History Characters / RevolutionaryGirlUtenaTheBlackRoseDuelists

* DisturbedDoves: When she [[spoiler:loses her Black Rose duel]].

** More blatant in the 20th anniversary manga. Wherein Kozue is openly attracted to her brother, going so far as to try kissing him in his sleep (she was rejected), and actually kissing him when she came to him in the middle of the night, claiming that her husband had abused and potentially sexually assaulted her, claiming she was in love with another man. It was to the point that, after the second mentioned rejection by her brother, she went into a state of catatonia.

%%* AllLoveIsUnrequited: With Saionji.

[[folder:Souji Mikage]]
!!Souji Mikage

* ZettaiRyouiki: In TheMovie, where her school uniform has more lacy ruffles and she wears stockings which the rest of the girl students lack.

Miki's twin sister, a sexual and in her words "impure" girl who has a complicated and unhealthy relationship with Miki. She refuses to let him become romantically involved with anyone, but intentionally tries to get with everyone in order to aggrevate him.

* AmbiguouslyBi: In episode 26, she flirts with Anthy while the two of them are in the car. This ends up making Miki lose his focus while he's dueling Utena for the second time.

* DoggedNiceGuy: To [[spoiler:Wakaba.]] [[spoiler:Upon hearing him confess, Mikage rejects him for the Black Duels and sends him home.]] And immediately afterwards, [[spoiler:he uses said knowledge to put Wakaba as the next Black Duelist in line. Tatsuya is essentially a representation of all the so-called "Nice Guys" of the world who complain about things like getting "Friendzoned," and thus there's no way Mikage can use him because his issues don't go against the way the world is like with the other Duelists.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:During the elevator confession, he assumes that Wakaba will always come back to him regardless if her "prince" really does just use her like he thinks he will, saying in a really creepy way "love will always win in the end."]]

* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:He's a self-centered creep who believes he's entitled to have Wakaba under the assumption he's the only guy who will treat her right and that after the guy she wants (Saionji) uses and abuses her she'll come back to him. As such, he's rejected by Mikage and not suited to be a Black Rose Duelist because he's openly conforming to the misogynistic way society favors boys like him, and thus has no potential to bring revolution.]]
* NiceGuy: [[spoiler:A theory says that, unlike others, Tatsuya wants a healthy relationship with Wakaba instead of forcing her into be with him, and that's why Mikage said that he's truly a nice person. Others believe he is a "Nice Guy" in the sense he is typical of the type of men who exist in the world and already benefit from the way society treats women, whereas all the other Duelists were told they had to "Revolutionize the world" in the sense they must destroy the world as is to get what they want.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Despite being married to who she says is a gentle and kind man, it's implied that, besides visiting Mamiya's tomb, she went to Ohtori to "pay a visit" to Akio.]]

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: She serves as a slight example of deconstructing the MuggleBestFriend character like Naru from ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. That is, Wakaba is driven by a desire to be special like Utena and Saionji and knows they have something she doesn't. [[spoiler: So when she finally acquires that special something through Saionji living with her, she begins to enjoy her new status until she realizes it's not permanent. Her happiness turns to rage and, when she becomes one of Mikage's duelist, she doesn't hesitate to try and ''kill'' Anthy and almost murders Utena while screaming about what it's like to get trampled on by the actual special people of the world.]]

* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Wakaba believes the only way she counts as a special person is by keeping Saionji in her room, since he now relies on her. She doesn't realize how important she is overall to the narrative of the story, acting as a rare MuggleBestFriend who isn't phased out of the story once the main character becomes associated with the other main characters, nor does she recognize how many people besides Utena already liked her. When Wakaba becomes a duelist, she is the ''only one'' Utena won't draw the Sword of Dios on and slashes Wakaba's rose using her own strength without ever letting Wakaba fall, something she never does with any of the others. She's the only Black Rose duelist to remain as a supporting character throughout the show without being regarded as a complete SatelliteCharacter, her storyline receives a proper conclusion by the last episode, and in the movie she proves pivotal in helping Utena and Anthy escape from Ohtori.]]

* ContraltoOfDanger: [[spoiler:As a Black Rose Duelist; her sweet and soft voice becomes virulent and gruff.]]

