C.C. (Code Geass)

{{nihongo|C.C.|シー・ツー|Shī Tsū}} was created as a fictional character for the Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion anime series by Sunrise, who first appeared in 2006 with the premier of the franchise. Her Japanese voice actress is Yukana Nogami,{{Cite news |author=Shida, Hidekuni |title=Code Geass |work=Newtype USA |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=56–59 |date=January 2007 |issn=1541-4817 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-05-10/code-geass-to-premiere-series-finale-in-july-events|title=Code Geass to Premiere Series Finale in July Events|date=May 10, 2007|work=Anime News Network|access-date=August 5, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-19/code-geass-akito-the-exiled-3rd-episode-previewed-in-video/.82369|title=Code Geass: Akito the Exiled's 3rd Episode Previewed in Video|date=December 19, 2014|work=Anime News Network|access-date=August 5, 2016}} and she is voiced by Kate Higgins in the English dub.[http://www.animeherald.com/2017/03/24/funimation-unveils-dub-cast-code-geass-akito-exileds-returning-roles/ Funimation Unveils Dub Cast For Code Geass: Akito the Exiled’s Returning Roles], Anime Herald, March 24, 2017, Mike Ferreira C.C. is an immortal witch who appears as a young adult.”The C’s World.” Episode 15 of Season 2 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (July 20, 2008) C.C. is a pseudonym, and her real name is never shared with the audience.

C.C. has long light green hair and gold eyes. She wears a variety of outfits, which change depending on the time and situation. In the first season she mainly wears a white straitjacket bondage suit,”Zero.” Episode 25 of ‘’Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion’’ Season 1 (October 26, 2008) which the Britannian Empire had used to restrain her for tests prior to the series."The Day a New Demon Was Born". Code Geass. Episode 1. October 6, 2006 According to the 2007 Code Geass audio drama, C.C. wears the bondage suit because she feels she isn't free, and is a slave to the world."The Girl in the Straitjacket." Audio Drama 13. June 27, 2007 Her main outfit in the second season is a modified Black Knights uniform, which is long, black, and has a red sash. It has gloves and white undergarments.”Battle at Kyushu.” Episode 20 of ‘’Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion’’ Season 1 (September 14, 2008) She has worn Lelouch's own clothes, including his Zero outfit, to serve as a decoy and save him from situations.”Zero.” Episode 25 of ‘’Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion’’ Season 1 (October 26, 2008)

C.C. has the power of the "Code", given to her by a nun hundreds of years prior to Code Geass. The Geass power originally allowed her to make anyone around her love her, before leading to her being immortal and immune to both age and conventional injury.”The C’s World.” Episode 15 of Season 2 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (July 20, 2008) She has survived being burned at the stake, beheaded by a guillotine, and placed in an iron maiden.”Zero.” Episode 25 of ‘’Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion’’ Season 1 (October 26, 2008) When she uses her power, a sigil glows on her body."The Day a New Demon Was Born". Code Geass. Episode 1. Season 1. October 6, 2006 When left alone, she sometimes appears to talk to herself and have discussions with those who aren't there.[http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/09/08/code-geass-island-of-the-gods-review Code Geass: "Island of the Gods" Review] at IGN (September 8, 2008) This is later revealed to be telepathic communication, Lelouch's deceased mother Marianne being among the recipients."Island of the Gods" Episode 19 of Code Geass (March 2, 2007)"At Least with Sorrow" Episode 23 of Code Geass (March 30, 2007) C.C. can also give people the power of Geass or can cancel their Geass,

[https://books.google.com/books?id=FsoxBwAAQBAJ&dq=C.C.+Code+Geass&pg=PA75 Examining the Multisemiotic Representation of Heroes/Villains in Code Geass], Chapter 4, Language Arts in Asia 2: English and Chinese through Literature, Drama and Popular Culture" (June 19, 2014) - Cambridge Scholars Publishing (ed. Christina DeCoursey) and sense when other people have it. In close proximity, C.C. can give people hallucinations of dark or chaotic images, to lead people into a panic.

