We'll we dont really know if he "survived" yet since the film isn't out. But pretty sure he comes back since the title of the new movie/show (idk if it's a movie or not) is called lelouch of the resurrection.
The most beautiful part of this is when they chat "Zero, Zero, Zero!" If you watch it without context, you think "god that's so horrible they're cheering for his death while his sister is weeping. But in reality lelouch is and always will be the true zero, so even if they don't realize it, they're chanting for him. A truly beautiful metaphor.
It is the hero that the people are calling for, the one who brings them hope, but in fact Lelouch is the one they are calling for. Zero is just an identity, which is the source of tragedy and epicness
5:10 My favourite scene of this masterpiece. Nunally crying after she realized her brother did all of this for her. The crowd cheering for Zero as a form of mockery to Lelouch. The man who created Zero and saved them all. Plus the ost is BEAUTIFUL.
@@geraldowillis8614 came for some good thrill but ended up being depressed. Clearly the most depressing and sad anime i ever watched (i know there are some even worse than this). Everything in this anime is just depressing... Shirley, rolo, betrayal, lelouch death, C.C horrible hellish of eternity, her being tortured
Lelouche is truly selfless. He sacrificed even his legacy for the future (even an apparently selfless man would want to be remembered as a good person), where he will forever be tainted by his evil acts
@@anonymousperson1706 in a sick twisted AF kind of way he's not entirely wrong. We all know and agree Hitler was a mad man that did horrible terrible atrocities but he earnestly believed he was fighting for a better world. This is probably what made him so sick and demented, that he fought so fervently for what he believed to be the correct and righteous path. Of course we all know he was just a homicidal maniac, but in his heart of heart he sincerely fought to make, what he believed would have been a better world
The reason why code Geass's ending is so loved is because it actually feels like the fate of the world was at stake, each individual plan and battle all had a meaning in the big plan, unlike some animes where someone just fights outta nowhere, this show was consistent and STILL packed balanced action, drama, and romance-
not just that but everything Lelouch did made complete sense. he was willing to villainize himself to save people and not ONCE did he try and shift blame or claim to be a patsy. he took the hits when they came and he adapted. almost every character in this show is just superbly written
Sub Nunnally is so much better than dub Nunnally it is actually worth watching the entire show subbed just for this one scene hitting so much harder in Japanese
“Those who kill should be prepared to be killed.” - Lelouch vi Brittania The man said it himself, and he fulfilled it. What an ending to an amazing story about a revolutionary from within consumed with hate.
I felt this was so.. unfair, but that is what makes this a perfect ending. Lelouch, at the end of the day, just fought for the better, however, he will always be remembered as a soulless dictator by everyone.
It's about perspective, they saw him as a heartless dictator, While on the other hand he is the Man that is blamed with hates and agony and he takes it to his death, stopping the cycle of hates like he said
Well most people that actually knew lelouch either knew about zero requiem beforehand or realized as soon as zero appeared and they weren't going to try to correct it. Even if they succeeded it'd undo the plan of lelouch being a pariah and turn him into a martyr. On the up side, he IS a martyr to everyone he actually cared about and his plan succeeded.
It doesn't matter if the world hates him. He knows that he deserves to suffer in hell for eternity but knowing the world he created for Nunally will make his worries for her future disappear.
That is why I cried so hard at this scene lol his sacrifice is too great. He loves really deeply. Many years later and I still cry whenever I accidentally see this scene.
@OLIVIA . (00000014872) she had no idea what Lelouch was doing until she touched him. As soon as she did, she told him she loved him. It's like an apology, even better
@Peruvian Potato yeah i hated her character ,as a sister u should atleast have investigated urself rather than getting influenced so easily ,makes me wonder how bad of a ruler she will be especially if someone like her who can be so easily influenced ,she is alive now so peace is prevalent but what happens when she dies , whether her kids will be psychopath like schneizel or kind like her, lalouch shouldn't have sacrificed himself imho i never understood that move
Sub Nunnally is so much better than dub Nunnally it is actually worth watching the entire show subbed just for this one scene hitting so much harder in Japanese
@@sdprecords6599 Definitely not speaking ill of the dub, I watched the show dubbed, I think it still hits in English, but her crying as the camera pans away with the sub is heartwrenching
About that... It happens all the time... I don't know why we use to be happy at someone's death. There's always some people who'll miss and grieve the fallen. But Nunally crying over his brother body is just a representation of how the world is still twisted... I wish I could comfort her... Oh and... No one would find it weird since he was probably "just falling" it happens a lot too.
