Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5283694-20130918011231/@comment-72.89.153.120-20140106031839

Akito the Exlied has to happen between the last episode of R1 and R2. Julian Kingsley and Lelouch have the same looks. Moreover, Julian Kingsley and Zero (who is Lelouch) have the same strong manners, personality, and voicetone. (It should be noted that they sound the same but that is mentioned in voicetone). Now with that said, why and how is Lelouch a Britannian Knight of Round/military advisor? Let's start at one point. In the last episode of R1 and going into the prologue of the first episode of R2, Suzuku faces Lelouch when Lelouch reveals himself as Zero, in which Suzaku captures Lelouch and takes him to Charles. If I am correct, it is seen in the beginning of the first episode of R2 (OR along with the last episode of R1) that Charles rewritten Lelouch's memory with the Geass. It can be assumed that Charles has rewritten Lelouch's memory twice. The first one would be for military purpose, which is seen Akito the Exiled OVA 2 where he is the military advisor for the Britannian forces in St. Petersburg. The reason why Charles did this is because Lelouch = Zero, so, of course, Charles would want to use Lelouch's/Zero's tactics and strategy. His tactics and strategy can be seen THROUGHOUT Code Geass R1 and R2 where Lelouch/Zero outsmarts the enemies and manages to stay a step or two ahead. So, the first memory wipe by Charles on Lelouch was to make him Julian Kingsley. One more thing was that Julian/Lelouch has the eyepatch was a precaution in case Lelouch regains his memory of Zero and reuse his Geass. After Charles was done with Lelouch/Julian Kingsley, probably after Britannia sucessfully defeats the E.U., he wipes Lelouch's memory another time. That second memory wipe was most likely where Lelouch becomes his normal student-self in the first episode of R2. Charles decide to dispose of Lelouch, later in the episode, because C.C. approaches Lelouch to help him regain his memory of Zero. So there ya go, Akito the Exlied is a possible tie between the R1 and R2.