Chapter Summaries

Mahiro warned Euphemia that her plan for a Japanese Special Administrative Zone could be exploited, then supported her and arranged a knight for her. At the ceremony, Beatrice—Alpha’s aunt and a warrior sent by Shadow—became Euphemia’s knight, leaving the Black Knights shocked.

• Mahiro cautioned Euphemia that her proposed Special Administrative Zone could be turned against the Japanese resistance, but promised to support her.
• After Euphemia ended their call, Mahiro contacted someone he had chosen to become her knight.
• At Euphemia’s televised knighting ceremony, a black-robed woman arrived and identified herself as [War God] Beatrice, Alpha’s niece.
• Beatrice presented Euphemia with a replica of Curtana, a gift from Shadow, and Euphemia formally named her a knight.
• The ceremony concluded, and the Black Knights were shocked by Beatrice’s appointment.

Lelouch learned that Schneizel was heading to Area 11 and planned a move against him on Shikine Island, while Euphemia pressed ahead with her proposal for the Special Administrative Zone of Japan despite Cornelia’s warnings. The chapter ended with Charles learning of Schneizel’s plans and Lelouch asking Mahiro to send two technicians.

• Diethard told Lelouch that Schneizel was coming to Area 11, unsettling Lelouch and the Black Knights.
• Cornelia warned Euphemia that Mahiro was Britannia’s enemy and condemned her plan to establish the Special Administrative Zone of Japan.
• Euphemia stood by her proposal, and Cornelia told her that pursuing it meant she intended to become Emperor.
• Beatrice offered to kill the Emperor to help Euphemia take the throne, but Euphemia instead asked Beatrice to tell her about Mahiro.
• Charles learned that Schneizel had discovered something and allowed him to investigate Kamine Island.
• Lelouch told Mahiro that the Black Knights’ target was Shikine Island and asked him to send two technicians.

Lelouch sought reassurance from Mahiro after betraying Suzaku, while C.C. grew closer to Nunnally. Meanwhile, Suzaku recovered from surgery and joined Euphemia’s party bound for Shikine Island, where Mahiro began plotting to seize Schneizel’s Avalon.

• Lelouch asked Mahiro whether he would betray him, and Mahiro promised to accompany him to the end of his journey.
• C.C. took Nunnally to her room, cared for her, and joked that she could only marry Mahiro if learning someone’s name required marriage.
• Mahiro watched C.C. and Nunnally together, then reflected on Schneizel’s trap at Shikine Island and began planning to take the Avalon.
• Suzaku survived surgery, passed Lloyd’s simulation test, and remained Lancelot’s pilot despite his new metal prosthetic arm.
• On the voyage to Shikine Island, Suzaku saw a pale golden-haired girl beside Euphemia and felt she was familiar and that her place should have been his.

The Black Knights attacked Shikine Island, and Lelouch lured Suzaku into a trap that disabled the Lancelot. As Lelouch urged Suzaku to abandon Britannia, Shadow arrived and challenged Lelouch’s lingering hopes for him.

• Euphemia arrived at Shikine Island, where the Black Knights launched an assault on the headquarters.
• Suzaku boarded the Lancelot and charged into battle, prompting Lelouch to order a retreat and lure him into the forest.
• Kallen drew Suzaku to the sandpit, where radiation interference emitters disabled the Lancelot and the Black Knights surrounded him.
• Lelouch offered Suzaku the choice to surrender or be destroyed, then challenged his faith in changing Britannia from within.
• Shadow appeared at the sandpit and criticized Lelouch for still placing hope in Suzaku.

Euphemia rushed to stop the bombing after learning that the Avalon was preparing to attack the assembly point where Lelouch and Mahiro were trapped. Mahiro protected the group from its Hadron Cannons and ordered Ita to begin an operation against the warship.

• Avalon appeared above Shikine Island, and Lieutenant Colonel Haiye'er announced a quasi-Level One order to bomb Zero and Shadow while Suzaku held them in place.
• Euphemia challenged the order, then commandeered a Sutherland and raced toward the assembly point, warning the command that she was inside the target area.
• Tohdoh Kyoshiro ordered the Black Knights to attack Avalon, while Mahiro welcomed the warship and dismissed Suzaku's attempt to seize him.
• Mahiro disarmed Suzaku, broke his arm, and kicked him away as Kallen tried to stop Suzaku and protect Zero and Shadow.
• Schneizel fired Avalon's Hadron Cannons, but Mahiro raised an Antimatter Barrier that blocked the energy blasts.
• Mahiro told Ita to contact Alpha, and hidden black mecha emerged across Shikine Island to infiltrate Avalon while minimizing damage.

