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8 years ago 2009 a.t.b.

Announcing Prince Lelouch vi Britannia, 17th heir to the Royal Britannian Imperial throne!

I heard Empress Marianne was killed inside of the Britannian palace.

There's no way terrorists could have just gotten in there!

Then, the real killers must have been...

Beware, my friend! You'll regret starting rumors like that around here!

And yet he seems so steadfast, even though his mother is dead!

But he has no path to the throne now.

And the Ashford family who backed them is finished, too.

And his sister, the princess?

I heard she was shot in the legs.

And that she'd lost her sight.

Hysterical blindness, though, right?

It's the same thing. She can't even be married off for political gain now.

Your Majesty! My mother has passed away!

What of it?

What of it?!

You sought an audience with the emperor of Britannia simply to tell me that?!

Send in the next person! I have no time to babysit a child!

Father!

Yes, Your Majesty!

Why didn't you protect Mother?!

You're the emperor! The greatest man in this nation!

You should have protected her! And now you don't even visit Nunnally!

I have no use for weaklings!

Weaklings?!

That is what it means to be royalty!

Then I don't want to be your heir!

I've had enough of the fighting and the scheming over who will succeed you!

You are dead.

You've been dead from the moment you were born.

Who gave you the clothes you wear?

Your home, your food, your very life!

All of those, I have given to you!

In short, you have never actually lived!

And yet you dare to speak such foolishness to me!

Lelouch!

As you are dead, you have no rights.

I am sending you and Nunnally to Japan.

As prince and princess, you will serve as bargaining chips.

The moment when I might be able... Jibun wo sekai sae mo

To change myself and even the world Kaete shimae sou na shunkan wa

It's always right there at my side Itsumo sugu soba ni

Even as I stood still, looking at myself Kakusenu iradachi to

With undisguised frustration Tachitsukusu jibun wo mitsume

Feeling lost, feeling anguished Mayoi nagara nayami nagara

Feeling mournful, deciding what to do Kuyami nagara kimereba ii sa

All it took was a single word from you Kimi ga kureta kotoba hitotsu

And my uncertainty vanished Tomadoi wa kiesari

You let the light shine into what was my empty room Karappo datta boku no heya ni hikari ga sashita

The sky I had been looking up at... Miageta oozora ga

Cleared and turned blue Aoku sumikitte yuku

And I decided to throw open... Tozashita mado wo hiraku

The windows that were kept closed Koto kimeta

The moment when I might be able... Jibun wo sekai sae mo

To change myself and even the world Kaete shimae sou na shunkan wa

I feel it right here with me Kanjiru ima koko ni

ATTACK CORNELIA

It's a seventh-generation Knightmare Frame, making its abilities far greater than normal...

I've heard the Lancelot's pilot is an Eleven.

Yes, an honorary Britannian. However...

I've granted him a special promotion from private to warrant officer.

He should be satisfied with that.

I can win without depending on any Numbers.

Those who risk their lives in combat deserve to rule.

I understand the theory, Sister, but still...

I'm sorry you have to sit here helping me with my homework.

It's all right. You haven't gone through a normal school before, so it can't be helped.

The guys on the student council are helping me too, but it's still kind of hard.

To be honest, I've been a little worried.

I've heard it's a fairly liberal school, but I was wondering if you weren't fitting in well.

I was prepared for that.

But, just by chance, I ran into an old friend there, and he smoothed things out for me.

Value that friend.

If your friendship continues, your reunion will turn from a coincidence into an inevitability.

Right.

Anyway, try one!

Thank you!

I'd like your opinion on them.

Jam?

I got some lovely blueberries!

Okay!

Pack it up! Pack it up! We're doing nothing today!

Hip-hip-hooray! That's all, folks!

Um...

Go to school.

Classes might be over for today, but it's important to meet your friends, too.

Say, can I ask you something important?

Hm? What?

Kallen, are you hiding something from us?

You don't have to.

No. What are you talking about?

Just tell me. I won't be shocked.

You see... I saw you before.

You're dating Lulu, right?!

Lulu?!

Well, that time on campus!

No! No! Hold on! That was all his doing!

Lulu did it?!

No, it wasn't like that.

But, you were trying so hard to catch the cat before, so...

No, that wasn't it. Besides, a kiss isn't such a big thing...

It's not?! You mean you've done more than that?!

No! Quit imagining things! You're reading way too much into this!

