hm hey guys have you thought about how much of utena's and anthy's relationship didnt work out for a great part of the anime because both characters had their inner complexities and problems, and lot of times they sort of overlaped with eachother? i think about that a lot, this may be obvious for most utena's fans, but i still think it is something so nice to point out, positively. didnt work out is a harsh word, dont know how else to put it tho, Utena had this princehood complex and she wanted to be the one to sabe Anthy from her suffering, she saw Anthy as an object of pity and she wanted to save her, because for her, Anthy's actions were purely controled by the system they both took active part of. On the other hand, Anthy clearly didnt like this, since she was her on person, with her full decisions and choices, she was a victim of abuse but she was also much more than that, she was dealing with her own battles to free herself. She didnt want to be freed by Utena who was trying to do so while further harming Anthy and even herself by part-taking in the duel system, Anthy wanted for Utena to understand that, and by that understanding to free herself from those chains and help Anthy on her on journey to be free, and to heal. dont know if they were meant to each other, dont know if such thing exists, but they are definetely one of my favorite ships, they are really well constructed and each of them are incredible chatacters. their relationship is inspiring, and i particularlly like how they portrayed their relationship, it shows how much of relationships are built on mutual understanding and respect, how a relationship is not something merely individual but still understanding personal issues helps on developing real, happy relationships.
something about how utena tries her hardest to make the people around her happy even when she isn't. something about how anthy is the only one who can really do that for her in return.