# E13 - Tracing A Path
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**[00:08] ---**
Let's live heroically, let's live with style.
*isagiyoku kakko yoku ikite yukou*
**[00:15] ---**
Even if the two of us are torn apart...
*tatoe futari hanarebanare ni nattemo*
**[00:20] ---**
*...take my revolution.*
**[00:20] ---**
Revolutionary Girl Utena
*...take my revolution.*
**[00:23] ---**
Revolutionary Girl Utena
**[00:24] ---**
In the sunlit garden, we both joined our hands.
*hikarisasu garden te wo toriai*
**[00:29] ---**
Drawing close for comfort, we both swore...
*chikai atta nagusame atta*
**[00:32] ---**
...never again would we ever fall in love.
*mou koi wa ni do to shinai yotte*
**[00:39] ---**
I see that photo of us standing cheek to cheek...
*hoho wo yoseatte utsuru shashin no*
**[00:47] ---**
...and place a bit of my loneliness in our smiles.
*egao ni sukoshi no samishisa tsumekonde*
**[00:56] ---**
Even if I dream, even if I cry, even if I get hurt...
*yume wo mite namida shite kizutsuitemo*
**[01:00] ---**
...reality keeps on coming recklessly.
*genjitsu wa gamushara ni kuru shi*
**[01:04] ---**
I wanna find my own place, the value of being...
*jibun no ibasho sonzai kachi wo mitsuketai*
**[01:07] ---**
...the person I've been until now...
*kyou made no jibun wo*
**[01:11] ---**
Let's find the strength to throw it all away.
*isagiyoku nugisuteru*
**[01:13] ---**
Strip down to nothing at all.
*hadaka ni naru*
**[01:15] ---**
Become like rose petals, blowing free!
*jiyuu wo mau bara no you ni*
**[01:19] ---**
Even if the two of us are torn apart...
*tatoe futari hanarebanare ni nattemo*
**[01:22] ---**
...I swear that I will change the world.
*watashi wa sekai wo kaeru*
**[01:27] ---**
**[01:32] ---**
Once upon a time, years and years ago...
**[01:35] ---**
...there was a little princess,
and she was very sad...
**[01:39] ---**
...for her mother and father had died.
**[01:44] ---**
Before the princess appeared
a traveling prince...
**[01:47] ---**
...riding upon a white horse.
**[01:50] ---**
He had a regal bearing and a kind smile.
**[01:53] ---**
The prince wrapped the princess
in a rose-scented embrace...
**[01:57] ---**
...and gently wiped the tears from her eyes.
**[02:01] ---**
"Little one," he said, "who bears
up alone in such deep sorrow."
**[02:05] ---**
"Never lose that strength or nobility,
even when you grow up."
**[02:09] ---**
"I give you this to remember this day."
**[02:11] ---**
"We'll meet again, won't we?"
**[02:14] ---**
"This ring will lead you to me, one day."
**[02:18] ---**
Perhaps the ring the prince gave
her was an engagement ring.
**[02:25] ---**
This was all well and good,
but so impressed was she by him...
**[02:30] ---**
...that the princess vowed to
become a prince herself one day.
**[02:34] ---**
But was that really such a good idea?
**[02:39] ---**
Tracing a Path
**[02:51] ---**
I wonder, I wonder,
do you know what I wonder?
**[02:55] ---**
That meddlesome hero has...
yet again... won another duel!
**[03:00] ---**
Might makes right!
**[03:02] ---**
Losers are smelly old fish!
**[03:04] ---**
And the winner walked away,
looking like a lily!
**[03:07] ---**
But, but, brave hero!
**[03:09] ---**
You may be called back to
the path of battle once more.
**[03:12] ---**
I wonder, I wonder,
do you know that I wonder?
**[03:17] ---**
If we don't crack the world's shell,
we will die without being born.
**[03:23] ---**
If we don't crack the world's shell,
we will die without being born.
**[03:28] ---**
If we don't crack the world's shell,
we will die without being born.
**[03:34] ---**
If we don't crack the world's shell,
we will die without being born.