After C.C.'s power teleported Mahiro and others away from the battlefield, Mahiro found himself on a deserted island and reunited with Euphemia. He began helping her survive there as night fell.

• Schneizel ordered Avalon to retreat, but Shadow Garden's mechas breached its defenses and forced the crew to abandon ship.
• C.C.'s mark reacted with a red mark beneath the sandpit, teleporting Suzaku, Shadow, Zero, Kallen, and others away while Mahiro was sent to a deserted island.
• Mahiro used his observation abilities to locate Euphemia, who had washed ashore and began searching for help and supplies.
• Euphemia recognized Mahiro on the beach and rushed into his arms, relieved to find her teacher alive.
• Mahiro removed and cleaned Euphemia's wet clothes with magic, gave her a coat, and carried her while warning her to keep her shoes for survival.

On the deserted island, Yotsuba Mahiro cooked dragon meat for Euphemia and told her about his origins in another world. Euphemia agreed to join him, Cornelia, and Nunnally on a future journey after resolving her current affairs, but she twisted her ankle as they prepared to sleep.

• Yotsuba Mahiro grilled Cloud Giant Dragon meat and served it to Euphemia, who enjoyed it and felt dizzy after eating it.
• Mahiro told Euphemia that he came from another world and described how he had arrived in Britannia.
• Euphemia admitted she wanted to visit another world, and Mahiro promised to take her, Cornelia, and Nunnally once she had handled her affairs.
• Euphemia resolved to address the issues between Mahiro and Lelouch and prevent a tragedy like Clovis's death.
• As Euphemia got up to go to sleep, she twisted her ankle on a reef and fell, and Mahiro caught her.

Yotsuba Mahiro healed Euphemia’s sprained ankle and spent the night guarding her in a cabin. The next day, they found Suzaku Kururugi pinning Kallen Kouzuki in the jungle, and Mahiro pretended to take Euphemia hostage when Suzaku mistook her for his captive.

• Mahiro carried Euphemia to the cabin, healed her ankle with magic, and gave her the bed for the night.
• Euphemia offered to share her bed with Mahiro, but he refused and kept watch by the window.
• After breakfast, Mahiro and Euphemia headed inland to search for Kallen and Lelouch.
• Mahiro and Euphemia watched Kallen attack Suzaku, but Suzaku disarmed her and pinned her to the ground.
• Mahiro emerged from the woods, and Suzaku demanded that he release Euphemia, whom he believed Mahiro had kidnapped.
• Mahiro grabbed Euphemia’s wrist and pretended she was his hostage, while she offered no resistance.

Mahiro rescued Kallen by provoking Suzaku into letting her go, then escaped with both women and returned Kallen to a safe place in the Tokyo Area. Euphemia was found and rescued by Britannian forces, while Kallen ended the chapter asking Mahiro whether he had slept with the princess.

• Mahiro taunted Suzaku during a hostage exchange and persuaded him to hand Kallen over, but refused to release Euphemia.
• Mahiro claimed Euphemia was very wet, provoking Suzaku to fire at him; Mahiro teleported away with Euphemia and Kallen.
• Lieutenant Colonel Haiye'er ordered a search for Euphemia, and Beatrice said she was not worried because Mahiro was with her.
• Britannian soldiers found and rescued Euphemia, while Mahiro watched from a distant mountaintop.
• Mahiro teleported with Kallen to a safe place in the Tokyo Area, where she asked whether he had slept with Euphemia.

Mahiro summoned Yotsuba Miya to treat Nunnally’s Geass-damaged spiritual body and help her regain her sight. As Miya prepared to begin, she discovered Nunnally’s feelings for Mahiro and asked her about them.

• Mahiro explained that he had summoned Miya to treat Nunnally’s inability to open her eyes, which stemmed from a mental rather than physical problem.
• Miya examined Nunnally’s spiritual body and asked Mahiro to find a completely quiet place for the treatment.
• Mahiro secured Gamma’s villa with multiple defensive spells while Nunnally settled in for the procedure.
• Miya comforted Nunnally and explained that she intended to repair her spiritual body rather than erase her feelings.
• Miya asked Nunnally whether she liked Mahiro, and Nunnally trembled in surprise.

Yotsuba Miya encouraged Nunnally to pursue Mahiro, then helped him repair Nunnally’s spiritual body so she could see again. After Nunnally confessed and kissed Mahiro, he spent the night with her and later confronted Miya, suspecting she had interfered with Nunnally’s feelings.

