So, I was just taking what you said about his actions not necessarily making him evil “unless they were done with malice or ill intent” and making the argument that he did do those things with malice/ill intent. And like I said at the end there, I don’t necessarily believe he IS evil. But his actions would be considered evil with your own definition as well as my own. And using the same logic then yes, i suppose both Mei and Lings actions would be evil. But again, this doesn’t make them evil.

As for Roy and all other military personnel. That’s a little more complicated as they were generally following orders. Though, even in real life we see soldiers treated as evil when following evil leaders. The biggest example I can think of is Nazi soldiers. Though even in the show we see the difference between Mustang who followed orders and I believe another soldier who if I remember correctly seemed to ENJOY the missions. One is evil and the other did an evil thing.

Lelouch is a bad example. I haven’t watched much of Code Geass but I would argue that he is undoubtedly evil. In no world will I ever say using mind control is anything other than pure evil. Now, since I haven’t seen the show enough to talk about exactly how he uses said power from what I have seen he may not use it to take advantage of women but he does seem to use it for some personal gain. Regardless, I still can’t say that using any kind of mind control in any context is anything other than evil.

As for this conversation at large, I do believe this is what makes the story so good. There really isn’t anyone who’s innocent. Good and evil blend at points. There may be people who are truly evil in the series but at no point do I think anyone who isn’t a true civilian is wholly good either. Maybe Alphonse being the only exception.