#because utena didn't truly see at first. but their growth throughout the series and the way they do in fact end up helping each other

[muninnhuginn]

utenanthy for the ship ask game :3

they would kill each other is because cantarella scene my beloved (and also. well.). but nah the layers to them are really what make it work for me. sometimes you have ships and one character is pulling all the weight but with utenanthy you have both of them un/intentionally sabotaging their relationship for much of the series because they're not on the same page despite ultimately both wanting the same thing in terms of escaping the cycle. they're both fully realised characters but (and this is similar to satorika for me) it's exactly because they're the characters that they are that they end up talking right past each other. and yet, because utena kept trying and anthy kept up her own small acts of rebellion, they are able to come to an understanding and the promise of a future together (and that's why I couldn't bring myself to tick off 'they make me sad').