History Fanfic / SeinenKakumeiUtena

** AbuseMistake: Nanami accuses [[spoiler: her and Touga's real birth parents Kenzan and Chiemi Takakura]] of being this, understandably having the impression that they [[spoiler: sold them to the Kiryuus to get rid of their debts.]] However, this issue is swiftly cleared up when it is explained that [[spoiler: the Takakuras were actually coerced into giving them up by loan sharks after they threatened to kill Nanami.]]

* SetRightWhatOnceWasWrong: [[spoiler:Dios' ultimate goal is to cause a Fate Transfer that would retcon Anthy's murder of the Princess of the Crystal, and therefore he wouldn't had lost control of his Fate Steed.]]

* CosmicRetcon: [[spoiler:Akio's ultimate goal is to cause a Fate Transfer that would retcon Anthy's murder of the Princess of the Crystal, and therefore he wouldn't had lost control of his Fate Steed.]]

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: [[spoiler:Tokiko is Eriko's cousin, and thus Momoka and Ringo's aunt; it would also make Mamiya their uncle. Mamiya was Mrs. Ohtori's childhood sweetheart, but she was arranged to the future Mr. Ohtori and gave birth to Kanae, but also was involved with his friend, Mr. Kaoru, and thus is mother to Miki and Kozue. She also met Sanetoshi, who also was in Ohtori academy during Mikage and Tokiko's research, and he was involved in the Kiga terrorist train attack that killed Momoka and, turns out, Utena's parents. Utena thinks she met Touga and Saionji at her parents' funeral but they saw her some time before it, and Touga since then became obsessed with her. Touga and Nanami are revealed to be Shouma Takekura's true biological siblings, and thus their real parents are related to the attack as well. And of course, all of these connections were possible thanks to Akio and Anthy's schemes.]]

* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: [[spoiler:Utena becomes an androgynous, NoBiologicalSex being during the fight at the World's Egg stadium.]]

** [[spoiler:The Princess of the Crystal and Ruka have this dynamic.]]

* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAnbiguous: [[spoiler:Utena becomes an androgynous, NoBiologicalSex being during the fight at the World's Egg stadium.]]

* LadyAndKnight: Subverted by Anthy and Utena, as their relationship after the reunion has their turbulent moments throughout the entire story.

* TragicHero: Utena, Anthy, Ruka, Saionji can all be argued.

* AscendedFridgeHorror: Story takes many Fridge Horror elements existing in the Utena and Penguindrum canons and takes them all {{Up to Eleven}}.

* AdultFear: Most of the Utena cast gets plagued by that. Plays a large role in Utena, Touga and Saionji's {{Character Development}}.

* TragicHero: Utena, Anthy, Ruka, Saionji can all be argued.
* YaoiGuys: Mikage and Mamiya, [[spoiler: Mr. Ohtori and Mr. Kaoru back in their youth]], Touga and Saionji.

[-''“The Revolution succeeded; it crumbled afterwards only because those whose lives got revolutionized did not follow up on the revolutionary success,” said the Bride, her words setting their closed hearts aflame. “This time, will you help us help you?”''-]

The story begins ten years after Utena’s revolution, with the former Duelists now young adults struggling through the day-by-day in the real world. They soon get their humdrum lives disrupted by Anthy, who shows up to draw them into this war she is now waging against Akio. Turns out that Anthy has found Utena some time ago, and they have allied themselves with Tokiko and the graduated Mikage. Utena has been left physically and emotionally scarred by events stemming from the final duel; Akio’s power, which Anthy intends to seize, may be the only way to mend the damage. This proves an utmost dangerous undertaking, as Akio has grown a lot more powerful throughout the past decade. Also on Anthy’s side are two otherworldly, penguin-keeping boys who have seemingly forgotten about their past: a past that might connect Ohtori to a notorious terrorist group responsible for attacking the Tokyo Subway sixteen years ago.

* AdultFear: Most of the Utena cast gets plagued by that. Plays a large role in Utena, Touga and Saionji’s {{Character Development}}.

* AndIMustScream: Mamiya, who[[spoiler: first got imprisoned inside Anthy’s heart/psyche during the Black Rose timeline, and later Mrs. Ohtori’s]].
* AntiHero: Utena, both when [[spoiler:still-infested by the Swords of Hate]], and when [[spoiler:he later finds out Anthy had a hand in her parents’ death.]] Anthy, who is as loyal towards Utena as she is manipulative towards everyone, is also this throughout much of the story.

