Revolutionary Girl Utena - The Beginning of the End (Vol. 6)

Revolutionary Girl Utena - The Beginning of the End (Vol. 6)
by Kunihiko Ikuhara

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DVD Review: Okay. Before you Utena fans kill me for giving it 4 stars...
Summary: 4 Stars

Anyhow, onto the technical stuff. This DVD contains the "11th episode" of the Black Rose DVD (which is technically a filler, since it involves one character finding the diary of another character, with some silly stuff ensuing). However, the two episodes after it get into the Akio arc. The Akio and Apocalypse arcs go through the second round of duels between Utena and the Student Council (in essentially the same order as the first round). That, said, the final two episodes on the DVD will involve Saionji and Miki.

Again with the however, there's a weird twist. The two find out, along with the audience, what the dueling business is really about. If you didn't yet realize what the heck Anthy was doing with those Saturday nights spent with Akio (if you didn't, I must pity you), it will become BLATANTLY OBVIOUS with the second episode on the DVD. You also find out what role Touga plays in the dueling competition (which is one reason why I don't like Touga as a character). Overall, things do get weird here, and it really does presuppose a knowledge of the earlier parts of the series, so DON'T BUY THIS DVD IF YOU HAVEN'T YET WATCHED THE ENTIRE SERIES UP TO THIS POINT!!!

Remember the chorus that sang Mikage's duel song (and the sort of mood that the new chorus gave off with singing the duel song)? Keep remembering it. It's going to be around for the rest of the series. It's also going to sing the 3rd version of Absolute Destiny Apocalypse. Oh yeah, I should mention that there's going to be an overall change in stock footage and a new ending song (which is still considered one of my favorite ending songs to a series), and I'll leave it at that.