SHOUJO KAKUMEI UTENA ENGLISH SCRIPT EPISODE 25: "OUR ETERNAL APOCALYPSE"

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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.




Touga      You're driving quite fast.
Akio       She's purring nicely, don't you think? Care to take
	   the wheel? 
Touga      What? But I still don't...
Akio       You're too strict...
Touga      That was a rather indecent proposal, Mr. Chairman.
Akio       My Ohtori Academy has a regard for students'
	   independence, Mr. President. 
title      Our Eternal Apocalypse
Akio       Yes?
Wakaba     Umm, I'm a friend of Tenjou Utena, and...
Akio       Ah, hold on a second.
Akio       Please come in.
Wakaba     Th- th- thanks.
Anthy      Oh, welcome.
Utena      Hey, Wakaba!
Wakaba     Ta-dah! I came over to help you!
Utena      Thanks!
Wakaba     Wow, this is so cool!
Wakaba      Much nicer than your old room in that haunted
	   mansion. 
Utena      But it's a bit too large.
Wakaba     Well, whatever you say, it's just beautiful.
Wakaba     It's really like, "Hey, I'm super lucky!" you know!
Utena      I think so. It is a nice room.
Wakaba     I'm not talking about the room.
Utena      Huh?
Wakaba     How dreamy...
Utena      What is?
Wakaba     The chairman! The chairman!
Wakaba     That smile, is that what they call an angel's smile?
Wakaba     Living under the same roof with a man like that,
Wakaba     ...and an exciting, romantic development coming along,
	   I envy you! 
Utena      Look, Wakaba, Akio-san's already got a fiancee.
Wakaba     He does?
Utena      Yep.
Wakaba     I wonder why all the good men in this world are
	   already taken. 
Utena      There, there.
Akio       What's already taken?
Akio       Won't you have some tea?
Wakaba     All right!
Akio       Since we don't have any other family, I want to be
	   near my sister, of course. 
Akio       But it's cruel to separate her from the friend she
	   finally made, 
Akio       ...so I had to be so unreasonable to ask Utena-san to
	   move in as well. 
Utena      What a considerate brother.
Wakaba     I- I'm a good friend of Anthy-san too!
Akio       Please continue to be her friend.
Wakaba     Sure!
Wakaba     Here, Himemiya-san, would you like another cup of tea?
Anthy      Thank you.
Utena      Come on...
Wakaba     What, you got a problem?
Utena      No, not really.
Wakaba     What? I'm always like this, aren't I?
Juri       Where had you been until you returned to school,
	   Saionji? 
Saionji    That is of no concern.
Saionji    At any rate, I'm not going to duel anymore.
player     Lead lead lead...
Nanami     How's that?
Saionji    Because what the letters say cannot be trusted.
umpire     Strike!
Juri       Having been tricked by the counterfeit letter seems to
	   have taught you a lesson... 
Miki       The contents of the letter have already been verified.
player     All right! All right!
Miki       Certainly, when I passed through the Rose Gate,
umpire     Strike!
Miki       ...at the center of the caracole to the Duel Arena,
umpire     Strike!
Miki       ...a gondola appeared.
umpire     Strike! Batter out!
Nanami     So, what about this gondola?
Miki       I understand that it will advance us to a new stage.
Saionji    It doesn't matter to me whether the text of the letter
	   is true or false. 
Saionji    I have no recollection of becoming a subordinate of
	   the Ends of the World. 
umpire     Out! Out! Game's over!
Saionji    I flatly refuse to fight by someone's order.
Nanami     Kyouichi!
Saionji    Don't try to stop me.
Nanami     Honestly. I'd refuse that, too.
Miki       Well, even so...
Juri       Who on earth is this Ends of the World?
Akio       It's that star. It looked more vivid than usual today.
Utena      Uh... Which one is it?
Akio       See, right there.
Utena      Oh?
Akio       All right, look at the tip of my hand.
Akio       That star conspicuously sparkling up there is Venus.
Utena      Ah...
Akio       The Morning Star...
Akio       My name, Akio, was derived from the name of this star.
Utena      Wow, that sounds kind of romantic.
Akio       The Morning Star,
Akio       ...also known as Lucifer.
Utena      Lucifer?
Akio       The star that was originally an angel, but chose to
	   become the Devil. 
Akio       If you look up from this earth, it's always by the
	   Sun. 
Akio       And unless the Sun sinks, it can never shine.
Akio       And what do you suppose it thinks when it does shine?
Utena      Himemiya...
Anthy      I just heard that dinner is ready, Utena-sama.
Utena      R- Really? I'm starving.
Utena      Well then, Akio-san, if you'll excuse me...
Utena      Akio-san is a nice person, isn't he?
Anthy      Yes.
Utena      But...
Anthy      But?
Utena      Whenever he's talking about stars, his eyes look
	   lonely. 
Utena      Like someone who lost something important...
Utena      Still, somehow he gives me the feeling that I've known
	   him before. 
Anthy      There are times when I feel I've known you before too,
	   Utena-sama. 
Utena      Me?
Anthy      Yes.
Utena      It's unusual for you to say something like that.
Anthy      I'm sorry.
Utena      No, I'm glad.
Utena      Hey, if something ever troubles you, come talk to me
	   about it first. 
Utena      No matter what, we'll help each other.
Utena      That's the kind of friends I want us to be.
Anthy      I understand. From now on, you and I will help each
	   other to go on living. 
Anthy      Utena-sama...
Anthy      Actually, I...
Utena      What?
Anthy      Nothing.
Touga      Scrubbing the floor this late in the night?
Touga      You remain as upright as ever.
Touga      You'll be the champion of the local tournament this
	   year again. 
Saionji    One of the reasons that I hate you is the way you're
	   conceited now. 
Touga      Oh?
Saionji    You are right. I will be the champion again this year.
Saionji    But you think that that's meaningless child's
	   play... and you're laughing in your heart. 
Touga      That's not true.
Saionji    After all, in this world, battles are only won by the
	   strong. 
Saionji    Even if you're conceited with your cheap tricks, don't
	   forget that you lost to Tenjou Utena as well. 
Touga      As have you.
Touga      Furthermore, I hear that someone I know said he's
	   quitting the duels now. 
Touga      However, I have not yet given up.
Touga      There's someone I want you to meet.
Touga      Someone you want me to meet?
Touga      You haven't really given up either, have you?
Touga      Listen, can't you hear it?
Saionji    Hear what?
Touga      So long as your soul hasn't given up entirely,
Touga      ...then you should be able to hear this sound,
Touga      ...running about the ends of the world.
Saionji    What nonsense...
Saionji    What the... What is this?!
Touga      Then come, journey with us, to the world which you
	   desire! 



