Watching Revolutionary Girl Utena, ten years after the rest of the world. I'm on episode 16. The style really changes after the recap episode (13), which is a shame. I mean, it's nice that the animation gets better, and it's...sort of...nice the directors decided to actively foreground the twistedness, but it's missing the special atmosphere of, I dunno, PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE BITTERNESS AND OPPRESSION from the first twelve episodes.
Though judging from youtube comments, no one was getting it. ^^; Well. Maybe you have to be looking. There have been dissertations written on this show so I won't really bother. Quick list of things that stood out:
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In summary: remember kids, too much passive-aggression is bad for you!
EDIT: I did like it. ^^; Sometimes I forget to mention these things. I liked the insidiousness of it all -- something is wrong, but since it's not an external wrongness it's hard to pinpoint what exactly. The characters who are able to pinpoint it would rather rage in silence/contemplate destructive revolution than inform the rest of the world. The repression bubbles over into creative, absurd visuals. Etc.
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drabble_trade drabbles!
Mushishi, gen
Naruto, Shikamaru/Temari
Yukikaze, Rei/plane
I plan to re-write these (the Rei/plane at least) but it might be a while before I get around to that, so in the meantime here are the comment versions.
Though judging from youtube comments, no one was getting it. ^^; Well. Maybe you have to be looking. There have been dissertations written on this show so I won't really bother. Quick list of things that stood out:
( Cut! )
In summary: remember kids, too much passive-aggression is bad for you!
EDIT: I did like it. ^^; Sometimes I forget to mention these things. I liked the insidiousness of it all -- something is wrong, but since it's not an external wrongness it's hard to pinpoint what exactly. The characters who are able to pinpoint it would rather rage in silence/contemplate destructive revolution than inform the rest of the world. The repression bubbles over into creative, absurd visuals. Etc.
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drabble_trade drabbles!
Mushishi, gen
Naruto, Shikamaru/Temari
Yukikaze, Rei/plane
I plan to re-write these (the Rei/plane at least) but it might be a while before I get around to that, so in the meantime here are the comment versions.