity and begins to realize what a terrible thing she has done.
I don’t particularly like Nina, and she did some pretty fucked up things, but Lelouch and Suzaku also did a lot of apprehensible stuff. I just find the hate for her overly excessive. I can only really find pity for her personally. She was a person with mental issues who was manipulated by propaganda. This of course, isn’t to say that she has no responsibility for her actions.
If anyone actually read through all of this, thanks! Code Geass is probably my favorite anime and I love talking about the characters!
I think that Suzaku is often oversimplified and overlooked in terms of his depth. He is the way he is because he killed his father. As a child, he saw that Japan's resistance to Britannia was futile and that it was only resulting in more unnecessary deaths, and he took it upon himself to kill a family member at a very young age in order to bring about peace. In order to justify this to himself, he *had to* join the Britannian army to stop farther resistance and to try to stop the oppression by reforming the system from within. He *couldn't* agree with Zero's methods, because, if conflict was the right answer after all, then that would mean he killed his dad for *nothing*, and that thought is beyond unbearable to him.
This is the exact reason why I hate him.
The thing is he never did a thing to reform the system.
Alongside Lelouch, Suzaku is one of my favourite characters of all time. The way their moral philosophies clash is so satisfying, and I sympathise with Suzaku. He just wants to do the right things - and, unlike Lelouch, he doesn't believe the ends justify the means. That's probably another reason why killing his father messed him up, it went against his nature. He's a great character and I will never understand why he gets so much hate.
The thing is that the evolution of Lelouch and Suzaku are a perfect mirror of one another, while Lelouch begin determined and without caring about morality one bit he slowly begin to doubt and ask himself if there was no better way and needs more and more push to continue going, while for Suzaku he begins caring a lot about morality but unable to make change happen and he slowly abandons his morality to bring results. As Lelouch grows a morality from his own mistakes and losses Suzaku shed it to bring more results. While Suzaku tend to be blinded by emotions, Lelouch repress his to unhealthy extremes. Lelouch and Suzaku are polar opposites. And their two ideals are incomplete without one another because acting without betraying morality means lacking results and totally betraying morality means overwhelming sacrifice, the optimal strategy is a little bit of both. And that optimal strategy birthed the ending where Lelouch used morality as his final weapon to change everything from the inside and the outside.
@@whitelight2195 very well explained.
whoever were the people or the person that came up with Lelouch's character is the pure genius behind one of the Best Anime protagonists that ever existed.
The best
one of the rare protagonists that arent idealistic about a perfect world and let those ideals harm others
Well Tomino created Char in 1979, so probably Tomino.
@@Google_remote He's both idealistic and realistic, which makes him feel so much more human. Sometimes we stick to our ideals, sometimes we have to act rationally
@@Google_remote better than those 3 year old shonen and seinen protagonist who thinks they can achieve peace through ideals
Like Naruto and thorfinn who uses talk no jutsu
My favorite thing about Lelouch is that everything about him screams "I'm the villain!" He often has that scowl on his face, with his student and Zero personas all using dark colors, his custom Burai, the Gawain, and Shinkiro all look evil and menacing, and on paper, he is opposing every logical "good" system in the show. On paper, it looks like Suzaku and his noble steed the Lancelot are the good guys here, Zero and his Black Knights are just a rebellious element that needs to be put down. And yeah, with some of the things Zero does, he absolutely is the villain, so many people have died because of his actions. But in the end, it's Lelouch that seeks to truly change the world for the better, and by god, the man actually does it.
I fully agree. The thing with Lelouch is, he says very early on "You can't change the world with pretty words alone" and he shows that time and time again. While people are a casualty of his actions ( Shirleys' dad being a good example) he still has an overarching good intention. I do like that how you said, his entire presentations is that of a villain and Suzaku is the good guy, it shows a great representation of an idealist in Suzaku and a realist in Lelouch. Suzaku has a blind faith in the system and believes things will change if you wish hard enough,even in his wish to become the knight of 1 and free Japan it's only focused on Japan, whereas Lelouch doing everything he did helped the entire world.
