Revolutionary Girl Utena/YMMV: Difference between revisions

* [[Awesome Music]]: ''Many'' of the duelling themes, plus a good chunk of the movie soundtrack.

* [[Base Breaker]]: Anthy, Anthy, ''Anthy''... see [[Alternative Character Interpretation]] above and [[Internet Backdraft]] below for the details. Also, depending on what part of the fandom you're looking at, Touga can be anything from an over-princified [[Draco in Leather Pants]] to a much-loathed [[The Scrappy|Scrappy]].

* [[Complete Monster]]: ''Akio.''

* [[Crack Pairing]]: Miki/Juri has some vocal fan support. As far as crack pairings go, this is a somewhat reasonable one (the characters interact on a regular basis, move in the same social/extracurricular circles, and, of the Student Council members, seem to get along the best).

* [[Narm Charm]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLQY9r1VPcM opening] for the ''Utena'' Sega Saturn game. Some may want some [[Brain Bleach]] for it, though.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: [[Revolutionary Girl Utena/Nightmare Fuel|Has its own page]].

* [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]]: Both in the fandom and Deconstructed in the series. Some people hate Anthy because she's a weak, outwardly emotionless doll who claims to have no opinions outside of the Victor's whims. Others hate Anthy because they think she's ''too'' powerful and manipulative and evil. And some just hate her because she gets to sleep with Akio, and they don't. Interestingly, all the kinds of Anthy-haters in the fandom are present in the story: Saionji hates her because he thinks she's not obedient enough. (Well, he loves her too, but beats her often enough to make ya wonder.) Juri and Kanae feels threatened both by her [[Extreme Doormat]] persona ''and'' the fear that she might be more sinister, and several of the Black Rose Duelists envy her for "being loved" and "stealing their love interests". Then there's Akio, who needs to keep "his woman" under his control in order to keep playing the [[Big Bad]] of the show...Ikuhara really knows how society views feminine archetypes, and those views are reflected even in the Utena fandom.

** It's not just the haters; it's her fans too. Some fans, like the characters Miki or at first, Utena, see her as a classic [[Damsel in Distress]] archetype for them to rescue/defend on the forums in order to boost their own egos. However, it should be noted that people who view Anthy as such are much rarer than the Anthy-Is-Satan-Fan, because the series does eventually make clear that Anthy is most definitely not an emotionless doll.