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SPOILER WARNING

Disclaimer: This is more of a recap/plot analysis than a review.

I want to start off by saying that C.C has the best booty. Her booty makes up about 50% of the entire series every time it appears on screen, it's so goddamn humongous it takes up about 90% of your field of vision. She puts the "ass" in "Code Geass".

Code geass is not a show you would watch for the animation, nor the artistic style or anything revolving around the overall aestethic of the show. It is not a show you watch to see Kallens massive personality or C.C's ass (they're an added bonus). The soundtrack I would say is mediocre at best (besides the intro). It is a show with an amazing story overall and one that will stay in your mind for a long time.

Code Geass is one of the best shows I've watched. It's greatly written with extremely well developed characters and a great world scheme. It teaches us that your actions at times have dire consequences, and the paths you take can ultimately change everything. It also teaches us that often true change is only achieved by one's strong resolve, and full-hearted desire for things to be better.

The story follows the life of a young teen named Lelouch Lamperouge. Lelouch lives in a society dominated by his father, the emperor of the great power “Britannia”. Britannia is the absolute power of the world, dominating the majority of the world under a supreme rule. Lelouch holds the resolve to destroy the oppressed society his father has created and rebuild one where the world is no longer ruled by hatred but rather by cooperation and free will. As opposed to Lelouch's ideals, his father, Charles, see's the world in his hands where he lives to force happiness into everyone, whether it be their free will or not. Lelouch opposes this way of thinking and thus, the premise of Code Geass is born.

Lelouch obtains the power "Geass", given to him by C.C. Geass is the power to give an absolute order to anyone, anyone who is affected by Geass, has to follow the order that Lelouch gives them. Of course, this power has consequences, as the user has to bear the sins of changing the will of others. Lelouch uses his power to try and change the world for the better, bearing the sins of everyone, using Geass as a sword to slice through any obstacles. Lelouch, throughout the entire series has one goal. He sticks to this goal, and sees it through to the end, bearing the consequences for the path he's taken.

This show also teaches you a very important lesson in life. If you do not have others to support you, you ultimately crumble under the gravity of life. This is seen throughout the series, as C.C, acts as Lelouch's sole aid and the only one who truly understands him. Through this, she is able to comfort him as he feels the consequences of all he's done. C.C has the power of code, the ability to give Geass to anyone she sees fit. She herself is immortal, seeing life as a fact rather than something that should be cherished. C.C has lived thousands of years, seen thousands of Geass-users, and yet has never met anyone like Lelouch. In contrast to the majority of people she's given Geass to, Lelouch is the only one to have the true strength and resolve to make change in the world. Ultimately, she realizes this and even her own beliefs change as Lelouch gives her a reason to live.

Throughout the entire series, Lelouch is an extreme genius, outsmarting each and every one of his opponents through his incredible foresight and strategic dominance. This is another reason this series is so entertaining. It really is entertaining to see him outsmart every single enemy, as they fall for the traps he sets forth in his plans. When watching this series, every single move Lelouch makes matters in the long run and everything he does is for the sole purpose of achieving his goal. This is not an exaggeration, literally everything in this series accumulates into the last episode of the series.

Following the main story of this show, Lelouch's actions lead to him discovering that his father has also been using Geass in order to achieve his own goal of world peace along with his mother, who was thought of to be deceased. Like Lelouch, his father had been executing his plan through each and every action for a very long time, predating the dominance of Britannia. His goal was to achieve world peace, not through the free-will of the people, but rather through a means of force where everyone develops the same way of thinking. This is seen metaphorically as the image of a mask represents the fakeness Geass creates within one's actions. It is not through free-will those under Geass are acting, but by force. In turn, Lelouch opposes this and stops his father's actions, breaking the chain of hatred his actions would have led to. Geass had created the lie his father had been living, the lie that the manipulation of another's spirit could lead to peace. Lelouch is the only one who realizes this, along with his best friend Suzaku, and they both try to achieve a world where peace is achieved through everyone coming together.

At the end of this series, it is finally revealed what his actions have led up to. You may have been confused up until this point why Lelouch is continuing, ignoring every negative action he takes, killing anyone who opposes him and acting as the thing he sought to destroy. Rather than considering himself as part of the equation for peace, he bears the hatred of everyone. He does this on purpose, knowing that if he can absorb all the hatred in the world, then disappear, the world would be ridded of hate, and be a much better place. All of Lelouch's plans lead up to his final act where he gets Suzuku to kill him, dying bearing the hatred of the entire world. Ultimately, he dies knowing that the world will be relieved that the symbol of hate, he himself is gone, and will move towards a new day, a new future.

Code Geass teaches us that true change can not be achieved through petty actions, but through one's strong resolve and willingness to push through whatever obstacles may come forth in search of a greater good. Peace achieved through superficial means animated as Geass is not true peace. Peace achieved through lies and deception is not true peace. The only means of achieving true peace is a change of mindset, and Lelouch accomplished exactly that.

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