Saionji    So, you're the Trustee Board Chairman who's engaged to
	   Ohtori's daughter. 
Touga      Yes, and Himemiya Anthy's older brother.
Touga      Do you want the Rose Bride?
Saionji    What do you mean?
Touga      Exactly what I said.
Touga      What do you want? What are you aiming for? What do you
	   want to be? 
Saionji    What's the point in asking things like that?
Saionji    First of all, I have no trust in the likes of you.
Touga      Come on, aren't you my one and only friend?
Saionji    There's no such thing as friendship in this world.
Touga      Is that so?
Saionji    That is so.
Touga      I wonder...
Touga      I wonder if you really believe that.
Saionji    What are you getting at?
Touga      Well then, why are you striving for that castle said
	   to hold eternity? 
Touga      Isn't that because you believe that if you get there,
	   you will find something eternal, 
Touga      ...for example, eternal friendship or something?
Touga      Do you remember that girl who was in the coffin a long
	   time ago? 
Saionji    Something like that happened, I suppose.
Touga      There was a girl who was saying she wanted to see
	   eternity, right? 
Saionji    I'm not sure. I barely remember it.
Touga      The one who saved that girl from the coffin that night
	   was Akio-san here. 
Saionji    What?
Touga      She was saved because Akio-san showed her something
	   eternal. 
Saionji    Say what?! Who the hell are you?
Akio       She's purring nicely, don't you think?
Saionji    What are you talking about?
Akio       The ends of the world, I will show... to you.
Saionji    You couldn't be...
Utena      How should I know when I don't receive any letters
	   from the Ends of the World? 
Miki       So you don't know, then.
Utena      So, what were you saying about the stairway to the
	   Duel Arena? 
Miki       You know how the stairway spirals around the central
	   pillar? 
Utena      Yeah.
Miki       There's something like a gondola inside the column.
Utena      Gondola?
Saionji    That's right.
Saionji    That gondola is the set of wings that fly toward the
	   ends of the world. 
Saionji    And it will carry me and the Rose Bride to the castle
	   said to hold eternity. 
Utena      Saionji...
Miki       You no longer duel, do you?
Saionji    Unfortunately, I am not the same man I was yesterday.
Miki       What are you saying is different about you?
Saionji    Can't you see?
Miki       No.
Utena      I have no idea what you're talking about.
Saionji    I see, so you don't know.
Saionji    Not that you would understand even if I told you...
Miki       What do you intend to do?
Utena      Micky!
Utena      Are you all right?
Saionji    The Rose Bride belongs to me.
Utena      Let go of Himemiya, Saionji!
A-ko       I wonder, I wonder... Do you know what I wonder?
B-ko       I hear there's going to be another duel out back in
	   the forest today! 
A-ko       It's been quite a while since this phrase was last
	   used. 
A-ko       Of course, it's better done by two people...
B-ko       ...than by one!
A-ko       Half the suffering,
A-ko&B-ko  ...double the happiness!
A-ko       Hey, wait! You used my shampoo without permission last
	   night! 
B-ko       And you, you went and finished off the pudding I was
	   eating. 
B-ko       ...though it was from two weeks ago.
A-ko       Are you serious?
B-ko       But now, brave warrior,
A-ko       I wonder if you really know...
B-ko       ...the difficulty in getting along together.
A-ko       I wonder, I wonder...
A-ko&B-ko  Do you know what I wonder?
A-ko       Ugh... Here it comes.
ZUM        The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse
ZUM        The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse
ZUM        Birth records
ZUM        Baptismal records
ZUM        Death records
ZUM        The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse
ZUM        The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse
ZUM        My own birth,
ZUM        Absolute birth,
ZUM        Apocalypse
ZUM        A wet-nurse and a midwife in a dark desert
ZUM        A gold-gilded Shangri-La
ZUM        Day and night reversing
ZUM        A time-gilded Lost Paradise
ZUM        Darkness over Sodom
ZUM        Darkness ever glowing
ZUM        Darkness over yonder
ZUM        Darkness never ending
ZUM        The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse
ZUM        The Absolute Destiny: Apocalyptic Darkness; Apocalypse
ZUM        mokushi kushimo shimoku kumoshi moshiku shikumo
ZUM        mokushi kushimo shimoku kumoshi moshiku shikumo
Utena      I wish you would learn when to quit, Sempai.
Utena      If you really love Himemiya, try putting yourself in
	   her shoes for once. 
Saionji    Indeed. Long ago I did think about the Rose Bride's
	   feelings. 
Saionji    That's why I got so heated. But now I know.
Saionji    The Rose Bride has no will of her own.
Utena      Looks like you just won't get it unless I stomp you
	   down, I guess. 
Utena      Himemiya, the sword!
Saionji    I'm no longer the me who lost to you. Because I saw!
Utena      You saw?
Saionji    Yes!
Utena      What are you saying you saw?
Saionji    The world.
Utena      It's vanished.
Touga      The Sword of Dios vanished.
Utena      Hey, if something ever troubles you, come talk to me
	   about it first. 
Utena      No matter what, we'll help each other.
Utena      That's the kind of friends I want us to be.
Utena      ...want us to be.
Anthy      Utena-sama...
Saionji    I'VE GOT YOU!
Saionji    What!?
Utena      Himemiya...
Anthy      Utena-sama, let's do this together.
Utena      Wha...?
Anthy      O Roses of noble sentiment,
Anthy      ...I beseech thee, reveal...
Saionji    What?!
Utena&Anth ...the power to revolutionize the world!
Touga      That Saionji... and after I went to all this trouble
	   to be his friend. 
Akio       Are you enjoying this game?
Touga      Of course.
Akio       Then, it's all right, isn't it?
Akio       Be nice to your friend.
Touga      You're an evil man, you are.
Akio       The Sword of Dios didn't appear.
Akio       The Sword of Dios didn't appear.
Akio       But even so, she won the duel.
Akio       Well, how perfectly wonderful...
Akio       Come here, Anthy.
Akio       Come!
Utena      Himemiya's late...

