#anthy!mamiya

[asofterutena]

(- so who's wearing your skin?)

episode 23 of revolutionary girl utena, the terms of the duelist, aired on this date 26 years ago.

[multiocular-mushroom]

nothing like a bit of gaslighting to make a duel fair

[gamesgogirling]

revolutionary girl utena picmix haul part 2

[sepyana]

Shout outs to Wakaba for being the only brown eyed character frfr

[aptericia]

All our stories are the same.

No matter how different we appear,

within each person lies

a bride,

a prince,

and a blade

sharp enough to pierce the soul.

[helloanthy]

01.09.2023 🌹 today's anthy!

ummm some people commit identity fraude and orchestrate their own murder by manipulating other peoples maladaptive relationships ? to cope ?

[maggiecheungs]

"The path you must take has been prepared for you. You have no choice but to revolutionise the world."

REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA 🌹 BLACK ROSE ARC

[rosebridal]

akio textposts

[gloomyneptunian]

ive always loved the aesthetics of this episode

[okunichh]

trying to sell the story

of love's eternal glory

.

prints here

[asofterutena]

(Love for who?)

[original comic by @asoftersea]

[shih-na]

Perfect illusion

[gamesgogirling]

Revolutionary Girl Utena picmix frenzy

[arielluva]

doctor dementia in the house

[kakumeisuru]

memory is a fickle thing, isn't it?

[shipofthesis]

Wild to me that some people entertain the notion of Mikage and Tokiko being Utena’s parents when a) Mikage’s defective (homo)sexuality and inability to fuck is so central to his arc and character defined by ineffectiveness and b) TOKIKO LIVES.

No Tokiko can’t be a ghost because her entire point is to Live A Normal Life. If she had a daughter surely she would mention it as she recounts her mundane, domestic, as-scripted existence. Especially in combination to her remark about flowers must die to fruit.

Mikage’s whole problem is he cannot cross the barrier.

Even years later as a “better”, more effective man, he can’t. He’s disconnected. With himself, with others, with time and space.

He is inanimate, a robot, revolving in place. Nothing he does in the Black Rose arc has any lasting consequences, he leaves no mark on the world. He is not a dynamic character, but a plot device. He is a transformative catharsis for his duelists and a warning for Utena and little more. Being something so significant as Utena’s father is antithetical to how the narrative treats him.