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[[caption-width-right:350:A little help from a friend]]
->''"I may not know anything about Himemiya, but right now I want to get back what's normal for me!"''
[[caption-width-right:350:A little help from a friend]]
->''"I may not know anything about Himemiya, but right now I want to get back what's normal for me!"''
* AngerBornOfWorry: Utena's withdrawn behavior worries Wakaba more and more as the school day wears on, until she is close to losing her temper. Then Touga shows up, and the situation goes off the rails.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: When Utena finds Touga in the rose garden, he assumes that she's come to take him up on his offer for a date.
--> '''Touga:''' So, will you have dinner with me this Sunday?\\
'''Utena:''' Right now.\\
'''Touga:''' You don't want to wait?\\
'''Utena:''' ...I want to go to the dueling forest!
* CallBack: To the conclusion of the duel in episode 1 -- Utena, once again armed with a broken weapon, charges her opponent. A SingleStrokeBattle sequence ensues, the swords are starbursts of light that fade into the forms of the combatants as they move past each other... and red rose petals fly. The bells ring for Utena.
* CollateralDamage: Wakaba, desperate for a way to drive Touga away from Utena, tosses the contents of a glass of water at him. He dodges without missing a beat and Anthy gets splashed instead.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Touga's loss snuck up on him since he bought into the notion that Anthy has no will of her own. There was no way for him to foresee that Anthy's feelings for Utena could cut off his access to the Power of Dios at a critical moment.
* EpilepticFlashingLights: Significant background strobing occurs after Anthy powers up the Sword of Dios, switching between red, green, and black once per frame. It's effective as an indication of the intense power the sword has, but it's not easy to look at. It's also a type of effect that would become rare by the time this series ended its original broadcast.[[note]]The Pokemon Shock incident occurred in December 1997, and afterwards animators considered strobe effects too risky to use.[[/note]]
* BaitAndSwitchComment: When Utena finds Touga in the rose garden, he assumes that she's come to take him up on his offer for a date.
--> '''Touga:''' So, will you have dinner with me this Sunday?\\
'''Utena:''' Right now.\\
'''Touga:''' You don't want to wait?\\
'''Utena:''' ...I want to go to the dueling forest!
* CallBack: To the conclusion of the duel in episode 1 -- Utena, once again armed with a broken weapon, charges her opponent. A SingleStrokeBattle sequence ensues, the swords are starbursts of light that fade into the forms of the combatants as they move past each other... and red rose petals fly. The bells ring for Utena.
* CollateralDamage: Wakaba, desperate for a way to drive Touga away from Utena, tosses the contents of a glass of water at him. He dodges without missing a beat and Anthy gets splashed instead.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Touga's loss snuck up on him since he bought into the notion that Anthy has no will of her own. There was no way for him to foresee that Anthy's feelings for Utena could cut off his access to the Power of Dios at a critical moment.
* EpilepticFlashingLights: Significant background strobing occurs after Anthy powers up the Sword of Dios, switching between red, green, and black once per frame. It's effective as an indication of the intense power the sword has, but it's not easy to look at. It's also a type of effect that would become rare by the time this series ended its original broadcast.[[note]]The Pokemon Shock incident occurred in December 1997, and afterwards animators considered strobe effects too risky to use.[[/note]]
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Wakaba apologizes after accidentally splashing Anthy, but then something odd happens. Wakaba starts blaming Anthy for ''being in the way'', as if she was to blame because she didn't dodge like Touga did. Just moments before, Wakaba could see that Touga was the problem, but it is almost as if Anthy is too attractive an outlet for her unhappiness for her to resist in her heightened state. But Utena catches on to this, and smacks Wakaba across the cheek before she can ''really'' get carried away. Wakaba wastes no time in slapping Utena in retaliation, but Utena succeeds in taking the focus off of Anthy.
* HandsomeLech: Touga out-sleazes himself this episode, aggressively hitting-on a barely-responsive Utena, leaving Anthy to wait on the student council balcony while he goes on a booty call, and his conduct during the duel is flat out using sex as a weapon.
* IWasJustPassingThrough: Juri lends Utena her sword for her rematch with Touga. The only explanation she offers is that Utena will need it to "set the last scene."
* ImagineSpot: The audience gets a rare moment of Anthy-perspective when she is by herself on the balcony with Chu-Chu. As she contemplates the empty seat across from her, she imagines Utena sitting there, smiling at her.
* MagicKiss: Touga orders Anthy to kiss the Sword of Dios in a sequence that shifts the latent PhallicWeapon implications of the sword fights to active ''the sword is a phallus'' symbolism. Utena is horrified as Anthy leans in to kiss the blade, and ultimately she can't even bear to watch. She can't ignore how the [[PowerGlows sword starts glowing]] after that, and it seems to have SwordBeam powers as well.
* HandsomeLech: Touga out-sleazes himself this episode, aggressively hitting-on a barely-responsive Utena, leaving Anthy to wait on the student council balcony while he goes on a booty call, and his conduct during the duel is flat out using sex as a weapon.
* IWasJustPassingThrough: Juri lends Utena her sword for her rematch with Touga. The only explanation she offers is that Utena will need it to "set the last scene."
* ImagineSpot: The audience gets a rare moment of Anthy-perspective when she is by herself on the balcony with Chu-Chu. As she contemplates the empty seat across from her, she imagines Utena sitting there, smiling at her.