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Plus he is a masked character in a sunrise show
@@damienblack6749 am I the only one who hates suzaku so much I may hate him a bit to much but after the first couple episodes everything he said starred to irk me leading me to hate him and then he just gets worse
@@sableyesundaygaming2016 I don’t hate him however there were a lot of moments in the anime where I was really annoyed at him, it was so annoying how he’d act so high and mighty compared to lelouch like he was better, when lelouch’s way was 100x more effective, not only that he also contradicted himself when he would judge Lenlouch for killing people, when He would go and do the exact same thing which would also empower the army he was in to kill even more people.
Watched this show for the first time exactly one year ago. Followed by Steins;Gate and Fate/Zero. Honestly don’t think I’ll ever find a better streak of Entertainment.
You need to see attack on titan (up to season 3 to understand why it's amazing).
@@adrithmanvik1853 understandable by your pfp .
@@adrithmanvik1853 overrated as fuck both code geass and steins gate are better
@@gavinweaver9079 so cap 😂
@@gavinweaver9079 delusional
ALL HAIL LELOUCH!
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Lelouch has the best English dub voice I've ever heard
This. Johnny Young Bosh is a king. I don't know how he does it, but his voice is perfect. He just nails the whole thing; through the arrogant, the confident, the emotional, the unstable, and the remorseful. Just chills.
Johnny yong bosch is also a power ranger and voices another leader of mecha paramilitary organization in gundam ibo
Light Yagami
Him and okabe rintaro
him and ichigo share the same voice actor
I wish more ppl watched code geass, I feel like it’s so underrated when it easily stans in the top 5 anime’s of all time
well I just finished watching it and IT IS now in my top 5
@@Aryan-rx9rl LOL now that’s what I like to hear 😤
@@mayabaptiste1774 just finished and I’m completely obsessed I haven’t felt this way after finishing a show since breaking bad, I feel empty and depressed, idk what to do with myself except re watch and read more about this amazing work of art
@@Mojj2099 just rewatching the series. Last time I watched it was 10 years ago, but man the feeling is still the same. My favorite anime.
@@sowishful Ive only watched like 5 anime’s but this no doubt my absolute favorite, I want to rewatch but I also want to wait so I forget a lot of the details ugh idk what to do I might just watch the 3 recap movies that altered events and the new resurrection movie
What strikes me about Lelouch is that, even through all the burdens, pressures, and guilt (among many others) he held onto, he never lost his humanity and his empathy. It would have been so much easier to discard his emotions, and yet he never did.
I would say at a certain extent he discarded it which is pretty hard
U think it is easy but it is practically impossible and only handful of people could do it
Discarding your emotions
Doing genocide without any remorse
One requires heart of stone
Other typical mc would have shit their pants and would have started crying
Lelouch is the absolute Goat and IMO the best Anime Protagonist everything from his Philosophy to the way his series ended is perfect, which makes me wish we got protagonist like him more often only ones that come close are Light Yagami, Ken Kaneki, Guts, Eren Yeager and Ciel Phantomhive, I think Leloch set the bar on "perfect protagonist"
I think Lelouch is light-years ahead of Light(no pun intended). Now Death Note is a great series and Light is a well-written character don't get me wrong, but he gets extremely one-dimensional halfway into the series and I feel like Lelouch is way more layered and multi-faceted. Lelouch's ideology is that the ends justify the means and he constantly juggles between what is right and wrong and eventually takes himself out of the equation to create a better world, which was totally in line with his character from the very beginning.
Light on the other hand started with the intention of making the world a better place but then got sucked into an ego clash with L and eventually developed a god-complex and from that point onward, his only motivation was to eliminate whoever that stands in his way in order to feed his own ego so that he can become the "God of the new world". I understand that that's the message that the creators are going for but it doesn't change the fact that Lelouch has more depth to his character.
I agree w you. I would also add dr tenma from monster and okabe form steins gate
Also, Gintoki.
Should start reading Magi or adventure of Sinbad because I definitely would put Sinbad with them and for ME he is above them
Depending on Eren's endgame goal he's definitely gonna overtake lelouch for me.
Lelouch one of the few protagonist who said they’ll change the world AND do it. Big 🐐
If you ever watch Legend of the Galactic Heroes, it would be interesting to see a comparison between Reinhard and Lelouch
Char is an even better comparisson. Like, it sadden me how many people failed to realize such a blatant connection simply because nobody watches gundam anymore.
