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Naoto Kozuki
Naoto Kozuki
- Cool Big Bro: If Kallen and Ohgi's dialogue when talking about him is any indication, he was this for Kallen when he was alive.
- Death by Adaptation: While it's subtle, Code Geass: Oz the Reflection implies that Naoto is still alive, as Orpheus Zevon receives a mission from someone who looks a lot like Naoto, and when Oz later meets Kallen, he notes that she looks very familiar. Here, it is 100% confirmed he is dead.
- The Leader: Was this for the Kozuki resistance cell before his death.
- Posthumous Character: He's only mentioned by characters or seen in photos throughout the story, as he is dead by then.
Akari Kozuki
Akari Kozuki
"I'm here for you. I'm here for you Kallen. I'm here, as I always have been."
Kallen's birth mother, a Japanese citizen that had Kallen and Naoto with a Britannian nobleman. In R2, she works as a nurse aboard the Ark.- Adaptation Expansion: She never had much character or backstory in the anime. Here, she not only gets a first name, but we learn that she used to be a nurse before Britannia took over Japan. In R2, she takes up this position again aboard the Ark, treating Guilford after he's saved from the Fuji Mines.
- Ascended Extra: In the Code Geass anime, she only appeared in Episode 9 of R1, where she received a 20-year prison sentence for using Refrain, and the final episode of R2, where she's released from prison and is living again with Kallen. Here, not only does she avoid going to prison thanks to Lelouch, but she also appears in several other chapters of the story. She even attends the Special Administrative Zone and survives the massacre thanks to Arcee and Cliffjumper, which leads to her learning about Kallen being a Black Knight. She becomes a nurse in R2.
- Composite Character: R2 sees her working on the Ark as a nurse, an occupation that was held by June Darby in Transformers: Prime.
- Descent into Addiction: Became addicted to the drug Refrain when the pain she was suffering from losing her son Naoto, her strained relationship with her daughter Kallen, and being abused regularly by Kallen's stepmother and the other maids at Statfeld Mansion became too much for her to bear. She's been slowly overcoming the addiction after Kallen learned about this.
- Expy: She can be considered this for June Darby. Both are single mothers whose husbands left at some point and their children are not only involved in the Cybertronian War but also have Arcee as their Autobot partner. And, as revealed for Akari in R2, both work as nurses.
- The Gadfly: Surprisingly, her first scene in R2 has her teasing Cornelia and Gilford.
- Hospital Hottie: She was a nurse before Japan was conquered and resumed her old profession after being taken under the protection of the Autobots and the Black Knights. Akari herself is still quite pretty.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Kallen keeps her in the dark about her status as a Black Knight as well as the Autobots for most of the story, out of fear that she'll go back to using Refrain. After she's saved during the SAZ Massacre, Kallen tells her the truth, and even reveals Lelouch's identities as Zero and a former Britannian prince to her.
- Meido: Became one to be closer to Kallen, despite knowing the abuse she would suffer at the hands of Kallen's stepmother and the other maids.
- Named by the Adaptation: She was never given a name in the anime. The second chapter of R2 gives her the name Akari.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Just like in the anime, her oldest son Naoto was killed resisting Britannia before the events of the story began.
- Recovered Addict: Has been overcoming her addiction to Refrain thanks to Kallen, Lelouch, and their friends.
- Shipper on Deck: Nerves of Steel shows she approves of the idea of her daughter getting together with Lelouch, even joking about him being her future son-in-law.
- So Proud of You: Expresses her deepest pride to Kallen when she learns about her daughter being one of the Black Knights' elite troops in Setting the Stage.
Josui Kusakabe
Josui Kusakabe
"I want this country and the world to know that the Japanese aren't dead yet!"
A member of the Japan Liberation Front who holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.- He Who Fights Monsters: During his ""The Reason You Suck" Speech" to Kusakabe and his faction, Zero tells them how they've allowed themselves to become like Britannia in terms of endangering innocent civilians. Kusakabe doesn't take it well.Zero: You've become the very thing you claim you fight against! Persecuting the weak and helpless for your own personal gain. You're no different than the rest of Britannia! You're exactly like them!
- Plot-Irrelevant Villain: Kusakabe has the exact same role he had in canon, with absolutely zero changes due to the intervention of the Cybertronians beyond Starscream leaking him details on the Sakuradite Summit.
- Psychic-Assisted Suicide: Zero uses his Geass on Kusakabe and his men to make them kill themselves after they try to attack him.
