Chapter Summaries

Lelouch and Mahiro assembled a plan to rescue Suzaku Kururugi, joining forces with Kallen and Kaname Ohgi as Jeremiah halted Suzaku’s convoy for Clovis’s hearse. Watching the operation unfold, Red Moon’s members rallied behind Zero while Tamaki remained suspicious and isolated.

• Mahiro used Parade of Disguise to transform his appearance before Lelouch introduced Kallen Kouzuki and Kaname Ohgi as their allies in the operation.
• Television coverage showed Suzaku Kururugi being escorted through hostile crowds, while producer Diethard Ried watched the broadcast with contempt for its propaganda.
• At Red Moon’s base, Yoshida and other members debated whether Zero could save Suzaku, with Tamaki doubting that a small team could succeed.
• Kallen drove Clovis’s hearse into the military perimeter, and Jeremiah ordered Suzaku’s convoy to halt after hearing that the hearse had appeared.
• In Red Moon’s base, Inoue, Sugiyama Kento, and Yoshida declared their support for Zero and confronted Tamaki, who suspected the others had been put under Geass.

Lelouch rescued Suzaku during a televised confrontation with Jeremiah, using the stolen poison-gas container and Geass to control Jeremiah while Mahiro served as backup. Afterward, Mahiro told C.C. about the rescue, and she questioned why he had let Lelouch handle the operation himself.

• Jeremiah surrounded Zero and the white-haired Mahiro with Sutherlands, believing he had trapped the people trying to rescue Suzaku.
• Lelouch revealed the container in Clovis's hearse, making Jeremiah realize the supposed poison gas held the Britannian forces hostage.
• Diethard rushed toward the hearse to film Zero, while Mahiro greeted the camera calmly.
• Lelouch exposed himself as Clovis's murderer, used the name Orange to control Jeremiah with Geass, and helped Kallen rescue Suzaku.
• Mahiro later told C.C. about the rescue, and she asked why he had allowed Lelouch to perform the operation alone.

Mahiro confronted C.C. about what she had seen in his past, then promised to help fulfill her wish to die if the chance came. C.C. made a contract with him without Geass, sending him into C's World as Cornelia led Britannian forces to victory on a Middle Eastern battlefield.

• Mahiro complained that Suzaku Kururugi had returned to Britannia instead of joining Lelouch, though Lelouch had gained a group of terrorists as a starting base.
• C.C. said she felt bound by the world, and Mahiro challenged her to fight for her freedom before demanding to know what she had seen in his memories.
• C.C. revealed that she had seen Mahiro's past as an Adjuster and asked him to fulfill her wish to die; Mahiro promised to kill her if her wish remained unchanged.
• C.C. kissed Mahiro and made a contract without Geass, causing him to experience C's World and the Alaya consciousness without losing control.
• C.C. settled Mahiro into bed and watched over him, while Cornelia LI Britannia led her royal guard in crushing the last resistance on a Middle Eastern battlefield.

Cornelia secured Area 18 and learned that Euphemia had gone to Area 11, while Lloyd celebrated the recovery of the Lancelot and Suzaku was released from prison and discharged from the army. At the Governor-General’s residence, Mahiro arrived in time to catch Euphemia as she fell, but accidentally stomped on Suzaku’s face first.

• Cornelia defeated the last fortress in the desert and prepared to go to Area 11, where she planned to find Zero and Mahiro.
• Darlton told Cornelia that Euphemia had already gone to Area 11 to take up her post as Vice Governor.
• Lloyd reassembled and upgraded the Lancelot, while Cecile remained uneasy about how the machine had been returned.
• Suzaku was acquitted in Clovis’s murder case and discharged from the military, then wandered the streets after leaving the camp.
• Mahiro reached the Governor-General’s residence and accidentally kicked Suzaku in the face as he hurried to catch Euphemia falling from a window.
• Euphemia landed safely in Mahiro’s arms, then jumped down and apologized before Mahiro apologized to Suzaku for using his face as a foothold.

Mahiro reunited with Euphemia after she escaped confinement in Area 11, and helped her evade the soldiers with Suzaku. In the park, Mahiro revealed his Britannian identity and confirmed that he had taught Lelouch and Nunnally, prompting Euphemia to ask whether they were still alive.

• Mahiro recognized Euphemia after Suzaku caught her falling from a fourth-floor window, and Euphemia tearfully reunited with her former teacher.
• Euphemia explained that she had escaped Cornelia's confinement to see Area 11, then asked Mahiro to take Suzaku with them before the soldiers found them.
• Mahiro carried Euphemia and Suzaku away from the residence and brought them to a park.
• Mahiro introduced himself as Mahiro Zi Britannia, also known as Yotsuba Mahiro, and said he had been Lelouch and Nunnally's teacher.
• Euphemia asked Mahiro whether Lelouch and Nunnally were still alive.

