Revolutionary Girl Utena
39 Episodes
23 min
SPRING 1997
FINISHED
★ 8.2
Synopsis
Just after Utena's parents died she was consoled by a prince who gave her a ring with a rose crest on it. Utena was so impressed by the Prince that she vowed to become one herself one day. A few years later Utena is attending Ohtori Academy where she gives all the teachers headaches because she dresses in a boys uniform so she can be like the prince she met long ago. After Utena's friend is insulted by a member of the Student Council, Utena fights in a duel for her friends honor. Utena's rose crest allows her to enter the dueling arena where Utena wins the duel and becomes engaged to the Rose Bride. Unknowingly, Utena is pulled into a series of duels with other members of the Student Council for the possession of the Rose Bride. As she becomes fond of Anthy, the Rose Bride, she must fight to keep her friend safe and to discover the horrifying secret behind Ohtori Academy.
Episodes
39 / 39 Episodes
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Episode 1
The Rose Bride
Utena Tenjou is a schoolgirl in the eighth grade of Ohtori Academy. She has the strange memory that, when she was very young, she met a mysterious "prince" and was given a ring with a rose signet. One day, Utena finds guys are making fun of a love letter somebody posted, and she finds it was written by her best friend, Wakaba, for the captain of Kendo Club, Saionji. For the sake of her best friend, Utena challenges Saionji to a duel. Then, Saionji tells her to come to the forest of the Duel Arena.
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Episode 2
For Whom the Rose Smiles
Winning the duel with Saionji, Utena is now the Victor of the Duel and is to be "engaged" to the Rose Bride, who is Anthy. Next day, Utena and Anthy start living together in a dorm. Saionji, who is actually really in love, asks Anthy to get back on good terms with him, but Anthy refuses. Then, he challenges Utena to a rematch. Feeling the whole thing is just crazy, Utena decides to lose the Duel on purpose.
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Episode 3
On the Night of the Ball
Utena unintentionally unleashed the Power of Dios in the last Duel with Saionji, which attracted Touga's interest in her. Touga sends Utena a dress for the upcoming ball. On the other hand, Touga's sister, Nanami, thinks her brother likes Anthy, and in a fit of jealousy, she sends Anthy a water-dissolvable dress.
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Episode 4
The Sunlit Garden: Prelude
Utena and Miki are about to begin a duel. The rest of the episode and the following one are flashback to show what has caused this duel. Miki often plays a particular tune on the piano. He says he cannot truely play the tune as he wishes because he has lost a "glow". Nanami thinks that Miki likes Anthy, and from jealousy, she tries to tease and razz her. Taking advantage of that, Miki makes a good friend of Anthy, and then Utena. Finding Anthy and Utena got poor grades in the previous math exam, Miki offers to tutor them. However, Nanami won't leave them alone.
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Episode 5
The Sunlit Garden: Finale
In the tune Anthy just casually played, Miki found a "glow" that he had been seeking. He has a twin sister, Kozue, who used to play a tune with a "glow". However, she does not play the piano anymore because (he thinks) of his fault. Miki wishes to protect Anthy's "glow" in her tune; however Anthy tells him that, because she is the Rose Bride, by the Rose Signet Code, she must obey the Victor of the Duel, or Utena at the moment. She even says that, if Utena told her not to play the piano anymore, she would not. Since he thinks it is his own fault that he lost Kozue's "glow" in the past, not to lose a "glow" again, Miki challenges Utena to a duel and tries to set Anthy free and protect her with his own hands
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Episode 6
Take Care, Miss Nanami!
Lately, someone has been trying to take Nanami's life. Overhearing a conversation between Anthy and her brother Touga, Nanami misunderstands that Touga is the one who is trying to kill her. After that, someone saves Nanami out of a danger and she falls in love with him, who turns out to be a young boy. Nanami asks him to be her boyfriend, but she does not seem to know the difference between a lover and a henchman.
