RxJ 23
In the end, nothing is born from the sword.
My father trusted power over love, and by power he was felled.
It may be that this man... was afraid to love.
And so he sought succor in the sword.
Afraid to love?
Because, if you love too deeply, you cannot bear the pain of its loss.
Forgive me, Romeo.
I cannot keep our vow.
Juliet?
Conrad, my sword.
Y-Yes!
It's not over yet.
Lady Juliet Fiamatta Asto Capulet.
In place of my deceased father...
I hereby pledge that the seat of Grand Duke will pass to the Capulets.
You are now the Grand Duchess of Neo Verona.
Please, save Neo Verona's people.
In order to once more bring back life to this land, I shall return to the village.
And... one day, without fail...
Goodbye, Romeo!
Raise the Capulet banner!
Make preparations for the coronation ceremony!
Bring Neo Verona once more under the rule of the Capulets!
Look! It's the banner of the Capulets!
This isn't a dream, right?
The wind really did blow, didn't it?!
Yeah!
Finally, this day has come!
Thank goodness.
This day has come at last.
They did it...
...Juliet and the others.
Juliet, you'll finally... finally be able to pursue your own happiness!
I'm truly glad!
The Capulet banner has really being raised!
History has changed.
Does that mean I can be a highly-sought actress now?
The wind will blow in both clear and stormy skies...
Marvelous! Now it really feels as if I'm finally catching up!
Fate can be changed.
Lips of the Goddess.
A silence that must be endured...
The unborn babe, stained with sin,
shall not be shown tenderness.
Its fate has not changed.
Until the day Neo Verona genuinely begins anew,
we should walk our separate paths...
It's calling me...
...Escalus...
In death, may my father find peace...
You no longer need to use your sword.
Who goes there?
You...
It was a pitiful end...
Thus, suitable for such a man as this.
Capulet...
Titus...
Volumnia...
They were all... all my...
That means... the name my father spoke...
Volumnia was my mother.
And this man was my father.
I see.
You said that you were returning to the village?
Yes.
Leaving Juliet behind?
It's better that way.
By finally raising the sword with her own hand,
I think that as the Head of the Capulet House, she has resolved to become the Grand Duke.
And if I, a Montague were to stay, Juliet would be torn between her duties.
And... once I truly tended the earth, I understood.
Unless we bring fertility back to the earth, sooner or later, both the land and the people will perish.
You're my... older brother, aren't you?
Could I ask you to grant a favor?
I'd like you to deliver this to the little brother and sister of Petruchio, a boy who died at Gradisca,
and give them a ride on your pegasus.
Why?
Why care for the affairs of strangers?
What about the two of you?
No, what about you?
You say it's for the good of the people, the good of the city,
but is removing yourself the only way you can show love, even to the one you claim to love most?!
Do you know of Escalus?
Yes. My father took me to it once.
Through the generations, the daughters of the House of Capulet have lived side by side with Escalus,
so says a tradition handed secretly down the Capulet family.
The daughters of the Capulet House are symbiotic with Escalus?
Yes.
In order to stop the ruin of this land, Juliet intends to offer her own life!
What?!
If it's as the tradition says, she'll suffer eternal pain and torment in Escalus's stead.
But that... Juliet would...
The tremors are getting worse.
I hope it calms soon...
Pay it no heed.
Prepare for the coronation ceremony, and quickly. By any means possible, let's hold it today if we can.
Enter.
Sir Conrad, Lady Juliet...
What of Milady?
That is... she's nowhere to be found!
What? Did you search the Keep thoroughly?
Yes. In all the obvious places.
Don't tell me she and Montague's son...
We'll go and search as well.
I must hurry.
Juliet will...
...die...
What will you do?
Is that...
...the only way to save Neo Verona?!
I don't know.
But I will say this: you are the only one who can stop her.
The great sins of man will not be wiped away...
We will die along with the earth.
That is fate.
You...
Are you saying we should give up?
You will fight it?
Then take on the burden of that girl's fate.
I see now...
This is what the old man meant...
I will go.
I will go to Juliet!
Did you find her?
No, nowhere.
I see.
Francisco,
I assumed that we wished only for Juliet's happiness, but...
Today, her facial expression was of a prisoner climbing the steps to the guillotine.
Somewhere deep in my heart, I feel it would have been better for her to run away with Romeo.
There's no denying my conscience would rest easier if she had.
Let's find her.
Go on ahead!
All right!
Juliet!
Romeo...
Why didn't you tell me about Escalus?
Stay away!
It has nothing to do with you.
It does!
In life and in death,
we vowed to be together for eternity!
I have forgotten that vow!
Even if you have, I will stop you!
A world at peace that is built upon your suffering, and yours alone, is wrong!
One day Neo Verona will crumble, whether you offer your life or not!
One's fate cannot be changed.
I must protect this world and the people who live in Neo Verona.
That is my fate.
If you stand in my way...
I will give no quarter, even to you!
Please, Romeo...
...turn back!
I don't want to drag you into this!
I want to save you from eternal torment.
If your sin is to strive against your fate,
then I will kill you here with my own hands.
And take all that sin onto myself!
For you, I would gladly fall to Hell.
I can't let Romeo do that!
Please, Romeo, let me go on!
I won't!
Through these swords, I can sense Romeo's emotions.
Romeo's love...
Juliet, I won't let you suffer alone!
Your fate is my fate!
Romeo...
Because I love you and for no other reason!
I decided to go alone...
Because I love you, I broke our vow!
I kept silent about Escalus because...
If I had told you, I could not have gone!
My heart would waver, and I would stop in my tracks...
The truth is that... I want to live, too!
I want to live... and keep living with you!
What is this?
There's a cave underneath!
Look! There!
Conrad!
Sir Romeo!
Return Milady!
It's not like that, Conrad!
Romeo!
Juliet!
What in Hell's name is this?
Daughter of Capulet!
The promised time has come.
Now is the time to blossom!
Juliet!
Romeo...
Romeo!
Juliet!
Milady!
Romeo!
Go! Save your soulmate Juliet.
Thank you, brother!
Enduring harmony,
a providence to be passed down through eternity.
When the Goddess's...
...cheek is wet,
thou art chosen.
With crimson swaddling clothes...
...should you be dried.
No... No!
Juliet!
Romeo!
I won't... let you have Juliet!
Romeo...
O maiden...
You are beautiful.
No...
Death's kiss.
The maiden, who ransoms herself,
shall go before Escalus.
Juliet!
Words of parting, words of gratitude.
And... the words spoken that day.
Huddle close, be sure of one another,
and with sweet smiles,
recount the story of a love without regrets.
Next time, Romeo and Juliet, Final Act:
"Prayer" ~A World with You in it~
In life...
...and in death.