Little bit of new information, including the identity of the escapee.

Apparently, the geass cellphone site was updated with some new information:
-Sayoko escaped to Lelouch.
-Schneizel seeks asylum with the UFN and is accepted.

Final Allegiances (from given information):
UFN/Nunnally:
Nunnally, Schneizel, Kannon, Cornelia, Gino, Anya (:(!!!), Kallen, Kaguya, Ougi, Xing-ke. Other Black Knights, Nonnette, and Lahkshata are assumed inclusions.

Britannia:
Lelouch, Suzaku, CC, Orange, Lloyd, Cecile. Logic holds that Nina is on this side as well, given her place in the character correlation chart.

My predictions stand as they were before, I'm holding out hope that Anya recovering her memory will prove to be important, or that she'll at least die doing something awesome. If there are no replies to this by the time the next episode airs I'll add 23's summary into this post. Still hoping for a miracle that makes the ending not suck, but we'll see.

EDIT: Episode 23 summary + predictions. The first half was very good, the second was all action, but not bad:

-Pendragon got FLEIA'd.
-Orange jumps down from something very high up (he's both a cyborg and made up of Code R cells, so he's fine) and Sayoko suddenly appears, saying she has a message for Lelouch.
-Lelouch lies to Nunnally, and pretends that he was Zero for a variety of reasons unrelated to her (most of which are selfish, couldn't catch all of them).
-Nunnally knew Lelouch was Zero the whole time.
-Lelouch cuts off his conversation with Nunnally.
-Suzaku tells CC that it's her job to protect Lelouch- his is to destroy his sins and enemies.
-CC is depressed about only being Lelouch's partner.
-Nunnally is told that Pendragon was evacuated, which Corenlia reacts to.
-She holds a private conference with Schneizel, and apparently it was still filled with people. Schneizel basically reveals all his plans to her. He's very Hobbesian, and sees people as violent by nature, needing a constant threat to prevent them from war. As best I can make out, he's going to bring Damocles into orbit high enough that he can FLEIA any country in the world, thereby immediately ending war with the threat of nuclear bombing.
-Cornelia draws her sword, challenging Schneizel's ideals and saying she can't agree with them. Schneizel activates a machine gun trap and she dies.
-LelouchxCC scene in which she comforts him and helps him to move forward.
-Viletta is pregnant.
-Xing-ke's sickness is still in effect.
-Sayoko agrees with Orange, who says that she must be a knight rather than an eleven.
-Gino says that he can understand Kallen's position now... I seriously think they're going to push for that pairing >_>...
-Anya regrets having to fight Lelouch and Suzaku, but says that she will only show them cold-heartedness.
-The second half is basically a giant Schneizel vs. Lelouch chess battle. I couldn't follow all of it due to the fast dialogue and speech, but here's a basic summary:
-They spend a while moving around. Lelouch utilizes the fanaticism of those geassed to have them ignore fear or safety for their lives, making them more vicious in battle. He uses sakuradite to trigger an eruption for Mt. Fuji, and it destroys a ton of generic Black Knights and damages the Ikaruga. Ougi, however, survives.
NOTE: I think that the Sayoko on the deck is a fake and that the Lelouch on the deck is actually Sayoko because he kept saying "Sayoko, there!" and the like, but I'm not actually sure. I could just be crazy.
-Viletta remained on the industrial island outside China for the sake of their baby.
-Nunnally fires FLEIA and says her gum line.
-Lelouch says he can only rely on Nina, who still wants to take revenge against him for Euphy, but also thinks she has to stop Schneizel (obviously, she gets over her revenge to make an anti-FLEIA.)
-CC is shown walking towards her pink lancelot.
-Cliffhanger is basically Schneizel saying that Lelouch's mask isn't complete enough to defeat him, or something along those lines.
-In the preview, the Guren has broken onto Lelouch's bridge and the claw is reaching out for him. The only other ominous imagery is CC smiling.

New predictions:

-LelouchxCC end confirmed by this episode. It's pretty much decided that if there's going to be a romantic ending, it's hers, since she seems to want it.
-Kallen dies next episode fighting CC. Her gum line may actually be directed to CC.
-Xing-ke switches sides in order to protect Tianzi, who Lelouch is holding hostage, after realizing Schneizel's plan.
-CC will eventually attempt to rescue Nunnally.
-Anya will die, regardless of which side she ends up on.
-Viletta's baby is either named Naoto, Rolo, or Lelouch (if Lelouch dies)
-We find out about the Zero Re:quiem in 25.

