SHOUJO KAKUMEI UTENA ENGLISH SCRIPT EPISODE 20: "WAKABA HATH FLOURISHED VERDANTLY"

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OP         Heroically, with bravery
OP         I'll go on with my life,
OP         just a long, long time.
OP         But if the two of us should get split up
OP         by whatever means,
OP         let go of me,
OP         Take my revolution.
Title      Utena ~ La Fillette Revolutionnaire
OP         In the sunny garden, we held each other's hands,
OP         drew close together and soothed each other with the
	   words,
OP         "Neither of us will ever fall in love again."
OP         Everytime
OP         Into this photograph of us
OP         smiling cheek to cheek,
OP         I took a bit of loneliness,
OP         and crammed it inside.
OP         Revolution!
OP         Even in my dreams, even through my tears,
OP         even though I'm being hurt,
OP         reality is approaching now, frantically.
OP         What I want now is to find out
OP         just where I belong,
OP         and my self-worth, up through today.
OP         Heroically, I'll throw away
OP         my clothes 'til I'm nude,
OP         like the roses dancing all around me, whirling
	   free.
OP         But if the two of us should get split up
OP         by whatever means,
OP         I swear to you, I will change the world.



Girl       Hey, did you hear the rumor?
Girl       What rumor would this be?
Girl       The one about Saionji-sempai?
Girl       Yeahyeahyeahyeahyeah.
Card       Senior High 11th Grade, Class A
Card       Saionji Kyouichi
Card       The above named has been punished by expulsion for
Card       flagrantly violating the Academy's rules of conduct.
Card       Provost, Ohtori Academy
Card       Senior High 11th Grade, Class A Saionji Kyouichi
Card       has been punished by expulsion
Girl       Oh...
Girl       Did that really happen?
Girl       What are you talking about now?
Girl       So that's it... no wonder I haven't noticed him around
	   this month. 
Girl       But why was he expelled?
Girl       I don't know...
Girl       I kinda admired him for a while, though.
Girl       Huh? What's so good about him?
Girl       What are you saying? Weren't you the one buying pics of
	   Saionji-sempai? 
Girl       Weren't you the one looking to steal a kiss off of him?
Girl       Oh, stop that already.
Girl       Ah, but Saionji-sempai was dreamy...
Girl       I wonder how he's doing, wherever he is.
Girl       You said it.
Saionji    Hi there.
Wakaba     I'm home.
Title      Wakaba Hath Flourished Verdantly
Wakaba     Did anybody come by?
Saionji    No. You're kind of late coming back, aren't you?
Wakaba     Oh, sorry. I just stopped to do a bit of shopping.
Wakaba     Here. I thought you could use these.
Saionji    I'm sorry.
Saionji    Even though I promised to leave soon, here I am still
	   dragging my feet. 
Wakaba     Would you like some coffee?
Saionji    Although I've been expelled, with nowhere to go, no
	   friends, no money... 
Saionji    ...and as miserable as I am at having come back here,
Saionji    ...you gave me shelter, as brave as Joan of Arc.
Saionji    However, I can't just stay here indefinitely, presuming
	   on your good will. 
Saionji    So, before I cause you any more inconvenience, I'll be
	   leaving. 
Wakaba     Ah... wait, Saionji-san!
Wakaba     Don't worry about that, I'm happy just to be able to
	   help you. 
Wakaba     Now let's just make the best of it. I'm sure you'll be
	   back at the Academy soon. 
Saionji    Wakaba-kun!
Wakaba     Drink this; it'll calm you down.
Saionji    Thank you, Wakaba-kun!
Wakaba     Oh, no! That's... I'm sorry!
Saionji    Pl- please excuse me.
Saionji    In spite of myself, my shameless behavior...
Wakaba     Um, your coffee... is going to get cold.
Saionji    Right...
Wakaba     Um, if it's alright with you...
Wakaba     I...
Wakaba     that is...
