The cast of Utena MST's Evangelion Episode 23 WARNING: Spoilers for Utena TV series, and (of course) Evangelion. Background: When I saw Anthy take off her glasses at the end of Utena 39 and leave them on Akio's desk, it reminded me of the scene in Eva where Rei breaks Gendou's glasses, that she has treasured, and that seem to represent her absolute obedience to him. This is a pivotal incident, that represents the moment of Rei's first rebellion against Gendou, that is fulfilled in EoE. Anthy is, of course, doing much the same thing, vis a vis Akio. Someone on the ML asked a while back why Anthy did this, and my first thought was that Anthy is an anime fan, as many kids in Japan are, and saw that episode of Eva. Well, why not? We know she watches the shopping channels. Why not anime? When I was younger I went to a boarding school, although it was rather different from Ohtori. There was only one television set that was accessible to students, and on Star Trek nights about twenty students would gather around a TV set in a darkened classroom to watch. Only an ancient black and white set, with a bent coat hanger for an antenna, but it didn't matter, Star Trek was important to us. It was the only TV show any of us had an interest in. Perhaps the kids of Ohtori watched Eva the same way? Let's find out... [Note: because this is intended as humor, I have taken considerable liberties with continuity and 'the fourth wall'.] Scene: Utena's and Anthy's room. Anthy's little portable TV has been set up on a table. Most of the cast is seated around the room on chairs, pillows on the floor, and the bunkbeds. Most of the lights are out, and the room is very dim. Everyone cheers as the first strains of 'Evil Angel's Thesis' begin to play. _TV: Like an angel that has no sense of mercy, _TV: Rise young boy to the heavens like a legend _TV: [Circular pan of Shinji] Namami: What I want to know is, why aren't the boys on these shows nearly as cute as they are in real life? It's like, there are none of them half as cute as Touga. Shiori: You don't like Kaji? Namami: Maybe if he grew his hair longer. _TV: Cold winds, as blue as the sea. _TV: Opens the door to your heart, I see Saionji: You know, I have never heard of a blue wind. Kozue: Well, I never heard of green hair, until I met you! _TV: But unknowing you seem, just staring at me, _TV: Stand there smiling serenely _TV: Desperate for something to touch _TV: A moment of kindness like that in a dream _TV: [Silhouettes of Asuka and Rei float by Shinji] Miki: Those silhouettes of a naked Rei and Asuka kind of remind me of Utena and Anthy on spinning roses in the opening credits. Juri: You're imagining Utena and Anthy naked? Miki: (blushes furiously) Um...ah... By the way, Utena, where is Anthy? I was hoping she make us some shaved ice with syrup. Utena: Dunno. I hope she doesn't miss the show, she's a big fan. _TV: Your innocent eyes, have yet no idea _TV: of the path your destiny will follow _TV: [Silhouette of naked Misato seated] Kozue: I think I've seen that silhouette of Misato on a thousand trucker's mudflaps. Men! _TV: But someday you'll become aware of _TV: Everything that you've got behind you _TV: Your wings are for seeking out a new _TV: Future that only you can search for _TV: The cruel angel's thesis bleeds through a portal _TV: like your pulsing blood _TV: If you should betray the chapel of your memories Utena: [...] Wakaba: Utena, are you okay? _TV: Cruel angel's thesis enters _TV: Through the window of your soul _TV: [Rapid montage of images from the show] Touga: Aaarrrgghhh! The images are flashing too fast! I'm going to have a Pokemon seizure! Namami: Oniisama! Touga: Just kidding. Wakaba: Who's that cute guy whose picture flashes by for just a split second? We haven't seen him in the show yet. Utena: No clue. Shiori: Touga, please take your hand off my thigh. [entire cast sings the final lines with the TV:] _TV: So, boy, stand tall and embrace the fire of the legend _TV: Embracing the universe like a blazing star! _TV: [Misato's apartment with dirty takeout containers and beer cans] A-ko: Clean-up on Aisle 3! Clean-up on Aisle 3! B-ko: [with broom] Zhooom! Zhooom! Utena: You know, I'm really glad that you three are just shadows on the wall, because this room is really pretty crowded, and we wouldn't have enough seats for you. _TV: [Kaji on telephone answering machine:] Katsuragi, it's me. You've probably listening to this after I caused you a lot of trouble. I'm sorry. Mikage: It's