Rolo's Death - Code Geass (Dub - High Def)
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Let's all face facts. This is not his brother, but a pawn of both Lelouch and Charles. The only thing that was real was Rolo's determination to live and die for his "brother."
Song from Rolo's Locket, "Boku wa, Tori ni Naru," from Kuroishi Hitomi.
--- I don't own Code Geass, obviously. All rights reserved to Sunshine Corporation.
Saddest part was that Lelouch probably couldn't even hear Rolo talk to him
TBH
Considering lelouch...he would have figured out what rolo talked to him...
Lelouch wouldnt have cared at all, he admitted to using Rolo the whole time, lied to him during his last dying breaths. It was enough for Rolo to believe that Lelouch loved him, and that he was finally doing something in his own free will. Even though Rolo's role here is convenient for Lelouch, this moment is not about him really, so it's not sad to me that he couldnt hear Rolo's speech.
The video description says it best.
Rishi D I want to think that’s the case
Aurik Sarker except he actually buried Rolo WITH Nunally’s locket. Lelouch isn’t a perfect character, he isn’t some robot, he had many downfalls, but rose every time. Which was why (IMO) he was such a good character.
As much as the anime wants you to hate Rolo, he eventually turned out to be a lovable character who warms up to Lelouch and defends what he sees as right....
+EternalEmVyI just loved him except the part where he killed Shirley but I just loved him xD
I always loved Rolo, him killing Shirley made no difference to me. xD
Votric Yes that true.
Its Rolo, he's supporting Lelouch most + he has the best geass xD
If I could have any of the known Geass' I could have Rolo's.
+Votric Even tho it stops your own heart?
That moment when you realize that Rolo's Geass pause Lelouch's sense of time and he didn't hear half of what Rolo was saying. I going to go cry again now.
Yeah..
I know how you feel bruh
watch Lelouxh of the resurrection, noob
This is why I bought the whole season..so sad 😢😢
@@laanz it's Lelouch
*noob*
I think Rolo's death was the turning point for lelouch.
Just like Shirley's.
+Danoh Szpak exactly
Danoh Szpak Shirleys death caused lelouch hatred for rolo, didn't really see him change like rolos death did. He literally wanted to die, he said he has nothing let. Seeing rolo kill himself just so he can be safe and live made a change in him. Not only made him be grateful for rolo but made him have hope and a reason to continue again.
Mainly because this comes off the heels of Lelouch's two biggest despairs: losing Nunnally (although later turned out to be not that) who was arguably his entire reason for fighting, and being "sold out" again by Suzaku (via cleverly planned coincidence). That even the boy he had once planned to kill as penance for Shirley's unwarranted death, Lelouch was spared death by all simply because they believed in him and his/their own lies. Lelouch could understand that all that was left for him in the end was a mission to complete and a world to create (both of which he achieved in life and death)
Yea that’s why I like the anime. The deaths of his loved ones only made him stronger. He needed them to die to beat Charles
After Shirley's death, you feel like you wanted rolo to die.... But when this scene plays............ You feel bad for him........ And cry............ :'(
I didn't,Shirley was annoying.
[QWERTY] unless you hated Shirley...
Why would you hate Shirley?
Limrasson She's anmoying
[QWERTY] Well, a little, but mostly because she is unaware of the events unfolding around her. But she is actually a really supportive character to Lelouch. Actually she represents the normal life in the story.
I'm not really pissed at Rolo for killing Shirley, I'm pissed at the Black Knights for betraying Zero with little to no doubt except for 2 members...
Sometimes the Hero dies universally hated, and the monster dies feeling loved.
Im happy because if they were to have known, they would have stopped him, they realize his intentions afterwards becuase kallen would probably never keep that a secret, he died because he wanted to have all the worlds hate onto his shoulders so he would bring it all to the grave with him
jeramahia123 lol I see u on every code geass vid I see
Ghost Cakes I agree. They trusted the prince of Britannia over their own leader that had given them everything
Oges a fool since he was the vice leader since he fell in love with viletta he let his emotions take the best of him and convince everyone to betray zero
I can't stand these people who are calling Lelouch a bad guy for what he said to Kallen, he was just lying since the Black Knights would have been killed if they didn't betray him.
Ikr
-discontinued- I can't believe she even believed him considering how bad the situation looked. if I were her it would be pretty obvious to me what he was doing
Mark deguia
She realized that after Lelouch said "Kallen,you have to live" or something along those lines.