Girl       Wakaba!
Girl       It's me, let me in!
Wakaba     W- wait a sec!
Girl       What's wrong, Wakaba?
Girl       Are you busy?
Wakaba     No, not really.
Girl       You're all sweaty, though.
Wakaba     Well, I'm not feeling too well.
Girl       And was it just my imagination, or did I hear you
	   talking with someone in there? 
Girl       Something like "Thank you" and "sorry." What was that?
Wakaba     Oh, I was just praying. You know, to God.
Girl       Praying?
Wakaba     Hey, I'm a rather spiritual person, you know.
Girl       Oh, spiritual?
Wakaba     Even I think it's kind of abnormal.
Wakaba     Wanna come in?
Girl       Can't. I'd rather not, today.
Wakaba     Uh, Saionji-san?
Wakaba     This is my secret.
Wakaba     Mine and his...
Wakaba      Our secret.
Wakaba     Saionji-san...
Wakaba     I've always, always admired him.
Wakaba     But he was always out of reach for someone like me.
Wakaba     Yes, he's completely out of my league.
Boy        "And so I was dancing with you in my dreams, Saionji-san."
Boy        "You were smiling so gently. You must think I'm such an
	   idiot." Heh! I'll say! 
Wakaba     But now...
Wakaba     But now...
Utena      Hey, Wakaba, my game's on now! Come and watch!
Wakaba     Sorry! I've got some things to do, good luck though.
Girl       Wakaba! Play some volleyball with us?
Wakaba     Sorry, gotta pass on that!
Girl       What, again?
Suzuki     Oh, Wakaba-san. We're doing some experiments on psychic
	   phenomena and... 
Wakaba     Pass!
Wakaba     The new me, is special...
Wakaba     Yes, thanks to this secret I carry, I'm special now.
Saionji    Welcome back.
Saionji    You're kind of late.
Wakaba     I'm home.
Sensei     ...therefore, it seems likely that something similar to
	   this will appear on the next test. 
Sensei     Okay, next question... let's see, who will do this one?
Wakaba     I will!
Students   Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!
Sensei     Well then, Tenjou-san.
Utena      Yes, ma'am!
Letter     Dear Saionji-san, I left some lunch money for you.
Wakaba     Something the matter?
Utena      Huh?
Wakaba     Well?
Utena      Um, did something good happen to you recently?
Wakaba     Not really, why?
Utena      Oh, nothing, it just seems that you're full of life lately.
Utena      And also...
Wakaba     And what?
Utena      Uh, you've gotten really pretty.
Wakaba     What? Oh, stop that, Utena!
Utena      No, it's true, it's true, I tell you.
Wakaba     Sheesh, again and again, nothing but lies.
Utena      It's true, I tell you...
Wakaba     See ya, Utena!
Akio       Oh? Wakaba-san...
Utena      Right. She's completely different now.
Akio       Like the goddess who leaves her name to the stars in
	   the heavens... is that how it is? 
Utena      But how did she become so pretty all of a sudden?
Akio       You don't understand, do you?
Akio       You, living out your predestined fate...
Utena      Huh?
Akio       There are special people in the world.
Akio       And they are always noticed.
Akio       For example, like yourself...
Utena      Me?
Akio       Attend me. You're not particularly self-conscious, correct?
Akio       That is the special quality that you carry from birth.
Utena      Oh?
Akio       Most people are but a single person amongst multitudes.
Akio       However, given the slightest chance, they will shine
	   with a light that they have never had before. 
Wakaba     Hey, what're you making there?
Saionji    It's a secret.
Utena      I've just wanted Wakaba to be happy for a long time.
Wakaba     How much sugar would you like?
Saionji    Here...
Akio       It could even be said, that for many people, their
	   special time lasts but briefly. 
Saionji    It's not finished yet,
Saionji    ...but for what it's worth, this is my gift to you as
	   my thanks for your sincerity. 
Wakaba     Oh, really now...
Wakaba     This is... enough for me.