But, an arranged marriage is just!

I understand how you want to reestablish the Ashford family...

But, Mother!

Ah! I've split it!

The Saitama ghetto is now completely surrounded.

The Yamato Alliance's hideout is in here.

Half the people in this neighborhood are cooperating with them.

In this situation...

What will be the effect on overall production?

Primary sector output should decrease by 0.2%

Within expectations, you mean? Very well...

You all participated in the Shinjuku incident, correct?

Yes, and we appreciate your great mercy, Princess Cornelia...

That's not what I'm asking! Don't you think this is similar?

To the conditions in Shinjuku...

Military authorities report that...

they are surrounding the Saitama ghetto, which is hiding terrorists.

As Viceroy Cornelia is on the scene as well, entry to that area has been restricted.

What has you looking so serious?

It looks like a full-scale assault will be launched in two hours.

Consequently, the following areas will have their power cut for the time being:

Why are we even announcing the time it starts?! Consequently, the following areas will have their power cut for the time being:

They're provoking Zero. Kawagoe, Kawaguchi...

Zero is a criminal with a flair for the theatrical.

I've recreated the conditions of Shinjuku in order to draw him out.

If he's the type who's overconfident, I think he'll come here to try and kill me.

Viceroy! You'd risk your own life like this?!

War is a struggle between pride and life!

You're falling for the enemy's provocation?

Well, they took so much trouble to invite me.

Besides, there's something I'd like to ask Cornelia.

Destroying Britannia or discovering your mother's murderer...

Which is more important to you?

The two are exactly the same.

The Britannian royal family is competing to determine who will be the next emperor.

Or rather, they're being made to fight. By that man!

Still, that is the strength of Britannia.

The best person is the last one left standing, and so they become the next emperor.

Exactly. The weak all lose and are cast away.

That's Britannia. That's the world they live in!

Survival of the fittest is the most essential rule of all.

If that's true, then what happens to Nunnally?!

Does she have to give up because she's weak?!

I refuse to accept that!

I'll wipe out that sort of world myself!

Anyway, there's nothing between Lelouch and me!

Lelouch?

Anyway, that's how it is! It's nothing...

Um... Where's Lelouch?

I don't give a damn where that guy is!

Don't go, Lelouch. I can't have you dying before you fulfill your part of our bargain.

There's a contradiction in what you say and what you're doing, isn't there?

I won't kill you. I'll just shoot you in the leg to quiet you down.

I see. You can't use the Geass yourself, can you?

Well, that's what I thought.

If you could do it yourself, you wouldn't have asked me to do it.

You think you can threaten me with a gun?

Yes, I can.

Until I met you, I was dead.

A powerless corpse living a lie of life.

A life where I did nothing except the act of living day to day.

It was like dying a slow death.

If I'm to go back to that, then I'd rather...

Wait!

I see your point. It's meaningless. A life like that...

Mayor!

Why are you doing this?! We even have children here!

We haven't done anything!

Exactly why!

Because the people of this ghetto don't report about the terrorists!

You cover for them! Hide them!

That is treason against a suzerain state!

It seems we've finished up sweeping away the people in charge.

Hm... It's about time. Shall we begin?

Right!

Attention, all forces! Commence eradication of the Saitama ghetto!

All forces, assume level one combat stations!

Why won't Princess Cornelia order us to attack as well?!

Because Orange is here.

Just be glad you weren't disposed of!

It's because of you that our careers are over!

But, it was Zero who did it!

That again. Hmpf...

! ero... Could that student be working with him?

Suppression of area 4, complete.

8th and 11th mechanized infantry companies are sweeping north and south in a pincer movement.

All the same. Even when Clovis is replaced by Cornelia, Britannia never changes!

What unit are you from? Give me your unit name and I. D!

Dario Torres, 3rd reconnaissance company.

I've recovered this from a terrorist!

Could I ask you to please transmit it to headquarters?

A disk, huh? Well, I need to verify your I.D. First.

Understood. However, before we do that, I'd like to borrow your Sutherland.

Sure thing. Take care of it.

Thank you so much.

CODE GEASS Lelouch of the Rebellion

The loop line's no good.

Can't we break through along the Sai-Kyo line?

They've got armored trains blocking it.

We can't use the farm roads, either.

Any reinforcements from Akabane or Jujoh?

Maybe a single man could get through, but not a whole group!

Izumi!