@@sarveshnathan7559 I know it's just their categorized as villains so often by most people i just could not add them to the list and for good reasons. It's because both are arrogant and have serious anger issues. Both were forced to serve their evil masters (Vegeta/Frieza and Kratos/Ares) and they've both committed a long list of horrible deeds that can make them worse than the villains but to be fair if you had to go through all of the fucked up shit Vegeta and Kratos went through let's just say it would drive 99% of all people batshit crazy.
Extra hard for Nunnally because he had tricked her into thinking he had become a greedy power hungry villain when he used his Geass on her to take the key of damocles. She only realized after he died that he played the part so she could live in a happier eorld
Is even harder for Lelouch, the man was receiving Hate even from his loved Sister, dying as a villain for the greater good, where few will recognize as a great selfless act
IAmA bigTree There are many hints. At first, 0:20 where She says „Could it be... that what Lelouch was trying to do was.... She realised it at that moment. After that at 4:52, even Todo realises it because of saying „Could it be...“. Kallen says to him „Its Zero Todo, Its Zero.“ Like she was saying just shut up, after all that was his plan and we should just be quite and be thankful. You can also see she es crying. Bit the biggest of all hints is at 6:32 where she is saying „You might be laughing and telling me this was all according to your plan.“ -because that was his plan of course. But she isn‘t the only one to know. As I said Todo to, Tamaki also, Nunally of course, Nina, Lloyd, Cecile and also Sayoko. There were many hints before the last episode.
I cried, not just because lelouch died, but because after all of this he stuck to his promise of making a just world. And his method of doing so, making everyone hate his mask of the emporer, and for everyone to look up to his mask of zero was brilliant. But it's all so sad because he was alone in bearing all his sins, losing those dear to him, and yet only few people got to know the true lelouch. Lelouch is one of my favourite characters now. I loved watching this anime. ALL HAIL LELOUCH
I'd like to see how the black knights reacted after Leluch's death, judging by their expresions it seems they realized it was also Lelouch's plan. When they found out that Lelouch was using them as pawns, they betrayed and tried to assassinate him, but in the end, they realized that even Lulouch himself was a pawn that he sacrificed in his own 'game'.
The problem here is the new Zero. A lot of them knows that Lelouch was Zero so they would really want to know whos the new zero and if they learned that Suzaku is the new zero, not everyone will like it especially he killed more than 30 million people.
@dude guy Im ok with that if Suzaku lives a mysterious life like he will only show up when there is like a problem but in the end he was with Nunaly means he will have a lot of exposure to the members.
@@krimson4626 shows true character? Whatever happened to a guy who ripped of his hand and put a bullet in his eye Who was born into this world to fight for freedom Ohh sorry that was all just an act ig for Mikasa....
" Jeremiah, for failing to capture Zero, you've been demoted 3 ranks. You have 2 options, start over as a pilot or cultivate an orange farm"(Soldier higher than Jeremiah).
This takes me back to that one episode where Lelouch said that he’d make sure Euphemia would never be remembered as the Princess of Massacre.. I guess by that he meant he’d make himself the symbol of all things evil..
Wow, I forgot about that! It's nice of Lelouche to do that, he wanted to become someone so hated that he would lure everyone away from 'Princess of Massacre' and become someone greater than this.
@@Monkey_D_Luffyy what part of the writing do you not understand? I can explain everything to you unlike some people in this comments section who will only bring you hate
@@Monkey_D_Luffyy _One_ of the best. Notice how it's phrased? Obviously one person cannot know every piece of work that existed, exists, and will exist. That doesn't mean something can't stand out to the level where it's not wrong to put it _among_ the best.
@Peruvian Potato yeah i hated her character ,as a sister u should atleast have investigated urself rather than getting influenced so easily ,makes me wonder how bad of a ruler she will be especially if someone like her who can be so easily influenced ,she is alive now so peace is prevalent but what happens when she dies , whether her kids will be psychopath like schneizel or kind like her, lalouch shouldn't have sacrificed himself imho i never understood that move
@@hanitrader123 you forgot the fact that she was being manipulated and Lelouch knows there's no point in fighting that. But he still loved his sister so much he protected her even made himself the villain so Nunnally would be safe. You must really have no idea how strong love is do you? You don't save your sister and your friends for stupid reason like "they'll be a good leader" and sht. You save them because you love them. That's who Lelouch is. That si why even in his last breath, the only one who stood by him and loved him were his sister and his friends when they found out about his plans. And Nunally can take the death of Lelouch as a lesson to become a better leader. Plus she's guided by Suzaku.
bro, i was holding on to my tears but that scene broke me 😭😭i just finished the anime some minutes ago, and god...iv'e never seen any anime like this! i loved aot, but imho aot copied this ending.
