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SHOUJO
KAKUMEI UTENA ENGLISH SCRIPT
EPISODE 23: "QUALIFICATIONS OF A DUELIST" DISCLAIMER THESE
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(C) Be-PaPas, Chiho Saito / Shogakukan, Shokaku Iinkai, TV Tokyo. CREDITS ON THE SCRIPT
SCRIPT (episode 23; version 1.0; 2/12/1999) 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. Mamiya: Say, look. Mikage: Yeah... Mamiya: We're down to the last black rose. Mikage: Yeah... Mikage: Tokiko, your brother is a sinful boy. Mikage: However, from the sacrifice of one hundred young Duelists, we obtain true eternity. Tokiko: Is it true? Did you do this? Tokiko: Is this your doing? Mamiya: Yes. Tokiko: Why? Tokiko: How could you do a thing like this? Mamiya: Tenjou Utena is so strong. Mikage: Yeah... Mamiya: I sense an unknown amount of strength in her. Mikage: Yeah... Mamiya: Say, look. Mamiya: We're down to the last black rose. Mikage: Yeah... Mikage: For the life of me, I just can't come up with a sure-fire scenario. Mikage: Isn't there any way besides allying myself with her? Juri: Ally ourselves with Tenjou Utena? Nanami: Yes. Since some shadowy group is making their move. Nanami: At present, we should have the Engaged One cooperate with us. Miki: But Nanami-kun, you hate her, don't you? Nanami: Well, I don't like her, but the Student Council's in a crisis. Nanami: Considering the circumstances, I think we should ally ourselves with her. Nanami: How great of me! Nanami: Onii-sama, I, Nanami, will protect this Student Council no matter what! Miki: You say "ally, ally," but... Juri: ...it's not as if we are allies. Nanami: Then, what are we? Miki: We are... Juri: ...Duelists. Title: Qualifications of a Duelist Utena: Not here... Utena: Not here... Utena: She's not here, either. Utena: Where did Himemiya go? Utena: Now that she's not here either, there's no other place to search. Utena: Maybe I shouldn't have been mad at her the other day. Utena: Honestly, when you have a friend like the Rose Bride, you're always worried. Mikage: Nice fragrance, isn't it? Utena: Oh, Mikage-sempai. Mikage: The modest scent from a single rose isn't bad, Mikage: ...but I'm attracted to the fragrance of many roses too. Mikage: There's a tense atmosphere of mutual competition, you see. Utena: Have you seen Himemiya anywhere? Mikage: Well, who might that be? Utena: My classmate, and she's been missing since this morning. Mikage: You're very considerate of your friends, aren't you? Utena: It's not like that, but... Mikage: Did you give serious consideration to my offer from before? Utena: Your offer from before? Mikage: About joining the Mikage Seminar. Utena: Well, why a person like me? Mikage: You have a mysterious charm. Mikage: To be quite honest, I find myself drawn to you. Mikage: If possible, I want to be by your side. Utena: Oh, is that what it was? Utena: Such bold words. Mikage: You quite welcome to just drop by, too. Mikage: Besides, if you join us, we'll be of any help when you're in trouble. Utena: I don't mind just dropping in, but... Utena: I don't really have any trouble, so I don't need anyone's help. Utena: See, if I brought Chuchu with me, he'd scatter cookie crumbs all over the place. Utena: It's really hard to clean up after him, and... Utena: Huh? Mikage: It doesn't have to be you personally. Mikage: Don't you have any troubled friends? Utena: Troubled friends? Utena: Troubled friends... Utena: Please don't open it. Utena: This coffin is meant for me. Utena: Being alive is rather sickening. Utena: Why does everyone go on living knowing they'll end up dying anyway? Utena: I wonder why I never realized that until today. Utena: Eternity couldn't possibly exist, could it? Utena: Oh, Himemiya's back. Utena: Say, Himemiya... Utena: You really can't quit being the Rose Bride? Utena: A troubled friend, eh? Utena: Excuse me! Utena: Excuse me! Utena: Is anybody here? Utena: Hello?! Anthy: My, I'm sleepy. Anthy: Why am I so sleepy these days? secretary: A visitor, at the Entrance Hall. Mikage: Thank you. I'll be right there. secretary: Well, there's a car waiting for me, so I'll be going now. Mikage: I see. Thank you for the work you've done. secretary: Telling me to get out so suddenly was so like you, to the very end. secretary: That's just how it was the first time we met: you saying "Be my secretary," out of the blue. secretary: But it's all right. I can let my hair down now that I'm free of your yoke. secretary: I wonder how I looked from your point of view. Mikage: You are you. secretary: You're certainly some kind of special person, perhaps one of the chosen. secretary: But the person I fell in love with wasn't a boy younger than me, like you. Mikage: I am me. secretary: Well then, goodbye. Utena: Huh? Utena: Kanae-san? Utena: Kozue-chan, too... Utena: What the heck? boy: The road to the duel arena is now open. boy: At last, that is about to begin. boy: And now, Professor Nemuro's duty is finished. boy: From now on, carrying on without him is probably what you-know-who plans on. boy: Surely even he'll lose to someone. boy: We can just leave him by the wayside. boy: Well then, let's