**[03:40] ---**
If we don't crack the world's shell...
**[04:08] ---**
You still haven't awakened?
**[04:10] ---**
Is the egg's shell still unbroken?
**[04:18] ---**
Even the student council president failed.
**[04:20] ---**
That was her seventh trial so far.
**[04:23] ---**
She even managed to win
the duel named "self."
**[04:28] ---**
Did seeing her defend the Rose Bride,
even while wounded...
**[04:32] ---**
...make you remember something familiar?
**[04:38] ---**
Even the heart of the Rose Bride
was moved a bit, wasn't it?
**[04:42] ---**
I suppose seeing that has let
you begin to have hope for her.
**[04:47] ---**
No, that's not right.
**[04:50] ---**
That was in the first duel, "friendship."
**[04:54] ---**
Since that day she accidentally
fought the Kendo team captain...
**[05:00] ---**
...you've had hope for her.
**[05:06] ---**
You're the Kendo team captain, aren't you?
**[05:10] ---**
*When? Where? Who? Which?*
**[05:13] ---**
I want a duel with you today after school!
**[05:15] ---**
I want a duel with you today after school!
**[05:15] ---**
I want a duel with you today after school!
**[05:23] ---**
Grant me the power to
bring the world revolution!
**[05:27] ---**
*Flowing blood of caged memories.*
**[05:33] ---**
*The cradle of 1000 years of bliss.*
**[05:36] ---**
You're pretty good...
**[05:38] ---**
...for a girl!
**[05:39] ---**
**I am an actor, eternally metaphorical.**
**[05:40] ---**
So, trying to be the prince who
saves the damsel in distress?
**[05:45] ---**
Well...
**[05:48] ---**
* Just like the sphinx, phinx*
* of the winter desert.*
**[05:52] ---**
Wait a minute...
**[05:54] ---**
That trick sword... Is it real?!
**[06:00] ---**
*You know the winds of sadness...*
**[06:00] ---**
You challenge the Sword of Dios with
a useless wooden practice sword?
**[06:04] ---**
You challenge the Sword of Dios with
a useless wooden practice sword?
**[06:05] ---**
The Sword of Dios?
**[06:05] ---**
The Sword of Dios?
**[06:05] ---**
**...of the body in both birth and death.**
**[06:07] ---**
You don't know about the Sword of Dios...?
**[06:09] ---**
Who are you?
**[06:11] ---**
The prince on a white horse,
here to save her princess!
**[06:11] ---**
**The holy actor, eternally metaphorical.**
**[06:17] ---**
Little one, who bears up
alone in such deep sorrow.
**[06:20] ---**
Little one, who bears up
alone in such deep sorrow.
**[06:20] ---**
**The dark light that fell
into the abyss, marginal.**
**[06:21] ---**
Never lose that strength or nobility,
even when you grow up.
**[06:29] ---**
*Brightly burn!*
**[06:30] ---**
What?!
**[06:32] ---**
*Awaken and sing!*
**[06:33] ---**
Fool!
**[06:35] ---**
*Born into the world! Birth of a moment!*
**[06:40] ---**
*Over and over again!*
**[06:54] ---**
Impossible! I... I lost...?
**[07:03] ---**
Anthy!
**[07:05] ---**
Cheer up, Saionji...
**[07:08] ---**
...my schoolmate.
**[07:20] ---**
Man, this has been one truly weird day.
**[07:25] ---**
What was all that about?
**[07:28] ---**
Better to just forget about it.
**[07:34] ---**
You...
**[07:36] ---**
I've been waiting for you, Mistress Utena.
**[07:38] ---**
I am the Rose Bride.
**[07:40] ---**
From this day forward, I am your flower.
**[07:51] ---**
As you had hoped,
**[07:53] ---**
she became engaged to the Rose Bride...
**[07:56] ---**
...and began to walk the path of the Duelist.
**[07:59] ---**
And then came the second trial.
**[08:01] ---**
The duel named "choice."
**[08:08] ---**
It's a rose seal.
