rainfall | [TRANSLATED] CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Rebellion Re; (Chapter 12, Part 1)

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<ruuumble>
<roar>
<looooming>

KALLEN
(...How?)

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<ruuumble>
<whrr>
<bam, bam, bam>
<whoosh, whoosh>

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<bam, bam, bam>
<struck, spins to face—>

KALLEN
(How did it come to this?)

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<roar>
<startlingly—>

KALLEN
(How did we get here?)

KALLEN
(I just wanted to restore Japan.)

KALLEN
(To fulfill my brother's wish¹...)
(To make it so that my mom could smile again.)

KALLEN
(To beat Britannia...)

KALLEN
(To restore peace.)

KALLEN
(That's all that was supposed to happen!)

She wanted to walk this road by his side...

CODE GEASS
Lelouch of the Rebellion Re;

Comic By: Tomofumi Ogasawara
Scenario By: Koujirou Taniguchi (Sunrise)

Original Story:
based on CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Rebellion
(c) SUNRISE/PROJECT L-GEASS
Character Design (c) 2006-2017 CLAMP-ST

What fate now awaits her at the end of it?!

<Volume 1 and 2 are on sale with rave reviews!!>

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<bam bam bam>
<thunk, whoosh, burst, boom>

LELOUCH (flashback)
The Guren Mk II...
...will be yours, Kallen.
You're our ace pilot.

LELOUCH
Your heart is your own, Kallen.
Your loyalty to and admiration for Zero — all of it.

KALLEN
Lelouch!
What am I to you?

KALLEN
Why did you tell me I had to live on the Ikaruga?

SFX
<glare>
<catch! hiss, glow...!>

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<burst, whoosh>

KALLEN
C.C.—!

<roar>

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<dodge, boom>
<ka-boom>
<clang>
<roar>

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<quick spin>
<boom>

KALLEN
This isn't your country, you don't need vengeance...!
There's nothing for you in this battle!²

<thud, thud, thud—>
<zap>

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<boom, clang>
<crackling electricity—>

KALLEN
Those with no reason to fight should just butt out!

C.C.
Oh, but I do have a reason.
Something I was promised.

KALLEN
Promised...?

KALLEN
I'll be the one to stop you!
Farewell, Lelouch...!

KALLEN
!

KALLEN
?!

KALLEN
You again!³

LELOUCH
C.C.!

C.C.
Oh, I like that...
Knowing you care.

C.C.
Now get going — but be sure to come back.
You're supposed to make me smile, remember?

KALLEN
Tch—...

LELOUCH
Right.
It's a promise!

KALLEN
Don't tell me you've actually been having an affair?!⁴

KALLEN
Is that really it? Just because you have feelings for him?!

<freezes>
<zap>
<roar>

C.C.
!

<bam, bam, bam>

C.C.
Who knows?

C.C.
But...
I used to think I was ready to stop 'accumulating experiences'.⁵

LELOUCH (flashback)
Don't die looking like that!
When the end comes, you should be smiling!

LELOUCH (flashback)
I'll make sure you're smiling!
So...!

KALLEN
That's almost human, for you!

^{1 Lit. 'to inherit my big brother's will'. This is a phrase Ougi also used back in the first series, when he told Kallen that he thought Zero was someone who could do that. ↩}
^{2 Kallen's line is literally accusing C.C. of not even having a fragment of aspiration. ↩}
^{3 Lit. 'persistent', tenacious, obstinate. Kallen is commenting that C.C. keeps getting in her way, hence my translation. ↩}
^{4 乳繰り合う = to have a secret affair, to meet secretly and flirt with each other. Undoubtedly referring to the common perception of C.C. as Lelouch's mistress by characters like Tamaki, which perhaps Kallen didn't put much stock in before this moment. ↩}
^{5 Refers to a conversation Lelouch and C.C. had earlier in the TV show, where they agreed that life should be more than just an accumulation of experiences. ↩}

[TRANSLATED] CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Rebellion Re; (Chapter 12, Part 1)

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