Code Geass R2 Episode 25 Reaction & Discussion! 

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On the "Nunally is the only one crying at Lelouch's death", the funny part is that it also mirrors Euphy's death, with Suzaku crying over her death while the Japanese chant for Zero.

The poetic irony of Lelouch’s original goal of wanting to live peacefully with Nunnally, and Suzaku wanting to die for his sins, only for them to get their respective goals instead, is a great capstone to both of their character arcs. Even way back in episode 1 Lelouch said, “the only ones who should kill are those prepared to be killed.” My favorite anime to date, so happy that both enjoyed it!

My read on the interaction between Toto and Kallen is that both of them actually fully realized what's happening, but when Toto is about to verbalize it, Kallen corrects him to state the intent of going along with it, so by stating that it's Zero, she's shaping that as the reality.

The contrast between Nunnally crying and population hailing Zero it's so... I don't even have words to explain it! 💔💔💔

You guys were one of the best Code Geass commenters for me. The way you talk about each and every episode, theories and idea and predictions and the reactions you give were all fantastic. I purely starting watching you guys from Jan due to Code Geass reaction and now aboslutely love you guys and def be sticking around. Also, if you guys or anyone in here doesn't know, Code Geass season 3 is a thing which started literally just 3 weeks back with 3 episodes. Its called Code Geass: Roze of the Recapture. So if you guys are up for it, that'll be a great reaction as well

One of the best endings ever, I get teary eyed for Nunnally every time.

I've seen that ending so many times from different reactors. I think Kallen and the rest of the black knights knew that the person in the Zero mask was a different person. I think they knew that this crazy scenario was something the real Zero would think of, the real Zero being Leulouch.

Fun facts from the interweb: Lelouch believed that you had to start a rebellion/work from the outside to achieve peace, while Suzaku thought the opposite-and in the end, both their views were needed to make their dream a reality. Lelouch took Suzaku's philosophy and took over as Emperor, and Suzaku took Lelouch's philosophy and became Zero. The appearance of Zerozaku has the same music as Zero's debut in R1, when Lelouch uses Geass on Jeremiah in front of a global audience. At different points in R2, when Lelouch has doubts about continuing, he gets told by Kallen to continue lying to her until the end to free Japan, and by Suzaku to turn his lies into truths and work with him to make things better. And during the Zero Requiem arc he lies to Kallen to free Japan (and to prevent her from suffering with him in his Zero-Approval Gambit), and he works with Suzaku to make all Zero's talk about making a better world actually true. - Drakyndra The Geass symbol looks like a bird in flight. Folded cranes are used throughout the series as a symbol for a wish. Near the end, Lelouch reflects that Geass is like a wish... Lelouch and Suzaku both gained power from performing a noble act. Lelouch ended up in the terrorists’ truck because, unlike the other people standing around, talking, and taking pictures of the crash, he went down to see if anyone was hurt. Suzaku refused to shoot his best friend, even under threat of discharge or death, so he was wounded and Lloyd and Cecile found him. This led to them allowing him to pilot the Lancelot. I'm not sure if this was deliberate, but I've noticed something interesting about the episode references to Lelouch as a demon as well as his tendency to speak of himself this way. Lelouch has a much remarked similarity to Light in Death Note, but of course, Light always refers to himself as God. This really underscores how different the two characters actually are It always bugged me that in R2 the mechas always explode after receiving fatal damage, something which happened less in R1. But then I realized that the new mecha were built after the conquest of Japan, the worlds largest supply of sakuradite, which was used as a mecha power source. The knightmares were upgraded with more sakuradite, and thus made big explosions. There's also the audio drama that shows how Clovis originally decided to take that position. He clearly has no inclination towards war and politics, and no desire to involve himself in it, but in the Britannian royal family, if you're not a soldier, you're trash. Cornelia and Schneizel are incredibly rude to him and he just takes it. Then he tells them that he has accepted the position of viceroy of Area 11, and they're shocked and they don't think he can do it. He tells them he wants to do it to make Lelouch's "final resting place" peaceful for him, for the younger brother who never knew how much Clovis cared for him. Euphemia tells Clovis that Lelouch sent her a letter and mentioned making friends with a boy his age in Japan. Clovis says that he thinks he should be gentle to the Elevens in that case, since Lelouch had a friend among them. Both Cornelia and Schneizel tell him that he can't let himself be soft, and that a viceroy should be ruthless.