Mark deguia well how lelouch looked was pretty realistic he is good at acting
The Red Mage ikr. If they did research they would know Lelouch loves Kallen. But if he told her this, she would have “gone through hell with him”
AND THAT'S THE POWER OF MUSIC!
+Terry Crews NOY YOU TRY!
MAKE MY MUSIC USING YOUR KEYBOARD DEVICE!
+Nerdy Nachos DO IT!!!!!!!!!
Reading that with your profile pic.
Uwu
😂
I loved Rolo, and this death is by far one of the saddest. To think that he was literally used by everyone, and in his only free choice he chose to save Lelouche out of his love for him despite even being used by him. Pretty much in the end because Rolo saved his life, he helped keep Lelouche's dream alive
honestly i feel like originally he did see Rolo as a tool, but after seeing his sacrifice at the end he ended up caring for him. Its kinda sad i know but thats just how i see it, since originally Rolo to him was someone who would be a wall in his plans. Though afterwards he saw he wasn't a wall like he thought but someone who strived to make his plan a reality.
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"...your big brother is just a liar." I wonder about the significance of that line.. Lelouch really did seem like he hated Rollo, and meant it when he said "I loathe you!" And he WAS using him, and wanted to kill him. But I wonder if this means he's really finally accepted Rollo as his little brother despite his being an imposter, or if he simply wants to give respect to someone who truly loved him and had died for him, despite the sad truth; or, if in some little corner of his heart, he really was lying all along, and couldn't fully hate someone who felt like close family, just like Nunnally.
He also left him with the phone and heart charm, instead of taking it bacc like he tried to earlier in this season. If he didn't care for him like that, he would've took it right after Rolo dies. Since that heart charm is a memory he associated with Nunnally and it meant a lot to em, it says a lot when he leaves it for Rolo to have after his death. Bringing more truth of his hidden affection for his little brother
@@tyjusto9351 I believe that Lelouch really did grow to love Rolo like a brother but didn't realize it until Rolo gave his life trying to save him. Lelouch did bury Rolo with his own hands after all. And he was the only one who mourned his death.
In my opinion lelouch actually lied to rolo, he Just said that to make him die happy, but actually he said at the end “your brother is just a lier “ because he knew that he couldnt forgive him for killing shirley and taking nunally’s place.
@@maurobeltrame5630 Honestly i see that ¨your brother is a liar¨ just to assert what it was stated by Rolo before ¨I know you are a liar¨ refering to Lelouch saying all those things about manipulating him and trying to kill him, i see that just like he switched his mind, yes he hated Rolo before but he didnt do so after on.
@@maurobeltrame5630 I feel like the statement more represents that he really didn't know how he felt about Rolo in the end, since he heald a lot of resentment for Rolo, but he also realized that he's been lying to himself about how much he actually hates Rolo and doesn't care about anyone other than Nunally (Lelouch has convinced himself of a lot of lies this season, including the amount of blame he places on himself for Shirley and Yuffie's deaths.)
Seriously, what the heck is wrong with some of the people in the comments. Yeah, Rolo was crazy, and he killed Shirley and wanted to kill Nanaly but he just killed himself to save Lelouch. All he wanted was someone to love him, he had been a tool all his life. Some people have no heart.
Finally, someone who understands
Yes finally somebody get the feeling for rolo
Finally some people have a heart to understand Rolo.
I loved rolo, i dont even honestly think he meant to kill shirley because if he knew it would hurt Lelouch, he knew that he would never do that for his brothers sake, like stated, he just wanted someone to love him and he was able to die knowing that Lelouch did love him, screw all the people who thought he was an ass
Someone who gets it.
rolo was the ONLY person in this entire anime that TRULY was loyal to lelouch, and he was the one person who had no reason to be so; since he wasnt stupid Ofcouse he knew lelouch wasnt joking when saying he had been trying to kill him. but he CHOOSE to ignore it to be loyal to the person who he knew was trying to do something great for every one else. and rolo actually understand that greatness comes with huge sacrifice and didnt want to leave lelouch alone with the burden.. because of all this rolo is the one character i truly feel sad about dying. every one else betrayet lelouch at least once, and didn't support him for anything then their own personal gain -.-
the hole serie is a tragic masterpiece.
truly showing how the best of us most sacrifice everything so the moronic idiot masses can life a better life and even though the best sacrifice all to make sure the idiot masses can live a bette life, the masses are too fucking stupid to even realise it and hates them for doing so :(
it is truly the sad truth of humanity over the history of mankind...
