YMMV / Code Geass Megiddo

• Captain Obvious Reveal: Even the author noted that many readers had already figured out C.C.'s real identity as Jeanne d'Arc.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Calares. Despite his being a typical Britannian and an incompetent commander, his more practical approach to running Area 22 and his disgust toward the Eunuchs, especially Zhao Hao, have endeared him to several readers, with several actually requesting that he survive Operation Akatsuki (which indeed comes to pass). His acknowledgment of Johann, in spite of their present conflicts, in Chapter XXIII has only made him even more popular.
  • Johann is fairly popular, both due to being one of the few antagonists to beat Lelouch at his own game (literally) and for telling off the much hated Zhao Hao in one of the most gallant speeches ever made. And like Calares, he too has a sense of honor, thereby granting him Noble Demon traits as well.
  • Charmelle is a major fan favorite. Besides the fact she, alongside Kallen and Alfred, is one of the "saner" Zero Squadron members, she's friendly and outgoing while holding to the knightly standards of her former country (in the original series, she was one of the candidates Cornelia selected for being Euphie's knight). And that's before she gets into the cockpit of her Guren, where she is perfectly capable of mopping the floor with any opponent (up to and including Gino).
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Suzaku's reason for killing his father (to keep him from killing Lelouch and Nunnally) inadvertantly draws in part from the Code Geass light novels rather than the anime.
  • Lelouch being a Britannian strategist during his time without his memories of the Black Rebellion has actually become true for Code Geass: Akito the Exiled.
  • A black Lancelot, dubbed the Lancelot Zero Specification, has since appeared in Super Robot Wars. The only difference between this Lancelot and the Mordred (besides the lack of Badass Cape and being tuned down for Lelouch's benefit) is the former retaining the original emerald eye cameras and MVS hilt gems.
  • C.C. revealing that she not only was Jeanne d'Arc herself, but she was also Claude des Armoises, one of the most convincing Jeanne d'Arc impersonators in the history books, and that she essentially took on this alias so she and her brothers Pierre and Jean could cash in on her "post-mortem" fame. In other words, C.C. posed as a woman posing as herself and made good money off of it.
• Iron Woobie: Charmelle Finlay is an interesting case. Her entire childhood was awful because her half siblings and step mother treated her terribly (Charmelle being born from her father sleeping with his secretary and thus a living reminder of his infidelity), and her father only took her in to avoid rumors that he'd murdered his mistress (she died in a car crash when her airbags failed to ignite, and her father happened to be behind the wheel at the time). THEN her instructors treated her badly due to her dad's reputation.
• Jerkass Woobie: Cornelia. She's arrogant, and can be nasty. On the other hand, the scene where she's confessing to Guilford about how she never got to apologize to Euphy for insulting her and her ideals (their very last conversation was Cornelia calling her an idiot for throwing her title away for "worthless ideals") is downright heartbreaking, and she's now a broken shell of a woman.
• Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales: Despite the Nazi references, the story has a fair amount of German readers who actually enjoy the depiction of a Third Reich-styled EU, alongside the likes of Rommel.
  • Not just Germans, but European readers in general love the Eurasian Union, oft claiming their wish that the original version were more like it. Russian readers are very appreciative that their country (having originally been erased without explanation to make room for Euro Britannia) exists in Megiddo's storyline (even if only in backstory) and have also voiced their love for Sergei and Andrei Zhukov.
  • More than a few Chinese readers have commented positively on the CLA and depicted Chinese characters. One has even point out that, despite the anti-communist message of the China arc, their portrayal actually fits Marxism's more heroic narrative, a la an underequipped but determined proletarian army taking a stand for the peasantry against bourgeoisie traitors who sold out for their own betterment. Likewise, Tianzi's speech in Chapter XXIV was praised for actually sounding like it would have been given by Vladimir Lenin or Mao Zedong.
  • C.C.'s prayer before Pearl Harbor was a big hit with French readers and Catholics in general.
• Moral Event Horizon: The Devastation of Japan. Many of the Britannians that were there but managed to evacuate in time to the homeland are ashamed of what happened (see Guilford), while those that were caught in the blast and survived rejected their former country and their ideals, living peacefully in the Ryukyu Islands and/or joining the Black Knights for vengeance (see Alfred and Charmelle). The Devastation also destroyed nearly all of the racism between the Japanese and the Britannian survivors — many of the former Britannians call the former Area Eleven Japan now, and several have even started to have families together (see Ohgi and Chigusa).
  • Schniezel, the one who issued the order in the first place, recognizes this as his own moral event horizon in-universe. Despite brushing the issue aside as a case of I Did What I Had to Do, it's clear that he's dismayed by his actions, even asking Euphemia to forgive him for issuing the order.
• Narm Charm: Seeing Marianne taking over the mind of a lieutenant to have a talk with Anya. Her, talking in a high-pitched voice while possessing the body of a random mook may seem to be a good opportunity for a laugh. BUT IT'S NOT!
• Nightmare Fuel: The. GODDAMN. Devastation.
  • Just the way its described in the Word Dramas is nightmarish enough. Possibly the closest a setting can get to a literal Hell on Earth without Satan and his minions' involvement.
    • Especially Word Drama VI. Which showed that the destruction was seen and felt as far as Berlin, Germany. The author himself said he based it on the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa and its aftereffects.
  • What's especially frightening is that eight years later, the whole of Japan is still burning in the same manner as Centralia, Pennsylvania. Even the sky above is blotted out with a sakuradite fueled lightning storm, which continually rains fragments.
  • Out of a population of approximately 130 million, only a few thousand (if that) were rescued from the fire thereafter (less than .01 percent of the whole). Britannia came dangerously close to completely wiping out an entire populace, and all it took was the proverbial push of a button.
  • Outside the Devastation is the sheer tone of the story. The more it progresses, the more it becomes clear that the title Megiddo is quite apt, with Armageddon very much in the making and the world moving ever closer to it in the manner of The Big O or Neon Genesis Evangelion. This is best shown with the end of Chapter XXVIII, which darkly hints at both events that have occurred and events that may yet come to pass...
    • Speaking of Chapter XXVIII, there is the ever mysterious Second Master of the Eildons. Though he has appeared off and on in the form of a monolith with the rest, his true form (and identity) is darkly hinted toward here. Where Lelouch senses a strange familiarity toward him, such that he initially believes him to be Charles. Which is precisely when the silhouette turns, revealing Geass in both eyes...
• Tear Jerker: Cornelia's confession to Guilford about how she never got to apologize to Euphie for yelling at her in their last conversation. Much as a bitch as Cornelia is, it's hard not to feel sorry for her, given how broken she's become.

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