Imperial Calendar year 2018.
In the face of the creeping world domination of the Holy Britannian Empire,
a lone terrorist has been resurrected.
His name is Zero.
Using Geass, the absolute power to command given to him by the mysterious girl C.C.,
Zero is determined to once again resist them.
These ripples which begin in Japan, now known as the colony Area 11...
How will they affect the age, and the hearts of various people?
For the moment, no one knows.
Morning and night, I long for you Asa mo yoru mo koikogarete
I'll become a star and protect you Hoshi ni naru yo kimi mamoru
No matter where the battle may take me Tatakai wa yukue shirazu
At the intersection of tomorrow and yesterday Ashita to kinou no kousaten de
You and I can't be together Majiwaranai kimi to boku
I'm a shooting star, on my way right now Ima iku yo boku wa nagareboshi
Even if the world crumbles apart Sekai ga kuchihatetemo
There are things which will never change Kawaru koto no nai mono ga aru
Even as we bear tears in our eyes Namida wo koraete demo
There are things we must protect Mamorubeki mono ga bokura ni wa aru
A message that's been in my body Nanman'nen nan'okunen mae kara no
For thousands and millions of years, Message ga tainai de
Springs out (I have no reservations) Uzukidasu (Mayoi wa nai)
Roars out (It's easy) Narihibiku (Kantan da)
In a hoarse voice (Calling tomorrow) Shagareta koe de (Asu wo yobu)
With my wounded hands (I protect you) Kizudarake no te de (Kimi mamoru)
I continue to fight!
Morning and night, I long for you Asa mo yoru mo koikogarete
I'll become a star and protect you Hoshi ni naru yo kimi mamoru
No matter where the battle may take me Tatakai wa yukue shirazu
At the intersection of tomorrow and yesterday Ashita to kinou no kousaten de
You and I can't be together Majiwaranai kimi to boku
I'm a shooting star, tearing fate apart Sadame wo kirisaku nagareboshi
I'll take away your overflowing tears right now Afureru kimi no namida boku ga ima ubaisaru
PLAN FOR INDEPENDENT JAPAN
What's the status of the O.S.I. Forces who broke in first?
No contact with them as yet.
The chaff density should be dropping now. Recon section 4!
The terrorists believed to be the Black Knights remain fighting inside of Babel Tower.
We have confirmed the presence of enemy Knightmare Frames.
All right, special equipment section 7 will break in from below.
Yes, My Lord!
This is hopeless! Let's run for it!
Just hold out a little longer!
Just until Zero can get the building layout!
We're going to back you up, too!
Lelouch...
Yes, I'm Zero.
Zero!
It's Lelouch!
The man who's used the Japanese people! Who's used you!
You want to defend a man like that?! You?!
Zero... This is the end of you.
I was... I was defeated by the old me. By Suzaku.
And then he...
He dragged me before the Britannian Emperor!
The former 17th heir to the imperial throne... Lelouch vi Britannia.
It's been a long time, hasn't it, my son?
You... You god damned!
You won't use your Geass!
I have a request.
Allow me to join the Knights of the Round, the 12 strongest knights in the empire!
As reward for your capturing Zero?
You!
I told you before, Lelouch.
That I was going to change this world from inside the system.
Even if it means selling out your friends to advance?!
Yes.
Very well. I like the answer you just gave.
Well then, as a Knight of the Round, I order you.
Cover Zero's left eye.
Yes, Your Majesty.
My unworthy son, who raised the banner of rebellion although he was a prince.
Still, there is another use for him.
Wh- What?!
I will rewrite your memory.
About being Zero, about Marianne, and about Nunnally.
Impossible... Geass?!
Forget it all and become an ordinary person.
Stop! You're going to steal from me again?!
First my mother, now Nunnally?!
Charles zi Britannia engraves into you...
STOP!!!
A new, false set of memories!
C. C...
I wasn't the one who gave that man his Geass.
