One issue I have with Code Geass is that several female characters initially introduced as promising political figures or fighters with high ranks end up by R2 being put in one of three pretty sexist roles: 1) pushed to the background to take a backseat while their male allies are often given more active and developed roles, 2) reduced to excessive amounts of unnecessary and way too long fanservice scenes, or 3) their most memorable moments on screen end up being related to their attachment to a male character. Nagisa Chiba is an example of issues #1 and #3. Despite being one of the Four Holy Swords, her character ends up being pointless and more memorable for being the only female character of her four-man group and her crush on Tohdoh, while the three male members of the Four Holy Swords are given far more action as fighters despite them too outside of Tohdoh eventually being not used by the narration as much as they could've.
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One issue I have with Code Geass is that several female characters initially introduced as promising political figures or fighters with high ranks end up by R2 being put in one of three pretty sexist roles: 1) pushed to the background to take a backseat while their male allies are often given more active and developed roles, 2) reduced to excessive amounts of unnecessary and way too long fanservice scenes, or 3) their most memorable moments on screen end up being related to their attachment to a male character. Nagisa Chiba is an example of issues #1 and #3. Despite being one of the Four Holy Swords, her character ends up being pointless and more memorable for being the only female character of her four-man group and her crush on Tohdoh, while the three male members of the Four Holy Swords are given far more action as fighters despite them too outside of Tohdoh eventually being not used by the narration as much as they could've.
What was your actual purpose ?