She is a competent leader and operations planner, and can fight with mech,"The Day a Demon Awakens." Episode 1 of Season 2 of ‘’Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2’’ (November 2, 2008) with guns, or hand to hand. In the Picture Dramas, during a discussion with Kallen, she states that she has the ability to do almost anything but chooses to let others do it. Calm and collected, she is strongwilled and pays little mind to inconveniencing others, and at times is with-holding of information. With a dry sense of humor, she has a nihilistic outlook on the world. Scornful of her immortality, she is lonely and isolated, although she shows fondness for the main protagonist Lelouch Lamperouge.

C.C. has a strong liking for pizza, at times risking the exposure of her identity to obtain it."The School Festival Declaration" Episode 21 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Season 1 (March 16, 2007)"Knights of the Round" Episode 5 of Season 2 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (May 4, 2008)

Before C.C. gained the power of Geass, she was a ten-year-old orphaned slave. A nun gave C.C. the power of Geass, allowing C.C. to make anyone love her. When C.C. grew tired of forced love, she looked instead for love from the nun, who was above her power. However, when C.C.'s power had grown, the nun revealed she had tricked C.C. as a ploy to lose her immortality, and tortured the young woman until C.C. accepted the nun's Code.”The C’s World.” Episode 15 of Season 2 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (July 20, 2008) After C.C. gains immortality, a shock sequence in the first-season finale shows memories of her past, including repeated "deaths" of different types spanning centuries.”Zero.” Episode 25 of ‘’Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion’’ Season 1 (October 26, 2008) Alive for hundreds of years, she speaks to Lelouch of Washington's Rebellion, referring to George Washington and Benjamin Franklin as if she had been close with both.Code Geass TV series' fifth DVD - special features She claims to have entered into magical Geass contracts with hundreds of people over her lifetime, in futile attempts to lose her immortality.

One of her previous contracts was with the late Imperial Consort Marianne, the mother of the lead protagonist of Code Geass, Lelouch Lamperouge. After C.C. aided Marianne and Marianne's husband Charles zi Britannia achieve their goals, C.C. was named head of the Geass Order, a secret organization that studies and produces Geass users. However, she left the order upon news of Marianne's death, and let V.V. take over. Years later she is captured by a Britannian envoy in Japan, which takes an interest in her immortality and intends to bring her to the Imperial city of Pendragon in North America.

Early in the series, Osaka is bombed and a "top-security asset of the Britannian government," or C.C., is stolen by terrorists hiding in the Shinjuku Ghetto. As a result, the Viceroy orders Shinjuku wiped out, and during the violence, C.C. and Lelouch encounter one-another. At their meeting, C.C. gives Lelouch the power of Geass, and he attempts to help her escape the soldiers.

[https://books.google.com/books?id=FsoxBwAAQBAJ&dq=C.C.+Code+Geass&pg=PA75 Examining the Multisemiotic Representation of Heroes/Villains in Code Geass], Chapter 4, Language Arts in Asia 2: English and Chinese through Literature, Drama and Popular Culture" (June 19, 2014) - Cambridge Scholars Publishing (ed. Christina DeCoursey) Since she is shot in the incident and appears dead, he leaves her body behind."The Day a New Demon Was Born". Code Geass. Episode 1. Season 1. October 6, 2006

In episode five, she unexpectedly appears again in Lelouch's homes,. Lelouch encounters her casually folding origami with his sister Nunnally."The Princess and the Witch". Code Geass. Episode 5. November 3, 2006 Afterwards she keeps an eye on Lelouch's missions as his rebel alter-ego Zero, even wearing his clothes and impersonating him when a situation becomes life-threatening.”Attack Cornelia.” Episode 7 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Season 1 (November 17, 2006) She then joins his military mech organization the Black Knights, where she is seen as one of Zero's close advisors. Her unofficial position leads to some friction with other members.”I Order you, Suzaku Kururugi.” Episode 18 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Season 1 (February 22, 2007)

When the Black Knights gain possession of the Knightmare Frame Gawain, she becomes its pilot while Lelouch operates the weapons.”Battle at Kyushu.” Episode 20 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Season 1 (September 14, 2008) In the season finale, she uses the Gawain to battle Jeremiah Gottwald's Siegfried, to allow Lelouch to save his sister. After kissing Lelouch, she drags herself and the enemy to the ocean floor.”Zero.” Episode 25 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Season 1 (October 26, 2008)

