Attention Utena fans.

[trenchkamen]

I got that Utena community up. It is nemuro_hall. Please take a look around and see if it is to your liking. I want to get this place rocking. Join up and get involved in the first discussion. You know you want to.

It saddens me to see this fandom die out. This is my all-time favorite anime, and it is sublime. I just re-watched the final two episodes (of the old-skool Utena Translation Fansubs, long live! and fuck Software Sculptors) for the first time in over a year, and I notice new things every single time. When I watched that ending for the first time when I was thirteen, I understood it very differently. I was seeing things from Utena's point-of-view; this time, I saw things more from Akio's point-of-view.

Comments

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

What you say about the transference to 'adulthood' is very true; it was more or less what I had in mind about what happened to Utena once she was in the 'outside world' long enough. She had still retained a great deal of innocence by the last episode of the series; it would be heartbreaking to see that idealism destroyed, and it would be very painful for her, but I think she would also be liberated in the long run by losing some of her immature perceptions and hang-ups.

Reality is reality, yes; nobody should be ridiculed for trying to point out common sense. And people are always prisoner of some system or device, regardless of the stage of life. But there is a mental freedom that can be achieved despite that. It is not ideal, and with wisdom and age comes a sense of one's transcendence, and from that jadedness, but people do have control over their own mental freedom. It is not easy, but it is a choice everybody has. And, in the end, it can be the difference between a happy life and an unhappy life.

I’m determined to be about sixteen at heart the rest of my life.