REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA Vol. 2

Viz, San Francisco, CA, 2002, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 1-59116-030-8.  Trade soft cover, 193+ pages.  Very good; light edge wear, tiny corner creases; no reading creases; interior clean and unmarked.  Contains installments from Animerica Extra Vol. 4, No. 10 through Vol. 5, No. 4 in their entirety.  Also includes the story To Curry Favor.  ‘One day, a little girl is rescued from a raging river by her prince.  Be banishes her tears, and tells her to grow up strong and noble.  From then on she strives to grow up to be a prince just like him!  Now Utena has followed the clues left by her prince to the exclusive Ohtori Academy, where she is forced to fight duels for the power to revolutionize the world.  Utena doesn’t understand the arcane rules and goals, but if it leads her to her prince, she’s willing to do anything!  Even become engaged to another girl!’ (from rear wrap)