Anthy is the best character in anime history. In fact, other characters from Utena would be contenders too

Saionji doesn’t get appreciated enough for being the first to realize many important things
>Episode 1, he literally says the castle is a trick of light
>Episode 35, he says that everyone is trapped in their coffins
He figured out the philosophy of the show and one of the most important reveals

It's OK, we love you anyway.

If one of the characters could get their own spinoff (but only one of them), which would you guys choose? For me, it's between Akio and Saionji.

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Miki, I feel like he’s the one we saw the least of

Is it one guy making these obnoxious Utena threads the last few days? I mean, we've always had them but it's clearly skyrocketed.

That, and he was also the first one to walk out of the duels and acknowledge how pointless they are (that is, until he got mentally manipped by the almighty Akio Car). Also, while Saionji was struggling with getting inside Touga's head at first, he later on completely sees through him when the latter comes back, showing his maturation. Saionji is just pretty underrated overall, I love this seaweed.

No, I am not that user
>obnoxious
Oh fuck off, there are always multiple Madoka and Evangelion thread and you get mad if there’s one Utena thread at a time

In the end, the biggest quitter is Juri, the only characters that lost twice because of her own action and not Utena’s (very representative of her character too)

Yeah, Juri always manages to shoot herself in the foot somehow, it's pretty sad. Speaking of which, I've always had one pet peeve with her character arc, that is: why is she so obsessed with Shiori in the first place? For all the characters, we always see flashbacks for how they developed their crushes, but not Juri's. "They were friends" is not good enough to explain why she keeps a photo of her in a locket, very intimate. Especially since we've never seen Shiori treat her with any sort of kindness, not even in flashbacks, so what gives? She has like zero redeeming qualities, pretty much Akio-tier in that regard.

Love works in very weird ways

"we'd all be better off if we could change whom we love"
sure, it fits with that statement, it leaves something to be desired. that, and Shiori being established as a pathological liar makes it even harder to make heads or tails of her.
>when she came back to the academy at first, did she really want to iron things with juri, or just fuck with her further?
>when ruka dumped her, was she really heartbroken or was she making a scene to make him look bad?
>did she end up getting any development at all?

>other characters from Utena would be contenders too.
Anthy and Akio are the only interesting characters in the show
the parts not related to them are completely forgettable too

Nanamichadntlemen.....

>>did she end up getting any development at all?
I think she did change a little bit. In the last episode, she joins the fencing club and apparently wants to have an actual friendship with Juri. Shiori is one of the hardest characters to defend. She is a total fucking bitch, quite frankly. She might be in love with Juri (and doesn’t know how to handle her emotions) or just in love with hurting her or just in love with getting attention. I rewatched episode 17 2 days ago and she literally says in the elevator scene that she loves hurting Juri.
>did she really want to iron things with juri, or just fuck with her further?
I think she wanted to talk with her because of regret (the elevator scene and when she watches Juri practice) but then got bitter because Juri just rejects her. Imagine how fucked up her vision of the world got just by realizing her friend is in love with her... and because of that, she turned back to her childhood self.
>was she really heartbroken or was she making a scene to make him look bad?
I think she was actually heartbroken, she took advantage of the moment with the sword (partly because of being in love with Ruka, partly to get attention from everyone in high school and making Juri jealous) but after the duel, she almost started crying when no one was near. She also hid in her room and was visibly upset (picture)
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By the way, we can’t truly believe Juri’s flashback. Her perception of Shiori and her very toxic obsession with her probably influenced her memories of her.

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Uuh... Wakababros?

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This is the saddest episode for me. It shows how tragic and lonely it is to be a side character whom the plot leaves behind.

>low IQ opinion
>phoneposter
It checks out

almost the whole of the black rose is basically "what it feels like to not be a main character" and it's heart-wrenching.
>kanae
>keiko
>wakaba
>tsuwabuki

>insecure bitch scared of posting a better character talks shit
Like clockwork.
Yes, I am posting with my phone. What are you going to do about it?

Let’s not forget Tatsuya too, who is so “literally who” that not even Mikage accepted him.
Keiko’s episode is really underrated

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Why did she and the pink haired chick turn into a car in the end?

lmao, he's such a literal "who?" I forgot about him, too. gotta say tho, wakaba not being into him was a huge show after all that buildup, they were definitely trolling the audience with that.