Lelouch and Suzaku ended up being that iconic duo at the end

"I destroy the world, and create it anew" - Lelouch Vi Britannia

“The only people who should kill are those prepared to be killed”. Lelouch said this at the end of R1 episode 1, right before he used Geass for the first time to kill Britannian soldiers. The exact sequence repeated in R2 episode 1. Now that is what I call foreshadowing.

Everyone always says this is one of the best endings. For me personally, this is the best ending. I watched this anime last year, and before that, I knew nothing about it. Also, both Lelouch and Code Geass have been my favorite characters and anime until now.

And this is the reason this show is my favorite anime. Nothing can top it. I love how she mention Nana touched Lelouch and saw everything that was a big part of how the Code geass R.R theory came around too

It's been a hell of a ride 🫡

This is what peak looks like. All Lelouch Vi Britannia, the 99th Emperor of the holy Britannian Empire and your only ruler!

The whole episode is so damn amazing and heart-wrenching at times like still the best ending to any anime or manga I can think of or seen. For once and for all, All Hail Lelouch Vi Britannia!!! How so much comes full circle is so awesome and Lelouch's final moments, oh man 😢

thank you for the reaction of this anime, i think its the best reaction and discussion till now in youtube, you deserve more subs and i really enjoyed watching every episode

Code Geass is one page of my youth. Thank you for watching :)

All Hail Lelouch♠♠♠

Kallen understood what happened right after nunnally did. If you read her poem, she knew lelouch knows that Kallen would follow him to hell so he swerved her

Code Geass landed it's ending. Perfectly. So many great anime couldn't do this.

Some comments are talking about the "special" ending with Lelouch smirking at the end after CC said "Right Lelouch". Its a fake edit that has been debunked 10 years ago. You could just try to find it on YT. Its a fake edit, the drawing lines are pixelated, the broadcasting station TBS logo wasn't even shown in that video. No one in the Japanese fandom ever discussed that ending at all

I destroyed the world and created a new...... Johnny Yong Bosch performance was insane.

The dub is great but Nunnally's cries in the sub at tge end hit way more hard i couldn't stop crying

lelouch's emperor of the world speech still gives me goosebumps

I was out for work so I can't see this in time . But you 2 are most favourite code geass reactors till now. Thank you , the journey with you was amazing . I am looking forward to seeing you guys watching more of the series , the movies , the spin offs.

Here is my take, why I think the ending could be realistic: At the start of the show, we had Britannia as a super power, dominating a huge portion of the world, we had china which could be a super power, but had a lot of intern problems like corruption, the EU which isn't a super power and a lot of lose countries, with nearly no relevance at that time. After the whole princess of China thing, China broke down in a civil war. After Lelouch destroyed the order of geass and V.V. died, he created the UFN (United Federation of Nations). Which contained most nations of the world (including parts of china, but not all of it), one rule of the UFN was, that no nation can have it's own army, instead they have the Black Knights as an contract force, which most likely contains the soliders of the former armys of the member nations. So we technically we had two super powers with the UFN and Britania at that point, with Lelouch as Emporer of Britania declaring war onto the UFN. Lelouch won that war, but we can asume that a lot of soliders lost their lives and tons of war materials got destroyed. And Schizel got ordert to follow Zero. After that we got a 2 month time skip, in which Lelouch played the evil dictator, but most likely he also conquered the remining Nations and disarmed them, as well as dismantled a lot of his military power, that was not needed to keep control. (At least I would do that in his position at that point.) After Lelouch died we got Zero (Suzaku) as Leader of the Black Knights, also the Core Members of the Black Knights, which knew that Lelouch was Zero, as well as Lelouchs inner circle, do know that Suzaku is now Zero. Since either they knew enough to piece it together or they knew of the Plan since Lelouch told them. What happend next is most likely that they rebuild the UFN with Britania as a Member this time, since Nunally is most likely temporary leader of Britania. And I suspect she would make the deal to reduce Britanias Voting Power in the UFN. They most likely would renew the System that no member nation is allowed to have an army and the Black Knights will be the Peachkeepers again and will be lead by Suzaku for a really long time, since it is unlikely he will die in an unnatural way before his time has come. The UFN with Britania should be in control of over 90-95% of the World and the Black Knights should not be a small force. So peace should be gurenteed for a long time. Sure there are a lot of internal problems everywhere and Kallen stated it herself, that there a still a lot of problems. Also they did not solve world hunger or such things, it was stated that the energy that was focused on wars, is not directed at things like solving world hunger. I personally would say we got a stable situation for at least 50 years and regarding what they achieved in these 50 years, there is a good chance that it will hold way longer. Most likely after Suzaku stops being the leader of the Black Knights, they will go for a council instead of an single leader, since it splits the power to a bigger number of people. How long it will hold after Suzaku is gone, depends on the question how likely it is that the democratic leadership will get corrupt. From what I've seen around the world, the less internal crisis a country has, the more unlikely it is that the leadership will get corrupt. Since people would Vote against people that have been found to be corrupt, the more internal crisis a coutry has the more the votes change to people that tell you that they will solve the problem and most likely they are people that seem to be succsessful in live, regardless of how they got there. So the chance increases for corrupt people to get power. So it really depends on how the next 50 years develop, while the OG people that know or could guess the plan, who want to keep peace, are in positions of power.

