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
Somewhere we don't know about...
new Duelists have begun to act.
We've been abandoned, haven't we?
End of the World may have another idea.
What are you talking about?!
We in the student council control what goes on here at the school!
There isn't a lot of room here for any newcomers!
It isn't that simple.
You're right.
Why are you guys so serious about this?
Hold it... Jury, did they get you, too?!
Oh, God! Really?
S-So, what was it like? Did it hurt?
Miss Nanami!
Phys. Ed's going to be in the gym today because of the rain.
You'll be playing basketball, so I brought your basketball shoes.
Um...
Only council members are allowed up here.
Yes, but I happen to be council president now, don't I?
In any case, you'd better watch your back.
We're at a disadvantage as long as our opponent remains hidden.
What's with those two?!
Miss Nanami! What was all that about?
It's not your concern, Tsuwabuki.
It's grown-up talk.
Mitsuru's Growing Pains
Wow, it's really coming down.
Don't your roses need lots of sunlight?
Yes, they do.
Roses are very sensitive to the change of season.
That's Nanami and Tsuwabuki. Tsuwabuki follows her everywhere!
I wouldn't last three days doing all the stuff he has to!
I'm sure he's able to because he enjoys it.
You really think so?
Well, I hope she appreciates it.
She doesn't appreciate you at all, does she?!
You're so wrong about all this!
Oh, hi, Mari.
You carry her things, arrange her schedule...
and run errands for her!
You're not her manager!
Do you think you can make a girl like you just by being nice?!
-No, that never works. -So why do it?!
I'm happy just to be near Miss Nanami.
You're so twisted!
You really need to get into a more normal relationship!
Don't be such a know-it-all! You're only a year older than me!
One year is still one year more mature!
-You're no different from me! -What's that mean?!
Well, your body sure isn't mature yet!
Jerk!
-What's with her?! -Tsuwabuki?
Who was that just now?
It...It was nobody! Nobody...
Look, Tsuwabuki.
-Don't you have any friends? -Friends?
You're always coming over to the middle school, so...
Do you mind me doing that?
That's not what I'm saying.
You're a kid, but you don't act very cute.
I...I just like being with you, Miss Nanami.
That girl was kinda cute, wasn't she?
How is she cute?!
-Is she your girlfriend? -She's just an old friend!
What's all this? You gonna throw a party?
Don't touch it!
That's for Miss Nanami's lunch tomorrow!
All of this?!
Something wrong with that?
You just don't get it, do you?
Hey!
Don't take other people's food without asking!
No matter how much you do for her...
she's just going to use you up and then leave you.
-Why do you think that? -Women's intuition.
She's like a Black Widow spider, using her wiles.
Spinning her web and drawing you in bit by bit!
You just don't know Miss Nanami's good points.
I know her type! It's women's intuition!
And that girl's pure Black Widow!
If she just eats this, I'll be satisfied.
-That's dirty! -What's dirty about it?!
You'll understand when you're older!
Hey, you forgot this!
Eat it yourself!
Do grown-ups even eat chocolate?!
An indirect kiss...
Where should we eat lunch?
Stupid rain...
Miss Nanami!
I've got your favorite today! Fried chicken!
With asparagus and bacon!
What is it, Tsuwabuki?
Uh, don't you want your lunch?
Not today, thanks.
This is the guy who runs the Mikage Seminar.
Good afternoon.
I'm really flattered to be asked to join the seminar.
It's my pleasure. My attempts to woo you have paid off.
If I can be of any use at all to you...
Let's have some lunch and we can discuss this in more detail.
Sure.
You can visit the seminar as well, if you wish.
Never mind him.
Tsuwabuki's just a child after all. Let's go!
Huh? Hey, Tsuwabuki. What's wrong?
Those are pretty tough books you chose.
Miss Utena...What does it mean to be "grown up"?
Huh? What does it mean?
Well, a lot of stuff goes into it, but...
I think being grown up means you have experience in certain things.
Certain things?
So, if I get experience in certain things, I'll be a grown-up?
Um, I guess...
Have you done those things, Miss Utena?
Um, well...
There are a lot of grown-up things about us. Right, Miss Utena?
Huh? There are?
Yes.
Is dreaming about my prince weird?
No, I mean... A younger student asked me...
if I was a child or grown-up. I was wondering which one I am.
What do you think you are?
I dunno.
Maybe I never really understood what the difference was.
With each passing year, a star loses some of its brilliance.
Perhaps, you can also say people are like that, too.
Aren't you shining at your brightest, Mr. Chairman?
With your pretty wife and all.
Perhaps.
Mamiya. Why don't you come out once in a while?
Rain depresses me.
I find this place relaxing.
In darkness, that terrible sight will pass unseen...
In any case, have you decided on the next Duelist?
The deeply jealous queen and her retainer...
He's just a boy.
A tough bud until yesterday...
but with a little encouragement, he'll burst open easily.
You're a terrible man.
Beauty alone will not get us the Rose Bride.
I understand.
I just need experience, and then I'll be a grown-up.
What are you doing?
What, you again?
What are you doing?!