Mahiro reassured Euphemia that he would take her to see Lelouch and Nunnally later, then accompanied her around the shopping district while Suzaku stayed behind. As they browsed, Mahiro explained why he hated Suzaku, and Euphemia continued to enjoy her outing with her teacher.

• Euphemia asked Mahiro to take her to see Lelouch and Nunnally, and he promised to bring her after some time had passed.
• Mahiro invited Suzaku to join their outing, but Suzaku declined and remained behind, overcome by unexplained pain.
• Euphemia asked Mahiro why he disliked Suzaku, and Mahiro condemned Suzaku for killing his father and joining Britannia's military.
• Mahiro and Euphemia continued through the shopping district, where Euphemia tried on clothes and asked for Mahiro's opinion.

Mahiro took Euphemia around the Tokyo Settlement, then brought her to Shinjuku, where she confronted the devastation and prejudice left by the massacre. The chapter ended as Tamaki Shinichiro and two Britannian students began arguing over the students’ treatment of the Elevens.

• Mahiro bought crepes for Euphemia and shared stories with her as they walked through the streets.
• Lloyd, Cecile, and Suzaku spotted Euphemia with Mahiro, and Suzaku explained Mahiro’s royal name and role as her tutor.
• Euphemia asked Mahiro to take her to Shinjuku, where he showed her the ruined district and the graves of civilians killed in the Shinjuku Incident.
• Euphemia saw two Britannian students posing for photos among the battle damage and felt ashamed of their behavior.
• Tamaki Shinichiro and two Red Moon members confronted the students, and Tamaki knocked one student’s camera to the ground.
• A Britannian student called the attackers Elevens, and Tamaki angrily insisted that they were Japanese.

Mahiro protected Euphemia li Britannia from street violence in Shinjuku, then the two witnessed a Knightmare battle involving Jeremiah Gottwald. The chapter ended with Euphemia stepping in front of Jeremiah’s besieged Sutherland to stop the Pureblood Faction from destroying him.

• Tamaki Shinichiro and his companions beat two Britannian students, but Mahiro stopped Tamaki from shooting one and broke his arm when he attacked.
• The Britannian students blamed Mahiro after the fight, and Euphemia slapped one of them for insulting him.
• An explosion rocked Shinjuku, and Mahiro identified it as a high-explosive bomb fired from a Knightmare.
• Kewell and three Pureblood Faction pilots attacked Jeremiah Gottwald, accusing him of betraying the faction and using false intelligence to lure him into a trap.
• As the Pureblood knights prepared to destroy Jeremiah, Euphemia ran in front of his Knightmare and spread her arms.

Mahiro rescued Euphemia from the Pureblood Faction’s Knightmares and began dismantling them, while Suzaku brought Lancelot into the fight to stop the conflict. The chapter ended with Lancelot’s new M.V.S. blades in combat against Kewell’s Sutherland.

• Euphemia rushed into the stadium to order the fighting to stop, and Mahiro shielded her from four charging Sutherlands.
• Mahiro summoned Est and used the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword to tear apart the Pureblood Faction’s Knightmares and defeat their pilots.
• Suzaku volunteered to gather combat data for Lancelot and piloted the newly assembled Knightmare to the stadium with Lloyd and Cecile.
• Suzaku saw Mahiro splitting a Sutherland apart and recognized him, then intervened before Mahiro could attack Kewell’s last Knightmare.
• Kewell rejected Suzaku’s interference, but Suzaku drew Lancelot’s M.V.S. blades and severed Kewell’s Sutherland lance and arm.

Yotsuba Mahiro defeated Suzaku’s Lancelot, accepted Euphemia’s thanks, and warned her about the dangers of Area 11 before leaving. Later, Cornelia li Britannia arrived to take charge of Area 11 and immediately turned her pistol on the Governor-General’s Office Chief of Staff.

• Yotsuba Mahiro cut through Lancelot’s weapons and shields, damaged its cockpit armor, and hurled the Knightmare into the stadium wall.
• Kewell Soresi surrendered, and Jeremiah Gottwald knelt before Euphemia while Mahiro told him that Orange might become the name of his loyalty.
• Euphemia thanked Mahiro and recognized Est, who refused to see her and returned to Mahiro’s hand.
• Mahiro warned Euphemia that Area 11 could cost her life, then left the stadium.
• Cornelia li Britannia arrived in Area 11, reprimanded Euphemia for her recklessness, and demanded to know whether preparations were complete.
• Cornelia called the Governor-General’s Office Chief of Staff an idiot and drew her pistol on him.