open the champagne. Mamiya: How selfish they are. Mamiya: They owe it to you that the castle appeared and the road to the arena opened, right? Mamiya: They're all afraid of you. Mamiya: They think you may be capable of obtaining eternity. Nemuro: I'm not going to do anything like dueling. Mamiya: Why not? Aren't you thinking you want the power to revolutionize the world for your very own? Mamiya: Knowing eternity exists in that castle? Mamiya: Eternity means lasting forever, right? Mamiya: For years, decades, centuries, millennia, eons, and on and on. Mamiya: My life may be just a moment, but... Mamiya: Eternity means that this moment lasts billions of billions of years, without end. Mamiya: I... I... Mamiya: I want eternity. Tokiko: What are you talking about? Nemuro: This is the first step of the job you're advancing. Nemuro: Soon, the road leading to eternity from this Academy will be opened. Tokiko: Nemuro-san... Nemuro: What Mamiya-kun did was proper. Nemuro: Now I, too, wish to grasp eternity. Mikage: You're finally back. Mikage: I knew you'd come back to me sooner or later. Mikage: Tokiko-san, you don't have to regret the fact that you deserted me. Utena: Mikage-sempai, you... Utena: Mikage-sempai, are you the one who manipulated them? Mikage: Manipulated them? Surely not. Mikage: All of these people were members of the Mikage Seminar. Mikage: They all had their unforgettable memories. Mikage: Precious, precious memories... Mikage: They proceeded to fight to protect their memories. Mikage: They are, in a manner of speaking, people who tried to change their lives according to their memories. Utena: Memories? Mikage: What about you? Utena: We can meet again, can't we? Utena: Prince, we can meet again, can't we? Utena: Until then, I won't cry, and I'll be patient no matter what. Mikage: For you, it's possible to make the memory last forever, just like I did. Mikage: That's what the world needs. Mikage: The path before you has be- Utena: You bastard!! Utena: Who the hell is this World?! Utena: Don't lump me together with the likes of you, you manipulative... Mikage: Don't get so excited. Mikage: You sound like you're yelling out, "Don't touch my precious memory!" Utena: What did you say?! Utena: Don't even talk like you understand me! Utena: My memory is... Mikage: I see. It's that memory that's been supporting you up until now. Mikage: No need to be ashamed. Mikage: Because the memory you possess is a worthy one. Mikage: Only those with beautiful memories are allowed to wish, Mikage: "If only those days could last forever, if only I could still be what I was back then." Mikage: I know that you're the same as myself. Mikage: Your eyes are like those people who can't help wanting to make memories last forever. Utena: I challenge you to a duel! Come to the Duel Arena tonight! Utena: I'll beat you to a pulp and prove that I'm different from you! Mamiya: Sempai, why did you call her? Mamiya: Why are you keeping quiet? Mamiya: What's so funny? Mikage: Hey, look. Mikage: It's a tear. Mamiya: A tear? Mikage: It seems the pain made an inadvertent tear come forth. Mikage: If she hadn't found my Rose Signet, Mikage: ...I could have been killed right then and there. Mamiya: You sound like you're having fun. Mikage: Indeed, she hurts me and surprises me all the time. Mikage: Just as I thought, Tokiko has returned, to settle the score with me once and for all. Mamiya: Do you intend to accept the duel? Mikage: In the final analysis, we haven't advanced at all since then. Mikage: But, she's closer to the Power of Dios than we are. Mikage: We can't proceed without defeating her. Mikage: Rose blooming at the Ends of the World, to me! Mikage: Your eyes are just like those of those people who can't stop wanting to make memories last forever. Wakaba: Uuuteeenaaa! Wakaba: Hey, you haven't forgotten your ultra-best friend Wakaba-sama lately, have you? Utena: No, I haven't. Wakaba: No matter what happens, I'm on your side, Utena. C-ko: Extra! Extra! Extra! C-ko: Your pop was a class rep at your age. C-ko: Wow, that's great, Pop! C-ko: Hey, you, what's with this paperwork? It's terrible! C-ko: Shit, even though I was a class rep back when! C-ko: Honey, you can't just leave your socks here when you take them off, it's terrible! C-ko: Shit, even though I was a class rep back when! C-ko: Well, I'm off to school, Pop! C-ko: Wait! Give me that school backpack! Your pop'll go to school! Wakaba: See you later! Utena: ...the power to revolutionize the world! Mikage: Here we go. Mikage: Well received. Mikage: However... Mikage: I'm not in full form yet. The shoulder you screwed up is still aching. Mikage: But I don't think I'm going to lose to you! Utena: Quit joking around! You think I'm going to be beaten by some string-pulling bastard from the shadows? Mikage: That's not how it happened. Mikage: Those who received my black roses came to my place of their own free will. Mikage: Then, they stood in this place of their own free will. Mikage: Anyone who stands here is the same as myself. They come lured by eternity. Utena: Shut up! Don't accuse other people of what you did for yourself! Mikage: I knew