Reinhard is a lot better than lelouch
@@noukan42 To be honest I never thought to compare them. I'm planning to push more for him to watch Gundam when he's done Gurren Lagann
@@noukan42 Lelouch is what Char would have been if he won
Reinhard... A character with beliefs that I completely disagree with, and yet I can absolutely understand why he holds said beliefs. That’s the sign of a well written character.
Lelouch was the only main characters to be an antagonist and die completing his dream
Well I don't really think you mean antagonist. An antagonist is someone that opposes the protagonist. I think you mean villain. The two often get mixed with each other.
@@yunzheng8761 you I would honestly go with anti hero
@@TheBlakakaka actually yeah, I think that's the best way to describe him
Eren...
Light...
I just love and hate how Lelouch couldn't bring closure to his friends and family, there were soooo many obstacles which made it very difficult for him. I was at the edge of my seat *every* episode and I completely lost it when "that" happened...
I think the point was to never give them closure through the truth, but rather give them closure the same way everyone else got closure; By seeing the man who supposedly became exactly what he was fighting and manipulated everyone, die. Lelouch's constant non-explanation never made sense to me until I realized that he *wanted* people to hate him, because that would just help them feel better when his end came.
He absorbed people's hate. That's the reason he destroyed britannias museums and monuments. He also attacked UNF and won the battle to become sole dictator of the world.
I do feel that too. But like what other people had said. Lelouch did WANTED people to hate him, he may had given closure to at least Nunnally, and Suzaku, but that's that. Only those 2, the rest he believes should hate him
Another big difference between Light and Lelouch is the quality of caring for others: Lelouch has genuine love for the people around him and is cruel to others for the sake of his loved ones - whereas Light doesnt care about his companions and is willing to lose anyone, i.e Misa, his dad, L
Ikr how tf do you not care about your father dying and your sister held at gunpoint. Like bro you never even had any family problems like dude you were so loved
@@mohammadibrahim9882Light is a psychopath that is why he is cold and goes so hard on his God complex.
The irony that the prince of a tyrannical empire, is more empathetic and caring to strangers. Than some guy who interns for the police department
Lelouch is my favorite protagonist as of right now, but he got some competition with Jeremiah for my favorite character in Code Geass. One of the most loyal characters ever.
Yup but as Lelouch’s follower, Jeremiah should stay below Lelouch
I love the fact that he opened an orange farm at the end
Two character developments have always impressed me
1. Jeremiah Gotwald from Code Geass and
2. Zuko from Avatar the last airbender
I used to hate them both but in the end I routed for them
There’s a single scene near the end of code geass where Jeremiah escapes death like 3 times in 5 seconds while fighting mordred. Sickest shit I’ve ever seen
@@jacksonsteele2807 jeremiah got camera man privileges
Gintoki is in my opinion an extremely well written, unique character just like Guts and Gintoki is my number 1 favourite protagonist followed By Guts.
@@spookyberyl ye, those Gintokis and Guts life lessons hit hard. I agree that berserk is better, but Gintama really changed me as a person añd made me wiser, and I believe many who have watched or read it, share a similar experience. Thats why its my number One, slightly above Berserk
Aye thanks
FACTS. Gintoki is the best MC out of all the series that I've experienced.
Gintoki only shonen mc that’s like 27
He's 30 or 31 one as of the Final
Why Code Geass my #1 Anime
Top 3 Anime Ever
Greatest Ending Ever
Greatest Protagonist Ever
Top 5 Anime Plots All Time
Top 5 Most Memorable Anime Ever
Everything Lelouch did was subject to cause and effect. And unlike most anime, the effect was played upon realistically; whenever he made a mistake he was devastated and sometimes his friends were hurt badly as well.
@@CGRADT lol
@@CGRADT lelouch overrated nah. Hes just too good
@@CGRADT One Piece fans after seeing a better anime than theirs
@@akl844 one piece are toxic they always hate other anime who are better than them
Ugly character design
Awful pacing
Some arc were bad
@@mohammadpannahmahar8466 cause there are many char and eps. What you supposed to remember them char and place? The author draw char like that because it will make it easier to remember
Imagine how hard it was to create a 50 episode original anime and making the best protagonist in anime. Props to the creators. All hail Lelouch
He's the only person in human history who plays chess by moving the king at first move.