• Yotsuba Miya told Nunnally that Mahiro would not reject her and urged her to pursue him.
• Mahiro studied as Yotsuba Miya repaired Nunnally’s spiritual body, and Nunnally opened her eyes after the procedure.
• Nunnally embraced Mahiro, confessed that she liked him, and kissed him.
• Mahiro injected Nunnally with an enhancement serum, spent the night with her, and covered her with a blanket after she fell asleep.
• Mahiro asked Yotsuba Miya what she had done to Nunnally, and Miya smiled without answering.

Yotsuba Miya returned to her world after helping Nunnally confess her feelings to Mahiro. Mahiro told Nunnally what Lelouch had done, and she pleaded with him to stop her brother, but he said Lelouch could no longer be turned back.

• Yotsuba Miya said she had amplified Nunnally's feelings, then left Mahiro's world to return to Maya and the others.
• Mahiro learned from Milly that Nina had visited Euphemia to thank her for her actions during the hotel hostage incident.
• Nunnally asked Mahiro about his earlier promise, and he explained Lelouch's actions and his plan to overthrow Britannia.
• Nunnally grieved over Lelouch's choices and asked Mahiro to stop him, but Mahiro said Lelouch had chosen his path and no one could change it.
• Mahiro returned to C.C. and Kaguya Sumeragi, and C.C. teased him about spending a day and night away with Nunnally.

After Euphemia announced the Special Administrative Zone of Japan, Mahiro agreed to support her while Lelouch feared it would destroy the Black Knights’ gains. Lelouch sought Mahiro’s guidance, leaving their response to the proposal unresolved.

• Nunnally hid her restored eyesight and kept her conversation with Mahiro secret from Lelouch.
• Euphemia announced that Japanese people would regain their name and equal rights inside the Special Administrative Zone of Japan, while Kaguya recognized the plan as a way to weaken the resistance.
• Lelouch raged that the Zone would take away the Black Knights’ support and the victories he had worked to achieve.
• Euphemia asked Mahiro to support her plan, and he agreed while telling her she would have to persuade the resistance herself.
• Lelouch arrived at Mahiro’s room, asked for guidance, and privately confirmed that Euphemia had contacted him about the Zone.

Lelouch considered how to respond to Euphemia’s Special Administrative Zone, while Euphemia risked her succession rights to pardon Zero and Shadow and drew Japanese support away from the Black Knights. As the opening ceremony began, Mahiro set out as Shadow and encountered the escaped Jeremiah Gottwald, who threatened him over the name Orange.

• Lelouch told Mahiro that Euphemia knew his identity, apologized for suspecting him, and asked whether he would attend the Special Administrative Zone’s establishment ceremony.
• Mahiro said he would attend and asked what Lelouch planned to do; Lelouch concealed his ruthless intent to kill.
• Euphemia told Cornelia she would renounce her succession rights to pardon Zero and Shadow, and Cornelia ordered her army to finish its battle and return to Area 11.
• About three hundred thousand Japanese joined the Special Administrative Zone, and Euphemia’s pardon announcement further pressured the Black Knights as members began leaving.
• On the day of the opening ceremony, Mahiro left Ashford Academy as Shadow with Alpha and met the escaped Jeremiah Gottwald, who became enraged when Mahiro called him Orange.

Jeremiah Gottwald met Mahiro and asked to speak privately, then learned from Mahiro, Nunnally, and Kaguya that Zero was actually Lelouch. Jeremiah struggled to understand why Lelouch had rebelled against Britannia and his father, and asked them to explain his reasons.

• Jeremiah recognized Mahiro as the legendary royal tutor and requested a private conversation rather than trying to arrest him.
• Mahiro sent Alpha to represent him at the Special Administrative Zone ceremony and take Euphemia away, then drove Jeremiah to Ashford Academy.
• Jeremiah met Nunnally and revealed that he had once guarded her mother, Empress Marianne.
• Jeremiah asked Mahiro what he had meant when he said Marianne's descendants had bestowed the name Orange upon him.
• Mahiro told Jeremiah that Zero was Lelouch, and Nunnally and Kaguya confirmed it.
• Jeremiah asked why Lelouch had become Zero and turned against Britannia and his father.

Mahiro revealed Lelouch’s motives to Jeremiah Gottwald, who departed after pledging to fulfill his loyalty, while Nunnally and Kaguya watched Euphemia’s massacre broadcast. Alpha urged Lelouch to use the atrocity to advance his cause, and Cornelia rushed to save Euphemia as the massacre shocked the world.