its been a nice ride watching with you guys!

My favorite part is always when Lelouch's friends and sister realize what's going on. When they realize his real plan. That's when they, themselves, break free of the Geass that their bonds with him were fabricated. Brings the tears every time.

Man, I always cry to this ending. It just gets me no matter how many times I have watched it (which is a LOT lol).

I think that one of the reasons this ending works so well and is so beloved all these years later is that Lelouch started as a sympathetic character who did good things for bad and selfish reasons but ended up as a character that had a genuine change of heart that did bad things for good reasons. He gave hope to an oppressed people while only wanting to use them for his own gains but ended up actually helping them in the end

Yesss you witnessed the BEST ending in anime

Just my take: Kallen understood the whole thing once Suzaku started the whole zigzag dodging. and when that happen, she's crying while saying it's Zero (Because Toudou was about to say is that Suzaku, he's his former boss and recognized his abilities.) She did that because she knows if she doesn't, the whole plan of Lelouch and Suzaku's sacrifice will be wasted. Zero have to be Zero and not Suzaku. At this point, Zero is now just a symbol.

ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!!

Wow i never considered the Kallen toast meta moment. Great commentary!!!!

and that was Code Geass, still one of my all time favorite anime, is it perfect? no, not at all but its such a wonderful story that i love it all the same, thank you for watching it all the way to the end, and im glad you enjoyed it as much as you did

You guys are really great reactors. I'm glad you enjoyed CG its one of my favorite anime.

I love orange boys ending. One of his options as punishment after zero freeing suzaku was to work on a orange farm.

The irony is that lelouch put on the zero costume to save susaku from execution and susaku put on the costume to execute leleouch

This is what makes Code Geass so so memorable, it's far from a flawless series but with so many enemy struggling with finding a good ending, this final episode is just perfect

This is one of my favorite series. Lelouch is such a good protagonist. The ending pretty much sets the bar for good endings. And there are so many twists and turns in the story, and it feels like that status quo changes every few episodes. An absolutely legendary series.

You two should watch Gundam 00. It's another series made Sunrise and it was aired during the same time as Code Geass. Both had very satisfying moments and 00 has a good premise like Code Geass did.

Both Kallen and Tohdoh recognize Suzaku then she recovered and continued the lie calling him Zero.

Discovered your playlist through a casual search a week ago. Such a wonderful journey watching alongside you! Really appreciate your in-depth discussions and observant style. I'm from China and watched both seasons back in 2009 when I was still a teenage boy. That lelouch's ending left me in shock. In the CN community, fans are divided over the ending: some believe in the Cart-driver theory, while others believe in the Dead-to-the-ash theory. I used to be a Cart-driver believer because of how much I love the main character. However, looking back now, I believe that his death elevates the entire series, making Code Geass a timeless masterpiece and classic.