Erebus2075 You are truly a wise person,you said what i want to say .It's like you took these words from my mouth,especially in the second part of your comment .The fact that Lelouch saved the bitchy asses of black knights so many times in the series ,and in the end they betrayed him by the blessing of of Ohgi and his britanian slut make me wonder if their worthless lifes have to be spared and Lelouch 's life have to be ended for their happy fucking world. In the End Rolo and C.C were the only two who are truly loyal to him till the very end.
Erebus2075 Yes Rolo stuck with Lelouch no matter what his plan was. If it were people like Suzaku or Nunnally, they would only follow Lelouch if he is doing 'good'.
Claire L
well the problem with them is that they would only follow him if they understood how it did good, and being of lesser intelligent they would never be able to understand the big picture and why "evil" most be done for the good of all in the end :)
+Erebus2075 There were a few people who were truly loyal to Lelouch.
17Haru17
who besides rolo? name them.
rolos death was alot more depressing and dramatic than shirleys death
he life was more of a tragedy he never knew any love etc Shirley did and she was always happy genuinely he wasn't
HisNameisDrew rolo lelouch and shirley could have been a very good family. Its a tragedy it ended like that
Shirly have family and she doesn't feel lonely she a lot friend unlike rolo who doesn't feel having a family or true friends that will truly love, care for him but rolo feels it with lelouch even knowing that lelouch use him but he truly love lelouch that's why he even sacrifice his life for her brother
Alejandro Salvidres yessss exactly
HisNameisDrew exactly
The only thing that got me to cry from this anime was both Rolo's and Lelouch's death. I cried man, and I'm still crying. I'm gonna be a college student soon.
SilverflameYoshi83 same, it is absceenly rare i cry, i can properly count the amount of times i cried as an adult on 2 hands.
but this scene and the death of lelouch drag tears almost every time.. it is extremely beautifull, in a very tragic way.
the best of us most sacrifice ourself for the unthankfull idiot masses.
SilverflameYoshi83 I cried a lot more in this anime and Im turning into a sophomore in college. LOL
SilverflameYoshi83 same I cried! I had a headache and literally cried myself to sleep... especially now I can't cope with Lelouch's death
+SilverflameYoshi83 if it means anything, Lelouch never died. He inherited Charles' Code his death was faked. He was driving the cart.
+Ezreal im so sorry to crush your dreams, but Lelouch did die... The anime director announced that his death wasnt fake and thats the whole message with this anime... the end to the evil paradox that evil must remain. The great sacrafice...
He protected Lelouch with all his might. He felt Shirley could be a problem to Lelouch he eliminated her. He felt he had to sacrifice himself to save his brother, he did without a second thought. The love he had for Lelouch has no bounds.
Yes most don't understand that rolo don't feel like others
He killed shirley only to protect lelouch
No, he killed Shirley because he thought she would get in between him spending time with his big brother Lelouch. Same reason why he wanted to kill Nannully. He literally states why he wants to kiill Nannully, but clearly you just convieniently ignored that part.
@@bait5257 He killed Shirley because she was going to further cement Nunnaly in Lelouch's heart.
@it_is_thatboy Not so much spending time with him, but further reminding him of Nunnaly and making him forget Rolo. Reqlly Lelouch should have tried to make Rolo happy to be getting an extra sister.
It is such a sad scene. What is even sadder is that Lelouch didn't even hear what Rollo was saying all the while he was using his Geass. And the last dialogue, "You are right, your big brother is just a liar', gives me goosebumps! 2nd best scene of the entire series! Loved it to the core!
What's the best scene?
@@Art-vs6vx It's Lelouch's death
I can't forgive Rolo for killing Shirley, but I do see this as his redemption. I'd also like to think deep down, Lelouch did care for Rolo, otherwise he wouldn't have shown concern when he was using his Geass.
Justin Pullen he only killed Shirley to keep her quiet. If lord Jeremiah hadn't undone her Geass, Rollo wouldn't have ever had to hurt her to keep his brother safe.
Except Rolo always wanted to keep Lelouch to himself. He even had plans
to kill Nunally. Besides that, Shirley clearly expressed her intent to
help Lelouch before Rolo decided to kill her.