How amazing. He makes impossible move become possible.
lol true, but from the way I see it he just watched a gm play bongcloud and actually think its an amazing strategy.
he makes the impossible possible, a slogan in the episode that zero first appeared
@@ZBoy-rc8zf zero the miracle maker
Well he only could paly it as the very first move as he continued the game of someone who hired him and it looked like it was already losing + then he just moves the king and still wins, what a legend
True, but it's technically not the first move, because at the beginning of the game the king actually cant move before someone else clears the way
Whenever i say Light and Lelouch are my favorite protagonists i just get called edgy kid lmao
They are just compelling
Light and lelouch do just be some of the best anime protagonists to ever exist
Can't blame them, there's so many edgy kids with Lelouch or Light pfps all over the internet, even on this very comments section.
He promised he would destroy the world and build a new one for her sister and he kept his word.
I hated Shirley's fate, that girl didn't deserve to die
tbh tho, if Shirley was alive then Lelouch probably would want to live. He knew Nunnally would be safe and peaceful with Shirley gone he has no reason to live anymore.
The thing I find more appealing about lelouch as a character or a protagonist compared to those like naruto or light is the fact that at the end of the day, he is still human. Light had his intense God complex with lack of any self restraint. Naruto on the other hand is too idealistic. ( FYI These two are also my favorite characters). Lelouch on the other hand is a realist. He doesn't have the ideal goal right from the beginning nor does he blindly follow idealism.
Light already started his goal of forming an ideal world since episode 1 while naruto was spamming talk-no-jutsu throughout the series. Both these things are way too 'not so realistic ' (personal opinion, and I know they have the ability to do so)
Lelouch on the other hand, started with revenge. He understood his powers and used his genius mind for himself. That is something anyone would do in reality.
He gradually understood his mistakes, had character development, had his own internal conflicts and reality checks and finally took the step to be a sviorand an emperor.
That's why he is so well written
wdym Naruto be playing undertail
I mean, Lelouch was fighting Brittania to make a better world for Nunnally's sake the whole time, personal revenge was just part of that
His character development was realizing that it wasn't just about her, but about everyone he cared about- and then subsequently that she shouldn't be given special treatment above the others
@@Lazypackmule I mean, what you said didn't contradict anything the OP said.
@@nom6758 Lelouch was not just fighting for revenge
@@Lazypackmule Again, you aren't saying anything relevant.
its very eye opening how the world ended up being better without him and he had to be the one to change it.
Lelouch has been one of my favorite characters since I saw Code Geass for the first time for almost 15 years ago.
i grew up on naruto dbz and hunter hunter but when i saw lelouch in my teens LElouch instantly became my favorite of all time
Same. His character is iconic. And I'd be lying if I said that this show didnt have an impact on how I view the world, Especially with the way the world is going.
"I kinda went about this unscripted"
Could have fooled me. This analysis of Lelouch as a character and how he effects every aspect of the series was on point. Kudos to you for pulling it together like this off the cuff.
just finished this show and i'm still realizing certain connections and foreshadowing. all i can say is that this show is absolutely ingenious. hats off to all of the storywriters and animators. holy cow
Lelouch succeeded where Light failed.
YES, This is what I've been waiting for! My absolute favorite anime character ever.
the character which is a decent rip off of Reinhard von Lohengramm.
@@manwithnoname8229 Wanna know what I've come to realize? Whenever someone chimes in on a discussion about Lelouch by calling him a rip off of Reinhard, I don't bother arguing with them because they're just there to stroke their own elitist ego because they've watched *that* anime. Have a good day.
@@DrJones0801 you also have a good day.
Lelouch is my favorite character, what i loves about him that he still himself, he didn't love control and power, he had flows, he did mistakes, he had many side of himself
Sometimes I wish I could wipe my memory of this show and watch it again so I could experience the ending fresh.
Saw this show when I was in high school when it aired on Adult swim, Have never forgotten it and never will. I've also made myself wait years in between watches, Its kept this show feeling new and just as exciting to me.
He's a realist
*ironic that he uses powers* but he views things in a kind of realistic way.
