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** The things the Student Council have been fighting for are all present when Utena first saw Anthy as a child. That shining thing? The shining glint of the blades shoved through Anthy's body. That miracle? The miracle that Anthy was in so much pain and hadn't died. Something eternal? Anthy's suffering. The revolution of the world? The world was revolutionized by its persecution of Anthy as the source of everything wrong.
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*** And we see in that moment that Mikage no loner recognizes Tokiko. So the one person in the world who cares about him, he doesn't even remember, and the one person he ''thinks'' cares about him, Mamiya, really doesn't. ''He has no one.''
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*** And we see in that moment that Mikage no loner longer recognizes Tokiko. So the one person in the world who cares about him, he doesn't even remember, and the one person he ''thinks'' cares about him, Mamiya, really doesn't. ''He has no one.''
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-->'''Gonna take who I've been till now, and find the strength to throw it all away. Strip down to nothing and become like a rose petal, blowing free. And if the two of us are ever torn apart, I swear that, I will change the world.''
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-->''Gonna take who I've been till now, and find the strength to throw it all away.''
-->''Strip down to nothing and become like a rose petal, blowing free.''
-->''And even if the two of us are ever torn apart''
-->''I swear that, I will change the world.''
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** There's also the FridgeHorror that this duel drove a permanent wedge into their friendship. Yes, Utena cared enough about her [[FriendshipMoment not to use the Sword of Dios to save her]], yes she's aware that Wakaba was BrainwashedAndCrazy... but also, Utena knew by then that MoreThanMindControl was involved and that while the Black Roses exacerbated a person's DespairEventHorizon, they also only enhanced [[HiddenDisdainReveal very real feelings of hatred and bitterness]]. Utena and Wakaba genuinely cared for each other, but after seeing Wakaba's inner GreenEyedMonster on full display (especially since [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech her accusations]] [[JerkassHasAPoint were uncomfortably close to home]]) and Wakaba remains OutOfFocus for the rest of the series, FridgeBrilliance suggests Utena decided to distance herself from her former bestie therafter.
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** Before that was seeing Utena gravely wounded, unable to get up, and utterly helpless as she watches her friend get stabbed by a million swords, begging and crying for her brother to save her, while the background music is mourning the meaninglessness of life, and Dios telling her she did pretty well "for a girl" was nearly UNBEARABLE. But then there were tears [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome of a much more triumphant kind]] when she got up.
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** Before that was seeing Utena gravely wounded, unable to get up, and utterly helpless as she watches her friend get stabbed by a million swords, begging and crying for her brother to save her, while the background music BackgroundMusic is mourning the meaninglessness of life, and Dios telling her she did pretty well "for a girl" was nearly UNBEARABLE. But then there were tears [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome of a much more triumphant kind]] when she got up.
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** Hell, just Ruka's two episodes. From his brutal emotional warfare against Juri and Shiori, to that scene where he sexually assaults Juri, the anger and frustration clearly in both of them. The duel, the locket breaking, and Juri's stumbling across the arena, gasping like someone ripped her heart out before tearing off her rose and disqualifying herself. Him saying, "It'll be alright, Juri,] and then finding out he was dying the entire time, and everything he did he did knowing he had no other options. He loved Juri, he made her hate him, and he hurt her, knowing all along he'd die with her hating him, but he had to help her. It's really so complex and tragic for everyone involved...
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** Hell, just Ruka's two episodes. From his brutal emotional warfare against Juri and Shiori, to that scene where he sexually assaults Juri, the anger and frustration clearly in both of them. The duel, the locket breaking, and Juri's stumbling across the arena, gasping like someone ripped her heart out before tearing off her rose and disqualifying herself. Him saying, "It'll be alright, Juri,] Juri," and then finding out he was dying the entire time, and everything he did he did knowing he had no other options. He loved Juri, he made her hate him, and he hurt her, knowing all along he'd die with her hating him, but he had to help her. It's really so complex and tragic for everyone involved...
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*** And we see in that moment that Mikage no loner recognizes Tokiko. So the one person in the world who cares about him, he doesn't even remember, and the one person he ''thinks'' cares about him, Mamiya, really doesn't. ''He has no one.''
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** The shadow girls play in episode 22, about a robot that is told it is superior to people, but will always be alone except for the monkeys it catches (and the way that symbolizes Mikage's unknowing status as nothing more than a tool of Akio's), capped off by the standard accordion music fading into “[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_4zpZ8Hs_E&list=PL8B515B9B9A5FE2BB&index=15 Shi no Aphrodite]],” will have more than one viewer echoing Tokiko: “But it breaks my heart to see you like this…”
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!!'''The 20th Anniversary Manga'''
* [[spoiler: Kozue]] is forced into a loveless marriage with an abusive husband. [[spoiler: She runs to Miki to save her and falls into a years long catatonic state after he rejects her.]]
