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
Hey, have you heard the rumors?
What rumors?
About Saionji, you mean?
-Yeah! Yeah! -O-o-oh.
So, is that what really happened?
What are you talking about now?
It must have.
I thought I hadn't seen him all this month.
But why was he expelled?
Dunno.
Man, I really had a thing for him for a while there, too.
Really? What'd you see in that guy?
You're one to talk! You used to buy pictures of him!
And you wanted a kiss from him, right?
Aw, cut it out!
Saionji really was cool, wasn't he?
I wonder where he is and how he's doing.
Really.
Welcome home.
I'm back.
Wakaba's Flourishing
Did anyone come by?
No. You're home late today.
Sorry about that. I had some shopping to do.
Here, I thought you could use this.
I'm sorry about this.
I promised I wouldn't stay long...
but I just keep hanging around.
Want some coffee?
After I was expelled, I had nowhere to go.
No friends, no money...
In the end, I had to crawl back to the campus...
and you, as brave as Joan of Arc, chose to hide me.
But I can't keep imposing on you forever.
I'll leave before I cause any trouble for you.
No, wait! Saionji!
Don't worry about that!
I'm just happy to be of any help to you!
We'll get through this together!
And, somehow, we'll get you back into this school!
Oh, Wakaba!
Now here, drink this and you'll feel better.
Oh, thank you, Wakaba!
Um, uh...I'm sorry, but...
Huh? Oh, s-sorry!
That was terribly forward of me!
Um...Your coffee's going to get cold.
Um...If it's okay with you...
Um...
-Would you... -Wakaba!
-It's me! Open up! -J-Just a minute!
What's wrong, Wakaba?
You busy?
Uh-uh, not really.
You're really sweating.
Oh, uh, I just don't feel that well.
Oh? Did I imagine it? I thought I heard you talking in here.
You said "thank you" and "I'm sorry." What's going on?
Oh, uh, I was...praying! To God!
Praying?
Yeah, well, I'm a really religious person, you know?
Huh? You are?
Yeah, I think it's kinda freaky myself!
Coming in?
Uh, no thanks! Don't want to bother!
Saionji?!
This is my secret.
Mine and his.
One that only we share!
Saionji...
I've always, always dreamed about you.
But he was a distant dream that I thought I could never reach.
Yeah...When you think about it, I never could have had him.
"And so I danced with you in my dreams, dear Saionji."
"You smile at me, gently."
"I guess I'm a fool..." Oh, man!
But now...
But now!
Hey, Wakaba! We're having a game! Come and watch!
Sorry! I'm busy now! Good luck with your game!
Wakaba! Wanna play some volleyball?
Sorry! Gotta pass!
Huh? Again?
Wakaba, we're doing an experiment in psychic phenomena...
Gotta pass!
Now I'm special!
As long as I have this secret...
Yes! I'm special!
Welcome home.
You're late today.
I'm back.
Now, this part is going to be on the next test.
Okay, who wants to tackle this next problem?
Me!
How about...Miss Tenjou!
Yes, ma'am!
What's up?
Look, has something good happened to you lately?
Not really. Why?
Nothing. You just seem really cheerful lately.
And also...
Also what?
Well... You seem even prettier, too.
What? Oh, Utena, cut it out!
No, I mean it! I really mean it!
Oh, sure. You're just saying that!
I'm serious!
See ya, Utena!
Oh? Your friend Wakaba?
Yeah. She seems really different.
Like a goddess whose name is recorded in the stars, you mean?
But why would she suddenly seem prettier?
You wouldn't understand, would you?
You're born for a special destiny.
There are special people in the world.
People who always draw attention. Yes...
You, for example.
Me?
You see? You're not even aware of it, are you?
That's the special nature you were born with.
Most people exist as one among many.
But, given the chance, they can shine as they never have before.
Hey...What are you making there?
It's secret.
All I've ever wanted was for Wakaba to be happy.
How much sugar do you want?
Here.
But it's also said...
that the time a person can be special...
doesn't last very long.
It's not finished, but...
this is the only way I can thank you.
To thank you for your devotion.
No, it's...
I think it's perfect the way it is.
President Kiryuu of the student council is still absent from school.
Nanami's trying hard to fill in for her brother in the meantime.
Miki seems to be doing all he can to help her.
Jury Arisugawa is the same as always.
That's how things are going with the student council.
I see. By the way...
-Yes? -Look, uh...
You can ask me anything.
Right. Okay... How is Anthy doing?
Himemiya, you mean?
Well...I just figured I'd ask.
If Saionji gets back into school...
If he stops living with me...
he'll just forget all about me.
2080 yen, please.
It's sunset already?
You seem to be living well, Kyoichi Saionji.
