What draws you to Geass?

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Why yes we are a poll. And yes I do live here. After reading something verity_isle said about people watching Geass for the lulz only and following most of the anime blogs, I asked myself why I watch Geass. I realized the answer has changed from the time I started watching the series to just after the Mao arc, when Geass suddenly became my *show* as I once viewed my other fave Naruto. So as usual, I have two questions to pose:


1. Why did you originally start watching Geass? When might be cool to know too since I know we have people here since October and others who recently marathoned the whole thing. It seems to me when a person started watching Geass partially determines the why.

2. Why do you stick with Geass AKA what do you love about it?


For me, I started with Geass sheerly because 1.)it was Clamp, 2.)Lelouch looks like Kamui and 3.)I love Kamui no matter what hell he puts me through. I did originally just watch it for the WTFery, although I always adored Lelouch. Now I admit I'm into the political intrigue and just how Lelouch is going to screw himself deal with things next. I might add more to this later but I'd rather hear some others first.

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1) Why I originally watched Geass? A few reasons. To start off, I heard that Sunrise produced an anime with CLAMP character designs. Since I liked CLAMP and the Gundam SEED series, I decided to watch it. However, I was wary of it because I read a ANN review stating that Geass is a SEED-ripoff. Plus, I saw the poster of Lelouch with his cape and Zero helmet. My first thought? "Please don't be an emo wuss!" I was this close to disliking him immediately.

So I finally settled down and watched the first episode, and my worries grew. "Oh God no, the scene immediately reminded me of the first ep of SEED!". However, all of my worries went away as I finally kept watching. "Hey, this show is looking good."

Now, this leads to my second reason. Two words: Lelouch Lamperouge.

That character intrigued me and got me very interested in him. He's a cocky guy who plays chess and is very smart! Also a tad on the snarky side. Good for him! Alright, so he does have angst, but not on the "emo wuss 24/7" like I expected. Lelouch has the power to manipulate people through mind control, which got me hooked. Even more so, this guy is a villainous main character. UNF! He also has bouts of dorkiness in him as the result of taking himself way too seriously and shit. Plus, he has an admirable side underneath it all.

So yeah, the last scene of episode one and the rest of episode two? My first thought: "Lelouch, you're officially my favorite character!" (Thus I created lelouch_love and the rest is history. :D)

2) Why do I stick to Code Geass? Lelouch is still among my many reasons to keep watching Geass, but not the only one. I loved the political intrigue, the whole Britannian Empire vs Japan, the animation, the character designs, and what-not. Also, I liked the characters.

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Another reason I still watch it? The plot and its many plot twists.