Mikage asks Utena to join his seminar again, actually trying to include her in his side, the Black Rose Association. This time, to convince her, he also offers himself as a consultant so that Utena can ask him when Utena or her friends have any problem. Thinking about Anthy's Rose Bride problem, Utena decides to see Mikage. But at Nemuro Memorial Hall, Utena finds photographs of Duelists, Kozue, Shiori, Wakaba, and others. Utena notices that Mikage is behind this whole thing. Utena challenges Mikage to a duel.
During the duel, Mikage tells Utena that Utena is the same as him in the sense that Utena met somebody who completely changed the life, and can't get over it. That's why she is a Duelist first of all. Later in the middle of the duel, Mikage suddenly hears Mamiya's voice, which says Mikage will be beaten. Mikage finds in Mamiya's position of the photographs someone he doesn't know --- He finally recalls this boy was the real Mamiya for the first time after decades. The real Mamiya actually died back then, and it was Mikage who set fire to the hall. And this whole thing about Mikage was all Akio's plot; For a long time, Akio has been manipulating Mikage's mind to take advantage of his brain (Mikage was the one who opened the way to the castle), besides Akio says that Mikage didn't even exist in the first place, just like Mamiya didn't.
Mikage invite une nouvelle fois Utena à rejoindre son séminaire. Mais il semble que l’heure soit à présent venu pour les deux duellistes de s’affronter. Durant le duel, Mikage dit à Utena qu’au fond, ils sont tous les deux les mêmes. Tous les deux ont en effet vu leur vie basculer suite à une rencontre inattendue. Aurait-il rencontré la même personne ?
根室紀念館遭人放火而使百名學生活埋之後，從那時起御影草時就停止了自己的時間。而將學生養成決鬥者的黑薔薇也只剩了下最後一隻，於是草時決定讓歐蒂娜成為夥伴。但在歐蒂娜知道他就是幕後操控學生進行決鬥的罪魁禍首後，向他提出了決鬥。草時因為決鬥而自己進入了告白升降室。讓他決定去決鬥的，難道是因為歐蒂娜的臉上閃過時子的面影嗎……。看著自己因被歐蒂娜扭打而流出的淚滴，草時臉上浮出笑容。
