It's not possible at all...just like plenty of other things in the series (Juri's defeat in episode seven, people riding in the Akio cars during the Akio Arc duels, the plays preformed by the Shadow Girls, Anthy being Mamiya, explosive body switching curry, boxing kangaroos...the list goes on). Othori's essentially Akio's little playbox/coffin where he can do anything he pleases.

It's probably a metaphor for something. Most things in SKU seem to be.

Dallbun, minervana, Malacoda, Esmenet, Miss Bluesky - definitely just had a "oh right, duh, that makes sense" moment based on your responses. Thanks!


As for the location of the observation tower, though, I'm still kind of lost! Based on this overview of the campus, I can't even find another tower that would offer a sufficient view, unless Esmenet is correct and they are simply in the Chairman's tower.

Or there's a far simpler explanation.

The dueling Arena is real, and Akio is LYING. (more to come later)

Hey guys I'm a "new student", but I would like to post a theory.
I agree with halleftw, the projector being in the arena just doesn't makes sense, more over it's suppose to be in the middle of it, because the chairman tower and the arena are supposedly the same room.



How come no-one hit it during a duel? just because I can't see it doesn't mean it's not there, that's an illusion right? I can just see our dashing heroine about to perform her Dios attack and being stop by an invisible object (the projector) , Utena and whoever duelist is with her would be like:   (if Utena is conscious that is), Anthy would be cursing her brother for putting the damn projector there.
Now seriously maybe the projector is always in the chairman tower and it "projects" to the dueling arena? after all the tower is directly in front of the forest, as shown by the Ohtori_Campus_01.jpg that halleftw posted.

And I really like what minervana said:
"by some unfathomable trick, Anthy and Akio were able to create the dueling arena in the forest, via a combination of that really expensive projector and Anthy's powers."

Perhaps Anthy's power in combination with the projector allow objects to be tangibles, in Shiori's duel (Thorns of Death) Utena loses her balance but holds onto a desk, the same happens in the Revolution duel.



In the final duel when Akio shows Utena the church, Dios' grave, Nemuro Hall's elevator and interior of the tower, it was once again the projector with Anthy's help, but we are still in the dueling arena.

Oh, a question of my own, what were the 100 duelist doing for Akio? the projector? hmmm... sorry I think there is a topic on it already, anyway be mindful that if you answer this question you would be making a SKU fan very happy

P.S if I am using the BBCode or the Img button incorrectly please bear whit me I'm just learning how to use these.

Last edited by teyhy (04-29-2010 02:32:26 PM)

It might be more like Akio to say that it's all a mere projector when, in reality, it's actually a bunch of awesome magic.

This would also go with the "deconstruction of Utena's prince fantasy" theme that was carried through the final arc.