Talk:Zero Requiem/@comment-112.211.255.134-20190114140150/@comment-36317741-20190114173010

I may not be an expert on religion, but I very much doubt that Jesus tried all he could to make himself be the centre of all hatred in the world. So Jesus' death and Zero Requiem cannot be compared.

Besides, this is a fictional world with flying giant robots, super laser beams, green hair, immortality, mind control, mind reading, etc etc. And peace is the thing which you find unbelievable and unrealistic?

On top of that you forget the second aspect of the Zero Requiem: redemption. Zero Requiem was as much about creating a gentler world as it was about Lelouch redeeming himself for all the atrocities he did, such as the genocide on the Japanese, the death of Shirley, etc

The official guide book has the following to say about the Zero Requiem:

"For those two who bear the heavy sin known as killing their fathers, they share the belief that they can forgive each other by imposing the greatest punishments on themselves. Death for Lelouch who wishes for a tomorrow with his sister, life for Suzaku who wishes to atone for his sins through death."

And the show staff say this about Lelouch's opinion about his sins: - "At least he is aware of his sins and pays for them with his death." - "This man called Lelouch will pay for his sins by his death. The story follows him till he finally make this decision." - "Probably this Lelouch we see in the first episode of the series wouldn't choose death. He would try something to avoid it. He couldn't die, for Nunnally as well. But we see him changed in the last episode."

So it's not that Lelouch is "too smart" to die, Lelouch CHOSE to die, he saw it as the only fitting punishment for all his crimes.