Well? Any word from the Toda or Kawaguchi districts?

Never mind! Take this!

Huh?!

This is! Ero.

Zero?

Zero? You mean?

I assume you heard about the Shinjuku incident.

Do what I say and you will be saved.

B-12, suppression, complete.

F-7, no sign of the enemy.

Powadon team, change course to 5-1-6.

Yes, my lord. Moving to 5-1-6.

This is almost too easy. Isn't Zero coming?

Guess he's just another terrorist in the end.

They came! They really came!

Just like Zero said!

Now then, should I draw Cornelia out or make an opening?

R1, R2 will continue to fall back.

Draw them back to the area where N2 is.

B7, open fire towards 2 o'clock.

P5's team will commence its barrage.

Gester team, contact lost!

Enemy spotted in district G47!

Kaczinski team engaging! They were ambushed!

The enemy seem to be using Sutherlands captured from our own forces!

It's just like in Shinjuku.

Has Zero appeared?

N2, continue towards the upper-right!

R4, fire.

N1, take the guy on the left.

Right... P3, take down the bridge and close the route!

Point 1-7 has fallen. Halley team, contact lost!

That's enough. Order all troops to fall back.

Any further damage will be meaningless.

Fall back?!

I beg your pardon, but we can still fight them!

We can't fight them like this.

To all forces! Fall back behind ghetto perimeter at once!

Never mind holding formation! Fall back behind ghetto perimeter at once!

What, no stomach for it?

If I blend in with the retreating units, that'll put me right next to Cornelia.

Have I cleared the conditions already?

It's in his blood, I guess.

Still, that type of person is dangerous.

I wonder which path he'll take.

All right, fine! Who do you think I am, anyway?

So, Lulu lived here before this was an Area, huh? Was he a neighbor?

And you? Um...

Me? Maybe I was like him, too.

He seemed so frivolous and would sneer at working hard.

I didn't really like him much at first.

The thing is, there was a traffic accident I saw back when we were freshmen.

Any way you looked at it, it was the fault of the driver who hit from the rear.

But nobody tried to help out.

And then...

Lulu didn't do it to boast or to laugh about it.

He did it with the same bored look he always has.

And that's when I wondered What is this guy thinking? What's he want to do?

I wanted to know, and then, well...

You fell in love.

Um... Is that what this is?

Oh, to be in love.

Cornelia... It's you who's lost.

It's I who wins.

Yes. That's why they call her the Goddess of Victory.

Ready to go, Guilford my knight?

It is my pleasure to obey, my lady.

Hm...

Even with my Geass, the normal security makes just walking in too dangerous.

I guess I'll have to create an opening, as I did with Clovis.

The student council room? I thought the cat festival meeting was tomorrow.

I know Kallen said I had it all wrong,

but it seemed like she was getting upset in order to fool me.

Which is why in this case it's best to just ask him directly.

I'll ask him how he feels about you for you.

What?! You'd go that far?!

Relax, I can handle him.

No! No way!

Hm? Whatever.

C'mon, let me handle this. I can do it.

No! No way!

It'll be fine, I swear... WHOA!

I... I'm sorry!

Um... Does that hurt?

A lot.

You're desperate, Cornelia.

Using your royal guard like this...

This is Zero. N1 only will re-engage their I.F.F. Signal.

Operate as a Britannian unit.

Understood.

As my decoy.

One Knightmare unit transmitting an I.F.F. Signal left within the city area.

Can't you contact it?!

Scramble a rescue team!

Destroy it.

You can't!

He may have been taken captive by the enemy!

I ordered them to fall back.

I don't need soldiers who can't follow my orders.

As she says.

But!

Do your duty, even at the cost of your life.

That's common sense to my subordinates.

Yes, Your Highness!

Hey! Can't you read the I.D. Signal?! I'm on your side!

Dammit!

They didn't confirm it? Well, then...

N2, transmit signal and fall back to the hospital ruins.

R1, R2, hold positions and fire on any pursuing enemies!

Another signal. Which means...

They've set an ambush! Send more Gloucesters and surround them!

They're not following? Uh-oh!

R1, R2! Cancel the ambush and fall back at once!

Gloucesters have arrived at indicated area.

No sign of enemy.

He anticipated my move? We may really be dealing with Zero himself here.

P2! N3! Circle around behind the enemy!

What's wrong?! Come in!

P2! N3! Dammit! B1! B5! You go!

