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The major reason Dante and Vergil's rivalry works better than almost any other take on the trope is because the games are totally self aware about how dumb and immature the whole trope is and they lean way the hell into it. Like yeah, there's real stakes, turmoil and emotional wounds between them that drive their eternal conflict but at the same time it's pretty obvious that the real reason they fight all the time is because they're both just the biggest goddamn children on the planet.
It really is just playground bickering elevated to apocalyptic proportions by sheer virtue of them both being demigods.
My introduction to Revolutionary Girl Utena was the clip of Adolescence of Utena where Utena and Anthy dance. However I mistook their reflections as their show appearances. Here's an exploration of that idea