(17/10/2011 01:25 AM)Assassinator Wrote:  But about Guilty Crown, does it feel like Code Geass to you?  Everything about it feels Code Geass to me.

Just watched episode 2.  Really, this show seems like such a ripoff of Code Geass....

World, Characters and Setting
- Both are set in a world where Japan is got fucked over by other countries.
    - And controlled by a tyrannical government.
    - Both centered around a rebel organization trying to fight said government.
- At the same time both have a school setting.
- Both shows involve a mysterious girl with weird hair color and cloths.
- Main character gains some mysterious power from the mysterious girl (either directly or indirectly).
    - Both powers are obtained from stealing off the government.
    - Both powers are dubbed "Power of the King".  Damn why does even this have to be the same?
- Both have robots and stuff.
- Both have a red haired female robot pilot on the rebel side.
    - Who gets her outdated junk wrecked by a much superior robot in some early episode.
- Both shows involve strategy and predicting enemy actions.

1st Episode Structure
- Both episodes open with a chase where the rebels steal something containing the mysterious power.
- Both episodes close with a desperate situation, then protag obtaining the ability, and with it, defeating the initial group of enemies.
- When obtaining the power, both protags get strange visions/flashbacks.
- Both shows involve this bald guy commander on the enemy side.

2nd Episode Structure
- Both episodes involve the government purging the neighborhood due to the stolen secret.
    - And the rebels end up fighting the government.
- Both episodes have this guy with a far superior (and white colored) robot coming in and ripping stuff up.
- Both episodes close with the overconfident enemy (mini-boss) being defeated.



Both protags dislike what's going on, but the difference is.... by the end of episode 2, Lelouch already had every single rebel on the field listening to the commands of someone they don't know, haven't seen, don't know anything about.  On the other hand, Shu is a pansy boy who chose to reject his powers, run away and return to his (self proclaimed) boring life.

Okay, Shu's not that bad, and he'll probably get better later on... Touma is worse, and never gets better.

(This post was last modified: 21/10/2011 06:18 PM by Assassinator.)