#mistersunshine

Eugene Choi is also a contrast and parallel to Suzaku Kururugi:

-Eugene Choi is a son of a family who serve as a slave for a corrupted noble family in his country whereas Suzaku Kururugi is a son of a prime minister of Japan. Eugene Choi killed the noble family to avenge his family while Suzaku Kururugi killed his father to save Nunnally.

-Eugene had no childhood friends whereas Suzaku had childhood friends.

-Both were discriminated by the kind of the country they pledged allegiance to (Suzaku by Britannians in Area 11 and Eugene by Americans in America and Joseon by US and Japan presence).

-Both climbed up to the ranks of the western imperialist nation whose presence are within their former country (Eugene Choi as a US consul for Joseon and Suzaku Kururugi as an Honorary Britannian/Knight of Honor/Knight of Seven in Japan).

-Both fought western imperialist country and Japan (Eugene killed Logan Taylory and fought against US backed Japan while Suzaku fought the Black Knights, JLF, and Japanese resistance and Schneizel's faction aided by Charles' remnants).

-Both are scorned by their homeland and their own kind as traitors while at the same time having complicated motivations to save their own kind (Eugene intervening between the affairs of Joseon and US backed Japan and Suzaku changing Area 11 within)

-Both are feared as famed and ruthless soldiers strong enough to defeat their enemies physically

-Eugene Choi wants to destroy Joseon for killing his family through USA and Suzaku Kururugi wants to enforce Britannian rule upon Area 11 due to the death of Euphemia by the hands of Lelouch (Zero).

-Both have a vendetta against their killers for killing their loved ones (Joseon noble family killing Eugene's family and Lelouch (Zero) killing Euphemia).

-They later fall in love with the daughter of an aristocratic family (Eugene Choi falls in love in Go Ae-shin through opposition and Suzaku Kururugi falls in love with Euphie during his time in Britannia).

-They became what they hate later on (Eugene becomes part of the Korean Righteous Army in the end and Suzaku Kururugi becomes Zero in the end).

-Both met a death in a different way (Eugene sacrifices himself to save his comrades from US backed Japan whereas Suzaku is dead in name and lives as Zero forever through Lelouch's promise forever)

-Euphie died while Suzaku lived and Eugene died while Go Ae-shin lived.

Mister Sunshine and Code Geass are well acclaimed shows critiquing both American and Japanese imperialism. The main difference is that Mister Sunshine does it through USA and Empire Japan while Code Geass does it through Britannia. The countries that opposed against the imperialist powers (Korea in Mister Sunshine and Japan in Code Geass) are surrounded by large superpowers but with the difference is that Mister Sunshine takes place prior to Japan's annexation of Korea and then later the division of Korea through US and USSR occupation whereas Code Geass takes place after Britannia's annexation of Japan.

Both started off with western imperialist powers massacring citizens of the East Asian country bound to be occupied (Battle of Ganghwa Island and Britannia's invasion of Japan). As years pass by, Korea is intervened by the likes of US and Japan in Mister Sunshine whereas Code Geass had Japan already colonized by Britannia with some conflict from the Chinese Federation later on. Koreans in Mister Sunshine and Japanese in Code Geass show hostility towards the imperialist superpowers (USA/Empire of Japan for Koreans and Britannia for Japanese). The conflict around both countries against their oppressors would soon be bound with massive bloodshed and atrocities that would never make them forgive them.

While USA and Japan retain their historical depiction, Britannia like USA is a western superpower hellbent on expanding their domination while at the same time having the tendency to erase other cultures akin to the Empire of Japan. They also utilize pro-collaborators via neocolonialism in order to divide the people of the country so that they have the chance to colonize the country as well as maintaining it's status.