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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: The only sense Utena can make out of Wakaba's violent outburst is that she's hurting, and Utena knows that by winning the duel she can make things better.
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Utena is reluctant fight Wakaba, and Wakaba quickly gains the upper hand. The only sense Utena can make out of Wakaba's her violent outburst is that she's hurting, and Utena knows that by winning the duel she can make things better.
* WatchingTroyBurn: The duel chorus is literally about the [[Literature/TheIliad fall of Troy]] and the slaying of the elderly Trojan King Priam by Achilles' teenage son, Pyrrhus. Like the allusion to "The Parting at Sakurai" above, it is about war and tragic inevitability, but while the former anticipates violence, this one is overtly bloody.
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* WatchingTroyBurn: The duel chorus is literally about the [[Literature/TheIliad fall of Troy]] and the slaying of the elderly Trojan King Priam by Achilles' teenage son, Pyrrhus. Like the allusion to "The Parting at Sakurai" above, it is about war and tragic inevitability, but while the former anticipates violence, this one is overtly bloody.
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Wakaba takes in Saionji after he gets expelled for injuring Touga and falls in love with him. Mikage offers to get Saionji's expulsion lifted in exchange for a gift that he made for Wakaba. When Wakaba later sees Anthy with it, she joins the Black Rose Seminar.
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[[caption-width-right:350:A moment worth fighting for]]
-> ''"Now, I am special... as long as I have this secret. Yes, I'm special!"''
As revealed at the end of the preceding episode, Wakaba's secret is that she is letting Saionji
* AsianFoxSpirit: The shadow play occurs during a sunshower, and around Asia it's often said that fox spirits are getting married when this happens. Utena's response to the performance clarifies the relationship between the performance and the themes of the episode, which is that nobody's happiness or fulfillment is truly contingent on someone else.
* BishieSparkle: Saionji produces some sparkles when he flips his hair, and he gets an AudibleGleam while he's at it.
* ByTheHair: As an indicator of Wakaba's rage and brutality as a Black Rose duelist, she pulls Utena by her hair during the duel. None of Utena's other opponents do this to her (not that many have the opportunity.)
* TheChosenOne: When Utena chats with Akio, she asks him about the changes she observed in Wakaba. Akio's explanation hinges on the idea that Utena is such a standout individual, so marked for greatness, that she doesn't know what it means for someone to have their day in the limelight. (While he's not mistaken about her "main-character" nature, it's also [[AppealToFlattery obvious ego-stroking]].)
--> '''Akio:''' There are special people in the world. People who always draw attention. Yes... like yourself, for example.
* TheChosenOne: When Utena chats with Akio, she asks him about the changes she observed in Wakaba. Akio's explanation hinges on the idea that Utena is such a standout individual, so marked for greatness, that she doesn't know what it means for someone to have their day in the limelight. (While he's not mistaken about her "main-character" nature, it's also [[AppealToFlattery obvious ego-stroking]].)
--> '''Akio:''' There are special people in the world. People who always draw attention. Yes... like yourself, for example.
* DealWithTheDevil: Saionji accepts Mikage's offer of help getting reinstated at Ohtori, forming a Faustian deal that truly has no strings attached -- for him, at least. Instead, Saionji's good fortune enables Mikage get Wakaba right where he wants her.
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* DownerEnding: Wakaba goes home to find Saionji gone.
* DramaticIrony:
** Wakaba spends the entire episode convinced hiding Saionji's the only thing making her special, when it's shown Wakaba's well-liked by multiple people and invited to join in several activities. To highlight just how special she is, Wakaba is the only Black Rose Duelist whom Utena refuses to use the Sword of Dios on. In spite of Wakaba actively trying to kill her, Utena doesn't let go of her, disarms Wakaba, and uses Saionji's sword to slice off Wakaba's rose without ever letting go of her.
** For once, Utena's denseness is not what's causing a problem. She's actively aware that something is different about Wakaba and doesn't understand what, but mainly because Wakaba is keeping it a secret from her even when Utena asks her about it.
* DramaticIrony:
** Wakaba spends the entire episode convinced hiding Saionji's the only thing making her special, when it's shown Wakaba's well-liked by multiple people and invited to join in several activities. To highlight just how special she is, Wakaba is the only Black Rose Duelist whom Utena refuses to use the Sword of Dios on. In spite of Wakaba actively trying to kill her, Utena doesn't let go of her, disarms Wakaba, and uses Saionji's sword to slice off Wakaba's rose without ever letting go of her.
** For once, Utena's denseness is not what's causing a problem. She's actively aware that something is different about Wakaba and doesn't understand what, but mainly because Wakaba is keeping it a secret from her even when Utena asks her about it.
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* DownerEnding: Wakaba goes home returns to her room at the end of the episode and the moment she'd been dreading all along has finally come: she slowly turns looks into the room to find Saionji gone.
