THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES EPISODE 1 "Oscar, the Destiny of the Rose" translated by GinRei edited by Tonghyun "Vajra" Kim proofread by Enrique Conty [] = description of the scenes () = alternative translations (feel free to put them or drop them), and sometimes my comments or explanations {} = translation of what it says on the screen ********************************************************************** notes on names: Andre should be spelled with "/" sign over the "e" Francois should be spelled with a hook sign like "5" under the "c". Gerodere should be spelled with "\" sign over the second "e". ********************************************************************** [baby's cry] JARJEYER A boy! It's got to be a boy this time! [NANNY shakes her head] JARJEYER It... it can't be!!! NANNY No, Sir, it's a beautiful princess, as you see. JARJEYER There is no need for a girl in a family of generals, who command the military and guard the royal family! [takes off the baby from NANNY] NANNY W-wh-what are you doing?! JARJEYER I've decided. You're a boy! NANNY EH?! JARJEYER Your name is OSCAR, my son!! [opening title (please look at the song translation)] {Episode 1: Oscar, the Destiny of the Rose} NARRATION The year is 1769, and 14 years have passed since Oscar was born. Here at Versailles Palace, gorgeous dance parties were thrown out every night, despite the poverty of the people. Without even knowing that the French Revolution was going to occur in 20 years... NOBLE WOMAN How surprising, it's General Jarjeyer. NOBLE WOMAN Eh? Ah, it is! NOBLE WOMAN General Jarjeyer, did you bring Lady Oscar with you tonight? NOBLE WOMAN It's rumored that Lady Oscar is really beautiful. I was looking forward to finally being able to see her tonight. JARJEYER Uh, well... [Oscar fencing with Andre] OSCAR Hey, hey, come on! ANDRE Damn! Oscar! Don't you have to go to Versailles?! OSCAR Damn! Who would ever go to such a place! OSCAR Andre, you've (your skill has) become worse! NANNY Mademoiselle Oscar and Andre! Stop playing with such dangerous things! ANDRE Oh, no! It's my grandma, Oscar. NANNY Hey! Say 'Mademoiselle Oscar'! Use 'Mademoiselle'! OSCAR It's alright, Nanny. NANNY No, you've got to draw a clear line! Andre! You're only a servant... Ah! Look out! [Both still continue to fence] NANNY Properly speaking, she should be wearing this and making a debut in society at her age... No, I won't give up! Someday I'll make Mademoiselle Oscar wear this dress. [Versailles] SERVANT Your Majesty, Sir Jarjeyer is here. LOUIS XV Oh, it's been a while, Jarjeyer. Come here. JARJEYER Yes sir. LOUIS XV Concerning your long-standing request about the Commander of the Royal Guards... I believe you know that the son of Count Gerodere is also nominated as a candidate. I heard he's a magnificent swordsman. JARJEYER Yes, but when it comes to fencing, my son Oscar is second to none. LOUIS XV You said "My son"? JARJEYER P, pardon me! Actually... LOUIS XV That's alright. I've heard about the rumor that you were not blessed with a boy, and you've put so much effort in raising her. How about a match with Gerodere and whoever wins gets the post? JARJEYER Yes! LOUIS XV I also have high expectations for having Oscar as the Commander. I want to guard Marie Antoinette as fancy and elegantly as possible. JARJEYER Oh... NARRATION In the 18th century, Europe was engaged in endless warfare. Especially France and Austria, with enormous military strength, fought over each and every matter. But realizing that such conflicts only benefit other countries, Maria Theresa, the Empress of Austria, proposed a peace treaty for both countries. As consequence, an historic alliance came into being. As the token of their alliance, the engagement of Theresa's youngest daughter, Marie Antoinette, and the Crown Prince of France was arranged. JARJEYER What do you think, Oscar? There is no duty that's more important for the renowned French Royal Guard than this one. You will guard Her Highness Marie. Well, you have (to win) a match with Gerodere, but I have no worries about that. For this (such case), I've taught you fencing (sword fighting) for 14 years. Now, why don't you put this on? Hm? What's wrong? OSCAR I don't want to babysit a girl! [tons of flowers on the table] NANNY Everybody, help me with these! MAIDS Wow, beautiful! So many of them! NANNY We're going to decorate Mademoiselle Oscar's room beautifully! ANDRE Grandma! Do you know where Oscar is? NANNY Say 'Mademoiselle Oscar', Andre! You're nothing but the son of a servant! JARJEYER Idiot! Chill your head! [Oscar falls down the stairs] OSCAR Excuse me! JARJEYER Oscar! The match is