SHOUJO KAKUMEI UTENA ENGLISH SCRIPT EPISODE 22: "NEMURO MEMORIAL HALL"

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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.



Akio       And so at last even the black rose comes to its final
	   flower. 
Akio       However, I wonder if he himself will actually fight.
Title      Nemuro Memorial Hall
Miki       We've got to find out who they really are, and
	   quickly. 
Miki       They're not trying to take the Rose Bride... They're
	   trying to kill her! 
Miki       Needless to say, it's our duty for us of the Student
	   Council enforcement division, 
Miki       ...as representatives of an autonomous body, to
	   maintain order within the Academy. 
Nanami     So true. Just who are these people who manipulate
	   regular students and force them to duel Tenjou Utena one after the
	   other? 
Juri       You're rather impatient.
Juri       Because your friends, and even Touga, have been
	   targeted? 
Nanami     As usual, you know everything.
Nanam      But, if your intelligence network is good enough to
	   find that out, 
Nanami     ...then I want you to find out who these people are,
	   and now! 
Miki       There is one clue.
Juri       Only those people chosen by the Ends of the World
	   should possess the Rose Signet. 
Miki       So, the shadowskulker may in fact be the Ends of the
	   World, right? 
Juri       Who knows?
Nanami     But, looking ... evidence, that someone ... backed by
	   ... of the World, right? 
Miki       In any case, that ... must be ... in our quiet
	   Academy. 
Juri       Pardon me, I couldn't hear you very well.
Utena      Chuchu! Chuchu! Here, Chuchu!
Utena      Sheesh, now where could he have gone?
Mikage     Does this creature belong to you?
Utena      Ah, Chuchu!
Mikage     You're...
Utena      Thanks. He give you any trouble?
Mikage     Not at all. I found him crying, caught in a mousetrap
	   in the kitchen. 
Utena      Mousetrap?
Utena      Behave yourself once in a while, 'kay?
Mikage     Tenjou Utena-san...
Utena      How'd you know my name?
Mikage     Pleased to meet you. I've had an interest in you for
	   quite some time. 
Mikage     I'm Mikage Souji, from the High School.
Utena      Mikage? You're the brilliant high school student who
	   runs the Mikage Seminar? 
Mikage     What do you say, Tenjou Utena-san?
Mikage     Do you not feel like joining the Seminar?
Utena      Who, me? I... My last test was a makeup, you see...
Mikage     This has nothing to do with academic prowess. My
	   Seminar only seeks students with individual personalities. 
Mikage     You're perfectly welcome to come and see what it's
	   like, at least. 
Utena      Your Seminar is held in this building here, isn't it?
Mikage     Yes, it is. Nemuro Memorial Hall.
Mikage     I guess you've heard all the rumors concerning this
	   building, haven't you? 
Mikage     If you're thinking about the story of a hundred boys
	   dying here, that's true. 
Mikage     Long ago, there was a man known as Professor Nemuro.
Mikage     There was a fire here, and his students were trapped
	   inside and burned to death, they say. 
Mikage     And this Nemuro Memorial Hall was remodeled sometime
	   after. 
Mikage     However,
Mikage     ...that happened a long time ago.
Utena      Anybody home?
Utena      Akio-san? You here?
Utena      He's not here... how strange.
Mikage     Oh, you...
Mikage     I've done nothing more than make a deal with you.
Mikage     There's no reason for me to obey your orders.
Akio       True. That is our contract.
Akio       Ever since that time...
boy        It doesn't seem to disappear too quickly, does it,
	   Professor Nemuro? 
Mikage     Eh, what's that?
boy        I was talking about the snow, Professor.
Mikage     Stop calling me Professor. We're about the same age,
	   you know. 
boy        But the distinction is important.
boy        With a genius like you here, our project has been
	   jumpstarted. 
Mikage     Really now, you're making too much of it.
boy        Putting that aside, I didn't think they were this
	   extreme in the secrecy. 
boy        We're being treated like spare parts, so to speak.
