#Mawaru Penguindrum

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[iiileaves]

ikuhara references in g-witch's second ending

[japhers]

(penguindrumifies my own OC)

[entamewitchlulu]

briefly thought about Masako Penguindrum and how yeah it's haha funney incest she kissed her brother ewwww lol but if you barely scratch the surface you realize she kisses her brother because her family was irreparably broken by a wildly abusive grandfather, negligent and then dead parents, and her only other source of support essentially kidnapped by another family, leaving her alone to be her younger sibling's only protector against their mutual abuser who fucks up her brain at a critical time in her childhood development so badly she hallucinates near constantly, with the only hope in her life being that one day the idealized vision of her Last Hope in the form of her brother, who is Supposed to Protect Her, will come back and save her from the horrors, only to find out that he has abandoned her entirely for a girl he is clearly in love with but insists on calling his sister, essentially completely replacing her and leaving her completely alone.

Of course she fucking kisses Kanba. She sees him playing house with a girl he insists is his sister, and yet is clearly deeply in love with her, so in a desperate attempt to take back her family, she playacts at romantic interest in her brother because as far as she can tell from the outside this is what Kanba wants, that's what she'll be if only it will put him back in her family and give her back the security of a Family that she's wanted and been denied her entire life. So if Himari is going to replace her, then she can be the "sister" Kanba clearly wants, right?

Maybe that will finally make him come home.

[rosieitth]

[ikuhara]

Here's all the Ikuni series characters (and the man himself) sorted by their astrological sign in case you were curious.

[empty-movement]

Shoujo Kakumei Utena, by Chiho Saito Nokemono to Hanayome, by Asumiko Nakamura Mawaru Penguindrum, by Lily Hoshino Yuri Kuma Arashi, by Akiko Morishima

In September 2017, Ikuhara had an entire retrospective book published about him: Kunihiko Ikuhara: Revolutionary Girl Utena, Mawaru Penguindrum, Yuri Bear Storm … Our Revolution and Survival Strategy

It included new art from the people Ikuhara had worked with, including these four gorgeous full color images. My cleaning skills and options have expanded a TON since I scanned it though, so here are brand new copies!

[squirrelstothenuts]

[sepyana]

What is his fucking problem

[alicezkk101]

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i love her so much

[5-pp-man]

[cat-dog0-0]

some of my favourite animes

[pizzicato-drops]

An aquarium is a galaxy under the sea

[fuzzbuns]

Thank you. I love you.

[rosieitth]