@@anishaprasad9878 since u watch both code geass and aot so u will notice that scene when small Lelouch said "I hate Brittania and I want to kill them all" same like when small Eren said "I hate Titans and I want to kill all the Titans" and from there I realized that the creators of AOT are so inspired by Code Geass even the ending of AOT is also more or less the same as Code Geass (no hate, i love both story and i just sharing my understanding)
I mean lelouch's plan went exactly how he wanted where as light was beaten by some kid But maybe that was because light's enemies were smarter than lelouch's enemies
This is chivalry guys remember its his queens son who named him orange in the first place fir lady marriane and his highness lelouch he will farm orange forever
@@AkashLiyanage-cx4po funny i came across this comment but yeah aot was rly good and i dont rly like gore animes but it rly depends on taste for this choice aot ending was mediocre
One thing that isn't talked about enough is how Lelouch never feels the need to explain himself. Even if there are easily avoidable consequences, he accepts his mistakes and goes along with them. This is why he's the perfect character for this ending. Lelouch isn't made to be relatable for the audience, he is written to be admired. He's literally royalty.
creating a very realistic character that can relate to everyone + create amazing plot sounds very hard to do. I fully agree on what you said, Lelouch isn't someone you can sympathize nor hate. He is there to admire everyone and enrich the main plot of the anime just like a character of a normal story. That's what maybe makes Code Geass very fun to watch and hell it hooks you in Season 1 and makes you forget that season 2 is quite downgrade (don't get me wrong R2 is still a masterpiece but I literally got confused near mid-way in the show).
@@ViperDivinity the entirety of r2 was alot better written than the latter half of season 1 LOL, useless one off characters like mao, suzaku being a dumbfuck for no reason, and "haha kill all japanese, WAIT NO!" plot twist.
i find it beautiful how suzaku, one of lelouch's first friend, was the one who took his life and continued the legacy of zero whom lelouch himself created as the stepping stone for the "kind world" euphy and nunnally wished for.
Lelouch is the best example of an Anti-Villain type character (i.e the villain who has justifiable motives). He had good intentions from the start but his motives of achieving his goal we're ultimately evil in the end. Fortunately he was well aware of the evil tyrant he had become so using the last of the good inside of him he sacrificed himself in order save humanity and create a world where Nunally could live in peace as promised. It's his heroic sacrifice that makes his death so heartbreaking even to this day.
A detail nobody seems to note is how Karen realized everything at the last second. She says "Could it be that what Lelouch was trying to do was..." and looks at him knowing she was fooled all this time. Seconded to that, it's the moment in 4:53. Right when he was about to doubt the Zero he had in front, Karen interrupts him and says "That is Zero" firmly, understanding the role that Lelouch gave him in this story, knowing that this Zero was a messenger from Lelouch and that she had to play by the script to make everything work out. Also a nice thing is how Jerome had a little closure. Lelouch probably told him everything that was going to happen from the start and Jerome was touched by it, playing the character that Lelouch gave to him. I'd like to think that Lelouch apologized to him and planned a life for him to live easily and happily, after all, Lelouch messed Jerome's life really badly.
It's actually a very happy ending when you think of it, Lelouch won, in all senses of the word, and lived on through Zero in the publics eye. So basically even though Lelouch 'died' Zero lived. Very good writing.
Yeah, his plan to bring peace for a longer time was successful, and he also succeeded in making Zero a symbol of resistance, with no face. He actually got all he wanted. The sad part however, is that pretty much no one will remember him that way, which basically was his goal. He actually is a hero, but no one will and should see him that way, since that would be the base of the peace in the future...
It was perfectly happy enough for me. Lelouch died having accomplished what he wanted, although his image was tainted, the two people closest to him, Nunally and Suzaku knew the truth and had forgiven him.
Yeah after I watch Lelouch death I couldn’t watch any anime nor do anything because I was so sad and couldn’t even do anything. I get depressed for 3 hours
@@tronalddump6768 but it makes sense coz she is the one who knew everything about him. He had different relationships with all the girls and it was beautiful but it is realistic that he ended up with CC. Had it be Kallen or Shirley, it wouldn't be a good ending.
I always thought it was interesting that Suzaku and C.C. live despite their earlier wish to die while Lelouch and Euphemia die in an effort to better the world... it's so tragic!
This has to be one of the greatest endings I’ve seen in all of art, including non anime, and perhaps the greatest ending in anime. No matter how many times I watch this scene, when lelouch speaks his last words and his life flashes before his eyes, I can’t help but tear up.
@@Nataton-cg8zo if you remember, when kallen and Suzaku were fighting in the Knightmare frames, Suzaku said he had one last thing to complete. Here, Kallen realises the whole plan of the boys.
