Revolutionary Girl Utena - Darkness Beckoning (Vol. 5)
As Kunihiko Ikuhara's 1997 TV series continues, it grows increasingly  surreal. Nanami recruits three "assistants," then dismisses Keiko as a  "vermin" for developing a crush on Nanami's older brother Touga. The Black  Rose Circle continues to recruit students to duel with Utena, including  Keiko, but they invariably lose. The story takes a bizarre turn when Utena  encounters Souji Mikage, a high school "genius" who tells her that Nemuro  Memorial Hall is named for a professor who burned to death there with 100 of  his students. But MikageisProfessor Nemuro. He shares a strange bond  with Board inspector Tokiko and an even stranger one with her brother  Mamiya--who may have set the fire that killed the Professor.Utenamagnifies student crushes, friendships, and quarrels to portentous heights  that will delight adolescent girls. (Not rated: suitable for ages 14 and  older: violence, suggestions of homosexuality and incest)--Charles  Solomon