Seriously, this anime is the proven proof that if the script is really good, you don't need to be too original to succeed. And the script is really good! It looks like it came out of Shakespeare's typewriter (although he didn't have one). I believe that Lelouch is one of the protagonists most tortured by his author at all, and the torture takes place through events and plot twists that, if at first they displace you, after a few minutes with a cool head you can not do anything but accept, according to the verdict of your mental slow-motion (Michael Night Shyamalan take notes on how to make a twist!). In fact Lelouch is really looking for them all alone: ​​you can't make an omelette without breaking any eggs, and the omelette that the Prince of Britannia wants to make is as big as the whole world! Many times I excluded them: "But no, come on, the authors cannot be so ruthless!", And instead they are really so ruthless. But there are also some complacent aspects that I don't like about this show: the useless parts of slice of life, the fanservice really out of place, the hidden publicity wasn't even "Christmas Holidays"! And then the dwell too much on the battles between robottoni ... yes, I know that this is an anime of robottoni, but nobody really looks at him for robottoni. If instead of mecha there had been planes, helicopters or SUVs, the highlights of the anime would have remained intact. We are interested in seeing how Lelouch, starting from nothing, will destroy the established world order. This is worth the sacrifice of some fillers!
Despite being always very reluctant to take in view series that have received great popular support (I can't help it, like a modern hipster I am wary of souls who have received great favors from critics, it is a question of expectations and in what proportion they are actually maintained ), after about ten years from its first release I allowed myself the luxury of looking at "Code Geass".
 Lelouch, then, is a multi-faceted and full of elements also opposed to each other, since he is cynical, calculating, but he also has a big heart and really knows how to feel affection. Its poor physical ability, then, makes it credible, because it makes it not a mister perfection, but a normal person. It does not seem at all a second Light, indeed, in its own way, it constitutes the parody or, I should say, nemesis. As is the rest of CC, beautiful, sad and elegant, a true nemesis of Ryuk, looking much better. But all the characters will prove to be much broader and more complex than what they seem at the beginning, making this work very interesting as a characterization. From this point of view, indeed, Suzaku is its second emblem, because, opposite to Leoluch, it seems so calm and innocent, but in the end, to achieve its goals, it will prove worse than him.
But also the second challenge, to make "Code Geass" the new "Gundam", is won big: the battles are won based on tactics, like in a chess game, and we don't have the super-robot that wins everything , but only tactics and strategy. As can also be seen from the last episode, where the advanced robots will be several and the tactic will give the victory ... but no spoilers! Then, in the second, we will return to the more advanced mecha, but it is another story. Even the two episodes in mid-series with CC's second apprentice sounded great, a series in the series.