- Unwitting Pawn: Kusakabe and his men took the hotel at Lake Kawaguchi hostage after getting leaked information of the meeting taking place there. What none of them knew is that they were a part of Starscream's plan to destroy the Autobots and the Black Knights. Zero calls them fools for not following up on where the information came from, just that it was accurate.
- You Fool!: Zero calls Kusakabe and his men "stupid, ignorant fools" for allowing themselves to be roped into Starscream's plan to destroy the Autobot/Black Knight alliance. Tohdoh, who's watching the hostage situation on the news, even calls him an imbecile for going AWOL from the JLF.
Atsushi Sawasaki
Atsushi Sawasaki
"You want to rob Japan of its dream of freedom?"
A former member of the Kururugi administration, he later returns to Area 11 with the aid of the Chinese Federation and declares the rebirth of Japan.- Dirty Coward: Kaguya, Kirihara, Katase, and Tohdoh all refer to him as such, as he never told anyone about his plan to retreat to the Chinese Federation, and he's reduced to begging when the Autobots, Black Knights, Knights of the Round, Dreadwing and Suzaku tear through his forces.
- Non-Action Guy: He's a politician, not a fighter.
- Opportunistic Bastard: He only returns to Japan when the Black Knights and Autobots manage to erode Britannia's base so that he can swoop in to claim victory.
- This Cannot Be!: Is left in total disbelief when the Autobots and Black Knights team up with Britannia and Dreadwing to defeat him.
- Unwitting Pawn: Implied to be this to the Chinese Federation (more specifically the High Eunuchs), wanting to use him as a Puppet King to take control of Japan's territory and gaining the Autobots as allies.
- Villainous Breakdown: Is reduced to stammering in shock when his plans fall apart.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: His fate after being captured is never revealed. According to
Word of God, he was executed by Britannia like how supplementary sources for canon revealed.
Geass-related Characters
Mao
Mao
"I want C.C."
A mysterious man who has a connection with C.C.- Actor Allusion: After getting experimented on by the Decepticons, Mao's head now lies within a batlike Knightmare. It's a sly nod to his Japanese VA, Takeshi Kusao who voiced Clouder (Doubledealer for American fans), and his toy's original Godmaster/Powermaster gimmick unlocked his Decepticon side by plugging in the bat-like Decepticon engine.
- Adaptational Villainy: In canon, after we learn his backstory and he gets Geassed by Lelouch, he gets an Alas, Poor Villain moment and is given a Mercy Kill by C.C. Here, while his backstory is still present, he ultimately destroys any sympathy for himself by siding with the Decepticons, and after he tries to destroy Ashford with a Sutherland (and earlier indicated he planned to take C.C., Euphemia, and Cornelia as Sex Slaves), him being handed over to Shockwave comes across as Laser-Guided Karma.
- Ax-Crazy: Most definitely. He tries to violently kill anyone who gets between him and C.C.
- Back for the Finale: A manifestation of him appears during the final battle.
- Badass Longcoat: He wears a white greatcoat, studded with black belts and blue trim.
- Batman Gambit: His tactics focus on getting inside the target's head, getting to know them, and then concocting a plan built to take advantage of their weaknesses.
- Be Careful What You Wish For: The truth of the matter is that Mao freaking hates his Geass since he is forced to hear the thousands of thoughts every day and every night. He finally finds some peace and quiet within the Decepticon warship but the Cons have zero tolerance towards inferior organics which led to Mao becoming Shockwave's latest guinea pig for his experiments.
- What makes it even worse is that had he improved on his mind-reading abilities, he would have learned that Megatron has a history of back-stabbings.
- Beware the Mind Reader: His Geass lets him read minds. Which he can't control, driving him to madness and being a dangerous Psychopathic Manchild. Due to his immaturity and his lack of control over his Geass however, he couldn't read the advanced minds of the Cybertronians.
- Big Bad Wannabe: Really thought all he needed was his mind-reading powers to be unstoppable, not putting much effort into strategy or back-up plans. Then he tries to manipulate Megatron, thinking that even if he can't read Cybertronian minds, Megatron will have to play along with him as long as Mao has useful information for him. Not only does Mao get outsmarted by Lelouch multiple times, but when he returns to Megatron after his latest defeat, he is promptly told that an immature child like him who can't even use his powers properly is not fit to be a soldier and that Megatron already knows Lelouch is Zero (something Mao could have known if he properly developed his Geass). Then he is handed over to and left at Shockwave's (non-existent) mercy.