Justin Pullen Rollo acted on instinct with Shirley. In hiensight, he probably shouldn't have done that, but his intention was still in the right place. As for nunnally, I don't really think Rollo would have killed her. He'd probably either show her the same love he shows Lelouch, or saved her for Lelouch.
Lelouch at his core was a kind person. When he has no stakes he cares about people, even Rolo which took away a person which he truly cared about and perhaps even loved. With Nunnaly gone, he had lost his reason to fight and didn't want to see someone who he hated suffer and lose their life because of him
lelouch is follow this thing? he.... he'lll .... he'll follow .... he'll follow this demon. but I'm not! I'll follow a true heaven like jesus christ and his... I mean he's a lord of the heaven. lelouch is a demon and traitor like himself and his zero. but I'll....😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
All he wanted was to be loved. :(
come here, I'll be here for you. *hugs rolo* I'll be your sister. :')
XxfallingfeathersxX he got to be human at the end thank god for that
😭😭😭
+Shroomie *sobs in the emo corner and grows mushrooms*
RIP, Rolo only loves Lelouch
SugaMochi .. How dare you to steal my brother 👬
Lelouch:
you think you can ever replace nunnally in my heart?!?!?!?!
, I loathe you, I hate you, i despise you, I've been trying to kill you but I've just keep missing the chance !!!!!.............10 MINUTES LATER...
Lelouch:
Stop it!! stop trying to protect me...you'll die if you continue STOP! ROLO!!!!
Me: Well that escalated quickly .
It makes some sense, since Lelouch was so damn distraught the whole time. He lost Shirley, C.C. and now Nunnally. It's understandable why he'd get angry at Rolo for replacing his sister. Thing is, he probably thought he was going to die here, but Rolo surprised him. He didn't expect anyone to help him.
Though, I'm just saying.
***** ya it moveing
I love Lelouch, but try listening to his laugh, he's not exactly the most stable guy on earth.
lancemichael gubat you don't have a very good grasp on basic human emotions or psychology do you -.-
sad for you
Erebus2075 cool story bro
It's touching how Lelouch wants to die but he's still worried about Rolo's well-being.
This is the one of the few deaths that I feel is most tragic of all. All Rolo wanted to do was to live with his brother, Lelouch. I Cried so bad during.
I have become immune to anime deaths at this point lmao but his death was so touching,this anime really got me crying over the killer of a best girl
Yeah but I mean Rolo was a bit.... obsessive
@@squaddegenerate5000 So was Puru in ZZ gundam, but Judau fixed that, Lelouch could have fixed it with Rolo if he'd been more empathetic.
Everyone admit it, the dub on this show was Top notch
Formous The dub here is not bad at all - but I still think the sub for Code Geas conveys more emotion and sounds more authentic. Particularly in scenes like this.
@@Chris349 authentic my ass. This version conveyed more emotion in this scene than the sub.
@@lookingforlove839 yup
And death note too
@@Chris349 Absolutely not. Rolo sounds better in the dub and the desperation in Johnny Yong Bosch's Lelouch voice is so raw here.
I swear, this series made you question all of your personal morals and what is really right and wrong... That was the beauty of it. It showed you the struggle and the pain of all who were involved, not just the main character. And the constant reprecussions that always followed each character's decisions were shown with vigor throughout the entirety of the show. That's why it's my second favorite anime of all time.
So true. And out of curiousity, which anime is your favorite? :)
Yang Xiao Long Take it as you will, but my current standing favorite is Fate/Zero. I love the Greek tragedy aspects of it :)
Harry Heywood cool
That's why this is 10x better than Death Note. Death Fuckimg Note is just mind games and some tricks with no story. It's interesting in first 5-10 episodes, but then it gets boring.
I have to say i think you’re being way too harsh on death note, its still an amazing show no doubt. And that doesn’t take away from how good this show is either? Why not love both? Or at least respect it, they’re both brilliant anime’s
The music is just so well done. It creates the perfect setting for this scene and carries it though amazingly. It doesn't matter how much you hate rolo he did something amazing for the brother that hated him.