* PrincessClassic: Kanae fits the initial archetype well, being beautiful, elegant, charming, gentle, and seemingly endlessly pleasant. However, it's deconstructed when [[spoiler:her elevator confession shows that she can't handle her darker emotions (like her deep dislike of Anthy), which causes her to be manipulated by Mikage into becoming a Black Rose Duelist. In addition, like many helpless princesses in fiction, Kanae has little power or control over her own life, and is little more than a manipulated pawn for Akio; it's even implied late in the series that he ''kills'' her once she's no longer useful to him.]]

* RealityWarper: The reason for his continued existence. Unfortunately for him, Akio and Anthy are also {{Reality Warper}}s.

* PrincessClassic: Kanae serves as a [[deconstruction DeconstructedTrope]] of this: she fits the initial archetype well, being beautiful, elegant, charming, gentle, and seemingly endlessly pleasant. However, [[spoiler:her elevator confession shows that she can't handle her darker emotions (like her deep dislike of Anthy), which causes her to be manipulated by Mikage into becoming a Black Rose Duelist. In addition, like many helpless princesses in fiction, Kanae has little power or control over her own life, and is little more than a manipulated pawn for Akio; it's even implied late in the series that he ''kills'' her once she's no longer useful to him.]]

* BiTheWay: Kisses Anthy in the middle of Miki's second duel and goes on a date with Chigusa in the Sega Saturn game, though it seems to be more about pissing off Miki.

* PaintingTheMedium: During her Black Rose CharacterFilibuster episode, a variation on the theme music associated with the main characters plays, but strained and in a lower key, implying that even though she is doing better than usual, she is still [[TheBeautifulElite not up to par with the more "meaningful" characters she admires]].

* TheNondescript: Taken to new heights when the audience realizes that Utena doesn't even know her ''name'' until after she duels her and Anthy mentions it to her. The other two members of her GirlPosse have similar names as she does also.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Cruelly subverted. During her Black Rose CharacterFilibuster episode, a variation on the theme music associated with the main characters plays, but strained and in a lower key, implying that even though she is doing better than usual, she is still [[TheBeautifulElite not up to par with the more "meaningful" characters she admires]].

* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:Wakaba believes the only way she counts as a special person is by keeping Saionji in her room, since he now relies on her. She doesn't realize how important she is overall to the narrative of the story, acting as a rare MuggleBestFriend who isn't phased out of the story once the main character becomes associated with the other main characters, nor does she recognize how many people besides Utena already liked her. When Wakaba becomes a duelist, she is the ''only one'' Utena won't draw the Sword of Dios on and slashes Wakaba's rose using her own strength without ever letting Wakaba fall, something she never does with any of the others. She's the only Black Rose duelist to remain as a supporting character throughout the show without being regarded as a complete SatelliteCharacter, her storyline receives a proper conclusion by the last episode, and in the movie she proves pivotal in helping Utena and Anthy escape from Ohtori.]]

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Poor girl is madly in love with a guy who is openly abusive to women. Due to missing the {{Aesop}} of her storyline in the Black Rose arc, it's implied that [[FridgeHorror she will continue with similar romantic obsessions in the future]].

* EvilAllAlong: Subverted. [[spoiler: Her confession in the elevator reveals she's secretly hated Juri since they were kids, out of jealousy and a sense that Juri only pitied her. She also reveals she purposefully tried to steal that boy when she believed Juri loved him for the sake of hurting her. And once she finds out Juri loves her, she gets pleasure out of knowing how miserable Juri is and wonders where she can take it from there. What stops Shiori from going full on evil is that, deep down, she's really not happy with this situation at ''all'' and wonders why things have to be this way. Mostly because she realizes her biggest problem is that she knows what she's doing is wrong, but is too weak to avoid the temptation.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:During the elevator confession, he assumes that Wakaba will always come back to him regardless if her "prince" really does just use her like he thinks he will, saying in a really creepy way "love will always win in the end".]]
* DoggedNiceGuy: To [[spoiler:Wakaba.]] [[spoiler:Upon hearing him confess, Mikage rejects him for the Black Duels and sends him home.]] And immediately afterwards, [[spoiler:he uses said knowledge to put Wakaba as the next Black Duelist in line.]]

* NiceGuy: [[spoiler:A theory says that, unlike others, Tatsuya wants a healthy relationship with Wakaba instead of forcing her into be with him, and that's why Mikage said that he's truly a nice person.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: How he creates Black Rose duelists.

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Deconstructed like whoa. Kanae is implied to fit the true princess archetype in this series, being very kind-hearted and sweet... but also very passive and lacking any control over her own future. This is ''not'' portrayed as a good thing.