Touga Kiryuu is the man!

then again....i love all the bishies....

except saionji

hes no bishie.

a friend of mine obsesses over Mitsuru...i always found that kinda off about her...

SleepDebtFairy wrote:

Sounds like sympathetic magic. But yeah, I've noticed that too. Also that Nanami seems to get in a lot of trouble from animals. The horse, the kangaroo, the animals in Anthy and Utena's room freaking her out when she tried to pull her tricks.. And Anthy -loves- animals and has them everywhere. Hmm. ;3

I know Anthy is a witch and witches have familiars but in Anthy's case, animals seem drawn to her somehow and she loves animals back.  Even as the Rose Bride where she more or less adopts some her Engaged's traits and desires and mirrors them, she still have cute animal friends like you would expect from a fairytale princess.

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I have a hard with favorites.  I like all the characters to different degrees, but I have my picks, and they would be Saionji, Touga, Akio, and Nanami in that order. 

Touga and Akio are quite popular.  Both are confident men, walking sex pots, ambitious, clever, compassionate or damn good at faking it, etc.  I prefer Touga's humanity, though.  It's the little things, how he tries to warn Utena after his failed duel with Saionji as his rose bride to beware of the Chairman, or how when that girl came to him to confess her love, he just smiled and thanked her as opposing to crushing her feelings, like Saionji might have.  He doesn't exploit people for fun.  Enough said about Akio; he's too damn popular and smart anyway.

I have to talk about why I like Nanami though.  My biggest objections to Nanami were that she acted as a complete conniver against Anthy, wanted to see an already injured and seemingly socially shy girl break down and cry and be shunned.  That and she put a living kitten into a box and let it go over the waterfall just because her brother wasn't paying attention to her.  I think her love for her brother can be argued quite a few ways. 

But I'll say this.  I have an older brother who I don't get to see very often.  Now, my family is very close, but my brother is semi-wealthy, successful, and admired in the community for his youth leadership positions and all that.  I don't know why, maybe it's because I'm his little sister, but I'd like it if he made an effort to spend time with me.  More than that, when he does talk to me, I'd like it if it was more than pretense and superficiality.  And furthermore, I'd like it that if even I can't have that, he wasn't being called away by his duties all the time or just going off on his own accord, strongly independent. 

I can relate to Nanami for wanting a big brother's attention.  It sort of hurts being told, "Go away!  I'm playing with the cat!" when you found the cat just to make that person smile and be happy.  Possibly so that they would smile at you.  And when she sees the kitten's face, is able to realize that the cat is dying and by her hand as it goes over the waterfall, she runs away crying.  How many years ago was that?  And she remembers it, as she's sobbing into her big brother's chest, begging for forgiveness for that and arguably other things.  She knows her actions have been terrible and inappropriate, and she's remourseful for at least that moment.  Besides, who else does Nanami have that's so close to her, if not Touga?  And Touga's interests lie in his independence, his duties with the student council, and all the other women that he's chasing.  I think Nanami just has to wonder, "What's wrong with me as a woman?" not in a sexual sense, but just as someone to be valued.

Not to mention that she's a darn good duelist and qualified to carry out Touga's duties on the student council.  Like she once said to Utena, she shouldn't be underestimated.  Heck, even in that duel against Utena, where she keeps going, even after she's lost and breaks the rules, part of that can arguably be ambition.  If Akio can be admired for being a bad-ass rule breaker, a visionary of revolution, I can see Nanami as breaking the bounds as well in saying, (not verbally) "This duel isn't over yet, and I will have my prince!"


Saionji

Saionji is my favorite character, my pick of the litter so to speak.  Well, I guess I should start listing qualities of why.  He's quite lovely to look at, has hair with so much body to it that only Anthy's can rival it, he's an excellent kendoist (is that a word?) he's intelligent, and he's very loyal to a point. 

Yes, I know he bitch slaps Anthy, which is terrible.  He even bitch-slapped poor little Miki, which sickenly enough, I thought was hilarious.  Mostly because he broke the gender slap barrier and how immaturely Saionji handled the situation, just slap!

I think I like Saionji because he's so damn complex.  When we first see him, he's the picture of self-assuredness and arrogance, slapping his fiancee.  Then he's demoted to bewildered classmate who's lost a major chunk of power.  And then he's redeemed by his childhood I think.  I like to think of child Saionji, how rational he was.  He didn't want Utena to lay in that coffin forever.  Heck, he looked like he just wanted to go home woth Touga and get the girl out of there, so they wouldn't be in a dark chapel with it raining outside.  Just a few years later, we see him with Anthy.  And we know that all his arrogance was an act. 

Saionji always loses against Touga; yet when Touga objects to his treatment of the Rose Bride, Saionji tells Touga that he's free to duel him for her.  In my mind, Touga couold have easily had the Rose Bride, if he wanted her.  But he had no reason to duel Saionji or it wasn't in the game plan, in the course of things that would bring about revolution.  Saionji has won the trophy of the school by his best/most obvious skill, his swordsmanship, and Touga can't take it away.   Saionji knows this, hence he allows himself to be cocky and arrogant. 

