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
Even deep underground, where the sun cannot reach...
this rose still blooms nicely.
It's because my black rose absorbs darkness itself.
You know, Souji...
I've heard that Touga Kiryuu, the student council president...
has been absent all this time.
That's why the campus has been so quiet lately...
And that's good.
A proper school should be a place of peaceful study.
The Boys of the Black Rose
Well then, I'll see you later.
I'm home, Chu-Chu!
We turned our Saturday class into a real party today.
I wish your mistress could've been there, too.
She really needs to work on those people skills.
Hi, Himemiya. I'm home.
Huh? She's not here.
Those are left-overs from the party.
Ooh! I'm bushed. Come to think of it...
I don't usually see Himemiya around on Saturday nights.
Hey, Chu-Chu, do you know anything about that?
Oh! Miss Utena.
Welcome back! Where were you?
-At school. -Oh.
By the way, you seem to disappear at night on the weekends.
Is something up?
Yes. There's someone I have to visit once a week.
-Who's that? -My brother.
You have a brother?!
Excuse us!
Oops. Wrong floor.
No, this is it.
So, this is the chairman's house?
Must be hell keeping it clean!
Pretty huge. Is this your "big brother"?
Oh, no. That's a planetarium projector.
Miss Utena?
H-Himemiya, we shouldn't be here!
Those two are having a private party!
Let's go home before we interrupt things!
How do you do? I'm Akio Ohtori.
Excuse me! I'm Utena Tenjou! Sorry about this...
No, no. It's my pleasure to meet you.
I'm glad my sister finally introduced her friend to me for the first time.
I never realized Himemiya's brother was the school's chairman...
Oh, not at all! I'm just the acting chairman.
The real chairman is Kanae's father.
Father is very fond of Akio...
and we plan to be married as soon as I graduate from high school.
Well, uh, congratulations, then.
I keep telling her it's too soon to be talking about that, but...
I didn't know they'd fixed the chairman's house up like this.
The truth is that I have a certain fondness for star-gazing.
You like stars, huh?
It's almost an obsession.
Some people say he got himself adopted into my family...
just to get at these facilities!
He slept here again last night, too.
I love the stars.
When I peer through the telescope at those familiar lights...
they seem to reveal their true faces, unknown to all but me.
Just occasionally think about me, too, all right?
If I find a comet, I'll name it after you.
The boy's hopeless.
I haven't been here long, but I do know one thing.
The students here are all free, all have a love of learning...
and most of all, they never fight.
Correct?
It'd be nice if it stayed that way.
Nothing bad ever happens at Ohtori Academy.
Well, Miss Kanae, I'll see you later.
Please, won't you start calling me "Sister," now?
It won't be long until I really am your sister, okay?
Sure.
Thank you, Mr. Mikage! Your paper did the trick!
Our office was chosen for the consulting position.
Not my paper, Professor. Surely you meant your paper, right?
Hey! Hurry up with the gift!
My wife went to a hot spring resort yesterday.
She said she wanted you to have this.
Come on!
Sorry for beating around the bush.
At the very least, I'd like you to have this.
There's no need for any rewards.
Besides, I'm sure I'll ask a favor from you in return some day.
Until then, Professors...
If there's anything we can do for you, we'll be happy to help!
The great charismatic high-school sponsor of the Mikage seminar!
What presence he has! He sends shivers down my spine!
The Mikage Seminar, alias the Circle of the Black Rose.
Those rumors that even...
high-level career bureaucrats are members may be true.
Well, we owe him now...
so even college professors like us can't pry into his business.
Souji Mikage, the genius high-school student.
Oh, yes.
Have you thought over my proposal?
Y-Yes.
I hoped you would. And?
I appreciate the offer, but...
I just don't think I'm worthy of joining your seminar, Mr. Mikage.
I see.
A great mind such as yours would have made a fine addition, but...
so, that's your answer.
In that case, I have no choice.
Tell me if you change your mind. You won't regret it.
Thank you very much. See you.
Miss Utena, thank you so much.
Huh? For what?
For not telling my brother about my secret.
Oh, that.
I don't want to be the cause of any concern to him.
By being the Rose Bride and involved in the duels...
I understand.
We shouldn't tell your brother about our secrets.
Kanae seems like a nice girl, and I'd hate to get her mixed up in this.
Let's go home.
Oh? Miss Tenjou! Miss Himemiya!
-Mickey! -Hello there.
Didn't you take the day off?
We went to visit Himemiya's big brother.
Oh, I see. You were with the chairman.
What are you up to, Mickey?
Well, there's something I wanted to check on in the reference room.
Wow.
You like to study even on your days off, huh?
I didn't even know this place existed!
You don't know about Nemuro memorial hall?!
This building has a history!
A history?
A long time ago, 100 boys were buried alive in here!
You know, Mamiya...
I believe you deserve to be the Rose Bride.
Surely you mean Rose Groom. I'm a boy.
Bride suits you much more.
I will make you the true Rose Bride.
Then we will gain the power of Dios...
and make his eternal secrets ours.
If you say so, Souji.