Characters like Eren and Lelouch are good examples of how complex characters can be in a shows like anime, but some people still don't usually want to admit that these types of shows can have these complex characters, tough times
well surprise eren wasnt the guy we thought he was. Hes a simp
I hated Eren at first and thought he was too whiny,then he grew on me and in time became an amazing character in his own right and then the ending made me question everything.
Lelouch fought against the whole world, win then sacrificed himself to burden the sin of humanity.
Eren (planned) to sacrifice the world, lose, die and have his entire nation bombed to smithereens + L + ratio + plot hole + cuck + fell off + bird + maidenless + touch grass
@@oru_malayaleezombie7329 Eren turned to a virgin, a chad, then a simp
Except Lelouch actually sticked to his ideals whereas Eren became a romantic for no reason. Thanks isayama
7:04 I think the biggest reason for this is that, as he has said to Suzaku so many times throughout the show, he believes in the results, and not the methods, in the ends and not the means. Unfortunately, Lelouch's actions caused the death of Euphy and caused a massacre, but instead of justifying his means, the innocent mistake that caused this tragedy, he accepts the result, and the sins of his actions.
If he is willing to say that all that matters is the results, then he cannot possibly justify his actions by the means which they happened.
Legend of galactic heroes fans and light fans so salty whenever they hear lelouch praise lmao
I agree with you, lol. Especially the former. However, I could understand Light fans since Death Note is pretty good. Have you seen Logh BTW?
@@Bacchus8699 I was but animation looks like it's made by PowerPoint
@@erenandlelouch9173 LOL!!! Yeah. I just finished it today, it's ambitious but it's pretty garbage imo. Like a 3/10 minimum.
@@Bacchus8699 I don't why code geass rents free in logh fan head . Logh fans are all bunch of elitist who are seeking attention imo
@@erenandlelouch9173 Some of them are decent people, but yeah most tend to reek of elitism. That's most older anime fans in general tbf. And tbh? I'm a big fan of 90s anime myself. However, I also love Modern Shows just as much.
Code Geass gets a lot of flack from Death Note Fans in particular too. Idk why Death Note fans are so toxic, I've never met one personally. However, I've seen a lot of Logh fans online who act egotistical and love to troll Code Geass fans lol. Code Geass is just another one of those shows that get a lot of hate for being immensely popular, I guess.
Me:*sees the title and the thumbnail*
Also me: ah i see so you're a man of culture as well....
bro i thought the title was a pun becuz of his ability tho
He's like the Napoleon Bonaparte of anime. What makes him even better is that he always seems to take sole responsibility for his actions good or bad. While his whole line about "the only people who should kill are those prepared to die themselves" struck me. It's easy to cheer on death from afar and the safety of a computer but to actually risk your life in a gamble is a whole other matter altogether. Another thing I like is that he's flawed, he doesn't "always win" nor should he because realistically no one has that ability. It makes it all the sweeter at the end when the literal whole world is banding together to fight his illusion of a tyrannical emperor behind thousands of masked soldiers and he's playing them all along. I remember him saying that "now the whole world can change not from the force but around one table for discussion." he achieved Nunally's wish to make the world a gentler place for everyone, at least for a little while. And the fact remains that the greatest conquerors of all are the peace-loving kind.
As always, this take was fire bro... Thank you for fully understanding the duality of Lelouch and Suzaku. So many people hate him but don't understand how anarchy and democracy (sort of) can come together and create what they want. It's how this shit works. This anime was a political and philosophical masterpiece.
I don’t know why I hate Suzaku so much but I do too date I do not have a character I hate more idk what it was about him I just hate him this doesn’t have to much to do with what you said but if I did have to give a reason I think it’s because he turned on his friends his family now I understand why he turned on Lelouch I understand that but he in my opinion took it to far and it makes it worse since we know the truth about what Lelouch was things
If you live by the sword, you die by the sword. He was not a hypocrite, and his belief went full circle. Epic character!
Lelouch is the hottest main character I've ever seen!
Yeah
can't agree more
got bewitched by him on first sight
Ikr, Dudes a Chick magnet, smashed 106 girls at his school in 24 hours
stick man
For me it's important for anime characters to find the perfect balance of developmental growth being relatable and not boring Op while also not being a little bitch. People that do really well in my opinion are Edward Elric, Eren Yeager, Ken Kaneki, Thorfinn, Kei Nagai, Guts and Jonny Joestar
I agree, but also often protagonists also need reason unlike Gokus: "I WANNA BE THE MOST POWERFUL FIGHTER", and their stories (backstories) need to be well developed, and have to fit their character
@@gappythegoat5397 ever heard of Gon Freecss?