- Big "NO!": Inwardly lets out one as he was carried off by Shockwave for experimentation. Note that this was after Lelouch shuts him up.
- Composite Character: Takes Silas' role as the recurring human antagonist the Decepticons experiment on for knowledge on their enemies.
- Death by Irony: Well, it's actually A Fate Worse Than Death, but Mao exits the story as one of Shockwave's lab rats, meaning that not only does he end up in the same boat that C.C. was at the beginning of the story, but he also gets to be somewhere there are no minds to read. Suffice to say, he doesn't enjoy it.
- For added irony, Mao (initially) enjoys being in the company of the Decepticons because he cannot read their thoughts (which, per Word of God, is just because he lacks the control needed to focus his Geass enough to do so). If he had said control, he would have learned that Megatron had no intention of fulfilling his bargain.
- For added irony, Mao (initially) enjoys being in the company of the Decepticons because he cannot read their thoughts (which, per
- Didn't See That Coming: Rai, utilizing his Geass (which unlike Lelouch's, works based upon hearing alone, instead of both sight and sound), forces him to release Shirley as his hostage. Then Bumblebee manages to backhand him away, resulting in most of Mao's ribs and his right arm breaking in the process.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: He's still killed by Cera like in canon, but instead of shooting him in the neck, she destroys his Knightmare in battle.
- Even Evil Has Standards: It's clear Mao thinks that Lelouch seeing Optimus like a father figure is ridiculous to him, but after what he glimpsed from Lelouch's mind of what Charles zi Britannia is like, he doesn't blame him for trying to find a new dad.
- Evil Is Not a Toy: The fact he thinks he can manipulate the Decepticons shows how out of depth he is. The Cons, especially Megatron, would not have lived up to the end of whatever bargain he has made and will no doubt throw Mao to the dissection table along with C.C. once his usefulness is over. This is exactly what happens in Nunnally Held Hostage after he fails one too many times to provide Megatron with a sample of C.C. to study.
- Expy: In a way, he ends up taking the role of Silas from Prime: a human antagonist who attempts to integrate themselves into the Decepticons via their special ability, only to get taken in as a science experiment when their attempts fail to pan out.
- His "Knightmare" form, with bat-wings, darker color scheme, and psychic powers are reminiscent of Decepticon Headmaster Mindwipe.
- Fate Worse than Death: Becoming a Decepticon science experiment is not pleasant, to put it mildly. When we next see him in School Festival Declaration, he's been reduced to a severed head attached a bare nervous system. And it's implied that he's still alive. R2 confirms this to be the case, with Shockwave having converted him into one of the Dark Knight Headmasters.
- Freudian Excuse: Mao received his Geass when he was very young, which massively stunted his emotional and mental growth. For a time, he managed with the aid of C.C., but after she left, he promptly lost what little good he had left and gone insane from being unable to drown out the thoughts of others. That being said...
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: It's made clear that Lelouch doesn't have any sympathy for Mao's past after the latter makes it clear that he's willing to harm Lelouch's loved ones purely out of spite after the former prince keeps him from reuniting with C.C.
- Laser-Guided Karma: After he fails to recover a sample of C.C. for Shockwave to study, Megatron hands him over to Shockwave to see if they can get a better understanding of Geass from him.
- Like a Son to Me: Despite the terrible things he did to Lelouch, Shirley, Nunnally, Suzaku, and herself, C.C. truly did love Mao like he was her own child, expressing pity for whatever Megatron plans to do him, and regret for giving him his Geass, which drove him insane.
- Made of Iron: Beyond surviving getting ventilated by police as in canon, Mao is still able to exist after Shockwave reduces him to a dissected nervous system.
- Mad Love: Mao is romantically attracted to C.C. due to being unable to read her mind, and ignores any suggestion that she might not be into him. C.C. does love him back, but sees him as her child rather than a romantic interest.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: In the end, Mao's actions trigger positive events for the heroes and negative events for the villains. First, his kidnapping of Shirley causes Lelouch to tell the truth, and Shirley not only forgives him for the supposed death of her father, but also joins the Black Knights. Then, after Lelouch and Ratchet save C.C. from his attempt to take her back for himself, she starts opening up to them, including telling Lelouch about his uncle Victor zi Britannia/V.V.. Third, after his attempted attack on Ashford Academy is thwarted by Arcee and Cliffjumper, Shirley manages to use it to gather positive PR for the Autobots by claiming that they saved the school from a terrorist, which isn't that far off, considering he already tried and failed to blow up the whole school with a bomb. Lastly, Mao revealing Geass to Megatron leads to him deducing that Victor is still alive, and it spirals onward from there to Megatron learning about Ragnarök after capturing V.V., and subsequently wiping out Britannia and killing Charles.