at noon tomorrow! Keep in mind that His Majesty is coming! NANNY Mademoiselle Oscar...! [parade ground] NOBLES Well, today's event is quite a spectacle. All the noble women in the Palace have come out. Biggest in the history of the parade ground ever. NOBLEWOMAN I'll finally be able to see Oscar today. NOBLEWOMAN Ah, I can't wait! SOLDIER Attention! BOUILLE Monsieur Jarjeyer! It's His Majesty. BOUILLE Monsieur Jarjeyer, it's less than 30 min before the match. Is your son coming? JARJEYER I think he is coming. No, he will certainly come! JARJEYER in his mind I've never imagined this would become such a spectacle... Oscar, hurry, hurry up! [Gerodere heading toward the parade ground] SERVANT Monsieur Gerodere, it's almost the time (the time is getting closer) GERODERE Don't panic. We're almost there. SERVANT You don't seem to like it much. GERODERE Of course not. I can't be proud of myself for defeating a woman. Why do I have to obtain the position of the Commander in such a fashion? [Oscar under a tree] OSCAR I was waiting for you, Captain Gerodere. I'm Oscar Francois de Jarjeyer. GERODERE Oh, I've heard the rumors but you're indeed beautiful. Then let's hurry up. Those snobs are waiting eagerly to see your face. OSCAR Captain Gerodere, I don't wish to be the Commander of the Royal Guards. GERODERE Oh, is that so? That's very wise of you. Then I'll let them know that Mademoiselle Oscar has declined. OSCAR But I'm not running away because I'm afraid of you. I'd like to prove that to you at least. GERODERE Having a match here then? Did you hear that! SERVANT Please don't, Mademoiselle Oscar. OSCAR If you didn't get it, let me add one more thing: I don't want to put you to shame in front of the crowd! OSCAR Or are you afraid of losing to a woman? GERODERE If you wish so, I'm willing to play with you. But how can I possibly point the sword to your beautiful face... [Oscar points her sword to Gerodere] SERVANT What are you doing to my Master?! OSCAR Please, I may be a woman, but I'm a warrior. This is the only way to protect my honor! GERODERE I see. I'll fight with you. [they begin] GERODERE As (expected of) a woman, you're agile! [Oscar cuts across Gerodere's chest slightly] OSCAR Thank you. I'm satisfied now. GERODERE W...WAIT!! It has only begun! [Oscar throws Gerodere's sword up in the air] LOUIS XV Are Oscar and Gerodere here yet?! BOUILLE Count Jarjeyer! What happened to your son?! JARJEYER Y, yes, I'm really sorry... [servant coming in] NOBLE Oh, they're coming! LOUIS XV? Oh, here they come! SERVANT It's an emergency! A duel! Mademoiselle Oscar was waiting for my Master and challenged him! JARJEYER What?! OSCAR...!! [EYECATCH (it's not really obvious though ^_^;)] [at home, father slaps Oscar] JARJEYER What's wrong with you?! Don't you understand your father's concerns?! Listen, whatever His Majesty decides at Versailles today, a traitor like you won't have any excuse! Be ready (for it)! [Nanny drinking] NANNY I really can't stand it. I didn't know the Master was THAT serious! ANDRE Wait! Control yourself, grandma! How many cups have you drank so far? NANNY What's wrong with drinking every once in a while? I can't help myself drinking tonight! If I were Mademoiselle Oscar, I would have done the same!! I'd never wear a military uniform!! ANDRE You can't be serious when nobody knows what will happen to Oscar for the act of treason... [Nanny falls] ANDRE Grandma! I knew it. Hold on! NANNY Mademoiselle Oscar, this is a fight between man and woman! ANDRE in his mind A fight between man and woman... I see. Probably, inside Oscar's heart... [Oscar looking at her mother's portrait. Comes back to her self by the knocks on the door, sits down and takes out a book] OSCAR Is it Andre? Come in! Finally moving on to Hundred Years' War today, right? ANDRE Yes, that's right. [thunder] OSCAR A spring storm... [starts to rain. Andre about to close the window] OSCAR Keep it open. It feels great when you're completely immersed in running. But when you stop suddenly and look down at your own feet, you wonder where you're heading to... Has that ever occured to you before? You're wondering as to why I don't put on the military uniform, aren't you? [Oscar throws the book on the wall] OSCAR Damn! Who would want to babysit a girl? ANDRE Is that the only reason? Perhaps, what you really mean is... OSCAR Go! Please go away! ANDRE in his mind Good night, Oscar... [Jarjeyer comes home] ANDRE Master...! JARJEYER Something truly unbelievable has happened! His Majesty was quite upset but later, Captain Gerodere, who had been wounded by Oscar, suggested that nobody but Oscar is fit for the post of the Royal Guard Commander. His