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** Episode 31 depends whether you hate or love Nanami, or better said, if you're rooting for Keiko: when Nanami finds out Keiko has been seeing Touga behind her back and thus betrayed her, Nanami shows her face from hiding and ''bitch slaps'' Keiko. Now, this was after Nanami unreasonably had Keiko kicked out of her extracurricular activities and ostracized by her friends for ''sharing an umbrella for a soaking Touga in the rain'', so if you're rooting for Keiko, she responds to the slap by ''knocking Nanami on her ass with a right hook'' and giving her something of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to her face. WhosLaughingNow, indeed!
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** Episode 31 depends whether you hate or love Nanami, or better said, if you're rooting for Keiko: when Nanami finds out Keiko has been seeing Touga behind her back and thus betrayed her, Nanami shows her face from hiding and ''bitch slaps'' Keiko. Now, this was after Nanami unreasonably had Keiko kicked out of her extracurricular activities and ostracized by her friends for ''sharing an umbrella for a soaking Touga in the rain'', so if you're rooting for Keiko, she responds to the slap by ''knocking Nanami on her ass with a right hook'' and giving her something of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing NotSoDifferentRemark to her face. WhosLaughingNow, indeed!
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*** However, it all came to a head when Keiko, Yuuko, and Aiko decide to [[BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch stage a coup and firmly put Nanami in her place]] since they feel they don't need to rely on her status anymore. She shows them that she did NOT need said status to keep all three in line. [[http://ohtori.nu/gallery/var/albums/Series/Episodes/Akio_Arc/32/Series_ep32_152.jpg?m=1380825089 The next scene shows them having learned their lesson quite thoroughly.]]
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*** However, it all came to a head when Keiko, Yuuko, and Aiko decide to [[BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch stage a coup and firmly put Nanami in her place]] since they feel they don't need to rely on her status anymore. She shows them that she did NOT need said status to keep all three in line. [[http://ohtori.nu/gallery/var/albums/Series/Episodes/Akio_Arc/32/Series_ep32_152.jpg?m=1380825089 The next scene shows them having learned their lesson quite thoroughly.]]]] (A milder bit of awesomness for Keiko that she only gets a black eye and some scrapes but no bandages, further asserting how tough she actually is.)
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** Episode 31 depends whether you hate or love Nanami, or better said, rooting for Keiko: when Nanami finds out Keiko has been seeing Touga behind her back and thus betrayed her, Nanami shows her face from hiding and ''bitch slaps'' Keiko. Now, this was after Nanami unreasonably had Keiko kicked out of her extracurricular activities and ostracized by her friends for ''sharing an umbrella for a soaking Touga in the rain'', so if you're rooting Keiko, she responds to the slap by ''knocking Nanami on her ass with a right hook!''
*** However, it all came to a head when Keiko, Yuuko, and Aiko decide to stage a coup and firmly put Nanami in her place since they feel they don't need to rely on her status anymore. She shows them that she did NOT need said status to keep all three in line. [[http://ohtori.nu/gallery/var/albums/Series/Episodes/Akio_Arc/32/Series_ep32_152.jpg?m=1380825089 The next scene shows them having learned their lesson quite thoroughly.]]
*** However, it all came to a head when Keiko, Yuuko, and Aiko decide to stage a coup and firmly put Nanami in her place since they feel they don't need to rely on her status anymore. She shows them that she did NOT need said status to keep all three in line. [[http://ohtori.nu/gallery/var/albums/Series/Episodes/Akio_Arc/32/Series_ep32_152.jpg?m=1380825089 The next scene shows them having learned their lesson quite thoroughly.]]
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** Episode 31 depends whether you hate or love Nanami, or better said, if you're rooting for Keiko: when Nanami finds out Keiko has been seeing Touga behind her back and thus betrayed her, Nanami shows her face from hiding and ''bitch slaps'' Keiko. Now, this was after Nanami unreasonably had Keiko kicked out of her extracurricular activities and ostracized by her friends for ''sharing an umbrella for a soaking Touga in the rain'', so if you're rooting for Keiko, she responds to the slap by ''knocking Nanami on her ass with a right hook!''
hook'' and giving her something of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to her face. WhosLaughingNow, indeed!
*** However, it all came to a head when Keiko, Yuuko, and Aiko decide to [[BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch stage a coup and firmly put Nanami in herplace place]] since they feel they don't need to rely on her status anymore. She shows them that she did NOT need said status to keep all three in line. [[http://ohtori.nu/gallery/var/albums/Series/Episodes/Akio_Arc/32/Series_ep32_152.jpg?m=1380825089 The next scene shows them having learned their lesson quite thoroughly.]]
*** However, it all came to a head when Keiko, Yuuko, and Aiko decide to [[BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch stage a coup and firmly put Nanami in her
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* In the movie, Utena fighting against Saionji with a ''broom'' while he has a ''real'' katana after he slaps Anthy quickly established that this was ''not'' the TV series Utena. It was reckless, sure, but awesome.
** Also in the movie, five words: Car chase. ''With Anthy driving''.
*** The music makes the scene. The whole car chase is full of suspenseful music and then when the castle appears and Anthy grows more resolute, Rinbu-revolution triumphantly plays. It's enough to make the audience start cheering.
* The Dance between Utena and Anthy in the movie is the best dancing scene between two people in any medium.
** Close second is at the party where Nanami tries to embarrass Anthy, when Utena [[JustForPun rejects Touga and makes a toga]] for Anthy after her dress dissolves, then dances with her.
