SHOUJO KAKUMEI UTENA ENGLISH SCRIPT EPISODE 17: "THORNS OF DEATH"

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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.



Shiori     Believe in a miracle,
Shiori     that your wish may come true.
Juri       You're so cruel.
Juri       Even though there are no such things as miracles...
Shiori     You must hate me for being like this.
Juri       Yes, I do hate you.
Title      Thorns of Death
Juri       Next!
Girl       Wow, that's just like our Captain!
Girl       That was a splendid move for touch.
Juri       Next!
Utena      That move... her sword just reached another level.
Utena      Sempai's improved her skill again.
Juri       Next!
Juri       You left yourself wide open. That's not like you.
Miki       Uh... I'm sorry.
Anthy      Is it okay to drop it now?
boy        Go ahead!
Anthy      Here.
boy        Thank you.
Juri       For the rest of the time you'll each practice according
	   to the schedule. 
players    Yessir!
Utena      Oh, so you're Arisugawa-sempai's friend.
Shiori     Yes. My name is Takatsuki Shiori.
Shiori     I was in this academy until junior high,
Shiori     but circumstances moved me elsewhere, you see.
Shiori     I just transferred back here, and I start living in the
	   dorms today. 
Shiori     Although I am a returning student, I'm pleased to meet you.
Utena      Pleased to meet you too.
Anthy      This little one is pleased to meet you.
Shiori     Pleased to meet you.
Utena      Have you known Arisugawa-sempai for a long time?
Shiori     Well, I'm not just an old friend,
Shiori     but someone who practically grew up with her.
Shiori     Juri-san has always been wonderful.
Shiori     So strong and cool...
Utena      I can just picture it.
Shiori     She always protected me.
Shiori     Juri-san was my only friend...
Shiori     Juri-san is the only one I can trust wholeheartedly.
Shiori     But, I no longer deserve that...
Utena      Shiori-san...
Shiori     I'm so embarrassed. I didn't mean to go on like that.
Shiori     Since I don't have a roommate, I'd be glad if you would
	   come again. 
Mikage     I thought I told you to be careful.
Mikage     The more beautiful the rose,
Mikage     the more dangerous its thorns.
Mamiya     Uh, Sempai...
Mikage     You did it on purpose, didn't you?
Mamiya     We need this rose's thorns, right?
Mikage     That's right.
Mamiya     With the thorns of the rose who is more beautiful and
	   dangerous than any other, 
Mamiya     we can then defeat Tenjou Utena.
Mikage     But how to go about removing the thorns?
Mikage     A careless touch, and this is what you get.
Mamiya     That's easy. There are harmful insects, natural enemies
	   of the rose. 
Mikage     The venom of an insect?
Mikage     I wonder if it will work against this rose.
Mamiya     The trap has been set.
Nanami     So your sister drew a sword from within you, correct?
Miki       Correct.
Miki       And my sister was wearing a black Rose Signet on her
	   finger at the time. 
Nanami     I see.
Nanami     Your report suggests there is some power besides the
	   Student Council seeking the Rose Bride... 
Miki       Yes, that's right.
Nanami     Unbelievable.
Miki       It's a reality. And a formidable enemy besides.
Nanami     Still, of all the Student Council members, you being
	   that off guard...? 
Miki       That... I didn't expect it...
Nanami     Say, this thing you're always doing... What does it mean?
Miki       Are we done with the cross-examination?
Nanami     Hey, hey, by the way...
Nanami     How did it feel?
Miki       How did what feel?
Nanami     You know what I mean... Did it hurt?
Miki       Th- That aside, the problem is what countermeasure to
	   take now. 
Miki       What do you think, Juri-san?
Miki       Juri-san?
Juri       Well, let's see.
Juri       Sorry, but I have to excuse myself today.
Shiori     It's you he thinks of most since those days, Juri-san.
Shiori     But I'm not sorry I took him away from you...
Shiori     You must hate me for being like this.
Shiori     Juri-san?
Shiori     There's something I want to tell you...
Shiori     Wait! Please, Juri-san! Please!
Shiori     I eventually broke up with him.
Shiori     But it doesn't erase the fact that I forcibly stole him
	   away from you. 
Shiori     It's not something that can be forgiven, is it?
Shiori     Still, I wish we could go back to those days.
Shiori     When I got back, I felt that every place in the academy
	   was full of memories. 
Shiori     We had such happy times, you, he and I. The three of us-
Juri       Was that all you wanted to tell me?
Juri       Then, I'll be going now.
Juri       I'll tell you just one thing.
Juri       I never had any feelings for him.
Juri       Not now, not then.
Shiori     What?
Juri       No, I was never in love with him...
Juri       ...so there's nothing for you to fret over.
Shiori     Then, whose picture is in your pendant?
Shiori     You have it hidden under your clothes even now!
Juri       It's you.
Utena      That was Shiori-san you were talking to over there, wasn't it?
Juri       What about it?
Utena      I don't know the circumstances, but why don't you forgive her?
Utena      Shiori-san is a nice person, isn't she? You two were
	   once close, weren't you? 
Utena      Besides, it seems like she really trusts you.
Juri       You're just like Shiori...
Juri       ...cruelly innocent.
Utena      Which means...
Juri       Look, it's none of your business.
Utena      What's with her?
Utena      I never thought Arisugawa-sempai was such a
	   narrow-minded person. 
Utena      First off, she didn't have to put it that way.
Akio       You're like Ganymede, the youth of Aquarius: innocent
	   and pure. 
Akio       But that innocence can hurt people. You should be careful.
Utena      Sempai said something like that, too.
Akio       Everyone has something that they don't want anyone to touch.
Utena      Is that the way things are?
Shiori     Believe in a miracle...
Shiori     Believe...
Mikage     The venom of the insect has begun to take effect on the
	   noble rose. 
Mamiya     Soon the rose will hand its thorns to us.



