First it's Parents' Day at Tomobiki High. Who will prevail when Lum's exotic mother challenges Mendo's filthy rich mom to a duel? Then, a field trip for our scholastically inclined (yeah right) friends leads to an unexpected meeting with a pretty but disgruntled female ninja whose comrades are having a little trouble 'letting go.' Can Ataru stop drooling long enough to save her from their terrible retribution?

Pesky, precocious, fire-breathing Ten sports a tiger striped diaper and those trademark alien horns but suffers from the preoccupations of a testosterone-fueled adolescent. He and Ataru have more in common than either care to admit...

In an alternate reality storyline, Lum and Co. torment each other during Japan's feudal Heian Period (794 to 1192, to be exact). A humble lad forsakes a fair maiden for a beautiful ogre. Guess who fills the title roles?

Jealous of Utena's abilities, Juri faces off against her supposed rival in another bizarre duel. But against Juri's superior skill, it will take a miracle for Utena to beat her!

Through skill and cunning, Utena has defeated every duelist on campus except for Touga Kiryuu. During the duel, Touga reveals to Utena that he is in fact the prince she has been searching for all her life - is he for real or is this a ploy to throw Utena off?

Still searching for the elusive prince who saved her life as a young girl, Utena faces her toughest challenge yet: the romantic overtures of Akio Ohtori. Can she trust the handsome but rakish older man? And if so, will he be able to help her ascend to the Castle in the Sky? After a night of passion, Utena hopes the power of love will change her destiny. But is she ready to participate in the Consummation Ceremony?

Elegance is a way of life at Ohtori Academy. This elite boarding school values tradition and ceremony above almost everything else. Into this academic milieu walks Utena Tenjou. Almost immediately, she finds herself embroiled in sword duels, knotty romantic entanglements and a string of shady alliances. There's a cloud of mystery hanging over the campus of Ohtori and everyone Utena meets harbors a dark and twisted secret.

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted by uzumaki - the spiral - the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests in everything from seashells, to the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear, pulling the inhabitants of Kurozu-cho ever deeper into madness.

As events unfold, giant snails are sighted near the high school, an eerie glow shines from the abandoned lighthouse, mosquitoes seeking blood fly in drowsy circles, and babies seek to return to the womb. The very smoke from the crematorium hangs in an ominous spiral over the town, reminding everyone that even in death there is no escape...

With their town devastated by titanic hurricanes, the citizens of the spiral-haunted town of Kurozu-cho - including Shuichi, Kirie, and her family - find themselves cut off from the outside world. Reporters and rescue teams cross the mountain range into Kurozu-cho only to find themselves unable to leave.