** Also in the movie, five words: Car chase. ''With Anthy driving''.
*** The music makes the scene. The whole car chase is full of suspenseful music and then when the castle appears and Anthy grows more resolute, Rinbu-revolution triumphantly plays. It's enough to make the audience start cheering.
* The Dance between Utena and Anthy in the movie is the best dancing scene between two people in any medium.
** Close second is at the party where Nanami tries to embarrass Anthy, when Utena [[JustForPun rejects Touga and makes a toga]] for Anthy after her dress dissolves, then dances with her.
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* Everything about the end of TheMovie, particularly Anthy's [[ShutUpHannibal speech]] to Akio.
** When Juri, Miki, and Saionji manage to save Anthy and Utena from being crushed by the locust cars, take note of the name on the front of the car Juri's driving. ''It's Wakaba''. Like Utena transformed into the vehicle Anthy needed to escape Ohtori, Wakaba transformed into the vehicle the Student Council could use to reach and help Utena and Anthy's escape. Wakaba truly was the best friend Utena ever had.
** The notion that the Shadow Girls went from secondary characters who relate the moral of each episode through bizarre shadow plays to the reveal that there is an entire news studio full of them working to help Utena and Anthy reach the outside world.
** As Akio tries to crush Anthy and Utena in the compactor before they can escape, you can see he's visibly straining to keep a grip as Anthy pushes the Utena car forward despite all the damage she's taking. Until finally:
--->'''Anthy''': ''Grant me the power...!''
--->(''From outside, the compactor is steadily demolished as Anthy draws closer to Akio, until finally, Anthy and Utena, who is human again, burst through Akio in a storm of rose petals and destroy him'')
--->'''Anthy and Utena''': '''''TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE WORLD!'''''
** When Juri, Miki, and Saionji manage to save Anthy and Utena from being crushed by the locust cars, take note of the name on the front of the car Juri's driving. ''It's Wakaba''. Like Utena transformed into the vehicle Anthy needed to escape Ohtori, Wakaba transformed into the vehicle the Student Council could use to reach and help Utena and Anthy's escape. Wakaba truly was the best friend Utena ever had.
** The notion that the Shadow Girls went from secondary characters who relate the moral of each episode through bizarre shadow plays to the reveal that there is an entire news studio full of them working to help Utena and Anthy reach the outside world.
** As Akio tries to crush Anthy and Utena in the compactor before they can escape, you can see he's visibly straining to keep a grip as Anthy pushes the Utena car forward despite all the damage she's taking. Until finally:
--->'''Anthy''': ''Grant me the power...!''
--->(''From outside, the compactor is steadily demolished as Anthy draws closer to Akio, until finally, Anthy and Utena, who is human again, burst through Akio in a storm of rose petals and destroy him'')
--->'''Anthy and Utena''': '''''TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE WORLD!'''''
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* An off-screen one for Saionji, implied by the fact he's the Betrothed to the Rose Bride at the start of the series: at some point in the past he dueled Miki, Juri, Touga, and possibly Nanami, and ''won''. It also explains why Touga went out of his way to dishearten Utena before their first duel: if Utena had beaten Saionji twice, then ''he'' had no chance in a fair fight.
** While in their initial fight Saionji had failed to take Utena seriously and lost, in the second he fights with everything he has... And utterly ''dominates'' her until the Power of Dios arrives.
** While in their initial fight Saionji had failed to take Utena seriously and lost, in the second he fights with everything he has... And utterly ''dominates'' her until the Power of Dios arrives.
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** Her second duel in particular is amazing: while in the first Juri lost when [[DeusExMachina the Sword of Dios she had thrown in the air by disarming Utena fell down right on her rose]], here it's ''Juri'' who, having realized she doesn't really have a stake in the duel, stops in the moment of victory and takes off the rose. And getting over her own issues in the process.
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* Every single thing about the opening sequence, which is widely regarded as one of the most iconic anime openings due to its visuals and extremely catchy and meaningful song ''Rinbu Revolution''. And there's the fact that ''it tells exactly what's going to happen'' in the series proper if you pay close enough attention.
-->''Let's live our lives heroically, let's live them with style''
-->''(Just a long, long time!)''
-->''And even if the two of us are ever torn apart''
-->''(Let go of me!)''
-->''Take my revolution!''
-->''Let's live our lives heroically, let's live them with style''
-->''(Just a long, long time!)''
-->''And even if the two of us are ever torn apart''
-->''(Let go of me!)''
-->''Take my revolution!''
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** This is especially powerful because it means that Utena acknowledges that, up until then, her desire to be [[LadyAndKnight the Prince to Anthy's Princess]] was self-centred because a KnightInShiningArmor was NOT what Anthy truly needed. That if really cared about Anthy, she would have ''asked'' about her needs and desires at the start. But nope, she's not doing it again: she'll TRULY help Anthy from now on. Such BrutalHonesty is very needed.
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** This is especially powerful because it means that Utena acknowledges that, up until then, her desire to be [[LadyAndKnight the Prince to Anthy's Princess]] was self-centred because a KnightInShiningArmor was NOT what Anthy truly needed. That if Utena really cared about Anthy, she would have ''asked'' about her needs and desires at the start. But nope, she's not doing it again: she'll TRULY help Anthy from now on. Such BrutalHonesty is very needed.
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* Can't help adding Utena herself in the final episode... First, rejecting Akio's version of the "[[StayInTheKitchen princess" role to duel him. Then, [[PluckyGirl NOT faltering]] in her intention to free Anthy even after being stabbed by her, now rejecting [[KnightInShiningArmor her own version of the "Prince" role]] to stop using Anthy as her "pet cause" [[ItsAllAboutMe for her own ego-boosting]]. Next, pushing Akio away and freeing Anthy's true self even after the [[{{Anvilicious}} sword of her heart breaks]]. And finally, becoming the Prince in the most painful sense possible, taking the attack of the Million Swords, still never giving up.]]