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**DramaticIrony: The tension of the arena opponent reveal is based around what Utena's reaction to having to fight Wakaba spends will be, since the entire episode convinced hiding Saionji's the only thing making her special, when it's shown Wakaba's well-liked by multiple people and invited to join in several activities. To highlight just how special she is, audience knows Wakaba is the only Black Rose Duelist whom challenger, while Utena refuses to use the Sword of Dios on. In spite of Wakaba actively trying to kill her, Utena doesn't let go of her, disarms Wakaba, and uses Saionji's sword to slice off Wakaba's rose without ever letting go of her.
** For once, Utena's denseness is not what's causing a problem. She's actively aware that something is different about Wakaba and doesn't understand what, but mainly because Wakaba is keeping it a secret from her even when Utena asks her about it.does not.
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** For once, Utena's denseness is not what's causing a problem. She's actively aware that something is different about Wakaba and doesn't understand what, but mainly because Wakaba is keeping it a secret from her even when Utena asks her about it.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: The only sense Utena can make out of Wakaba's violent outburst is that she's hurting, and Utena knows that by winning the duel she can make things better.
--> '''Utena:''' I know there's a lot about this I don't understand, but I do know this for sure: you are my best friend. Hold on... I'll save you now.
* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: Wakaba spends the episode convinced that that the secret she shares with Saionji is making her special, and yet there is a whole montage dedicated to how confident, accomplished, and well-liked she is, and Saionji has no direct influence on any of it. To highlight how special she is, Wakaba is the only Black Rose Duelist whom Utena refuses to use the Sword of Dios on. In spite of Wakaba actively trying to kill her, Utena doesn't let go of her, disarms Wakaba, and uses Saionji's sword to slice off her rose. Utena never lets go of her hand, and unlike the other Black Rose duelists the viewer never sees her fall to the floor.
--> '''Utena:''' I know there's a lot about this I don't understand, but I do know this for sure: you are my best friend. Hold on... I'll save you now.
* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: Wakaba spends the episode convinced that that the secret she shares with Saionji is making her special, and yet there is a whole montage dedicated to how confident, accomplished, and well-liked she is, and Saionji has no direct influence on any of it. To highlight how special she is, Wakaba is the only Black Rose Duelist whom Utena refuses to use the Sword of Dios on. In spite of Wakaba actively trying to kill her, Utena doesn't let go of her, disarms Wakaba, and uses Saionji's sword to slice off her rose. Utena never lets go of her hand, and unlike the other Black Rose duelists the viewer never sees her fall to the floor.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Utena had no idea why Wakaba was saying Anthy stole Saionji from her. While Utena's known about Wakaba's crush on Saionji, she can be forgiven in this case but Wakaba was actively making sure nobody knew she was housing Saionji on campus.
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The episode title is a reference to "The Parting at Sakurai," a song that was popular in UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan that describes a historical event in which a samurai bids farewell to his son before embarking on what he knows is a doomed campaign. The first stanza is ''aoba shigireru Sakurai no'', or "In Sakurai where blue[=/=]green leaves flourish," and this line is considered an alternate title. The series substitutes ''aoba'' with ''wakaba'', and both words mean "young leaf."
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: For once, Utena's denseness is not a source of conflict. She's actively aware that something is different about Wakaba, but since Wakaba decides to keep her secret to herself, Utenahad goes into her confrontation with Wakaba blind. Utena has no idea why Wakaba was saying claimed that Anthy stole Saionji from her. While Utena's known about Wakaba's crush on Saionji, she can be forgiven in her, and since at this case but Wakaba was actively making sure nobody knew point she was housing Saionji on campus.is accustomed to her opponents going back to their usual selves with no memory of fighting her, she evidently accepts that she will never know.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: For once, Utena's denseness is not a source of conflict. She's actively aware that something is different about Wakaba, but since Wakaba decides to keep her secret to herself, Utena
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* WatchingTroyBurn: The duel chorus is literally about the [[Literature/TheIliad fall of Troy]] and the slaying of the elderly Trojan King Priam by Achilles' teenage son, Pyrrhus. Like the allusion to "The Parting at Sakurai" above, it is about war and tragic inevitability, but while the former anticipates violence, this one is overtly bloody.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Wakaba's speech during the duel about how Utena, Anthy and the student council are all so important actually seems to be her jabbing not at them being important to Utena, but rather that they are the main characters of the show.
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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Wakaba is exceptionally sweet, supportive and a little bashful around Saionji, and surprisingly, Saionji seems to have turned over a new leaf - he's embarrassed about his situation, but shows gratitude to Wakaba and even acts a little dorky around her. Sadly, it's not to last. Saionji is determined to make Wakaba's place a mere pit stop on his way back to Ohtori's halls of power, and he succeeds at her expense.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: This is the first time Anthy finds herself unprepared for the results of her machinations, as Wakaba proves to be the most dangerous of the Black Rose Duelists by far.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: This is the first time Anthy finds herself unprepared for the results of her machinations, as Wakaba proves to be the most dangerous of the Black Rose Duelists by far. In part because Wakaba's the only one who decided to straight up try and kill Anthy the first chance she got, something none of the others did.
