Why Code Geass Will Remain Forever Popular

Code Geass and Lelouch are popular and will stay popular just like Che Guevara, US Founding Fathers and Napoleon. 

Simply because fight for social justice (not the 'woke' type) will always resonate with people.

People do not want to be 3rd class citizens and serve the lucky privileged. That simple fact caused American, French and Russian Revolutions. That simple fact Caused Occupy Protests and other such movements around the globe.

Code Geass simply reflect this simple obvious truth.

As much as privileged assholes wish people under them were like Tanjiro who content to serve forever, reality is that they are like Lelouch and the Black Knights. 

This simple fact will never push Code Geass from its pedestal. For it is an eternal tale of fight for freedom.

We shall never be slaves.

Why Girls und Panzer is the Best Entry Anime for a Beginner

Girls und Panzer is the best entry show.

It has all anime has to offer. Almost like a sample board with small pieces of every possible flavor.

However nothing of it goes over the top to ruin the impression. It is very inoffensive as well. Which makes it perfect entry level show for a newcomer who never watched anime before.

It has good and sensible by western standards plot that would not make people go WTF on it. Miho's conflict with her family as well as Oorai girls desire to save their school by pulling senshado team by bootstraps makes a lot of sense. You can parallel wean and small Oorai taking on more pro senshado schools to small and weak Rebel Alliance in StarWars fighting against big and powerful Galactic Empire. You can find Hollywood shows with stories' even closer to that of GuP.

It has some crazy ideas like schools on aircraft carriers, but they are not over the top to give uninitiated people WTF.

It has all possible types of anime waifus, They have hobbies and that would make then relatable for a western viewer. So everyone can find a girl they can like from the cast. None of them are too repulsive to people who are not into that type of girl, so no one will quit over the cast problems. Some people hate even Albedo from Overlord, that would be a complete shocker for them if they see Asuka.

It has small slice of life episodes mixed in the main plot, so people can see that aspect of anime without getting bored due to lack of plot or anything happening.

After they finish GuP, you can recommend them something else based on what they liked or did not liked in it.

On Shirley's Death

Shirley death is very tragic. However, it also makes her character much more likable. What she said in the very end just before she died really make me like her.

It is sad that she did not admit she loved him this much until the very end. Best love confession a girl could make ever. It is so desperate and so complete. You can believe she would do anything for him. You can't help love her back kind of and take her on that offer.

Before that scene, her confused attitude and desire to stop him from skipping classes was kind of annoying.

I want to clarify here that it is not her death in itself that made her better person, but the kind of resolution she came to immediately before her death. The things she said to Rolo and to Lelouch himself afterwards.

She finally made her mind to be with him and follow him wherever. That is how a girl should be. Girls are meant to follow obey and serve the man they love. That is the kind of girl I want. It is great that Shirley could become like that at least at the very end.

After that moment I could like Shirley and morn her death. 

It is sad that she told it the wrong person (Rolo) though. She could become a useful member of the Black Knights.

More on what made Shirley Change

I think that mall incident where Lelouch and Suzaku caught her I would say she will be more understanding and accepting of Lelouch. That experience really changed her. She started see Lelouch differently as she understood that he is not just a carefree playboy as people make him out to be but has plenty of hardships of his own.

The things she told him before she died shows how much she changed and how much she finally understood and accepted him.

That could have been beginning of the very new Shirley, but Rolo killed her.

More on Why Suzaku Later Joined Lelouch

Comparison between Lelouch and Suzaku is not about who is right or wrong, but rather about different values and principles.

Both of them live and do things in accordance with their values. Both of them want different outcomes.

Lelouch is villain according to Suzaku values. Lelouch could not care less if he is considered villain.

Suzaku is an idiot according to Lelouch values. Suzaku in turn could not care less if he is considered idiot.

Ultimately Suzaku is kind of person who wants to protect lives no matter what. That is why he serves the system and opposes any insurgency. Due to believe that war takes lives so it is bad and must be stopped no matter what.

By the end of R2 even he realized that protecting the system and opposing war does not guarantee saving lives.

That Lelouch and Black Knights are also a product of the Brittanian system. They are natural reaction to what Charles and Brittania was doing. They "Reality's answer to you." as Lelouch put it during the C-World Ragnarök Connection episode (20 or 21). They are the result of cruelty that Charles showed to Lelouch and the Japanese. 

Later Suzaku too realised that just eliminating Zero and Black Knights would not address the fundamental issues in the system or reality that created them in the first place. Without Zero there will be some other rebel leader to lead them against Brittania.

Thus, essentially letting Lelouch or Zero rule and fix the system is the only way forward that can actually end the fighting and save lives.

Suzaku and people like him are hard for someone like me to understand, so I could not fully recreate his reasoning in siding with Lelouch until recently. I said they made some sort of deal. Anime did not give us any details unfortunately. 