It has been debunked officially by the Code Geass director that Nunally didnt see any vision when she touched Lelouch's hands. She just realized that he wasn't lying, and that all this was part of the plan. It was in Mook Media 2009 interview. During the screening of the last recap movie, the director also clarified that immortal code doesn't need the code receiver to die first before it could be activated. When Charles fell down after getting shot by Lelouch in R2 ep15, he was already immortal and only trolling his son.

For me, Code Geass is a very few animes which have a satisfying ending. Even popular ones, like AoT, don't have that. Like your reaction and discussion

This was a great conversation you guys really understood the material here so bravo. A few notes based on your conversation. - Nunnally can read hearts via touch. Only she and Suzaku have "superhuman" level traits in the series. - There is peace becauseLelouch chose all world leaders: Lelouch created the UFN, dismantled nobility and made Nunnally Empress of Britannia, Suzaku/Zero protects her like Lelouch always as a Knight of justice, and Schneizel is a brilliant statesman hypnotized to serve "Zero" not Lelouch. All of Emperor Lelouch's staff was pardoned because they were forced and betrayed him at the end. - Tohdoh trained Suzaku he knows him anywhere. As you mentioned Kallen realized and bought into Lelouch's miracle "That is Zero." - That float was specifically designed so that Lelouch could be with Nunnally at the end. - Suzaku wants to die, but to Lelouch the "Live" command is a gift for his friend. - Nunnally and Euphy are the only 2 people who were able to resist Lelouch's Geass.

Its astonishing how much had to be in place for the Zero Requiem to work. Two key things: He had to separate Lelouch from Zero in the eyes of the Black Knights He had to make himself and only himself the enemy of LITERALLY everyone The first, he managed by confronting them in person, with Xingke finally refering to him as Lelouch being the enemy of the world instead of Zero. For Schneitzel, Zero and Lelouch were never separate, since he didnt have a connection with either of them beyond adversary. This was important for the geass command to work. Also important that Schneitzel could not see Zero kill Lelouch, as it would have fucked with his command. Like this, Zero was kept being a symbol for justice. Secondly, making himself the sole enemy, he had to make a victim of - Suzaku: dead - Lloyd and co.: switched sides at last minute - his army: with the Black Knights knowing about Geass, they knew they were not willing. Also the wording "be my slaves" is interesting since it might also hold the resentment that comes from being a slave, hence they also cheer at the end. - Britannia as a whole- abolishing the aristocracy, the royal family and changing the chant to "All hail Lelouch" works to separate him as a ruler from his people, putting Britannia the country on the same level as any other country he overtook. - Jeremiah was left to destroy all unnecessary remaining Geasses and I guess to be exiled to an orange farm It helps that those deciding the fate of the world going forwards were in on it, forcing them to be better for all the sacrifices to be worth it. He also made sure there is a counter to the deadliest weapon in the world, so there is no arms race and blew up the biggest Sakuradite mine in the world. The two issues I found were: If anyone supported tyrant Lelouch and his policies without being Geassed because they were some kinda fanatics. There is always someone like that, in such a big population... If any conspiracy theorist questions why he was killed with the same sword he himself was waving around at the deciding battle.

it is realistic kalin said we still have problems but the energy is not going to war

never in my life i cried at an ending

The best part of this episode is the montage of lelouch's life as he is dying, especially the last memories of nunally, suzaku and he as children😭.

I loved watching it again alongside you guys ❤ I have enjoyed Eva, Tengen and now Geass with the best duo on the platform 🥳 Tho I feel sad. Don’t know why, but I connected with Geass again and it hurts to see it end 😞

Memorize *THIS!* Thank you guys so much for your amazing reactions it was a lot of fun rewatching with you

best anime ending ever. especially the japanese version. so many emotions

Very deep review guys nice one

Great reaction! Code Geass is legendary! Is on my top 10 anime list! Keep it up! See ya! R2

Nunally's weakness is the STAIRS

THANK YOU FOR THE REACTION!!!!!! YOU BOTH MAKE MY THURSDAY DRIVING HOME FROM WORK FUN =D

Ive seen this like 20 timee why am i still crying???