Arguably the one of the most important scenes in anime history, a scheme of an intelligent mastermind as he sacrifices himself for the sanctification of humanity
You've got to hand it to Nunnally, she not only quickly made sense of the chaotic memories, she also acted upon them immediately, making sure Lelouche knew that she forgave him.
Makara I feel really bad for Nunnally to be honest. Like really, she lost her brother here. And despite all that happened, she forgave him and loved him anyway. And I think that really hit her hard because from what I understand, Lelouch was mostly all Nunnally had. Poor thing. She seems so sweet just from here
she realized it the moment she saw him smiling as he was dying, only people who know they've fulfilled their duty smile at the time of their death, I could make a long list but that's a continued story.
JingTheKingOfBandits The announcement explicitly stated that season 3 will be a few years after the zero requiem, and it's main character will be Lelouch. And "Code Geass: Fukkatsu no Lelouch" translate to "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Resurrection" in English. You were wrong and we were right. Get the fuck over it
Not really, the announcement only stated, that Lelouch would be involved in some way, not that he is the main protagonist. You should be very careful, in the end, nothing is proven. We will see, when the anime comes back. But until now, there is no evidence, just theories.
Man this death made me cry ugly tears but I’m so glad that Lelouch got to hear those words from Nunnally before he passed, that alone would have meant everything to him.
The saddest part is that when you think of most of the people who died in this show, they were barely 18 or younger not even proper adults,who never got the chance to live out their lives.
@@muhanadelhalangi yeah I am sure Hitler wanted to express his true feelings too?? Killed 2 billion for friends?bro... Well didn't care much about hange dying i guess. Achieved nothing So all that was an act huh? Keep moving forward...blaming Reiner for his mother's death? It's called a retcon Not a you didn't understand
@Pinkfong Baby Shark indeed and he also redirected the hatred towards euphy to himself.. he endured everything.. truly he is the greatest mastermind in the anime verse
But that was the point. He directed the world's hate onto himself so they would be satisfied with his death and move on in creating a better future for themselves. That's the purpose of Zero Requiem. Those who mattered to him knew the truth. C.C, Nunally, Suzaku, Kallen etc. We have to console ourselves with that fact.
If all the theories are wrong, and Lelouch really died here, I will always be happy that at least his sister said she loved him before he died. He knew that what he did was unforgivable, and had already accepted that he would go out with her hating him. Her forgiving him must have made him so happy.
Shoot, I wrote it backwards. What I meant to say is that if he really died, then there would be plot holes because his sister is able to see his memories which only a code-bearer is able to do. So I think, he had the code, his sister touched him and saw the memories, he died and then the code activated bringing him back to life.
***** Oh haha. But did his geass go away after he died , is that how it works? Or is he a rare case being able to bear both code and geass (hence the name like many pointed out).
Quite possible (I sure hope so!). But it could be explained by the fact that Nunally has the "ability" to sense people's true feelings by touching their hands. Because of her blindness. It happens at least twice I believe. I remember the time when a woman was assuring her nobody would be hurt or something like that and she took her hand then said : "that's a lie, isn't it?". I prefer your explanation though because I want him to be alive.
When nunally cries, I start to cry. Her heartbroken scream is one of the most emotional moments ever. Combined with the scene and music, anybody should feel heavy in the heart after this
@@nworder4life Well she was deceived by schneizel who is one of the best manipulator in the series on par with lelouch or even better so I think we can forgive her to an extent. Even though I am a bit salty of her betrayal we must remember that she is (or was after all this) a bit naive, gullible and a sheltered girl who was easy to control.
@@Nim... Alot of it was stupid. Lelouch telling Nunally not to get in his way of taking over the world, lelouch not telling Suzaku euphemias death was an accident. R2 really did not have good writing. The characters all kept secrets to themselves and yet expected others to understand them.
@@nworder4life In the end secrecy was the biggest cause of all the destruction and killing that happened in the story? Now that I think about it you are right *sigh* if only lelouch were a bit more trusting then many things would have gone perfectly. And Shirley and Euphie would NOT be FREAKING DEAD and kallen would have been main waifu (with cc of course)!!!
Sorry but not me even after watching this the first time it never actually hit me i guess maybe because im used to deaths and that maybe that i was thinking at the time that she just lost her brother i lost my father and siblings
Ngl even after years his deaths hits hard as ever... This anime was a peak of perfection and had an ending that was both cruel and brutally realistic in its core. Lelouch will always be a hero despite the fact he didnt cobsider humself as one, what a great character 😭❤️❤️
Man... I've rewatched this scene so many times and it still hits me like a truck even to this day. Code Geass will forever be one of my most favorite animes of all time
Just think about how it feels to be Suzaku. Loses his one true love, loses his best friend after finally understanding his motives...those tears were off a man who'll forever just be an empty shell for justice and Nunally.