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* Can't help adding Utena herself in the final episode... First, rejecting Akio's version of the "[[StayInTheKitchen princess" princess]]" role to duel him. Then, [[PluckyGirl NOT faltering]] in her intention to free Anthy even after being stabbed by her, now rejecting [[KnightInShiningArmor her own version of the "Prince" role]] to stop using Anthy as her "pet cause" [[ItsAllAboutMe [[SecretlySelfish for her own ego-boosting]]. Next, pushing Akio away and freeing Anthy's true self even after the [[{{Anvilicious}} the sword of her heart breaks]].breaks. And finally, becoming the Prince in the most painful sense possible, taking the attack of the Million Swords, still never giving up.]]
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* The last sword duel in the series between Utena and Akio. The planetarium is projecting illusions of the previous versions of the arena, and Utena is asking what the point of the arena existing is because of how much it hurts Anthy. When Akio says she chose to be the Rose Bride, Utena declares she'll be the one to free Anthy. Her reaffirmation of understanding [[DeclarationOfProtection what it really means to free Anthy and that she'll become a prince shocks Akio so badly it causes the castle above the arena to shatter. Akio is so thrown off by Utena the only way he could beat her was by getting Anthy to stab her in the back. He was ''scared of her''.]]
-->'''Utena''': And I promise you I am going to be the one who frees her!
-->''' Akio''': I don't think you understand what that means.
-->'''Utena''': I UNDERSTAND! I'm gonna be a prince! You hear me?!
** This is especially powerful because it means that Utena acknowledges that, up until then, her desire to be [[LadyAndKnight the Prince to Anthy's Princess [[KnightInShiningArmor was NOT what Anthy truly needed]]. That she had been '''playing the "Prince" role wrong''' by helping Anthy to bolster ''her'' own ego, not exactly caring about ''Anthy's'' needs and desires. But nope, she's not doing it again: she'll TRULY help Anthy from now on.]] Such BrutalHonesty is very needed.
-->'''Utena''': And I promise you I am going to be the one who frees her!
-->''' Akio''': I don't think you understand what that means.
-->'''Utena''': I UNDERSTAND! I'm gonna be a prince! You hear me?!
** This is especially powerful because it means that Utena acknowledges that, up until then, her desire to be [[LadyAndKnight the Prince to Anthy's Princess [[KnightInShiningArmor was NOT what Anthy truly needed]]. That she had been '''playing the "Prince" role wrong''' by helping Anthy to bolster ''her'' own ego, not exactly caring about ''Anthy's'' needs and desires. But nope, she's not doing it again: she'll TRULY help Anthy from now on.]] Such BrutalHonesty is very needed.
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* The last sword duel in the series between Utena and Akio. The planetarium is projecting illusions of the previous versions of the arena, and Utena is asking what the point of the arena existing is because of how much it hurts Anthy. When Akio says she chose to be the Rose Bride, Utena declares she'll be the one to free Anthy. Her reaffirmation of understanding [[DeclarationOfProtection what it really means to free Anthy and that she'll become a prince prince]] shocks Akio so badly it causes the castle above the arena to shatter. Akio is so thrown off by Utena the only way he could beat her was by getting Anthy to stab her in the back. He was ''scared of her''.]]
her''.
-->'''Utena''': And I promise you I am going to be the one who freesher!
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''' Akio''': I don't think you understand what thatmeans.
-->'''Utena''':means.\\
'''Utena''': I UNDERSTAND! I'm gonna be a prince! You hear me?!
** This is especially powerful because it means that Utena acknowledges that, up until then, her desire to be [[LadyAndKnight the Prince to Anthy'sPrincess [[KnightInShiningArmor Princess]] was self-centred because a KnightInShiningArmor was NOT what Anthy truly needed]]. needed. That she had been '''playing the "Prince" role wrong''' by helping Anthy to bolster ''her'' own ego, not exactly caring if really cared about ''Anthy's'' Anthy, she would have ''asked'' about her needs and desires.desires at the start. But nope, she's not doing it again: she'll TRULY help Anthy from now on.]] Such BrutalHonesty is very needed.
-->'''Utena''': And I promise you I am going to be the one who frees
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''' Akio''': I don't think you understand what that
-->'''Utena''':
'''Utena''': I UNDERSTAND! I'm gonna be a prince! You hear me?!
** This is especially powerful because it means that Utena acknowledges that, up until then, her desire to be [[LadyAndKnight the Prince to Anthy's
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** When Juri, Miki, and Saionji manage to save Anthy and Utena from being crushed by the locust cars, take note of the name on the front of the car Juri's driving. ''It's Wakaba''. Like Utena transformed into the vehicle Anthy needed to escape Ohtori, Wakaba transformed into the vehicle the Student Council could use to reach and help Utena and Anthy's escape.
** The notion that the Shadow Girls went from secondary characters who relate the moral of each episode through bizarre shadow plays to the reveal that there is an entire news studio full of them working to help Utena and Anthy reach the outside world. Wakaba really was the best friend Utena ever had.
** The notion that the Shadow Girls went from secondary characters who relate the moral of each episode through bizarre shadow plays to the reveal that there is an entire news studio full of them working to help Utena and Anthy reach the outside world. Wakaba really was the best friend Utena ever had.