Don't worry. Even End of the World recognizes our potential.
But, for this to work...
we must defeat Utena Tenjou, take Anthy Himemiya...
and then kill her.
Yes.
For that, we need strong Duelists.
Excuse me. I have an interview scheduled for today.
"INTERVIEWEES, PLEASE FILL OUT A RECORD FORM."
"IN USE"
High school section, senior, class A. Kanae Ohtori.
All right, please begin.
Next spring, as soon as I graduate...
I plan on getting married.
It will be to the man my father, the chairman, has selected for me.
He...he's very kind, childlike in some ways...
and yet really so much more mature than I am...
and he watches over me very warmly.
I want to do anything for him.
I feel that way from the bottom of my heart.
Except...Except...
Deeper...Go deeper...
Except...
Except, he has a younger sister.
And no matter what I do, I just can't seem to like her!
Something happened once.
I offered her one of my favorite scarves to wear.
She simply said "Thank you" and then wiped her glasses with it!
I was so shocked...
and told her it wasn't for wiping glasses with!
Then, without a word...
she just turned to me and smiled!
And when I saw her eyes, I shivered.
Because they were cold, alien!
Father... I think he fell ill...
because that awful girl's been visiting us regularly.
And now...
I just don't have the confidence to keep a smile on my face anymore!
I've tried so hard to like her!
But it's no use!
No matter what I try... No matter what I do...
IT'S NO USE!!!
I understand.
Your only choice is to revolutionize the world.
The path you must take has been prepared for you.
-What is this place? -Hallowed ground.
A holy place where 100 Duelists now sleep.
This room leads to the End of the World.
School ID number D-13!
Please look.
This is a Rose Crest ring.
You see? This one has turned black.
When a crest bearer dies, the color changes in this way.
Although I find the black one to be even lovelier.
You can't escape.
You have been chosen...
by my black rose.
This is your new heart.
Your new life!
I give the rose that blooms at the End of the World...
TO YOU!
For you, the Black Rose Crest...
Doesn't anything interesting ever happen around here?
What about the party on Saturday?!
Oh, I don't mean that.
You know, something more exciting!
Our school's way too quiet!
Can't something really surprising happen to shake things up?
Extra! Extra! Extra!
At last! At last! At last!
At last, what I feared has come!
Isn't it early for her?
Well, she is very grown-up!
Okay, say "Ahh!"
Well, what shall we do about this wisdom tooth?
Ooh! What should I do?!
Pull it out?
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
What the?
Wha...What's?
Who are you?!
Upon the Black Rose, I swear...
I shall win this duel!
And then kill the Rose Bride!
Kana...Kanae? But why?!
Kanae isn't the same as we remember her.
This is the real me.
The other me I buried within myself.
So long as this black rose exists...
I won't play at being that phony "me"!
That black rose is doing it?
Now, Utena Tenjou! Draw your sword!
Do it, or else I'll take the Rose Bride!
There are good spirits and there are demons
Aah...
Even if the atmosphere of heaven is brought here
In the depths of hell there is good and evil, too!
Grant me the power to bring the world revolution!
Aah...
Grant me the power to bring the world revolution!
Even if the evil fumes of hell are carried here
So long as they come to us cloaked in doubt
Their eternal dialogue will never end!
How disappointing. Put some effort into it!
Kanae, what you said before...
about swearing on the black rose to win the duel...
On a ghastly moonlit night
To kill the Rose Bride!
When I'm frozen with fear
Okay. I get you.
The evil spirits appear
Then I'll show no mercy!
The evil spirits appear
A wonder beyond man's knowledge
What?!
A sight which mankind, dwarfed by his creator
Can only look at in fear!
So, that was Utena Tenjou the Duelist, eh?
I see. No wonder End of the World places such hope in her.
That makeshift Duelist I created by freezing her heart...
could never beat her.
See you, Miss Utena.
Miss Utena?
I'm going out, so...
Oh, today's when you visit your brother, huh?
See you later.
Oh, uh, Himemiya?
Is Kanae okay after what happened?
Yes, she's just fine now.
That's a relief.
But she still doesn't remember anything about it?
Right. Nothing that led up to the duel.
I see. So, I guess we can't ask her the reason for it, huh?
Anyway, I'm really sorry...
for hurting someone who's going to be your sister.
You shouldn't trouble yourself over that.
It wasn't your fault, Miss Utena.
Thanks.
Sorry for holding you up. Say hi to your brother for me.
Sure.
Huh? Chu-Chu, you're still here?
Aren't you going with her?
Come here, Anthy.
It's been a week. Did you miss me?
Yes, Big Brother.
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
Mickey has a sister named Kozue Kaoru.
Wow, she looks exactly like him. They really are twins!
I wish I had a brother or sister.
I'm an only child, so I'm kinda jealous.
Yes, it is nice to have a big brother.
But I'm worried about these Duelists with the black roses.
Someone seems to be manipulating their hearts.
Kozue! What are you doing in that outfit?!
They got you, too?!
Next time, on Revolutionary Girl Utena:
The World Seen from Kozue
The absolute destiny: Apocalypse.