Where is Nunnally now?
We tried to find your little sister, but with the Black Knights all but destroyed, well...
What about Sayoko?
She ran off to the Chinese Federation along with Diethard.
She still doesn't know Zero's true identity.
She can't be blamed when she didn't know Nunnally's true importance, can she?
I'll find the one who gave the emperor his Geass, and then take Nunnally back.
I had a younger sister, but not a younger brother!
So, who is he?!
Thank goodness! You're Britannian soldiers, right? I'm looking for my big brother.
This has the layout of this building, but no I.D. Codes are written down.
We can't use this Knightmare, either, can we?
What are you doing there?
That's a student uniform, isn't it?
A soldier? Thank goodness!
We need to help this man at once!
He's from the O.S.I. What are the emperor's personal agents doing here?
Good, just as my information said.
Calares's forces don't know about me.
I can use the data in this thing.
There's only one survivor?
Yes. Only you.
What?
So...
Give me your Knightmare.
Understood.
The I.D. Code is QR5-YK1 D6.
Thank you.
I know you need direct sight of a person's eyes to use your Geass, but still...
I don't want to hear that from an immortal witch like you.
They're counterattacking? The terrorists?
Yes. It seems that they've seized some of our Knightmares.
How disgraceful.
Still, their numbers are small.
If I could possibly join the battle?
No. You're still a guest here, and under our protection.
As viceroy, it's my place to go out there.
But...
I don't care for the spices in Chinese food.
Besides, this is good for me.
A man hunt.
Let's see you pop, Britannian!
Well done, Q1! Now head to the 21st floor.
P4, you cut off the stairs.
R5, left, 30 degrees.
N1, fire a barrage 50 meters from you, toward the ceiling.
Contact lost with Lord Emilio!
Change I.F.F. Codes!
We have! Five times already!
Ortiz unit, wiped out!
Impossible! Who's directing these terrorists?!
What are you doing?
V- Viceroy!
So, Zero's really just a student, huh?
Even so, he's something special!
Ground troops! There's still one Sutherland left that Zero stole! Get in it, fast!
With Zero with us, we can win!
He'll make a miracle for us! He will!
Damned terrorists!
Shouldn't Viceroy Calares be making his appearance, soon?
Seems to be going well.
Kallen... I told you to head to the 21st floor.
I wanted to be at your side.
We're finally alone.
It would seem someone is nibbling at the bait we left in Area 11.
Is it C.C., Majesty?
We still don't know.
Kururugi, this is the first time even one of the Rounds has been allowed in here.
Even Schneizel and the others don't know of this place.
I'm honored, Your Majesty. But, why me?
Because you are the only one of the Rounds who know.
About Zero's true identity... And about Geass.
This place... Is it a temple?
Not at all.
This is... Yes. This is a weapon for destroying God.
A weapon?!
It is called the Sword of Akasha.
So, what do you, the one who abandoned Zero at Kamine Island, want to say to me?
Lelouch... You lied to me the entire time.
About Zero actually being your classmate?
Or about my Geass power?
Both.
Answer me! Did you use your Geass on me, too?!
Did you twist my heart and make me your follower?!
Lelouch!
Your heart is yours alone.
As was your loyalty and devotion to Zero.
Don't move!
Kallen, take pride in it.
You decided. You made the choice.
To choose... me.
You can't believe it?
I wanted to believe. Enough to become a slave...
I see.
But the one I believe in is Zero!
It isn't you, Lelouch!
Okay, fine with me. By the way...
Are you ever planning to change out of that?
D- Don't look at me, you pervert!
You'd talk to Zero like that?
I'm saying it to Lelouch right now!
Right, right.
What is it?
Britannian reinforcements have shown up.
There's a ton of them! What do we do?
We can't beat this many!
What's happening?
Special equipment section 4 has begun to drop.
Show the Chinese Federation! Show them our emperor's might!