Lelouch Vi Brittania died as he lived. FRICKIN AWESOME

“A true king bear the sins of his people to the very end.”

I love watching both of you! ❤

Thanks for doing Code Geass y’all were fantastic

Thankyou for your journey! It was very fun watching the reaction & the discussion. Actually there's a picture drama about the happy ending time skip you mentioned, it's called "Kiseki no Birthday"

*Thank you guys for reacting to Code Geass ❤️ i love that you enjoyed it so much ❤️, i loved your reaction to nunnaly crying aswell, it was really touching that you guys shed tears ❤️ i love it ❤️ this reaction is so perfect ❤️*

Man, I hope you guys one day do the Code geass Akito the exiled movies or the Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection They all connect to this anime

Most other people have mentioned all the other little things about the ending so I will try to make my thoughts brief... try: great ending, part of Suzaku's arc was seeing how he would be punished for his sin against his father and in the end, I think in the end him ironically being forced to be a symbol of the worlds freedom is fitting. Lastly a fun little thing to note is that when we see Kallen at the end, she's in her uniform, but her hair is like when she's in the Black Knights, giving us a visual that she can be the real her in this new world.

You guy's should check out R3 it's in the movie timeline. Which is a retelling of R1 & R2 which has differences than the cannon timeline. You don't have to watch both the R1 & R2 movies because the differences aren't that major except for 1, but you'll be able to point it out in the first few minutes of R3.

Truly an amazing power

some things that dont get mentioned alot, lelouch's plan is actually ALOT more in depth then what we are outright told: firstly one of the big reasons why japan was taken over was the sakuradite, japan held about 70% of the worlds supply and its a crucial part for their most potent technology, by blowing up mount fuji it means japan will never be a target because of resource greed in one of the throne room scenes jeremiah reports he eliminated earl rosenkreuz who was the last of the britanian nobility resisting lelouch meaning there will never be any nobility grabbing for the britannian throne all the people he enslaved are enslaved to lelouch vi britannia meaning now that he is dead they are free from their geass again schneizel IS still under his geass because he serves zero not lelouch so schneizel will never grab for power either

36:45 this show is like an inverted saturday morning cartoon. Zero has cobra commander from GI Joe energy or like shedder from teenage mutant ninja turtles. Suzaku is the “good guy” main character always showing up at the last minute and foiling the bad guys plans. That’s why zero always looks evil in promos and stuff his character is literally villain coded

Yall need to watch the movies now. Mainly Lelouch of the re'surrection and the new one Roźe of the Recapture. EDIT: Roźe is a series

one of if not the best anime anime endings ever

Fun fact: During the parade, when the group of rebels comes out of the building to free the prisoners, they let a blind man (Guilford) and a pregnant woman (Villetta) go out first and lead the way. I’m laughing so hard every time because it’s so stupid

are you going to watch the movie?

9:55 The best speech I've ever heard in an anime! 😋

Okay, I've scrolled a bit, but no one is mentioning the "Lelouch survived" controversy. Look it up, but TLDR for that theory, Lelouch is the driver of the wagon C2 is on and survived by inheriting the Emperor's geass code. Would love to hear what you guys think!

still listening to Continued Story ost time to time ❤

"and for those that comitted the great sin of killing their own father they received the harshest punishment: lelouch who wanted to create world where he could peacefully live with his little sister had to die to make that world a reality suzaku who wanted to attone for his sin by dying to save others had to live to keep this world a reality"

Peace ALWAYS comes at a cost.

you can almost feel that stab 14:24

I think you guys would like Code Geass Resurrection movie, because it is kind of an alternate ending in a alternate universe.

Important note: The movies and such that came after are not canon. The creator said himself those are AU, but Lelouch's death at the end of the series is the canon end to his story

Weelll the thing is there is an OVA.... I highly recommend that you watch it. That last remark by C.C. at the end of the episode somewhat preludes to what is revealed in the OVA. No, I will not spoil it for you.

Madder Sky always makes me tear up. My all-time favorite anime for 16 years.