Like hell! There's no way we can beat Cornelia's royal guard!

Hey! We surrender!

We won't resist!

Spare us!

Kill them.

P6! P8! What's happening?!

B7! Come around and cover N4!

This is B7! I've got another target here! I'll get him first!

No! That's a decoy!

B7, follow my orders!

What are you saying? I've gotta get him here!

Fall back! They'll hit you from above! B7, follow my orders!

Idiot... B8, status report.

Screw your status reports!

B8! Anyone who's left, report in, starting with the P numbers!

Mission complete. All forces, take formation number 4.

Beaten this easily?! I've barely even started playing the game!

It didn't work out like it did in Shinjuku, Zero.

Or are you pretending to be him? Well, we'll see who you are shortly.

So, this is what a real organization is capable of?

To all Knightmare pilots. Open your hatches and show me your faces!

Cornelia!

I repeat, all pilots, open your hatches and show me your faces!

What do I do? If she sees my face herself, then...

Even without my! Ero mask, my identity will be revealed! That can't happen!

Use my Geass? No, impossible.

It won't work without me looking directly at them.

The enemy are in Knightmares!

That leaves the infantry and the other pilots.

Forget it. There's too many of them. How can I make them look at me?!

No, is it possible? What if I admit to being! Ero?

But then the Knightmares will!

Maybe I can start shooting and break out of here!

Impossible. Against Cornelia's royal guard, it's suicide!

Open your hatch! It's your turn!

What's wrong? Hurry up and open your hatch!

Well, my hatch was damaged earlier in battle.

I see. Then we'll open it for you.

Turn around.

Well? Come on!

Understood. At once, sir...

It's! Ero! ! ero's been sighted!

Ah-hah! I knew Zero had that sort of personality!

Impossible!

Capture him! Platoons 3 and 5, mount up!

Image detected! Target, confirmed!

I'll just have to play along!

Surround the building! Head around back!

Sharpshooters, open fire!

He's fallen!

Princess, what should we do?

Hm... Probability that it's a trap?

It could be. We don't know if it's actually him,

but he seems as prideful as you anticipated, Viceroy.

So, there's no point in chasing him.

Right. If he purposely revealed himself directly to his enemy, he must have an escape route already set.

Self-preservation trumps all, eh?

So, that's Cornelia. She's nothing at all like Clovis!

Why did you save me?

Didn't I tell you? I can't have you go dying on me.

I wouldn't have lost if the conditions were more equal!

Sore loser.

If only you had the power to set the conditions you want.

Then I'll set it up.

I'll form an army which can't lose to Britannia!

A people! A nation!

Walking along the animal path Yukedomo kemonomichi

Roaring with the lions and tigers Shishi yo tora yo to hoe

Paradise lying far across a sky dyed red Akane sasu sora no kanata ni mahoroba

To a youth wandering, imprisoned in loneliness Yuushuu no kodoku ni samayou seishun wa

Are weakness and hatred shapeless enemies? Yowasa to ikari ga sugata naki teki desu ka

Oh father, I am still... Chichi yo mada ware wa

Learning who I am Onore wo shirigatashi

As I pursue the backs I no longer see Sakidatsu anira no

Of the elder brothers who have gone before me Mienai senaka wo oeba

In the night I spend lost Mayoi no hitoyo ni

The morning star beckons to me Myoujou wa izanau

This will not end in my death Shi shite owaranu

I long for my dream Yume wo kogaredomo

My faith in you sustains my life Tashika na kimi koso waga inochi

In the windswept wilderness Reppu no kouya de

Living with the butterflies and flowers Chou yo hana yo to iki

Blooming together in a mirage of eternal Spring Tokoshie no haru ni sakisou maboroshi

If my purity seems muddied Kondaku no junketsu

And my body seems filthy Kono mi wa yogoretemo

Please believe in the finery within my heart Kokoro no nishiki wo shinjiteite kudasai

Oh mother, I will show no tears Haha yo kesshite ware wa namida wo misene domo

They vanish like... Ashimoto no

The dew in the grass beneath my feet Kusa ni tsuyu wa kiemosede

Who is there to serve in my army?

If only I could ask Suzaku to join me...

No, that ship has sailed. He's a Britannian soldier!

Even if he doesn't go out to fight, he's still my enemy.

Well then, I'll just have to choose.

THE BLACK KNIGHTS Well then, I'll just have to choose.