- Put on a Bus to Hell: He's last seen being offered by Megatron to Shockwave as a test subject. C.C. senses his fear, but she can't tell whether or not he dies. R2 confirms that he is still alive, as a member of the Dark Knights.
- Shout-Out: His Knightmare is loosely based on the Endless Waltz version of the Gundam Deathscythe Hell.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Though he may have appeared in a handful of chapters in R1, he provides Megatron and the Decepticons with enough time to think about the involvement of Geass in the Britannian Royal Family's hands, essentially giving them the incentive to torture V.V. for more information and, later on, subjugate the entire Britannian Empire itself.
- Smug Snake: He tends to vastly overestimate how much of an advantage his powers provide him with, even when dealing with Cybertronians, who are immune to them. For reference, Megatron compares him unfavorably to Starscream in this regard (and not without merit, since Starscream's trust in his silver tongue is not misplaced).
- Spared by the Adaptation: Mao is not killed by C.C. like in canon. Though after being experimented on by Shockwave, dissected all the way down to his nervous system, and turned into a Headmaster in Megatron's thrall, he may wish to have been killed. He later dies in the R2 chapter, Ghosts.
- Strapped to an Operating Table: After he fails to defeat Lelouch in Nunnally Held Hostage, Megatron hands him over to Shockwave. It doesn't go well for him.
- Unskilled, but Strong: Stated by Word of God - his Geass has the power to let him read any mind with 500 meters, but it also reads all of them simultaneously. This prevents him from focusing on any one mind unless he really concentrates, something he is normally too lazy to do. This means that even though it is possible for him to read a Cybertronian's mind, he can't.
- Villain Team-Up: Allies with the Decepticons in Cheering Mao, where he offers to tell Megatron and the Decepticons the identity of Zero (which Megatron and Soundwave already know) and the location of the Ark (which is still valuable to the cons at the time) if they help him obtain C.C.
- The Voiceless: After Lelouch Geassed him to "never speak again", Mao's "speech" is reduced to nothing more than indistinct murmurs and garbles. Seemingly averted by R2, somehow.
- You Have Failed Me: Mao gets a really, REALLY hard lesson that Megatron has little tolerance for failure. Not only that, but his bargaining chips are also in kaput because Megatron already knows Zero's identity and thanks to Lelouch clamping his mouth shut, he can't tell the Decepticons where the Autobots and the Ark are.
- Younger Than They Look: Same as in canon, Mao is only seventeen.
- Your Magic's No Good Here: His Geass is implied to be powerful enough to actually allow him to read the minds of Cybertronians, but his immaturity and lack of focus prevent him from doing so.
Caretaker of Spacetime
Caretaker of Spacetime
"I am no one, outside the perspective of those who observe me. I don't exist, at least physically compared to all of you. Just think of me... or rather… perhaps you should think of us as a collective consciousness if that makes sense to you."
The collective consciousness of the Universe.
- Ambiguously Related: Lelouch questions if her connection to Geass means she's a part of Unicron. She just sort of shrugs, as she herself isn't sure whether or not that's the case.
- Adaptation Expansion: The author intends to explore more of her in R2.
- A Form You Are Comfortable With: The appearance she takes is based on that of Yehowah, one of the very first Geass and Code users in history, who (like all dead humans) became part of the collective consciousness after death. Even she's unsure of why she takes that form.
- Not So Above It All: Even the Caretaker is not above trying to make some humor out of a grim situation.
- Pass the Popcorn: Admits to Vector Prime that regardless of how long the alliance can hold off entropy, at least it will make for a good show.
The Skull
The Skull/Beleth
"Who I am… no longer matters. What I am… You could say I am the face of another."
A powerful and malevolent entity whose origins and true nature are a mystery. It was responsible for granting a Geass to Shin Hyuga Shaing.
- Adaptation Expansion: The author revealed its origin in R2.
- Bad Powers, Bad People: A born-evil person whose original Geass instilled negativity within people, leading them to kill each other.
- Balance of Good and Evil: A theorized reason why he came out a malevolent being compared with his sister.