It is the same with our real world. Increase in crime is a reaction to austerity. Alt-right and cruel 'women exploiting' porn is a reaction to feminism. Reality answer to the bullshit they had done in 2008. That will only get worse unless they change.

In history there are similar examples. For example, Hitler and Nazi party only have to power as a reaction to the Great Depression and Economic Crisis or 1929. They would have been a footnote in history if economy did not collapse in 1929.

KanColle Review

 Overall Rating 7.4 out of 10 - Good

I recommend watching.

My shipfu is better than your shipfu and the best shipfu overall.

'Not Hoteru, Hoteeeel'

It is one the anime that make girls better and more likable in the men's eyes.

It has both plenty of diverse waifu material as well as rather interesting plot with battles and such. Other than that, has a little bit of everything: slice of life mixed with action and character development. It never gets samey.

On somewhat negative note is perhaps choice of the main three characters. Fubuki is kind of nothing too special. Yuudachi only has Poi gimmick going for her and gets less likable after remodeling. I do not like Mitsuki at all. If not for that I would have given it 8.

Main trio is not that important overall though. Show gives plenty of development and screen time to other shipfus so you will likely find one or several ones to you liking.

It has nice and kind Haruna, Haguro and Jintsu as well as sexy dressed Shimakaze.

Destroyer group 6 are also nice and get 1 full episode dedicated to them among other things.

Overall it is not perfect, but certainly decent and entertaining enough show, that I can recommend to anyone.

.hack//Sign Review

Overall Rating 8.0 out of 10 - Very Good and Profound with few flaws.

I recommend watching.

It is kind of a hybrid between SEL and SAO or your average isekai. It has both. A little bit of insight into psychology and nature of the medium, though it does not go as deep as SEL. As well as pure entertainment value of an isekai.

I kind of deals with reasons of why people play games and how these mediums changes society. This handled in well integrated, easy to digest way.

Its characters are diverse and I think anyone will find someone likable and relatable. I personally could relate to Tsukasa to the extend.

Story often revolves around mysteries that surround Tsukasa. There are a lot of strange and abnormal things that surround him and that attracts various other characters. Some blame these on him and want to stop him, others just curious. Some however do not believe it is Tsukasa's fault and want to help him instead.

Tsukasa is rather strange and unconventional person, who does not inspire trust in people. He also does not understands why any or this happening to him or why he has any special powers.

It takes other characters a lot of time to unravel this mystery, that actually goes all the way to he creator of the MMO they are playing as well as the Game itself, that obtained consciousness and acts on its own volution. The game intends to trap Tsukasa and prevents him from logging out.

Game is rather faithful to some of the video game concepts. Despite some errors here and there, like there is no saving in MMO, only in single player games. I still think actual gamers will find it well crafted and faithful to the feel of vide game.

It has rather unique architecture and overall art style. I definitely noticed how it inspired some of the design of buildings of Prince of Persia 2008. The World definitely a very interesting place to explore.

You can feel that creators had some very lofty ideas, but were somewhat constrained by budget. For now we could only imagine how awesome it could have turned out to be, if they had the same budget for art as Demon Slayer or Studio Ghibli. Hopefully we will get a remaster.

One interesting and important metaphor is Subaruchin and this gigantic army of [s]While[/s] Crimson Knights, that guard her. They say they keep order in the world but they simply use it as an excuse to go against any independent player like Tsukasa. They are just like IRL White Knights who 'protect' girls from so called bad guys, but in reality just try to force their dogma everyone else. IRL Subaruchins would not be able to find sex unless they could disband the Knights.

One sad thing about it is that ending is kind of disappointing. Did it meant to just represent that Tsukasa finally logged out?

Overall, I can recommend it for thinking people who liked SEL, to all true gamers, to people who like unconventional anime as well as for everyone else, since it is a rare and interesting show.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Review

Overall Rating 7.0 out of 10 - Good 

I recommend watching.

<Crazy fangirls scream unintelligible mad praise of Kamina, like banshees.>

I am not a fan nor a girl, so I can give somewhat balanced review here.

It is not bad. Some of it is kind of crazy and silly, like face mechas or beast men. Or how mechas work on sheer will and guts. or Phallic design of the main ship.

However, it has good as well. Rather interesting and well written story with couple of unique plot twists. Definitely more on unusual side of things.

Characters are diverse, some better than the rest. The good thing about then is that the way they act and think does make sense, at least for me.

Both Kamina and Simon are well written. Kamina kind of reminds me of one of my friends. He is half Kamina, half Gintoki.

I guess I have some parallels with Simon, though not that much.

Overall, it is rather unconventional anime, much unlike others. I can recommend it to fans of action, girls looking for over the top manliness as well as to people who want to see something unconvetional.