Revolutionary Girl Utena/Awesome


 * The last moments of Revolutionary Girl Utena raised Anthy's stock for a lot of people
 * Anthy even got a moment in the very first episode. "Cheer up Saionji...sempai." Way to burn 'em, Anthy!
 * What about Anthy as a little girl
 * In the Black Rose Saga-Keiko  and Wakaba of all people   Unfortunently, neither situation comes to anything, leading to
 * Also in the Black Rose arc,
 * Can't help adding Utena herself in the final episode...
 * Hell, Utena  may be one of the most powerful moments in Anime history.
 * And in the movie, Utena fighting against Saionji with a broom while he has a real katana after he slaps Anthy quickly established that this was not the TV series Utena. It was reckless, sure, but awesome.
 * Also in the movie, five words: Car chase.
 * For this troper, the end of "Azure Paler Than The Sky," when it's revealed that Ruka Tsuchiya, who until that point appeared to be the biggest Jerkass in the universe, had
 * Thank you for understanding that situation so well and describing it so succinctly.
 * The Dance between Utena and Anthy in the movie is in this troper's humble opinion, the best dancing scene between two people in any medium.
 * Close second is at the party where Nanami tries to embarrass Anthy, when Utena rejects Touga and makes a toga for Anthy after her dress dissolves, then dances with her.
 * Can we have Wakaba getting slapped by Utena and Wakaba being _pleased_ to finally get a reaction out of her and then cold-bloodedly slapping her back in order to bring her to her senses after her Heroic BSOD? And then forgiving her afterwards for all the crap she'd put her through. Without Wakaba, Utena would have been a footnote.
 * Utena's duel with Touga in episode 36 when she slices several dozen oncoming cars in half!
 * In the 12th Episode For Friendship, Perhaps, Touga, a 6 foot 4 inch tall 17 year old boy who wielded a suped up Sword of Dios LOST the rematch duel to a 5 foot 5 inch tall, 14 year old girl with a BROKEN SWORD! This shocked Touga so much that he suffered a Heroic BSOD (or a Villainous Breakdown depending on your view) which lasted until near the end of the Black Rose Saga.
 * When the true story of how and why Utena snapped out of her suicidal spiral was revealed. . It also instantly humanizes Utena's character, and showed just who the prince of the show really is.
 * Who, exactly?
 * Utena.
 * Also in the first episode when Utena defeats Saionji with a wooden practice sword. He has the Sword of Dios and even though he doesn't use its superpowers it's still pretty badass that she defeats a real sword with a wooden sword.
 * Juri's duels with Utena rate her as a pure Badass.