Lelouch Vi Britannia Analysis

Lelouch Vi Britannia is the main character of an anime and manga called Code Geass. Being the son of the 98th Emperor of Brittania, he is the 11th prince of the Holy Britannian Empire and the 17th heir to the throne. At the age of 10, his mother was assassinated in a location where it was impossible for an outsider to break into. However, his father did not order for an investigation to take place. Hence he decided to confront his father. Due to his disrespectful actions towards his father, he was exiled and used as captive and political tool in the fight between the Holy Britannian Empire and Japan. He was then abandoned when the Holy Britannian Empire managed to successfully invade Japan. Fortunately, the Asford family decided to provide …show more content…
Additionally he has to meet 3+ out of the 7 factors of criteria A. I believe that Lelouch Vi Britannia meets four out of seven of criteria A of the DSM 5 criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder. The four criteria that he meets are failure to conform to social norms, deceitfulness, reckless disregard for safety of self or others and lack of remorse. Many of the evidences for each criteria tends to overlap with each other, especially his failure to conform with social …show more content…
Firstly, although he was initially loved by the Black Knights and Japanese, he became hated by them when he betrayed them. Furthermore, as he continues to take control of the Holy Britannia Empire forcefully with his Geass, the international community condemned him. This results in the entire world despising him. He was even hated by his own sister. His personality disorder has also directly and indirectly caused countless deaths. This includes the death of his loved ones such as his first love, current love, parents, siblings and even himself. In the last episode, with all the hatred gather towards him, he believes that his death would make the world a better place for her sister. Hence he decided to sacrifice his life. Although Antisocial Personality Disorder has impacted his life negatively, he has also benefitted from it as he managed to achieve all his goals. Without his Antisocial personality disorder, it would have been close to impossible to destroy an empire which had control of two third of the world, investigate a murder which has been kept a secret by the emperor himself and create a better world for his sister by literally changing the entire world and sacrificing