Rolo was always my goat, only time I cried during the series. Rest in piece sweet little guy
ngl i consider him to be a femboy. and i like it
Honestly, at first I hated rolo. Then I like him but then he killed Shirley and I hated him but then I started to like him. Then he said he would kill nalaly(or however you spell her name) and I hated him. Then he got yelled at and I felt bad and then I knew he was going to die and I felt sad
Rolo > Shirley
Juckle man you can read my mind
Yeah rolo is a roller coaster of a character.
nunnally
Are you 12
I hate Rolo for killing Shirley but when I saw this I was like "aww you saved him how sweet!" But then the music came on then I was like "oh god the FEELS!! Why?!? 😭😫😩😭😭"
Ok maybe I didn't cry but I was like "?%#&ing GOD I feel so bad!"
+Plasmius thank you
SAAAME LOL like i wouldve been fine if that music hadnt have come on 😭!!
Why do you like shirley
I personally didn’t ever feel sorry for Rolo being killed. To me personally, he was one of the worst characters ever written.
Shirley’s death was literally a part proving it also. To me, all that did was halt Shirley developing as a character and realizing that Lelouch was actually Zero after her memories returned and knew who killed her father.
Shirley was a bland character. There was no real emotional chemistry between her and Lelouch which I think is kind of a shame regarding the fact it would’ve been interesting to see her turn against Lelouch and still love him. They could’ve gone someone and wrote her character to be exciting and developed in an interesting way from turns of events but instead they just killed her off because everyone falls too behind Zero and his goals and Rolo is a frigging idiot along with being a lunatic psychopath who kills Lelouch’s friends.
Rolo is an anomaly for being one of the worst characters. I could go on forever talking about how bad he is but I’m sure you get the point. To be honest, all his issues literally stem just from the scene where Lelouch convinces him about finding C.C. which there was no guarantee for and Rolo just turns into a lunatic baby child.
Rolo should’ve never been so naive and should’ve seen eventually that Lelouch was trying to kill him but instead had delusional feelings for him as a psychopath. Not only that but his own orders originally were to literally just pretend to be Lelouch’s family member and just survey him as a camera and kill him if Lelouch ran suspicious so literally a psychopath and the writers made several little excuses just to have this character follow him.
Rolo is truly an atrocious character. There’s no other words to even talk about or even think about him. Every move this character makes is a step in a very delusional path only to see a goal that’s a fake reality torturing and killing people that Lelouch actually held close to him and literally fought for for their lives. To be honest with you, Code Geass: Lelouch Of The Rebellion (R2) would’ve honestly been a way better show if Lelouch just nuked Rolo and blasted him apart piece by piece. That honestly would’ve added less injury to his whole character. I despise Rolo!!!
well he was a lovable character............almost all the character doubted lelouch at some point but he didn't and gave his life trying to protect his one and only BIG BROTHER
When Rolo called lelouch a liar, he’s not in denial about lelouch hating him. He knows everything he said was true, he just wanted to feel human again even if it was an act. Rolo truly loved lelouch and that’s why you can’t hate him.
13 years and this video is still going 💪 im glad everyone enjoys this series! ❤
Whenever I feel so down... I watch this video... and then suddenly cry and become sentimental until I realize how happy my life is without being used as a "tool" all the time.. Honestly, this was one of the scenes in anime that genuinely made me cry so hard, along with Lelouch's death of course, Shirley's, and Euphemia's.. But of all those deaths.. this was just.. the most.... heart-touching for me..
Rolo was my favorite character. But, then again all of my favorite characters die. :(
I feel your pain. Idk why I always gravitate to characters that eventually break my heart .T.T
One of the saddest moments in Code Geass
why am i crying over something again i’ve watched years ago. damn, this anime hits hard fr
rolo was a lot better than nunnalee
yes agree
ARC clone trooper hell he was a lot more active than Nunnaly
Yes, people who agree!!!
Hassan well you cant really say that about nunnaly since her dad made her blind and paralyzed she can’t do anything, what is there you want her to do? All she could do was live and love Lelouch, she had no particular abilities nor Geass to help
@@hentalianone2449 nope. She was pretty smart, brave and sweet. She realized when they were lying and using her. The only reason she believed Prince Schneizel maybe was because he was convinced that was the best way to stop Lelouch. But anyways... What I'm trying to say is that she wasn't stupid.
i cried myself to sleep.i was so sad for days and then i got another heartbreak when lelouch died.
Rolo was one of my favorite characters and I knew he was going to die and I was building myself up for it, but his death and this episode in general was so sad that I had to stop watching the show for a day or so. This was the saddest I ever felt for any characters death in a tv show or movie ever. What makes this sadder was that everyone hated Rolo for some of his actions but they don't understand why he did them, he was around 14-16 years old who was brought up since a very young age taught only how to kill people, that is all he knew how to do and is why he killed Shirley, think of it this way, If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. He basically was still a child and only knew how to act like one.
