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
Believe in miracles...
and they will know your feelings.
You're so cruel.
The miracle never happened.
You must hate me for what I've done.
Yes. I do hate you.
Thorns of Death
Next!
Wow! The captain's incredible!
Her movement when she goes for a touche is amazing!
Next!
Look at her moves. Her fencing's reached a new level.
Jury's gotten even better.
Next!
You're wide open! That's not like you!
Right. Sorry.
All right? I'm letting it down now.
All right!
Here!
Thank you!
Okay, let's do our individual practice routines.
Right! Yes, Captain.
So, you used to be friends with Jury, huh?
Yes. My name's Shiori Takatsuki.
I went to Ohtori up until middle school.
I had to transfer to another for a while, though.
I just transferred back in and started living in the dorms today.
I'm sort of a returning prodigal daughter. Glad to meet you.
Sure, it's a pleasure.
He's glad to meet you, too.
How do you do?
So, have you known Jury for a long time?
Yes, I have.
We were more than childhood friends.
Jury and I really grew up together.
Jury was always so wonderful.
So strong, so imposing.
Yeah, I can almost see that.
She always protected me.
Jury was my only friend.
She was the only person I could ever depend on with all my heart.
But now I don't deserve any of that.
Shiori?
I'm so embarrassed! I never meant to say any of that!
I don't have a roommate, so please come visit me again.
I said to be careful, didn't I?
A rose may be most beautiful when it blooms...
but that's also when its thorns are most dangerous.
Um, Souji?
You did it on purpose.
We need this rose's thorns, don't we?
Correct.
With rose thorns more beautiful and more dangerous than anyone else...
we'll defeat Utena Tenjou.
But how will we harvest the thorns?
You saw what happens if we carelessly try touching it.
That's simple.
The rose has a natural parasitic enemy.
We use the parasite's poison, then?
Will it work on this rose, though?
Things are already set to go.
So, you're saying your sister pulled a sword out of you?
Exactly.
And when she did it, she was wearing a Black Rose Crest ring.
I see.
Now, your report mentions that a third party aside from...
the student council is after the Rose Bride.
Yes, that's correct.
I can't believe it.
It's the truth!
And they're obviously a definite threat!
Besides that, they caught you, a member of the student council...
completely off guard, didn't they?!
Well!
I wasn't expecting it.
Hey, you always do this with the watch.
What's it mean, anyway?
Is this hearing over?
Oh, oh, by the way...
what did it feel like?
What do you mean?
What do you think?! I bet it hurt.
L-Look, never mind that!
The real question is, how do we respond to this?!
Miss Jury, what do you think?
Miss Jury?
Y-You're right.
I'm sorry. You'll have to excuse me for today.
You've always been first in his thoughts, Jury.
But I have no regrets about taking him from you.
You must hate me for what I've done.
Jury!
There's something I want to talk to you about.
Wait! Please, Jury! Please!
In the end, we broke up, but...
the fact that I stole him away from you remains.
You'll never forgive me for it, will you? Still...
I still think how nice it would be to go back to the way it was.
I felt that way the minute I got back here.
This school is so full of memories.
Those were happy times.
With you and me and him...
Is that all you have to say to me?
If so, then excuse me.
I'll just say this.
I have no feelings for him at all.
-Not now and not then, either. -You mean!
Yes. I never loved him.
That's why I don't have any hard feelings for you now.
But, then...Whose picture do you have in that pendant?
You keep it hidden under your shirt, even now!
It's you?
That was Shirori you were talking to up there, wasn't it?
And what if it was?
I don't know what the details are, but how about forgiving her?
She's a nice girl, you know?
You used to be friends, didn't you?
She really seems to trust you.
You're just like Shiori.
So cruelly innocent.
What do you mean?
Listen! This is none of your business!
What's with her?!
Jury Arisugawa is so narrow-minded!
I mean, she didn't have to speak to me like that!
You're just like Ganymede, the boy of the constellation Aquarius.
Innocent and pure.
But such innocence can hurt other people.
Be careful.
She sorta said the same thing to me.
Everyone has something they'd rather not let other people touch.
I guess that's life.
Believe in miracles.
Believe...
The parasite's poison has begun to circulate through the noble rose.
And soon the rose will produce its thorns for us.
Not throwing your picture away was my weakness.
But I don't believe in miracles!
You mean it?
