code geass or death note which is better and why

[currycell900]

why code geass is better lelouch was far more gigabased i would say. Code geass has better ending. Also lelouch was self aware about his action and had accountability unlike light who didn't see his actions as unethical. Also code geass had actions and mechas both which made it watchable i would sleep with death note

 

[Sonicfancel]

Death note, the classic middle school edgy anime.

 

[currycell900]

Death note, the classic middle school edgy anime.

same with code geass as well

 

[Sonicfancel]

Death note still mogs because of the cultural impact.

 

[cvh1991]

They both have problems but I’d give the edge to Geass overall. My issue with Geass is just that at points it seemed like characters were doing stupid things out of left field or changing sides out of left field in a way I found was breaking my suspension of disbelief and in a way that felt contrived to keep conflict escalating.

But overall still good, still enjoyed it. It’s been years since I saw it so maybe my memory is hazy.

Death Note starts out great — but it starts to tank in quality even as early as the post Ray Penber stuff. As soon as the “big spoiler” death happens (if you’ve seen you’ll know what I mean), the show and investigation go down a cliff in quality.

The ending cemented DN as a disappointment — if you don’t want spoilers don’t read this next part:

In a nutshell the author and or publisher seem unwilling to let the “bad guy” win even when it probably would’ve for a better and more interesting ending. This is something I hate in general about a lot of media — the villain really should win but the won’t allow it for either censorship or ideological reasons. If Light was to lose then it needed a better story to support that. Ending lands like a wet fart in the wind in my view at least.

Both of these are worth reading/watching and I do think theyre interesting regardless of my harshness here. It’s been awhile since I read them and overall I got enjoyment out of them, just don’t see them as masterpieces either.

Now Berserk, Miura’s Berserk is a profound work you guys should read. Sadly he passed before finishing it though but the journey through volume 40 or 41 or so is incredible. I can’t recommend any of the adaptations as they all miss the mark compared to the unfiltered manga in this case. Miura was a genius and it’s tragic he passed when he did before completing his life’s work.

 

[SickWeakCoward]

Geass cuz Mechas. Duhh.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwTydFBtdBY

 

[cvh1991]

Death note, the classic middle school edgy anime.

> sonicfancel

Which sonic game is your favorite? For me it’s the Genesis era. Mind blowing soundtracks and baselines and some great 2D sonic games.

> for me it’s Sonic 2

 

[guessthatsit]

Death note still mogs because of the cultural impact.

By this logic jjk>jjba

 

[D. B. Gooner]

Death note because I haven't seen code geass and the artstyle is disgusting and stick-figure-like

 

[guessthatsit]

Imo death note because the cast and writing is better(atleast till ep 25)

 

[Fantasea]

code geass cuz more consistent. death note was better up to L's death tho.

 

[LUCK]

Death note is more suspenseful and has better art

 

[deaf_judger]

why code geass is better lelouch was far more gigabased i would say. Code geass has better ending. Also lelouch was self aware about his action and had accountability unlike light who didn't see his actions as unethical. Also code geass had actions and mechas both which made it watchable i would sleep with death note

Nunally kind of ruined code geass for me. I absolutely despise her character and the way she manages to call others evil while she pulls the trigger without hesitation.

 

[PolarIce20]

Death note still mogs because of the cultural impact.

 

[Jar Jar Binks]

Death Note

 

[Acorn]

I havent seen code gayass yet

 

[proudweeb]

code geass was just so over the top insane sometimes, that some of the crazy shit they pulled actually worked

 

[Pikacel]

Death Note, Code Geass in hindsight just did whatever it wanted with no logic. Also the villains never got justice and had insane plot armor was annoying

 

[nazianime]

Code gayass I would say because the combination of mecha and good plot. Death Note falls off after L’s death.

