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[shadowkat]

Should have made soup tonight, the steak caught in my teeth. So now my teeth hurt. Not sure if this should be filed under TMI or not.

In other news, I am now curious about a series entitled : Revolutionary Girl Utena - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Girl_Utena.
From the wiki descriptions and the descriptions of the characters - this appears to be a Japanese Anime series based on a popular magna. The series's is about a young girl who dons boy attire and male mannerisms to emulate a kindly prince (Dios) who saved her when she was young and bereft with grief after losing both her parents. Her idealized vision of him leads her to want to be like him. She joins the academy, where people duel for the hand of a princess named Aynthe. Each engagement is broken when the duelists slay or slice off their opponents rose lapel, and acquire and destroy their rings. The goal is to possess Aynthe. Duelists are male and female. Aynthe's brother , Aiko, the head of the student council and The prince - is the closest thing to an antagonist in the story. He has two sides - one is Dios, and one is Aiko. In some versions of the story, he seduces Utena and attempts to make her his princess - she must choose between her lover, who she believes is Dios and her friend Aynthe. In the end of one version she sacrifices herself for Aynthe..and is let go from the academy. Aynthe now free - sets off to find her.

Rather fascinating. Reminds me oddly of once upon a time in some of the themes. But a hard story to get a hold of, which is true of most cult or non-mainstream stuff. I honestly think I love this stuff because I have a masochistic streak.

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[gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com]

You'd quite like Utena. It's the sort of thing you'd be able to dig into. :)

The manga is a bit meh. The narrative concept was actually developed by BE-PAPAS, a production company. They enlisted Chiho Saito to write and illustrate the manga version, and she did so independently of the TV version, which was directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. The TV version is far and away better and it probably adheres more closely to the original BE-PAPAS concept. The AU movie was also a Ikuhara creation, so it falls closely in line with the series (just told in 90 minutes and with key characters turning into cars at the climax).

[flake-sake.livejournal.com]

Utena is the only female duelist and quite a curiosity there.

It's a very good series if you like anime.