Ruka Tsuchiya is... um, was the captain of the fencing
team. He had to take a leave of absense because he was very
sick, and he left Jury in charge. I don't quite understand
Ruka. He isn't a really nice guy. Anyway, he returns to the
Academy and reveals himself as a member of the Student Council.
Well, he has a rose signet, anyway, but he laughs off the idea
of dueling with Utena. Ruka takes back control of the fencing
club, pushing a rather displeased Jury out of the way, and
also begins a relationship with Shiori, which really ticks
Jury off. Jury meets him at a park and tells him to keep his
paws off Shiori, but he tells her that he can do whatever he
pleases. Later, when Jury catches Shiori and Ruka kissing,
Ruka looks straight at her, knowing that it will make her angry.
Personally, I think that he really loved Jury, but had a funny
way of showing it, just like everyone else on the show. That night,
Shiori goes to meet Ruka, but Touga is there instead, and soon
Akio follows and takes both Shiori and Ruka to see the "ends
of the world." The next day, Ruka challanges Utena to a duel
and Shiori acts as Ruka's Rose Bride. As soon as the battle
starts, however, Ruka refuses to fight, saying that he won't
duel with Shiori as his Rose Bride. Shiori protests, and Ruka
tells her that he knows her affections lie elsewhere. He isn't
a very nice guy, is he? But, unlike most of the
other characters, he isn't around long enough to
to find out the reasons behind his nastiness. So it's kind
of hard to really like him... Soon after this, Ruka publicly
dumps Shiori. She is mortified, and Utena and
Anthy, who are in the crowd, feel sorry for her. Jury is
in the crowd also, but she just walks by, pretending not
to notice. They continue to have problems with each other,
and later Jury asks Ruka to make friends with Shiori again
because she can't stand seeing Shiori so tormented. Ruka refuses,
of course, on the grounds that Shiori is a liar, and Jury
attacks him. Ruka fends her off and challenges her to a fencing match,
saying that if she wins, he will make friends with Shiori again,
but if he wins, Jury has to do whatever he wants. Obviously,
Ruka won, because he talks Jury into battling Utena again for the
power of miracles. Well, I'm sure Akio and his car helped a little
in that area. Jury loses her locket in the battle and
pulls her rose off herself. Ruka just tells her not to worry.
The next day, Jury goes to a hospital to visit a girl
from the fencing club who has broken her leg. She overhears
two nurses discussing a patient who just died. He had gone
back to his school to fence, saying that he wanted to give the
power of miracles to the one he loved. It had exhaused him, and
he had died in the night.
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He really is a cad... but
a pretty one.
Ooh, she's definately not very happy with
you.
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