Well that’s how mama turn kids into kids forever and they become all sorts of issues like rolo. That’s why kids need their father’s love and not mama.
@@aintnoway3372 I grew up without a dad
Why didn't they just install a pacemaker in Rollo's heart?
And the best fan suggestion of a fictional universe goes to you
because v.v. honestly didn't care about rolo and no one else knew his weakness, other than lelouch, but until this episode he was trying to kill rolo
His geass stops his heart, if he had a pacemaker to forcefully keep it going, it would probably cancel out his geass seeing that it only functions while his heart is stopped.
Cody Eggert ya and it will rip his heart in half when his geass stops
Or it will explode into red, rosy chunks.
ive watched so many times and i still cry, rolo was mt favorite charater :(
Really? Rolo?
@@Archalias100 yea
Rolo was trained to be a killer, his only thing he knows to do is kill, so blame the geass order, he could of been a great person if he was not brought up as the killer you know
Harvey Dent (The Dark Knight): You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
+ZeroKingofTheWorld ;( He died a hero with the face of a villian. thats truly sad...
+Jesse Rodriguez yes it is
+BLITZ GT An actor in a beautiful tragedy whose redeeming qualities came too little too late and yet at just the right time...
Lelouch wanted to live with his sister in a peaceful world and he had to betray his sister and die, and Suzaku wanted to redeem himself to the army and his dead father by dying. and he had to live on without the person he loved.
so what? it doesnt change the fact that the one that wrote and directed code geass has confirmed lelouch's death
Rolo: My brother is amazing.
Lelouch: I wanna die.
It's not included but people are forgetting that Lelouch made a grave for Rolo and you don't do that for someone if you didn't at least care for them a little bit. Lelouch understood Rolo's position because he too was a used as a pawn/tool by Charles and V.V.
I think rolo's geass had a second power
which was to make you cry like a little Bitch when he died
Lol
lol
You actually made me laugh out loud so congrats😂🙏
This Was The Scene That Made Rolo 1 Of My Favourite Characters Ever
ROLO, NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! You were so badass! WHY'D YOU HAVE TO DIE?!
***** no he's not
Misaka Imouto
yeah and shurliey was kinda annoying
anal lover Yeah just a bit, but there is much worse. She was okay but Lelouch is better off with C.C or maybe Kallen.
Misaka Imouto
Yeah kallen is actually interesting.
Its kinda fucked up that rolo killed her but then again she was a rich kid who got everything but rolo was basically tortured for his entire life
anal lover I think you meant Shirley, not Kallen. But yeah, Shirley was okay though she was mildly annoying at times but Rolo is one of my favorite characters.
To all of you Rolo haters out there who say that he deserved this or whatever, you obviously don't understand that he had his own reasons for the things he did. He killed Shirley to keep Lelouch safe. Now, it may not have been the best thing to do, as Shirley probably wouldn't have killed Lelouch, but he did it for his "brother". And here, he sacrificed his own life for Lelouch, even though he was hated by him. From these 2 things alone, can we not see that Rolo deeply cared for Lelouch, even though Lelouch hated him? All he wanted was for someone to love him and be his brother. Even if it was all an illusion, it meant a lot to Rolo for someone to actually "love" him... Which is quite sad if you think about it... And don't get me wrong, Shirley's death saddened me greatly; I'm pretty sure it all saddened every one of our hearts at some point, but I'm just saying that Rolo had his own "legitimate reason" for killing her.
Now all of this is purely my view on this, so feel free to contradict, I don't care.
Finally someone who understands Rolo. He did all everything for Lelouch because his fake memories with him was all he truly had. He made bad choices but he had good intentions.
Yusei Light Thank you!
Always happy to support a fellow anime and Rolo fan (: if you want to chat anime with anyone - feel free to ask me if you like.
He genuinely thought she was a threat. You don't think my dad is a threat do you?
Crap- how did my dad find out? D:
I hated Rolo as much as the next guy, but I felt legitimately sympathetic for him in this scene. That's some damn good writing there.
Lelouch wasn't using Rolo, the thing about Lelouch is he always lies, the big twist at the end of him playing the villain is a motif, he always casts himself as a dark knight, or evil in order to create the effects he wants.