Cornelia took charge of Area 11 and learned that Yotsuba Mahiro was teaching at Ashford Academy, while Suzaku Kururugi joined the school and reunited with Lelouch. The chapter ended with Lelouch asking Suzaku whether Euphemia had helped him enroll.

• Cornelia rebuked her officials for failing to make progress on finding ZERO and assigned Guilford to investigate after the personal guard’s Knightmares were delivered.
• Euphemia told Cornelia that Yotsuba Mahiro had reappeared and was working at Ashford Academy, stirring Cornelia’s memories of her former teacher.
• Suzaku introduced himself as a new Ashford Academy student, but the class treated him with hostility over his status as an Honorary Britannian and the accusations surrounding Clovis’s death.
• Shirley tried to approach Suzaku, but Lelouch left the classroom after giving Suzaku their childhood signal.
• Suzaku followed Lelouch to the rooftop, where they greeted each other after seven years and Lelouch asked how Suzaku had come to study at Ashford Academy.

Lelouch learned that Suzaku had been sent to Ashford Academy through Lloyd, while Mahiro planned to use Suzaku and Lancelot before eventually discarding them. At Clovis’s memorial, Emperor Charles delivered a speech praising inequality and struggle, and Ashford Academy’s students and faculty listened as the speech ended.

• Suzaku told Lelouch that Cecile had urged him to attend school and Lloyd had suggested Ashford Academy.
• Mahiro told C.C. and Alpha that Suzaku and Lancelot still had valuable technology, then instructed Alpha to make Suzaku’s school life more eventful.
• Charles said Clovis’s body had not been found but insisted the memorial proceed, adding that he had spoken with Clovis and needed to respond to an unnamed man.
• Charles addressed the world at Clovis’s memorial, declaring that people were unequal and that Britannia advanced through struggle and competition.
• Britannian subjects cheered Charles’s speech, while Ashford Academy’s students and faculty listened in their auditorium.

Lelouch reflected on Mahiro’s remarks about power and watched Suzaku become the target of campus abuse, while Mahiro discussed Lelouch’s potential with C.C. Their pizza-filled conversation ended when C.C. revealed that she had been programmed to eat pizza.

• Lelouch questioned Charles’s motives, and Mahiro told him that power came from influence before leaving him with a line about trust.
• Students spread the news that Suzaku had killed his father, Genbu Kururugi, and mocked him across the academy while Mahiro watched.
• Mahiro returned to the student council clubroom, where C.C. ate pizza and explained that she was collecting stickers for prizes.
• Mahiro and C.C. discussed whether Lelouch could defeat Charles, and Mahiro said Lelouch had the potential to destroy the world.
• C.C. said that eating pizza was one reason she existed and that she had been programmed to do it.

Mahiro refused to help Lelouch face Cornelia’s operation in Saitama, believing Lelouch needed a setback, while C.C. said she trusted Mahiro more to fulfill her wish. At school, Milly revealed that she needed Mahiro’s help to avoid an arranged marriage, asking him to become her fiancé.

• Mahiro and C.C. watched a report announcing Cornelia’s operation against the Saitama Ghetto and discussed Lelouch’s likely response.
• Mahiro decided not to intervene, while C.C. said she believed he had a better chance than Lelouch of granting her wish.
• Mahiro went to work and noticed Lelouch was absent again, with Shirley claiming he was sick.
• Mahiro found Milly distracted and offered to listen, but she initially said she was troubled by family matters.
• Milly stopped Mahiro in the hallway and asked him to be her fiancé.
• Earlier that morning, Milly’s mother had ordered her to attend an arranged meeting because the Ashford family was facing the loss of its noble status and remaining property.

Milly asked Mahiro to pose as her fiancé to escape an arranged marriage meant to save the Ashford Family, and he agreed. After the academy buzzed with rumors about them, Mahiro returned to the student council villa, where Nunnally folded paper cranes with C.C.

• Old Ashford explained that the Ashford Family had fallen into decline after Marianne's death and relied on Milly's arranged marriage to preserve its status.
• Old Ashford urged Milly to seek Yotsuba Mahiro's help, believing Mahiro could save the family.
• Milly asked Mahiro to pretend to be her fiancé, and he agreed before she kissed him and ran off.
• Shirley witnessed Milly kiss Mahiro, while Kallen began to suspect that Mahiro was the white-haired man from the prison break.
• Rumors spread that Mahiro and Milly were dating and that he would become the Ashford family's live-in son-in-law.
• Mahiro returned to the student council villa after school, where Nunnally folded a paper crane and gave it to C.C.