* MagicKiss: Touga orders Anthy to kiss the Sword of Dios in a sequence that shifts the latent PhallicWeapon implications of the sword fights to active ''the sword is a phallus'' symbolism. Utena is horrified as Anthy leans in to kiss the blade, and ultimately she can't even bear to watch. She can't ignore how the [[PowerGlows sword starts glowing]] after that, and it seems to have SwordBeam powers as well.
* PlatonicKissing: When Utena makes up with Wakaba she kisses her on the forehead. As usual with these two, they stay in a gray area between "pretend couple" and "actual longing," especially on Wakaba's part. She blushes and looks on wistfully as Utena leaves to face her problems head-on.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: To signify how shaken Utena's self-image is after losing Anthy, she does not wear her "prince" clothes in this episode and goes to school in the Ohtori girls uniform. She even continues to wear the regular uniform when she challenges Touga to a rematch, and wears a pink rose in the duel rather than her usual white.
* SkippingSchool: Utena does not go to classes after losing the duel in the previous episode. Wakaba visits her and finds that she's not ill, but she is in the grips of never-changed-out-of-her-pajamas listlessness.
* SingleTear: Anthy thinks of Dios as she watches Utena struggle against impossible odds, and the spell she cast on the Sword of Dios comes undone as she sheds a single tear.
* StunnedSilence: Utena's GroupieBrigade are initially shocked to see her wearing the girls uniform, but quickly embrace it and fawn over her almost as much as before.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: To signify how shaken Utena's self-image is after losing Anthy, she does not wear her "prince" clothes in this episode and goes to school in the Ohtori girls uniform. She even continues to wear the regular uniform when she challenges Touga to a rematch, and wears a pink rose in the duel rather than her usual white.
* SkippingSchool: Utena does not go to classes after losing the duel in the previous episode. Wakaba visits her and finds that she's not ill, but she is in the grips of never-changed-out-of-her-pajamas listlessness.
* SingleTear: Anthy thinks of Dios as she watches Utena struggle against impossible odds, and the spell she cast on the Sword of Dios comes undone as she sheds a single tear.
* StunnedSilence: Utena's GroupieBrigade are initially shocked to see her wearing the girls uniform, but quickly embrace it and fawn over her almost as much as before.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Wakaba absolutely refuses to allow Utena to stew in misery over whatever happened between her and Anthy, shouting at Utena to take back whatever it was that was stolen from her.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Wakaba absolutely refuses to allow Utena to stew in misery over whatever happened between her and Anthy, shouting at Anthy:
--> '''Wakaba:''' This Utenato take back whatever it was that isn't cool. It's like something was stolen from her.
you and made you a coward! I don't know what it was, but if something was taken from you, take it back!
* WreckedWeapon: Touga's powered up sword weakens the sword Utena is using when they come into contact, and eventually when she goes in for an attack, the blade snaps.
--> '''Wakaba:''' This Utena
* WreckedWeapon: Touga's powered up sword weakens the sword Utena is using when they come into contact, and eventually when she goes in for an attack, the blade snaps.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Wakaba gets slapped by Utena for yelling at Anthy, but it's Utena who receives this when Wakaba ''grins'' and slaps her right back.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Wakaba gets slapped by Utena for yelling at Anthy, but it's Utena who receives this when Wakaba ''grins'' and slaps her right back.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Hypocrisy and hostility aside, Miki and Juri are both moral enough to be utterly disgusted by Touga's actions towards Utena and Anthy. Juri even gives Utena a sword to use when she challenges Touga to a duel.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Utena loses to Touga, she wears the school's standard girls' uniform instead of her CustomUniform and is much quieter and more submissive than usual. Wakaba quickly realizes that something is very wrong, and is luckily able to snap her out of it.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Hypocrisy and hostility aside, Miki and Juri are both moral enough to be utterly disgusted by Touga's actions towards Utena and Anthy. Juri even gives Utena a sword to use when she challenges Touga to a duel.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Utena loses to Touga, she wears the school's standard girls' uniform instead of her CustomUniform and is much quieter and more submissive than usual. Wakaba quickly realizes that something is very wrong, and is luckily able to snap her out of it.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Utena loses to Touga, she wears the school's standard girls' uniform instead of her CustomUniform and is much quieter and more submissive than usual. Wakaba quickly realizes that something is very wrong, and is luckily able to snap her out of it.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Utena loses to Touga, she wears the school's standard girls' uniform instead of her CustomUniform and is much quieter and more submissive than usual. WhatTheHellHero: Wakaba quickly realizes absolutely refuses to allow Utena to stew in misery over whatever happened between her and Anthy, shouting at Utena to take back whatever it was that something is very wrong, and is luckily able to snap her out of it.was stolen from her.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Utena loses to Touga, she wears the school's standard girls' uniform instead of her CustomUniform and is much quieter and more submissive than usual. Wakaba quickly realizes that something is very wrong, and is luckily able to snap her out of it.
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* TenMinuteRetirement: Touga defeats Utena in a duel and claims Anthy as the Rose Bride and Utena decides to live her life like an ordinary school girl. Fortunately, she is talked out of it by Wakaba.
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Utena falls into a deep depression after her loss to Touga and starts acting like a normal girl. It is up to Wakaba to snap her out of it and motivate her to challenge Touga to a rematch.
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