okay, she made up for it by killing you. Think nothing of it. _TV: [Kaji] Please tell Ritsuko I'm sorry, too. There's one more thing I'd like to bother you with. Shiori: Damn, you're a high-maintenance boyfriend even after you're dead! _TV: [Kaji] There are some melons I was raising. I'd be happy if you'd take care of them. Shinji knows where they are. Juri: Yeah, and he knows where Rei's and Asuka's melons are, too. He's good with melons, that one. _TV: [Kaji] Katsuragi, the truth is with you. Go for it. If I ever see you again, I'll say the words I didn't eight years ago. Utena: "I'm sorry I keep leaving the toilet seat up!" Saionji: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!" Wakaba: "Ich bin ein Berliner!" _TV: [Kaji] Bye. _TV: [Misato] Another phone that will never ring. Touga: Speaking of which, my cell phone has been missing for a while. Anyone seen it? Namami: No. Mari: Touga, please take your hand off my thigh. Saionji: Ever notice that there's a skateboard beside Misato's desk? But you never see her on it. Akio [in the doorway]: Nice car in the poster, though. [Several people] Akio! Akio! Utena: And Himemiya! You're late, Eva's started already! Where were you? Anthy: [...] _TV: [Shinji outside Misato's room, reading sign: 'I'm on duty, sorry, but leave me alone'] _TV: [Shinji] Misato is shutting herself up. _TV: [Shinji outside Asuka's room, reading sign: 'Authorized personnel only. If you enter without permission you will die. Entry forbidden!'] _TV: [PenPen] Bawk. _TV: [Shinji] Asuka's not coming back, is she? Nanami: You're expecting an answer from a penguin? _TV: [Asuka's hands on SEGA game controller] Suzuki, Yamada, Tanaka: Product placement! _TV: [Hikari looking at Asuka] She doesn't go to school, doesn't go home, she does nothing but play video games. Miki: Look at that widescreen TV's she's got! Say, Akio, I've been meaning to ask, does your planetarium have a VGA jack? If it does, we could hook up a PC and play Quake deathmatch on it. That would rock! _TV: [Asuka] Hikari? _TV: [Hikari] What is it? _TV: [Asuka] I want to go to bed. Ruka: Oh, yeah, deliver those roses, baby! Juri: Kiss her, you fool! Shiori: Ask her what she's making for lunch tomorrow! _TV: [Hikari] Nn. _TV: [Hikari and Asuka in a double bed] Utena: Hm, this is rather...intimate. Anthy: [...] Tokiko: Akio, please take your hand off my thigh. _TV: [Asuka] I'm sorry. I'm causing you a lot of trouble. _TV: [Hikari] No, not at all. _TV: [Asuka] I lost. Mikage: Deeper. _TV: [Asuka] Now, it's not worth living. I hate this. I hate everything. Mikage: Deeper. _TV: [Asuka] Most of all, I hate myself. I don't find value in my life any more. Mikage: I understand. I suppose you have no choice but to revolutionize the world. The way before you has been prepared. _TV: [Hikari] I think, you can choose to do anything you want, and I wouldn't say anything. You did your best, Asuka. _TV: [Asuka cries] Saionji: This show is really getting depressing. Anyone else want to see if Wowow is doing Urusei Yatsura reruns? Utena: Oh, Saionji, you are so *mean*. Poor Asuka. _TV: [Exterior shot of the GeoFront] _TV: [Ritsuko's office. An ashtray brimming with lipstick-stained cigarette butts] Touga and Saionji: [singing] And I'm doooowwwwn...to my laaaaast...cigareeeeeette. _TV: [Shot of coffeepot] Touga and Saionji: [singing] Black cooooffeeee... love the hand-me-down blues.... Touga: Man, this is just like a k.d.lang album. Saionji: I think k.d. would fit in very well at Ohtori. _TV: [Ritsuko on the phone] So, you haven't seen her? Yes, I think so too. The cat has come to the end of her life. Don't cry, grandma. Yes, I'll come home as soon as I can. It's been three years since I visited mom's grave. I'll call you. Well, I'll talk to you later. [Hangs up phone] So, that cat died. _TV: [Black and white ceramic cats on Ritsuko's desk] Keiko: It's Luna! Yuuko: And Artemis! _TV: [Episode title: Tear] _TV: [Lance of Longinus in lunar orbit] _TV: [Seele] Now it's impossible to recover the Lance of Longinus. _TV: [Seele] Why did you use it? _TV: [Seele] Are you aware that we do not have enough of the Eva series yet? _TV: [Gendou in the middle of the Seele 'Sound Only' megaliths] Kozue: Next on the History Channel: The Mystery of Stonehenge. Miki: Next on TBS: The Mystery of Low Cell Count Animation. Akio: I think Gainax's budget is beginning to suck badly. Anthy: But we're almost to the end. I'm sure they've budgeted some extra money for spectacular visuals in the last