The BEST episodes of Revolutionary Girl Utena

Every episode of Revolutionary Girl Utena ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Revolutionary Girl Utena!

Spurred by a cryptic entity known only as The End of the World, a coterie of maladjusted high school students vie in secret duels for the magical power to revolutionize the world. Utena Tenjou didn’t mean to get involved, but her devotion to princely ideals draws her into a labyrinth of disturbing mysteries as she and her classmates are initiated in the painful truths of growing up. Inspired by fairy tales and the works of Herman Hesse and Kenji Miyazawa, Revolutionary Girl Utena is a surreal, symbolistic and psychological coming-of-age drama with bold artistic flair.

Last Updated: 1/11/2024Network: TV TokyoStatus: Ended
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The Terms of a Duelist
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10.00
1 votes

#1 - The Terms of a Duelist

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/3/1997

Mikage asks Utena to join his seminar again, actually trying to include her in his side, the Black Rose Association. This time, to convince her, he also offers himself as a consultant so that Utena can ask him when Utena or her friends have any problem. Thinking about Anthy's Rose Bride problem, Utena decides to see Mikage. But at Nemuro Memorial Hall, Utena finds photographs of Duelists, Kozue, Shiori, Wakaba, and others. Utena notices that Mikage is behind this whole thing. Utena challenges Mikage to a duel. During the duel, Mikage tells Utena that Utena is the same as him in the sense that Utena met somebody who completely changed the life, and can't get over it. That's why she is a Duelist first of all. Later in the middle of the duel, Mikage suddenly hears Mamiya's voice, which says Mikage will be beaten. Mikage finds in Mamiya's position of the photographs someone he doesn't know --- He finally recalls this boy was the real Mamiya for the first time after decades. The real Mamiya actually died back then, and it was Mikage who set fire to the hall. And this whole thing about Mikage was all Akio's plot; For a long time, Akio has been manipulating Mikage's mind to take advantage of his brain (Mikage was the one who opened the way to the castle), besides Akio says that Mikage didn't even exist in the first place, just like Mamiya didn't.

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For Friendship, Perhaps
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8.19
26 votes

#2 - For Friendship, Perhaps

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/18/1997

Utena was defeated. But the real shock for her was not the fact that she was defeated, but the fact that from Touga's explanation, she learned that Anthy was just playing the role of the bride around Utena, which means Anthy pretended she wanted to quite the bride, become an ordinary girl, and make many friends, *because* Utena, or the Victor of the Duel, so wished. Utena now loses herself. Wakaba, although she knows nothing about what's going on with Utena, she tries to cheer her up. Gradually, Utena gets back to herself. Utena goes to the rose garden to see Touga. Touga thinks she's come to accept his date offer. However, she challenges him to a duel.

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Carefully Cruel - The One Who Picks That Flower
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8.17
24 votes

#3 - Carefully Cruel - The One Who Picks That Flower

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/11/1997

Having observed the last five duels, Touga is now positive that he has completed collecting sufficient data to defeat Utena. Touga has been implying to Utena that he is the prince she has been looking for. One day, in the rose garden, Touga shows Utena that he is her prince in concrete terms. However, he challenges Utena to a duel. Believing that Anthy wants to quit being the Rose Bride, become an ordinary girl, and make many friends, Utena decides to beat her prince for Anthy's sake.

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Nanami's Precious Thing
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8.08
26 votes

#4 - Nanami's Precious Thing

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/4/1997

Taking the Rose Bride to the Arena without a duel besides inflicting a wound to Touga, Saionji is now expelled from school. Nanami blames Utena for Touga's wound. Utena apologizes, but Nanami doesn't forgive her. A memory crosses her mind that she gave a kitten to Touga as a birthday present when they were very young, and later, from jealousy she killed the kitten. At Touga's birthday party, Utena brings a bunch of flowers to express her gratitude. But Nanami is very upset. Touga suggests them fighting a duel on the Arena by the code of the

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Unfulfilled Juri
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8.03
35 votes

#5 - Unfulfilled Juri

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/14/1997

Juri believes there are no miracles. In the past, she secretly loved someone, but she couldn't win the person's heart. She thinks if there were miracles, she could have achieved her love. One day, Juri talks with Utena, and she gets enraged by Utena's words that she believes in miracles for the destiny between her "prince" and herself. Juri challenges Utena to a duel and tells her to show that there are miracles by defeating Juri by a miracle.