Bruder ich sehe dich überall xd
@@Grayson-Winchester yh, I just reached the Chimera ant arc today in HXH (episode 98)
@@Grayson-Winchester I like Gon because he falls into darkness, and his character evolution is clear. His reasoning to become a Hunter is clear, he wants to find his Dad, and be with a parent he knows little about.
Lelouch is my top 3 best anime characters I'll never forget
Facts he's my number 1 in fiction
not for me but hey i can see why peoples protag number 1 is lelouch theres nothing wrong with that
mob from mob psycho 100 for me. one of the few anime/manga that made me cry multiple times.
I think what I like with Lelouch is that if the entirety of Code Geass is a chess board, then he’s a king who was raised among pawns. He isn’t a normal person, kings aren’t, but sees eye to eye with the people. Throughout he learns that he can’t just be a king, kings and pawns don’t live in the same world, he has to be the king that pawns need
That’s a really good way to put it
Nah he realizes people are not pawns after all after treating them like pawns and suffers the consequences, then takes up that mantle as Evil Emperor to Be Vanquished.
@@maddiesiegmund5623 I do not think he ever really thought of them as pawns, but more called them that given his links to chess.
imo this is stretching the analogy too far
Yeah. When the massacre took place, he didnt want to be zero. But his actions lead him to take the role again
Wherever I tell people about Code Geass, I always say it's got my favorite ending in any medium
There's just so much to like about this show. I feel like it's played at least a small role in shaping my outlook on the world. When lelouch causes euphemia to slaughter everyone and he swallows his regrets and self hatred in the moment and says "I have no choice but to exploit this to the utmost", that was pretty powerful for me. There's a lot of things I feel guilty for in my life that just can't be taken back and the idea that since I can't take it back, I have an obligation to gain as much as I can from it, I think is something that really helped me cope during some of the harder times in my life. If the sacrifices have already been made, all you can do at this point is try to make that sacrifice as close to worth it as possible and getting caught up on guilt would only be self serving and disrespectful to the sacrifices made.
Honestly, after watching a goooood number of animes I can only say that there's only a handful of characters in the anime universe that have as much depth and layers and realistic character development as Lelouch and Lelouch is basically at the top of the list. You hate him but you love him. You love him but you hate him. He wasn't portrayed just as a one-dimensional character but one with a very realistic and practical growth... He did what he had to, yet he messed up and paid the price and lost at times...but you just can't help but feel emotionally attached to him. In terms of the intricacy of the plot, CG is followed by Pandora Hearts MOST definitely. The premesis of these is really different honestly, but their endings are like this bittersweet treat that you can't help but want even if they leave an almost regretful aftertaste in your mouth. Yet at the same time, you feel happy to have taken them.
Code Geass is still my no.1 anime. And I just don't think id ever be able to change that. Anime creators should make more complex and emotionally deep characters which showcase the psychological war. Tokyo Ghoul is the, 110%, the second-best anime of all time (in my opinion)
The best thing about cg & lelouch is the anime cg was totally original. There was not any manga/ln prior to this.
I like Alucard from Hellsing and Dr Tenma from monster.
Monster is so underrated
@@blazealex7559 It’s one of the highest rated manga of all time.
@@blazealex7559 I think its just not normie mainstream like aot is.
@@Raigi Yeah that's what I meant, and true it's fairly rated but not a lot of people know about it
Finally some mentions Dr Tenma
just finished this anime, can't believe i only just found out about it, goated
Lelouch: "Im gonna carry that weight"
Still my number 1 anime of all time!!! All hail Lelouch!!!
Lelouch is the Goat as far as characters go. When I learned the circumstances of the shows creation I was even more impressed. one of my like 3 10/10 series.
Light and Lealusch are very different. Light wants to councer the world thinking he is the good guy, lealusch wants to change it knowing he is the bad guy. Light became insane and evil because of it, but lealusch didnt allow himself to go insane. And its because lealusch fought for nanuly and light fought only for himself. We can see this when lealusch started shaking and screaming after hearing that nanuly died, thats y she is such an important character.
