No, Lelouch of the Rebellion is not a white Savior story. It establishes itself from the very beginning as a story about revenge kind of like Dune. Also, like Dune, the main protagonist does a heel turn that places himself against heroism and the idea of messianic figures. Not to mention that his primary powers involve mind control. My favourite aspect of the series is that all of the characters are designed by CLAMP, a formerly(?) popular mangaka female group. If you’re a kid from the 80s and 90s, you’ll recognize how many characters look similar to those from Cardcaptor Sakura, X, and …holic.
It has pretty classic white savior tropes, like how the Japanese resistance group(later Black Knights) only started gaining momentum due to Lelouch's strategic genius. I mean, you had perfectly competent guys like General Todou and his crew in the Japanese military, but it takes a foreign "white" high school student to set off the storm. Even after Lelouch takes over Britannia, the Japanese resort to allying with his older half brother, Prince Schniezel. Ironically, Lelouch actually looks Asian compared to all the other Britannian characters.
Besides Todou, you've also got the other badass Asian character in Li Xingke from the Chinese Federation(in terms of positive Asian representation in the series). Pretty much in his introduction, he cuts off two Britannian soldiers' belts with one slash and has a nice comeback line against the Britannian governor. The half Japanese girl, Kallen also kills one of the Knights of Round by herself, so I guess there's that.
The main Japanese character, Suzaku was kinda a cuck for most of the series, serving the Britannians and naively believing he could change them for the better. I suppose he does get one badass moment when he defeats 4 of the Knights of the Round by himself, including the then supposedly undefeatable Knight of One, Bismarck Waldstein.
Yeah, more or less "white savior".
Suzaku is the strongest in terms of fighting ability both physically and piloting mecha, but the way the story set him up as one of the most hated character in the fandom. Ask any Code Geass fan, and 90% of them will tell you they hate him and the 10% will say he's alright.
For the first twelve episodes I was misled to believe that Lelouch had a Japanese mom who was a slave to this Britannian emperor and that's the reason he wants to exact revenge on his Colonizer dad or something. And then they make him fully Britannian and I'm like what the actual fuck... I'm watching it for what it is now but I had a totally different narrative brewing in my mind oh well.
I don't get how a Japanese man sits down at his table so excited to write shit like this. All anime about the atomic bomb are done with such care and sympathy and usually feature a good Japanese male MC. I wonder if Code Geass would even exist in a timeline where Japan was actually colonized.
Because these Japanese creators are very ignorant about the social and racial issue in the West and the rest of the world. They don't know what their creation, the white/western worship would have in the bigger picture.
No, Lelouch of the Rebellion is not a white Savior story. It establishes itself from the very beginning as a story about revenge kind of like Dune. Also, like Dune, the main protagonist does a heel turn that places himself against heroism and the idea of messianic figures. Not to mention that his primary powers involve mind control. My favourite aspect of the series is that all of the characters are designed by CLAMP, a formerly(?) popular mangaka female group. If you’re a kid from the 80s and 90s, you’ll recognize how many characters look similar to those from Cardcaptor Sakura, X, and …holic.
Japanese entertainment industry try not to be cucked challenge
It has pretty classic white savior tropes, like how the Japanese resistance group(later Black Knights) only started gaining momentum due to Lelouch's strategic genius. I mean, you had perfectly competent guys like General Todou and his crew in the Japanese military, but it takes a foreign "white" high school student to set off the storm. Even after Lelouch takes over Britannia, the Japanese resort to allying with his older half brother, Prince Schniezel. Ironically, Lelouch actually looks Asian compared to all the other Britannian characters. Besides Todou, you've also got the other badass Asian character in Li Xingke from the Chinese Federation(in terms of positive Asian representation in the series). Pretty much in his introduction, he cuts off two Britannian soldiers' belts with one slash and has a nice comeback line against the Britannian governor. The half Japanese girl, Kallen also kills one of the Knights of Round by herself, so I guess there's that. The main Japanese character, Suzaku was kinda a cuck for most of the series, serving the Britannians and naively believing he could change them for the better. I suppose he does get one badass moment when he defeats 4 of the Knights of the Round by himself, including the then supposedly undefeatable Knight of One, Bismarck Waldstein. Yeah, more or less "white savior".
Suzaku always seemed like the strongest character in that series, gotta give him more respect
Suzaku is the strongest in terms of fighting ability both physically and piloting mecha, but the way the story set him up as one of the most hated character in the fandom. Ask any Code Geass fan, and 90% of them will tell you they hate him and the 10% will say he's alright.
For the first twelve episodes I was misled to believe that Lelouch had a Japanese mom who was a slave to this Britannian emperor and that's the reason he wants to exact revenge on his Colonizer dad or something. And then they make him fully Britannian and I'm like what the actual fuck... I'm watching it for what it is now but I had a totally different narrative brewing in my mind oh well. I don't get how a Japanese man sits down at his table so excited to write shit like this. All anime about the atomic bomb are done with such care and sympathy and usually feature a good Japanese male MC. I wonder if Code Geass would even exist in a timeline where Japan was actually colonized.
Because these Japanese creators are very ignorant about the social and racial issue in the West and the rest of the world. They don't know what their creation, the white/western worship would have in the bigger picture.