Re; (episode)

Re; is the twenty-fifth and final episode of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2.

Summary
Suzaku and Kallen's duel intensifies, leading to a final exchange which disables the Guren and destroys the Lancelot. Lelouch uses his Geass to force Nunnally to give up the key of Damocles. With the fortress under his control, Lelouch unites the world under his tyrannical rule. Two months later, Lelouch prepares to oversee the public execution of the leaders of the U.F.N. and the Black Knights, until Suzaku, believed to be dead and now disguised as Zero, interrupts and kills Lelouch, the culmination of the Zero Requiem as they had planned. By directing the hatred of the world onto himself, Lelouch's death will serve to facilitate peace. He tells Suzaku that he must live as Zero now, even over his personal happiness; nobody must know Zero as anything else. He dies smiling, repeating his earlier declaration that he is the one who destroys worlds and recreates them. The aftermath is narrated by Kallen, who ends up forgiving Lelouch and explains how the world is much better off with all the energy being focused on reconstruction. A short monologue is then given by C.C. who is riding in a wagon travelling on the countryside. She muses about if she was wrong about geass isolating them from the world. Her final words to be deciphered by the audience is then, "Right, Lelouch?"