Audience reviews
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Bunion_L
Unfortunately even worse on a rewatch a year after my first time.
This is a show that has nothing to say, takes no risks, and refuses to have actual stakes or character development. The best comparison I can give is that this is the Star Wars sequel trilogy of Code Geass. The first two episodes suggest the possibility for something good, and that potential occasionally peaks through, but unfortunately the show is terrible. They genuinely pull a "somehow Palpatine returned" for 0 reason, don't present any meaningful ideological concepts, and bombard you with terrible fan service. Don't get me wrong, I love some good fan service, but the amount of rediculous boob shots for a show with zero sexual tension is tonally confusing. In a later episode, you watch what should be the emotional climax…
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This series is not recommended at all. To begin with, they don't explain anything, or at least nothing understandable, to place the anime within the Code Geass universe. They have a well-developed universe, rich in characters, settings, and resources, and they completely squander it. The first episode has a 7/10 rating, and the scores keep dropping with each episode. At 7, it seemed like they might recover somewhat, but they wanted to cement their reputation as a failure. They truly misused the Code Geass universe. I thought Star Wars Episodes 7, 8, and 9 were bad, but this far surpasses them. A very bad series; they dishonor what Code Geass once was.
Read at the sourceOrangzer
Story: It had potential, but there were only 12 episodes, so there’s no proper build-up. While the movie made sense to me, this time it seemed like an excuse to disturb the peace. But again, I put that out of my mind while watching. Still, the story didn’t feel good. We learned some things here and there, but they were kind of random. The way the story ended also felt weird. The story was average, in my opinion.
Characters: Suneragi Jugo's backstory was so short it didn’t make me sad. Lelouch gave his Geass to Roze (aka Suneragi Sakuya), who is intellectually below him. But she doesn’t have to be like Lelouch. In fact, an identical protagonist like Lelouch would be boring, as no one can perfectly copy Lelouch. So she still can be a good protagonist but sadly she lacks that depth. Is she a…
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One thing I really, really hated was, it destroyed everything achieved in original Code Geass.. It felt like they made a a typical Marvel-like "back to square one" sort of soft reboot.. Because after 50 episodes, a 3-movie re-write and another movie later, they are back to status-quo Code Geass started with; A Geass user and rebels saving exact same people from exact same oppressive enemy by taking very similar actions (which only differ in being on simpler and shallower than original).
Had this been an original Anime, I would have labeled it "A perfectly watchable Code Geass knock-off", but with Code Geass name on it I just don't understand why they even made this.
Two "easier" options to "Season 3" of Code Geass is were;
1) just continue Lelouch/CC story, as their "goal" was already d…
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If I was to describe this show in one word, it would be: RUSHED
Everything about it was rushed. The story, the production, the promotion, you name it.
I'm no expert on writing, but I have written enough to know when something hasn't reached that next level. I feel like the writers needed another year or two to really flesh out the story. Had they done so, this may have been comparable to the original series. Yeah, really.
It needed 24 episodes as many shows need nowadays. The era of 24 ep animes has died unfortunately as studios prefer to pump out series upon series to get the "next hot show" instead of really putting time and effort into doing justice to one series at a time.
Kinda liked it, but like I said, rushed.
~ ANON
Read at the sourceBaldiDerEchte
TL;DR
The series isn't very good, basically a bad copy of the original. If you are a fan of code geass you are better off not watching this :P
At first i was optimistic about this series and hoped it could bring something new to the code geass franchise, sadly that was not the case:
**Plot**
Looking back on it the first episode already showcases everything that is wrong about the series. The plot is a like giving the original code geass plot to a really old version of chat gpt and letting it rewrite a copy. There are close to no plot points not copied from some part of the original anime. Almost none of the characters have any depth or motivation or something. The villains are evil for the sake of being evil, they are doing terrible things just for fun i guess?
There are so many plot ho…
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Despite the online consensus and general discourse revolving around this show, I found it to be quite enjoyable, and that's coming from a long-time fan of the original series.
Where Dakkan no Rozé shines is in Ash & Rozé's character dynamics. Previous entries had a similar premise to this one, and the knightmare fights are as good as always (I would daresay this entry has the best in terms of animation & choreography), but none of them had this level of intrigue in how character relations would play out over the course of the series. This alone was enough to have me invested in how the conclusion would be handled.