I swear, things just keep getting taken away from that boy.  There goes his childhood closeness with Touga the night of the coffin, there goes his Rose Bride at Utena's hand, there goes his membership to Ohtori Academy at his best friend's hand, there goes the remainder of his best friend because he's following Akio, and there goes his masculinity as he plays Touga's Rose Bride in their duel against Utena. (Has anyone ever noticed that you hardly see his face at all in that duel?  For example, as he's riding in the Akio car, as Touga's running around, his hair is obscuring his face.) I'm not saying he's some tragic wilting flower.  I'm just saying that for all his bitch-slapping and anger and immaturity, he's incredibly insecure at times.  You try to tell him he's wonderful like poor Wakaba in a love note, and he posts it on a bulletin board as a public mockery.  He would never believe it himself.  And I think he knows that he is worthy, but he just keeps getting smacked down.  So... hence the slapping on his part.  Fear my emotional wrath!

Therefore, I admire Saionji as the once hopeful kid that is now a rather ambiguous adult that once believed that he had a place, a say in things like friendship and the Rose Bride's affections, before he realizes h'es just a pawn and lashes out.  Screw conformity.  Same for me, Saionji rocks.

(My apologies for how long this is.)

You know I think you might be the one to thank for that perhaps. Since you and Yasha are pretty much the steamroller's of the Utena Fan Base. Though... I have yet to understand why Mikage and Ruka lack a solid fan base.

Ah, the problem with that is, you need to think of what kind of person he was before he was hospitalized. Juri makes a strange comment in regards to "What a bastad you've become!" Seeming that he didn't have such an attitude before. True his personality may come alot from assumption's. Though besides that... man I can't hold a point to save my life...

Clarice wrote:

Personally I loved what Ruka did -- sure, I'd hate it if somebody did it to ME, but I don't go to Ohtori Academy now do I.

Ruka strikes me as being the most successful manipulator in the whole series. While he does pay a huge price for his actions, it seems like everything that happens from the moment he shows up is exactly how he planned it. And while the way he does things are very harsh, he does do it all out of love.

Xu Yuan wrote:

You know I think you might be the one to thank for that perhaps. Since you and Yasha are pretty much the steamroller's of the Utena Fan Base. T

...oh?

I feel so powerful. ...like I should get myself a fast car.

Hmm... I thought I posted in this thread before.... o.O


Anyway..


My faves have to be Utena, Himemiya and Touga, but my newest fave is Ruka D:


Ruka strives to be perfect and extremely skilled. I want to be extremely skilled as well and I strive to be damn good D: I just hope that I dont come down with a ailment just like him

That's going to be very difficult...

First of all, Juri, because she is just perfect: brave, stong, skilled, so powerful... Then, I ended loving Shiori and Ruka as much as I loved Arisugawa. This plot line is superb, and when I finally saw the film I worshipped Juri and Shiori more than ever (although Shiori was a bloody traitor, but that's not the point).

Then, I passed the Mikage-period, in which I felt like I could die for Mikage and specially Mamiya. Of course, it suited the Arcs: on the TV they launched (I mean, they were launching) the Black Rose Arc. Yes, people said he was cold and insensitive, but... He's so f***ing attractive!

And finally I fell under the power of the Secretary Akio, who seduced me in the same way he was seducing Utena. And in spite of the fact that in episode 33-35 I started to suspect about his real intentions, I didn't notice how bad things were going on until episode 38 (yes, I know I was late and clueless).



I am really sorry about my poor English

Razara wrote:

That's why being a Shiori fan is a fate I wouldn't wish on my enemies.

Aww, we should start a support group! Or perhaps a campaign.

Favorite characters...let's see. Utena, Anthy, Nanami, Touga, Juri, Shiori, Mikage, Kozue, and occasionally Akio or Saionji come to mind. In no particularly order, but Utena winning the most points in terms of OMGhot.

I disagree that Juri is perfect. None of them are. Juri appears "perfect", though. She appears strong and powerful, but deep down she has a huge weakness for Shiori. Ironic, since as Razara said, Juri's perfection is Shiori's downfall.

Juri's obsession over Shiori and the way she keeps her feelings locked up inside and obsesses over them, while trying to appear so strong and flawless, is definitely a huge fault.

Razara wrote:

I do not think that Juri is perfect. As you said, Juri's weakness is her feelings for Shiori, but other than that she appears to be perfect. While we know all too well of that weakness, Shiori had no way of knowing that "deep down" Juri had a weakness for her.  In Shiori's eyes, Juri was perfect, and as far as she knew the only feelings she had for her were feelings of pity. While being strong and flawless may be an act, it was enough to convince Shiori.

Oh, I never meant that Shiori had any reason to believe that Juri wasn't perfect. XD; As far as Shiori is concerned, Juri IS perfect, and that's the cause of her problems. I just meant to say that Juri isn't perfect like many of her fans believe.

I like and relate to most: Juri Arisugawa. Hiding her true feelings and such, exactly how I act. How strong she is on the outside and such, just like me. And again, we're both have a weak side. We both like someone of the same gender, too >_>;;
Yep, her story basically sums up mine.. Not only that, though, I love her character because of her strong determination and power.

In second, I love Utena. Her 'goal' to become a prince, even though she's a girl, somehow makes me happy. All the stuff she's put through and how she gets through it all, very powerful...

I hate Ruka...lots...and Akio...and Anthy, a little...

Nanami! She's so crazy and...stupid... I luffs her

Miki Koaru is the CUTEST! I loves him.
(my crush is going to dress as him for sakura-con! makes me wanna go as Juri, but I'm a boy T-T)

Kozue scares me because of her sluty-ness.. (What exactly did she do with Akio?) >_>;;;;

Most of this is just rambling... My all time favorite is Juri..