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** When Juri, Miki, and Saionji manage to save Anthy and Utena from being crushed by the locust cars, take note of the name on the front of the car Juri's driving. ''It's Wakaba''. Like Utena transformed into the vehicle Anthy needed to escape Ohtori, Wakaba transformed into the vehicle the Student Council could use to reach and help Utena and Anthy's escape.
escape. Wakaba truly was the best friend Utena ever had.
** The notion that the Shadow Girls went from secondary characters who relate the moral of each episode through bizarre shadow plays to the reveal that there is an entire news studio full of them working to help Utena and Anthy reach the outside world. Wakaba really was the best friend Utena ever had.
** The notion that the Shadow Girls went from secondary characters who relate the moral of each episode through bizarre shadow plays to the reveal that there is an entire news studio full of them working to help Utena and Anthy reach the outside world.
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** The notion that the Shadow Girls went from secondary characters who relate the moral of each episode through bizarre shadow plays to the reveal that there is an entire news studio full of them working to help Utena and Anthy reach the outside world.
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** When Juri, Miki, and Saionji manage to save Anthy and Utena from being crushed by the locust cars, take note of the name on the front of the car Juri's driving. ''It's Wakaba''. Like Utena transformed into the vehicle Anthy needed to escape Ohtori, Wakaba transformed into the vehicle the Student Council could use to reach and help Utena and Anthy's escape.
** The notion that the Shadow Girls went from secondary characters who relate the moral of each episode through bizarre shadow plays to the reveal that there is an entire news studio full of them working to help Utena and Anthy reach the outside world. Wakaba really was the best friend Utena ever had.
** As Akio tries to crush Anthy and Utena in the compactor before they can escape, you can see he's visibly straining to keep a grip as Anthy pushes the Utena car forward despite all the damage she's taking. Until finally:
--->'''Anthy''': ''Grant me the power...!''
--->(''From outside, the compactor is steadily demolished as Anthy draws closer to Akio, until finally, Anthy and Utena, who is human again, burst through Akio in a storm of rose petals and destroy him'')
--->'''Anthy and Utena''': '''''TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE WORLD!'''''
** The notion that the Shadow Girls went from secondary characters who relate the moral of each episode through bizarre shadow plays to the reveal that there is an entire news studio full of them working to help Utena and Anthy reach the outside world. Wakaba really was the best friend Utena ever had.
** As Akio tries to crush Anthy and Utena in the compactor before they can escape, you can see he's visibly straining to keep a grip as Anthy pushes the Utena car forward despite all the damage she's taking. Until finally:
--->'''Anthy''': ''Grant me the power...!''
--->(''From outside, the compactor is steadily demolished as Anthy draws closer to Akio, until finally, Anthy and Utena, who is human again, burst through Akio in a storm of rose petals and destroy him'')
--->'''Anthy and Utena''': '''''TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE WORLD!'''''
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* The last moments raised Anthy's stock for a lot of people [[spoiler: when she basically tells Akio where to shove it and walks out of Ohtori to find Utena, despite the protests of the suddenly very distraught ManipulativeBastard. "By all means, stay in this cozy coffin of yours and continue to play prince. But I have to go now. She isn't gone at all, she's merely vanished from your world."]]
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* The last moments raised Anthy's stock for a lot of people[[spoiler: when she basically tells Akio where to shove it and walks out of Ohtori to find Utena, despite the protests of the suddenly very distraught ManipulativeBastard. "By all means, stay in this cozy coffin of yours and continue to play prince. But I have to go now. She isn't gone at all, she's merely vanished from your world."]]"
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* What about Anthy as a little girl [[spoiler: standing up to the townpeople running her beloved brother/prince ragged just because they were all too willing to leave the rescuing of their daughters up to someone with a hero complex?]]
* Throughout the series, Anthy retains [[CreepyMonotone the same tone of voice]]. Sometimes it's depressing, sometimes it's tragic, sometimes it's hilarious. In the end, however, she [[spoiler: tells Akio off]] in the same voice, without changing a note. Looks like it's just a part of her personality now... It's hard to explain why, but the fact she didn't change intonations after becoming free again feels just so incredibly badass. Perhaps it hints that [[spoiler:she's still a witch, she didn't lose anything, just gained.]] And that it was "real" her talking all the time since the start, and perhaps sometimes she was even honest.
* In the Black Rose Saga, Wakaba finally [[spoiler: gets Saionji all to herself]]! Unfortunately, it doesn't come to anything, leading to [[spoiler: one of the most tragic moments in the series where Wakaba gets back to her dorm room and finds Saionji gone.]]
** Also in the Black Rose arc, [[spoiler: Utena refuses to use the Sword of Dios against Wakaba, horrified by the thought of even wounding her best friend, and manages to not only defend herself barehanded, but actually ''defeat Wakaba''. Behold the power of friendship....]]
* Can't help adding Utena herself in the final episode...[[spoiler: First, rejecting Akio's version of the "[[StayInTheKitchen princess]]" role to duel him. Then, [[PluckyGirl NOT faltering]] in her intention to free Anthy even after being stabbed by her, now rejecting [[KnightInShiningArmor her own version of the "Prince" role]] to stop using Anthy as her "pet cause" [[ItsAllAboutMe for her own ego-boosting]]. Next, pushing Akio away and freeing Anthy's true self even after the [[{{Anvilicious}} sword of her heart breaks]]. And finally, becoming the Prince in the most painful sense possible, taking the attack of the Million Swords, still never giving up.]]
** Hell, Utena [[spoiler: hammering her fist into the ground and using it to push herself back up when everyone in the audience ''thought she was dead'']] may be one of the most powerful moments in Anime history.
