I’m still a bit lost and confused, but I know one thing true: Code Geass is genius. Lelouch vi Britannia is one of the most amazing characters I’ve ever seen in anime. He equals Light Yagami in my heart. ♥ 

The final turn had me crying for almost thirty minutes there, and, well, I haven’t cried that much in a long time. Or over the ending of an anime. (Had to keep the tears when Light Yagami died in Death Note [but I still cried!], because my sister was watching with me and I feel kind of stupid crying when someone can see and it’s over anime.)

In the beginning I seriously wanted to bitchslap Nunnally. The girl is absolutely annoying; she was just there being her fragile, naïve self and she made things a whole lot more difficult for her brother. I didn’t appreciate her speech, and I was just too happy when Lelouch finally used his Geass on her.

Can I just say that Suzaku’s fake death had me stomping my feet on the floor? He died at such a crucial time, the bastard. But, I loved the face-off between him and Kallen, and I swear I was rooting for him and his Lancelot Albion.

C.C. was crying for Lelouch, ah, that surprised me, and made me think of how much she’s more of a human being now, after her contract with him.

For most part I wanted to strangle Lelouch for pulling off something as crazy as… being killed by Suzaku, who turned out to be alive. He could have just continued being the emperor – uh, dictator! – of the whole world and no one could have done anything about it! I (and the rest of everyone who adores him) wouldn’t have minded him as the world dictator! Well maybe we would have… but that’s not the point! That final, selfless act made him an even more interesting and delightful character to watch. Dammit, can anyone else be more endearing?

The ending was wonderful – one of the finest – all right, the finest I've ever seen.

What I like most about the conclusion is that it’s pretty vague. In the last scene we see C.C. traveling on a farmer’s cart, driven by n nameless, disguised person. A lot of people, as I’ve read so far, are convinced that this person is Lelouch, who is now immortal.

I’ve decided to consider this theory myself, and I’ve drawn several points from the previous episodes to corroborate this.

1. The Code is the power of immortality. C.C. acquired it when it was transferred to her by the nun who granted her the Geass when she was younger. Emperor Charles got his own Code from V.V.

2. The Code is only activated when its receiver dies. Once acquired, the Code vanquishes the Geass of the receiver, but makes the receiver immortal and a contractor of the Geass instead. This is shown when C.C. is killed by the nun after said nun transfers the Code to her. C.C. lives on, but is no longer in possession of the Geass.

Likewise, V.V.’s Code was transferred to Charles and was activated when Charles shot himself (as commanded by Lelouch) in the twenty-first turn of R2.

3. Charles’ Code was transferred to Lelouch (who by this time had a fully evolved Geass, which is required to acquire the Code) while the Emperor was strangling him in the twenty-first turn of R2. This transferred Code is inactivated.

Proof of the transfer of ownership is that the Geass of the emperor still works on Anya and Nunnally after he dies. When the Code is lost, the Geass vanishes with it. But since Lelouch is now in possession of the Code, the Geass still works on Anya and Nunnally.

4. Lelouch maintains his ownership of the Geass for two possible reasons:

One is because he did not get the Code and the Geass from the same contractor. The Code came from Charles, while the Geass came from C.C.

Two is because the Geass remains with the person as long as his Code is inactivated.

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It’s actually a very interesting theory, since it also highlights the title of the series: Code Geass. Lelouch was able to possess the Code and the Geass at the same time. It’s very convincing and logical, considering it’s Lelouch who pulls it off and outsmarts the whole world yet again.

Following this, Lelouch must be the one who drives the cart in the last scene of the final turn. He’s now immortal and travels alongside C.C. in the same world that he had destroyed and created.

“The power of kings, known as Geass, brings one solitude.

Not quite accurate is it? Right, Lelouch?”

Lelouch♥C.C. to the very end.

All hail Lelouch. Code Geass is genius.

Yes! Finally! I thought Lelouch would falter again just because they showed him Nunnally! Well hah! He showed them! And thank gracious for Suzaku! For once in his life he said something right! It was intense, and for the first time in my life I think I actually love Suzaku in this one! Hurrah! (But only in this one. I still hate him in general. And he looks horrible wearing that cape thing.)