Mikage     Didn't you agree to that when you made your contract
	   with the Academy? 
boy        Yes, but we don't even know the research subject of
	   our neighboring section. 
boy        Rumor has it that it has something to do with "the
	   power to revolutionize the world," or some research about "grasping
	   eternity." 
boy        Can't you even give us at least a hint?
Mikage     Even I don't know anything beyond the rumors.
Mikage     Furthermore, I'm not even interested.
Mikage     By the way, there's been something I've been meaning
	   to ask. 
boy        What is it?
Mikage     What is that ring all of you wear on your left hands?
boy        Oh, no special meaning.
boy        It's the latest fashion.
boy        So that's Professor Nemuro, the genius? And he really
	   doesn't know about our current research subject? 
boy        Looks that way. But, the Professor's intellect is
	   warranted by you-know-who. 
boy        His thesis is interesting, but the man himself is
	   quite dry. 
boy        People who act like they don't care about anything are
	   unsophisticated. 
boy        Let him act how he wants. That man is just like a
	   computer. 
boy        We should use him for all he's worth.
Mikage     At the time, I certainly was a computer-like man.
Mikage     Though the computer is a peerless machine, machines
	   themselves hold no purpose. 
Mikage     My dry self, those dry days...
Mikage     And it is also true that I wasn't particularly
	   interested in the research at that time. 
Mikage     And that which I participated in as a result wasn't
	   progressing, but I didn't mind. 
Tokiko     You're the Research Coordinator, Professor Nemuro,
	   right? 
Tokiko     I was sent by the Board of Directors.
Tokiko     I'm here as their current inspector, Chida
	   Tokiko. Pleased to meet you. 
Tokiko     The streets around here are bad.
Tokiko     It must have been difficult, with the roads all
	   slushy. 
Mikage     Yes, well...
Mikage     You've called me all the way out to your house, so
	   what do you want? 
Tokiko     It's too strong.
Tokiko     The tea seems a bit too strong,
Tokiko     ...even though I let it steam the same amount of time
	   I usually do. 
Tokiko     I wonder if even an hourglass can run slow.
Mikage     This job I was given is running its course as planned.
Mikage     I can't guarantee completion, however.
Tokiko     I know that you're not one for taking orders from
	   others. 
Tokiko     Genius is a godly thing.
Tokiko     Its spirit can't be tied down to earth.
Mikage     I'm not a genius.
Tokiko     Why are you contributing to this project?
Mikage     Purely for business reasons.
Mikage     As it is, I think I'm already working beyond my
	   contract. 
Mikage     We've got one hundred excellent youths gathered
	   together at Ohtori Academy, all pursuing this research. 
Mikage     They are saying that the purpose of this research is
	   for the power to revolutionize the world, 
Mikage     ...or to grasp eternity, or something like that.
Mikage     To even think of grasping eternity...
Mikage     It sounds like they're trying to build a perpetual
	   motion machine. 
Mikage     People should be humbly giving thanks for these
	   God-given things. 
Tokiko     Yes, but you could...
Tokiko     Excuse me for a moment.
Tokiko     Mamiya! What are you doing?
Tokiko     Weren't you told to stay in bed today?
Mamiya     Yes, but I got a bit worried about the roses.
Tokiko     Get back in bed right now!
Mamiya     Okay, in a moment.
Tokiko     What I hate the most is someone who doesn't look after
	   themself. 
Tokiko     Sorry you had to see that.
Tokiko     Hurry up and go to bed.
Mamiya     You're Professor Nemuro, aren't you?
Mikage     And you are?
Mamiya     Chida Tokiko's brother, Mamiya.
Mamiya     I've really wanted to meet you for the longest time.
Mikage     Because of the strange and interesting rumors?
Mikage     They say I'm a computer-like man.
Mamiya     I've read your thesis.
Mamiya     You're the first person I ever respected, except for
	   my sister. 
Mamiya     My sister came to Ohtori Academy to meet you.