Juri       It was because of my weakness that I couldn't discard
	   your picture. 
Juri       But I don't believe in miracles.
plate       TAKATSUKI
Shiori     That's odd... I wonder if somebody came in...
Shiori     Sheesh...
Shiori     This is Juri-san's...
card        If you are to be interviewed, please fill out this
	   form and wait - Nemuro Memorial Hall 
Form        Nemuro Memorial Hall Interview Application Form Please
	   answer the following questions. 
From        Name --- Takatsuki Shiori Age ---
Shiori     I've hated Juri-san ever since childhood.
Shiori     She's talented, beautiful, and loved by everyone.
Shiori     I was jealous of her because of that.
Shiori     That's it.
Shiori     I loved him because I wanted to steal something dear to her.
Shiori     That was all...
Shiori     So... So...
Mikage     Deeper. Go deeper.
Shiori     That's not it.
Shiori     Juri-san was so kind to me.
Shiori     But I thought she was kind to me because she looked
	   down on me, 
Shiori     and that she had pity on me for being plain and useless.
Shiori     That's pathetic!
Shiori     So I wanted to change my relationship with Juri-san.
Shiori     But what I did with him made me more miserable than before.
Shiori     I should have wanted it for myself!
Shiori     But now...
Shiori     Now I'm on equal terms with her. No, I've won!
Shiori     I always had a place in Juri-san's heart.
Shiori     I'm the winner!
Shiori     What shall I do? I'm so delighted to know my friend's
	   secret I almost can't bear it! 
Shiori     She suffered alone, looking at my picture in secret...
Shiori     That was Juri-san? Poor thing!
Shiori     No good! It's still no good!
Shiori     How could you look at me like that?!
Shiori     Why did it all turn out this way?
Mikage     I understand.
Mikage     I suppose you have no choice but to revolutionize the world.
Mikage     The way before you has been prepared.
Shiori     Where am I?
Juri       Shiori?
Juri       Hey, what is it this time?
Shiori     This is yours, isn't it?
Juri       How did you...?
Juri       Did you look... inside?
Shiori     If you'd have told me, I'd have given you a better picture.
Shiori     So pretty...
Shiori     I liked the look in your eyes when you were hurt.
Juri       Shiori, don't tease me...
Shiori     You're supposed to be stronger than anyone, but now
	   you're like this... 
plate      TENJOU UTENA
card       To the one Engaged: I shall wait for you at the Duel
	   Arena this evening. 
C-ko       Extra! Extra! Extra!
C-ko       I'm done for! They all found out my secrets!
C-ko       There's nothing to worry about.
C-ko       I'm dying!
C-ko       No one thinks of it as embarrassing.
C-ko       Is that so?
C-ko       Sure it is! Everyone wears things like woolen panties.
C-ko       But who would wear three pairs of them?
C-ko       So I am done for then.
C-ko       Even though I'm considered a fashionable, nice dresser,
	   I'm wearing woolen panties! 
C-ko       And three pairs, even!
C-ko       I'll never get married this way. What should I do?
Utena      Take 'em off?
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
Shiori     I shall win this Duel and bring death to the Rose Bride.
