"to defeat evil i must become a greater evil" -lelouch

Lelouch is the only character who can destroy a world, create it anew, die and live to tell the tale.

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.

全てを悟ったナナリーが最期に一番伝えたかった「愛してる」をルルーシュに伝えて息を引き取った後に泣き叫ぶのが切ない

“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.

Everyone is cheering on Zero although lelouch’s sister is crying, and no one realized that Lelouch touched Zero’s helmet and said something...

ルルーシュ以上に優しさと覚悟を 持った人はいないよ…………

感動してた所に急にオレンジ卿がオレンジ作ってるのが出てきて笑った思い出があるわ

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

Goddamn... after all this time it still makes me cry when nunnally cries over his body and over all the cheering.

撃っていいのは撃たれる覚悟のあるヤツだけだ！ 最高のセリフだよな

何度見てもルルーシュの覚悟は凄いわ、自分に憎しみを集めても人類が争いをやめる保証なんてないのに・・・。

Whenever I hear Nunnally's screams, my heart gets ripped to pieces. This was such an amazing show.

There are still problems... *shows Jeremiah at orange farm*

自分がナナリーや生徒会のメンバーだったらすべての意図を汲み取ったとしてもそんなルルーシュの喪失に耐えられないわ

見てから結構経ってるのに未だに涙が出る😭

Nunally's desperation to tell him that she loves him is heart-wrenching.

Live long enough to make yourself a villain then die a hero. What a masterpiece.

オレンジ君の｢行け……仮面の騎士よ……｣が好きすぎる

このシーンだけでも涙止まらんな 間違いなく史上最高の作品

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'.

Damn. It must have been hard for Nunnally. While everyone is cheering she's over there crying her heart out being one of the few who knew the truth.

ここまでずっと胸の中にユフィ、シャーリーの事があったんだろうな……本当に後悔してたんだろうな。 覚悟って辛いな。 ここまでしないと人は結託出来ないのだろうか。

今まで何十回と観てるハズなのにナナリーの泣き叫ぶところでどうしてももらい泣きする

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..

After all these years, this ending still brings tears to my eyes, Lelouch is truly one of the best written characters of all time

Lelouch did something what Eren couldn't. Accomplish his goal without ruining his entire character.

1回しか効かないギアスを自分の命と引き換えに2度効かせた最終回素晴らしすぎる

Someone use the geass on me so I can forget about this anime just so I can watch it again...

Lelouch is better than light

ナナリーが泣き叫んだ瞬間、関係者全員がルルーシュの計画を悟ったんだろうな

これほんと秀逸なのが民衆のゼロコールが英雄への讃美歌のつもりが実は魔王の鎮魂歌なのがほんと皮肉だよ。だって今までの偉業を成し遂げたのはルルーシュなんだから

I thought it was really ironic that Jeremiah decided to work on an orange farm

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.

何度観ても泣ける話だからなぁ… 本当にやってくれる！

何回見ても泣けてしまうのが素晴らしい

Where boys cried: Endgame Where men cried:

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.

ゼロが出てきた時誰！？てなってたのに身のこなしですぐ誰か分かってしまうのちょっと面白かった

Many animes came and went but this masterpiece will always be a masterpiece.

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.

Nunally's realization is one of the most heart-breaking moments in anime.

今日ようやくアニメでR2まで見終わったけど、オレンジの人はルルーシュがこんな最後を迎えるのにスザクに対して笑顔で行け仮面の騎士よって言えるのすごいと思ったんだけど、ルルーシュの覚悟を汲み取っての事だったのかな？

このシーンのために残りの49話があると言って差し支えない

That exact scene where people are celebrating Zero while those who knows the truth sre crying.

Suzaku : so.. what's your plan lelouch ? Lelouch: first ... We will take over the whole world

このシーンまじで泣いたわ

手のひらくるくる返して裏切る「扇」が日本の首相になったときは頭の血管ぶちギレそうになった（笑）。

You know shit's old when it's 240p only

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!

ちょうど今日見終わったけど死ぬほどよかった 喪失感？余韻？えっぐい

小6の時これ見てまじで1週間くらい引きずった笑笑 ずっと泣いてた

One of my Favorite sentence 'Yes...I...destroy...the world and... create it anew'

Everyone chanting Zero while Nunally cries uncontrollably

本当最も構成が上手い作品の1つ 扇以外

みんながルールシュが悪く言うなかでもスザク・C.C・ナナリー・カレンだけでも真実を知ってくれてるだけでも十分だったんでしょうね。あと、ジュレミアもか

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

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.

悲しいけどやっぱりこの終わり方好きだな。映画で生きてたことなったけど

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.

I think it's really telling that Shirley was the first person to appear when Lelouch reflected on his life as he died. He really did love her.

