I watched Code Geass for the first time of my entire life in early 2023, being very late for the party
It had everything I like:
Mecha fights with really important strategic aspects, very interesting lore, action oriented and suspenseful moments, a Greek tragedy-like plot with our two favorite characters...
Trauma Baby™ and Pathetic man (of the day)
(I actually decided to draw them like that after seeing someone suggesting to draw our babygirls (derogatory term) in these poses. Suzalulu are so f ing tragic I love them haha)
For the record, suzalulu will always be my number one couple no matter what modern media I consume because will I ever find another ship that is enemies to lovers and simultaneously lovers to enemies childhood friends separated by war highschool friends but unknowingly enemies on the battlefield prince and knight took over the world attempted to murder each other also one actually stabs the other? No one does it like those fuckers.
suzalulu is the perfect example of that one tumblr post about how authors write canon/implied straight ships in anime to be so basic while those same authors write the two male best friends to be so gay and queer coded.
suzaku and lelouch say there's nothing we can't do together and they're so right. they make such a good team. lelouch also relies on suzaku a lot when he needs help and is even willing to beg for his help, which is something he never does with the girls who are canonically/implied to be his love interest(s) (cc, kallen, shirley, etc). there's also the way lelouch acted when he found out the lancelot pilot is suzaku...he was so horrified and shocked since that made them enemies yet lelouch always protected suzaku regardless. hell, lelouch even used his geass on suzaku to make him live. let's not forget about how hurt lelouch was when suzaku betrayed him and turned him in to charles...then how hurt he was at kururugi shrine when lelouch thought suzaku betrayed him a second time. there's also the way suzaku almost immediately knew sayoko wasn't actually lelouch thanks to their gay little signal. oh and let's not forget about lelouch's gay ass death.
you can't tell me lelouch and suzaku aren't gay. like...the evidence is RIGHT THERE.