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** Before that was [[spoiler: seeing Utena gravely wounded, unable to get up, and utterly helpless as she watches her friend get stabbed by a million swords, begging and crying for her brother to save her, while the background music is mourning the meaninglessness of life, and Dios telling her she did pretty well "for a girl"]] was nearly UNBEARABLE. But then there were tears ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome of a much more triumphant kind]]'' [[spoiler: when she got up]].
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** Before that was [[spoiler: seeing Utena gravely wounded, unable to get up, and utterly helpless as she watches her friend get stabbed by a million swords, begging and crying for her brother to save her, while the background music is mourning the meaninglessness of life, and Dios telling her she did pretty well "for a girl"]] was nearly UNBEARABLE. But then there were tears ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome of a much more triumphant kind]]'' [[spoiler: when she got up]].
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[[caption-width-right:330:You don't know HALF of it.]]
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** Agreed on the last part. Although he's [[BaseBreaker a very polarizing character]], Touga arguably gets WORSE when [[spoiler: he doesn't tell Nanami that they really were related]], basically making her entire breakdown over a ''lie''. Actually, a lot of stuff about Nanami can be a tearjerker, simply because she gets it so bad towards the end of the series.
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** Agreed on the last part. Although he's [[BaseBreaker a very polarizing character]], character, Touga arguably gets WORSE when [[spoiler: he doesn't tell Nanami that they really were related]], basically making her entire breakdown over a ''lie''. Actually, a lot of stuff about Nanami can be a tearjerker, simply because she gets it so bad towards the end of the series.
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** "It's not true! It's not true! ''It's not true!"''
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* To say nothing of the manga finale. "My name means 'calyx'... the cup that shields the young flower," and seeing Himemiya in [[spoiler: the boys' uniform]] were both the limit.
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* To say nothing of the manga finale. "My name means 'calyx'... the cup that shields the young flower," and seeing Himemiya in [[spoiler: the boys' uniform]] were both the limit.limit.
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* The lyrics to the opening song, when translated, have a heartbreaking connection towards the final episode:
-->'''Gonna take who I've been till now, and find the strength to throw it all away. Strip down to nothing and become like a rose petal, blowing free. And if the two of us are ever torn apart, I swear that, I will change the world.''
-->'''Gonna take who I've been till now, and find the strength to throw it all away. Strip down to nothing and become like a rose petal, blowing free. And if the two of us are ever torn apart, I swear that, I will change the world.''
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* This trooper finds [[spoiler: Mikage/Nemuro's]] backstory and duel in episodes 22&23 to be pretty gut-wrenching, since [[spoiler: Nemuro went nuts out of desperation for Tokiko's love, and in the end Mikage is just dismissed and forgotten about, with no hope for a happy ending.]]
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* This trooper finds [[spoiler: Mikage/Nemuro's]] backstory and duel in episodes 22&23 to 22 and 23 can be pretty gut-wrenching, since [[spoiler: Nemuro went nuts out of desperation for Tokiko's love, and in the end Mikage is just dismissed and forgotten about, with no hope for a happy ending.]]
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* Wakaba's [[spoiler:duel]] (pictured). Just... Wakaba's [[spoiler:duel]]. Especially when [[spoiler: Utena can't bring herself to pull her sword from Anthy's body and raise it against Wakaba while she, having completely snapped, chases after Utena while screaming about how everyone looks down at her and how Anthy stole Saionji's love for her.]] Poor, ''poor'' [[spoiler: Wakaba]]. The depressing duel theme doesn't help, either. And ''then'' the episode ends with her coming back to find [[spoiler: that Saionji isn't there anymore]].
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* Wakaba's [[spoiler:duel]] (pictured). Just... Wakaba's [[spoiler:duel]]. Especially when [[spoiler: Utena can't bring herself to pull her sword from Anthy's body and raise it against Wakaba while she, having completely snapped, chases after Utena while screaming about how everyone looks down at her and how Anthy stole Saionji's love for her.]] Poor, ''poor'' [[spoiler: Wakaba]]. Wakaba. The depressing duel theme [[spoiler:duel theme]] doesn't help, either. And ''then'' the episode ends with her coming back to find [[spoiler: that Saionji isn't there anymore]].
