Much better ending. Akio stopped once and for all, the sword lost so no one can copy him, Anthy is free, and Utena gets her happy ending with Touga. Yay!

I forgot to this mention last chapter, but you did a GREAT job with the Shadow Girls. Also, I noticed that you used 'determine' instead of 'determined'. There were also some places where you had comma when you shouldn't have, but I really liked your story.

I'd like to point out that it's 'mercy' not 'mercer'. And there shouldn't be a comma between 'Anthy' and 'knew'. Otherwise, great story!

Well this is going to be interesting. I wonder what's going to happen next? Will Anthy save Utena?

thanx u! u have no idea how much this anime confused me! but now uve cleared it up! so I can't wait to read part 2. _

Oh...WOW! I told you in my last review that I loved the AnthyxUtena pairing, but the way you formed the TougaxUtena, I have to say I might like your way better. Of course I don't know if anyone will be able to do it like you did, but...Anyways, I really liked your story!

Good job!

Ja mata ne!

~White Jem~

Great job on this! I have only watched the first few episodes, but was already enchanted by the UtenaxAnthy pairing, and thus decided to look up some fanfiction for it. This made the series SO much clearer, and so I thank you.

Good job, I loved it!

Onward to the next chapter!

~White Jem~

Did Kyouichi go into the dueling arena with them? You didn't mention him, but then he got a line of dialogue.

Funny, I would have expected the first word out of Utena's mouth to be Anthy, not Wakaba. No criticism, just thought I'd mention it.

A gun? There were never guns in Utena... I don't know if I can believe that part...

I really like your story, don't get me wrong. I just wanted Utena and Anthy to end up together. So that was too bad. But it's a really well written story, and I love it. Great work!

That was excellent. YOu totally got the shadow girl thing. I can't wait to read the next part.

Hey there, me again. For aTouga/Utena shipper, this story was great. I am not a fan of the ship, but that is just me being the lesbo that I am. I see Juri/Wakaba or of course Utena and Anthy being together. I loved the way this ended this though. The fact that Dios had to die to stop Akio once and for all was sad but I definately could see that happening. I give you many kudos for your way of ending it. 10/10.

Erin

Good god! I think this made more sense to me than anything, but I sort of wonder if this is your interpretation of some of the things that happened or if this is the conclusion of the show after seeing the series so many times. I have only seen the series once all the way through, and that was a year ago, and I am trying to get all of the episodes again to watch it again. Anyway, I think you did really well with recapping the series, and I applaud you. I will now get to the other part of the story. I am so excited. This is the best post series story I have read, and that is just what I came to from reading this part. So happy.

Erin

HEY SO COL! NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL A STORY IT MIGHT BE ONLY TWO CHAPTERS BUT IT WAS SO GREATE! WILL YOU BE MAKING A SEQUAL? WELL ANYWAYS THANKS! _ _! MOMO

hmm... I don't think I could see it happening because the idea of the prince/princess was about pre-determined gender roles. Utena's revolution was to liberate people from those roles. At the end of the Movie, they talk about creating new roads (which is because identity margins were shattered and people could now be anything they wanted to be without worrying about little boxes (gender roles) which was demonstrated with the analogy that they could choose their own paths, aka new roads.

However, the beauty of fanfiction is that we can rewrite the ending of stories. I'm glad you posted a story that showed an ending that makes you smile. _

I didn't know the actual story of Utena and her friends, but I could still understand your fanfic! That's why I love your stories, 'cos they explain the anime that it came from. I hope you continue to write about other anime films 'cos you are a great writer!

Very nice cap of the story. You did a great job of explaining it with your shadow girls. The only thing I could see wrong is that they are so very blunt - the shadow girls were never so outright with their information, preferring to daddle on about flying UFO's instead of presenting the information.

However, in this case, I think if you had tried that youd end up with the readers far more confused, so a little bit of 'tweaking' so to speak is very appropriate.

I'm also a huge fan of fictions regarding the end of the story. We know they meet once more in the manga, but its also very nearly a completely different story entirely. Long story short, I can't wait to see how Anthy saves Utena, and great start.