Let's live our lives heroically, let's live them with style.
Even if the two of us are ever torn apart...
...take my revolution.
In the sunlit garden, we both joined our hands.
Drawing close for comfort, we both swore:
Never again would we ever fall in love.
I see that photo of us smiling, standing cheek to cheek.
I look at it and a bit of loneliness starts to fill me.
Even if I dream, even if I cry, even if I get hurt...
...reality keeps on coming recklessly.
I wanna find out where I am, the value of being me.
Gonna take who I've been up till now...
...and find the strength to throw it all away.
Strip down to nothing at all.
Become like a rose petal blowing free!
Even if the two of us are ever torn apart...
...I swear that I will change the world.
Look! Look! It's so cool!
What's so cool?
Look! It's Captain Jury and Mickey!
-It really is cool! -Isn't it?!
It's too cool!
Well, what do you expect?
They both fence at the national level.
-Wow! -I believe it!
Oh, by the way...
You finally beat me. You've gotten better.
No, I haven't perfected it. I still haven't perfected it.
No, your lack of perfection is your strength.
The strength of purity.
Your sword usually carries a very meek strength.
That strength seemed to increase one level today.
Could the reason be the girl whose exam you were correcting?
Wha-What do you mean?
However! Your sword is not for battle.
The Sunlit Garden — Finale
Here.
Thank you.
This is just like that other garden...
Darn it, Chu-Chu! Wait up!
Um, am I interrupting anything?
It's...It's the feeling I've been looking for.
This?
This is the song she played last night, isn't it?
Yes...
"The Sunlit Garden." My sister and I wrote it when we were little.
You wrote it? But it's a famous song.
For as long as I can remember, my twin sister and I...
...would play with the piano as our toy.
In the garden...
We would play the piano, and adults all around us were amazed.
Wow... Brother and sister prodigies.
When I think back, all my happiness lay in that garden.
But then...
But then?
But then I destroyed it. I destroyed it with my own hands!
A concert?
Yeah! Next Thursday! Everyone will be coming to see us!
But, I...Going out in front of all those strangers...
I'd be scared to be in front of all those strangers...
Don't worry! Don't worry, I'll be right there with you.
I'll be there next to you, playing the piano like we always do.
There's nothing to be scared of!
It's the measles. But, with a week of bed rest, he should recover.
Come on, you have to get to the concert hall. Everyone's waiting!
You'll just have to do it without your brother.
Big Brother! Big Brother!
She got up and ran off the stage.
And then she hid somewhere until the sun rose.
And after all that, she still won't tell me why.
My sister never played the piano again after that.
It was only then I realized how much I loved my sister's playing.
How much I loved that garden...
And no matter how much I tried to polish my technique...
...I could never match the feeling of my sister's playing.
I only continued to play the piano to get that feeling again.
But, with her...
It's there in Himemiya's piano.
"It" being all those chips and dents?
I've finally found the "shining thing" I've been searching for!
Are you saying you're in love with her?
Whatcha gonna do, Himemiya?
Hm?
About the younger man in your life?
I'm your bride, Miss Utena.
Look, Himemiya, I told you...
...to stop it with the "Miss Utena" and "Bride" stuff.
But, I'm engaged to you, Miss Utena.
Now look! I don't accept this stuff about you being my bride!
It's ridiculous to make a girl someone's bride because of a duel!
I can't forgive a system...
...that deprives someone of their personal freedom!
If it cannot break its egg's shell, a chick will die without being born.
We are the chick. The world is our egg.
If we don't crack the world's shell, we will die without being born.
Smash the world's shell!
For the revolution of the world!
What brings us together today?
We haven't received any letters from End of the World.
True. We gather when the letters tell us to gather...
...and then act as the letters tell us to act.
But today an urgent motion has been proposed.
An urgent motion... I propose the following:
The dissolution of the student council!
This is sudden.
These duels to possess Himemiya are ridiculous!
I can't just stand by and allow them to continue!
No matter how great this power is we're supposed to get...
...I can't follow a system...
...that robs Anthy Himemiya of her personal freedom!
Love certainly changes a person.
I see. So, that was her exam paper you were correcting...
Youth can sometimes keep you from seeing what you truly seek.
In the end, isn't what we're doing...
...only going smash something important to people?
Smash the world's shell.
For the revolution of the world.
Oh...
You're being rude.
Get out of my way.
You dropped your music book.
So, want to try and get me to play again?
I don't have any more hope for you.
What are you doing here if you don't plan to play?
Nothing. I'm free to come here.
The music room isn't just for playing the piano.
Morning. How are you?
Morning. Just fine.
Good morning, Miki Kaoru.
Your sister is as cute as you are.
And as easy-going.
Good morning.
Unless you defend the precious things you possess...
...people will take them away from you, Mickey.
Even if the student council were dissolved now...
...someone who wanted the Rose Bride then couldn't have her.
Only the one she is engaged to can make the Bride do what they want.
Do what they want...
Tell me, when did you learn to play the piano?
I'm not sure. I was so young that I don't really remember.
I see...
You were probably as cute as an angel when you were little.
My sister's playing was so wonderful...
I won't lose it again!
I won't!
You like the piano?
Yes.
Would you play for me again?
If Miss Utena said I could.
