FanficRecs ninjadude853's review
I personally found it to rapidly devolve into a sue fic. Then again, i couldn't even force myself past chapter 8 so maybe it got better.
FanficRecs Kazeto's review
A very good story in my opinion. Lelouch does appear to be becoming a Sue early on, but it is quickly stopped from happening. And there is a healthy share of both humour (Lloyd's hand, for example), action (the swordfight) and drama, most of it being natural conclusion of the events presented. Some things and rules concerning Geass had also been changed, but it still makes more sense than what R2 tried to do with it, and other than the Geass Runaway of India Foxtrot, it doesn't take any weird directions. Lelouch's anger also subsides as his hate towards Charles becomes a secondary motivation for leading the rebellion and he genuinely starts taking care of his men (as compared to Canon, where he was getting crazier over time). Currently being rewritten as the author decided that the reliance on knightmare frames as superior weapons in-universe doesn't make much sense.
FanficRecs Lustheron's review
A For Want of A Nail fic where Lelouch is far angrier than Canon. The reason for this is Nunnally died 4 years prior to the series start. Things are different rather early on but the story doesn't really diverge from the series until after Narita. An interesting divergance is that Shirley joins the Black Knights as their chief interrogator India Foxtrot and Rivalz is immune to Mao's Geass due to always thinking two things at once.
FanficRecs fsdfsdfsd's review
The first time I found this story, I couldn't get past the first chapter. There is very little- if any- difference in the plot of the first chapter and the beginning of the series. After that, the story takes on a life of it's own, ultimately turning out to be a full-fledged AU instead of a mere For Want of a Nail story. The other Codes were interesting, and what this troper liked most was seeing Zero trust his subordinates with his identity- first his inner circle, but eventually the entire world learns who he is via international broadcast. Story-Lelouch makes less mistakes then cannon!Lelouch, but I honestly didn't mind that in light of all the interesting and awesome, yet still believable and reasonable plot twists that occur.