- Big Bad Wannabe: The Epilogue of R2 reveals that he planned on hijacking Neo-Ragnarök from Megatron for himself to spread chaos and cruelty across the minds of the universe, and that only he would reign supreme. He immediately finds out the hard way, that he was never "the Bringer of Chaos" he thought himself to be but he was nothing more than a pawn in Unicron’s game against the Forces of Primus, and is absorbed by the Chaos Bringer to prepare for his awakening, alongside Megatron and Victor.
- Cain and Abel: The Cain to his sister Yehowah's Abel.
- Deity of Human Origin: The Origin of Geass reveals that The Skull was once known as a young man named Beleth, one of the very first users of Geass, who lost his physical form, during his fight with his sister and became something of a dark spirit giving defective Geasses to individuals to cause Chaos across the history of Earth.
- Eldritch Abomination: It's nothing but a skull with a Geass sigil on its forehead, but whatever it is, it's connected to Unicron. Beleth sought to steal his sister's Code using a pool of Dark Energon. Whatever happened afterwards, he somehow got the Code but lost his body, now forever spreading chaos and evil across human history with inherently corrupted Geass.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: In life, he had a diagonal scar across his face, and was murderously malevolent.
- Greater-Scope Villain: The origin for Shin's Geass and many other inherently corrupted ones across history (belonging to Attila the Hun, Ghengis Khan, Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory to name a few). He's also probably the means by which Megatron formed a contract to get his Dark Geass. This later is confirmed in Valley of Kings and Titans by Beleth himself.
- Patricide: Killed his own father for not giving him the Code.
Old King Saturnus (spoilers)
The first human who was born with a Code.
- Adaptational Heroism: He was a benevolent ruler for ancient humanity. Lelouch lampshades this, due to how Saturnnote whose name is derived from Saturnus, was a ruthless tyrant who ate his children until he was overthrown by his son Zeus.
- The Good King: Despite being born outside of the collective consciousness of humanity, he used his freedom to lead with wisdom and justice.
- The Leader: As he was independent from the ancient humanity's Hive Mind, he was made the leader of their civilization.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Defied. He knew that due to his Code, he would have outlived either of his children, so he chose to pass his code onto his daughter, Yehowah. His son took offense to the idea, and ensured the trope was averted.
- Rogue Drone: Downplayed. Saturnus was an anomaly in ancient humanity due to how at the time, humanity was part of a Hive Mind, but he was not born with a part in it.
Yehowah (spoilers)
The first (and only) female to be born with a Geass.
- Cain and Abel: The Abel to her brother Beleth's Cain.
- Good Feels Good: Her Geass was meant to heal and remove all negativity, making her people happy and relieved.
- Sacrificial Lamb: She inherited and kept all the good that her father Saturnus had, meaning to lead the collective consciousness in love and care. And she was killed because her brother couldn't stand to not inherit their father's power.
- Shrouded in Myth: Though the Keepers of Space/Time do know the general idea of what happened to her, how her body lost the first Code is unknown due to Unicron's interference.
Kingdom of Zilkhistan (SPOILERS!)
A kingdom known for its warriors that remained in hiding during the Decepticon Uprising. In General
- Big Bad Ensemble: The warrior kingdom are taking up the position of being R3's primary villains along with Unicron, whom they have no idea of his existence yet. Though the Chaos Bringer has proven one thing... he's more malevolent and more sinister than all villains of the past combined.
- Canon Foreigner: They originated from the Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection film, and by extension, the movie continuity.
- Last Episode, New Character: They debut in the final chapter of R2.
- Villain Team-Up: Shalio and Shamna are first shown with Steeljaw in their captivity and they later locate Predaking.
Leadership
Shalio
Shalio
The young king of Zilkhistan.
Shamna
Shamna
Shalio's older sister, the High Priestess of Zilkhistan.
- Admiring the Abomination: When Predaking transforms in front of her, she called him incredible.
- Excellent Judge of Character: She immediately figures out that Predaking is not some lowly beast, but is in fact an intelligent being, which he confirms when he transforms.
- Know When to Fold Them: She had her kingdom go into hiding when the Decepticons took over Britannia. They remain in hiding afterwards as she knows that as is, they stand no chance against the Autobots and Black Knights.
- Nerves of Steel: She’s got a lot of guts to not be intimidated by the Cybertronian who killed Devastator, and managed to hold his own against the Dinobots.
Soldiers
Bolvona Forgnar
Bolvona Forgnar
A legendary Zilkhistan warrior known as the Brown Bulwark, who commands the country's armies.
