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Has very [[Shoujo]] styled writing.
The characters
For example, Ohtori Akio is more of a [[Chessmaster]] then a [[Magnificent Bastard]]. This makes sense for a more realistic stting, where he'd get in huge trouble anywhere else but in the nearly alternate world of the anime Ohtori Academy for his schemes. In the manga, he's only acting as the Chessmaster because he has been literally separated from his good half.
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Another series metatrope: Damsels in Distress and Wicked Witches in ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' are ''very'' interchangeable. It only makes sense that the average person who stays helpless for too long will inevitably find unscrupulous ways of seizing power. It's also brilliant commentary on stories, because writers (and people) have traditionally been unable to imagine women outside the "Madonna/Whore Complex".
== The Characters each Represent a Constellation in the Winter Sky ==
[[User:Labster]] wrote a very long analysis of ''Utena'' characters compared to constellations: [http://blog.brentlaabs.com/2015/11/postmodern-constellation-apocalypse.html Postmodern Constellation Apocalypse: Classical Mythological Themes of Utena]. In summary, we had this table:
{|class="wikitable"
!Character
!Constellation
!Aspect
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|Utena Tenjou||Orion||Huntress
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|Wakaba Shinohara||Canis Major||Faithful companion
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|Miki Kaoru||Gemini (Pollux)||Twin, demigod
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|Kozue Kaoru||Gemini (Castor)||Twin, tree-climber
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|Juri Arisugawa||Andromeda||Chained maiden
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|Shiori Takatsuki||Aquarius||Ganymede
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|Ruka Tsuchiya||Pegasus||Divine aid
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|Touga Kiryuu||Perseus||Prince
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|Nanami Kiryuu||Cassiopeia||Haughty queen
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|Mitsuru Tsuwabuki||Cepheus||Queen's consort
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|Aiko||Pleiades||Sister maiden
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|Yuuko||Pleiades||Sister maiden
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|Keiko Sonoda||Pleiades||Merope
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|Kyouichi Saionji||Taurus||Sacred bull
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|Mikage Souji||Ophiuchus||Asclepius
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|Kanae Ohtori||Cygnus||Leda
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|Dios||Hercules||Hero
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|Akio Ohtori||Venus||Lover, fallen star
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|Anthy Himemiya||Virgo||Persephone
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|The plot||Eridanus||Journey, monomyth
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|Akio car||Auriga||Chariot
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|Castle||Draco, Ursa||Emperor's palace
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|The shell||Genbu||Black turtle
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