The Castle Said to Hold Eternity
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7.93
27 votes

#6 - The Castle Said to Hold Eternity

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/28/1997

In the Kendo Dojo, Saionji and Touga are fighting a Kendo duel. Touga defeats Saionji by a narrow margin. Utena hears from Saionji that they has fought hundreds of duels in the last ten years. Saionji also tells Utena that he wants to win the duels and take Anthy to the midair castle above the Arena. A memory crosses his mind about that raining day when he was a young boy... One day, he receives a letter from the Ends of the World, in which they say the castle will fall down to the Arena today. On the other hand, Utena gets a phone call from someone and he says Anthy is being kidnapped at the Forest of the Arena.

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The Sunlit Garden - Finale
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7.77
30 votes

#7 - The Sunlit Garden - Finale

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/30/1997

In the tune Anthy just casually played, Miki found a "glow" that he had been seeking. He has a twin sister, Kozue, who used to play a tune with a "glow". However, she does not play the piano anymore because (he thinks) of his fault. Miki wishes to protect Anthy's "glow" in her tune; however Anthy tells him that, because she is the Rose Bride, by the Rose Signet Code, she must obey the Victor of the Duel, or Utena at the moment. She even says that, if Utena told her not to play the piano anymore, she would not. Since he thinks it is his own fault that he lost Kozue's "glow" in the past, not to lose a "glow" again, Miki challenges Utena to a duel and tries to set Anthy free and protect her with his own hands

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The Rose Bride
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7.72
50 votes

#8 - The Rose Bride

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/2/1997

Utena Tenjou is a schoolgirl in the eighth grade of Ohtori Academy. She has the strange memory that, when she was very young, she met a mysterious "prince" and was given a ring with a rose signet. One day, Utena finds guys are making fun of a love letter somebody posted, and she finds it was written by her best friend, Wakaba, for the captain of Kendo Club, Saionji. For the sake of her best friend, Utena challenges Saionji to a duel. Then, Saionji tells her to come to the forest of the Duel Arena.

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On the Night of the Ball
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7.67
36 votes

#9 - On the Night of the Ball

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/16/1997

Utena unintentionally unleashed the Power of Dios in the last Duel with Saionji, which attracted Touga's interest in her. Touga sends Utena a dress for the upcoming ball. On the other hand, Touga's sister, Nanami, thinks her brother likes Anthy, and in a fit of jealousy, she sends Anthy a water-dissolvable dress.

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For Whom the Rose Smiles
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7.61
41 votes

#10 - For Whom the Rose Smiles

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/9/1997

Winning the duel with Saionji, Utena is now the Victor of the Duel and is to be "engaged" to the Rose Bride, who is Anthy. Next day, Utena and Anthy start living together in a dorm. Saionji, who is actually really in love, asks Anthy to get back on good terms with him, but Anthy refuses. Then, he challenges Utena to a rematch. Feeling the whole thing is just crazy, Utena decides to lose the Duel on purpose.

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The Sunlit Garden -  Prelude
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7.50
32 votes

#11 - The Sunlit Garden - Prelude

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/23/1997

Utena and Miki are about to begin a duel. The rest of the episode and the following one are flashback to show what has caused this duel. Miki often plays a particular tune on the piano. He says he cannot truely play the tune as he wishes because he has lost a "glow". Nanami thinks that Miki likes Anthy, and from jealousy, she tries to tease and razz her. Taking advantage of that, Miki makes a good friend of Anthy, and then Utena. Finding Anthy and Utena got poor grades in the previous math exam, Miki offers to tutor them. However, Nanami won't leave them alone.

