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just finished utena :)
Mar. 6th, 2024 11:40 pmI'm watching the last few Utena episodes right and I'm also wine drunk. yes it's wednesday but I'm unemployed so who cares. "Now Olivia," you may be saying, "why are you watching the ending of a deeply allegorical/surreal anime that you struggle to understand the deeper themes of even when you're fully sober?" This is a good point and one I have no counterargument to. But here I am regardless. (With that, none of this is particularly insightful.)
I watched most of the first arc on my own back in 2021ish and enjoyed it, but was too busy with school and navigating the pandemic and all that to really keep it up. I've been pretty thoroughly spoiled as a result of existing online for god knows how many years, but I've always wanted to finish it. Watching it for real this time was my single new year's resolution and then in early January one of my online friends out of nowhere tweeted smth like "my brother is gonna watch Utena before I do :(" which was a very convenient coincidence, so we put together a group and now four or five of us get together every week to watch a few episodes. I had to miss a week because of my travel so decided to watch just a few on my own and now I'm at the end. oops. At least I won't be the only one of us who's already watched it- another friend has seen the show like three times so now we can chat about the greater plot while our other friends take it all in for the first time.
( on a similar anime )
( a little bit of surface level character interpretation )
( music thoughts + minor complaint )
I'm excited for a deep dive into other people's interpretations of the show, as well as what will now, for me, be a rewatch with my friends. It'll be nice to know the whole context and be able to better understand character motivations and what's going on behind the scenes. I'm going to watch the movie as well but I think I need to give it at least a few days before I do so.
fun fact, if you google "utena lesbian characters" akio ootori is one of the first results. do with that what you will
I watched most of the first arc on my own back in 2021ish and enjoyed it, but was too busy with school and navigating the pandemic and all that to really keep it up. I've been pretty thoroughly spoiled as a result of existing online for god knows how many years, but I've always wanted to finish it. Watching it for real this time was my single new year's resolution and then in early January one of my online friends out of nowhere tweeted smth like "my brother is gonna watch Utena before I do :(" which was a very convenient coincidence, so we put together a group and now four or five of us get together every week to watch a few episodes. I had to miss a week because of my travel so decided to watch just a few on my own and now I'm at the end. oops. At least I won't be the only one of us who's already watched it- another friend has seen the show like three times so now we can chat about the greater plot while our other friends take it all in for the first time.
( on a similar anime )
( a little bit of surface level character interpretation )
( music thoughts + minor complaint )
I'm excited for a deep dive into other people's interpretations of the show, as well as what will now, for me, be a rewatch with my friends. It'll be nice to know the whole context and be able to better understand character motivations and what's going on behind the scenes. I'm going to watch the movie as well but I think I need to give it at least a few days before I do so.
fun fact, if you google "utena lesbian characters" akio ootori is one of the first results. do with that what you will
