"I'm the Rose Bride. I must do whatever the winner of the duels

tells me to do."

- Anthy Himemiya

A mysterious girl who is said to have no thoughts or desires besides that of what her master expects of her. Because of her "doormat" behavior, other characters tend to project their wants or desires onto her, and she's always the target of their eventual rage. Her past and current personality are simultaneously tragic and sinister, and her personality sifts between selfless love, passive-aggressive revenge, cruelty, and learned helplessness. Like Utena, Anthy also subverts and conforms to the stereotypes she embodies as both a damsel in distress and a witch.

NOTE: Story, Relationships, and Trivia sections need to be redone. Preferably no cut/paste from Wikipedia.

Contents 1 Abilities 2 Story 2.1 Manga 2.2 Anime 2.2.1 Student Council Saga 2.2.2 Black Rose Saga 2.2.3 Akio Ohtori Saga 2.2.4 End of the World Saga 2.3 Movie 3 Notable Relationships 3.1 Utena Tenjou 3.2 Akio Ohtori 3.3 Chu-Chu - was Anthy's only "friend" before meeting Utena. 4 Appearance 4.1 Manga 4.2 Anime 4.3 Movie 5 Personality 6 Trivia

AbilitiesEdit

Anthy appears to house the Sword of Dios within her own body. At the beginning of a duel, she slips into a trance and the Sword manifests, protruding from her chest so that her champion may draw it from her. This Sword is said to be a key to reaching the goal of Revolution, and Anthy, in her position as the Rose Bride, is supposed to be the key to obtaining it.

Anthy exhibits other unusual abilities as well, including magically embellishing Utena's uniform before the duel. She seems to be able to completely alter her appearance, or at least induce others to see her for someone other than who she really is. Likewise, there is some indication that she has the ability to transform others as well (as in the episode "The Cowbell of Happiness").

StoryEdit

MangaEdit

AnimeEdit

Student Council SagaEdit

Black Rose SagaEdit

Akio Ohtori SagaEdit

End of the World SagaEdit

MovieEdit

Notable RelationshipsEdit

Utena TenjouEdit

Akio OhtoriEdit

Chu-Chu - was Anthy's only "friend" before meeting Utena.Edit

AppearanceEdit

Anthy appears to be an Asian Indian, probably Tamil. She is noticeably darker than the other characters and wears a bindi mark or jewel.

MangaEdit

Anthy is originally depicted in the manga as having thick, black hair which is pinned around head resembling a crown. However, as the manga progresses, Anthy's hair is more consistently depicted as black, and her Rose Bride costume, initally pink, stabilizes as the red seen in the anime. Her school dress is the standard Ohtori Academy uniform conisisting of a white blouse with puffy sleeves and a neck-tie, paired with a sea-green pleated skirt, white ankle socks and loafers. Anthy also wears oversized circular glasses, which are later revealed to be uneeded entirely. Her hair, when released from its bun, is extremely thick and curly, and is approximately the same shade of violet as her brother Akio's. Her eyes are a deep green.

AnimeEdit

As in the latter part of the manga, Anthy is in the entirety of the manga depicted in standard Ohtori uniform with her violet hair pinned up around her head, although on ocassion (such as in Episode 3 "On the Night of the Ball", at Nanami's party, or Episode 20 "Wakaba Flourishing", while walking past Wakaba) she adorns her hair with ribbons or hairclips. When performing her duties as the Rose Bride, Anthy wears a red dress reminescent of those worn by traditional princesses, albeit with several additions such as military shoulder tassels. Her dress, which is sleeveless, is bordered with a sea green fringe at the edge of the bodice, and includes two separate cuffs worn similarly to bracelets. Moreover, when in her Rose Bride

costume, Anthy dons a golden spiked tiara. Her hair, as in the manga, is extremely thick and wavy when let down, and although it is a darker shade of violet than her brother Akio's. Her eyes are a green similar to the frills on her Rose Bride costume. In the last episode of Utena, "Someday, We'll Shine Together", as Anthy departs from Ohtori in search of Utena, she wears an entirely different outfit than from the rest of the series; her hair is loose and free, under a white beret, she wears a pink travel suit with a white undershirt and matching white mary-janes, and she abandoned her glasses entirely, leaving them on Akio's desk.

MovieEdit

In the film Revolutionar

y Girl Utena: Adolescence of Utena, aside from her school uniform, Anthy's appearance is radically changed. Most noticeably, when Utena and Anthy first meet in the film, Anthy's hair is not only loose, but it is a more medium shade of violet than in the anime and completely straight. Utena's, by contrast, is quite curly. Her school uniform is unchanged from the anime, although her Rose Bride costume is redesigned, and much more similar to Utena's duelist costume than in the anime. Her Rose Bride costume now consists of a form-fitting, floor length dress with a thigh-length slit in the front, and surrounded by a sheer pink overskirt of sorts. The dress itself is two-tone, with the front and back being white while the sides are both red. Anthy continues to wear the red

cuffs and tiara as she did in the series. In a flashback to Anthy's childhood as a 'witch', Anthy is depicted wearing the same large, puffy yellow dress that the Utena was presumed to have worn in the original introduction to the series.

PersonalityEdit

Anthy initially expresses no personal emotions or thoughts for herself whatsoever, other than her care for Chu-Chu, although this is only an extension of her identity as the Rose Bride. In order to obey her fiancee's wishes, Anthy attempts to limit her visible persona to one of subservient docility. In reality, however, Anthy true emotions are often dark and at times malicious, as she shows no apparent remorse for hurting the feelings of others. Due to the unrelenting abuse she receives from Akio and her previous masters, Anthy holds little hope in humanity and thus refuses to trust others with her feelings until Utena endeavors to destroy the barrier between herself as a duelist and Anthy as the Rose Bride.

TriviaEdit