Lelouch, fearing this would rob him of his revolution, confronts Euphemia. He jokes about his Geass, saying, "What if I told you to kill all the Japanese?"
Lelouch's kind-hearted sister, , proposes the Special Administrative Zone of Japan —a genuine peace offering to restore Japan's name. Suzaku supports her. For one episode, peace seems possible. code geass 1 season
This is the turning point of the entire series. Lelouch, fearing this would rob him of his
His only anchor is his wheelchair-bound, blind younger sister, , who represents the gentle world he wants to build for her. For one episode, peace seems possible
One day, a terrorist attack by a Japanese resistance cell (the Japan Liberation Front) accidentally captures Lelouch. There, he is reunited with his childhood friend, —the son of Japan's last prime minister. While Lelouch fights with his mind, Suzaku fights with his body as a Britannian soldier, believing the system can be changed from within.
Lelouch is horrified. He didn't want this. But he has no choice. To maintain his legend and salvage something , he coldly shoots Euphemia himself, framing her as a tyrant and using her massacre as the catalyst for a full-scale rebellion.
A previous Geass user, Mao (a deranged, telepathic child), hunts C.C. and nearly destroys Lelouch by revealing his identity to Shirley. Lelouch is forced to commit his most morally ambiguous act yet: he erases Shirley's memories of him, including their love, to save her life. She looks at him as a stranger. This is the cost of his mask.