User blog comment:Hihowru/Does Lelouch really die in the end?/@comment-64.180.184.104-20140418052618

Personally, i'd prefer Lelouch to be alive, but it's mostly likely that he is dead, although someone's theory about Lelouch having both the code of immortality and geass sounded quite convincing to me as well. (We all know that the person with the code can give others geass, and when that code is passed on to a geass user, his/her geass disappears as he/she becomes immortal - these are all known facts. Now, has anyone ever wondered why exactly that geass disappears? WHAT IF the geass disappears because the one who gave the geass has died? For example, the woman who gave C.C. her geass passes the code to her and dies, thus C.C. can no longer use her geass. V.V., who gave geass to Charles, also dies when his code is taken from him, and thus Charles cannot use his geass anymore. That is why, assuming that Lelouch did manage to somehow take Charles' code when he died, Lelouch could have had both the code and his geass because C.C., the one who gave the geass to him, is still alive. These are just speculations, though, and is open for discussion.)

The reason why I believe that Lelouch is most likely dead is because in most Asian societies (this includes Japan), good always prevails over evil. At least, that is what they like to teach in school. It is unthinkable to have the "bad" side winning against the "good" side. Think about all the anti-hero animes you have seen (like death note), and I'm 99% sure (for I have not seen every anime that has been aired) that in each and every one of them the good guys end up winning. This is because animes are viewed by a large amount of kids and teenagers in the country, and it would be quite unhealthy to let them watch something where the bad guys win. Try comparing the pieces of literature recommended in an Asian school's curriculum to an American one. They are noticeably different in that novels like Animal Farm, 1984, and The Great Gatsby are not found on the list. This alone says a lot.

Therefore, no matter how much fans wish a happier ending for Lelouch, the directors of CG cannot / could not let a "terrorist" / "murderer" live happily every after; hence, they killed him off, giving him a noble death through which he can have atonement for all the deaths he had caused. It's fitting that Suzaku, "the knight in shining armour", the lone wolf who has been persistently fighting for justice all this time, is the one who ends up killing Lelouch, Lelouch dying is an appropriate ending for this anime (at least in the eyes of the people who have worked to create CG, and all the Lelouch haters out there).

But in reality, CG has an ending which is open to many interpretations. I don't think anyone can argue with the possibility that the cart driver could actually be Lelouche who has miraculously managed to survive (consider my theory written earlier in this text) and has disguised himself as a farmer, and that C.C. is talking to Lelouch himself and not to a dead man. It is a nice alternative ending, and if there ever was a chance for a season 3 (which is very very slim), it gives hiim a way to make a great comeback. But then again these are just the hopes of a fangirl who has fallen in love with the Lelouche/Zero character (P). This is just a possibility, and those of you who wish to end it at Lelouche's death, which is also a beautiful ending, can leave it at that. The whole point of me writing here is to give people another perspective on the whole thing, and to share my ideas to anyone who's willing to take their time to read this whole darn thing lol.