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.

今まで見たアニメの中でラストが1番衝撃的だった作品。そして撃っていいのは撃たれる覚悟があるやつだけって序盤の言葉が胸に響いた作品でもあった。

久しぶりに見たけど未だに涙が出てくる😭

Nunnaly's scream is what really sold this scene. Still haunts me in my dreams :'(

So, I just binged this show in a few weeks, and let me say... THIS SHOW IS A MASTERPIECE AND I’M STILL CRYING

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.

未だにこれを超えるアニメの最終回に出会えていない ところで、復活のルルーシュは個人的には複雑

This is the best ending to an anime I’ve seen in my entire life

0:19 *clever girl* you figgured it out

ジェレミア卿が全力で見逃すの好き

いつ見ても色褪せない。名作の中の名作。

What makes this ending perfect is that lelouch stayed true to his character. Throughout the whole show he never tried to explain himself or apologize for his actions. for example, when he met with suzaku near the end of the show, he told him that he did use geass on euphy, he never told him it was an accident, that he didn't mean to do it. Quite the contrary, he took the blame, he told suzaku to shift the blame towards him but save nunnalys life. And then he applies this logic to the whole world, he made himself the bad guy, took the blame for everything and then died with all his sins. Truly a masterpiece, this has gone down as the best ending to a show i have ever watched. Edit: i would also like to add that he stayed true to his words when he said "The only ones who should kill are the ones who are prepared to be killed themselves"

This scene hurts so much. Even if Lelouch can return in the third season, I can not bear the weight of this scene ... When Nunnaly cries I just shed a flood of tears.

自粛期間で暇だったから昨日今日でコードギアス全部見たんだけど本当にいい作品だったと思う。 最初は絵柄苦手だなって食わず嫌いしてたんだけど 見始めたらそんなこと全然なかったしむしろ好きになった。 R2の最終話本当に悲しかった。 人の命が簡単に失われていったから、命軽すぎやんwって思ったけどそんなこと全然なかった。 一度自分で潰えてしまった命の重さ、もう後戻りはできない事実、味方ができたかと思うとその味方も敵になってしまって、もうなんか悲しかった😭😭

13 years later. Nothing out there beats this anime.

This anime killed me from the inside

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.

Who else came back here after Attack on Titan ending to relive the Nostalgia 🥹🥹 Nunally tears still hurts🥹

「世界を壊し世界を創る」か… 走馬灯も相まって最高の演出だと思う アニメイズムで見てたけどやっぱ涙止まらへんわ😭 ほんとルルーシュ最高だよ…

I find it hilarious orange is harvesting oranges

This is the real masterpiece. People that compares AOT ending to this one is delusional. It's not even close

ここでめっちゃ泣いて、その後の映画でめっちゃ安心した 本当に良かった

扇要はこんな時でも女のことしか考えてないしその後もルルーシュの真意に気付くことはなかった

ALL HAIL LELOUCH, IT IS TIME. HE IS NOT DEAD.

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.

0:39 ルルーシュの決断を理解してスザクをわざと逃したのカッコよすぎ

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.

I’m so pissed that nobody realized what lelouch did for the world

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.

Who was the better strategist... Like: lelouch Comment: light yagami

Lelouch got divided by 0.

このシーンだけは忘れられない ナナリー… ナナリーとルルーシュ好きすぎる そして、この曲でいくのは 余計に涙がとまらない

2:31 ユフィを殺した仇として憎しみの顔をしているけど 2:51 やはり幼い頃からの親友である友を自らの手で殺したという後悔、悲しみの表情。やはりこの辺描き方が上手いと思った

They never knew the real hero is falling down., except C.C, Suzaku, his sister, his loyal Jeremiah (Orange) and the knights (Kallen in particular); he acted like this to take away all the hatred (caused by his father, those who were against him, etc) for when someone (Suzuka) acts to end it so that Peace and the union in Democracy can come. I already wait for the movie sequel next year and see that the writers were smoked about why Lelouch is still alive (The logical reason is that he is now immortal when he killed his father)

Just in case you guys are not updated. That season 3 is actually not a season 3. Its gonna be a movie and will continue from the recap movies. It seems that the recap movies have a slightly alternate route. They have decided that this series will gonna stay like this. A masterpiece :)

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

ナナリーの慟哭と人々のゼロを称える歓声のギャップが辛すぎる...

I was jealous of his first love, Euphie. The first girl he ever cried for, Shirley. C.C who is always by his side and above all Nunnally whom he love so much and would do everything for her sake. Ah' Lelouch you're just a fiction character but why am I in love with you so much. It's been 10 years!

Anyonw else find it funny that Jeremiah was working on a orange farm