episode or two. Aiko: Touga, please take your hand off my thigh. _TV: [Gendou] Destroying Angels is our top priority. This is the fact we have to face. _TV: [Seele] Is that it? You should come up with a better excuse. Suzuki: "The dog ate my Dead Sea Scrolls!" Tanaka: "At that time, Senator, I was out of the loop!" Yamada: "I did not have sex with that woman!" _TV: [Seele] You're disrespectful of the Committee these days. Shiori: Yeah, don't dis your homies, Gendou. _TV: [Phone rings, Gendou answers] _TV: [Gendou] Fuyutsuki, we're in the middle of deliberations. I understand. [Hangs up phone] There is an Angel approaching. Let us adjourn for now. _TV: [Seele] Your seat will be waiting for you. _TV: [Seele] Will Ikari betray Seele? Ruka: Do wild pandas shit in the bamboo forest? We're talking about *Gendou*. Grab a ticket on the clue train, dudes. _TV: [Misato in car, on phone] I'll be there in 5 minutes. Sortie Unit 00 through the 32nd. Deploy Unit 02 as backup. Yes, the commander will direct Unit 01. I don't have the authority to release it. Later. _TV: [Angel hovering over mountain] _TV: [Misato] The angel is sighted. _TV: [Unit 00 launches] _TV: [Maya] Unit 00 launched. Deploying to interception point. _TV: [Makoto] Hold Unit 02 at its current location. _TV: [Gendou] No, launch it. _TV: [Makoto} Commander! _TV: [Gendou] Go ahead. It can be used as a decoy. _TV: [Makoto] Yes, sir. _TV: [Staff] Eva Unit 02, preparing to launch. _TV: [Interior of Unit 02] _TV: [Asuka] I'm in this thing again. How irresolute I am. Utena: Not as irresolute as some other people I can think of. *cough*Shinji*cough*. Kozue: *cough*Kyousuke*cough* Shiori: *cough*Tenchi*cough* Juri: *cough*Ataru*cough* Wakaba: I get *so* tired of all these wussy shounen heros! All the women together: Nn! Touga: *cough*Miaka*cough Saionji: *cough*Usagi*cough Miki: *cough*Nanako*cough* All the women together: Urusei! _TV: [Misato] Send Unit 02 to Gate 8. As soon as a location is designated, we'll launch. _TV: [Asuka] I'm just a dead weight for you, right? Touga: But I've never seen dead weight look better in a plug suit, babe. Keiko: Touga, please take your hand off my... hm, wait a minute, let me rethink that... _TV: [Staff] Target is approaching and has passed through the Gora final intercept line _TV: [Asuka] Whatever, doesn't matter. _TV: [Double helical angel] _TV: [Unit 00 with palette gun] _TV: [Staff] Target is rotating in the air over Gwakidari. _TV: [Central Dogma] _TV: [Staff] Target's AT field is active. _TV: [Misato rushes in] _TV: [Ritsuko] What were you doing? A-Ko: Killing Kaji. Why? B-Ko: Going through Kubler-Ross's Seven Stages of Grieving. Why? C-Ko: Cruising for a new boyfriend in my sportscar. Why? Keiko and Touga [in one of the dimmer corners] Oooh...mmmmm...yes, yes...ahhhhh...please...there...ummmmm... _TV: [Misato] I'm sorry. Status report! _TV: [Shigeru] We're at a stalemate. _TV: [Makoto] The pattern is periodically changing from blue to orange. _TV: [Misato] What does that mean? _TV: [Maya] The Magi are still working on an answer. Akio: Hey, it says 'Intel Inside'! There's your problem right there. _TV: [Shigeru] There is insufficient information for them to derive an answer. Akio: Nah, it's just the FDIV bug. _TV: [Ritsuko] The only thing we're sure of is that this shape is not its only form. Namami: It also sometimes looks like Janet Reno, but not as sexy. Hey, anyone seen Touga? _TV: [Misato] We'll have to wait and see. _TV: [Interior of Unit 00] _TV: [Misato] Rei, you have to stay ready. _TV: [Rei] No, it's coming. All: Ewwwww! _TV: [Angel attacks Rei] _TV: [Misato] Rei, fight back! _TV: [Makoto] No, it's too late. Saionji: Hey, the fight's just started. Awfully soon to be giving up. Utena: I have a very bad feeling about this. Anthy: Kozue, please take your hand off my thigh. _TV: [Unit 00 fights with angel] _TV: [Central Dogma] _TV: [Shigeru] Target has made physical contact with Unit 00! _TV: [Misato] What about Unit 00's AT field? _TV: [Maya] It's active, but it's being eroded. _TV: [Ritsuko] Is the Angel trying to make first contact with Unit 00? _TV: [Unit 00 and Angel fight] _TV: [Interior of Unit 00: Angel tendrils grow into Rei's body] Wakaba: Oooh, that's creepy! Ick! I can't watch! _TV: [Central Dogma] _TV: [Maya] This is deadly! Unit 00's biological parts are corroding. _TV: [Interior of Unit 00. Rei blushes] Nanami: You know, I really don't understand that blush. It's like, what's happening to her is sexual, or romantic, or