Lelouch's kind-hearted sister, , proposes the Special Administrative Zone of Japan —a genuine peace offering to restore Japan's name. Suzaku supports her. For one episode, peace seems possible.
Lelouch is horrified. He didn't want this. But he has no choice. To maintain his legend and salvage something , he coldly shoots Euphemia himself, framing her as a tyrant and using her massacre as the catalyst for a full-scale rebellion. code geass 1 season
The world is divided between three superpowers. The dominant force is the Holy Britannian Empire , an expansionist, Social Darwinist monarchy that prizes conquest and racial hierarchy. In 2010 a.t.b., Britannia invaded Japan, stripping it of its name, its culture, and its identity, renaming it Area 11 . The Japanese people are now "Elevens," second-class citizens in their own land. Part 1: The Spark (Episodes 1-4) The story follows Lelouch vi Britannia , an exiled prince who despised his father, the Emperor, so much that he faked his own death as a child. He now lives a double life: a bored, chess-obsessed student at the elite Ashford Academy in Tokyo, and a shadowy figure who gambles with nobles to fund his quiet hatred for Britannia. Lelouch is horrified
One day, a terrorist attack by a Japanese resistance cell (the Japan Liberation Front) accidentally captures Lelouch. There, he is reunited with his childhood friend, —the son of Japan's last prime minister. While Lelouch fights with his mind, Suzaku fights with his body as a Britannian soldier, believing the system can be changed from within. To maintain his legend and salvage something ,
In the chaos, a mysterious girl named gives Lelouch a forbidden power: Geass . His specific Geass is the "Power of Absolute Obedience." He can command anyone, once, to do anything, locking eyes to lock wills.
His only anchor is his wheelchair-bound, blind younger sister, , who represents the gentle world he wants to build for her.