since the first time I saw you. Mikage: You met the person important to you long ago, right? Mikage: And so, that person changed your life forever, right? Mikage: You're standing here on the strength of that illusion. Mikage: That's why you were able to enter the Duel Arena. Mikage: Am I wrong? Mikage: After all, you're just like me. Mikage: And right here, right here I will defeat you, Tokiko! Utena: What nonsense are you talking about? I won't lose to a bastard like you! Mikage: You're such a stubborn girl, Tokiko. Mikage: Seems you won't get it unless I destroy that rose. Mikage: I knew you would jump! Utena: Oh, no! Anthy: Utena-sama! Anthy: Utena-sama! Utena: Himemiya! Utena: Himemiya! Anthy: Utena-sama! Mamiya: Sempai, you're going to lose now. Mikage: Mamiya! Mamiya: You're going to get your rose destroyed by her. Mikage: What did you say?! Mikage: Where are you, Mamiya? Mamiya! Mikage: Mamiya! Mikage: Who... Mikage: Who is this? Mamiya: You can't defeat her. Mamiya: You'll never defeat the sister of mine within your memory, not for all eternity. Mikage: Tokiko! Mikage: Eternity is right here before my eyes! Mikage: I'll defeat you and grasp the power to change the world with these very hands! Mikage: Why don't you understand me?! Mikage: I accept everything! Mikage: Even your brother's sin! Mamiya: Sempai, now watch carefully. Mamiya: At that time, at that place, who was actually there and who was not? Mamiya: Who actually set fire to that building? Mikage: Mamiya... Mikage: It's been a long time. Mikage: How many decades has it been since I saw you last? Akio: Ah, Nemuro-kun. I was thinking it was about time you called me. Akio: Yes. The boy called Mamiya that you were keeping with you from your lingering attachment to Tokiko, died a long time ago. Akio: I exploited the illusion you cherished in your memory so much that you even halted your own time. Akio: The period where you hid the possibility in your heart, not growing up, was useful. Akio: However, that's all over. Akio: From now on, the path before you is not prepared. Akio: You, graduate now. Utena: Oh, darn it. Utena: What a weird place we ended up in while searching for Himemiya. Miki: There was a really big fire here a long time ago. Utena: Really? So there really was that kind of trouble. Miki: It seems there weren't any casualties, but since it was before the time of the Student Council, no records remain. Miki: Let's see... What was the building called? Kushiro Memorial Hall... Miki: Sounds wrong. Noboribetsu Memorial Hall? Argh! I hate it when I can't remember! Utena: Himemiya! Where did you go? Akio: What's wrong? Are you sympathizing with him? Akio: But now, he doesn't exist in this academy. Akio: No, never has he from the beginning. Akio: In the same way as you haven't. DS23: Incandescent darkness, DS23: birthed puppets, DS23: given the name Anthropoperipherism. DS23: Pulling the strings of the world, DS23: a solitary being. DS23: For the others, an imaginary puppetcraft. DS23: Subzero darkness, DS23: birthed creatures, DS23: correlated, Anthropoperipherism. DS23: On the natural stage, DS23: the units of existence, DS23: comprised of an imaginary creature-craft. DS23: Words are born, the encounter, then a hesitation. DS23: Knowledge is born, the encounter, then a void. DS23: Oh, where am I and when am I? DS23: Spell, incantation, mystery, prayer, myself. DS23: Stage destiny magic mirror. DS23: Full moon, mysterious, DS23: and transmutable, DS23: I'm an imaginary living body come to its end. DS23: Full moon, mysterious, DS23: and transmutable, DS23: I'm an imaginary destined body come to its end. DS23: Seeking time, DS23: without resting, DS23: a speleomorph that goes on living. DS23: Seeking land, without arms, without legs, DS23: Still existing am I, transparent, intangible, a faint sigh. 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: Tsuwabuki-kun was knocked over by a runaway horse! Anthy: Oh, my goodness! Utena: Hey, what's this notebook? Utena: No, I shouldn't. You shouldn't look at someone's notebook without permission. Anthy: Oh, my! There are some awful secrets written in here! Utena: Like I said, we shouldn't see that. Anthy: Oh, my! Even something like this?! Utena: What? Where? Where? Utena: Next time on Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Nanami-sama Secret Diary Anthy: The Absolute Destiny: Apocalypse. TRANSLATOR'S NOTE ON THE EPISODE
Miki: Let's see... What was the building called?
Kushiro Memorial Hall... Miki: Sounds wrong. Noboribetsu Memorial Hall? Argh! I hate it when I can't remember! Nemuro, Kushiro, and Noboribetsu are all cities in Hokkaido. DS23:: given the name Anthropoperipherism. I don't think such a term really exists, but the Japanese "jindousetsu" seems to be a made-up term analogized from "chidousetsu" (heliocentricism) and "tendousetsu" (geocentricism). DS23:: Knowledge is born, the encounter, then a void. The lyrics sheet uses a wrong kanji for "utsuro" (void). That could be intentional, though. DS23:: a speleomorph that goes on living. "Speleomorph" is our made-up term for the Japanese "kuudou keitai", which sounds like a technical term. |