Lelouch geassed Princess Euphemia to kill all of the Japanese, did he intentionally do this?
“Code Geass” (US) Season 1 Episodes 11-25 No. This was the turning point of the entire series. Originally Lelouch wanted Euphemia to shoot him as Zero in front of the crowd with a bamboo gun at the new Specially Administrated Zone of Japan so that they would lose her trust and cheer for Zero when he “recovers” from getting shot. Euphemia thought that her idea would end the war and everyone could live in peace Japanese and Britannian alike. Euphemia also told Lelouch that his sister Nanally wanted this as well, that was the main reason Lelouch became Zero, to make a better world for her. Lelouch agreed with the new zone but he mentioned that he could make Euphemia do anything he wanted. Lelouch said hypothetically that if he told her to “kill all of the Japanese” that she must do it, he did not want to use the geass but his geass became so powerful that it will always work when looking at someone in the face and he can no longer control it, similar to what happened to Mao. Euphemia then