Shiori     I swear by this black rose...
Utena      Why are you...?
Shiori     This is me, the real me!
Shiori     And not the underdog that was living a miserable life
	   in the shadow of the bright shining Juri! 
Shiori     The real me that surpasses the light.
Shiori     Yes, this is the me that controls Juri.
Chikyuu    Twin relationships are the
Chikyuu    capricious, heartless lies of desires
Chikyuu    propagating endlessly in the
Utena      ...the power to revolutionize the world!
Chikyuu    interval between two mirrors.
Chikyuu    Ah, man does not exist.
Chikyuu    Ah, within the darkness
Utena      Why? I thought you admired her so much...
Chikyuu    Ah, the sound of the waves
Shiori     Because I know!
Utena      Know what?
Shiori     That Juri is not as everyone thinks she is!
Chikyuu    Even light casts shadows, making a pair out of me and me.
Shiori     And that I'm the stronger one!
Chikyuu    Isolation outbreak, that's the reason making a pair out
	   of me and me. 
Utena      What's that mean?
Chikyuu    Twins, twins-in-law,
Utena      That move! As if it were Sempai's sword!
Chikyuu    Scheming twins, absent twins...
Shiori     Looks like you finally understand...
Shiori     But this will finish you off!
Chikyuu    Since we see the invisible,
Chikyuu    The contrived world rises to the surface.
Chikyuu    Amusement apparatus and optical illusions,
Chikyuu    Then contrived world rises to the surface.
Chikyuu    Earth is a museum of personalities
Chikyuu    Earth is a curio box of personalities
Chikyuu    Earth is...
Mikage     Another failure.
Mikage     Still, the insect's venom is still potent. We can make
	   use of it. 
girl       Really, Shiori!
girl       But why did you break up with your ex-boyfriend?
Shiori     You wanna hear?
girls      We do! We do!
Shiori     I wonder if I should...
Utena      Looks like something's changed about Shiori-san.
Anthy      Has it?
Utena      But...
Anthy      She hasn't changed at all.
girl       Well, that's no good!
girl       That's talking from experience!
Shiori     Hello, Juri-san.
Juri       Hi...
girl       Hey, so then what?
Shiori     So then, I said to him...
Shiori     "What are you doing?!"
girl       Really?
Shiori     Am I a brute?
girl       No, well put!
girl       Right, well put!
Juri       In the end it was back in my hand again.
Juri       And though I was once able to throw it away...
Juri       Why can't I be strong?



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.



text       Preview of Next Episode
Utena      Adult times, adult stories, adult restaurants, the
	   adult world... 
Anthy      What's wrong, Utena-sama?
Utena      They say when you've grown up, you long for your
	   childhood, but children are impatient to grow up. 
Utena      Does thinking like that mean I'm still a child?
Anthy      Why, Utena-sama. I'm already an adult.
Utena      Wha... What do you mean by "adult?"
Utena      Next time on Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Mitsuru's Growing Pains
Anthy      The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse.

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