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Total darkness plagued the regular white warehouse. Nothing could be seen, unless someone in the room possessed a certain Uchiha Clan Kekkei Genkai, or if another person had the ability to sense energy.
Luckily, that was indeed the case. Lights on the ceiling turned on, as well as the lights of the cameras that were pointed at two people - a Namekian with insane power and a knowledgeable Konohagakure ninja.
"Hi everyone, I'm Kakashi Hatake," the ninja introduced himself.
"And I'm Piccolo," the Namekian added. Although he found this unnecessary, his partner had insisted they do this. For what sake? That remains to be seen.
"We welcome you back to Piccolo and Kakashi on Theories, a show where we discuss any theory or what-if scenario from any series," Kakashi continued. "We've been on a bit of a hiatus, but that's a story for another time. We apologise for the lack of broadcasts from us, please understand."
"Let's just start off tonight's episode...with this," smiled Piccolo, who pointed towards the projector screen behind the two, which revealed a picture of an eye with a strange red marking in it. "This is Geass, a power that originates from the Code Geass series. Its power varies from user to user, but the main character's Geass allows him to completely control any person that he uses it on. Why are we mentioning this, you ask? Because people can be rather...mislead."
"First of all, if you haven't seen or finished Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion and Code Geass: Round 2, then I suggest you depart from this episode immediately," Kakashi demanded. "We'll allow you time to leave."
The pair did exactly as the ninja said - they did nothing for a total of ten seconds.
"Now that we have that under control, let's talk about the series itself. It follows the story of a student named Lelouch vi Britannia, who stumbles into a set of circumstances that gives him his Geass power," Piccolo explained. "Lelouch is a commander-type of character, meaning that he's the one that takes charge and always seems to have a plan, even when he's backed into a figurative corner. With these brilliant plans, comes adoration. With adoration, comes a fanbase."
"That's why I was kinda cautious about doing this one. You see, Lelouch has a rather loyal fanbase - just to inform any Lelouch fans, we also love his character and what he means to the series. He's a fantastic, well written character, but we just feel that the ending of Round 2 is as clear cut as can be."
"To put it simply, he is dead. He's clearly dead - he was stabbed in the heart by Suzaku, something we see on screen before the controversial epilogue. There is no way he could have survived from that, Geass or whatever withstanding or not."
"People on the Internet claim that Lelouch unlocked his Code, which is a highly advanced Geass. Code grants the user immortality, so we can see where those people were coming from. However, this is never mentioned in the series and the only time where we see characters gaining immortality is when they take it from the people they had their original Geass contract from, so it's most likely that you'd have to do that in order to become immortal. If that's the case, then why is C.C still alive?"
"There was also an image of someone that looks like Lelouch driving the carridge that C.C is on during the epilogue, though that was proven to be fake already thanks to people that know how camera shots work. Also, piggybacking on from what Kakashi said, there is also the possibility that Lelouch gained Code from killing Charles. That's ridiculous, you really expect the Code to take that long to form? We barely know anything about its length or power, so you can't assume anything about it from what little we know. Assuming things about Code is only a vaguely estimated guess."
"True. Hey, even we could be wrong and we are incorrect, then okay, we'll accept that. But as of now, no official source has confirmed that Lelouch is alive, but one of the Code Geass writers, Ichiro Okouchi, has stated that Lelouch is dead in an interview with the Japanese magazine 'Continue'. While this isn't from the director of the series, this is as official as we can get."
"Other theories include the idea that only one of Lelouch is dead, while another part of him is alive. This is completely unfounded, it has no basis and so cannot be true. The director, Taniguchi, has been quiet about this whole thing, but that could be for several reasons," Piccolo added.
"So overall, there's no way of knowing whether he is alive or not, though evidence seems to lean on the side that he's dead. We can't really know until the official director comes out with an official word," Kakashi finished, before being interrupted.
"Wait, Lelouch is dead. I thought we agreed on this."
Kakashi sighed. "No, we never agreed. I said that there's not enough substantial evidence on either side to prove whether he is alive or not. I'm not sure what was going through your mind when we were discussing this earlier."
"It doesn't really matter. We'll just wait to see what the director has to say," Piccolo shrugged off, reinforcing the ninja's previous statement. "That's it for today's episode. Kakashi and I will see you next time."
Cameras turned off, signifying that the episode had truly ended.
Author Notes: I updated both Luster the Cat and Lapis Pugna Online (shameless plug). You think I wouldn't update this as well? I'm just getting back into the swing of fan-fiction, so expect more chapters of this in the coming times.
Also, late Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to those that didn't or don't read my other fan-fics. My birthday's also coming up in two days time, so don't expect a chapter then or on the day after.
See you next time, readers.