-Oh, yeah! -Wait up!
That's strange. Did someone come in before?
This is...This is Jury's!
I've hated Jury since we were children.
She's talented, beautiful, popular with everyone.
I was jealous of Jury.
That's right. I did love him...
but I also wanted to take something precious away from her!
That's all I wanted. And so...And so...
Deeper. Go deeper.
It's not that!
Jury was always so kind to me.
But she was just making a fool of me!
I thought she was being kind to me...
out of sympathy for not being as great as she was!
That's what I thought. It seemed so pathetic!
That's why I wanted to change the relationship we had.
But what I did with him made me feel even more pathetic than before!
I thought I wanted him for me!
But now... Now, she and I are equal!
No, I've beaten her!
I'm the one who's always been there in her heart!
I've beaten her in the end!
Oh, what to do.
Knowing my friend's secret makes me so happy I can't stand it!
I can just see her, alone and miserable, looking at my picture.
Poor Jury. Poor, pathetic Jury.
It's no use! It's just no use!
Why do you look at me like that?! Why?!
Why does it have to be this way?!
I see.
Your only choice is to revolutionize the world.
The path you must take has been prepared for you.
Where are we?
Shiori?
Oh. What do you want now?
Here. I believe this is yours.
Where did you get that?!
Then, you saw...Inside.
If you'd asked, I would have given you a nicer picture.
So pretty. I loved the look in your eyes when I hurt you.
Shiori. Don't push me.
I always thought you were stronger than anyone...
and yet now you seem so weak.
"UTENA TENJOU"
Extra! Extra! Extra!
I'm doomed! My secret is now known to everyone!
There's nothing to worry about!
I'm going to die!
There's no one who would ever call it embarrassing.
You think so?
Of course.
You aren't the only person who wears woolen underwear.
But most people don't wear three pairs at once!
You see? I'm doomed!
I, well-known as a fashionable dresser, wear woolen underwear!
Three pairs at once, no less!
No one will ever marry me now! Whatever shall I do?!
Take 'em off?
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
I shall win this duel and then kill the Rose Bride!
Upon this Black Rose, I do swear!
Why are you?!
This is me. The real me!
Not the pathetic loser who cowered in the shadow of Jury's brilliance!
The real me, lost in that brilliant glare.
Yes. The one who controls Jury is me!
The eternal opposing relationship
Between the two sides of a mirror
The ever-growing ambitions
Grant me the power to bring the world revolution!
And the fickle, cruel lies
Ahh...
Ah, people are nothing
Ah, within the darkness
Why do this?! I thought you loved Jury!
Ah, the sound of the waves
Because now I see!
See what?!
I see that Jury isn't the person everyone thinks she is!
The light and the darkness
Both of them, both of them divide me!
And that I'm stronger than I thought I was!
Born alone, that's the reason
What do you mean?!
That I am, that I am divided!
Twins
Twins by duty
Those moves... They're just like Jury's!
Twins by schemes
Twins who are absent
Looks like you've figured it out!
To see what can't be seen
But, for you, THIS IS THE END!
A false world surfaces
Made of props and painted backdrops
A false world surfaces
Earth is just a trick made by man
Earth is just a ball of glass made by man
The Earth is just
Another failure.
But the parasite's venom is effective.
Another opportunity to use it will come.
Oh, Shiori, come on!
Why'd you break up with your old boyfriend, anyway?
-You wanna know? -Of course we do!
Should I tell you?
Shiori seems like a whole different person.
-You think so? -Huh? But, she's...
She hasn't changed. Not a bit.
-Oh, no you don't! -Share your experience with us!
Hi there, Jury!
Hi.
So, then what happened?
So I said this to him.
"What the hell are you doing?!"
Seriously?!
Does that make me a brute?
Nah, the jerk deserved it!
Yeah, that's right!
And once again, you've come back to me.
Even after I was able to let you go once...
Why can't I be stronger?
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
Adult time, adult talk, adult restaurants, the adult world.
What's wrong, Miss Utena?
When you're an adult, you miss being a kid.
But kids can't wait to grow up to be adults.
Does thinking that mean I'm still a kid?
Oh, but Miss Utena, I'm already an adult.
Huh? What do you mean by "adult"?
Next time, on Revolutionary Girl Utena:
Mitsuru's Growing Pains
The absolute destiny: Apocalypse.