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Episode 7
Unfulfilled Juri
Juri believes there are no miracles. In the past, she secretly loved someone, but she couldn't win the person's heart. She thinks if there were miracles, she could have achieved her love. One day, Juri talks with Utena, and she gets enraged by Utena's words that she believes in miracles for the destiny between her "prince" and herself. Juri challenges Utena to a duel and tells her to show that there are miracles by defeating Juri by a miracle.
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Episode 8
Curried High Trip
Somehow, Anthy's curry and rice explodes and that shock switches Utena and Anthy's personalities. Now Utena is feminine while Anthy is tomboyish. The cause of the incident seems to be Nanami's practical joke, trying to mix in the curry the "100X Curry, an Indian Specialty Hot Enough to Make You Breathe Fire". which has mistakenly been replaced with the "Super Spicy 900 Billion X Curry, So Hot It Will Blast You to Smithereens and Make Phantom Elephants Trumpet Loudly". Scolded by her brother, Nanami flies to India to obtain more of the same spice.
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Episode 9
The Castle Said to Hold Eternity
In the Kendo Dojo, Saionji and Touga are fighting a Kendo duel. Touga defeats Saionji by a narrow margin. Utena hears from Saionji that they has fought hundreds of duels in the last ten years. Saionji also tells Utena that he wants to win the duels and take Anthy to the midair castle above the Arena. A memory crosses his mind about that raining day when he was a young boy... One day, he receives a letter from the Ends of the World, in which they say the castle will fall down to the Arena today. On the other hand, Utena gets a phone call from someone and he says Anthy is being kidnapped at the Forest of the Arena.
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Episode 10
Nanami's Precious One
Taking the Rose Bride to the Arena without a duel besides inflicting a wound to Touga, Saionji is now expelled from school. Nanami blames Utena for Touga's wound. Utena apologizes, but Nanami doesn't forgive her. A memory crosses her mind that she gave a kitten to Touga as a birthday present when they were very young, and later, from jealousy she killed the kitten. At Touga's birthday party, Utena brings a bunch of flowers to express her gratitude. But Nanami is very upset. Touga suggests them fighting a duel on the Arena by the code of the
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Episode 11
Gracefully Cruel: The One Who Picks That Flower
Having observed the last five duels, Touga is now positive that he has completed collecting sufficient data to defeat Utena. Touga has been implying to Utena that he is the prince she has been looking for. One day, in the rose garden, Touga shows Utena that he is her prince in concrete terms. However, he challenges Utena to a duel. Believing that Anthy wants to quit being the Rose Bride, become an ordinary girl, and make many friends, Utena decides to beat her prince for Anthy's sake.
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Episode 12
For Friendship, Perhaps
Utena was defeated. But the real shock for her was not the fact that she was defeated, but the fact that from Touga's explanation, she learned that Anthy was just playing the role of the bride around Utena, which means Anthy pretended she wanted to quite the bride, become an ordinary girl, and make many friends, *because* Utena, or the Victor of the Duel, so wished. Utena now loses herself. Wakaba, although she knows nothing about what's going on with Utena, she tries to cheer her up. Gradually, Utena gets back to herself. Utena goes to the rose garden to see Touga. Touga thinks she's come to accept his date offer. However, she challenges him to a duel.
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Episode 13
Tracing a Path
In this episode, we review episodes 1 through 12 with Ohtori Akio's monologue (In the next episode, we will learn he is Anthy's brother). When he appears in the Arena, the midair castle falls down. Akio talks to Dios sleeping in the castle. He calls each of Utena's duels as follows: 1. friendship (amitie); 2. choice (choix); 3. reason (raison); 4. love (amour); 5. adoration (adoration); 6. conviction (conviction); 7. self (soi). Akio says Utena might be the one they (Akio and Dios?) have been looking for. At this rate, she could reach to the duel called "revolution" and Dios could be released.
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Episode 14
The Boys of the Black Rose
Utena is introduced to Anthy`s older brother, Akio, who also happens to be the acting chairman for the school.
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Episode 15
The Landscape Framed by Kozue
Kozue’s feelings for her brother remain most ambiguous... but the Black Rose society knows all.
