The Ragnarök Connection (episode)

The Ragnarök Connection is the twenty-first episode of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2.

Summary
Within the Sword of Akasha, Lelouch learns the truth of his mother's death from the Emperor and Marianne herself. They reveal their intention and initiate Ragnarök and Lelouch almost reconciles with them, but changes his mind upon realizing the world the Emperor desires has no future. Evolving his Geass to its next level, Lelouch defeats his father with the help of the collective unconscious mind of humanity, the personification of the "gods" the Emperor sought to defeat, dissolving his parents from existence. Afterwhich, Suzaku, still angry at Lelouch for killing Euphemia, draws his sword, but refuses to kill him. One month later, with Ragnarök prevented, Lelouch seizes the throne as the new Emperor of Britannia with the aid of Suzaku and C.C., and uses his Geass to make all dissenters in the court acknowledge him as such.

Battles

 * Second Battle of Kamejima Island (Concluded)

Powers or Abilities used

 * Marianne's Geass
 * Lelouch's Geass

Quotes

 * Conversation between Lelouch and Charles
 * "So since we have plenty of time now will you answer me? Who was it that killed my mother and what's your excuse for not protecting her?" -Lelouch
 * "How ironic, here you are seeking the truth, you who made it this far by your deception and your lies." -Charles
 * "That's true. I've lied every step of the way and not just about my name and past. I've hidden my true intentions too, but that's pragmatism isn't it? People need to play along with each other. We melt into a place. If we didn't then nations and people, these things called communities, wouldn't exist. Everyone uses lies on family, on friends, in society, and everyone wears a different face, but is that a sin? What is one's true face? Even you wear a mask; that of an emperor. None of us can make a move now without our respective persona's." -Lelouch


 * "Half a century ago my elder brother and I existed in a hell on earth. Our family was just rivals competing for the throne. Assassinations occurred with regularity. Daily betrayals spawned by lies. Killing each other off. My own mother fell victim to it. My brother and I were sickened and angered by the world. We therefore both swore an oath to create a world without lies." -Charles


 * "Why do people lie? It isn't only because they struggle against each other. It's also because there's something that they're seeking. you now want a world without change, how stagnant. You could hardly call it life. The same as a world of memories. Just a world that's closed and completed. That's a place I wouldn't want to live in." -Lelouch


 * "Forcing your good intentions on others is no different from an evil act." -Lelouch


 * "God! Collective unconscious! Please, don't stop the march of time!" -Lelouch


 * "Regardless, what I want is tomorrow." -Lelouch
 * "C.C., we still bear the marks of Geass no matter what occurs we--" -Charles
 * "You, my own parents, you abandoned us!" - Lelouch


 * "Charles zi Britannia, the 98th emperor, no longer lives and I'm the one who took his life. Therefore that makes me the next emperor." -Lelouch


 * "May I introduce Suzaku Kururugi my knight. A knight of the round above all others. I grant him the title Knight of Zero." -Lelouch

Trivia

 * "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate" - is an Italian phrase which translates to "Abandon all hope, ye who enter". In Dante Alighieri's Divina Commedia(Divine Comedy), this phrase is described as being inscribed above the entrance to Hell. Lelouch is seen reading the Divine Comedy on at least one occasion.Lasciate_ogne_speranza,_voi_ch'intrate.jpg