I have no idea why Nunnally is alive. She doesn’t have a purpose anymore; anyone can frickin’ detonate the Fleia anyway. I don’t understand why she sides with Schneizel instead of Lelouch, the brother who has always been with her. She’s another big hypocrite; she doesn’t like killing people and yet she’s okay with killing her own brother. Isn’t there something obviously wrong in her logic? And don’t I remember her having a special technique of holding people’s hands and determining whether they’re lying to her or not through this? Why didn’t she do this to determine if Schneizel was lying to her or not about the Fleia and the Pendragon incident? Gosh, what an idiot.

Just drop dead, Nunnally. You are such a bother.

Here’s another first: I actually like Nina in this turn! Finally, she realized her stupid blunder and got to work and start doing something about the Fleia! I just hope she manages to come up with something to counter that very very dangerous weapon.

For the record, fuck the Black Knights. I hate them with passion for being idiots. Big frickin’ idiots at that. They don’t realize that if it weren’t for Zero/Lelouch, they never would have been organized the way they are right now. Kallen is earning my dislike, although none too much, and I just hate how Gino chose the side against Suzaku in this. (Did I just say that? Shoot.)

What I like most about this turn is how the people who were once Lelouch’s enemies are now his allies (Lloyd, Cecile, Nina, Jeremiah, Suzaku, etc) while those who used to be his allies are now his enemies (Kallen, Rakshata, Xingke, the Black Knights, etc). I find myself cheering for these new allies while disliking the Black Knights more and more.

I love how the LelouchC.C. pairing is developing; I’ve always been a fan of it, and I love that C.C. is the only one who is with Lelouch to the end. They really make a very beautiful pair.

I love pun: Knight of Zero. Knight of Seven, Knight of One, and above all of it is the Knight of Zero. Absolutely genius. If they had been gunning for that since the very beginning of the series, well they pulled it off really well. I find it very clever.

This episode didn’t have such a lot of fight scenes, but it won me over. I found it very, very delightful, indeed. :D

The KallenLelouch moments were funny; I’ve seen that somewhere in the Net before, but it made me grin nonetheless. Then I had to really laugh out loud when C.C. suddenly appeared out of nowhere and cut their conversation short. Ho-ho, that was hilarious; I had to watch it all over again and laugh.

How old exactly is Tianzi? She’s… what, seven? Goodness gracious, what are those Eunuch Generals thinking??? I know she’s an empress, but man… Worse, her fiancé looks like a dirty old geezer! How old is that first prince, anyway? Forty?!

I love the LloydMilly scenes. Hah, so it seems Milly is still engaged with Lloyd, huh. Awesome. I rather like them together.

Xing-Ke’s bond with Tianzi is so adorable. The promise is so sweet of him.

Can I just say that *shudders* Nina is still as psycho as she had been in the last season? Good grief, that creepy girl should be pushed off a building or something. Like, PRONTO. Her obsession with Euphemia is scary enough without her tirade against Milly. Milly has been perfectly kind to her, too; she’s just bitter she’s not as pretty and not as *normal* as Milly is. UGH. What a psycho.

And is Suzaku a MORON? He says, “This is another tragedy that Zero created” while he’s stopping Nina’s psychotic outburst. Duuude, Nina has been a nutcase since she was like, born. It’s not Zero’s fault, fool.

Surely, Zero won’t kill Tianzi? Tianzi is Sumeragi’s friend, and the last thing Zero would want is to displease Sumeragi. I just wish they’d give Xing-Ke and Tianzi a chance to talk and have time for themselves.

I still can't figure out how they managed to make one million versions of the Zero outfit. Like... yeah. :P Otherwise, it was genius, and I can't believe some people can doubt Lelouch/Zero's capability at producing results. Hasn't he shown them enough already? Psh.

Even Suzaku had to shut up. Hah, showed that bastard who's boss.

Let me just say I didn't cry over Euphemia's death. I found it surprising, actually, since I cried when Shirley lost her memories. I guess I really don't like Euphemia. Huh.

