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Euphemia's death impacts and influences the actions of several characters. Suzaku becomes emotionally unstable and pursues Zero, having discovered Zero's [[Lelouch Lamperouge|true identity]]. Once he believes Zero has been eliminated, Suzaku continues to serve the Britannian Empire. His actions remain motivated by his memory of Euphemia in R2; he refers to her as an "irreplaceable woman" when he speaks to Lelouch on the rooftop of Ashford Academy and carries around Euphemia's [[quill pen]] as a [[memento]]. |
Euphemia's death impacts and influences the actions of several characters. Suzaku becomes emotionally unstable and pursues Zero, having discovered Zero's [[Lelouch Lamperouge|true identity]]. Once he believes Zero has been eliminated, Suzaku continues to serve the Britannian Empire. His actions remain motivated by his memory of Euphemia in R2; he refers to her as an "irreplaceable woman" when he speaks to Lelouch on the rooftop of Ashford Academy and carries around Euphemia's [[quill pen]] as a [[memento]]. |
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Euphemia's sister Nunnally, with her installment as the new Governor-General of Area 11, chooses to continue Euphemia's ideal and reinstate the Special Administrative Zone of Japan. As she reveals this to Zero, unaware that he is Lelouch, he is visibly unnerved by how Nunnally's offer reminds him of Euphemia. |
Euphemia's sister Nunnally, with her installment as the new Governor-General of Area 11, chooses to continue Euphemia's ideal and reinstate the Special Administrative Zone of Japan. As she reveals this to Zero, unaware that he is Lelouch, he is visibly unnerved by how Nunnally's offer reminds him of Euphemia. But then he screws her over and has everyone exiled, pwnt. |
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==See also== |
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In-universe information | |
Alias | Euphie |
Nickname | Massacre Princess[1] |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | 3rd Princess of the Britannia Imperial Family Lieutenant-Governor of Area 11 |
Relatives | Charles Di Britannia (Father) Odysseus U Britannia (Half-brother) Schneizel El Britannia (Half-brother) Cornelia Li Britannia (Sister) Clovis La Britannia (Half-brother)(deceased) Lelouch Vi Britannia (Half-brother) Nunnally Vi Britannia (Half-sister) |
Nationality | Britannia |
Euphemia Li Britannia (ユーフェミア・リ・ブリタニア, Yūfemia Ri Buritania) is a fictional character of the Sunrise anime series, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. She is voiced by Omi Minami on the Japanese series, and is voiced by Michelle Ruff in the English dub.
Character outline
The third princess of the Britannia Imperial Family, Euphemia is Lelouch Lamperouge's half-sister and the sister he cares most about after Nunnally. Euphemia is the Lieutenant-Governor of Area 11, a role she admittedly does not enjoy. Euphemia admires her older sister, Cornelia, but despises all combat in general, though is capable of piloting a Knightmare Frame, as seen in the battle at the Empire's Shikinejima Island Base.
Though she is innocent to a fault and her ideals frequently conflict with reality, she remains kindhearted and open-minded to everyone around her. She is the second person in the royal family to discover that Lelouch is alive and first to know his alter ego as Zero, having deduced it after the hotel hijacking incident. In childhood, she was quite close to Lelouch and Nunnally. She develops a close, romantic, bond with Suzaku Kururugi because of their shared belief that a problem must be changed from within.
Role
Season One
Euphemia first appears in episode 5 and meets Suzaku Kururugi when he is released after being cleared of the charge for Clovis La Britannia's death. They become friends and Euphemia, after revealing her identity as the third princess of Britannia, asks that he help her prevent any unnecessary deaths. Subsequently, Euphemia is one of the detained visitors at the Lake Kawaguchi Convention Center Hotel and uses her position to offer herself as a hostage to Zero in exchange for the safety of the other detainees. Zero (who is actually Lelouch) remarks that Euphemia had not changed since childhood and was not surprised to see her act in such a manner.