**[08:10] ---**
Whomever wears that ring
is marked as a Duelist.
**[08:14] ---**
So, now that you're the
current dueling champion,
**[08:18] ---**
the others who wear the rose seal...
**[08:21] ---**
...will come to challenge you to duels.
**[08:24] ---**
You've gotta be kidding!
**[08:26] ---**
I've no intention of fighting
these meaningless duels!
**[08:29] ---**
**[08:34] ---**
The absolute destiny apocalypse.
*zettai unmei mokushiroku*
**[08:37] ---**
The absolute destiny apocalypse.
*zettai unmei mokushiroku*
**[08:41] ---**
My own birth, absolute birth. Apocalypse.
*watashi no tanjou zettai tanjou mokushiroku*
**[08:51] ---**
A shining place in a desert of darkness.
*yami no sabaku ni sanba uba*
**[08:57] ---**
A gold-plated Shangri-La.
*kin no mekki no tougenkyou*
**[09:04] ---**
Day and night turning back on one another.
*hiru to yoru to ga gyaku mawari*
**[09:11] ---**
A time-plated Paradise Lost.
*toki no mekki no shitsu rakuen*
**[09:17] ---**
The darkness of Sodom, the darkness of light.
*sodomu no yami hikari no yami*
**[09:24] ---**
The darkness of distance, the endless darkness.
*kanata no yami hatenaki yami*
**[09:31] ---**
The absolute destiny apocalypse.
*zettai unmei mokushiroku*
**[09:35] ---**
The absolute destiny apocalyptic darkness.
*zettai unmei mokushiyami mokushiroku*
**[09:40] ---**
Mokushi kushimo shimoku
*kumoshi moshiku shikumo.*
**[10:08] ---**
*Celestial age. Prehistoric sea.*
**[10:10] ---**
Grant me the power to
bring the world revolution!
**[10:11] ---**
Grant me the power to
bring the world revolution!
**[10:11] ---**
*Erosion. Accumulation.*
**[10:14] ---**
*3 billion years. The birth of life.*
**[10:17] ---**
*The geological age.*
**[10:20] ---**
Didn't you say you weren't
going to fight any more duels?
**[10:20] ---**
Cambrian. Ordovician. Silurian. Devonian.
**[10:23] ---**
No choice. If I don't fight him,
I'll get kicked out of here.
**[10:27] ---**
*Stromatolite. Bacterium Collenia.*
**[10:31] ---**
I have you!
**[10:33] ---**
*Triassic, Jurrasic, Cretaceous!*
**[10:38] ---**
I admire your courage.
**[10:40] ---**
Well, I'll just purposely lose,
so there's no problem.
**[10:40] ---**
*Lycopodium. Selaginella.*
**[10:43] ---**
*Plueromeia.*
**[10:46] ---**
**Caytonia. Bennetite.**
**[10:46] ---**
It may be the Sword of Dios,
but it has no special power by itself.
**[10:49] ---**
**Ammonite.**
**[10:51] ---**
In the end, it must be
wielded by a great swordsman!
**[10:53] ---**
**Rose of the sea. Lily of the sea.**
**[10:55] ---**
I was careless yesterday,
**[10:56] ---**
**Apple of the sea. Bud of the sea.**
**[10:57] ---**
but now I'll show you my true power!
**[10:59] ---**
*Angel of the sea. Mirror of the sea.*
**[11:02] ---**
*Doorway of the sea. Shimmer of the sea.*
**[11:06] ---**
*Carboniferous, Permian, Paleozoic!*
**[11:12] ---**
*You in the sea. I in the sea.*
**[11:13] ---**
Both the sword and Anthy belong to me.
**[11:16] ---**
They are the glory intended
for Kyoichi Saionji!
**[11:18] ---**
*The paleozoic era within the body.*
**[11:19] ---**
*The paleozoic era within the body.*
**[11:21] ---**
Prepare yourself!
