Les petites choses brillantes

he also mentioned something i had not heard; he said the show's english title is not terribly accurate to the intent of the creators, but a poor translation problem on their part. he said a better translation is Utena: Girls' Revolution.

i get chills thinking about this distinction. he elaborated that the title wasn't referring to utena tenjou herself, or at least not Just to utena; nor any singular character for that matter. there's no Revolutionary Girl. its about the revolution of and for and by girls. and "utena"...the Support.

a little quote from Enokido Youji's rgu script notes i was reading today (you can read the rest of them here):

Boto

Again      this evening      ancient      rain       Is singing      the same      ancient      song In persistent      drumming      incessant      drumming      Verlaine’s      hulking form      suddenly      appears, Making      its way      between      the sheds.

But I found the whole poem in French

Pluie dans la nuit – image de Verlaine –

La pluie ce soir encore entonne sa chanson, Sa chanson monotone. Lalala, lalala, toujours la même chanson. Et voilà la carcasse de Verlaine Qui passe dans la ruelle au milieu des entrepôts.

Dans la ruelle des entrepôts, c’est l’éclair de la cape, L’ironie radine de la tourbe. Mais au bout de la ruelle, Au bout de la ruelle, l’espoir luit faiblement … Qu’y a-t-il d’autre que cet espoir ?

A quoi bon toutes ces voitures ? A quoi bon toutes ces lumières ? Yeux globuleux, et vitreux, des lampes des cafés ! Au loin la chimie chante.

And of course I got the reference, why does the rain make him think about Verlaine? Because it's the theme of one of his best known poems.

Il pleure dans mon cœur (Paul Verlaine)

Il pleure dans mon cœur Comme il pleut sur la ville; Quelle est cette langueur Qui pénètre mon cœur? Ô bruit doux de la pluie Par terre et sur les toits! Pour un cœur qui s’ennuie Ô le bruit de la pluie! Il pleure sans raison Dans ce cœur qui s’écœure. Quoi! nulle trahison? … Ce deuil est sans raison. C’est bien la pire peine De ne savoir pourquoi Sans amour et sans haine, Mon cœur a tant de peine.

You can have an English translation too.

Tears fall in my heart English translation © Richard Stokes

The main criminal from Yokohama and his meow meow

(on the phone screen:

He was washing dishes when a delegation came to inform him he had been chosen to become cardinal but refused to talk with them before he had finished his job. To him menial work was far more holy and important than glitter and power and he even told the delegation to hang the cardinal robes on a tree outside while he continued washing dishes.