Revolutionary Girl Utena — Season 1, Episode 17: The Thorns of Death

Episode synopsis

Shiori, who Juri got a secret crush on, has transferred back to Ohtori Academy. Juri, however, is so cold to her. Shiori thinks the reason is that she took a guy she thought Juri had a crush on away from her. But Juri tells her that she didn't even care about that. Shiori wonders then whose picture is in Juri's locket. One day, Juri finally decides to throw her locket away. However, someone picks it up and puts it in Shiori's dorm room so that Shiori will find what's inside. Now Shiori knows that Juri has been suffering from the secret crush on her. Shiori feels relieved from the sense of inferiority that she has been suffering from and struggling to get over with for a long time. Besides, she even feels a sense of superiority to Juri. However, she is also upset with the way Juri has been looking at her. "I understand." says Mikage to Shiori "I suppose you have no choice but to revolutionize the world. The way before you has been prepared."

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