Orange Range wrote this ending, as well as the 1st opening of R2, for Code Geass, so they were written with Lelouch in mind; This ending is from Lelouch's point of view and the whole setting the director made with the lyrics and pictures is clearly not hazardous :
Since the Lyrics on the video are in French I'll translate those right below in english with the picture they are tied with :
Lelouch // I'll try to gather the shreds of happiness I once had collected in my chest
(Lelouch moving on while still trying to remember everything good that happened while he walks the path of carnage, the chain begins around his hand, he has a dark wing)
Nunnally and Rollo // The melody i have almost forgotten has not lost any of it's colors in my heart
(Refers to the mind wipe which led him to forget about Nunnally, Nunnally isn't surrounded by his chains cause he has no hold on her in R2, instead Rolo is trapped and his alliegance are changing, with his angel wing (Britannia) disappearing while the black wing (alliegance to Lelouch) is coming out)
Euphemia and Cornelia // Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, it's thanks to everyone that i am who i am today
(A thank you for his memories and the good time he spent with his sisters, despite everything Lelouch still holds dear his childhood in Britannia, and we know he loved Euphie deeply; the chain has no hold on Cornelia and surrounds her sword (because she is his enemy) and Euphie is totally free of it since she is dead :() They have angel wings (Britannian ones)
Gino and Anya BUT Taniguchi said (in his crossed interview with Clamp in the Mutuality artbook) it first was meant to be Shirley's spot (the picture of her in the 4th ending was meant for this one but was moved because it spoiled her death, so this line was meant to be tied to her) // Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, next time it will be my turn to bring you happiness
When you know it was meant to be Shirley, you know that you understand he is promising Shirley he'll make her happy someday (a reference to the reincarnation thematic which fits Shirley) of course, Shirley is dead so no chains, she is just flying away :'(
V.V. and Charles // I will never forget any of this, because i still am the one i was that day
(This is a message to the emperor and his memory rewriting geass, since he changed Lelouch and rewrote his memories, Lelouch assures him he didn't changed and he still remembers; The chains surrounds both V.V. and Charles but have no hold on them, they have the angel wings of britannia )
Kallen // I 've got to keep saying I love you all the time
(this one is all about his feelings for Kallen being hidden/unknown during the anime and her having no means to know, it's a wish from him to be able to tell her what he feels; Kallen has the black wings of the black knights and Lelouch's chain is tied to her neck, a strong symbol of his hold on her, but she still manages to keep a hold of the chain, implying she still maintains her control (making sense with the end of the anime; she also holds a vest really similar to one of Lelouch's, but longer)
Suzaku // When you cry, you can run away as long as you come back
(This is a message of friendship from Lelouch who still feels for Suzaku no matter what, he'll be his friend and will always care for him, as we can see at the end of the anime. Suzaku has the white wings of britannia but Lelouch's chains fully ties his hands, stopping him from having any real impact on his fate, maybe a reference to his live on geass)
C.C.// Follow those tracks to not forget about this day.
(This is a clear reference to C.C. and her forgotten memories, lost within the flow of time, to retrace her steps can also lead her to her lost humanity, as she managed to get back the will to live at the end of the show, as her various profile said)
Don't forget his is an ANALYSIS, the only canon thing are that ; Orange Range wrote this for Code Geass, so coming from Lelouch, Shirley's picture was meant to be there instead of Gino and Anya, and the fact that the director made the full arrangement for the ending.
It doesn't prove anything, it's just something nice to analyze cause it actually matches and analyzing can be fun, but it doesn't make it a fact.
Anyway I love this ending and it fits Lelouch so much i's always a pleasure (Once again it fits the original canon anime, of S1 and R2, not the Alternate universe movie version since everything changed there, it's a different canon.)
Lelouch being super depressed about Nunnally's death because of Fleija ? Yeah but not enough to not jump and justify to Kallen that what Moe Chi Chi said wasn't what she understood.
Lmao, why the justification Lelouch ? You don't owe her anything, do you ? She isn't your lover, is she ? (Lmao he really direclty jumped at that CHI-CHIGAU she pulled him out of his depression by confusing what Moe Chi chi said )
AHAHAHAHAHAHA I SWEAR THIS BOY KNEW HE FELT SOMETHING FOR HER BEFORE SHE DID those two are glorious.
Lmao even without the sound, look at his body language NO THATS NOT WHAT YOU THINK ahahahaha, oh boy.
(我不会说中文,我用的是谷歌翻译,如果有语法错误,请见谅!)
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