Be My Valentine, the suspicious one, Le Louche

Note : For thou who aren’t very familiar with Code Geass : Lelouche of The Rebellion, the story tells about Lelouche Lamperogue/Lelouche Vie Britannia, a banished royal prince and an avenger, who obtain the power to command people whilst no one can defy him. He uses this cursed gift to destroy Britannia Empire in order to avenge his late mother and sister.

Lelouche as 'Zero'

Congratulations, Lelouche Vie Britannia for being the champion of monthly best character(s) according to Japan Newtype Magazine February edition. May this award will trigger your passion and desire to crush off the empire of Britannia. The second place is pretty much expected, the God in Gundam universe Mr. oh-so-righteous Kira Yamato (I do feel irritated with him, though I share his pain and misery throughout the whole episodes of Gundam Seed).

Mein Gott, a main protagonist with the excessive sense of justice yet mindless and naive is so yesterday! The world needs a more problematical protagonist, a miserable anti-hero, an absolute cynical and totally insane Utopian who lived within his idealistic point of views. Death Note’s Yagami Light and Geass’ Lelouche Vie Britannia are the pioneers of the new-age protagonists. They both possess the divine characteristics to control the world. Unexpected, intelligent, psychotic and tyrannical, those will definitely generate a special formula to construct the fantastic plot and splendid twists.

A pitiful Suzaku Kururugi

In contrast, people who deal with righteousness tend to be the main antagonist! Oh my, I feel sorry for Suzaku Kururugi, as he is sooo Kira Yamato *bleh*. He is an utterly perfect thing; gorgeous, kindhearted, selfless faithful being, it’s just too good too be true. For the sake of my guilty pleasures, such character can no longer be a main character and should abandon his used-to-be glorious past (when the strongest yet most compassionate stands as a sole hero). You have dreamt too much, Suzaku! Well, audience tastes and preferences may change overtime.

The Black Prince and the White Knight ^^

Further, I still heart the old formula of best friends become sworn enemies. Unlike the old recipes in Naruto or Gundam Seed, the pairings Lelouche-Suzaku depicts some noteworthy symbols. Lelouche, is always associated with the darkness (his infamous title is the ‘Black Prince’), despair, hatred and nothingness (as he baptisized himself as ‘Zero’, the leader of the rebellion force against the empire), Suzaku, however, represents light (his given designation is the ‘White Knight’ as contrast to Lulu’s), chastity, hope and faith.

Hm, this seemingly literary criticism article for me is written to commemorate the newborn of the new age anti-hero in the anime/manga universe. But given the fact that the damn sassy Lelouche is so adorable, I present this article to him. Happy Valentine, Lelouche!

*Le Louche means ‘the suspicious one’ in French*