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maggiecheungs · 16 days

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REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA ↳ EPISODE 23 / EPISODE 29 / EPISODE 39

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yerifes · 2 years

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The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani (2013) // Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997)

#the school for good and evil #sge #revolutionary girl utena #rgu #sku #utena #shoujo kakumei utena #web weaving #???#idk theres definite parallels here #and i find them so interesting #id love to discuss them #i have permanent ikuni brain disease #my post

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cafeleningrad · 5 months

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As I discovered Ikuni's filmography through Utena first, I do think that both shows compliment each other thematically. Utena would be incomplete without talking about abuse, and in a certain way how people react to it, in a patriarchal system. Penguindrum does feature many elements of gendered responses to violence, demeanure of the self, repression, and loss. (Especially visible in the difference between Kanba and Himari but also Masako's overcompensation and emmulating behaviour.) Masako herself has such a strong semblance visually to Arisugawa Juri, and undergoes an Utena discussion in speedrun time, I do think the parallel with Masako was quiet deliberate. The biggest parallel to me is how in both stories the heroine is a pink haired girl who unquestionably champions "childish" and "naive" ideal of love and friendship to pull out her friends out of abusive situations, and doubles down in support and optimism knowing how bad and terrible the world can be but still shutting onself off from the world is never the answer. Even when she's gone she haunts the story with how significant her connection and kindness was. She was still just a kid, she was so brave, so sincere, and that kindness was a highly formative experience for those around her. Ah, and her antagonist is a (colour symbolism faded colours) distorted mirror image of hers.

#note: Penguindrum is a work standing on it's own but I like parallels.#Ikuhara Kunihiko #Mawaru Penguindrum #Revolutionary Girl Utena #the queue broke free

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maggiecheungs · 6 months

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