I decided to rewatch Episode 26 (Miki’s Nest Box (The Sunlit Garden - Arranged)) which was a bit of a horrible decision to watch at this hour but also made me realize something. This is the definition of dude trust me analysis. There is one scene in the entire show that features both Kozue and Nanami. Within that scene, there are only a few angles that show both of them

This wide shot places the camera at an angle and position in which Kozue and Nanami are both visible, but pillars are placed between them. While there is no physical blockade between them, the view visually separates them, creating an artificial barrier. While they are capable of coming together, the narrative as presented to us prevents it. Not to mention that their conversation after this point is focused on Akio, or “Daddy Long Legs” *retching noises* as Kozue refers to him.

In the second, while Nanami is approaching Kozue, Kozue is walking away and out of frame to Akio. There is no barrier separating them - real, imagined, only perceived at a certain angle - but it’s too late. They are on different paths now thanks to Akio’s influence. After a shot of Kozue and Akio in silhouette walking into the night, the scene ends. Their moment is taken from them. In conclusion Akio is clearly actively trying to separate Kozue and Nanami and I have never overanalyzed anything in my life

Utena’s tablecloth dress trick may be Shoujo Bullshittery but what if it wasn’t. What if (for plot and symbolism reasons) Wakaba was her test dummy as she practiced the tablecloth trick over and over but only did it for real on Anthy because Wakaba was never the intended target. What then

The way Kozue and Nanami are never shown looking at each other in the same frame without a visual barrier between them vs how important it is when Utena and Anthy make eye contact…screaming crying sobbing on the floor by all rights and parallels they should have a connection but they never get the chance to make one

Thinking about the doll merch saying Utena doesn’t feel like herself when he’s not wearing men’s clothing and how in the bodyswap episode she just wore what Anthy usually wears and the Gender Hell that must’ve been going on there on top of all of the other identity crisis shit. I just wish the bodyswap episode wasn’t so unserious because there is so much potential there. In my mind palace it’s a commentary on what makes someone who they are and an expression of Anthy’s identity being wrapped in whatever role she’s playing at the time because defense mechanism is gonna defense mechanism (TO ME. TO ME) and also finally catching a break while Utena goes through Identity Crisis Hell because she’s in the wrong body and the wrong uniform and it’s all wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong and there’s nothing he can do about it other than wait out Nanami’s trip to India.

New crackish theory that the reason why the Ohtori boy’s uniform looks so bad is to ensure the popularity and appeal of the Student Council over Joe Average Ohtori student, thus bringing more students, mostly young girls, into easier range of his preying. Bonus points for actively grooming the objects of mass appeal (particularly notable with Utena, Saionji, and Touga, all of whom have troupes of fangirls) to make it even easier to prey on those around them if he so chooses

I’m uploading this separately for general use. You understand

(That’s the queerplatonic flag, for anyone wondering)

AU where the Cowstian Dior bell just had a speaker inside of it with these on loop

[ID: A screenshot of YouTube showing three videos. The first is “Cow Hypnosis” by Silver Hypnosis and the thumbnail is a spiral with text saying “Cow Hypnosis” over it. The second is “Cow Transformation Hypnosis” by The Transformation Parlor and the thumbnail is a gold spiral with a cow photoshopped over it. The third is “Hypnotize yourself to be a cow” by Matt Da Cat and the thumbnail is a spiral. End description]

On the handedness thing

Someone: “Hey Tenjou which way do you swing (sexuality)?”

Utena: “I swing both ways (baseball)! Though I don’t know why that’s relevant…”

Utena: “… wait-”

I have Birdhouse in Your Soul stuck in my head really bad thanks to my friend playing it and unfortunately everything is about Utena but anything bird-related is especially about Utena so I am in Kozue brainrot hell /aff

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thank you for confirming that this thing actually works on this blog

To the 3 or so people who followed this blog before the revamp this is Stranger, feel free to unfollow because I am going to exclusively utenapost here and your notifs might get a bit confusing. To everyone else I may or may not reblog my posts from @ohtori-dropout here at some point but it is 5 am at time of posting and I desperately need to sleep