If Lelouch were using Rolo, he wouldn't have told him to stop he would have simply let his tool die, instead he tried to stop Rolo from sacrificing himself.
Omfg 10 years later, even dubbed, this scene still hurts like hell.
Every time I watch this seen and the phone with the locket falls out and the music starts playing, it hits so hard. It's amazing.
Crazy how up until this scene I HATED Rolo with a passion and wanted to see Lelouch finally kill him... I hated him as much as Lelouch did maybe even more and every time he managed to survive another assassination attempt by Lelouch I would think to myself "Omg when is he gonna finally die like everyone else does on this show?!" But when this happened I found myself shocked when I started to cry as the scene played out... If you can make me change from wishing for a character's death to making me sad enough to cry when it happens in just 1 scene you're the goat!
Rolo was Lelouch's true brother. He was more than Nanully. He even sacrificed himself. He saved Lelouch. It took a very long for Lelouch to understand his love so late that it even cost Rolo's life. I cried for him. The most trust worthy person.
WHY CANT IT EVER BE RIVALZ!!!
+Zero LOL
Zero rivalz death will not deeepen the plot.
WHY!!!
So goddamn stupid
LennyDaLegend yes. ALL HAIL RIVALZ
He had his faults. He had a traumatic childhood. The only thing real was the illusion Lelouch loved him. Nothing else mattered. I feel sad because like everyone of us, he has done something wrong in his life. Maybe saving Lelouch was his penance who knows? And Shirley was nothing more than a bimbo
Rolo is one of the best examples of the brilliant character development this show had. And how it made you invested in them. At first you hate him, then you kind of like a bit. Then he kills shirley and you hate him again. But Lelouch yells at him and you kind of feel bad for him. Then this scene happens and youre sad. In the end, he was just a used kid who wanted to love and live with his big brother. He never knew love, until he met Lelouch.
Rolo was my favorite character, I always felt some sort of connection with the character always being used and such.
I’ll stand on the hill that this was one of the saddest deaths in anime
This fucked me up. Rolo started growing on me, then he killed Shirley which made me dislike him quite a bit. Then once Lelouch had completely given up on the hope of living, Rolo came in. Even after how horrible Lelouch was to him. I figured Rolo knew he was using him the whole time, and probably meant every word he said to him. When the music started playing and I saw Lelouch couldn't even hear most of what Rolo was saying it broke me into crying. Lelouch comforted Rolo with one last lie to him. He let Rolo keep the phone and the locket as well and put it on his grave. Then it gave him the motivation to move forward with his ambitions. Beautiful.
damn the feels from the song
rolo was an awesome character :'( i don't even hate him for killing shirley. never liked her from the start.
same
What song is it?? 😓
+Ajayis666 its called if I were a bird
I agree with everyting you said.
Exactly!
this is why rollo was such a great tragic character, people hated him for killing shirley but were more sad when he died. great writing
I still rewatch it to this day
you have to admit that despite the amount of crap they put each other through they really did care about each other. Or so it seems.
THE BACKGROUND SONG IS JUST MAKING IT MORE SADDER
The worst part. He probably realised Lelouch lied to him at the end. But he eas happy since it meant Lelouch loved him.
I really didn’t care that Rolo killed Shirley, he was just doing what he thought was necessary
This right here is why this is my favorite anime. Not only is there amazing action and plot but moments like this that just tear your heart apart. And the fact that when Rolo is spilling his heart and feelings to Lelouch and Lelouch doesn't even hear him saying any of it because time is stopped due to the Geass. Just absolutely tragic, touching scene.
Funny thing people hate Rolo because he killed Shirley, but they don't care about the fact that he saved the life of THE BEST FICTIONAL CHARACTER EVER!
Like seriously guys what the hell is wrong with you, Shirley was just in few episodes and there was no major plot around her.
Ikr
u may have problems with ur shipping sexuality
Chaika Trabant Excuse me, what? R.I.P. English.
Chaika Trabant How could you possibly know if I'm a boy or a girl?
they're both great. #RoloTheBigBrotherLover
Rolo understood Lelouch more than Nunnally ever did.
Girl can’t even see
My favourite character
Honestly, Shirley's death didn't do much for me. It was sad sure, but rolo's left a void in my soul and had me sobbing. That shit was actually depressing.
Bro ong 😢
3:29 always gives me chills.
Rolo is a character I hated in my first watch of the series, but after rewatching it a few times I have grown to respect and like the character.
