I saw code geass when I was your average young lib and it was just entertainment for me, unfortunately. Watching it now I'm like "how did I miss these themes" but clearly I did. Most of my friends saw it too but none took anything political away from it. I remember watching Parasite with some lib friends and thinking it would at least get through to them for a minute but they all (despite being your average worker) identified with the rich owners while occasionally feeling sympathy for the poor family during the flooding scenes.
When I first watched it I realised that Lelouch was right, revolution was essential even though it would be bloody. Watching it a second time I have no idea how I ever thought Suzaku had a point. He is just the epitome of liberalism. "I need to kill people for fascists to show that killing is wrong."
I saw code geass when I was your average young lib and it was just entertainment for me, unfortunately. Watching it now I'm like "how did I miss these themes" but clearly I did. Most of my friends saw it too but none took anything political away from it. I remember watching Parasite with some lib friends and thinking it would at least get through to them for a minute but they all (despite being your average worker) identified with the rich owners while occasionally feeling sympathy for the poor family during the flooding scenes.
When I first watched it I realised that Lelouch was right, revolution was essential even though it would be bloody. Watching it a second time I have no idea how I ever thought Suzaku had a point. He is just the epitome of liberalism. "I need to kill people for fascists to show that killing is wrong."