* Throughout the series, Anthy retains [[CreepyMonotone the same tone of voice]]. Sometimes it's depressing, sometimes it's tragic, sometimes it's hilarious. In the end, however, she [[spoiler: tells Akio off]] in the same voice, without changing a note. Looks like it's just a part of her personality now... It's hard to explain why, but the fact she didn't change intonations after becoming free again feels just so incredibly badass. Perhaps it hints that [[spoiler:she's still a witch, she didn't lose anything, just gained.]] And that it was "real" her talking all the time since the start, and perhaps sometimes she was even honest.
* In the Black Rose Saga, Wakaba finally [[spoiler: gets Saionji all to herself]]! Unfortunately, it doesn't come to anything, leading to [[spoiler: one of the most tragic moments in the series where Wakaba gets back to her dorm room and finds Saionji gone.]]
** Also in the Black Rose arc, [[spoiler: Utena refuses to use the Sword of Dios against Wakaba, horrified by the thought of even wounding her best friend, and manages to not only defend herself barehanded, but actually ''defeat Wakaba''. Behold the power of friendship....]]
* Can't help adding Utena herself in the final episode...[[spoiler: First, rejecting Akio's version of the "[[StayInTheKitchen princess]]" role to duel him. Then, [[PluckyGirl NOT faltering]] in her intention to free Anthy even after being stabbed by her, now rejecting [[KnightInShiningArmor her own version of the "Prince" role]] to stop using Anthy as her "pet cause" [[ItsAllAboutMe for her own ego-boosting]]. Next, pushing Akio away and freeing Anthy's true self even after the [[{{Anvilicious}} sword of her heart breaks]]. And finally, becoming the Prince in the most painful sense possible, taking the attack of the Million Swords, still never giving up.]]
** Hell, Utena [[spoiler: hammering her fist into the ground and using it to push herself back up when everyone in the audience ''thought she was dead'']] may be one of the most powerful moments in Anime history.
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* What about Anthy as a little girl [[spoiler: standing up to the townpeople townspeople running her beloved brother/prince ragged just because they were all too willing to leave the rescuing of their daughters up to someone with a hero complex?]]
complex?
* Throughout the series, Anthy retains [[CreepyMonotone the same tone of voice]]. Sometimes it's depressing, sometimes it's tragic, sometimes it's hilarious. In the end, however, she[[spoiler: tells Akio off]] off in the same voice, without changing a note. Looks like it's just a part of her personality now... It's hard to explain why, but the fact she didn't change intonations after becoming free again feels just so incredibly badass. Perhaps it hints that [[spoiler:she's she's still a witch, she didn't lose anything, just gained.]] gained. And that it was "real" her talking all the time since the start, and perhaps sometimes she was even honest.
* In the Black Rose Saga, Wakaba finally[[spoiler: gets Saionji all to herself]]! herself! Unfortunately, it doesn't come to anything, leading to [[spoiler: one of the most tragic moments in the series where Wakaba gets back to her dorm room and finds Saionji gone.]]
gone.
** Also in the Black Rose arc,[[spoiler: Utena refuses to use the Sword of Dios against Wakaba, horrified by the thought of even wounding her best friend, and manages to not only defend herself barehanded, barehanded but actually ''defeat Wakaba''. Behold the power of friendship....]]
friendship...
* Can't help adding Utena herself in the final episode...[[spoiler: First, rejecting Akio's version of the "[[StayInTheKitchen princess]]" princess" role to duel him. Then, [[PluckyGirl NOT faltering]] in her intention to free Anthy even after being stabbed by her, now rejecting [[KnightInShiningArmor her own version of the "Prince" role]] to stop using Anthy as her "pet cause" [[ItsAllAboutMe for her own ego-boosting]]. Next, pushing Akio away and freeing Anthy's true self even after the [[{{Anvilicious}} sword of her heart breaks]]. And finally, becoming the Prince in the most painful sense possible, taking the attack of the Million Swords, still never giving up.]]
** Hell, Utena[[spoiler: hammering her fist into the ground and using it to push herself back up when everyone in the audience ''thought she was dead'']] dead'' may be one of the most powerful moments in Anime history.
* Throughout the series, Anthy retains [[CreepyMonotone the same tone of voice]]. Sometimes it's depressing, sometimes it's tragic, sometimes it's hilarious. In the end, however, she
* In the Black Rose Saga, Wakaba finally
** Also in the Black Rose arc,
* Can't help adding Utena herself in the final episode...
** Hell, Utena
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** Also in the movie, five words: Car chase. [[spoiler:''With Anthy driving''.]]
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** Also in the movie, five words: Car chase. [[spoiler:''With ''With Anthy driving''.]]
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* Can we have Wakaba getting slapped by Utena and Wakaba being ''pleased'' to finally get a reaction out of her and then cold-bloodedly slapping her back in order to bring her to her senses after her HeroicBSOD? And then [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments forgiving her]] afterwards for all the crap she'd put her through. Without Wakaba, Utena would have been a footnote.
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* Can we have Wakaba getting slapped by Utena and Wakaba being ''pleased'' to finally get a reaction out of her and then cold-bloodedly slapping her back in order to bring her to her senses after her HeroicBSOD? And then [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments forgiving her]] afterwards afterward for all the crap she'd put her through. Without Wakaba, Utena would have been a footnote.
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* In the 12th Episode ''For Friendship, Perhaps'', Touga, a 6 foot 4 inch tall 17 year old boy who wielded a [[InfinityPlusOneSword suped up Sword of Dios]] LOST the rematch duel to a 5 foot 5 inch tall, 14 year old girl with a BROKEN SWORD! This shocked Touga so much that he suffered a HeroicBSOD ''(or a VillainousBreakdown depending on your view)'' which lasted until near the end of the Black Rose Saga.
