Once apon a time a little girl named Utena was very sad because her parents had died. She met a prince on a white horse, who comforted her. Before he disappeared he gave her a ring with the sign of a rose and said the ring would lead Utena back to him someday.
Years later at her school, Utena finds herself drawn into the mysterious duels the student council are fighting. Utena wins a duel and finds herself engaged to a quiet girl called the Rose Bride. And romanced by the gorgeous guy leading the duelists. High school intrigue down below, the mysterious dueling arena and phantom castle above, and all of it spinning around the power of Utena's bride Anthy. The power to change the world. Is this what Utena's prince has led her to? And what's it all really about?