This is one of the rare moments I actually love the dub equally as much as the sub, kudos to rolo’s voice actor
That goddamn music! That really got me choked up.
This was the first anime death that I actually cried about. Rolo just is too precious to me :(
F***ing hell, that "As a human being!" gets me every damned time!
The music makes it twice more emotional than it should be
One of my favorite scenes from the series, and well dubbed too. Spike Spencer is a perfect Rolo. He is by far the best of the ADV veterans along with Amanda Winn Lee and Ben Pronsky.
My god definitely one of the top 3 saddest parts in this show, his final soliloquy, thinking about it just makes me cry, ROLO whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
This scene is amazing and really the voice acting is incredible to top it off Johnny Yong Bosch is of course incredible as Lelouch he captures every emotion possible in this scene but Spike Spencer also sells Rolo's determination and resolve just top tier voice acting
Rolo's death was more sadder than shirley's change my mind!!
This scene just shows how well thought out this series is. Here we have a merciless killer who is a loose canon. The murderer of Shirley, Lelouch's most innocent love interest, out of jealousy. Prepared to kill Nunnally in cold blood to keep Lelouch to himself.
And yet, we cry when he finally dies.
Just a few episodes ago, I was rooting for him to die, preferably trying to screw Lelouch over so it felt "right." And now, I feel guilty for such a sentiment. Here he literally saved Lelouch. When Lelouch had given up, at his lowest moment, Rolo pushed him on. Lelouch would have died there and the Emperor would have won.
Rolo is saving the one thing here that made him feel human. Died to protect his humanity. The first person Rolo was ever allowed to love. It might have been a lie, pure chance that brought them together, but it's no less potent.
Rolo never really seemed to be a tool to me. He was just misunderstood in a way. But I knew deep inside them both truly cared for one another. Gonna miss ya, Rolo.
Now that's some A class character development, rest in peace Rolo. Peace ✌🏻
I honestly feel more attached to characters that learned from their mistakes and changed for the better than those that never had anything to learn. Of course many of the other deaths were sad, but Rolo had given his life because he improved.
As a side note, I felt no sorrow in Lelouch's death. Not because he didn't meet that criteria, but because that was his goal. He got what he wanted and that was his plan. I feel more respect than despair for something like that.
The only things I'll never forgive Lelouch of doing is how he treated Rolo and how he treated Shirley. They both deserved to know the truth.
"my big brother sure is incredible, isn't he?" *Lelouch begging for death in the background*
This was just painfully sad. Despite being hated by everyone in the anime and by the viewer's it still just breaks your heart to watch him go out like that.
Its amazing how every death (main cast only) in the series had such an impact. I actually liked all the characters and actually felt sad when they died. Also I felt bad for Lelouch considering all the bad things that happened to him but ended up being a good person in the end.
I haven't even seen R2 or any episodes with Rolo, and that scene still made me tear up.
I've watched code geass all the way through at least 20 times and this scene always makes me cry like a bitch
Same!!
just finished code Geass a few days ago, I wish I stumbled upon this sooner.
this death is the saddest one out of all,. literally I've never cried on an anime but this one, this one broke my heart internally, and the music and his words they were so sincere you could feel the love he had for lelouche and he killed Shirley but deep down, it was only for his brothers sake. how I wished he hadn't died, I was hoping the sister, him and lelouche could all just live as brothers. saddest thing I've ever seen
I love Rolo, he’s such an overhated character. they could never make me hate him!
The character development is superb.
Am I weird? Everyone is talking about crying when Lelouch died, when Shirley died, etc. But the only two moments in the series that got me really worked up were this one and in R1 when Lelouch erased Shirley's memories of him, to make her happy. I didn't cry at either, but man I really had to resist those tears. Code Geass, you are a masterful anime. I salute thee.
0:44 the moment when Kallen's heart breaks
I think this may be the most memorable moment of the series:The show makes you hate Shirley for being a waste of space and time, then love her for dying tragically, and hate Rolo for murdering her, and look forward to Lelouche killing him, then Rolo dies in such a self sacrificial way its heartbreaking
I think to make the audience change their mind so much is pretty special
And there's also a meta-weirdness in that Lelouche is ready to die but carries on thanks to do this and I don't think the world is any better off because he did?
It never ceases to amaze me with how they managed to write out a death scene for a hated character that redeemed them while garnering some sympathy.
The music man😭 The EMOTIONS