something. Gross. Anthy: Akio? Akio: I just like this sequence. Anthy: Please take your...oh, never mind. It's okay. _TV: [Misato] Eva Unit 02 launch! Back Rei up and save her! _TV: [Unit 02 launches] _TV: [Interior of Unit 00. Angel continues to invade Rei's body] Miki: You know, the way the Angel tendrils are indenting her breast is sort of the way tentacles indent breasts in tentacle porn. In fact, this whole sequence is sort of like that. That's kind of creepy. Like Anno's borrowing the visual language of tentacle porn. Kozue: And how you do know what tentacle porn looks like? Miki: (blushing) Uh, I once came across some accidentally while using a search engine... um, I mean... _TV: [Ritsuko] This could be fatal. The biological components are already more than 5% fused. _TV: [Unit 02 appears on the surface] _TV: [Misato] Asuka, advance 300 meters, spread your AT field to maximum, and fire the palette gun into the target's rear. Ruko: Huh-huh, she said 'rear'! Tatsuya: Man, that's gotta sting. Utena: How disgusting! _TV: [Misato] You got it? Eva Unit 02, lift off! _TV: [Unit 02 doesn't move] _TV: [Misato] Go ahead! Asuka, what are you doing? Status! _TV: [Maya] It's no good, synchro ratio is under 10. _TV: [Misato] Asuka... _TV: [Interior of Unit 02. Asuka is sobbing] _TV: [Asuka] It won't go. It just won't go. Touga: I told you, you should have bought the extended warranty. Nanami: Oniisama! Where were you? Touga: [...] _TV: [Misato] She'll just be destroyed. Retrieve! Hurry! _TV: [Interior of Unit 00, Rei being invaded by Angel] _TV: [Darkness] _TV: [Rei] Who is this? _TV: [Angel-Rei] This is you. _TV: [Rei] Myself, in Eva? Utena: No, yourself in a surreal introspective interior dialog, copyright 1995, Gainax Shop. One of many. Get used to it. _TV: [Rei] No, I can sense someone other than myself. _TV: [Rei] Who are you? Angel? A man whom we call Angel? _TV: [Angel-Rei in LCL] _TV: [Angel-Rei] Why don't we become as one? Entire cast: Creepy! Ick! No, don't! (and similar comments) Shiori: This is awfully sudden. Shouldn't the Angel at least buy her a drink first, or something? Akio and Anthy under the bed: Ahhhhh...ooooooh....ummmmm, yes...oooooo...please... Utena: Himemiya? Now where did she get to again? _TV: [Rei] No, I am me. I am not you. Entire cast: Yay! You tell 'em, Rei! Kick that angel's butt! (and similar comments) _TV: [Angel-Rei] Okay, but it's too late. _TV: [Rei is further invaded by the Angel] _TV: [Angel-Rei] Let me share my heart with you. Let me share this feeling with you. Juri: [...] _TV: [Rei continues to be invaded by the Angel] _TV: [Angel-Rei] Doesn't that hurt? Doesn't your heart hurt? _TV: [Rei] Pain? No, no pain. Loneliness? Yes, I'm lonely. _TV: [Angel-Rei] Loneliness? I don't understand it. You don't want to be by yourself, correct? We are many, but you are alone. You hate it, don't you? _TV: [Rei] That is loneliness. _TV: [Angel-Rei] That is your soul. That is your soul filled with sorrow. Wakaba: Oh, I can't stand it, this is so sad! [clings to Utena and sobs into her shoulder] Utena: There, there, it's just a show, so sit back and relax. Where *did* Himemiya get to? _TV: [A tear falls into a pool] Utena: [...] _TV: [Rei cries, her tears falling onto the knees of her plug suit] _TV: [Rei] Is this a tear? Am I the one who is crying? _TV: [Exterior shot, Unit 00 fights with the Angel] _TV: [Central Dogma. Elegiac music starts to play] _TV: [Misato] Rei! Utena: I have a very, very bad feeling about this. I don't *like* it when they start to play slow music in a minor key. Aaarrrggghhh! Touga: It's just a show... Utena: I know, but... and please take your hand off my thigh. _TV: [Gendou] Remove the restraints from Unit 01 and sortie it immediately. Saionji: And why the hell didn't you do that ten minutes ago, you pathological control freak! Miki [aside to Juri] And Saionji, of all people, should know about pathological control freaks. _TV: [Misato] Yes. _TV: [Gendou] Sortie it. _TV: [Unit 01 launches] _TV: [Interior of Unit 02] _TV: [Asuka] Am I so worthless to you? You didn't do this for me. _TV: [Unit 01 reaches the surface] _TV: [Misato] Spread your AT field. Rescue Rei immediately. _TV: [Shinji] Yes. _TV: [Rei] Ikari-kun! _TV: [Angel sends a loop of itself out to attack Unit 01] _TV: [Rei] Does my soul want to become one with Ikari? Juri: Well, he's kind of a wuss, but it beats dating an Angel, if it comes to that. Utena: Hush, I think this is very touching. _TV: [Unit 01's palette gun is destroyed] _TV: [Rei] No! _TV: [Central Dogma] _TV: [Maya] AT field has been reversed! It will be eroded immediately! _TV: [Ritsuko] Is she going to hold the angel? _TV: [Misato] Rei! Abandon Unit 00! Evacuate! _TV: [Rei] No, I can't do it. I must stay to keep the AT field in effect. Therefore, I won't retreat. _TV: [Rei pulls the lever] _TV: [Misato] (whispers) Rei, are you going to kill yourself? Utena: Oh, no... _TV: [Maya] The core will be destroyed! Critical pressure exceeded! _TV: [Rei sees Gendou's face for a second before Unit 00 explodes] Shiori: Ack! Imagine that jerk being the last thing you see! Entire cast: (cries of astonishment and horror) I don't believe it! They killed off a major cast member! Oh, no! I liked Rei! (and similar comments) _TV: [Central Dogma] _TV: [Staff] The target is destroyed. _TV: [Misato] This operation is officially over. Go to First Stage Alert. _TV: [Staff] Roger. Changing status to yellow immediately. _TV: [Misato] What is Unit 00's status? Mamiya: It's dead, Jim. Tokiko: It has joined the bleedin' choir invisible. Mikage: Weather report: Aluminum rain in the Tokyo III area. _TV: [Maya] The entry plug was not ejected. _TV: [Misato] Retrieve the pilot as soon as possible. Touga: Scrape the pilot off the landscape as soon as possible. _TV: [Ritsuko] If she's still alive. _TV: [Misato snarls at Ritsuko] [Evangelion logo, then commercials for Pocky, Cow Brand milk, and so forth start.] [Utena turns up the lights. Anthy comes in from the kitchenette with shaved ice and syrup.] Utena: Oh, that's where you were! Anthy: [...] Miki: Ah, blueberry, my favorite. Oh, Himemiya, this is soooo good! Kozue: Blueberry here too, please. Touga: The raspberry, if your would. Ummmmm. Saionji: Lime, if you please. Juri: Orange, as usual. Nanami: Lemon! ...Ah, so nice. Utena: I just love the watermelon flavor... Mikage So do I. [Slurping sounds for a while as everyone chows down on the shaved ice.] _TV: [Commercials end. Eva logo and 'Rei III' title] Utena: We got movie sign! [Turns down lights again.] Wakaba: Rei III! New, improved, with extra brighteners! _TV: [Lake] _TV: [Haz-Mat crew with broken entry plug] _TV: [Crew member] Dr. Akagi... _TV: [Ritsuko] Keep this top secret. Retrieve the plug and destroy all the parts. Kozue: No, no, let's have a proper wake, where everyone gets drunk, stays up all night, sings Irish songs, and sits on the coffin. _TV: {Crew member] Roger. Let's go! Hurry up! _TV: [Fast montage of 3rd Angel, 4th Angel, etc.] Juri: Damn, it's another compilation episode! Akio: Gainax's budget is *really* starting to suck badly. _TV: [Seele voice overs] We have destroyed the 16th Angel _TV: [Seele voice overs] Now there is only one left according to Seele's Dead Sea Scrolls Mikage: Only in the TV version of the Dead Sea Scrolls. In the manga there are 20 or 30 more. _TV: [Seele voice overs] The promised day is near. _TV: [Seele voice overs] The way has been long and our losses are significant. Mamiya: 23 episodes isn't that long. Take Sazae-san. Please. Utena: Losing Rei was definitely uncool, though. _TV: ['Sound Only' monoliths] _TV: [Seele] Right, we lost the Lance of Longinus, now we've lost Unit 00. _TV: [Seele] This is sufficient to remove Ikari. _TV: [Seele] I thought he'd be smart enough to understand our intentions in releasing Fuyutsuki. _TV: [Seele] We have to find another pawn to use against Ikari. _TV: [Seele] One who knows the facts. _TV: [Close-up of Ritsuko's black and white cat figurines] Yuuko: Artemis! Keiko: Luna! Aiko: Of course, they helped out the Sailor Scouts, they're perfect to help out Seele! They know everything! _TV: [Ritsuko at the PC. She brings up on the screen a photograph of Gendou, her mother, and a younger version of herself, with dark hair.] Shiori: L'Oreal, because I'm worth it. Juri: Damn, I always suspected she was a dye job. I mean, a blonde with a name like Akagi Ritsuko? Kozue: Do you think she dyes it...down there? Touga: Do you think we're ever going to find out in a TV show? Wakaba: Touga, please take your hand off my thigh. _TV: [Shinji's tape player] _TV: [Shinji seated on bed] _TV: [Misato] Shinji-kun, can I come in? _TV: [Misato sits on the bed beside Shinji] _TV: [Shinji] Misato-san, I don't have any tears. I feel sadness, but the tears won't come. _TV: [Misato] Shinji-kun. This is all I can do for you right now. [Misato trys to take Shinji's hand] Wakaba: Waaa! What's this? Is she hitting on him? Utena: I think she's just trying to comfort him. _TV: [Shinji] No, don't! [Jerks his hand away] Cut it out, Misato! _TV: [Misato] I'm sorry. _TV: [Misato, outside room] I'm sure he's feeling lonely. Is he afraid of women? No. He's just afraid of affection in general. _TV: [Misato] Pen-Pen! Come here! Wakaba: Aaaaahhh! I can't stand this! Now she's hitting on a penguin! Utena: This show definitely pushes the envelope, doesn't it. Chuchu: Chuuuuu! _TV: [Pen-Pen] Awwwk. [Rolls over, away from Misato] _TV: [Misato] Okay. I just want anybody. I'm the one who's lonely. Touga: Whack! Another drive-by clueing! _TV: [Misato slumped over her desk. Phone rings.] _TV: [Misato] Hello. _TV: [Misato] What?! Shinji! Miki: Shinji, come hear about this exciting offer to change our long-distance service! _TV: [Hospital. Rei at the window.] Kozue: And now -- back to 'General Hospital'. Utena: Wait, that can't be Rei? _TV: [Shinji] Ayanami! Utena: It *is* Rei... _TV: [Shinji] I'm glad you're alive, Ayanami. My dad isn't here? ...Thank you for saving my life. _TV: [Rei] What? _TV: [Shinji] Well, you sacrificed Unit 00 to save me. _TV: [Rei] So, did I save you? _TV: [Shinji] Don't you remember? _TV: [Rei] No, because I don't know the facts. Probably because I'm the third one. Entire cast: Wow! Too much! Damn! So the first Rei was the one Naoko killed? (and similar comments) Utena: This is really wierd... _TV: [Rei's apartment] _TV: [Rei holds Gendou's glasses in her hands and twists them, cracking the plastic] Anthy: [...] Utena: Himemiya? _TV: [Rei begins to cry, and tears fall onto the glasses] Utena: Himemiya? What is it? _TV: [Rei] Is this a tear? I'm seeing this for the first time, but it feels familiar. Am I crying? Why am I crying? [Anthy bursts into frenzied sobbing. Utena trys to comfort her, as Anthy pounds on Utena's chest with her fists.] Anthy: [through sobs]...why does she...that bastard, that bastard...using her love to exploit her...Rei... [Akio puts a hand on Anthy's shoulder, but she flinches away. Utena enfolds Anthy in her arms, and Anthy sobs quietly on her shoulder for the next few minutes. She then regains her composure and dries her eyes, but remains in Utena's arms for the remainder of the show.] _TV: [Gendou's office] _TV: [Gendou] That's right. Status quo for the First Child. No restrictions are necessary. This applies to the Second and Third as well. Just watch them. Saionji: And you can take the ball and chain off the Fourth Child's prosthetic leg, too. _TV: [Fuyutsuki] But the fact that Rei is alive could cause trouble with Chairman Keel. _TV: [Gendou] I have given an alternative to Seele's old men. Don't worry about it. _TV: [Ritsuko, naked among the 'Sound Only' monoliths] Juri: "Casual Friday's" are one thing, but this is ridiculous. _TV: [Seele] We'd like to carry this out calmly. We do not want to disgrace you. Wakaba: Yeah, that's why you have her butt naked in public! _TV: [Ritsuko] I feel no disgrace. Kozue: It's okay, she worked her way through college as a stripper. Akio: Touga, I really like that new uniform you're wearing tonight. The fabric is very fine, you can feel the subtle texture of the flesh beneath it. Touga: [...] _TV: [Seele] What a strong woman. I can see why Ikari wants to keep her next to him. _TV: [Seele] However, the one who sent you here is none other than Ikari himself. _TV: [Seele] He refused to let us question the pilot of Unit 00 and sent you as a substitution, Dr. Akagi. _TV: [Ritsuko][thinking] I'm Rei's substitute, am I? Suzuki: Hey, what was that? She's naked but all we see are her shoulders? Tanaka: What a rip! Yamada: It's like fan service without the service! _TV: [Misato's apartment] _TV: [Kaji's voice] This is a part of the truth you wanted to know. I sent you the same thing 36 different ways, but most of these probably can't reach you. Miki: The ad in the 'Personals: Women Seeking Unshaven Double Agents' section of the Mainichi Shimbun probably wasn't a very good idea. Saionji: The marriachi serenade band from Argentina couldn't read lyrics in kanji. Utena: The sky-writer got drunk and never showed up. Kozue: And the 'Kaji loves Misato! Marry me!' billboard was taken down for a zoning violation. _TV: [Kaji's voice] I suspect only this copy will reach you. _TV: [Close-up of opened capsule] Wakaba: Ewww! Is that what he put in her, her thing, when he was making love to her? Utena: Too easy to just hand her a note across the breakfast table, I guess. _TV: [Kaji's voice] This is my everything. Do with it as you will. The pass code is our