We're almost at the end... took long enough >_<.

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Am I the only one who felt that C.C.s smile on the preview was kinda ominous for her...especially when together with Lelouch's line about his "last card", though there is the possibility it was just coincidence...

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I felt C.C.s smile on the preview was kinda ominous for her...especially when together with Lelouch's line about his "last card", though there is the possibility it was just coincidence...

It's possible, but I'm doubtful she'll die before 25 if she does die (she even beats Lelouch sometimes in the character polls, and never falls below number 2). Lelouch says in the preview that his final card is "in Schneizel's heart" so it's not immortality (besides, CC still has it since her memories are intact.)

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you know I just had a Wierd thought.... What if Deithard hasn't truely betrayed Lelouch? I know its not likely but it just came to me and it made me laugh mainly becuase IF it does happen then it means I give up on spelling his name, mister 'last boss' really didn't have a chance.

If there was a real evil in the universe it would be the illusion that man creates to defend its Forsaken Ideals.

I'm withholding comments on the Diethard theory since it's resolved this episode.

TURN 24 Summary + Final Prediction Batch gasp. I'll talk about potentially doing a different series next week, but for now let's just get Taniguchi's endless disaster over with.

Summary

-Ougi stays behind to "take responsibility", allowing the other members of Ikaruga's bridge to escape. I have no idea why he would do this, there seems to be no logic behind this action, as there's no purpose for him to remain on a disabled ship...
-Fact: Nunnally can cry through closed eyes.
-Toudou and Tamaki are forced to eject by Suzaku, but Xing-ke breaks onto Lelouch's flagship with an assault force to rescue the UFN officials.
-Lelouch receives what is basically an anti-FLEIA from Nina, but requires him to calculate very quickly.
-Lelouch is thankful to CC for "allowing him to walk" and doesn't hate her. She's happy he's worried about her, and they almost kiss, but Kallen interrupts it this time.
-CC stops the guren in her pink Lancelot, and says her gum line, since Lelouch is going after Nunnally.
-Lelouch escapes in the Shinkiro, prevents a FLEIA, and breaks through Damocles' Absolute Protection Field with his own.
-Gino destroys the Shinkiro with his Tristain Twin, but Lelouch escapes on foot. Suzaku and Gino fight.
-Cornelia is in critical condition, and Guilford is alive, still calling her "princess".
-Nunnally falls from her chair after an explosion and drops the FLEIA switch.
-CC and Kallen fight via mechs. CC is ultimately no match, and ejects into the ocean, saying it's strange that she actually cared about winning. (Another person seems to think that she was talking about her relationship with Lelouch, but they never once used any words about love or anything, so I don't believe this is).
-Xing-ke and his main rescue Tianzi, aided by Lloyd, Cecile, and Sayoko, who pretend to have betrayed Lelouch under his orders.
-Lelouch stops Schneizel from escaping be Geassing all the guards. Schneizel treats it as checkmate.
-Lelouch has a long speech relayed via video in which he mostly talks about how his ideals represent the future, while Schneizel is stuck in the present and Charles was stuck in the past.
-At the end of the speech, he reveals himself to be behind Schneizel, and geasses him.
-Diethard kills the guard restraining Kannon, and attempts to kill Lelouch as well, but Schneizel shoots him before he can. Lelouch tells Diethard that he never used the Geass on him, and he dies (his eyes actually close and everything).
NOTE: Lelouch's geass seems to have, with its new evolution, gained the ability to make anyone do whatever he says. Specific orders seem to no longer be a requirement, since he doesn't give Schneizel one (that I heard, anyway)
-Schneizel tells Lelouch that Nunnally has the switch.
-Suzaku is on the verge of destroying Gino when Gino weakens the absolute protection enough for Kallen to infiltrate. Suzaku vs. Kallen + Gino seems to be the big mech battle of the series.
-Lelouch returns, and Nunnally is reseated in her chair, holding the switch. He says that it's dangerous, and therefore not something she should have. She says that the reason she has it is exactly because it's dangerous, and opens her eyes, revealing that she overcame Charles' geass through sheer willpower, and daring Lelouch to geass her. Cliffhanger. I actually think this is sort of interesting, because if he doesn't use it on Nunnally he admits that the method is wrong, but if he does he'll end up losing her permanently.
-Personal annoyance: Where the hell is Anya!?

