Revolutionary Girl Utena, Vol. 2: To Plant

Today’s post is on Revolutionary Girl Utena, Vol. 2: To Plant by Chiho Saitō.  It is 200 pages long and is published by Shojo Beat. The cover is an illustration of Utena and Touga. There is no foul language, no sex, and mild violence in this book. The intended reader is someone who likes classic shoujo manga, deeply philosophical stories, and great art. There Be Spoilers Ahead. 

From the back of the book-  Utena gains entry to the Ohtori Academy's inner circle -- the sword-fighting student council. Destiny seems to have brought her together with council leader Touga, but is she merely a pawn in his mysterious scheme?

Review- Utena learns more about the world she has chosen to be part of but there is still so much that she doesn’t understand and no one is trying to explain it to her. In this volume it is more about Utena and her new relationships with the other Rose knights. They all have received letters that led them, like Utena, to the World’s End and to duel there. But the other duelists soon see that Utena is special because a glowing man comes from the castle to help her fight and win. But the volume ends with Touga pretending to be Utena’s prince and I am curious about how she is going to handle this and what she is going to do to him when it is revealed that he is lying to her. 

I give this manga a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.