 

Euphemia in a Knightmare.

 

So Euphemia was in some Knightmare when Kallen found her. Of course Kallen wanted to kill her, since she's supposed to be a traitor. Upon the destruction of her Knightmare, Euphemia, still under the control of the Geass, jumps off and arms herself with a gun she found lying around somewhere and fired at Kallen.

 

Lelouch from his own Knightmare, looking down at Euphemia.

Lelouch, having made up his mind, jumps down and decides to finish everything.

 

Zero firing at Euphemia.

Euphemia doesn't die just yet, because Suzaku arrives and actually saves her. I didn't like it, but I guess it had to be dramatic and all. Suzaku also wanted to kill Zero, but C.C. comes to Zero/Lelouch's rescue.

 

C.C. to Lelouch's rescue. Yay.

Anyway Suzaku backs off because he has to take Euphemia to the doctors. He manages to bring her there alive, and they somehow get to talk despite her weakness. He is confused when it appears like Euphemia doesn't remember anything.

 

Euphemia still under the Geass.

So, well, let's just cut to the chase. Euphemia dies, and Suzaku looks ridiculous.

 

Even if I liked Suzaku, I'd still say he looks ridiculous here. Because he does.

Meanwhile, Lelouch is fully aware that he has to say goodbye to everyone soon, since he can't control his power any longer. Oh, sigh. What's to be of Nunnally and his friends now? Only C.C. can stay with him, since the Geass doesn't work on her.

 

C.C. embracing Lelouch.

I'm all for this pair, but somehow C.C. words crept me out.  I remember Mao and how he had turned out, and I kind of realize that C.C.'s words aren't exactly to be trusted. She promised Mao, too, that she'd stay by his side, didn't she?

Anyway, it appears like she knew Lelouch's mother, the late Queen (?) Marianne. This is all so puzzling for me; isn't it episode 23 already? Two more and it's over! Why are they still posing a ton of questions and introducing new characters?

 

V.V. It seems he knows about the Geass, too.

V.V. tells Suzaku of the Geass, and Suzaku is furious upon knowing this. He then gets to talk to Lelouch, with a coldness fitting for the best friend who killed uh, his love interest. He asks Lelouch if he had ever been so furious at someone he could kill him. Lelouch says yes. (By which he is referring to his mother Marianne and her death.) It's obvious that Suzaku has an intent to kill his best friend, whom he now knows as Zero.

This just strengthens my argument: That Suzaku is a big hypocrite. Heck, I thought he said that changing the system through means like Zero does it leads nowhere? But now he himself wants to kill Lelouch for killing Euphemia? How does that make him any different from Zero? Unlike him, at least Zero has always been very straightforward about his intentions. Hah.

 

Lelouch is amused after he and Suzaku finish talking.

In the subbed that I watched, Lelouch said, "If you wish to fight me, then I shall entertain you. Because we're best friends." And then he laughed evilly, which was a fabulous ending to a good episode.

I swear, I will never side with anyone but Lelouch. ♥

I watched this twice; I think it didn’t sink in the first time. Because it was mad, and I had to pause and just breath. I'm still pretty speechless, so, uh. (Pictures in this post aren't mine, [except the last one] as I didn't really feel like taking screenshots myself. I found them here.)

It begins with Suzaku thanking Euphemia for what she's done.

They are holding a sort of ceremony to make the Special Administrative Zone of Japan official. Everyone is waiting for Zero to show up, since he and the Order of the Black Knights aim for this as well. He shows up in his Knightmare, together with C.C. who controls it for him.

 

"I won't. You will shoot me."

When he gets down he and Euphemia have a talk alone, where he tells her she's a big idiot for being so reckless. He initially plans to use the Geass on her and make him shoot her, so that when she does she will be deemed a traitor and therefore all the Japanese will once again turn against her and Britannia.

Outside, Suzaku sees C.C. and recognizes her. Walking up to her, he asks why she is with Zero. C.C. trails off while saying that, "Does this mean he is...?" (Gracious, he is what? What? The suspense is killing me.)