Final Prediction set (next week I'll go through and tally the stuff I got right, I guess.):

-CCxLelouch end.
-Kallen's gum quote is directed towards Gino as Suzaku kills him. I really don't want it to happen, but I would be shocked if it didn't at this point, since CC almost got an actual romantic kiss from him (since none of the others in the series have been on his side).
-Lelouch persuades Nunnally rather than geassing her, but resolves to if he has to first.
-Xing-ke dies in a really subjective way like that guy did in S-cry-ed.
-Kallen lives (she survived her sheer death encounter episode, there's no point in killing her off while Gino's next to her. It gives a minor character more impact).
-Anya uses FLEIA on Damocles. (okay, so this is just hopeful, but we all know that there's a reason that she was the only rounds to have been given it. Otherwise it's just terrible writing.)

Not a bad one, I guess. I liked the CC and Nina(!?) scenes, but I thought Lelouch's speech was a little contrived and cliche. Nunnally is an interesting character, at least.

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THe Nina scene was brilliant

and she never blamed him directly "I'll never forgive Zero

And Diethard, even though it was just a random thought, the resolution was funny

There still is a chance for Kallen to die though in my mind, however she'll most likely survive

If there was a real evil in the universe it would be the illusion that man creates to defend its Forsaken Ideals.

Damn, i still haven't watched it! 😔
Stupid YKT torrent system -_-

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-Personal annoyance: Where the hell is Anya!?

Isn't Anya fighting Jeremiah?

Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

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-Personal annoyance: Where the hell is Anya!?

Isn't Anya fighting Jeremiah?

Yes, but I'm annoyed because she had less than 10 seconds of screen time, and she's actually supposed to be one of the main characters (unlike, say, Diethard or Jeremiah).

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-Ougi stays behind to "take responsibility", allowing the other members of Ikaruga's bridge to escape. I have no idea why he would do this, there seems to be no logic behind this action, as there's no purpose for him to remain on a disabled ship...

NOTE: Lelouch's geass seems to have, with its new evolution, gained the ability to make anyone do whatever he says. Specific orders seem to no longer be a

-Suzaku is on the verge of destroying Gino when Gino weakens the absolute protection enough for Kallen to infiltrate. Suzaku vs. Kallen + Gino seems to be the big mech battle of the series.

-Lelouch returns, and Nunnally is reseated in her chair, holding the switch. He says that it's dangerous, and therefore not something she should have. She says that the reason she has it is exactly because it's dangerous, and opens her eyes, revealing that she overcame Charles' geass through sheer willpower, and daring Lelouch to geass her. Cliffhanger. I actually think this is sort of interesting, because if he doesn't use it on Nunnally he admits that the method is wrong, but if he does he'll end up losing her permanently.

-Of course there is logic in Ogi's actions. He didn't use 'preventive means' while playing with Villeta, so now he wants to run away leaving Villeta and her package behind. XD
Nah, seriously, you're right, he is just some idiot.

-Hmm, well, according with the fansub, Lulu issued the order "serve Zero", so maybe his new power is to give that kind of 'be my b-each forever' power, but i think he still has to give orders.

• Make that Susaku vs Karen + half a GIno XD , Susaku severed his KF legs.

• About Nunnaly i dislike her now (yah, i'm a Lulu fanboy lol). But i think it'll be something like what happened with Shirley, Lulu will "take her sin of killing half all population of Britania capital with him", and he will issue the order "Forget everything about your brother and live happy" >_>

-Just to clarify my logic on the Ougi thing more (I wrote that post at 2am, forgive me) it's like "there's an escape shuttle with everyone else on it, and he'd rather stand around doing nothing on a downed ship than survive" type deal. There's no strategic value in him doing so.
-You can't really tell with the fansub, but the line where he actually orders to Schneizel is pretty garbeled (for whatever reason the speech he's giving on the recording is louder). So yeah, I missed that part, but you'll have to forgive me for that. It happens occasionally because I post those after watching a live feed, there's not really any in between time to check translations or rewatch scenes.
-Legs don't do much in aerial KMF battles, but he no longer has his swords so he's down to slash harkens and any hidden guns he might have. That's enough for him to sacrifice himself for a half-assed attempt at eliciting a cathartic response ;).
-Thanks for actually admitting you're a fanboy :haha:. For some reason no one ever does... Anyway, Nunnally is an internationally recognized figure, so she doesn't really have any chance of going off and living a quiet life somewhere, although her being memory wiped in some way is certainly a possibility.

