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Originally Posted by azul120
Saying his death was redemption is absurd. He didn't have to do Zero Requiem in the first place. Infact, said act caused more destruction than the rebellion that preceded it. He should have taken the agent of justice role himself, where he could have also been more help to the world alive than dead. Besides, if he deserved to die, then so did other characters like Cornelia.
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This really isn't the place to talk about this, but I'll go ahead and try to explain one last time: Zero Requiem was a fitting end FOR LELOUCH HIMSELF.
Did he deserved to die? Maybe not.
But he also was no saint. For the sake of his own goals, he used people, deceived them, sacrificed their lives at his own discretion… in short, committed all sorts of evil acts. This is something that he himself recognized and tried to address somehow.
Having lost his sister and after finally settling the scores with his father, Lelouch no longer had lingering attachments to this world. With no other objective in life, he tried to make some sort of atonement for his sins. The method chosen was the Zero Requiem: to become a villain that everyone would hate and then die so that all past conflicts and resentments could be settled - buying a chance for peace in the future. He wavered when he discovered that Nunnally was still alive, but ultimately sticked to his decision due believing it was the right thing to do.
Arguably, that was not the best solution. Maybe there were better ways to resolve things in the eyes of the world. But it was nevertheless the best FOR LELOUCH HIMSELF. After committing many sins and causing suffering for many, in the end he put all his efforts into making amends and was finally allowed to die with the satisfaction that the world - along with everything that he held dear - had the chance to move towards a better future.
If that is not redemption, I don't know what is.