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Utena rejects this, so Akio reveals the truth.
They're in the planetarium. All the fantasy visions? Illusions, projected by the planetarium.
Anthy will stay the Rose Bride because at this point, she likes it. And she is a witch.
No, Utena says, now we will duel.
Utena and Anthy ascend to the castle where the meet the prince, who is Akio and End of the World.
He draws the sword from her and turns her into a princess. Now they will live happily ever after in the castle. Forever.
Wait. What about Anthy?
Oh, she'll stay the Rose Bride.
Utena explains to Juri that she and Anthy don't have what Juri and Shiori have; they're just good friends.
Basically, she tries everything she can to freeze things where they are right now.
What pushes her over the edge? Probably Anthy's suicide attempt.
She goes.
Utena gets a letter from her prince: come to the phantom castle and gain the power to bring the world revolution, and meet him again.
She takes off her ring, tears up the letter, and asks Akio on a date where she dresses girlishly.
For this battle, Saionji will play the Bride and draw Touga's sword.
Also, Utena cuts a car in half, so there's that.
Touga gives her a last piece of advice: don't let your guard down around End of the World or the Rose Bride.
That night, Utena walks in on the two of them.
If she wins the duel, the student council will stop going after Anthy.
If he wins, Utena has to become his woman.
(Conveniently, if she wins, he calculates she will acquire the power, so he's not actually putting anything on the line.)
Utena agrees.
Touga intends to break with End of the World's instructions. He takes Utena to the dueling arena and confesses. To test his own feelings.
He concludes: he does care for her.
So he must defeat her to keep her from End of the World.
He makes her an offer she can't refuse.
I'm pretty sure Akio is sleeping with Touga too, and at this point, I'm going to guess all the duelists and all the brides have had sexual relations with him as part of the revelation.
It just seems like the right bet.
Akio escalates his courting of Utena.
Or
When Utena was depressed from her parents' death, Prince Dios came to her, and showed her his sister Anthy, trapped in torment, but unable to die. He could not save her, because he was no longer a prince she could believe in. Utena swore to become one and save her.
Long ago, the Rose Prince was trapped in a floating castle by a witch, who was also his sister.
Or
Long ago, Prince Dios was overwhelmed from saving all the girls in the world and his sister, Anthy, sealed him away to protect him. For this she was condemned as a witch.
Some people like to skip recap episodes. You shouldn't skip this one, because at the end of it, Akio takes Utena for a drive.
I don't know if he shows her whatever convinced the others, but they do fuck.
Old: Mandating masks in school.
Bold: Not mandating masks in school.
Gold: Mandating KN95 or better masks in school.
API: You can't see the tree. Just give me callbacks for each level and each entry.
Me: What if I want to know how many entries are on the current level?
API: Tough.
Harry Potter is an anime, because a significant amount of world-changing events happen at school.
The meta-irony of using the phrase "seems legit" unironically.
Me: oh god, what is this RT of an account with a suspiciously political name.
Me: Oh, she got a cute puppy. Give that doggo all the headpats.
Nanami is appalled that Utena doesn't notice what's happening around her. She goes for a ride, and challenges Utena to a duel.
P.S. She and Touga are blood siblings; they were adopted at the same time. Touga knows but doesn't tell her because he likes the no chromo aesthetic.
The big question for this one is: how was the content here not published as part of _The History of Middle Earth_?
I thought Christopher Tolkien had published every grocery list his father wrote. Where did this stuff come from?
(I kid, but only slightly.)
This is now the most straightforward way to acquire Ósanwe-kenta, a rare publication that has been on my to-get list.