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* HeroicWillpower: Subverted. Wakaba holds out a bit longer than the other Black Rose Duelists, to the point Mikage has to directly step in to engineer the moment where she finally snaps by asking Saionji for Wakaba's hair clip.
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* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Wakaba forgoes actually dueling Utena, deciding it's better to just kill Anthy now. Utena only manages to beat her by taking Wakaba's sword as they're struggling.
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* WhamShot: Twice.
** Wakaba walks home and Anthy heads past her, wearing the leaf clip Saionji planned to give Wakaba.
** Utena arrives in the Dueling Arena and is left silently horrified in disbelief upon seeing her challenger is her best friend.
** Wakaba walks home and Anthy heads past her, wearing the leaf clip Saionji planned to give Wakaba.
** Utena arrives in the Dueling Arena and is left silently horrified in disbelief upon seeing her challenger is her best friend.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: This is the first time Anthy finds herself unprepared for the results of her machinations, as Wakaba proves to be the most dangerous of the Black Rose Duelists by far.
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* DramaticIrony: Wakaba spends the entire episode convinced hiding Saionji's the only thing making her special, when it's shown Wakaba's well-liked by multiple people and invited to join in several activities. To highlight just how special she is, Wakaba is the only Black Rose Duelist whom Utena refuses to use the Sword of Dios on. In spite of Wakaba actively trying to kill her, Utena doesn't let go of her, disarms Wakaba, and uses Saionji's sword to slice off Wakaba's rose without ever letting go of her.
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* DramaticIrony: DramaticIrony:
** Wakaba spends the entire episode convinced hiding Saionji's the only thing making her special, when it's shown Wakaba's well-liked by multiple people and invited to join in several activities. To highlight just how special she is, Wakaba is the only Black Rose Duelist whom Utena refuses to use the Sword of Dios on. In spite of Wakaba actively trying to kill her, Utena doesn't let go of her, disarms Wakaba, and uses Saionji's sword to slice off Wakaba's rose without ever letting go ofher.her.
** For once, Utena's denseness is not what's causing a problem. She's actively aware that something is different about Wakaba and doesn't understand what, but mainly because Wakaba is keeping it a secret from her even when Utena asks her about it.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Utena had no idea why Wakaba was saying Anthy stole Saionji from her. While Utena's known about Wakaba's crush on Saionji, she can be forgiven in this case but Wakaba was actively making sure nobody knew she was housing Saionji on campus.
** Wakaba spends the entire episode convinced hiding Saionji's the only thing making her special, when it's shown Wakaba's well-liked by multiple people and invited to join in several activities. To highlight just how special she is, Wakaba is the only Black Rose Duelist whom Utena refuses to use the Sword of Dios on. In spite of Wakaba actively trying to kill her, Utena doesn't let go of her, disarms Wakaba, and uses Saionji's sword to slice off Wakaba's rose without ever letting go of
** For once, Utena's denseness is not what's causing a problem. She's actively aware that something is different about Wakaba and doesn't understand what, but mainly because Wakaba is keeping it a secret from her even when Utena asks her about it.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Utena had no idea why Wakaba was saying Anthy stole Saionji from her. While Utena's known about Wakaba's crush on Saionji, she can be forgiven in this case but Wakaba was actively making sure nobody knew she was housing Saionji on campus.
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* CuteAndPsycho: Thanks to the Black Rose, Wakaba doesn't wait for Utena and Anthy to reveal the Sword of Dios and would rather try to murder them both right then and there.
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* DramaticIrony: Wakaba spends the entire episode convinced hiding Saionji's the only thing making her special, when it's shown Wakaba's well-liked by multiple people and invited to join in several activities. To highlight just how special she is, Wakaba is the only Black Rose Duelist whom Utena refuses to use the Sword of Dios on. In spite of Wakaba actively trying to kill her, Utena doesn't let go of her, disarms Wakaba, and uses Saionji's sword to slice off Wakaba's rose without ever letting go of her.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Wakaba proves to be the most violent and dangerous of the Black Rose Duelists so far, as she doesn't even wait for Utena to draw her sword when she decides ''she'll kill Utena and Anthy right there''.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Anthy actually ''pleads'' with Utena to draw the Sword of Dios and seems genuinely unprepared for Wakaba's unleashed wrath.
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Wakaba takes in Saionji after he gets expelled for injuring Touga and falls in love with him. Mikage offers to get Saionji's expulsion lifted in exchange for a gift that he made for Wakaba. When Wakaba later sees Anthy with it, she joins the Black Rose Seminar.
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*DownerEnding: Wakaba goes home to find Saionji gone.
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*DownerEnding: Wakaba goes home to find Saionji gone.
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