Seeing certain things. So I can be a grown-up.
Watching a bunch of things will make you a grown-up?
Yeah.
You've been really obnoxious!
Why do you keep bugging me?!
Why are you trying to copy other people?
A guy who's had one real kiss is more of an adult...
than someone who's watched a hundred kiss scenes!
One real kiss...
This is gonna end badly.
You're smart, but you're not using your brain.
You have to practice. Don't you know that?
You're such a jerk!
No sense of subtlety! You really are a child!
That kid!
Never mind him.
Tsuwabuki's just a child, after all.
I think being grown up means you have experience in certain things.
There are a lot of grown-up things about us. Right, Miss Utena?
Coming.
Miss Nanami!
What were you doing in the screening room today?
Huh? How did you?
I saw it. You were with a girl.
Oh, that was just Mari being...
I knew it!
What were you doing with that "old friend" of yours?!
Tsuwabuki, you like that girl, don't you?!
So what if I do?
I'm still really small. I can't eat bitter things.
That seminar's too hard for me to join...
And even Mari's been giving me a hard time lately...
saying "You're a kid, so you don't understand."
Why couldn't I have been born the same year as you?
I want to be a grown-up now.
I want to do all the fun things that grown-ups can do.
Don't be silly.
You don't have to be a grown-up.
I like you the way you are.
Elementary school section, fourth grade, class A.
Mitsuru Tsuwabuki.
All right. Please begin.
The truth is, this is about Miss Nanami.
She's so pretty and dependable.
I've always looked up to her.
She really works me hard...
but just being with her used to make me happy.
But now...But now!
Deeper. Go deeper.
But now...
Just being with her isn't enough for me anymore.
And Mari...
My old friend's been really bugging me lately.
They both keep making fun of me!
They laugh at me for being a kid!
I want to be a grown-up!
I want to be a grown-up and just kick over the whole world!
Wreck it all! Wreck it all!
I want to wreck everything!
I understand.
The path you must take has been prepared for you.
Where?
Tsuwabuki? What'd you call me here for?
Why are you just sitting there, Tsuwabuki?
Say something!
Sure. Sit down, please.
Oh, what's this all about?
H-Hold it!
Hands off now, Tsuwabuki!
Tsu...Tsuwabuki?
And with this, I will be an adult.
Where's the rain?
Whenever I remember my umbrella, it always stops!
You shoulda watched the weather report.
Extra! Extra! Extra!
I did it! Today...Today... I did it for the first time!
What?! And you didn't tell your own father?!
Where did it happen?
In a car, apparently.
How could you be so stupid?!
Now dear, please...
I was really nervous, but I have no regrets about it!
She seemed very determined for her first time.
I guess I had to be brave...
but getting my proof of adulthood wasn't that hard.
And I got a glass of juice for my trouble!
Huh? What are you talking about?
Donating blood, of course!
You can give blood when you're 18.
Proof of a-dult-hood!
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
Upon the Black Rose, I swear...
I shall win this duel...
and then kill the Rose Bride!
Tsuwabuki?!
Hold it...You're the one who called me out here?
You didn't forget this is a dueling arena, did you?
The battle has already begun!
His eyes...It's the same thing! Just like all the others!
Then, Tsuwabuki is?
He's not the boy we know.
Himemiya!
Rose of the noble castle.
Philosophical existence
The realm of the Grand Guignol of common magic
Power of Dios that sleeps within me.
Heed your master and come forth!
A sigh, a heavy sigh, a labored sigh A gasp for breath, a gasp of pleasure
I gather my breath, storing it away
As if through a magnifying lens
Grant me the power to bring the world revolution!
A sigh, a heavy sigh, a labored sigh A gasp for breath, a gasp of pleasure
A sigh, huh-huh-huh
Anything and everything And no energy at all
Tsuwabuki! Snap out of it!
You and I have no reason to fight!
And no energy at all Everything wasted
I will be an adult!
What?
The Absolute Man! The machine that breathes!
Experience alone doesn't make you an adult!
With your experience, you defeat the adults and become one yourself!
The Absolute Man! The model of human Flesh!
Who told you that?!
The Absolute Man!
Peeling back layer after layer
The Absolute Man!
More than the sum of his parts
Oh, oh, spinning in the heavens
Oh, oh, the synthesis of being
The birth of a new species? The ultimate development of Man?
Somewhere, over here Over here, heart pounding
A hammer beating upon time! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!
I move on with time, I open the door and!
Good morning, Miss Nanami!
Oh...Good morning.
Something wrong?
Hm? Uh-uh. It's nothing.
Tsuwabuki! Get a move on or you'll be late!
There she goes again.
See you!
It's gonna be warm today.
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
Huh? A love letter for me from a boy?!
He's a childhood friend of Wakaba's, Miss Utena.
So when Wakaba says she's the Princess of the Onion Kingdom,
this guy was the Onion Prince?
I could make a nice curry with a couple of onions...
Gah! MORE of your curry?!
Next time, on Revolutionary Girl Utena:
Song of a Fallen Kingdom
The absolute destiny: Apocalypse.