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Episode 16
Cowbell of Happiness
Nanami`s just received a priceless piece of jewelry; a Sebastian Dior… cow bell.
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Episode 17
Thorns of Death
As Jury tries her best to ignore Shiori, Mikage`s seminar beckons to her.
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Episode 18
Mitsuru's Growing Pains
Mitsuru yearns to be more like an adult, but isn`t even sure what that entails. Again, Mikage`s seminar can provide the answers.
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Episode 19
The Song of the Fallen Kingdom
When Wakaba was a child, she had a prince she`d held close in her heart. Well now, her prince has arrived at Ohtori.
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Episode 20
Wakaba Flourishing
Saionji has been shacking up with Wakaba. As she spends time with him, she starts to feel a change within herself.
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Episode 21
Troublesome Insects
Keiko`s always been content with being a member of Nanami`s gang, but her desires for Touga still precede her.
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Episode 22
Nemuro Memorial Hall
As Mikage`s down to his last black rose, he stakes his last hopes on allying with Utena.
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Episode 23
Qualifications of a Duelist
As the student council searches for answers as to who`s behind the Black Rose Duelists, Utena is already poised to fight.
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Episode 24
The Secret Nanami Diary
After a mishap puts Mitsuru in the hospital, Utena, Anthy and Nanami stumble upon a diary he`s kept.
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Episode 25
Their Eternal Apocalypse
Saionji vows to quit the dueling game. However, Touga and Akio have other plans for him.
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Episode 26
Miki's Nest Box (The Sunlit Garden: Arranged)
Miki is once again pushed to duel. This time, his sister is the one doing the pushing.
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Episode 27
Nanami's Egg
Nanami is startled to find an egg in her bed. Unsure as to whether or not it`s possible that she`s the mother, she assumes the role.
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Episode 28
Whispers in the Dark
Rukia returns. But as to whether he`s back to enjoy life as a student or push Jury`s buttons, it remains to be determined.
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Episode 29
Azure Paler Than the Sky
Rukia seeks to ally himself with Jury. However, Jury`s hatred for him has only grown during the time he`s been back.
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Episode 30
The Barefoot Girl
As Utena has gotten to know Akio, she`s started to realize that she has feelings for him.
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Episode 31
Her Tragedy
Nanami`s growing irritation is put into a strange context when she uncovers a horrifying revelation regarding their relationship.
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Episode 32
The Romance of the Dancing Girls
Nanami does all she can to avoid Touga. However, her feelings for him betray her and force her to face the truth, instead.
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Episode 33
The Prince Who Runs Through the Night
Anthy sends Utena on an errand to deliver roses, but little does she realize that Anthy`s plan is also Akio`s plot.
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Episode 34
The Rose Signet
Utena, Anthy, and Akio all go to see a play being put on by the school`s drama club.
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Episode 35
The Love That Blossomed in Wintertime
As Akio grows close to Utena, Touga begins to question as to how this will affect the outcome of the duels.
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Episode 36
And the Doors of Night Open
Touga`s resolved to duel with Utena one more time.
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Episode 37
The One to Revolutionize the World
Utena has uncovered the truth behind Anthy and Akio and her disgust for them both has brought her to forsake everything she`s fought for.
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Episode 38
The End of the World
Utena has decided to follow the letter`s instructions and proceeds to the dueling arena to meet her prince.
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Episode 39
Someday, We Will Shine Together
Utena`s once again betrayed by Anthy. Akio attempts to open the doors of revolution.
Characters
Utena Tenjou
Main
Anthy Himemiya
Main
Akio Ootori
Supporting
Chuchu
Supporting
Miki Kaoru
Supporting
Juri Arisugawa
Supporting
Comments
Information
Aired
Apr 01, 1997
to Dec 23, 1997
to Dec 23, 1997
Season
SPRING 1997
Source
Unknown
Format
Unknown
Genres
Drama
Fantasy
Mystery
Psychological
Romance
Studios
J.C.STAFF
Statistics
Score
★ 8.2
Popularity
#64640
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