**[11:22] ---**
*Living on and on.*
**[11:25] ---**
*Closer and closer to death.*
**[11:28] ---**
*The endless cycle of the paleozoic.*
**[11:31] ---**
*Like a whale swims...*
**[11:35] ---**
*Like a dolphin swims...*
**[11:38] ---**
*Like a seal swims...*
**[11:41] ---**
*...I travel down into the depths of the sea.*
**[11:44] ---**
* Down through the history*
* in the depths of the sea.*
**[11:47] ---**
*At the bottom I can be myself.*
**[11:57] ---**
*Ammonite!*
**[12:09] ---**
Ever since that day,
the seal on your power...
**[12:12] ---**
The seal on the power
of Dios, began to break.
**[12:36] ---**
That girl was definitely of great interest.
**[12:39] ---**
Your power...
**[12:40] ---**
All of the power of Dios
might be revived with her.
**[12:45] ---**
The battles which followed
were all quite personal.
**[12:58] ---**
I could never match the
feeling of my sister's playing.
**[13:06] ---**
I have to get that music back.
**[13:12] ---**
*Theater. An extraordinary mind.*
**[13:18] ---**
*Collective phenomenon.*
**[13:20] ---**
And, for that, I need the
Bride, no matter what!
**[13:23] ---**
*Theater. An extraordinary person.*
**[13:29] ---**
*Idealized reality.*
**[13:30] ---**
I think being seated at the
piano suited you much more.
**[13:34] ---**
I think being seated at the
piano suited you much more.
**[13:34] ---**
*An operating table. A wrecked ship.*
**[13:40] ---**
*A pure play. The spira mirabilis.*
**[13:42] ---**
*Whirlpool. Spiral.*
**[13:45] ---**
*Continually changing, the spira mirabilis.*
**[13:50] ---**
*Scipio's dream...*
**[13:56] ---**
*Theater. Illusory mind.*
**[13:59] ---**
So, want to try and get me to play again?
**[14:01] ---**
*Immortal actions.*
**[14:07] ---**
*Theater. Illusory people.*
**[14:08] ---**
Unless you defend the
precious things you possess,
**[14:12] ---**
people will take them
away from you, Mickey.
**[14:12] ---**
*Immortal structure.*
**[14:18] ---**
*Ammonite. Alchemy.*
**[14:22] ---**
He's good!
**[14:23] ---**
*The sacred beetle. The spira mirabilis.*
**[14:26] ---**
*Die to be reborn, the spira mirabilis.*
**[14:34] ---**
*The marvelous spiral.*
**[14:40] ---**
*My, my, my, my...*
**[14:42] ---**
*My, my, my, my...*
**[14:45] ---**
*Neverending theater.*
**[14:45] ---**
En garde!
**[14:51] ---**
*The geometrical stage.*
**[14:55] ---**
I won't lose! She's counting on me!
**[14:56] ---**
I won't lose! She's counting on me!
**[14:56] ---**
**Life and the mystery of death.**
**[14:58] ---**
That's it, Mistress Utena! Get him!
**[15:00] ---**
That's it, Mistress Utena! Get him!
**[15:00] ---**
**Everything passing away.**
**[15:01] ---**
* Death and rebirth. Death and rebirth.*
* Death and rebirth. Death and rebirth.*
**[15:04] ---**
* Death and rebirth. Death and rebirth.*
* Death and rebirth. Death and rebirth.*
**[15:06] ---**
* Death and rebirth. Death and rebirth.*
* Death and rebirth.*
**[15:20] ---**
You could say that it wasn't the power...
**[15:22] ---**
...to bring revolution to
the world which caught them.
**[15:24] ---**
As they pursued the miracle,
the miracle took hold of them.
**[15:28] ---**
Throw away your rose seal! Your ring!
**[15:32] ---**
You make me sick!
**[15:34] ---**
That "nobility" of yours...
**[15:36] ---**
You have it because some guy you
like tricked you into having it!