Wakaaba    Student Council President Kiryuu still hasn't been to school.
Wakaba     In his place, Nanami-san is Acting Studing Council President.
Wakaba     It looks like Miki-kun is doing his best to assist
	   Nanami-san. 
Wakaba     Arisugawa-sempai is the same as usual.
Wakaba     That's the impression that I get for the Student
	   Council as a whole. 
Saionji    Hmm, I see. By the way...
Wakaba     Yes!
Saionji    Um...
Wakaba     Ask me anything.
Saionji    Okay. Um... how's Anthy?
Wakaba     Himemiya-san?
Saionji    Uh, I was just asking...
Wakaba     Saionji-san wants to return to the Academy.
Wakaba     When he's finished living with me, he'll probably
	   forget all about me. 
Cashier    That'll be 2,060 yen.
Saionji    Evening already?
Mikage     What an enviable position you're in, Saionji Kyouichi-kun.
Saionji    You... Mikage!
Mikage     It's been a while...
Saionji    When, I mean how'd you get in here?
Mikage     The Black Rose Society is privy to even the smallest
	   secrets in the Academy. 
Mikage     But all that aside, Saionji-kun...
Mikage     Imagine, you who once served as Student Council Vice
	   President, 
Mikage     ...now reduced to freeloading with a female student.
Saionji    I don't intend to idle here indefinitely.
Saionji    Eventually, I will return to the Academy, nay, even the
	   Student Council. 
Mikage     Oh? How?
Saionji    Well...
Mikage     What do you plan to do about your current state, having
	   wasted your time? 
Saionji    Well...
Mikage     Well what?
Mikage     You could do something, had you a bit of our power.
Saionji    What?
Mikage     We are distressed by the future prospects of the Academy.
Mikage     Your talent is very precious.
Saionji    I see, so that's how it is.
Saionji    What should I do instead?
Mikage     Well, you see...
Mikage     There's one item that I want from you.
Mikage     A trifle, really...
Wakaba     No matter how much I try to be his friend, no matter
	   how much I think about him, 
Wakaba     ...his heart has belonged to that girl from the start.
Wakaba     That girl, with her face that says she alone is special,
Wakaba     will steal everything and anything away from me.
Wakaba     I simply can't bring myself to forgive her.
Wakaba     Whether in love, or my studies, in the end I'm just
	   another face in the crowd. 
Wakaba     My world is completely different from that of the
	   special people. 
Wakaba     But... but... If he's there, if he's with me, then I am
	   special. 
Wakaba     Just a little bit longer, and I would have been reborn.
Wakaba     That, that, that girl...
Wakaba     That girl...
Mikage     I understand.
Mikage     I suppose you have no choice but to revolutionize the world.
Mikage     The way before you has been prepared.
Mikage     So...
Saiionji   I didn't think he'd ask me to bring him that thing to
	   grant my wish. 
Saionji    Of course, I knew I couldn't stay in this sort of place
	   forever. 
Saionji    Okay! Ready to go!
Saionji    Saionji Kyouichi, heading for a new era of
	   glory... moving out! 
Wakaba     Going somewhere?
Saionji    Ah, what...
Saionji    I was wondering who it was. I'm sorry for
	   inconveniencing you all this time. 
Saionji    I'm returning to the world I used to know.
Wakaba     Where is that hairclip?
Saionji    Oh, something happened, so I can't give it to you anymore.
Saionji    But, don't worry, I plan to buy you something expensive
	   instead, 
Saionji    ...and I want to mail it to you if I can, so is this
	   address okay? 
Wakaba     Never mind.
Wakaba     I've got something better now.
Saionji    That's...
Utena      Hey, a sunshower.
Card       To the one engaged: I shall wait for you at the Duel
	   Arena this evening. 
Shadow     Extra! Extra! Extra!
Shadow     At last, at last, it's finally raining!
Shadow     Whenever it rains on a sunny day, we have to hurry and
	   get married. 
Shadow     That's the custom of us fox-girls.
Shadow     You guys are so lucky.
Shadow     You see, we can't get married until it snows on a sunny day.
Shadow     That's the code of us bunny-girls.
Utena      What's wrong with not getting married?
Wakaba     I swear by this black rose...
Anthy      Utena-sama...
Wakaba     ...to triumph in this duel,
Anthy      Draw the sword from me.
Wakaba     ...and bring death to the Rose Bride!
Anthy      The sword! Hurry!
Utena      Anthy, I can't.
Utena      I can't fight her.
Utena      To point a sword at my friend, Wakaba...
Anthy      The sword! Quickly!
Wakaba     That's right! I'm going to kill her!
Wakaba     I'll kill the girl who stole Saionji-sama's heart!
Utena      Saionji?
Utena      Why are you doing this?
Utena      You've been so radiant, Wakaba... so why?
Wakaba     You just don't understand!
Wakaba     You couldn't possibly understand!
Anthy      Quickly, quickly, the sword!
Wakaba     Oh, Saionji-sama!
Utena      Saionji?
Wakaba     Student Council Vice President and captain of the Kendo
	   Club, Saionji Kyouichi-sama. 
Utena      Stop, Wakaba! Stop it now!Wakaba!
Utena      This Saionji, is he going out with that Himemiya girl?
Wakaba     As if! There's no way tough old Saionji could ever have
	   feelings for a girl like her. 
Wakaba     The only reason they're together is because they're in
	   the Student Council. 
Anthy      Utena-sama!
Wakaba     You, that girl, the Student Council members... all of
	   you look down on me. 
Wakaba     Without a care in the world, flaunting the power you
	   all were born with! 
Wakaba     So, you all can so calmly...
Anthy      Utena-sama!
Wakaba     ...walk all over everyone else!
Utena      Wakaba...
Utena      Certainly, there are a lot of things I don't know,
Utena      But I do know this for sure:
Utena      You are my best friend.
Utena      Just wait, and I'll save you now.
DS20       Oh, the pity! Although the aged man
DS20       put all his strength
DS20       into his skillful sword,
DS20       How pathetic his skill is in his age...

