Princess Tutu Guide

Ahiru never believed she could be that princess. She was too clumsy, too timid. But when her friend—a cold, beautiful boy named Mytho, who was the heartless prince himself—began to wither, Ahiru made a choice. A pendant around her neck glowed, and in a swirl of feathers and light, she transformed into Princess Tutu.

But another dancer watched. Rue, the haughty, raven-haired prima of the academy, was secretly the raven’s daughter, raised to be Mytho’s destroyer. And Fakir, Mytho’s fierce, sword-wielding protector, distrusted Ahiru. He knew that stories have a cost. If Tutu completed her tale, she might vanish forever—or worse, become a speck of light in an old man’s forgotten narrative. Princess Tutu

As Tutu, she danced not for glory but for love. Each time she freed a shard of Mytho’s heart, she saw its color: joy, sorrow, anger, tenderness. And each time, the shard returned to Mytho, making him more human—and more vulnerable to the raven’s lingering curse. Ahiru never believed she could be that princess