Tokiko     Because you weren't sleeping quietly, that's why...
Mamiya     I like it when you give me an injection.
Tokiko     Don't say such stupid things, you brat.
Tokiko     It's for his sake, that I'm involved in this.
Tokiko     The doctors have told me that there's nothing left but
	   to give up hope. 
Tokiko     But if the research succeeds...
Mikage     The research has nothing to do with medicine.
Mikage     Even if it is a success, it may not help your
	   brother's illness. 
Tokiko     But, maybe I could grasp eternity for him.
Tokiko     I'm sorry for crying like this.
Mikage     It's all right. It feels like this is the first time
	   I've ever seen a person's tears. 
Tokiko     Is there someone important in your life?
Tokiko     Or perhaps those people known as geniuses never fall
	   in love with other people? 
Mikage     So it would seem.
Mikage     That is, up until today.
boy        Professor Nemuro is awfully excited about the project
	   recently, isn't he? 
boy        Didn't the Board of Directors send an inspector?
boy        She really seems to be just right for the job.
boy        Well, whatever you-know-who does is never in vain.
boy        Then, does the Professor still not know what all this
	   is about? 
Mikage     Shouldn't you be asleep right now?
Mamiya     It's okay, I'm feeling a bit better today.
Mikage     I see.
Mamiya     The snow in this garden doesn't disappear so easily,
	   does it? 
Mamiya     My sister was called out by the Board of Directors, so
	   she probably won't be back until evening. 
Mikage     No, that's fine.
Mikage     I only came here today to see your face.
Mamiya     So, do you like it?
Mamiya     It's a rose sugar-pickle. My sister makes them.
Mamiya     These dry flowers are like them, too.
Mamiya     She doesn't want to see the flowers scatter, you see.
Mamiya     When she does this, even the shortlived flowers can be
	   made to last a little longer. 
Mamiya     But, I wonder if the flowers themselves are happy,
	   being forced to last so long. 
Mamiya     Eternity doesn't exist in this world, does it?
Mamiya     It's just that one could think that a heart that longs
	   for eternity is beautiful. 
Mikage     You don't think that what your sister and I are doing
	   is going to succeed? 
Mamiya     I respect the two of you, and I'm grateful as well.
Mikage     Thank you for having me. I'll be back again sometime.
Mamiya     Professor Nemuro...
Mikage     Yes?
Mamiya     I'll be sure to tell my sister that you're worried
	   about me. 
Akio       You still can't solve that equation?
Mikage     This place is off-limits to outsiders.
Akio       There are no outsiders here.
Akio       Except for you, that is.
Akio       That is the first step toward the power to
	   revolutionize the world. 
Akio       That will set everything in motion.
Mikage     Ridiculous... How could anyone even execute such a
	   plan?! 
Mikage     That's the ring everyone wears, isn't it?
Akio       It's the Rose Signet, the proof of a contract with me.
Mikage     Contract?
Akio       Yes.
Akio       All of the one hundred youths working here are
	   contracted to me. 
Mikage     That's crazy. What is this contract?
Mikage     And these boys bound by that contract, why are you
	   subjecting them to this? 
Mikage     Besides, even if I do grasp eternity by doing this,
	   she won't be very happy. 
Akio       Ah, yes, her...
Akio       I'll leave this Rose Signet for you. Should you ever
	   desire eternity, then put it on. 
Akio       I suppose you have no choice but to revolutionize the
	   world. 
Akio       The way before you has been prepared.
Tokiko     Is it true? Did you do this?
Tokiko     Is this... Is this your doing?
Mamiya     Yes.
Tokiko     Why?
Tokiko     How could you do such a thing?
Mikage     Those boys had a contract.
Mikage     Ancient creatures died and left naught but fossil
	   fuels, like coal and petroleum. 
Mikage     Without that sacrifice, our present energy
	   civilization would not exist. 
Mikage     That sort of sacrifice is what is always demanded.
Tokiko     What are you talking about?
Mikage     This is the first step in the job you are advancing.
Mikage     Soon, the road leading to eternity from this Academy
	   will be opened. 
Tokiko     Nemuro-san...
Mikage     What Mamiya-kun did was proper.
Mikage     Now I, too, wish to grasp eternity.
C-ko       Extra! Extra! Extra!
C-ko       It's complete! The all-purpose robot made from the
	   essences of science! 
C-ko       A robot does not age. A robot does not tire.
C-ko       I catch the monkeys.
C-ko       You are superior to humans.
C-ko       A robot is superior. I catch many monkeys.
C-ko       You cannot become worried.
C-ko       A robot does not worry.
C-ko       When I see a monkey, I catch it quickly!
C-ko       A robot is not lonely.
C-ko       I have all the monkeys I have caught. A robot can work
	   indefinitely, and can catch many monkeys. 
Tokiko     But those who look at you get lonely.
C-ko       A monkey! A monkey!
Akio       You... It's been quite a while.
Tokiko     The Academy has changed a lot.
Tokiko     Just now over there, I saw Professor Nemuro.
Utena      Now look, you don't have to do what these unknown
	   people tell you! 
Anthy      But I can't help it.
Anthy      I am the Rose Bride, after all.
Utena      Stupid!
Utena      What I hate the most is someone who doesn't look after
	   themself. 
Mikage     Tokiko...
Tokiko     He hasn't aged a bit since then, just like you, hmm?
Akio       As long as they stay in this garden we call the
	   Academy, a person will never become an adult. 
Tokiko     There's something wrong with that, though...
Akio       Are you leading a normal life?
Tokiko     Yes, I am. My husband is a kind and generous man.
Akio       What did you come here for today?
Tokiko     I came to visit my brother's... Mamiya's... grave.
Tokiko     Say, even you should know. To bear fruit, flowers have
	   to cast off their petals. 
Akio       Yes, indeed.



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      Kanae-san, Kozue-chan, and Wakaba.
Utena      Who could be the puppet master pulling their strings
	   and forcing them to fight against their will? 
Anthy      Hmm, I have no idea.
Utena      By the way, that genius high school student from
	   Nemuro Memorial Hall says he will help me with anything. 
Utena      Mikage Souji: I guess I'll try to find the courage to
	   consult with him. 
Anthy      Sure, whatever you say, Utena-sama.
Utena      Next time on Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Qualifications of a
	   Duelist 
Anthy      The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse.

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