The might of our Holy Britannian Empire!
Yes, My Lord!
They're coming from above, too! This is!
That's right.
Viceroy Calares must have arrived.
Escape will be difficult. Which is why...
I'm going to win.
Assault team 2 now has control up to floor J!
That leaves only one escape route left for the Black Knights.
However, that's where our main force is camped.
Right. All we need to do is drive them to us.
Set up a broadcast with the media.
A public execution of terrorists is most appropriate.
The enemy must be certain of their victory.
That clears all the conditions.
All that's left is your floor, correct?
We should be finished in 10 minutes.
Understood. Then we'll stand by here and defend it.
What about Diethard's preparations?
The system's still running.
Everything's going according to plan.
This is B2! A single enemy Knightmare is-Agh!
What's wrong?
But, that's... It was just there!
B2? What's going on?
Has an enemy deactivated his I.F.F? And he's operating on his own?
! ero, this is P6! The enemy is! It's... AGH!!!
P6!
This is R5! They got R1!
Not good. At this rate, he's headed right for me!
! ero! At the very least, you have to get out of here!
We're basically decoys, sacrificial pawns for the plan. So, please...
You're wrong.
You're mistaken, Urabe.
If you consider yourselves expendable, you'll never beat the Britannians.
Capt. Urabe!
Can you get there?
Yeah. The cargo loading dock, right?
Right. That's a shortcut to get to this floor.
It's confirmed.
It looks like a mass-production unit based on the Lancelot.
I see. Still, this is no time to try capturing it. Destroy it.
Understood.
It vanished?!
How'd it get over here?!
Wait! What do you mean it disappeared?!
C. C! Isn't your floor finished yet?
Why are you panicking?
You have Kallen and Urabe with you, don't you?
That's it? The aberration?!
Don't make me laugh!
You aren't Suzaku, and tactics cannot defeat strategy!
We've got the advantage in close-range combat!
Too slow!
It vanished! It really vanished!
Fast as a god!
Impossible... It's not physically possible!
It must be something else!
It... It's going to get me!
Urabe!
! ero, I don't care if you're really a student!
You weren't lying when you said we weren't expendable!
Kouzuki!
Yes?
Protect! Ero. He's the last hope we have left.
Forgive me, Rakshata...
! ero! Save Japan!
Rally our people once more!
We don't call ourselves the Four Holy Swords...
just because the name is cool!
Urabe...
Damn. He used that instantaneous movement again?
No, wait!
I have to do something impressive, too. This is for Zero.
Unfortunately, I can now report that we're all finished.
I see. Urabe, your sacrifice for this moment wasn't in vain.
Damned terrorists! I didn't think they'd opt for suicide!
Uncivilized monkeys!
All units, lost!
Contact lost with all units!
Wh- What the?! Contact lost with all units!
Confirm voice communication, then go to emergency level C!
Ascending from intercept to 1500 and circling!
I see! This will smash the enemies above us to the ground!
Not just that.
Im... Impossible!
Your mistake was to block our escape route.
Which practically advertised your position to me!
Goodbye, Viceroy Calares.
The viceroy's been killed?!
Where's Lord Cornwell?!
He was with the viceroy.
Then who's next in the chain of command?
The Minister of Internal Affairs.
You'd hand this over to a civil official?!
This is no time to panic!
I am taking command! This is not a grab for political power!
This is just a temporary measure!
I swear it in the name of my princess!
I ask for your cooperation!
Princess?
Does he mean Princess Cornelia?
In that case...
Right.
Yes, My Lord!
Thank you. I'm grateful to you.
Now then, I'll head to the scene to direct rescue operations.
Alfred, you contact the police. Bart, you remain here.
Th- That's!
What's wrong?
I am! Ero!
Huh?
Whoa, whoa! What the?! No way!
Isn't that Zero?
No way!
I thought he was dead!
But, what's brought this on?