 

[Enigmaz]

Death note wins but it's close. People who say death not falls off after L's death are just bagwagoning the same dogshit 'popular' opinion. Yes, L's arc is the better half. Still, though, the second half is really good and I've never been more entertained by an anime. It's better than all these new action loaded low attention span shows.

 

[autistic.goblin]

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[Fantasea]

People who say death not falls off after L's death are just bagwagoning the same dogshit 'popular' opinion.

 

[weaselbomber]

Death note wins but it's close. People who say death not falls off after L's death are just bagwagoning the same dogshit 'popular' opinion. Yes, L's arc is the better half. Still, though, the second half is really good and I've never been more entertained by an anime. It's better than all these new action loaded low attention span shows.

>makes claim
>doesn’t explain why besides “i rike it”

 

[Skelly]

>makes claim
>doesn’t explain why besides “i rike it”

this is based actually

 

[Enigmaz]

>makes claim
>doesn’t explain why besides “i rike it”

Didn't know I needed to explain myself you rog nigger. I thought every person on this post watched the show.

1. The stakes felt higher because light had to go up against near and mello when they both had L's knowledge of Kira up until that point. They both knew Kira was someone on the police force investigating the Kira case with L.
2. I enjoy the introduction of Mikami (somehow he's despised). His character shows that there's people that agree with Kira's actions and he actually had reasons to agree with them unlike Misa who only loves Kira because he's handsome.
3. The conversations between Light and Near were interesting too. Near obviously knew Light was hiding something. If Light had to think two steps ahead of L, he had to think 4 steps ahead of Near and Mello and not to mention the police force who was always with him in the room.
4. Light's character is just as good as the first half, maybe better. He's more ruthless and not afraid to even use his family as pawns. He got his dad killed for his own motives.
5. The ending was damn NEAR perfect. The suspension and dialogue is great. The iconic laugh. Light's plan failing which caused him to die.


Now explain to me how it's bad. Come on, I bet you can muster up more than a half-assed titktok sentence.

 

[weaselbomber]

I thought every person on this post watched the show.

Indeed we did and believe it or not as separate individuals we reach different conclusions. Isn't that crazy? That your opinion is different than mine, despite watching the same show? Bizarre.

Now explain to me how it's bad. Come on, I bet you can muster up more than a half-assed titktok sentence.

The inevitability of Kira being caught made the show extremely bland to follow, as did the near omniscience of Near (especially in the latter halves of the cour), which felt lazy and bland and lacking the unique dynamic between Kira and L. He doesn't have the personality to justify his plot armour either. The only interesting character, Mello, barely has any screentime.
By omniscience I mean reaching conclusions without any proper justification. I can't name any of them at the moment as it has been literal years since I've seen the show, but that's something I thought of at the time.
There also was a less urgent feel in the whole cour that I personally found boring. I did really like the ending, though.

 

[Enigmaz]

Indeed we did and believe it or not as separate individuals we reach different conclusions. Isn't that crazy? That your opinion is different than mine, despite watching the same show? Bizarre.

LOL. What is this normie reddit condescending attitude? The only bizarre thing here is the fact you haven't been banned for yet for displaying normie qualities.

The inevitability of Kira being caught made the show extremely bland to follow, as did the near omniscience of Near (especially in the latter halves of the cour), which felt lazy and bland and lacking the unique dynamic between Kira and L. He doesn't have the personality to justify his plot armour either. The only interesting character, Mello, barely has any screentime.
By omniscience I mean reaching conclusions without any proper justification. I can't name any of them at the moment as it has been literal years since I've seen the show, but that's something I thought of at the time.
There also was a less urgent feel in the whole cour that I personally found boring. I did really like the ending, though.

'The inevitabillity of Kira being caught' What? So, either you were spoiled before the ending or you're the omniscient all knowing being. I think the former considering our conversation thus far.

How do you expect Near to have 'le personaliteehee' when he was put inside a scientific experiment school that made him do strenuous training all day? No child coming out of that is going to be having a so-called radiant personality.