first memory. Bye, take care. _TV: [Misato holding chip] _TV: [Misato] I have quite worrying about the phone that will never ring...because I have accepted your heart. Entire cast: Awwwwwwww... Akio and Touga in one of the dimmer corners: Aaaaaah...oooooohh...please, now.....ummmmmmm...yes.... _TV: [Close-up of capsule and handgun] Shiori: She's sure not acting like she killed him, is she. Kozue: Nn. Maybe we have to re-think that idea. _TV: [Ritsuko on escalator] _TV: [Close-up of Ritsuko] Shiori: I think if you look very closely, you can see dark roots. _TV: [Seele voiceover] Are you sure about releasing Dr. Akagi? Mikage: I didn't get enough screen captures of her naked yet! _TV: [Seele voiceover] She isn't like Fuyutsuki. It will be beneficial to release her. _TV: [Seele voiceover] A woman of importance to the Eva Project, let her be of use to us for a while. _TV: [Seele voiceover] Correct, for the future of mankind. All: For the revolution of the world! _TV: ['Sound Only' monoliths] _TV: [Seele] There were to be 8 Evangelions constructed. _TV: [Seele] So, there are 4 more to go. _TV: [Seele] The disappearance of Tokyo-3 is a good reason to proceed quickly with the project. Saionji: Yes, losing a major city is usually a sign you're doing something wrong. _TV: [Seele] The promised day shall arrive on the day the Eva series is complete. _TV: [Misato's apartment. Shinji answers the phone] Yes, hello. A-ko: No, I don't want another Visa card! _TV: [Ritsuko voice-over] Listen, I've released your restraint. You can come out now. _TV: [Shinji] Ritsuko? Wakaba: Olly, Olly, all the outs in free! Shiori: Land shark! _TV: [Terminal Dogma] _TV: [Ritsuko swipes her passcard, gets an error bleep] _TV: [Misato] It's no good without my password. _TV: [Misato's gun in Ritsuko's back] _TV: [Ritsuko] I see. Did Kaji do this? _TV: [Misato] I will see the secret with my own eyes. _TV: [Ritsuko] Okay, but with him, too. [Points to Shinji in the shadows] _TV: [Misato] Okay. _TV: [Double-helical elevator] Miki: You know, the GeoFront won a bunch of design awards when it was first built. The way form follows function wow'ed the critics. Really apre-postmodern, fashion-forward, edgy architecture. _TV: [Sign: Artificial Evolution Laboratory] _TV: [Pan around Rei's room] _TV: [Shinji] This is just like Ayanami's room. _TV: [Ritsuko] This IS Rei Ayanami's room. It's where she grew up. _TV: [Shinji] It is? _TV: [Ritsuko] Yes. She was born here. The light and water that define the depths of her mind came from impressions of this place. Utena: Oh, very cool. Light and water... Kozue: Why does she spraypaint the names of quarks on her wall? Miki: Hey, I would have too, if our parents hadn't objected. Doesn't everyone? Kozue: No. _TV: [Misato] Dr. Akagi, I didn't come here just to see this. A-ko: I came here to eat Pocky... B-Ko: ...and kick ass... C-Ko: ...and I'm all out of Pocky! _TV: [Ritsuko] I know, Misato. _TV: [Eva graveyard] _TV: [Shinji, staring at huge skeleton] An Eva? _TV: [Ritsuko] The very first one. Nanami: A good example of why you should never buy release 1.0 of anything. By the way, where's Touga got to again? _TV: [Ritsuko] But it was a failure. It was discarded 10 years ago. _TV: [Shinji] An Eva graveyard... _TV: [Ritsuko] It's just a trashcan. This is also where your mother disappeared. C-Ko: A case of dumpster-diving gone horribly, horribly wrong. _TV: [Ritsuko] You may not remember it...but you were watching when your mother disappeared. Utena: WTF is she trying to do to him?! _TV: [Shinji gasps] _TV: [Misato] Ritsuko! _TV: [Pipes] _TV: [Shinji] Is this the source of the dummy plug? _TV: [Ritsuko] Let me show you the truth. Touga: You can't handle the truth! Nanami: Oniisama! Where were you? And you're all mussed up! And there's mayonnaise all over your face! Touga: [...] _TV: [Tank of Rei's floating in LCL] _TV: [Shinji] Rei Ayanami? _TV: [Misato] Impossible! Eva's dummy plug is... _TV: [Ritsuko] Right, this is the production facility for the core of the dummy plug. _TV: [Misato] This is...? _TV: [Ritsuko] These are all dummies. Wakaba: You know, she keeps using the word 'dummy', and it's so un-PC. Maybe the 'intellectually-challenged' plug. _TV: [Ritsuko] They are also replacements pats for Rei. Man found God, and they tried to pick him up. Shiori: Hey, sailor, new in town? Kozue: Is that a burning bush in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me? Tokiko: What's a nice god like you doing in a place like this? _TV: [Ritsuko] For