Majesty's mind was moved and he forgave Oscar's offence. Then, he appointed Oscar as the Royal Guard Commander! She can't get away any more. It's His Majesty's order! Andre, she might listen to what you say. Make Oscar wear the military uniform with your life! [next morning] ANDRE Hi, good morning! OSCAR Hi, you're up so early. ANDRE It's been a while since we went horseriding. Wanna go? [bank of river] ANDRE Do you remember when we almost drowned ourselves here? OSCAR How can I ever forget that. You were 6 and I was 5 years old. ANDRE Yeah, both of us swam across for our lives. [Andre blows notes on a blade of grass] OSCAR Stop! Don't evade by blowing a grass whistle! ANDRE What's wrong? OSCAR Don't you have something to say to me? ANDRE Not really. OSCAR Why don't you say it frankly (straight)? (You want me) to wear the military uniform!! ANDRE If you don't want to wear it, don't wear it. (don't force yourself to wear it) OSCAR Hmph! So that's your trick. If you say not to wear it, perverse Oscar will wear it. Is that what you think?! ANDRE You...!! [Andre punches Oscar and both begin to fight] ANDRE Damn!! [Oscar really gets serious] ANDRE in his mind That's it! Those are the eyes that I wanted to see, Oscar! Punch me, punch me as hard as you can!! [both fall on the ground] ANDRE This is the first time we had such a fight. OSCAR Last night, I heard you talking with my father. ANDRE Oscar...! OSCAR Now, say it Andre! ANDRE I understand your father's concerns. But I didn't want to restrain your life because of that. So... so I've decided not to say anything... [Oscar stands up] ANDRE Oscar! Let me just tell you one thing! But (I promise) I'll never say it again! [As Oscar leaves] ANDRE Oscar-!! It's not too late now. Now is the time to become a woman again!! [House] JARJEYER How was it? Did you manage to persuade her? Andre, you mean... ANDRE Oscar has the right to choose her way by herself! [Jarjeyer tries to go to Oscar] ANDRE Master! [Oscar standing on the stairs wearing the uniform] OSCAR in her mind Father, this is not for you nor for anyone else. OSCAR We're going, Andre! ANDRE Yeah! NARRAION That day, Oscar said goodbye to her womanhood and took the first step into the brave new world of adulthood. Without even knowing that a distant surging wave of the destiny of love and fate was waiting for her... In that spring, Oscar was 14 years old. [ending title (please look at the song translation)] NEXT EPISODE: A wandering carefree butterfly, Marie Antoinette. A black conspiracy obstructing the wedding ceremony. Royal Guard Commander Oscar's sword flashes. Next episode on The Rose of Versailles:"Episode 2: Fly! An Austrian Butterfly". See you. SONGS OP song: "Bara wa Utsukushiku Chiru (Roses Fall (Scatter) in Beauty)" ---- start OP Kusamurani namo shirezu Flowers without names Saiteiru hana naraba Blooming in the field Tada kaze wo ukenagara Can just sway in the wind Soyoide ireba iikeredo Watashi wa bara no But I was born with a destiny of roses sadame ni umareta Hanayakani hageshiku Born to live in glory and passion ikiro to umareta Bara wa bara wa Roses, roses Kedakaku saite (They) bloom in dignity Bara wa bara wa Roses, roses Utsukushiku chiru (They) fall (scatter) in beauty ---- end OP ED song: "Ai no Hikari to Kage (The Light and Shadow of Love)" ---- start ED Ai ga kurushimi nara If loving is to suffer (a suffer) Ikurademo kurushi mou I will take any suffering Sore ga kimino kokoro ni Until it reaches Itsuka todoku made To your heart someday Kimi wa hikari You are the Light Boku wa kage I am the Shadow Hanre rarenai futari no kizuna A bond that can never be apart Kurushimeba kurushimu hodo The more I suffer, Ai wa, ai wa fukamaru the deeper my love gets ANDRE: "The more I love you, the more blind I become to you. Ah, Oscar...Oscar!" ---- end ED CREDITS THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES OPENING CREDITS: "THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES" (this appears twice. First in the very beginning of each episode with a fanfare, and then at the beginning of the OP song) "ORIGINAL AUTHOR: RIYOKO IKEDA (SHUEISHA MAGARET COMICS)" "PLANNING: SHIGERU UMETANI, SOUICHIROU YAMAMOTO" "MUSIC: KOUJI MAKAINO" "CHARACTER DESIGN/CEL PRODUCTION DIRECTOR: SHINGO ARAKI/MICHI HIMENO" "ART DIRECTOR: KEN KAWAI, TADAO KUBOTA" "PHOTOGRAPHIC DIRECTOR: HIROKATA TAKAHASHI, MASAO MIYAUCHI" "MUSIC SELECTION: SEIJI SUZUKI" "LITERARY SOURCE: KAZUYUKI HONMA" "PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: SHIROU SEINO" "CHIEF DIRECTOR: TADAO NAGAHAMA" "PRODUCER: SEIICHI GINYA, SHUNZOU KATOU" "PRODUCTION BY TOKYO MOVIE NEW COMPANY" (or "PRODUCED BY TOKYO MOVIE SHINSHA")