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Of the many things to say about Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (and R2) the least would be that it does very little in the way of a typical anime. Sure it hits some of the big marks (mech, action, busty women, impossible protagonist), but what it does that's different is was makes it such a good show. For all of the "triumphs" Lelouch sees, he often finds a series of setbacks or drawbacks. Suzaku always spoils the party, he has to make tough, despicable calls, etc. There's always another rung to the ladder in his ascent to success. There are a lot of times where it's hard to sympathize with him, where you're maybe even rooting for the other side; other times, uneasy alliances are made, characters are betrayed, a character you like might stab a character you love in the back. Such is the tumultuous 50 episodes of Code Geass.

There are hints during the final act that Lelouch has a much bigger plan than what he lets on, as well, his marauding is quite against his normal behavior. He may come across as smug or pretentious at times (especially as Zero), but to rule the world is just too much. What his masterplan is, what the endgame is, though remains to be seen until the final moments of the show. Which is a blessing and a curse. It wraps the story up neatly, but it would have been nice to get a further taste of the world Lelouch and Suzaku created, but we only get around a minute or so of it and that is a bit of a shame.

What really makes this episode so ascendant, however, is the fact that this show is so unpredictable, and so consistent in its unpredictability and quality throughout that having a final episode so on the money and so cathartic is a testament to Code Geass and the writers. It could have sucked a thousand different ways, but they crafted a fantastic conclusion to a fantastic series. One that will certainly be looked back on in the decades to come as one of the masterworks of anime.

10/10.

I now understand why this is known as the best ending in anime, because it is the best I've seen so far. Just so emotional and unpredictable. And everything that didn't make sense with his dictator moments and facade all add up. A selfless way to go but done by the mean of selfish acts and a selfish wish to change the world. He truly broke the wheel of hatred as everyone could pin it on him. Destroying and re creating the world. Making a better one. He did what he wanted for Nunally but can't share it with her.

No Ending in any show has ever been this unexpected. Nothing can ever top this genius of an ending. LeLouch's ability to manipulate situations eventually was more helpful than his Geass in the end. His death was incredibly sad but also I was happy at how good they executed it. Suzaku, CC and Kallen all have fantastic endings as well but LeLouch is one of my favorite characters of all time in part due to this episode.

Such a solid ending. Like, actually beautiful. I recommend Code Geass to people primarily because of this one episode. This finish was clearly planned from the start and foreshadowed in so many ways, and yet still surprising and satisfying.

Honestly, it's so nice to have an ending that isn't nihilistic but also doesn't seem cheesy at all. It's a difficult thing to pull off but is just done so so well here. Thank you Code Geass writers, you guys totally killed it.

This was the best episode for sure. Fat tears.

Code Geass is one of those shows that you can watch for a multitude of reasons depending on your mood and taste, kind of like Attack on Titan. This show is in many ways the precursor to Attack on Titan. It has many ideas and themes and plot similarities that AoT has ended up having, and after seeing this ending it is very much seeming like Eren's goal is very similar.

This show has had consistently good writing balancing mystery, a great protagonist, super natural/sci-fi, and politics along with it. All along with throwing in some mech battles. Most of the mech battles throughout the show I'd give around a 5/10 you can tell they didn't have the biggest budget for action and fight choreography, however in the second half of season 2 a lot of the mech battles were quite good and much of the action was using lots of very cool blasts and colors with very pretty animation. You can tell the animation was slightly better across the board in season 2. But you're not necessarily watching this show for the mech battles even though they do add an extra element of entertainment(also like AoT albeit AoT had amazing action). This show is heavy plot driven and protagonist driven and both of them are very strong. Lelouch is definitely one of the best protagonists of all time and the overall story here is one of the most well written and cohesive in anime to go along with very cool sci-fi ideas.

The first season I'd give an 8.5/10, second season I'd give a 9.5/10. Again this episode had me in tears and I surely was fooled even though I knew who was going to die in the end, I had absolutely no idea how we were going to get there. This show is great and influential, got better as it went on. Both seasons had superb final quadrants. AoT is my favorite anime of all time and I gotta think Isayama has seen this show. For that I give it even more props.

9/10 overall for the show.

Everybody is overjoyed and shouts 'zero!', and only Nunnally understands the situation, which leads to a beautiful clash of joy and heartbreak.

Happy ending for the world, Sad for Nunnally. Lelouch is the forgotten hero, Suzaku is consticted to become what he mostly hated in those years.

It's supposed to a 5/10 but the animation was well crafted so I added 2 on the rating, ok back to business why are people saying this is the greatest ending ever, to answer the question it's because Lelouch dead in a cringe worthy way and everything after that became kittens and rainbows(lmao), in a writing prospective this ending is mediocrity at it's finest, a 9.9 rating seems stupid if you ask me but the Lelouch fanboys will keep it that way no matter what even if the ending doesn't make sense it's all for Lulu ( hahahaha)

This episode is the episode that makes the entire rollercoaster of Lelouch's journey well worth the ups and downs and questionable moments. This ending was built on everything that the show has built up, stays 100% in-line with what we expect of our characters, yet subverts our expectations in such a tragic, satisfying sacrifice.

While I wouldn't re-watch most of the episodes from Code Geass, this episode will always get me emotional. The soundtrack, voice acting (both English and Japanese), animation, and characterization could not have been executed any better in this episode.

It was nice to see an open ending with C.C. "talking to Lelouch" on the back of the carriage. This sparked much discussion in the community, though the 3 recap movies from the late 2010s and the sequel movie took away this open ending to continue the story and show us the international fallout of Lelouch's actions and sacrifice.