that man was punished. Wakaba: In the name of the Moon, I will punish you! _TV: [Ritsuko] That happened 15 years ago, and the god they found disappeared. Miki: Even though we put his picture on every milk carton in Japan. _TV: [Ritsuko] Then man tried to resurrect God with his own hands and that's how Adam was created. From Adam, man created what resembles God, Himself. That is Eva! Utena: Is it me, or is this just not hanging together? _TV: [Shinji] So...are they human? _TV: [Ritsuko] Yes, they are human. We put supposedly mindless souls into Eva. All the souls were salvaged souls. Saionji: So *that's* who was buying from all those people auctioning their souls on eBay! Touga: I hope they were low mileage souls, and still under manufacturer's warranty. _TV: [Ritsuko] Rei is the only container that can hold the souls. The souls are born only in Rei. The room of Guaf is empty. Entire cast: The what? Huh? What did she say? _TV: [Ritsuko] These are merely empty containers. They have no souls. So I want to destroy them because I hate them. _TV: [Ritsuko pushes button and the dummy plug Rei's are dismembered and body parts float through the LCL] Touga: Rei soup! Shiori: Cool! Wakaba: I'm going to be sick! [Anthy huddles closer to Utena] _TV: [Misato, leveling her handgun at Ritsuko] Do you know what you're doing? _TV: [Ritsuko] Yes, I do. I'm destroying them. Mikage: Deeper. _TV: [Ritsuko] They are not men. They are things with human form. Mikage: Deeper. _TV: [Ritsuko] But I lost to these dolls! I couldn't win him! I could stand any humiliation for him! I don't care how wretched I became! Mikage: I understand. I suppose you have no choice but to revolutionize the world. The way before you has been prepared. _TV: [Ritsuko] But...he had chosen... He chose. I knew this, but... I'm an idiot! Utena: No argument here. _TV: [Ritsuko] Both the mother and daughter are idiots! Touga: Man, I want whatever Gendou's got. He's sleeping with half the babes in this show. Akio: [...] _TV: [Ritsuko] Kill me if you want to. I'd rather die. _TV: [Misato, lowering her gun] That will not release you from agony. [Anthy quietly begins to sob again] _TV: [Ritsuko collapses to the floor] _TV: [Misato][thinking] The tragedy of the Eva Project is its people. But I am one of them, too. _TV: [ending credits] All: Whew! This show is getting intense! Sugoi! (and similar comments) _TV: [Preview of the next episode; image of Kaoru] Wakaba: Hey, there's that cute boy who's got that subliminal shot in the opening credits! Cool, he's in the next episode! _TV: [Misato/announcer voice-over] The city is gone, his friends have left, and a boy smiles at the heartbroken Shinji. The boy's casual, embracing smile enchants Shinji. Saionji: I don't think I like the way this is headed. Kozue: Hey, sounds like a little yaoi action to me. Bring it on! Wakaba: You think he's gay? Darn, all the cute ones are gay... _TV: [Misato/announcer voice-over] However, their cruel destiny had been preordained. Kozue: Oh, no, doesn't sound good. _TV: [Misato/announcer voice-over] Next episode: The last Angel. Touga: What happened to her 'I promise you service! Service!'? This show is getting grim. Utena: [turns up the lights] Okay, everyone, party's over! Stack your shaved ice dishes in the sink, please! It was fun, as always. Let's do it again next week! [Everyone says their goodbyes. Utena and Anthy clean up, study for an hour or so, then prepare for bed. After turning off the lights, they are silent for a few minutes. Their hands meet.] Utena: Nee, Himemiya... Anthy: Utena-sama? Utena: You were pretty upset there. About Rei, I mean. Anthy: [...] Utena: Do you think she loves Gendou? Anthy: 'Love' is a funny thing. Sometimes it seems as fragile as spun glass, ready to shatter at a wrong word. Sometimes it is as durable as stone. Sometimes it can last long after the purpose for it has passed, and it becomes a prison, rather than a blessing, and the lover longs for release from it. Utena: Um, that's pretty deep. Deeper than I was really going... I don't understand why you were so upset about Rei? It's just a show... Anthy: [...] Utena: ...well, then do you think Gendou loves Rei? Anthy: I think so. After a fashion. Utena: Hmm. Anthy: It's one of the things I hate about him. Utena: Himemiya! Anthy: Hm? Utena: I don't think I've ever heard you say you hated anyone before. Ever. Anthy: Utena-sama, it's just a show. Utena: Oh. Okay... Anthy: Utena-sama, I-- Utena: Yes? Anthy: ...Nothing. [end]