Rolo Lamperouge is an antagonist turned supporting protagonist from the 2006 anime Code Geass and a minor character in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled. He is a teen assassin trained by the Geass Order, who is sent to spy on Lelouch and pose as his brother, but ends up joining his side.
He is voiced by Takahiro Mizushima in Japanese and Spike Spencer in English, the latter of whom also voiced Shinji Ikari.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
- Saved Suzaku and Lelouch from their prison cells in Akito the Exiled.
- He comes to truly love Lelouch and see him as his brother, as it's the first positive relationship he's had.
- He tries to protect Lelouch from a Mafia thug who was threatening him.
- Tries to save Lelouch when he falls during the terrorist attack.
- He defeats several Black Knights in the belief that he is rescuing Lelouch from an attack.
- He agrees to hear Lelouch out despite having orders to kill him.
- He defects to Lelouch's side out of loyalty and blocks an attack from Guilford that was aimed at Lelouch, as well as abandoning his attempt's to capture CC for the Emperor.
- Lies that he and Lelouch are at the movie theater together, covering for his brother so he won't be exposed as Zero.
- He cares about protecting Ashford Academy, viewing it as his home.
- He uses his Geass on Suzaku to protect Lelouch from being exposed as having regained his memories during his phone call with Nunally.
- He helps Lelouch neutralize the OSI agents that are keeping watch on him.
- He offers to fight Suzaku and the Knights of the Round who are stationed at Ashford, even though Lelouch tells him not to.
- He helps Lelouch when he's in the Chinese Federation by helping Sayoko pose as Lelouch at Ashford.
- He saves Lelouch from being chased by a group of girls on Cupid Day.
- He sounds an alarm when Jeremiah attacks Ashford and tries to get the students to safety, and tries to stop Jeremiah with Sayoko's help.
- Helps Lelouch take down the Geass Order, who create dangerous Geass user'sand send them out across the world.
- In the manga, he saves one of the Black Knights from the Geass child assassin's.
- He fights V.V. on Lelouch's orders, managing to evade several attacks from him and even damages V.V.'s Siegfried.
- In the manga, he and Jeremiah save Lelouch at the Kururugi shrine when he's captured by Schneizel's men.
- He infiltrates the Tokyo capital with Sayoko, taking down many guards and helping rescue Kallen.
- He escorts Lelouch off the battlefield to safety after Nunnally is presumed killed.
- He passes the goodness zone when he saves Lelouch from execution by the Black Knights even after Lelouch said he hated him and was only using him the whole time. He overuses his Geass to the point that it kills him in order to take down all the Black Knights and Britannians in their way and getting Lelouch to safety. As he does this he explains that even if Lelouch was only using him, to him it was real and made him human, stating that he refuses to believe that Lelouch hated him. Lelouch sadly agrees that he was lying about this and accepts Rolo as his brother as he dies, ultimately forgiving him.
- His sacrifice directly allowed Lelouch to stop Charles' Ragnorak plan and Schneizel's goal of forcing the world into peace via mass murder with the FLEJIA and then bring world peace via Zero Requiem. Thanks to Rolo's sacrifice, Lelouch was able to regain the will to keep on fighting and change the world for the better, deciding not to waste the life his little brother gave him.
- In Resurrection, he and Euphemia's (and Shirley's in the manga version) souls in C's world forgive Lelouch and help CC save him to complete his resurrection. Later, they return and help save Lelouch and Nunally after the final battle, which shows a lot to how much he cares about Lelouch to the point where he's now fine with Nunally being with him.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He's been an assassin for V.V. since childhood, killing so many that he viewed it as routine and can't even remember how many he killed.
- He kills several OSI agents, two of them for very petty reasons, even though they don't get much sympathy since they're villains themselves.
- After Lelouch regains her memory of Nunnally, Rolo shows his true colors of a cold and ruthless killer.
- He offers to perform assassinations for Lelouch, even though the latter reprimands him for it.
- He impulsively shoots Shirley dead for wanting to re-unite Lelouch with Nunnally, then lies to Lelouch that Shirley was coming after him with a gun.
- He executes the other Geass children on Lelouch's orders, though he did earlier express reluctance to do this and Lelouch had to pressure him into doing it.
- He murders a Black Knight for learning of his origin with the Geass Order.
- He is extremely possessive over Lelouch to the point it turns into an obsession and wants to keep Nunnally away from him and kill her so he can be Lelouch's only sibling though it's worth noting that when he thinks he's found Nunnally's escape craft, he doesn't immediately fire on it, suggesting that he did feel conflicted about this.
Trivia[]
- Rolo’s ending was originally far different, where the character would’ve died a simple death “like a rag” but this was changed due to his popularity among the female staff of the series. If they went with his original ending, Rolo wouldn’t be Inconsistently Admirable.
- Rolo is far less Inconsistent in the recap movies. He doesn’t kill Shirley, the Geass Order children or anyone except a few Britannia guards holding Kallen captive, although he still did intend to kill Nunally. It’s positive his film counterpart could be Near Pure Good.
- Rolo’s final scene got him voted as the most heroic character in Animedia for 2008.
External Links[]
- Rolo Lamperouge on the Heroes Wiki
- Rolo Lamperouge on the Villains Wiki
- Rolo Lamperouge on the Code Geass Wiki
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 Inconsistently Admirable
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