kenleewrites in 日本

Being a student is great! You don’t have to be in school on a Monday morning. I can stay up late to catch the Euro cup finals. Germany vs. Spain. I made a ramen bet with a friend. Seems like I’m going to be having a free bowl of ramen sometime soon. Gotta start searching for expensive ramen shops ^^. So, how was the match? It felt pretty much one sided though… Spain’s first title in 44 years. Quite an achievement there. Anyway, while waiting for the match to start and after (because I couldn’t sleep), I finished watching the whole season 1 of Code Geass. Have you seen it?

Quite interesting. I wasn’t very keen to start watching it because… I can’t stop! Especially when all the episodes are available. You have the same problem? Code Geass is quite different from what I’ve seen so far. It’s pretty unique in its own way. The protagonist is not someone with strong physical prowess. He is portrayed as a chess player. A very manipulative and calculative character. Sure, he does possess one special ability, the Geass, in short, it’s a mind control ability. But throughout season 1, we see him using his brains more than the Geass. It’s a very complex anime, with lots of themes. War and peace, justice (moral and what not), internal conflicts, personal ambition etc. Cool battle scenes. It’s one to watch. Here’s what wikipedia had to say about it.

On August 10, 2010, a.t.b., the Holy Empire of Britannia overpowered Japanese forces and conquered the country with their new robotic weapons, the Knightmare Frames, in less than a month. In the aftermath of Britannia’s invasion, Japan lost its freedom, its rights, and even its name, becoming Area 11 of the Britannian Empire. The Japanese people, renamed as “Elevens”, were forced to survive in ghettos, while Britannians lived in first-class settlements. Rebel elements persisted, however, as pockets of Japanese organizations who struggled against the Empire for the independence of Japan.After his father, the Emperor of Britannia, failed to prevent the assassination of his mother, an attack which also left his sister blind and crippled, the young prince Lelouch vowed to destroy Britannia. Seven years later, living in Area 11, he encounters a mysterious girl named C.C., who gives him the power of Geass. With it, he finally has the power that he needs to defeat Britannia and fulfill his two wishes: to seek revenge for his mother and to construct a world in which his beloved sister can live happily.

The ending… hmm… let’s just say it makes you want to watch season 2 ^^. I have friends who hate spoilers reading this, so don’t want to leak too much detail here. Now that I’ve finished it all, I feel so… you know, like I’ve returned to the real world. Maybe watching it all in one sitting wasn’t such a good idea ^^.