DonaDona   One clear afternoon
DonaDona   on the road to market
DonaDona   a cart rocks gently
DonaDona   carrying a calf.
DonaDona   The adorable calf
DonaDona   will be sold
DonaDona   with a mournful look
DonaDona   in its eye.
DonaDona   Dona dona dona dona
DonaDona   Dona dona dona don
DonaDona   Dona dona dona dona
DonaDona   Dona dona dona don

DS25       Antiquity, perfection, isolated in the desert.
DS25       Atmosphere, atoms, Planet of Causality.
DS25       Aye, a native child, conception.
DS25       The embryo of philosophy.
DS25       Egg, perfection, originating in the nest.
DS25       Stamen, pistil, a single seed.
DS25       Aye, a native child, growth.
DS25       The child of philosophy.
DS25       And so!
DS25       Lunar Heaven, Mercurial Heaven, Venusian Heaven,
	   Solar Heaven, Martian Heaven, 
DS25       Jovian Heaven, Saturnian Heaven, Sidereal Heaven,
	   Motive Heaven, 
DS25       Furthermore...
DS25       Circular infinity without end.
DS25       A singular organic system,
DS25       a singular perpetual motion machine.
DS25       Ah, it is an empty movement.
DS25       That is an empty movement.
DS25       It is.



ED         Antiquity, perfection, isolated in the desert.
ED         Atmosphere, atoms, Planet of Causality.
ED         Aye, a native child, conception.
ED         The embryo of philosophy.
ED         And so!
ED         Lunar Heaven, Mercurial Heaven, Venusian Heaven,
ED         Solar Heaven, Martian Heaven,
ED         Jovian Heaven, Saturnian Heaven, Sidereal Heaven,
ED         Motive Heaven,
ED         Furthermore...
ED         Circular infinity without end.
ED         A singular organic system,
ED         a singular perpetual motion machine.
ED         Ah, it is an empty movement.
ED         That is an empty movement.
ED         It is.



text       Preview of Next Episode
Utena      Kozue-chan fell off the second floor of a school
	   building. 
Anthy      Oh, my goodness!
Utena      But it's a good thing she's safe anyway.
Utena      Don't be unreasonable again, or you'll have your
	   brother worried. 
Anthy      They are really devoted siblings.
Utena      Micky, I thought we were friends now, but are we going
	   to duel again? 
Utena      Next time on Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Miki's Nest Box:
	   The Sunny Garden - Arrangement 
Anthy      The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse.

Akio       The Morning Star...
Akio       My name, Akio, was derived from the name of this star.

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