You! Mikage!
It's been a while.
When did you?! No...Why are you here?!
No secret on campus, however small...
escapes the notice of the Black Rose Circle.
Never mind that, Saionji.
To think the former vice-president of the student council...
is now living on the good graces of a female student.
I don't plan on wasting my life away here!
I'm going to return to school. And return to the council!
-Oh? How, exactly? -Well...
How do you plan to free yourself from this purgatory?
Well!
How about this?
What if we helped you a bit?
What?!
To be honest, we're worried about the school's future.
Talent like yours shouldn't be wasted.
I see...All right.
And what do you want from me in return?
Good question...
There is only one thing of yours that I wish to have.
Don't worry. It's hardly anything.
No matter what I do for him, no matter how I think of him...
in the end, she's the only one he ever cared about!
She has a look on her face that she is so special...
that she thinks she can steal everything away from me!
No matter what, I can never forgive her!
No matter how I love or how hard I study...
all I'll ever be is a face in the crowd!
Special people may as well live in another world!
But as long as I had him...
As long as he lived with me, I could be special, too!
A little longer and I would have changed myself forever.
But now... But now, that girl!
That girl!!!
I understand.
Your only option is to revolutionize the world.
The path you must take has been prepared for you.
Come...
I never thought he'd help me in exchange for just that thing.
Well, it's not like I should go on living here forever.
Okay, all systems go!
Kyoichi Saionji sets course for a new age of glory!
Launch!
Going somewhere?
Oh...What do you know? It's you...
I'm sorry for having been such a bother.
I'm going back to my old world.
Where's that hair clip?
Oh, that. I wasn't able to give it to you.
But don't worry.
I plan on buying you something expensive.
I'd like to mail it if that's okay. Is this address all right?
Never mind...
I have something even nicer now.
That's!
Hmm, a sun shower...
Extra! Extra! Extra!
At last! At last! At last, the rain's come!
When rain falls on a sunny day, we have to marry fast!
For us fox girls, it's our custom!
You guys are lucky.
WE can't get married until it snows on a sunny day.
For us rabbit girls, it's the law!
Why not just NOT get married?
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...
Miss Utena...
I shall win this duel...
Take the sword from me!
And kill the Rose Bride!
Take it now!
Anthy...I can't...
I can't fight her.
I can't use the sword against a friend.
Against Wakaba!
Take the sword, NOW!
That's right! I'm going to kill her!
The girl who stole my Saionji from me!
Saionji?!
What happened?
Wakaba, you were shining so brightly! Why?
You couldn't understand! You'll never understand!
Hurry! Hurry, the sword!
Oh, it's Saionji!
Saionji?
Vice-president of the student council...
and captain of the kendo team. Kyoichi Saionji!
What a wretched sight The old warrior pours
Stop it, Wakaba! Stop it!
Wakaba!
All his skill into his sword
So, is Saionji going out with Himemiya or what?
No way!
Oh, the old man's skill
Someone as cool as Saionji would never fall for a girl like that!
They're just together because they're both on the student council.
So pathetic a sight now!
That's all.
Miss Utena!
The sword misses, slicing the air!
You and that girl and the student council, too!
The old man stumbles and falls!
You all look down on me!
Without a care in the world...
You use the special gifts you were born with...
Swords clash at the gates of Troy!
And without a second thought...
Miss Utena!
The burning summit Is split by thunder!
TRAMPLE THE REST OF US!!!
Pyrrhus, deafened temporarily!
Wakaba...
Look! The white-haired old man!
I know there's a lot about this I don't understand.
Sword raised into the sky as though to strike him dead!
But there's one thing I'm sure of!
Sword raised into the sky as though to strike him dead!
You're one of my closest friends.
Pyrrhus, unable to move!
Hold on. I'm going to save you!
Pyrrhus finally regains his hatred of his enemy!
He brings his bloody sword down upon the aged king!
I could get rid of him for being no help to us, but...
Saionji...
We may as well keep the fool around here for some laughs.
Saionji is just beaming with satisfaction.
Pretty smug for a guy who was expelled, isn't he?
You think he intends to return to the student council?
He'd have a lot of nerve trying that!
But how did he manage to get his expulsion reversed?
I heard the Black Rose Circle had some influence in it.
I'm back.
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
Oh, can't she cut me some slack?!
What's wrong, Miss Utena?
Lately, whenever Nanami sees me...
she calls me a pest who's crowding Touga!
That's not very nice.
That posse of girls who hang around with her...
must be living saints to put up with her personality!
Do you really believe that, Miss Utena?
Next time, on Revolutionary Girl Utena:
Troublesome Insects
The absolute destiny: Apocalypse.