radio414 (Re)Watches Anime (Currently: The Movies of Satoshi Kon)
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Duel 01 -- The Rose Bride
or: I'm Not Going To Be Able To Explain Everything But I'm Sure Going To Try And Explain Something
Once upon a time, years and years ago, there was a little princess, and she was very sad, for her mother and father had died.
Before the princess appeared a traveling prince, riding upon a white horse. He had a regal bearing and a kind smile.
The prince wrapped the princess in a rose-s
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Or: I Drink Your Milkshake! I Drink It Up!
Now that we’ve spent time talking about the Utena’s we did get, I thought it’d be fun to talk about what we didn’t. For example: guns. Revolutionary Girl Utena was originally conceived with gun duels instead of the sword duels we see in the completed show. The creators attribute this change to the bad optics guns and a school setting would invoke, especially internationally, wh