So lealusch and light, are so similar, but so different.
watched all of code geass abt 3 months ago and lelouch quickly became my favorite protagonist in any anime ever , i fell in luv with his story and ideals and even his flaws
Day 40 of asking masked to watch fate zero.
Tell him to read the Vn instead
@@randalthevandal4170 do you really think hed read a 100 hour long VN?
@@pena6819 But there's no such a thing as Fate/Zero VN. Only Fate/Stay Night. Fate Zero first came out as a LN...
Fate/Zero has a manga, not a VN
@@ixyrt7096 I know, but he was most likely talking about fsn VN.
For me, a huge part of the compelling nature that Lelouch has, comes from Johnny Yong Bosch's incredible dubbed performance as the character. Mostly everyone else had great voice acting in the dub, but JYB's portrayal of Lelouch made him so damn badass and inspiring.
Dude poured his entire heart and soul in this role more than I've ever heard from him.
Code Geass is my all time favorite anime, with Evangelion, Gundam, and Gurren Lagann coming up close. Cowboy bebop trails Gurren Lagann too
Code Geass season 2 is a car crash that somehow managed to perfectly parallel park
"Landing the airplane after it's already crashed"
Ahh a fellow trash taste viewer i see
I mean Lelouch does say that the ends justify the means so the ending did make up for season 2
Hated the mech’s in Code Geass.... but Lelouch... what a well written character! Near perfect.
The mechs were sick wym
@@ethanadjei they just seemed out of place for me.
Fantasy and mech’s arnt always the best to mix
The mic holding experience of the Mask Man👏👏👏👏
-Very smart high schoolers living in Japan
-Have a younger sister
-Hate the state of the world they live in
-Got a special power from an immortal being
-Plans to use that power to change the world
-Believes the ends justify the means
-Immortal beings follow them in their crusade
-Has a rival that opposes his ideology and tried to stop him
-Take on a new alias to become a vigilante
-Many people rally to their cause become their supporters
-Lose their memories and their power for a bit
-Regains their powers later
-Dies in the end of the series
Where have I seen this before?
Lmao those are way too similar
That's why some described it as Deathnote with Mechs. Although the details are very different
Lelouch believes in power of friendship
Hmmmmmmm!!!!
Swapsta true
You should look more into the duality between him and Suzaku. It's one of the best things about the anime. The clash of ideals even though they essentially want the same thing in the end. The ending which is the ultimate sacrifice and redemption for both really not just Lelouche.
A sacrifice for good, a fight for good, a hero of evil
The best character made in a anime love this anime
“The one who holds the entire world in his hands...”
I don’t usually go for English Dub but I watched in it and the man who voices lelouch was fantastic one of my favorites anime’s now
2:13 the hentai protagonist haircut- it symbolizes dominance and charisma as well as power and invincibility.
Hikaru Nakamura: I popularised the bong cloud opening.
Lelouch: Hold my beer
"The Lelouch Show" should be the anime's alternate title.
Even though I didn't like Code Geass, Lelouch was by far the best part of it.
Why don't you like CG
I like Vode Geeass but you have to admit that Lelouch carries the series hard
@@vovabars1234 that's how a protagonist is supposed to be, it's his story
@@sheikhlelouch2726 I think he meant there's little else that makes the series good
@@sheikhlelouch2726 what the other guy said
It's fine to have a protagonist centered story but I feel like if you remove Lelouch from Code Geass and replace him with any other protag it would become infinitely worse
Just finished Code Geass a week ago so it’s nice to see a Fresh introspective look on it
I’m glad more & more people are getting into code Geass. This was one of my first ever anime I never understood it since I was just a kid. I recently rewatched it this year & it’s definitely up there with death note,Neon genesis,and some of the best other anime in the world. They recently brought him back to life so I’m hoping they’ll come back with another season even if he’s not in it. But even if there’s no new series it still had a very good ending. ( sorry if you cant understand me well my English isn’t the best )
Should watch Akito The Exiled to get some more input on Lelouch, you'll understand his tactical genius in that aswell
All hail Lelouch!