**[15:46] ---**
*Universal light. Mosaic light.*
**[15:49] ---**
* Believe in miracles...*
* Lucifer, son of the dawn.*
**[15:51] ---**
*Lucifer, son of the dawn.*
**[15:52] ---**
*Apocalyptic light. Michael's light.*
**[15:55] ---**
...and they will know your feelings
**[15:55] ---**
*Androgynous, son of darkness.*
**[15:58] ---**
*Fiery light. Heavenly light.*
**[16:01] ---**
*The hierarchy of heaven.*
**[16:02] ---**
Are you all right, Prince?
**[16:03] ---**
We've barely even started.
**[16:04] ---**
**Illusory light. Eternal light.**
**[16:07] ---**
*Tricks of the mind. Capricious birth.*
**[16:10] ---**
*Nyx. Erebus. Uranus. Thanatos.*
**[16:18] ---**
Let's go around a little more.
**[16:19] ---**
**His body shining bright,
spherical in shape, Gynous.**
**[16:25] ---**
*Born into every possible miracle, Gynous.*
**[16:31] ---**
* The pleasure principle.*
* The Nirvana principle.*
**[16:37] ---**
*The certainty of death, namely light.*
**[16:40] ---**
Poor girl. You're already exhausted.
**[16:43] ---**
But I absolutely won't let up on you.
**[16:43] ---**
**Without having lived,**
**[16:47] ---**
*the moving phenomenon of life.*
**[16:47] ---**
Isn't your miracle going to happen, Prince?!
**[16:56] ---**
*In the universe of the mind...*
**[16:59] ---**
*...the drifting shape of the living.*
**[17:00] ---**
She's fast!
**[17:03] ---**
That's why I took him from you.
**[17:06] ---**
And I have no regrets about it.
**[17:08] ---**
*Light, temporary existence.*
**[17:08] ---**
You must hate me for what I've done.
**[17:10] ---**
*Seeking eternity, namely the folly...*
**[17:12] ---**
*...of returning to the beginning.*
**[17:14] ---**
It was you who told me
to believe in miracles.
**[17:17] ---**
*The two sexes, the two
poles, there are two of me.**
**[17:19] ---**
But...
**[17:20] ---**
But...
**[17:20] ---**
*Up, down, left, right, there are two of me.*
**[17:23] ---**
There are no such things as miracles!!!
**[17:23] ---**
**Front, back, heaven, earth, two of me.**
**[17:26] ---**
*Angel, devil, there are two of me.*
**[17:29] ---**
*And inside I'm hollow. Inside I'm hollow.*
**[17:31] ---**
*Inside I'm hollow. Inside I'm hollow.*
**[17:31] ---**
It's over.
**[17:48] ---**
Yes... The young always aim
for the end of the world...
**[17:53] ---**
It's your fault my brother got hurt!
**[17:58] ---**
Your fault!
**[18:01] ---**
Your fault!
**[18:03] ---**
*The origin of the Earth. A stage setting.*
**[18:07] ---**
*Laplace's nebula. A spectator's theory.*
**[18:09] ---**
Don't underestimate me!
**[18:10] ---**
* Illusion of immutability.*
* A riddle-solving clock.*
**[18:14] ---**
*The baby carriage at the end of immortality.*
**[18:17] ---**
*Myself, eternal.*
**[18:19] ---**
Nanami, show us your power as one who
has been chosen by End of the World.
**[18:24] ---**
*Strangers, eternal.*
**[18:31] ---**
*Two relationships. Two births.*
**[18:34] ---**
* That mysterious scale,*
* the human constellation.*
**[18:38] ---**
My brother has always been the
most important thing in my life!
**[18:42] ---**
It's your fault my brother got hurt!
**[18:50] ---**
It's your fault.
**[18:52] ---**
You came between Big Brother and me.
**[18:58] ---**
It's your fault.
**[19:00] ---**
It's your fault.
**[19:03] ---**
It's your fault.
**[19:06] ---**
It's your fault.
**[19:08] ---**
It's your fault.
**[19:12] ---**
*Time is hypothetical, illusory.*
**[19:12] ---**
YOUR FAULT!!!
