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cognitiveleague · 2 years ago

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Celebrated 4/20 while watching the first few episodes of Revolutionary Girl Utena last night, and woke up still reeling with feelings about the connections between the coffin symbolism and the egg symbolism (and also about the soft textures of those watercolor-y backgrounds, and about love and gender and breaking the chains of oppression)

#it’s about the parallels between birth and death and rebirth though #they both symbolize the old world and a treacherous sense of security #they’re the things that need to be broken and left behind to enter into life meaningfully #the ‘smash the world’s shell’ bit. Anthy’s parting words to Akio #little Utena in the coffin - alive and able to leave but trapped by pain #and the way that directly parallels Anthy in the dark room after the final duel #the realization that ‘revolutionizing the world’ can’t be done without a revolution of the self #god what the fuck how are they still doing this to me #I first watched this show 20 goddamn years ago #revolutionary girl utena #rgu #shoujo kakumei utena

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