DS20       He misses his target, sword swishing through the
	   air, 
DS20       staggers and falls, oh, that old man.
DS20       A shrieking sword swish, Troy's castle tower,
DS20       and the burning summit was rent asunder, with a
	   thunderclap. 
DS20       Paris was deafened temporarily, ahhh...
DS20       Witness!
DS20       The white-haired old man,
DS20       raising it as if to cut, holds his sword up in the
	   sky,
DS20       and Paris is petrified.
DS20       Paris soon regains his hostility,
DS20       and brings his blood-stained, dripping blade
DS20       down upon the aged king!
Mikage     I could just dismiss any useless boys,
Mikage     ...but if Saionji's such a clown, I guess leaving him
	   there would be more fun. 
Juri       I suppose that Saionji's just beaming with pride.
Nanami     He's mighty full of himself for someone who had been
	   expelled. 
Juri       I wonder if he plans to return to the Student Council,
	   acting like that. 
Nanami     Honestly, the nerve of him.
Miki       Still, I wonder how he got reinstated after being expelled.
Nanami     I heard it was at the recommendation of the Black Rose
	   Society. 
Miki       Oh?
Wakaba     I'm home.



ED         Missing truth and forever
ED         Kissing love and true your heart
ED         Embrace me with your true arms
ED         The key to open up tomorrow is reality
ED         I want to keep on destroying lies.
ED         Even if we keep on talking,
ED         you still won't ever see.
ED         Excuses really suit adults
ED         who hang on to old stories.
ED         Because unchosen angels
ED         have no need for wings.
ED         Missing truth and forever,
ED         Kissing love and true your heart,
ED         I will like tomorrow's new me.
ED         At least I believe so; I want to believe it,
ED         so I want to keep lies hating me.



Title      Preview of Next Episode
Utena      Oh, give me a break!
Anthy      What's the matter, Utena-sama?
Utena      Lately, whenever Nanami sees me, she starts giving me
	   all kinds of crap and calls me a pest who hangs all over Touga. 
Anthy      That is rather cruel.
Utena      And those cronies of hers must really be mature to put
	   up with her personality. 
Anthy      Do you really think so, Utena-sama?
Utena      Next time on Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Troublesome Insects
Anthy      The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse.

Title      Wakaba Hath Flourished Verdantly

Girl       Weren't you the one looking to steal a kiss off of him?

Utena      Hey, a sunshower.
Card       To the one engaged: I shall wait for you at the Duel
	   Arena this evening. 
Shadow     Extra! Extra! Extra!
Shadow     At last, at last, it's finally raining!
Shadow     Whenever it rains on a sunny day, we have to hurry and
	   get married. 
Shadow     That's the custom of us fox-girls.

DS20       Oh, the pity! Although the aged man
DS20       put all his strength
DS20       into his skillful sword,

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