* When the true story of how and why Utena snapped out of her suicidal spiral was revealed. [[spoiler: It wasn't because she wanted to meet her prince... it was because she wanted to stop the suffering of a little girl, namely ''Anthy'']].
* When the true story of how and why Utena snapped out of her suicidal spiral was revealed. [[spoiler: It wasn't because she wanted to meet her prince... it was because she wanted to stop the suffering of a little girl, namely ''Anthy'']].
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* In the 12th Episode ''For Friendship, Perhaps'', Touga, a 6 foot 4 inch 4-inch tall 17 year old 17-year-old boy who wielded a [[InfinityPlusOneSword suped up Sword of Dios]] LOST the rematch duel to a 5 foot 5 inch tall, 14 year old 14-year-old girl with a BROKEN SWORD! This shocked Touga so much that he suffered a HeroicBSOD ''(or a VillainousBreakdown depending on your view)'' which lasted until near the end of the Black Rose Saga.
* When the true story of how and why Utena snapped out of her suicidal spiral was revealed.[[spoiler: It wasn't because she wanted to meet her prince... it was because she wanted to stop the suffering of a little girl, namely ''Anthy'']].''Anthy''.
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* Juri's duels with Utena rate her as a pure badass. [[spoiler:She was the one duelist Utena never actually outfought.]]
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** In Episode 10, though she's definitely not on par with the other duelists, she takes Utena off guard with her speed, but loses the duel rather soon. However, Nanami still continues to fight, drawing a hidden knife and proceeds to attack Utena once more, now wielding two blades and even managing to slash her rose. Eventually, Nanami has Utena ''cornered'' and Touga has to intervene to ''stop her''.
** Episode 31 depends whether you hate or love Nanami, or better said, rooting for Keiko: when Nanami finds out Keiko [[spoiler: has been seeing Touga behind her back and thus betrayed her, Nanami shows her face from hiding and ''bitch slaps'' Keiko.]] Now, this was after Nanami [[spoiler: unreasonably had Keiko kicked out of her extracurricular activities and ostricized by her friends for ''sharing an umbrella for a soaking Touga in the rain'']], so if you're rooting Keiko, she [[spoiler: responds to the slap by ''knocking Nanami on her ass with a right hook!'']]
*** However, it all came to a head when [[spoiler: Keiko, Yuuko, and Aiko decide to stage a coup and firmly put Nanami in her place]] since they feel they don't need to rely on her status anymore. She shows them that she did NOT need said status to keep all three in line. [[http://ohtori.nu/gallery/var/albums/Series/Episodes/Akio_Arc/32/Series_ep32_152.jpg?m=1380825089 The next scene shows them having learned their lesson quite thoroughly.]]
*** Lastly, she fights Utena for the last time [[spoiler: with only her sword, foregoing her dagger]], and gives the latter an even ''harder'' time than before. As the sword/dagger combination resembled her sharing her strength with Touga, the fact that she's fighting with more ferocity with [[spoiler: just one sword]] proves she's more powerful than she's believed to be.
* The last sword duel in the series between Utena and [[spoiler: Akio. The planetarium is projecting illusions of the previous versions of the arena, and Utena is asking what the point of the arena existing is because of how much it hurts Anthy. When Akio says she chose to be the Rose Bride, Utena declares she'll be the one to free Anthy. Her reaffirmation of understanding [[DeclarationOfProtection what it really means to free Anthy and that she'll become a prince]] shocks Akio so badly it causes the castle above the arena to shatter. Akio is so thrown off by Utena the only way he could beat her was by getting Anthy to stab her in the back. He was ''scared of her''.]]
** Episode 31 depends whether you hate or love Nanami, or better said, rooting for Keiko: when Nanami finds out Keiko [[spoiler: has been seeing Touga behind her back and thus betrayed her, Nanami shows her face from hiding and ''bitch slaps'' Keiko.]] Now, this was after Nanami [[spoiler: unreasonably had Keiko kicked out of her extracurricular activities and ostricized by her friends for ''sharing an umbrella for a soaking Touga in the rain'']], so if you're rooting Keiko, she [[spoiler: responds to the slap by ''knocking Nanami on her ass with a right hook!'']]
*** However, it all came to a head when [[spoiler: Keiko, Yuuko, and Aiko decide to stage a coup and firmly put Nanami in her place]] since they feel they don't need to rely on her status anymore. She shows them that she did NOT need said status to keep all three in line. [[http://ohtori.nu/gallery/var/albums/Series/Episodes/Akio_Arc/32/Series_ep32_152.jpg?m=1380825089 The next scene shows them having learned their lesson quite thoroughly.]]
*** Lastly, she fights Utena for the last time [[spoiler: with only her sword, foregoing her dagger]], and gives the latter an even ''harder'' time than before. As the sword/dagger combination resembled her sharing her strength with Touga, the fact that she's fighting with more ferocity with [[spoiler: just one sword]] proves she's more powerful than she's believed to be.
* The last sword duel in the series between Utena and [[spoiler: Akio. The planetarium is projecting illusions of the previous versions of the arena, and Utena is asking what the point of the arena existing is because of how much it hurts Anthy. When Akio says she chose to be the Rose Bride, Utena declares she'll be the one to free Anthy. Her reaffirmation of understanding [[DeclarationOfProtection what it really means to free Anthy and that she'll become a prince]] shocks Akio so badly it causes the castle above the arena to shatter. Akio is so thrown off by Utena the only way he could beat her was by getting Anthy to stab her in the back. He was ''scared of her''.]]