Many critiscize Rozé's character for not being as smart or as cunning as Lelouch's, but I find that to be a strong point of this series. Instead of serving us with a Lelouch…
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If this is the quality of sequels/spin-offs, I wish I never see another one. If you thought Resurrection was bad, wait until you see the climax of this. Totally opposite of the usual Code Geass vibes, it was as generic as it gets while sprinkling some aspects of nostalgia. Half the things made no sense, replete with plot holes, and the MC, who is supposed to beyond imaginably intelligent mastermind commanding everything, instead appeared to be always ten steps behind while getting outmanoeuvred at every turn. Such a shame. It had a lot of potential, and the first few episodes were good and had a nice build-up, but then everything fell apart rapidly, leaving nothing to be salvaged. I consider the story so bad that I don't care about the animation, it's still below average in my view.
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"Code Geass: Dakkan no Roze" is finally a worthy successor to "Lelouch of the Rebellion." It doesn’t try to do anything overly flashy or new; instead, it takes everything that worked in the original series and remixes it just enough to feel fresh and attract an audience. Don’t get me wrong—the first half is amazing, largely because the formula has proven successful in the past, and for long-time fans like myself, the nostalgia hits hard. This becomes even clearer with the regular fan service in the form of old character cameos lasting a few minutes in each episode. Sakura Sumeragi lives up to the title of Lelouch’s successor and answers the fan question: what if the main character of Code Geass were a woman?
So, can Code Geass as a series thrive in 2024? The answer is both yes and no. My…
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The fact that "Roze" is just an anagram of "Zero" is an encapsulation of everything wrong with this show: it is derivative, uninspired, sloppy, and built to entirely to say "Hey! Remember this better show?", which it really shouldn't do given how bad it is.
Firstly, the pacing is atrocious and is probably one of the core problems that has led to this mess. It tries to do everything the original Geass does but with a quarter of the run time. It gives no time to flesh out characters or give meaningful resolution to character arcs. New faces and factions pop up and disappear so suddenly that you end up just simply not caring about them. The writing is so rushed that the world building suffers and you're left scratching your head about what's going on. The ending is meant to be bittersweet bu…
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You will laugh, but I thought this show had promise. A fast moving plot and plenty of big ass mechs? I'm there. Code Geass has a legacy that could never be properly matched (at least not by a successor series). Akito and this series carefully attempt to sidestep the direct sequel accusation for this very reason. In this particular case, the result is a show that whelms.
The main character, Femlouch, rebels against the Neo-Mecha-Super-Britannia Empire 5000. Alongside her is Ash, an expert pilot with a dark past. That is to say he is an anime character. Femlouch is manipulative, but she has a good heart. That is, she is also an anime character. Does this not appetize you? Worry not, the show will deliver ample cameos featuring many characters that you would much rather watch. At 12 episode…
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A new chapter of Code Geass after half a decade and... i'd like to say it does not disappoint, but...
Let's say it's as much of a rollercoaster in how the story's put together as it is an emotional rollercoaster
As it kicks off to a not so great start, we're thrown straight in the deep end with a new plot, new characters, and barely any time dedicated to building up this new part of the story, making the very rushed plot twist come off as being there just for the heck of it and leaving the characters feeling flat or even, in Rozé's case, unlikeable
But around ep. 3 things start to take a calmer tone and it starts filling those holes left by the initial hyper-speed rush with the necessary character developement and ,kkkkkj9888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888…
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I really liked the original Code Geass but this pales in comparison.
To begin with, the premises that led to this show are not even explained properly. "This is just a different set of circumstances" or so I thought. The plot holes become more glaring through each episode and they never get fixed either.
The beginning was decent. The show had some plot twists which did keep things somewhat interesting, however too many characters suffer from bland syndrome.
This show would have been alright but by episode 10, it turns to shit because the ending is straight up garbage.
Abrupt. Non-sensical. Anti-climatic. It ruined everything.
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Terrible follow-up to a beloved series with only the most glancing and marginal connections to the original that, by virtue of its lack of substance, shallow narrative, wonky lore, and negligible characterization, casts an incompetent shadow over the entire Code Geass franchise. If the purpose of Roze was to elicit hype and excitement in a Geass universe, Roze failed terribly. If taken as an anime disconnected from its forbear, which it might as well be given the liberties it takes with its plot and Geass associations, it's just barely passable.
