Revolutionary Girl Utena — Season 1, Episode 14: The Boys of the Black Rose

Episode synopsis

Utena meets Anthy's brother, Akio. Akio has been engaged to Ohtori Kanae whose father is the chairman of the board of trustees of Ohtori Academy. Her father is deceased, so Akio is the acting chairman. Mikage Souji is a twelfth grader who organizes Mikage Seminar, aka the Black Rose Association. He is such a genius that he even writes papers for professors. The building of Mikage's office is called Nemuro Memorial Hall, where it is said that one hundred boys were buried alive long ago. Chida Mamiya has a right to become the Rose Bride. Mikage says he will do whatever it takes to make Mamiya the Rose Bride, and will obtain the Power of Dios and the eternal secret. Mikage says the End of the World admitted Mikage and Mamiya. They say they need a duelist good enough to beat Utena. In the elevator of Nemuro Memorial Hall, Kanae confesses she is suffering. She can't get along with Anthy no matter how hard she tries. Taking advantage of that, Mikage makes her a Black Rose Duelist.

About Revolutionary Girl Utena

"Never lose that strength or nobility, even when you grow up." When Utena was just a child and in the depths of sorrow, she found salvation in those words. They were the words of a prince, who bestowed upon her both a ring and the promise that it would lead her to him again. She never forgot the encounter. Now a teenager, Utena attends the prestigious Ohtori Academy; however, her strong sense of chivalry soon places her at odds with the student council and thrusts her into a series of mysterious and dangerous duels against its members.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Rose Bride
• E2For Whom the Rose Smiles
• E3On the Night of the Ball
• E4The Sunlit Garden - Prelude
• E5The Sunlit Garden - Finale
• E6Take Care, Miss Nanami!
• E7Unfulfilled Juri
• E8Curried High Trip
• E9The Castle Said to Hold Eternity
• E10Nanami's Precious Thing
• E11Gracefully Cruel - The One Who Picks That Flower
• E12For Friendship, Perhaps