Who is the most beloved character in Revolutionary girl utena?

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[favoriteutenacharactertournament]

Hi everyone and welcome to the tournament for the fandom's favorite Revolutionary Girl Utena character!! (take 2)

First matches are:

Utena Tenjou VS Wakaba Shinohara Juri Arisugawa VS the Shadow Girls/Drama club Anthy Himemya VS Touga Kiryuu Akio Ohtori VS Prince Dios Tatsuya Kazami VS Souji Mikage Aiko Akiya VS Mari Hozumi Chu-chu VS Nanami Kiryuu Mitsuru Tsuwabuki VS Yuko Ohse Kanae Ohtori VS Keiko Sonoda Kozue Kaoru VS Kyouichi Saionji Shiori Takatsuki VS Miki Kaoru Mamiya Chida VS Ruka Tsuchiya Tokiko Chida VS Suzuki, Yamada and Tanaka

Second matches are:

Tokiko chida VS mamiya chida Shiori taktsuki VS mitsuru tsuwabuki Kozue kaoru VS souji mikage Kanae ohtori VS juri arisugawa Nanami kiryuu VS prince dios Mari hozumi VS utena tenjou Anthy himemiya VS Wakaba Shinohara

Third matches are:

Anthy Himemiya VS Shiori Takatsuki Utena Tenjou VS Juri Arisugawa Nanami Kiryuu VS Kozue Kaoru Mamiya Chida VS Wakaba Shinohara

semi-finals are:

Anthy Himemiya VS Wakaba Shinohara Utena Tenjou VS Nanami Kiryuu

FINALS are:

Utena Tenjou VS Anthy Himemiya

Sorry for the small delay after i announced i was back, i didnt have the chance to work on my computer!

Reminders:

Characters are anime only All matches are randomized with a wheel All polls will last three days with one day between each(more time between matches though because i have to prepare them after all the previous matches are over) This tournament is about who you like better, no matter your reasons, be it writing, likeability, etc. but most of all, have fun!

[himewarlock]

okay wait here's all my rgulings in normal clothes (i'm still deciding what to give shiori and nanami)

[martapreliy]

Last year I rewatched Utena and drew this poster. And... I think it's time to show it?? 🤺

[grendelsmilf]

finally fucking finished this one. eventually i just got so sick of staring at it that i was just like ok whatever. upload

[grendelsmilf]

HAPPY DAY

[thoschei]

paper bag - juiori amv

[mekwlala]

[muttrott]

cowbell collar

[atak-achrativ]

[ohtori-dropout]

Utena truly said what if Eurydice knew from the start that Orpheus would look back. She knows that this is how the story must end. Orpheus remains optimistically oblivious as he trudges forward. Eurydice waits for him to look back. Look back already, as other so-called "heroes" would. He does not look back. He climbs the crags and steps of the Underworld even as Hades accosts him, leads him down and down and down back to the depths. She wants him to look back, look back and end this spiraling journey of cliffs and chasms. That is how the story ends, after all. Is he purposefully denying fate, or does he truly not know what is to come? All stories have a certain end. He does not look back. She begins to ask him to look back, to beg in woven myth to let it be done already. She throws herself off a cliff, Look back, look back, watch me fall and know that it is done. He casts his head aside as he grasps her arm in his hand. He does not look back. He reaches the precipice, where the story must end even as all else has failed. He is shown a future (a fantasy) without sorrow, without her. He does not look back. Forward, forward. He thinks himself a hero. "Look back," a blade pierces his chest, "look back at your killer. Let this story end, as it should, as it will, for you are no prince." He does not look back. Forward, forward, as rock gives way to dirt. He collapses at the maw of Hades, dewkissed grass at his fingertips. He does not look back. Eurydice steps into sunlight.

AN: Holy shit this blew up

I’d greatly appreciate it if anyone seeing this checked out the addendum as well for a more rounded perspective/a short glimpse at my full opinions on the matter that aren’t filtered through Orpheus and Eurydice. Also, to anyone seeing this who hasn’t watched Utena yet (I’ve seen y’all in the tags), welcome!

[arielluva]

the cycle continues, it's coming full circle

[hiphopcherrrypop]

and someday together we'll shine

based on this beautiful art by shirahama kamome!!!!

[cubedmango]

anyone done this yet

[eruzed]

my girlfriend joked in passing that akio would own a cybertruck and i immediately had to make this terrible image

[stackslip]

every so often i see takes from new fans of rgu who are like "i was liking this anime but idk why it has to have so much incest :/" and i bang my head against the wall

[stackslip]

one of my biggest points of frustration with all the western cartoon makers (or any kind of lesbian western art as a whole) who cite revolutionary girl utena as an inspiration is that every "homage" or inspiration they take from the show seems to be about Cool Lesbians With Swords And Nothing Else. or at best star crossed lover girls. it's like all the darker and more genuinely challenging and unique aspects of it has to be cleanly excised. and like don't get me wrong i absolutely get why a western kids' cartoon is not gonna address any kind of sexual abuse nvm incestuous ones but it's frustrating to see newer fans want to omit these aspects of the show, or downplay its importance to the plot and themes at all as though the entire final arc wasn't about utena's grooming and anthy's suicidality as her sexually abusive brother ropes her further into the duel system and in helping grooming utena, while believing she doesn't deserve saving and resenting utena for how she refuses to understand the dynamic between them or how akio treats either of them for the longest time. like sorry the hand reaching scene at the end isn't simply touching because Yuri Wins or whatever but because even when anthy tries to push away utena one last time by stabbing her, giving in fully to her forced role of Witch and of suffering, utena straight up ignores akio and crawls to anthy to tell her that she's worthy of being loved and being saved no matter what. no matter if anthy thinks of herself or is seen as unclean and broken and monstruous both as a victim of incestuous sexual abuse and as the designated Witch who cannot be a clean woman or loved in normative ways according to the structures and rules of ohtori--anthy IS worthy of that love and of being saved. of existing outside these structures. it feels genuinely kinda sad when people think that discussing these structures at all (incestuous abuse and csa being considered the pillars of patriarchy in rgu, disguised and normalized by ideas of the nuclear family and the princess/witch archetypes) is sick or disturbing and should be left out!

[clabhsair]

shrekori.

[favoriteutenacharactertournament]

AND THE (very late...) WINNER IS!!!!

ANTHY HIMEMIYA!!!!!

to absolutely no one's surprise haha she is the character of all time.

Thank you for everyone who stuck with this even through its lateness and poll restart. I began this blog when i was like 14 and im 17 now and even though i wanted to give up because of the hate, the people who were kind gave me motivation to keep the polls going. Very proud i saw this through to the end.

Congratulations anthy!

[ventibesito]

mis madres <333