Where I watch Revolutionary Girl Utena, Episode 18

[cypsiman2]

I have to admit, I can relate to Mitsuru's plight, the child who desperately wants to be grown up and taken seriously. And I have to say, the Shadow Play girls really got the whole thing right on the nose, deconstructing the whole 'sexuality is maturity' thing that society really enforces. Seriously, I did not see the whole blood donation thing coming, but I'm glad it was there.

Still, unless Touga and/or Saiouniji come back, it seems that our 'friend' Souji has just run himself right out of options, on how to attack and defeat Utena and claim the Rose Bride's life. Unless of course, he decides to start acting directly instead of using others for his battles.

And...I'm not sure what to think about Nanami's little blush at the end, with Mitsuru. This is definitely something I'm going to have to think about before I can reach a place where I'm comfortable with it. Still, very good episode, and I appreciate that the duel was a bit longer than they've been as of late.

Comments

[oneplusme.livejournal.com]

The duels do get a bit formulaic (they are, after all, rather predictable...). It's the character development and general devious background plotting that's fun at this point, I find - it's nice to actually see the secondary characters developed for a change.

[cypsiman2.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, there's so much going on in the background and all around, it definitely makes things very, very rich indeed!