Revolutionary Girl Utena 07-09
Utena has an unexpected knack for animal-based humor. Surfing elephants are a special kind of amazing, one that shows that as much as the show is using its animated medium to express emotions that can't be conveyed except symbolically, it's also embracing the kind of wackiness that animation allows for so easily. Have you ever tried to teach an elephant to surf? It's not easy.
The stories with Juri and Saionji, however. Juri isn't
yet, and the end of her story was actually kind of heartwarming. I can barely recognize Mitsuishi in the role, given that I assume Usagi is her default voice, even though this is probably closer to her natural one. Episode 9 was the first time some hint about what was going on was given - and the student council, I can see how they influenced things like KLK again. Very much about order and rituals, following them near-blindly, those who disobey, this vague End of the World seems fit to knock down. That Utena got a ring despite being outside their system is clearly the catalyst for... something. Huge change in personality from how she was before, going by that flashback.
...was the second season of Minami-Ke trying to do a homage to Ikuhara's style and I wasn't aware of it? It came across as creepy rather than artistic there. Perhaps it's all in the directing.
). Wu Fei is alright which I guess most of the fandom believes as even today he has many fewer fics support than Duo/Heero or often appears in a support role or antagonistic one.
