Yes, My Lord

Most of my friends know that I like anime. A lot. Some, a select few who are actually living on borrowed time, would call it an obsession. They are crazy and maintaining that theory is only a sign of their insanity.

My friend Dodzi has requested that I watch a new anime, Code: Geass. The spelling of the name is actually up for debate. I have seen it on the manga cover spelled as "Giess" but in the anime translation they spell it as "Geass". The spelling actually isn't important. Dodzi and I share similar taste in anime: violence, destruction, and great big fireballs. Dodzi likes a few of the cuter things too, but I don't hold it against him. Perfection just isn't right for every one.

Anyway Code: Geass is interesting. It has many good and bad points. Yes, I am going to count them off one by one.

Good:
1. The vast majority of the female characters in the show kick ass without being clad in only a few well placed shoe strings. There are a few exceptions, but they die or go crazy so it is OK. For an anime to not make the female characters wear next to nothing and kick ass is very strange, but this show does it well. It might be because the manga and anime were created by an all female group of artist called Clamp.

2. There are a pretty good amount of twists and turns in the story.
Example: An innocent and totally likable, lame female character who would normally never be able to kick a puppy suddenly goes "crazy" and orders the death of about 20,000 Japanese people.

3. The main character isn't perfect. He lacks fighting skills and his decisions are extremely questionable.
Example: He makes the aforementioned innocent character go crazy.

Bad:
1. 60% percent of the women are lesbians or totally sexless.


2. The soldiers are all tools. When the innocent character went visibly crazy they continued to follow her commands.

3. The main characters are stupid. Like really stupid.

4. The show is in Japanese but for some reason it suddenly slips into really awkward English. They say things like, "blah, blah, blah! Yes, my lord!" There is a whole list of English phrases that they say like that. It all sounds crazy.


I give Code: Geass a 3 out of 5. I believe Dodzi will argue with me about that, but as I have been told by some of my more understanding friends, the things that I say feel final. It is actually more than a feeling. It is a fact and one of these days Dodzi will understand that.