Most heartbreaking death of Code Geass

[kaine-maxwell.livejournal.com]

Which did you find the most heartbreaking "death" in Code Geass:
(I put death in quotes due to the open-ended ending)

-Euphy
-Shirley
-Rolo
-"Lelouch"
(For the life of me I cannot get a poll to post correctly so it's staying like this.)

Comments

[isseinomiko.livejournal.com]

I think for me it would be Lelouch, but - he was my favorite character, so. I spent almost all of R2 praying and hoping that he and Suzaku would survive; it was pretty much all I wanted out of the ending. ;_; I'm still crying over it, man. Though, to be fair, when they showed Suzaku's gravestone and I thought they'd actually killed him off, I think I made a noise like someone had punched me in the stomach. ^^;

Euphie. . . I bawled my eyes out at her death, and I was pretty ambivalent toward her character from the beginning. Echoing the other people in saying that hers was the most tragic. The whole situation was just so unbelievably awful, for everyone involved.

Shirley and Rolo were about on par for me. Rolo made me mad a lot, but eventually he really did pull it together and the earnestness of his feelings for Lelouch touched me in the end - the same for Shirley, actually. I don't think I really cried so much when they died, but I shed a few tears.

[rubysp720.livejournal.com]

The only deaths I cried for was Lelouch and Rolo and it will haunt me for years to come. TT____TT

I teared up for Euphie and Mao as well

*still in depression*

[saft.livejournal.com]

Lelouch and Euphie...I didn't cry at Shirley's death, sure it got to me, But I think I was far more upset when Lelouch erased her memory.

[sandrock.livejournal.com]

I have to say Rolo. He's my favorite character, I felt like I and other fans had to spend a long time before his death resolving ourselves to the fact that he was doomed from the start, and I think his death is the one that had the most profound(ly positive) impact on Lelouch (or at least the most evident/lasting effect). There are a multitude of reasons. I'd say it was definitely heartbreaking.

As I see it, Euphie and Lelouch both died -- ultimately, though Euphie's death wasn't obviously so when it happened -- for the sake of the greater good and I think denying that would cheapen their sacrifices. Euphie's death was probably more upsetting because of Suzaku's reaction, whereas Lelouch's death was one of most amazing moments in the whole series. Neither were what I'd call 'heartbreaking'. They were sad, but they left me feeling fulfilled, in a way. And I say that as a huge fan of them both.

As for Shirley, I don't know that I ever understood what she contributed to the show and her death felt very hollow to me. I guess this is what the Shirley fans feel in regard to Rolo, but that's just one way of watching this series. I think it'd be a rare person who would mourn them both in the same way.

[kaine-maxwell.livejournal.com]

Lelouch died in a FABULOUS way.

[snowdevil-crow.livejournal.com]

*feels very rare indeed*

But mostly because Lelouch begged both of them not to die. Well... with Rolo he was just "Stop --- what are you doing?" With Shirley he was really "DON'T DIE!!!!!"

It's all because of his reaction, dammit, that I felt sad for Shirley dying...

[yukiruchan.livejournal.com]

Most Tragic : Euphy (tragic accident of a naive innocent princess)
Most Epic: Lelouch (I love him but he died happily after everything went according to plan/Ok.. and I don't believe he actually died)
Most Pitiful: Rolo (he hardly knew love...;_;)
Most Heartbreaking: Shirley (twist of fate, loss of a dear friend and someone who loved you purely)


However,
Most Heartwrenching: Nunnally. The one alive actually broke my heart more than those who died. I always cry when I hear Nunnally cry. Even now.

[xosakura-chanox.livejournal.com]

lulu and rolo, I CRIED FOR THOSE TWO!!

[funny08.livejournal.com]

Definetly Lelouch and Rolo cried lots and still depressed now T_T

[moonloop.livejournal.com]

Shirley firstwise. I won't go into detail since most of the people here who were heartwrenched by her death gave all the great reasons. It broke my heart how she died and how Lelouch desperately tried to geass her into living. Very very sad. I bet he would say the same thing.

Lelouch's own 'death' also made me wince. Also Euphie's wasn't heart wrenching but it was definitely sad.

Couldn't care less about Rolo. He was just a filler character.

[kaine-maxwell.livejournal.com]

you have to wonder how much Sunrise bawwwwled when they were animating, doing the voices, and QCing the episodes too.

[dropthecrates.livejournal.com]

Lelouch (both times I watched the last episode I cried so, so hard and I still get sad thinking about it, lol I suck), with Shirley/Euphie second. Rolo's death was sad but he was crazy right until the end, so.

[dropthecrates.livejournal.com]

That's not to mean that I was any less sad at Shirley's death, or Euphie's D: Just because I didn't cry doesn't mean I didn't ~mourn~, so to speak - idk how to explain it, their deaths were all really horrid and tragic in different ways, so I can't really compare. idk I could go on and on trying to explain myself, I wish I could edit comments :/

[i-am-mowse.livejournal.com]

i'd say lelouch is the top pick for me. it's the saddest part for me because he had promised nunnally that when she would open her eyes, the world would be beautiful and peaceful. she kind of opened them a little early, so he had to use geass on her to bend to his will (sad! T_T). afterwards, he gets stabbed by "zero" and dies right before his sister. now that is the most tragic part! nunnally never knew of lelouch's troubles until it was too late. but it was heartwarming too. he prepared the future for her....... TT_TT

[reiuji.livejournal.com]

You know, after thinking about this, I would have to say Shirley.
I loved Euphie, and her death was tragic and horrible, but It was also one of the parts of the series that made me go, "HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWESOME." It was the first time Lelouch fucked up SO horribly, and it was shocking as hell that they actually had Euphie massacre a bunch of Japanese people and then had Lelouch shoot her down in front of Suzaku.
That was a pretty integral part to the series, and really weighed heavily on how the rest of it played out.

As for Shirley, it really didn't contribute a lot to the overall plot, it was just pretty random and tragic, and a pretty devastating blow to Lelouch. Although I think it's better that she wasn't around for the end, because I don't think she could've dealt with how things ended for Lelouch. Shirley was such a sweetheart and died in such a senseless way. T_T And Lelouch actually wanted to distance her to keep her out of harm's way, and the way he failed was terribly heartbreaking to me.

[criaze.livejournal.com]

I cried for Shirley's and Rolo's. Euphie's death was tragic, too. But it lacks the push since she's being controlled by geass. However, I still vote for Lelouch's death. It definitely ends it ALL. (I secretly cried for it in my room instead of in front of my screen ;_;)

[kaine-maxwell.livejournal.com]

As did I. I was a combination of depressed and pissed over Shirley's pointless death. *sniff