Lelouch returned battered after Cornelia’s Saitama operation defeated his plans, and Mahiro learned that Knights of the Rounds had helped her forces. Nunnally grew concerned about Lelouch’s changing behavior and asked Mahiro whether he was hiding something from her.

• Lelouch came home bruised and dusty, and Mahiro led him into the hallway to question him about the failed Saitama operation.
• Lelouch blamed the terrorists’ disobedience and revealed that Cornelia had four Knights of the Rounds supporting her.
• Mahiro guessed Anya had helped Lelouch escape, then privately suspected Marianne had intervened through Anya.
• C.C. noticed Nunnally was troubled, and Nunnally asked Mahiro whether he and Lelouch were keeping something from her.

Mahiro reassured Nunnally that he would tell her the truth after curing her eyes, then discussed Shadow Garden’s Knightmares and a planned Japanese Liberation Front attack with Alpha. As the group traveled toward Lake Kawaguchi, Mahiro recognized the coming hostage incident and Nina’s fear of the dark.

• Mahiro made a pinky promise to tell Nunnally everything once he had cured her eyes, while Nunnally failed to use her ability to read his heart.
• Mahiro told C.C. that Nunnally was exceptionally capable despite Lelouch’s neglect of her.
• On the train, Alpha reported that Ita had completed nine adaptable Knightmares and warned Mahiro that an Army lieutenant colonel planned to attack the Convention Center Hotel at Lake Kawaguchi.
• Mahiro said the attack could give Shadow Garden a chance to reveal itself publicly, and Alpha left to act on his plans.
• Milly and Shirley comforted Nina when the train entered a dark tunnel, and Milly asked Mahiro to protect her.

Nina revealed that resistance fighters had murdered her parents, and Mahiro promised to protect her before they were taken hostage at the Sakuradite Allocation Conference. As Cornelia’s forces struggled to rescue the hostages after Kusakabe began killing them, Luciano mocked the command staff’s inability to find a way into the hotel.

• Milly explained that Nina feared Elevens because resistance fighters had killed her parents six years earlier, and Mahiro vowed to protect her.
• Mahiro, Nina, Milly, and the other guests were taken hostage at the Convention Center Hotel by Kusakabe and the Japanese Liberation Front.
• Lelouch and Cornelia recognized Mahiro and Euphemia in the hostage footage, and Cornelia ordered her forces to surround the hotel.
• Zero declared that the Red Moon rebel army would oppose Kusakabe, while Cornelia and Lelouch mobilized their forces as the standoff continued across the lake.
• Kusakabe’s men threw a hostage from the hotel roof and threatened to kill another every thirty minutes, while Cornelia rejected Guilford’s proposal to negotiate for the women and children.
• Luciano Bradley urged a direct assault, but Guilford explained that the hotel’s approaches were blocked, prompting Luciano to call the command staff idiots.

Luciano Bradley insulted Cornelia and left the rescue operation, while ZERO confronted Cornelia and persuaded her to let his group reach the hotel. Inside, a terrorist reacted angrily when Nina called the Japanese hostages “ELEVEN.”

• Luciano Bradley mocked Cornelia’s rescue plan, rejected her authority, and left the command room after insulting her teacher, Mahiro Zi Britannia.
• Luciano went to the hangar and revealed his murderous obsession with Mahiro Zi Britannia, while Cornelia received word that ZERO had contacted the army.
• ZERO arrived at the bridge in a stolen camera van with Kaname Ohgi’s group, and Cornelia threatened to shoot him over Clovis’s death.
• ZERO urged Cornelia to choose between avenging Clovis and saving Euphemia and the other hostages, and Cornelia ordered her army to stand aside.
• As ZERO’s group crossed the bridge toward the hotel, a terrorist pointed his gun at Nina after she called the Japanese hostages “ELEVEN.”

Yotsuba Mahiro rescued Nina and Euphemia from terrorists at the hotel, while Alpha and her group confronted Lelouch and the Black Knights. Lelouch’s group reached the upper floor and met the white-haired man, who revealed that he had already killed the terrorists.

• Mahiro stopped a terrorist from attacking Nina, and Euphemia revealed her identity as the Third Princess and demanded that the hostages be treated well.
• Mahiro used a sapphire-blue magic circle to kill every armed man in the room, leaving only ashes and guns behind.
• Lelouch and the Black Knights entered the hotel and found a blood-soaked lobby filled with the remains of terrorists.
• Alpha, Beta, and Epsilon appeared and killed the eight terrorists accompanying the group, then Alpha told Zero to go upstairs because someone was waiting for him.
• Lelouch led the group to a clean room, where the white-haired man from the execution grounds greeted them and said he had already cleaned up the terrorists.