It can't be the real one, can it?
People of Japan, I have returned!
Kill the video!
I can't! It won't take my access code!
The Line Omega I set up!
And the only one who knows about it is...
ZERO!
I knew you were still alive!
Hear me, Britannia! Pay close attention, all of you who have power!
I am sad.
War and discrimination. Evil intentions brandished by the strong.
The same mistaken discharge of tragedy and comedy.
The world has not changed one bit!
And that is why I had to reawaken!
So long as the strong oppress the weak, my rebellion will continue!
Beginning with the divine punishment I brought down just now upon the foolish Viceroy Calares!
Man, oh man. The Elevens' king sure popped back up with a vengeance. Huh, Suzaku?
Got it! The signal is originating from the Chinese Federation consulate!
The Chinese Federation's?
Has he defected?
How did they break through our encirclement?
Of course! They went inside the fallen building!
They chose to make Babel Tower itself their path!
But then, what about the Chinese Federation?
Did they both set this up beforehand... Impossible!
C'mon, Zero's dead, isn't he?
Yeah.
Then this is a fake?
Either way, if we break into the consulate...
We'd be breaking a vital rule. It'd cause an international incident.
As long as he's calling himself Zero, he's guilty of killing royalty.
That makes it as important as our war with the E.U.
It's a slippery slope, either way.
Killing the viceroy and securing our escape route...
He was able to do both at the same time!
His intellect... It's astounding.
It's Zero! The real one!
I shall fight! Fight all those who use power mistakenly!
Therefore...
I once again...
here and now declare the founding of the United States of Japan!
Are you sure about this? This is not the empress's direct order.
You are dissatisfied with my decision?
No. Never mind.
Oh, Zero... Because of you, the United States of...
Japan...
The terrorists will form a nation?
From this moment, this room shall be the first dominion of the U.S. J!
A nation consisting of just one room!
That man's as amusing as ever!
Race, ideology, and religion will not matter!
Being a citizen will have but one requirement!
To do that which is just!
You realize what happens if you move past here...
onto Chinese Federation consular grounds, don't you?
All right. We'll meet in a diplomatic conference later.
! ero... How useful will he prove to us in the end?
If you're a Britannian soldier, you've already been asked to leave.
Or are you one of Zero's followers?
I'm not sure. Which am I?
I'm not terribly fond of riddles.
Yes, I'm exactly the same way, myself.
What I want to know is the truth.
That's why I came. To kill Zero.
Someday let's try to pick up and rebuild Mune no naka itsuka hirotta
The fragments of happiness in our hearts Shiawase no kakera atsumete miyou
That nearly forgotten melody Wasurekaketeita melody
Stay vivid, deep inside of me Iroasezu boku no man'naka ni
I thank you from the bottom of my heart Arigatou kokoro kara
Everything I have now, I owe to everyone Boku ni ima ga aru no wa minna no okagesa
I thank you from the bottom of my heart Arigatou kokoro kara
Next I'll send happiness to everyone Tsugi wa boku ga minna ni happy okuru yo
I won't forget anything Nanimokamo wasurenai yo
Because I'm still the same as I was that day Ano hi no boku mo boku dakara
You need me to keep on saying Daisuki da yo'tte itsumo
How much I love you Itte agenakya dame da ne
On those long nights, your tears about to overflow Namida ga kobore sou na nagai yoru wa
Just turn around Futto furikaette
Follow those footprints Ashiato wo tadorun'da
So that you'll never forget that day Ano hi wo wasurenai you ni
If I just wait, the world will never move.
To find Nunnally and protect her, I'll need power.
A power stronger than the emperor and Suzaku.
I have to try and gain it.
Manipulate with my Geass to that end.
Using the United States of Japan as the core,
I will build a world that will surpass Britannia!
And to get that, I must first take care of him.
Of my phony little brother, Rolo.
IMPRISONED IN CAMPUS