Concerned about Euphemia's safety, Cornelia persuades her younger sister to select a Knight to protect her. After resolving the conflict between her own ideals and Cornelia's advice, Euphemia chooses Suzaku Kururugi. Cornelia worries that Euphemia's ideals will get her sister into trouble and warns Euphemia that the policy of discrimination against Honorary Britannians like Suzaku are so firmly-established that she might have to be exposed to the rigors and dangers of competing for the throne in order to challenge it. Regardless, Euphemia adamantly sticks to her decision and Suzaku remains her Knight until he voluntarily steps down after he is arrested for deserting the frontlines during a battle against Zero. Euphemia convinces him to rejoin her, eventually declaring her love for him.
In the immediate aftermath of the Battle at Shikinejima Island Base, Euphemia encounters Zero when the two of them are stranded on a nearby island. She reveals her knowledge that Zero is Lelouch and he permits her to live, trusting that she will keep his alter ego a secret. The incident allows her to reconnect with Lelouch and Nunnally as she secretly visits them at the Ashford Academy during the school festival, though once she is discovered, Euphemia makes a surprising announcement to the media present.
Wishing to live the peaceful days she once had with Nunnally and Lelouch, she declares the establishment of a Special Administrative Region in Japan for the Japanese people. Lelouch at first feels that Euphemia is nothing but foolish stating "It's just a dream, it'll never work!" and that "No! It can never be the same, Euphemia". Though met with disapproval, her plans go forth with the help of her older brother Schneizel El Britannia, who apparently supports her idea and promises to inform Cornelia of it. Lelouch, when he meets her as Zero, reveals to her his opposition, but becomes convinced of her ideal when she reveals she is doing it for the sake of Nunnally and has abdicated her right to succeed the Britannian throne.
However, upon agreeing to Euphemia's proposal, Lelouch jokingly orders her to kill the Japanese people just as his power of Geass activates permanently and not of his own volition. Euphemia initially tries to resist the order and briefly succeeds, but is soon overtaken by its power. Under its influence, she leads the Britannian army to massacre countless innocent people. Lelouch, with tears in his eyes, gives the order to kill her. With much regret, he fatally shoots her to end her rampage while revealing that he may have considered Euphemia his first love. Incidentally, he later tells Suzaku that she needed to die, his reason being that she was an evil person. This may indicate that Lelouch feels little guilt about lying outright to Euphemia's lover, Suzaku, about her motives for the crimes she committed, even though he was shocked about what just happened
Euphemia's body is recovered by Suzaku and she spends her final moments with him. She asks if he is a Japanese, before stopping herself, once again showing resistance to Geass. Unaware of what she did under the influence of the Geass, Suzaku tells her that her proposal was a success, allowing her to die believing that the Japanese people were happy with the Japan she had created. Her death creates a firm resolve in both Suzaku and Cornelia to defeat Zero once and for all - precisely the situation Euphemia had wished to avoid.
Season Two
In supplementary materials, it is revealed that following the massacre during the formation of the Special Administative Zone, Britannia officially declared Euphemia responsible for the massacre and that she had been deprived of royal status and executed by the Britannian Army. After the incident, the Japanese general public in Area 11 began to refer to her as the "Massacre Princess".
Euphemia's death impacts and influences the actions of several characters. Suzaku becomes emotionally unstable and pursues Zero, having discovered Zero's true identity. Once he believes Zero has been eliminated, Suzaku continues to serve the Britannian Empire. His actions remain motivated by his memory of Euphemia in R2; he refers to her as an "irreplaceable woman" when he speaks to Lelouch on the rooftop of Ashford Academy and carries around Euphemia's quill pen as a memento.
Euphemia's sister Nunnally, with her installment as the new Governor-General of Area 11, chooses to continue Euphemia's ideal and reinstate the Special Administrative Zone of Japan. As she reveals this to Zero, unaware that he is Lelouch, he is visibly unnerved by how Nunnally's offer reminds him of Euphemia. But then he screws her over and has everyone exiled, pwnt.
See also
References
- ^ Revealed in Code Geass R2, episode 7: The Discarded Mask.