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Curried High Trip
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7.39
28 votes

#12 - Curried High Trip

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/21/1997

Somehow, Anthy's curry and rice explodes and that shock switches Utena and Anthy's personalities. Now Utena is feminine while Anthy is tomboyish. The cause of the incident seems to be Nanami's practical joke, trying to mix in the curry the "100X Curry, an Indian Specialty Hot Enough to Make You Breathe Fire". which has mistakenly been replaced with the "Super Spicy 900 Billion X Curry, So Hot It Will Blast You to Smithereens and Make Phantom Elephants Trumpet Loudly". Scolded by her brother, Nanami flies to India to obtain more of the same spice.

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Take Care, Miss Nanami!
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6.97
32 votes

#13 - Take Care, Miss Nanami!

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/7/1997

Lately, someone has been trying to take Nanami's life. Overhearing a conversation between Anthy and her brother Touga, Nanami misunderstands that Touga is the one who is trying to kill her. After that, someone saves Nanami out of a danger and she falls in love with him, who turns out to be a young boy. Nanami asks him to be her boyfriend, but she does not seem to know the difference between a lover and a henchman.

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Tracing a Path
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6.10
20 votes

#14 - Tracing a Path

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/25/1997

In this episode, we review episodes 1 through 12 with Ohtori Akio's monologue (In the next episode, we will learn he is Anthy's brother). When he appears in the Arena, the midair castle falls down. Akio talks to Dios sleeping in the castle. He calls each of Utena's duels as follows: 1. friendship (amitie); 2. choice (choix); 3. reason (raison); 4. love (amour); 5. adoration (adoration); 6. conviction (conviction); 7. self (soi). Akio says Utena might be the one they (Akio and Dios?) have been looking for. At this rate, she could reach to the duel called "revolution" and Dios could be released.

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And Someday, Together, We'll Shine
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#15 - And Someday, Together, We'll Shine

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/24/1997

Everything comes to an end. Something shiny, eternity, miracles, the revolution of the world. Catch the stunning climax to Revolutionary Girl Utena!

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End of the World
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#16 - End of the World

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/17/1997

Utena vs. The End of the World. The truth is discovered.. about the duels, the Rose Bride, and the Prince.

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The One to Revolutionize the World
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#17 - The One to Revolutionize the World

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/10/1997

Utena has gone though many battles.. Friends, Student Council, and people she barely knew. Nothing will compare though, to the battle she must fight now. Will she battle or will she not?

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And Thus Opens the Doorway of Night
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#18 - And Thus Opens the Doorway of Night

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/3/1997

Touga tells Utena the truth. About his true feelings, and that he's always loved her.. Unfortunately for Touga, Utena loves someone else. Touga then challenges Utena to a duel, while placing a bet. If he wins, she becomes his girlfriend.. if she wins, the Student Council no longer aims for the Rose Bride.

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The Love That Blossomed in Wintertime
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#19 - The Love That Blossomed in Wintertime

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/26/1997

Touga suddenly comes back into Utena's life, wanting to spend more time with her. Then, Touga finally realizes the truth about his life.. and how much he was used.

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The Rose Seal
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#20 - The Rose Seal

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/19/1997

Utena is invited to a theater play, and takes Akio and Anthy. Unfortunately, she doesn't know that the play is about the truth behind the Rose Bride and the prince.

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The Prince Who Runs Through the Night
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#21 - The Prince Who Runs Through the Night

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1997

Anthy has Akio deliver some roses to a far away place, taking Utena with him. After a day at the Carnival, Utena and Akio bond late at night.

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The Romance of the Dancing Girls
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#22 - The Romance of the Dancing Girls

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1997

After Touga attempts to get Nanami back, she refuses and blurts out the truth. Then... that night, she sees Akio doing something very forbidden...

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Her Tragedy
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#23 - Her Tragedy

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1997

Nanami finds out that her and Touga are not true siblings, and becomes overly depressed by this. To the point of running away from home... and suddenly being invited to live with Anthy and Utena by Akio! This is gonna more troublesome then a duel for Utena.

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The Barefoot Girl
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#24 - The Barefoot Girl

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1997

Utena has started thinking about her Prince again.. and if she's allowed to love someone else. Utena's world is about to change even more so.

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Azure Paler Than the Sky
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#25 - Azure Paler Than the Sky

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1997

Ruka is back once more, but this time he takes Juri and uses her to duel Utena for him! Will Utena be able to pull off another miracle?

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