Code geass has always been my favorite anime and whenever asked if i have any recommendation, Code geass is my first thought. Its such nostalgia seeing all these code geass vids
People say Light Yagami wasn't aware of what he's doing is wrong while Lelouch was.
But, when Light Yagami gave his final speech in warehouse, in that speech, he clearly said: "I realised killing people is a crime, it was the only way to fix this world!!"
So, yeah he was pretty much aware....
Light was aware but wasn't conscious about it. Lelouch was always ready to pay for his sins but Light felt guiltless.
I’ll never forget the ending. I honestly did not expect it and I thought it was very heartwarming once I pieced together what had happened.
my fav anime and fav character 😭❤️
My husband 😊
Just finished this show today, even though I've been spoiled on the ending. It was still a surprise
Facts I knew that he would die, but I was still surprised😭
Im sorry
@@heatsflamesman5353 nah don't be, It was really refreshing to see an ending like that
Legend of Galactic Heros.
Ahh the anime code geass took inspiration from
@@adityannair6823 Copy pasta basically, I fucked up watching LoGH
@@dakinehernandez1742 what do u mean copy paste??
Kid
Code geass may have some inspiration but both are different in so many ways
I can agree with you as a series
Logh is way better
But mc wise both
Are equal
They are same yet not they are same
I would describe Reinhard as a lion who walks gloriously
And i would definitely lelouch as a tiger who stabs everyone through shadows
Waiting for its prey
Reinhard chose to stay in the system by changing it
Lelouch on the other hand rebelles the system and tries to destroy it
Both have same background but yet both are different in so many ways
@@dakinehernandez1742far from a copy paste.
the ending of code geass in chess terms:
Black: queen takes rook with check
White: rook takes queen
Black: rook takes rook checkmate
I love this show so much, probably still my favorite ending in anime
Whenever I think of Lelouch and Suzaku, I find parallels from Eren and Marlo from AOT (though not as prevalent) both Suzaku and Marlo wanted to change the system from the inside by climbing up the ranks in politics while both Eren and Lelouch wanted to make change by overthrowing and fighting the government head-on, later in the story Marlo eventually sides with the Survey Corps in order to actually bring about change because he realized that the method of changing things from the inside is far fetched and won't produce results, same for Suzaku who eventually forms an alliance and sides with Lelouch's plan
The ending of Code Geass was beautiful
Who else was thinking you can't move the king first before a pawn
Actually he entered mid game. It was not a game he was in from beginning
Lelouch is easily one of the best mecha (not including super robot) protagonists since Amuro Ray.
What about shinji ikari?
Shinji is really good too.
We need a top 10 video of your favourite manga/anime character
He already did that.
He did that
@@sarveshnathan7559 when? I know he drafted his protagonist and his antagonist but his favourite character
Code Geass is one of the first anime I watched and it became my favourite not shortly after. I ever since searched for something that could satisfy me as much as Code Geass did. I watched it 20 by now in 3 different languages and I feel like tho more and more people on social media seem to give Code Geass the recognition it deserves (imagine EP25 Re released nowadays, the hype would be insane (looking at you JJK and AoT) but there some points I feel like some people don’t seem to notice:
The only ones who should kill are those prepared to be killed - Young Lelouch in the beginning of the series after gaining the “power of the king“. Lelouch was an arrogant schoolboy at that time, he would have never sacrificed himself for mankind or anything like that. He wanted to stay alive to live with his sister Nunnally after all, since he was part of why she was happy.
Lelouch - the one who wanted to live on with his sister died with a smile for the future of mankind, knowing the people will never know what he did for them
Nunally - the girl who only wanted to live with her big brother above anything, may it be in fear or hiding, has to live on without the person she loved to carry out what his sacrifice has done for mankind, knowing the people will continue to hate her hero as the new leader of Britannia
Suzaku - the one who above all else wanted to die to atone for his sins, which was the only way he believed to redeem himself, had to live on in the name of Zero, serving mankind behind a mask and without a normal life without being able to die, without being able to return to Euphie, the one person he loved, who got killed by his only friend, who died smiling in his arms.
CC - the girl who was immortal and wanted above all to die, lived on because of the every man she tried to use to be able to end her own life and who she loved and showed her the true meaning of life, all without him, which is loosing the ones you love being one of the reasons she wanted to die in the first place.