* BigBad: Akio, who now turns up the evil factor by[[spoiler: being the backer of Kiga (see Penguindrum)]]. He was also the [[spoiler:mastermind behind the 95 Kiga Subway Attack, which also killed Utena's parents]]. Since years ago, he has been[[spoiler: operating various broilers (including Penguindrum’s Child Broiler) all around Japan. These broilers continuously burn vast sums of unsuspecting people into fuel (think the hundred burned assistants at Nemuro Hall) to power Akio’s magic all across the country. The result is that much of the population gets degenerated into soul-lacking, will-lacking “invisible people” (the gender symbol people seen in Penguindrum)]]. He also has Kanae [[spoiler:take the Swords of Hate for him when Anthy and co sent the Million that got drawn out of Utena back at him]]. The most brutal thing he does is perhaps[[spoiler: his setting up a battle between his crazed pawn Keiko and Anthy, forcing Anthy to kill the woman and become a criminal in the eyes of the media]]. His latest grand scheme involves[[spoiler: using his current top pawn, the popular idol Seen (who is really a surgically enhanced Tatsuya) to do a concert at Tokyo Big Egg, with the show being a ploy to zap the penguindrums off the fifty-thousand audience members for use in baiting and capturing the cosmic force Fate (the Fate Train in Penguindrum).]]

* CoolCar: Mikagemobile, and later, [[spoiler:Mrs. Ohtori, Utena, Shiori, Kozue, and Wakaba’s car forms]].

* DamselInDistress: Himari (Penguindrum), at first. Though it later gets subverted as[[spoiler:Ruka and Momoka (Penguindrum) recruits her to “revolutionize the world” by becoming an idol to change the Japanese view on criminal’s relatives, saying it’s the only way to revert Kanba and Shouma (Penguindrum) back to their old human selves]].

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Here, Utena actually met both Touga and Saionji [[spoiler: two years before the night of her parents’ funeral, back then she was a spoiled rotten little girly girl, and the boys victims of horrifying abuses. Unbeknown to her, she subsequently got herself periodically stalked by a jealous and obsessed Touga for years afterwards]].

* HeroicSacrifice: Mamiya, who [[spoiler:willingly offered himself up to Akio and Anthy in place of Tokiko – who unwittingly signed a contract with Akio – during the Nemuro Research timeframe. This was how he became the Anthy/Mamiya fusion character seen in the Utena TV show]].
* ImprobableAge: Sanetoshi [[spoiler: was in fourth grade at Ohtori during the Nemuro Research Timeframe, and he was a child genuis whom Nemuro’s Hundred Assistants rely on for help with their research. He also invented the perpetual motion AI robots that are to eventually become the high-intelligence Takakura family Penguins (Penguindrum).]]

* LiteralMetaphor: Akio’s long-time quest to [[spoiler: catch the (Fate) Train]].

* TeenGenius: Mr. Ohtori and Mr. Kaoru, both of whom used to be [[spoiler:members of Nemuro’s Hundred Student Assistants]].

'''''Seinen Kakumei Utena''''' is a ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' and ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum'' {{Crossover}} {{Continuation}} {{Fan Fic}} by gorgeousshutin. Knowledge of ''Penguindrum'' is not necessary to understanding the story (though it helps in easing some imagery), as the ''Penguindrum'' cast gets introduced starting from scratch.

'''Seinen Kakumei Utena''' is a ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' and ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum'' {{Crossover}} {{Continuation}} {{Fan Fic}} by gorgeousshutin. Knowledge of ''Penguindrum'' is not necessary to understanding the story (though it helps in easing some imagery), as the ''Penguindrum'' cast gets introduced starting from scratch.

Seinen Kakumei Utena (which can be read [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/432468/chapters/732392 here]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8086621/1/Seinen-Kakumei-Utena/net/s/8086620 here]]) is complete. Tropers' rec and reviews [[FanficRecs/RevolutionaryGirlUtena here]].

'''Seinen Kakumei Utena''' is a Anime/{{Revolutionary Girl Utena}} and Anime/MawaruPenguindrum {{Crossover}} {{Continuation}} {{Fan Fic}} by gorgeousshutin. Knowledge of Penguindrum is not necessary to understanding the story (though it helps in easing some imagery), as the Penguindrum cast gets introduced starting from scratch.