If you watch the movie, you can react to a new/ongoing show. The first 3 films are a separate, but 90% identical recap universe. The only changes are derived from trying to trim the story. But movie 4, Lelouch of the Resurrection, takes place after the Zero Requiem AND its end credit scene sets up a new series : Roze of the Recapture - which is airing its dub right now! Only 2 eps in. You can jump right from the end of R2 to Lelouch of the Resurrection if you can set aside/acknowledge Shirley being alive due to her stories being cut.

BTW, Suzaku and Karen is fighting in front ofDamocles' Area 11... LOL

Lelouch didn't make like total world peace, what he made is symbolicly connected to "the great peace" which is a term coined after ww2. This is enforced by the last movie of the alternate timeline (Ressurection) where a country Zhinistan or what it's called was thriving of war since their main source of income was weapon and explosives productions. So conflicts still reign on in the Code Geass universe.. My view is that it's symbolic to chess, where the white side has the advantage and is the aggressor, and Britannia was the white side for along time but Lelouch flipped the board so now the biggest countries powers focus on democracy and are members of the united states of federations and the insurgents are remnants of the warmongers who now takes the black, defensive side. It's hard to put in words because the chess symbolism in this series are very narrative focused, even to the point of breaking chess rules in favor of foreshadowing major events in the show. Check out "how lelouch led with the king" by Kato for a great rundown on the chess symbolism in this show.

If you want to check Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapure (heads up, it has INSANE amounts of fanservice) you definetely have to watch the Lelouch of the Re;surrection movie first.

As everyone claims, this is a perfect ending, so it's better not to watch the rest of Code Geass, or if you do, take it as a fanfiction.

All Hail, Lelouch!

Thank you guys for reacting to one of the top Anime-only (there was no manga, LN, or WN, just a dream and Cheese-kun). Absolutely love watching you guys watch with a fresh/open mind about how this world is presenting its problems and everyone's solution to solving it. About the movies/extra...Akito the exile is a great few episode OVA that takes place between the seasons. The movies on the other hand are a "recap", but it is more of a build up to the Re'surrection movie. Not going to explain anymore, but if you do decide to watch them, should be okay to watch the first 2 on your own as it would help understand whats different for the 3rd.

My theroy is that Lelouch lived and gained immortality after his deal with C2. The title of Season 2 is R2. Why? In Japan they don't have the letter L so they replace it with the letter R. Therefore Lelouch Lamperough is L2 but in Japan he would be R2. I think he was literally the guy giving C2 a ride on the cart.

So without spoiling it……there is a lore reason for why Nunally can see Lelouchs memories. She had no powers but it isn’t the first time we’ve seen individuals pass on memories. Also the recap movies change a few small things, in particular Shirley doesn’t die. sorry for that spoiler but it didn’t sound like you planned to watch it and her inclusion in the next movie would not have made sense without you knowing that. Some other commenter I came across really put Lelouches strategy into perspective. He purposely mind controlled all his wouldbe rivals for the throne and then purposely sacrifices them in the last battle by sending them into the Freya warheads path. He also destroys MT Fuji which was part of the reason the war started over liquid sakuradite. Which means wagering wars with nightmare frame became ridiculously expensive.

PLEASE watch Lelouch of the Re;surrection movie. It does follow the recap movies timeline, which basically an alternate take on the original story that changes a few minor things other than 1 change, which is Shirley doesn't die. Thats the only important change you have to know before watching Re;surrection, otherwise the main events that happen are the same. It provides a nice end to all the characters especially C.C. Love your reactions!❤

Will I ever NOT cry at this???

One of the best things that goes over the head of everyone during this final arc, ONLY Suzaku Kururugi (White Reaper of Britannia) and Lelouch Vi Britannia (Treacherous Emperor) (Both played by lelouch and Suzaku as the image for the Evil Britannia) are really the only people of the main cast who died. No one died from either side except from that dumb Diethard (fcker dont know which side he is on the whole time).

so this isnt the end of the story. in the sub theres a sec or so where we see lelouch is the one c.c is talking to. theres movies that retell the show but is differs with a few changes. the last movie takes place after the end of the show in that time line. there is also a new show that just started called code geass roza of the recapture. this is in the movie timeline and takes place years after the last movie.

NOW LELOUCH OF THE RESURRECTION