C.C. is in charge of the Black Knights at the start of the second season, where she and the others plan an operation to free Lelouch's memories from the Emperor of Britannia. After he is rescued, she again becomes his advisor."The Day a Demon Awakens." Episode 1 of Season 2 of ‘’Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2’’ (November 2, 2008) After the location of the Geass Directorate is located, Lelouch orders C.C. to attack the facility, and she reluctantly kills her former colleagues at the Geass Order.” Geass Hunt.” Episode 14 of Season 2 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (July 13, 2008)

After Lelouch and C.C. enter the mystical Sword of Akasha spirit realm, she reveals to him that her greatest wish is to die by giving up her Code. Since Lelouch is not ready to accept it, she intends to offer it to his father, Emperor Charles. Lelouch attempts to stop her and save her, and in doing so, her memories of everything after the day she acquired her Geass are lost, reverting her to a frightened slave girl. Believing himself to be responsible, Lelouch confines C.C. to his quarters and attempts to make her comfortable.” The C’s World.” Episode 15 of Season 2 of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (July 20, 2008) Later, the spirit of Lelouch's mother, Marianne, possesses the body of Anya Alstreim and locates C.C. to restore her memories. The two then leave for Kamine Island to re-enter the Sword of Akasha, rescuing Suzaku Kururugi along the way."Emperor Dismissed" Episode 20 of Season 2 of Code Geass. August 24, 2008, They enter the Sword of Akasha, where C.C.'s presence allows the Emperor to begin the Ragnarök Connection and merge everyone into the collective unconscious. When Lelouch kills Charles and Marianne before the connection can be completed, C.C. is spared because she had turned against their plan. A month later, she helps Lelouch seize the throne as the new Emperor of Britannia."The Ragnarok Connection" Episode 22 of Season 2 of Code Geass. (August 31, 2008)

Near the end of the series, C.C. and Lelouch bond and comfort one another, before being interrupted when Lelouch is attacked by his former Black Knights allies."Schneizel's Guise" Episode 23 of Season 2 of Code Geass. (September 14, 2008) C.C. intervenes in her Lancelot so he can escape, and battles her former Black Knight co-pilot Kallen Stadtfeld. C.C. ejects to safety when she is easily defeated."The Grip of Damocles" Episode 24 of Season 2 of Code Geass. (September 21, 2008 ) Later, as Lelouch plans to execute the captured Black Knights, C.C. prays for Lelouch in a church during his planned assassination. During the epilogue, C.C. is seen traveling the countryside in the back of a cart. She reminisces about how Lelouch proved the Geass does not bring loneliness and expresses her feelings for him."Re'" Episode 25 of Season 2 Code Geass. September 28, 2008 (around noon)

In the events of the alternate universe of the 2019 film Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection, which is built around the "what if" of C.C. not being able to accept Lelouch's death, and which takes place a year after the events of the alternate universe trilogy movies, C.C is revealed to have literally resurrected Lelouch from the dead after Shirley smuggled his corpse to her, and that she has been looking after Lelouch since his soul did not return after his physical resurrection. C.C. manages to fully restore Lelouch once they find a portal to C's World while helping save Nunnally and Suzaku from the Zilkhistans. In the aftermath, C.C. continues to travel the world with Lelouch after he assumes the alias of L.L., which was his idea of a marriage proposal.{{cite web|title=Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection pamphlet|url=https://imgur.com/a/5v5Gshz|website=imgur|language=en}}

In a special 2012 OVA parody episode Nunnally in Wonderland, based on the Alice in Wonderland story, C.C. appears in the role as a Cheshire Cat.Code Geass: Nunnally in Wonderland, official OVA released in 2012. In the 2012 to 2016 Code Geass: Akito the Exiled spinoff of the television series, C.C. again appears. In March 2017, the media wrote that Kate Higgins would be reprising her role as the voice of C.C. in the dub of Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, to be released by Sunrise on June 27, 2017.[http://goodnewsanime.com/2017/03/yuri-lowenthal-kate-higgins-reprise-roles-as-suzaku-c-c-in-code-geass-akito-the-exiled.html Good News Anime on the new casting] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410050404/http://goodnewsanime.com/2017/03/yuri-lowenthal-kate-higgins-reprise-roles-as-suzaku-c-c-in-code-geass-akito-the-exiled.html |date=April 10, 2017 }}, March 23, 2017