**[19:15] ---**
*The stage setting we create...*
**[19:17] ---**
*...the moment we are born.*
**[19:19] ---**
*Destiny, choices, the theory of goodbyes.*
**[19:22] ---**
*You and I are the Milky Way.*
**[19:26] ---**
*We have no past, no future, only now.*
**[19:29] ---**
*All alone in the cosmic theater.*
**[19:32] ---**
*That's me! Wait!*
**[19:34] ---**
*My last evolution, revolution, everlution!*
**[19:48] ---**
Friendship.
**[19:49] ---**
Choice.
**[19:51] ---**
Reason.
**[19:52] ---**
Love.
**[19:53] ---**
Adoration.
**[19:54] ---**
Conviction.
**[19:55] ---**
And finally, self.
**[19:58] ---**
But though she's cleared seven
duels, she's still a Duelist.
**[20:03] ---**
Could she be the person
we've been hoping for?
**[20:10] ---**
If she keeps going, there's a chance...
**[20:12] ---**
...she will reach the
duel named "revolution."
**[20:16] ---**
The day you will be completely
released may be near.
**[20:21] ---**
Don't glare at me like that.
**[20:24] ---**
When we finally reach the day
we've waited and hoped for...
**[20:27] ---**
...we will both profit equally from it.
**[20:32] ---**
But, a new stage is about to begin.
**[20:38] ---**
How will she fight in the battles to come?
**[20:49] ---**
Whoa! Hey! Cut it out, Chu-Chu!
**[20:51] ---**
I'm home, Mistress Utena, Chu-Chu.
**[20:53] ---**
Welcome back. Where were you?
**[20:59] ---**
Mistress Utena.
**[21:02] ---**
The clouds are moving so quickly.
**[21:07] ---**
Mistress Utena!
**[21:08] ---**
Ow, ow, ow...
**[21:09] ---**
Can I help?
**[21:38] ---**
Absolute Destiny Apocalypse
**[21:42] ---**
Missing truth and forever,
kissing love and true your heart.
**[21:47] ---**
Hold me tight with your arms so true.
*dakishimete honto no te de*
**[21:51] ---**
The key to unlock tomorrow is reality.
*ashita wo hiraku kagi wa reality*
**[21:54] ---**
I want to keep on smashing lies apart.
*uso wo kowashi tsuzuketai*
**[22:07] ---**
No matter how much the two of us may talk...
*kore ijou hanashi wo shitemo*
**[22:10] ---**
...you still just can't see anything.
*anata ni wa mienai*
**[22:14] ---**
Excuses are fitting for adults who...
*mukashi no hanashi ni sugaru*
**[22:18] ---**
...just cling to old stories.
*otona ni wa ii wake ga niau*
**[22:23] ---**
The angels who weren't chosen...
*erabarenai tenshitachi ni*
**[22:27] ---**
...don't need wings to fly!
*hane saemo iranai*
**[22:32] ---**
Missing truth and forever,
kissing love and true your heart.
**[22:36] ---**
I like who I'll be tomorrow and...
*ashita no jibun ga suki to*
**[22:40] ---**
...I'll believe in myself because I want to believe.
*shinjiteiru no shinjitai kara*
**[22:44] ---**
I want to be hated by lies.
*uso ni kirawareteitai*
**[22:56] ---**
*Next Episode*
**[22:59] ---**
Mistress Utena, let me introduce
you to my big brother.
**[23:01] ---**
Huh? You have a brother?
**[23:03] ---**
He doesn't know about me being
the Rose Bride or the Duelist's Code.
**[23:08] ---**
Please, Mistress Utena, don't
tell him anything about it.
**[23:12] ---**
I don't want to cause him any trouble.
**[23:15] ---**
But it looks like some
suspicious characters...
**[23:17] ---**
...are after your brother's fiancée.
**[23:19] ---**
Next time, on Revolutionary Girl Utena,
***SIGN*** The Boys of the Black Rose
**[23:22] ---**
"The Boys of the Black Rose."
**[23:23] ---**
**[23:23] ---**
The absolute destiny apocalypse.