Revolutionary Girl Utena - Season 1 Episode 4 The Sunlit Garden - Prelude
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.
- 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, clinical, girls love, magical girl
- Cast: Tomoko Kawakami, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Takehito Koyasu, Takeshi Kusao, Kotono Mitsuishi, Aya Hisakawa
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