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** In Episode 10, though she's definitely not on par with the other duelists, she takes Utena off guard with her speed, speed but loses the duel rather soon. However, Nanami still continues to fight, drawing a hidden knife and proceeds to attack Utena once more, now wielding two blades and even managing to slash her rose. Eventually, Nanami has Utena ''cornered'' and Touga has to intervene to ''stop her''.
** Episode 31 depends whether you hate or love Nanami, or better said, rooting for Keiko: when Nanami finds out Keiko[[spoiler: has been seeing Touga behind her back and thus betrayed her, Nanami shows her face from hiding and ''bitch slaps'' Keiko.]] Keiko. Now, this was after Nanami [[spoiler: unreasonably had Keiko kicked out of her extracurricular activities and ostricized ostracized by her friends for ''sharing an umbrella for a soaking Touga in the rain'']], rain'', so if you're rooting Keiko, she [[spoiler: responds to the slap by ''knocking Nanami on her ass with a right hook!'']]
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*** However, it all came to a head when[[spoiler: Keiko, Yuuko, and Aiko decide to stage a coup and firmly put Nanami in her place]] place since they feel they don't need to rely on her status anymore. She shows them that she did NOT need said status to keep all three in line. [[http://ohtori.nu/gallery/var/albums/Series/Episodes/Akio_Arc/32/Series_ep32_152.jpg?m=1380825089 The next scene shows them having learned their lesson quite thoroughly.]]
*** Lastly, she fights Utena for the last time[[spoiler: with only her sword, foregoing her dagger]], dagger, and gives the latter an even ''harder'' time than before. As the sword/dagger combination resembled her sharing her strength with Touga, the fact that she's fighting with more ferocity with [[spoiler: just one sword]] sword proves she's more powerful than she's believed to be.
* The last sword duel in the series between Utena and[[spoiler: Akio. The planetarium is projecting illusions of the previous versions of the arena, and Utena is asking what the point of the arena existing is because of how much it hurts Anthy. When Akio says she chose to be the Rose Bride, Utena declares she'll be the one to free Anthy. Her reaffirmation of understanding [[DeclarationOfProtection what it really means to free Anthy and that she'll become a prince]] prince shocks Akio so badly it causes the castle above the arena to shatter. Akio is so thrown off by Utena the only way he could beat her was by getting Anthy to stab her in the back. He was ''scared of her''.]]
** Episode 31 depends whether you hate or love Nanami, or better said, rooting for Keiko: when Nanami finds out Keiko
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** This is specially powerful because it means that [[spoiler: Utena acknowledges that, up until then, her desire to be [[LadyAndKnight the Prince to Anthy's Princess]] [[KnightInShiningArmor was NOT what Anthy truly needed]]. That she had been '''playing the "Prince" role wrong''' by helping Anthy to bolster ''her'' own ego, not exactly caring about ''Anthy's'' needs and desires. But nope, she's not doing it again: she'll TRULY help Anthy from now on.]] Such BrutalHonesty is very needed.
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** This is specially especially powerful because it means that [[spoiler: Utena acknowledges that, up until then, her desire to be [[LadyAndKnight the Prince to Anthy's Princess]] Princess [[KnightInShiningArmor was NOT what Anthy truly needed]]. That she had been '''playing the "Prince" role wrong''' by helping Anthy to bolster ''her'' own ego, not exactly caring about ''Anthy's'' needs and desires. But nope, she's not doing it again: she'll TRULY help Anthy from now on.]] Such BrutalHonesty is very needed.
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* Can we have Wakaba getting slapped by Utena and Wakaba being ''pleased'' to finally get a reaction out of her and then cold-bloodedly slapping her back in order to bring her to her senses after her HeroicBSOD? And then [[{{CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming}} [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments forgiving her]] afterwards for all the crap she'd put her through. Without Wakaba, Utena would have been a footnote.
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* Can't help adding Utena herself in the final episode...[[spoiler: First, rejecting Akio's version of the "[[StayInTheKitchen princess]]" role to duel him. Then, [[{{Determinator}} not]] [[PluckyGirl faltering]] in her intention to free Anthy even after being stabbed by her. Next, pushing Akio away and freeing Anthy's true self even after the [[{{Anvilicious}} sword of her heart breaks]]. And finally, becoming the Prince in the most painful sense possible, taking the attack of the Million Swords, still never giving up.]]
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* Can't help adding Utena herself in the final episode...[[spoiler: First, rejecting Akio's version of the "[[StayInTheKitchen princess]]" role to duel him. Then, [[{{Determinator}} not]] [[PluckyGirl NOT faltering]] in her intention to free Anthy even after being stabbed by her.her, now rejecting [[KnightInShiningArmor her own version of the "Prince" role]] to stop using Anthy as her "pet cause" [[ItsAllAboutMe for her own ego-boosting]]. Next, pushing Akio away and freeing Anthy's true self even after the [[{{Anvilicious}} sword of her heart breaks]]. And finally, becoming the Prince in the most painful sense possible, taking the attack of the Million Swords, still never giving up.]]
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* When she realizes that Mikage was behind the Black Rose duelists, Utena [[TalkToTheFist interrupts his speech with a punch]] strong enough to make him ''[[MegatonPunch fly]]''. And she would have killed him then and there, completely ignoring his BreakingSpeech, had she not noticed his Rose Crest-at which point she challenged him to a duel to destroy him ''more''.
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** In Episode 10, though she's definitely not on par with the other duelists, she takes Utena off guard with her speed, but loses the duel rather soon. However, Nanami still continues to fight, drawing a hidden knife and proceeds to attack Utena once more, now wielding two blades and even managing to slash her rose. Eventually, Nanami has Utena ''corned'' and Touga has to intervene to ''stop her''.