I have way too much free time -_-;;.

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-Thanks for actually admitting you're a fanboy :haha:. For some reason no one ever does... Anyway, Nunnally is an internationally recognized figure, so she doesn't really have any chance of going off and living a quiet life somewhere, although her being memory wiped in some way is certainly a possibility.

Yeah, i'll bet that will be the ending. Of course, Nunnally is a recognized figure, but no one, other than the Damocles' insiders know that she is the one firing FLEIAs, so if Lulu wipes her memory about him, and everything that has to do with Zero and geass, she still can live a 'happy' life with her geassed Schneizel-oniisama if Lulu gives him the order 'help her with all your strenght for the rest of your life' as a Britania empress.

Meanwhile, as it was mentioned some times in the past, the Power of the King will leave Lulu alone, and only CC will remain by his side. So yeah, LuluxCC ending, with the two of them waiting for their death. Maybe they'll pull some crap like Lulu's geass evolving into a code :rolleyes: or maybe asking to the World of C to remove CC's code and make her a normal human as well as removing Lulu's geass. Or ultimately, just fading into the credits while walking, leaving an 'open ending'. lol

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Ep25 Spoilers...probably...[color=red]Read at own Risk!!!![/color]

-Kanon shows up and applies a portable Geass canceler to Schneizel, who then shoots Lelouch who is talking to Nunally.
-Nunally orders Schneizel to not kill him and simply lock him up, as Lelouch flails on the floor, bleeding.
-Schneizel shoots Nunally.
-Lelouch gets pissed and gathers up enough strength to stand up and punch Schneizel, who shrugs the punch off and shoots him again.
-Suzaku busts through the wall and impales Kanon to a wall and then knocks Schneizel to the ground.
-Lelouch uses this time to raise a gun to Schneizel and says “Checkmate” and shoots him in the head, killing him.
-Lelouch and Suzaku take Nunally outside to get her medical attention. Lelouch announces that Schneizel is dead, Nunally is wounded and they are calling for a cease fire.
-Kaguya, Xing-ke and his loli accept the cease fire, but Lelouch’s soldiers won’t stop fighting, as they are under the control of Geass.
-Nina realizes that everything is her fault, and she goes out in a mech equipped with a FLEIYA, gets it to critical mass and gets into Lelouch’s soldier’s ranks, blowing them to hell and herself with them.
-Kallen still thinks that this is all part of Lelouch’s world domination plan and attacks the mech carrying Lelouch, Suzaku and Nunally. They begin to fight, and Kallen manages to wreck the flight system on Suzaku’s mech, causing them to plummet to the ground.
-Lelouch and Kallen stand off.
-Lelouch and Kallen argue with each other.
-Lelouch apologizes and tells Kallen to shoot him, “It is ok if it is by your hand.”
-She tells him to say one last thing to Nunally. Nunally is still conscious, and asks him why he did all of this, and he tells her “to make the world a better place for you”. He then says to her “I did not want to use Geass on you… but forgive me…” He casts the geass and then whispers in her ear.
-He then turns to Kallen, removes his hat, bows and tells her to shoot.
-Bang.
-Fade to black.
-Fast forward 2 years.
-Lelouch and C.C. are living in the mountains, away from the rest of the world. Kallen shot Lelouch in such a way that he is now confined to a wheelchair. He is however happy.
-Nunally is named Queen of Britannia.
-Through peace talks, power is taken away from Britannia and freedom restored to the world.
-Ougi and Viletta got married.
-Orange and Sayoko are serving Nunally.
-Cornelia was critically injured by Schnizel, so she cannot fight anymore, but she is now general and master tactician of the Britannian military, she is satisfied with Nunally’s position.
-No one else died that you haven’t seen die yet.
-Lelouch’s Geass to Nunally was that she forget he ever existed.
-Fast forward x amount of years.
-Lelouch is much older, sitting next to a grave. “Catherine Childs”
-Fade to black, END.

I found this from Kurogane's Blog who in turn got it from 4chan; So either I got trolled or my prediction from this thread came true

*Sigh...I wanted to have them find some other way to take out the code but instead, it seems Lulu is now immortal and left to wander the world forever or find a way to die just like others before him(since i can't think of any other explanation how C.C. lost her code other than giving it to Lelouch)...not what I would call a happy ending...I at least wanted them to have a kid...

Doesn't really sound reliable though... I mean, 4chan...

Still if it's true, this series has officially made no sense. 🤢

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