Geass as a franchise does not need Lelouch to survive, but it needs depth. What the audience gets in Roze is a mimicry of the original series that's the opposite of depth, favoring breadth--a too-full-for-a-12-episode-series cast of unremarkable…
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Code Geass Roze is an incredibly entertaining Gundam show for the most part, but falls off towards the ending, and is terrible as a Code Geass sequel.
Code Geass ended on a strong note such that it didn't really need any more sequels, be it in the original or movie timeline, so the very premise of this show feels pretty dumb; SOMEHOW the evil racist Britannians rose up again and SOMEHOW the Japanese are back to being "elevens", which is a slap in the face of the original ending of CG.
The show, for the most part is actually not bad as pure entertainment for Mecha junkies like me, but I strongly suspect that this was originally meant to be an AU Gundam series that was reworked into CG (it even has a BLATANT char clone). The animation budget isn't too bad and this was still way more ente…
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It's been 16y since Code Geass ended, that sure was a long time ago, its epilogue was fairly conclusive and narratively speaking it really didn't felt like further exploration into the future of the franchise was needed (preque, interquel spin off, sure whatever you see fit)
Yet Roze is somehow a bit of that, but not really either at the same time.
It's a sequel because strictly speaking it happens shortly after the end of the original anime
It's a sequel because the overall world structure is a direct consequence of the events at the end of R2
It's a sequel because they made a parade of previously important characters that happened to be more or less relevant (rather less than more)
It's a sequel of nearly everything that came before because they felt obligated to showcase older charact…
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I loved the original Code Geass and it will always be a very fantastic series but this? Well first off its not "bad". It showed a lot of promise and potential at times to really be something but setting everything up, trying to establish a cast, a villain, a story and resolving all of that set up in 12 episodes was its ultimate downfall though.
Now, If it had the same amount of episodes as the original Code Geass series to properly establish the cast, their stories, their motives and individual story arcs as the plot advances from A to B then no doubt this would have been a truly worthy successor and a seriously good watch.
I won't say this was outright bad, or trash because its not quite that bad but it was disappointing nonetheless because what potential and promise it had went right ou…
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*mild spoilers for Dakkan no Roze, and inherent spoilers for everything leading up to it*
Nothing's gonna stop Code Geass from being successful. Not even being given a proper studio until well into production didn’t stop S1’s team from launching an instant hit back in 2006. Significant content changes and omissions didn’t stop the original writers and directors and their team from making Fukkatsu a success to launch a 10 year plan off of back in 2019. The abysmal quality of Dakkan no Roze isn’t gonna stop a different pair of writers and directors from making it part of the brand’s continued success if the myriad character trailers and episode trailers are anything to go by. Whenever we reach the end of this 10 year plan, there will probably be another big and successful project to cap it…
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I have been a major Code Geass fan since the original two seasons aired about a decade and a half ago. I can't say I liked Akito the Exiled all that much, but I felt it had potential and was still appreciative of what they were trying to do. I acknowledge the issues with Re;surrection but I still absolutely loved the film for what it successfully managed to do. Rozé of the Recapture however, I found to be a failure in essentially all respects to the point I feel it may well have been better for it never to have been made at all.
One of the the most critical aspects of Code Geass is a protagonist that is, for lack of a better way to say it, intellectually overpowered. The writing may have to gloss over things and straight up bullshit things at times in order to make them feel that way, bu…
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In the first episode of the series you would find it lack of experince and want to drop it. But, I decided to pull my self to watch it till the end of series.
My impression (8) : It's quite unique, I will say this is not just side story or just fan service for Code Geass series. It more like sequel for the last movie of Code Geass : Lelouch Resurrection. And the execution of the anime is really good. I don't know why people who claim their self as Code Geass' fans didn't follow it or maybe till drop it.
Animation (8) : Don't doubt Sunrise when they do their project on Code Geass. I will say it amazing, wait till you watch the last episode. And the words "Damn, Sunrise really cooked this series." or something similar word to explain it.
Story Plot (8) : Nothing different plot of the stor…
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