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** In Episode 10, though she's definitely not on par with the other duelists, she takes Utena off guard with her speed, but loses the duel rather soon. However, Nanami still continues to fight, drawing a hidden knife and proceeds to attack Utena once more, now wielding two blades and even managing to slash her rose. Eventually, Nanami has Utena ''corned'' ''cornered'' and Touga has to intervene to ''stop her''.
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** This is specially powerful because it means that [[spoiler: Utena aknowledges that, up until then, her desire to be [[LadyAndKnight the Prince to Anthy's Princess]] [[WhiteKnighting was NOT what Anthy truly needed]]. That she had been '''playing the "Prince" role wrong''' by helping Anthy to bolster ''her'' own ego, not exactly caring about ''Anthy's'' needs and desires. But nope, she's not doing it again: she'll TRULY help Anthy from now on.]] Such BrutalHonesty is very needed.
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** This is specially powerful because it means that [[spoiler: Utena aknowledges acknowledges that, up until then, her desire to be [[LadyAndKnight the Prince to Anthy's Princess]] [[WhiteKnighting [[KnightInShiningArmor was NOT what Anthy truly needed]]. That she had been '''playing the "Prince" role wrong''' by helping Anthy to bolster ''her'' own ego, not exactly caring about ''Anthy's'' needs and desires. But nope, she's not doing it again: she'll TRULY help Anthy from now on.]] Such BrutalHonesty is very needed.
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* Juri's duels with Utena rate her as a pure BadAss. [[spoiler:She was the one duelist Utena never actually outfought.]]
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* Juri's duels with Utena rate her as a pure BadAss.badass. [[spoiler:She was the one duelist Utena never actually outfought.]]
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** Plus, there's how before all of this takes place... [[spoiler: she aknowledges that her desire to be [[LadyAndKnight the Prince to Anthy's Princess]] [[WhiteKnight was NOT what Anthy truly needed]]. That she had been '''playing the "Prince" role wrong''' by helping Anthy to bolster her own ego, not truly caring about ''Anthy's'' needs and desires.]] Such BrutalHonesty is very needed.
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* The last sword duel in the series between Utena and [[spoiler: Akio. The planetarium is projecting illusions of the previous versions of the arena, and Utena is asking what the point of the arena existing is because of how much it hurts Anthy. When Akio says she chose to be the Rose Bride, Utena declares she'll be the one to free Anthy. Her reaffirmation of understanding what it means to free Anthy and that she'll become a prince shocks Akio so badly it causes the castle above the arena to shatter. Akio is so thrown off by Utena the only way he could beat her was by getting Anthy to stab her in the back. He was ''scared of her''.]]
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* The last sword duel in the series between Utena and [[spoiler: Akio. The planetarium is projecting illusions of the previous versions of the arena, and Utena is asking what the point of the arena existing is because of how much it hurts Anthy. When Akio says she chose to be the Rose Bride, Utena declares she'll be the one to free Anthy. Her reaffirmation of understanding [[DeclarationOfProtection what it really means to free Anthy and that she'll become a prince prince]] shocks Akio so badly it causes the castle above the arena to shatter. Akio is so thrown off by Utena the only way he could beat her was by getting Anthy to stab her in the back. He was ''scared of her''.]]
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* Can't help adding Utena herself in the final episode...[[spoiler: First, rejecting the "[[StayInTheKitchen princess]]" role to duel Akio. Then, [[{{Determinator}} not]] [[PluckyGirl faltering]] in her intention to free Anthy even after being stabbed by her. Next, pushing Akio away and freeing Anthy's true self even after the [[{{Anvilicious}} sword of her heart breaks]]. And finally, becoming the Prince in the most painful sense possible, taking the attack of the Million Swords, still never giving up.]]
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* Can't help adding Utena herself in the final episode...[[spoiler: First, rejecting Akio's version of the "[[StayInTheKitchen princess]]" role to duel Akio.him. Then, [[{{Determinator}} not]] [[PluckyGirl faltering]] in her intention to free Anthy even after being stabbed by her. Next, pushing Akio away and freeing Anthy's true self even after the [[{{Anvilicious}} sword of her heart breaks]]. And finally, becoming the Prince in the most painful sense possible, taking the attack of the Million Swords, still never giving up.]]
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*** The music makes the scene. The whole car chase is full of suspenseful music and then when the castle appears and Anthy grows more resolute, Rinbu-revolution triumphantly plays. It's enough to make the audience cheer for her.
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*** The music makes the scene. The whole car chase is full of suspenseful music and then when the castle appears and Anthy grows more resolute, Rinbu-revolution triumphantly plays. It's enough to make the audience cheer for her.start cheering.
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** And in the movie, Utena fighting against Saionji with a ''broom'' while he has a ''real'' katana after he slaps Anthy quickly established that this was ''not'' the TV series Utena. It was reckless, sure, but awesome.
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* The last moments of ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' raised Anthy's stock for a lot of people [[spoiler: when she basically tells Akio where to shove it and walks out of Ohtori to find Utena, despite the protests of the suddenly very distraught ManipulativeBastard. "By all means, stay in this cozy coffin of yours and continue to play prince. But I have to go now. She isn't gone at all, she's merely vanished from your world."]]
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* The last moments of ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' raised Anthy's stock for a lot of people [[spoiler: when she basically tells Akio where to shove it and walks out of Ohtori to find Utena, despite the protests of the suddenly very distraught ManipulativeBastard. "By all means, stay in this cozy coffin of yours and continue to play prince. But I have to go now. She isn't gone at all, she's merely vanished from your world."]]