• Mahiro told Jeremiah Gottwald that Lelouch sought revenge for Marianne’s death and Nunnally’s suffering, and Nunnally explained that Mahiro had healed her.
• Jeremiah Gottwald thanked Mahiro and left, declaring that he would fulfill the last of his loyalty; Mahiro suggested he might serve Lelouch instead of harming him.
• Euphemia, under Geass, ordered Britannian soldiers to slaughter the Japanese at the ceremony and joined the massacre in a Knightmare, while Diethard Ried broadcast the killings worldwide.
• Lelouch appeared at the venue, and Alpha told him that the massacre was the price of power and that Shadow Garden would assist him; he boarded the Gawain to exploit the crisis.
• Charles laughed at the broadcast, Schneizel watched in disbelief, and Cornelia left headquarters to try to save Euphemia.

Shadow Garden captured Euphemia after Lelouch shot her, and Mahiro used Rewind to heal her injuries. Euphemia remained unconscious as Kaguya and Nunnally stared in astonishment at Mahiro’s power.

• Alpha ordered Shadow Garden’s Knightmares to stop Euphemia, while Suzaku’s Lancelot fought Epsilon and Zeta.
• Lelouch disabled Euphemia’s Sutherland, confronted her, and shot her after her Geass-driven thoughts collided with her wish to establish the Special Administrative Zone of Japan.
• Alpha ordered Euphemia’s retrieval, but Suzaku charged after her until Alpha cut Lancelot apart and Beta carried Euphemia away.
• At the villa, Nunnally pleaded with Mahiro to save Euphemia, and he assured her that he could bring her back from death.
• Mahiro used Rewind to heal Euphemia completely, leaving Kaguya and Nunnally stunned as Euphemia remained unconscious.

Mahiro saved Euphemia but kept her survival secret while the aftermath of her apparent death drove Britannia and the Black Knights toward war. As Lelouch declared the United States of Japan, V.V. approached Suzaku, and Nina confronted Mahiro after discovering he was Shadow.

• Mahiro revived Euphemia, then had Beta take her unconscious body somewhere safe.
• Mahiro told C.C. that V.V. was in Japan and had likely found Suzaku to turn him against Lelouch.
• V.V. introduced himself to Suzaku and offered to reveal the truth about Zero, Shadow, and Geass.
• Lelouch declared the United States of Japan as Cornelia prepared to attack the Black Knights with Gino Weinberg and Anya Alstreim.
• Nina prepared a nuclear weapon to avenge Euphemia, then accused Mahiro of letting Zero kill her and revealed that she knew he was Shadow.

Mahiro persuaded Nina to help finish the Sakuradite annihilation simulation by promising she could see the revived Euphemia, while the Black Knights’ assault devastated the Tokyo Settlement. At Ashford Academy, Mahiro arrived in time to save Kaguya and the others from a Black Knights fighter, then reunited with Kaguya.

• Mahiro told Nina he would help complete the simulation and revealed that Euphemia had been brought back to life, persuading Nina to work with him.
• Lelouch’s destruction of the Settlement’s layered structure inflicted massive casualties on Britannia and pushed the fighting into a stalemate around the Governor-General’s Residence.
• The Black Knights seized Ashford Academy and detained Milly, Shirley, Rivalz, Nunnally, and Kaguya as hostages.
• Kaguya identified herself as a member of the Kyoto Six Houses, but a Black Knights fighter aimed his rifle at her and the others.
• Mahiro appeared, blocked the bullets with a barrier, and used Nihility to turn the fighter to dust.
• Kaguya embraced Mahiro and welcomed his return.

After Euphemia’s death and the Black Knights’ attack on the student council room, Mahiro revealed himself as Shadow and explained to Lelouch how Charles and V.V. had caused his Geass to go out of control. As fighting intensified in the Tokyo Settlement, Kaguya warned Mahiro that Japan could not yet be liberated.

• Mahiro checked on the student council members, then transformed into Shadow in front of them and Zero.
• Lelouch avoided acknowledging Nunnally as she left, then questioned Mahiro about C.C. and Euphemia’s death.
• Mahiro stopped Lelouch from attacking C.C. and explained that Charles and V.V. had orchestrated his Geass going out of control.
• News of Lancelot’s approach forced Lelouch to leave, while Mahiro decided to go out and meet another of his students.
• Kaguya declined to accompany Mahiro and said Japan could not be liberated yet, despite the fighting in the Tokyo Settlement.