1 Season
39 Episode
Revolutionary Girl Utena - Season 1 Episode 20 Wakaba Flourishing
The power to revolutionize the world!
Lately, Wakaba has been acting so brisk. And she goes home straight right after school. Actually, Wakaba has a secret at home. She is hiding Saionji, who got expelled from school. Since she has a secret crush on him, she is so happy with him. Besides, Wakaba feels so special of herself, being with a kind of special guy. However, she knows this life with Saionji won't last so much longer. She thinks once he returns to school, he won't even remeber her at all. Saionji is making a hair ornament for Wakaba to show his gratitude. Mikage suddenly appears before Saionji and makes a deal that Saionji will return to school. What Mikage wants Saionji to do in return, was to give the hair ornament to Anthy. Seeing Anthy wearing the hair ornament, Wakaba realizes that Saionji's mind has always been with Anthy and she can never be special. At Nemuro Memorial Hall, Wakaba confesses that she wants to beat special people.
- Year: 1997
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Studio: TV Tokyo
- Keyword: sibling relationship, sexual identity, adolescence, swordplay, symbolism, role reversal, surrealism, role playing, metaphysics, coming of age, girl heroine, cross dressing, orphan, subversive tale, incest, gender roles, girl on girl, teenage sexuality, lgbt, female hero, white castle, roses, dual role, teenage rebellion, cross dresser, sword duel, genre bending, phallic symbol, shoujo, shoujo-ai, anime, gender identity, yuri, psychological, girls love, magical girl
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- Cast: Tomoko Kawakami, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Takehito Koyasu, Takeshi Kusao, Kotono Mitsuishi, Aya Hisakawa