 

C.C. in the Knightmare, before Suzaku sees her.

In the course of this conversation, C.C. suffers from a sudden headache. Where he is, Lelouch also suffers from the same thing and he wards off Euphemia when she tries to help him.

 

Lelouch and Euphemia finally agree.

In the end Euphemia convinces Lelouch to cooperate with her anyway, and all is supposed to be well until Lelouch suddenly jokes about how she or anyone else won't be able to turn his command down if he's really serious about it. As if to prove his point, he tells her something along the lines of, "...Or I can even ask you to kill all the Japanese..."

And then all hell breaks loose.

His Geass has been activated without his knowing it, and Euphemia, acting upon the command, runs to the stage and asks all the Japanese to die - to commit suicide. But then she realizes it's impossible, so she tells all of the Britannian army close by to kill them. When they don't do as she orders, she shoots (with the ceramic gun that Lelouch was waving around while they were talking) at a random man in front of the audience and shows she means business.

 

Euphemia herself killing a Japanese.

(I found it creepy, actually.)

Of course the army at her command are very obedient, and they do as she says and kills every Japanese around.

Suzaku is incredulous that Euphemia could have ordered the murder of all the Japanese. Cornelia and Schneizer are equally shocked by the turned of events, and Cornelia decides to go to the battlefield herself.

Lelouch is horrified by what happened. He goes back to where C.C. is, and when she tells him he didn't expect for him to go so far, he tells her he didn't mean to do it. She seems surprised, carefully studying his expression and explanation.

 

C.C. looking at Lelouch.

Lelouch realizing the magnitude of holding the Geass at his command... 

or being held by the Geass at its command.

 

Lelouch giving the command to the Order of the Black Knights.

 

Back in the Knightmare, Lelouch once again assumes the role of Zero and orders the Order of the Black Knights to attact, as it turned out that Euphemia was an enemy.

I like the episode, despite the carnage in it. Although I knew something had to be done to turn everything to Lelouch's favor in the end, I didn't expect something like the Geass being permanent. I'm not too fond of the plot twist (Lelouch was just joking, c'mon), but I guess it worked, since they also showed a scene where Lelouch's father (where he exactly is, I have no idea) laughs as he watches the events unfold, commenting, "This kid has finally done it."

It seems like there's more to the Geass and C.C. than meets the eye. I wonder how everything will be wrapped up in three more episodes.

There's too much Euphemia in this episode.

Lelouch wakes up finding himself in some unknown island, and unfortunately stumbles upon Euphemia. He points his gun at her and plans to shoot, but she asks him to, well, reveal himself to her first before doing so. 

 Euphemia sees Zero.

See I told you she's stupid. She isn't even the slightest scared of having a gun pointed at her; instead she stupidly smiles and does nothing. Either she's brave or she's stupid, and I'm really believing the latter argument.

 Lelouch looks adorable here. ♥

Lelouch and Euphemia spend time with each other and I have to say, it doesn't really seem like Clovis or Cornelia hate Lelouch or anything along that line. All that's to blame is their father, that greedy monarch who hardly seems to care about his children to begin with. Ah, hatred is indeed a powerful curse.

Lelouch tries to find food for both himself and Euphemia, and, well, failing at it. Poor bastard.

On the other side of the island Suzaku finds Kallen and well, captures her naked. Like, yeah. Suzaku you pervert. I learned Suzaku wishes to change the Empire from within, while Kallen wants to do so by force. For the record, I'm siding with Kallen, because Suzaku is just painfully annoying with his idealism.(Or is it me and my growing interest on Machiavelli's The Prince? Squee.

 Kallen upon being found by Suzaku.

The two pairs found each other and had to make a trade, since Lelouch, again assuming the persona of Zero, pretends to take Euphemia hostage.

 

C.C. talking to herself. I think.

Another point: I don't really know who C.C. talks to when she's alone. Who or what is that? It's strange and somewhat, well, puzzling.

Overall I didn't like it a lot, but I guess it somewhat pushed the plot forward.