In the 2006-2010 Code Geass manga, C.C. appears in the plot a number of times.Code Geass, chapter 2, {{ISBN|978-4-04-854230-2}}, September 26, 2008 In the manga spin-off series Nightmare of Nunnally in 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200703000222|script-title=ja:コードギアス ナイトメア・オブ・ナナリー (1)|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|access-date=March 23, 2011|language=ja|archive-date=October 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019130942/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200703000222|url-status=dead}} and 2008,{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200812000335|script-title=ja:コードギアス ナイトメア・オブ・ナナリー (5)|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|access-date=March 23, 2011|language=ja|archive-date=October 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020052627/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200812000335|url-status=dead}} C.C. assists Lelouch and Nunnally Lamperouge in a political maneuver. This spin-off series sees the reveal that C.C. was known as the "Witch of Britannia" and was the rival and foe of Joan of Arc, known as the "Witch of Orleans", during the Hundred Years' War.Nightmare of Nunnally, chapter 11, pp 16-17Nightmare of Nunnally, chapter 15, pp 16-22 In Chapter 13, it is revealed that in this timeline, C.C. was the killer of former Japanese Prime Minister Genbu Kururugi, not Suzaku Kururugi.Nightmare of Nunnally'', chapter 13

In the graphic novel Code Geass: Suzaku of the Counterattack released in 2009 with a different plot, C.C.'s role is nearly identical to that of the anime.{{cite book|isbn=978-1594099779|title=Code Geass Manga Volume 1: Suzaku Of The Counterattack|last1=Taniguichi|first1=Goro|last2=Yomino|first2=Atsuro|last3=Okouchi|first3=Ichiro|year=2008|publisher=Bandai Entertainment }} C.C. appears again in the 2011 graphic novel Code Geass: Renya of Darkness. She interacts with the protagonist Renya, a young ninja training in Edo Japan. She offers Renya a contract so he can use the Geass to protect his friends.{{cite book|isbn=978-4047156074|title=Code Geass Shikkoku no Renya Vol. 1|language=ja|author1=たくま 朋正|year=2011}}

In Code Geass: Lost Colors, a video game for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable released in 2008, C.C. periodically interacts with the main character Rai. C.C. eats pizza in Rai's room, and later offers for Rai to join the Black Knights, with player response leading to different outcomes.Code Geass: Lost Colors video gameplay

C.C. appears in the 2010 video game Another Century's Episode: R{{cite web|title=人気ロボットアクションゲームが堂々復活!!『Another Century's Episode：R（アナザーセンチュリーズエピソード アール）』|url=http://www.famitsu.com/game/coming/1233749_1407.html|date=April 8, 2010|access-date=February 28, 2016}} in her Knightmare Frame, Akatsuki Command Model C.C. Custom.Another Century's Episode: R - gameplay

C.C. and the rest of the Code Geass R1 cast will make their debut to the Super Robot Wars franchise in Super Robot Wars Z 2 Hakai-Hen, using their R1 Knightmares.

After she placed in third as the most popular female character in Animage magazine's 29th Anime Grand Prix, she won first place the following two years, in 2007 and 2008 (see list of Anime Grand Prix winners). In 2016, Takahiro Kimura created an erotic sketch of the character which would be sold through an auction.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-04-07/erotic-sketch-of-code-geass-c.c-auctioned-for-830000-yen/.100781|title=Erotic Sketch of Code Geass' C.C. Auctioned for 830,000 Yen|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=September 16, 2021}}

In regards to her role in Lelouch of the Re;surrection, Anime News Network noted the narrative focused more on C.C..{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/code-geass/lelouch-of-the-re-surrection/.144176 | title=Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection| date=March 5, 2019| publisher=Anime News Network | access-date=June 2, 2020}} The Fandom Post commented the ending with C.C and Lelouch too abrupt despite feeling appropriate at the same time.{{cite web | url=https://www.fandompost.com/2019/05/01/code-geass-lelouch-of-the-resurrection-anime-review/ | title=Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection| date=May 1, 2019| publisher=Fandom Post| access-date=June 2, 2020}}

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