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Finished my re-watch of Revolutionary Girl Utena.
It's still a wonderful anime and one of my favourite, and I've still got way too many people on my flist who haven't watched it. Come on people, Feminism! Surrealism! Deconstructed fairy tales! Lesbian subtext and text! Gay subtext and text! Sex! Incest! Genderfuck! Mindfuck! Symbolism! Psychology!

I was watching the official French subs for the first time, and I can't say I was overly impressed with them. I know the series well enough by now to spot a few stuff that were mistranslated. I think the one that struck me the most is that episode in Season 3 where Kozue says she has a date with Papa Long Legs referring to Akio, with all the juicy subtext that contains, and which got translated to Kozue having a date with a "mosquito" LOL Akio only sucks people's blood metaphorically XD

Also because I like saying that Utena was to magical shoujo what Evangelion was to mecha.

10 Things Utena and EVA have in common:

1. They both deconstruct their own respective subgenre.
2. Were made in the nineties.
3. Characters have neurosis, mostly due to things in their past.
4. Not only do they fight partly because of those neurosis, but those neurosis are in a way what empower them to fight.
5. Symbolism, in particular symbolism related to sex and psychology is extremely present.
6. There's a ~~blue haired~~ boy who shows up for only one/two episode and nevertheless leaves a deep impression on the cast and fandom.
7. Audience is left fairly free to interpret the ending as they see fit. In fact in many ways most of the story work more with a metaphorical explanation than with a logical one.
8. One of the overall metaphor is about teens growing up.
9. Fourteen year old teens FTW
10. SHINY CREEPY GLASSES OF DOOM§

Also I may be in the process of making an all-Tori Amos FST for Utena. Please, someone discourage me of the idea which is obviously beyond silly.

And I meant to review Otogi Zoushi but right now my eyes freaking hurt, and they've been hurting on and off since this morning I think I'll them away from my computer screen for now x_x

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