Near was not at all omniscient, he had all of L's knowledge. As I said before, Near and Mello knew it was somebody on the police force that was working with L.

'Less urgent' This was the most urgent half of the show. Light had no time to chill out in his room like in part one. There were literally people after him and backstabbing people on his team in the second half of the show.

 

[weaselbomber]

'The inevitabillity of Kira being caught' What? So, either you were spoiled before the ending or you're the omniscient all knowing being. I think the former considering our conversation thus far.

Nah, it’s just obvious where the plot is heading tbh. It’s clear from the second they introduce Near and Mello that he’s going to get caught to parallel him winning over L in the first half.

How do you expect Near to have 'le personaliteehee' when he was put inside a scientific experiment school that made him do strenuous training all day? No child coming out of that is going to be having a so-called radiant personality.

Except Mello, apparently.

Near was not at all omniscient, he had all of L's knowledge. As I said before, Near and Mello knew it was somebody on the police force that was working with L.

Less about that and more so the tactics used to corner and capture Kira which imho felt like plot armour at its finest, i compare it to when L sent the message and deduced Kira’s location in the earlier episodes. In contrast Near’s deductions seem to be based on conjecture instead of logic and reasoning.

'Less urgent' This was the most urgent half of the show. Light had no time to chill out in his room like in part one. There were literally people after him and backstabbing people on his team in the second half of the show.

The characters were in an urgent situation put pacing wise there was not the intensity of the chase and conflict that was had in the first season. Kira for the most part is a sitting duck in defence while both sides were on offensives against each other in the first half.

 

[AssyrianCel]

Death Note. I never watched Code Geass but watching Death Note felt like a fever dream because I binged Ep 10 to the very end of the anime in 1 day in 2021 and finished at like 4am. It was a first time watch so it felt great. Unbeatable feeling.

 

[Maikowski]

code geass is better just because of the soundtrack, shit is fire and goes well with the anime

 

[Skelly]

It’s clear from the second they introduce Near and Mello that he’s going to get caught to parallel him winning over L in the first half

Nuh uh

 

[Skelly]

There is no reason for you to think that unless you already knew light was gonna be caught

 

[shishiowasright]

I personally prefer Code Geass because the way Lelouch won was way better, Light literally had entire countries wrapped around his finger yet somehow he lost to a little pale-faced boy who tricked his schizophrenic underling

 

[Fevet]

Code geass and it's not even close. Death note can't measure up to the consistency and conclusion of the former. Even as far as the characters are concerned, Light and L don't hold a candle to Lelouch.

 

[weaselbomber]

There is no reason for you to think that unless you already knew light was gonna be caught

there is? this is like watching a superhero movie and genuinely thinking that spiderman will *not* defeat the bad guy at the end lol

 

[sadlemon]

It's a tough one. On one hand a lot of people like to hate on DN but it's a genuinely good show. It falls off after you know what if you watched the show. I found the ending fitting, but the execution leading to it was poor. i share @weaselbomber opinion on it, near was too damn overpowered for no reason other than plot armor.

I still would pick CG over DN, they are both shows that get carried by their protagonists. But overall the characters are more interesting in CG and a lot of secondary characters have weight on the plot, while on DN i can't say the same. Also the ending of CG S2 was near inmaculate, hardly anything will come close to it.

Still, they are both incredible shows. In my opinions and taste, i'll pick CG over DN

 

[Skelly]

Nobody said this yet but everybody in CG is built like a stick figure so +1 to death note

 

[weaselbomber]

Nobody said this yet but everybody in CG is built like a stick figure so +1 to death note

this lanky artstyle has aged like shit and filters me from watching xxxHolic. It looks like fucking ass

 

[KillNiggers]

Code geass and it's not even close. Death note can't measure up to the consistency and conclusion of the former. Even as far as the characters are concerned, Light and L don't hold a candle to Lelouch.

Both have memorable endings