How about tomorrow?
If Miss Utena says I can.
You have to get her permission for everything?
Well, I'm the Rose Bride.
And if she told you to stop playing the piano, would you?
Of course. I must do whatever the person I'm engaged to wants.
Only the one she is engaged to can make the Bride do what they want.
Unless you defend the precious things you possess...
...people will take them away from you, Mickey.
Someone who wanted the Rose Bride then couldn't have her.
Don't worry! I will protect the feeling of your song!
Thanks so much.
So, when's your make-up test?
Next week, but with the great tutor I've had, I should do fine.
Oh? Who's been tutoring you?
-It's Mickey! -It's really him!
-Why's he here? What's he want? -Oh, isn't he adorable?
Oh, he's stopped.
Hi! If you're looking for Himemiya, she's in the greenhouse.
No, I've come to see you today, Miss Tenjou.
I can do it now. Linear equations and simultaneous equations.
Wait, you mean your tutor was?!
I'll be waiting for you in the arena after class today.
I'll be waiting.
Argh! To the open seas, matey!
Today I set sail upon the seven seas with my hundreds of men!
I am a pirate!
The precious treasures of the world belong to me!
But, sir! But, sir! Tell me why.
With all your treasure, why don't you have the thing you really want?
The thing I really want?
But isn't that why you won't give up being a pirate captain?
The thing I really want...
The thing you really, REALLY want...
The thing I really want is...
Uh, Captain? We've sprung a leak.
The absolute destiny: Apocalypse
Birth records, baptismal records, records of death
The absolute destiny: Apocalypse
My own birth, absolute birth
Apocalypse
A shining place in a desert of darkness
A gold-plated Shangri-La
Day and night turning back on one another
A time-plated Paradise Lost
The darkness of Sodom, the darkness of light
The darkness of distance, endless, endless darkness
The absolute destiny: Apocalypse
The absolute destiny: Apocalyptic darkness
So, this is what it all comes down to, Mickey.
I have to get that music back.
And, for that, I need the Bride, no matter what!
I think being seated at the piano suited you much more.
I quite agree.
Rose of the noble castle.
Power of Dios that sleeps within me. Heed your master and come forth!
Grant me the power to bring the world revolution!
I'll make the Rose Bride mine.
Even if...Even if it means hurting you!
Theater. An extraordinary mind. Collective development.
You like the piano?
Yes.
Theater. An extraordinary person.
I swear I'll make you mine!
Idealized reality.
An operating table, a wrecked ship.
A pure play, the spira mirabilis.
Whirlpool. Spiral.
Endlessly changing, the spira mirabilis.
He's good!
Scipio's dream...
Not bad. I can see how she could beat Saionji twice.
Theater. Illusory actions.
Immortal actions.
Theater. Illusory people.
Well done.
Thanks for the compliment.
Immortal structure.
But I'm going to have the Bride's piano playing.
Like this?!
Ammonite. Alchemy. Sacred beetle.
I must do whatever the person I'm engaged to wants.
Spira mirabilis. Reborn to live again.
Spira mirabilis.
I can see it in her eyes.
She really wants to be free!
The miraculous spiral.
I swear, I'll...
My, my, my, my...
I'll protect your beautiful music, Himemiya!
En garde!
...neverending theater.
With geometry its stage.
I won't lose! She's counting on me!
Life and the mystery of death.
That's it, Miss Utena! Get him!
Everything passing away. Death and rebirth. Death and rebirth.
Death and rebirth. Death and rebirth.
I take it you're satisfied now?
Why can't I find someone to be my "shining thing"? Someone...
Well done.
I'd like to study with you again.
Come on, you really used to play the piano?
Even I'm better than that.
Well, I never had any talent. Never even liked it that much.
Then why did you play?
A long time ago, a boy who lived next door wrote me a love letter.
It said "I love your piano playing."
But he misunderstood about my piano playing.
You see, I always just played together with my brother.
When I was little, everyone just assumed I played well.
It's because my brother's a genius. Even with my sloppy playing...
...he could still follow it.
But when they announced that we were giving a concert...
...my brother got sick and I had to go on alone.
Since I couldn't do it on my own, I just fell apart on stage.
Your brother's really cool.
I suppose.
But what happened after...
Miss Tenjou.
Mickey...
I was careless yesterday. But, next time, I won't lose!
Oh, boy...
Missing truth and forever, kissing love and true your heart.
Hold me tight with your arms so true.
The key to unlock tomorrow is reality.
I want to keep on smashing lies apart.
No matter how much the two of us may talk...
...you still just can't see anything.
Excuses are fitting for adults who just cling to old stories.
The angels who were passed over don't need wings to fly!
Missing truth and forever, kissing love and true your heart.
I like who I'll be tomorrow and...
...I'll believe in myself because I want to believe.
I want to keep on hating lies.
Lately, it looks like someone's trying to kill Nanami!
Oh, how awful!
Don't just say "how awful"!
Since all the accidents involve animals, you're the suspect!
But, Miss Utena, she seems to enjoy running and playing with them.
She's not playing! She's RUNNING from them!
Oh, how awful!
Next time, on Revolutionary Girl Utena:
Beware, Nanami-sama!
The absolute destiny Apocalypse.