Who is your favorite?
| One of my favorite things about Utena are the unique and constantly developing characters. But which one is your absolute favorite? Vote and post who and why! |
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| My favourite one is Nanami Kiryuu... I really enjoy her! XD She's SO similar to me in the way she loves... And I really like her personal incest drama and the way she takes her relationships... Oh, I like Utena Tenjou too. I act like her at some points, and she is a very interesting character! /o/ |
| I like Touga. He has the charming boy smile to him and that long red hair. You want SO much to believe that he is such a good guy but he is really a snake in the grass that knows full well whats going on and does not care as long as in the end it beneifits him. Isn't he just dreamy ~ |
| Juri. She's so strong and noble, and there's something attractive about her steadfast refusal to believe in miracles. She really deserves a girl who's less of an evil bitch than Shiori. |
| The Shadow Girls were the only ones to consistently make sense :D They were the anchor for the whole series. Everyone else tended towards simple characterizations. The only real character development was Juri, Anthy & (perhaps) Utena (she left but her change is implied). Everyone else is pretty much the same at the end as they were at the beginning. |
| My vote goes to Miki. I honestly think he is the only character to be aware of what's going on within Ohtori academy. Aside from his "interesting" relationship with his sister [which is debatable], he is the only duelist thats not crooked, crazy, and sleeping with someone for power. :::cough::: touga :::cough::: |
| My vote went to our lovely and noble heroine Utena. I saw the series years ago and loved it,but ive just finished it recently (anime wasn't so readly avalible then) Now i love it even more!! I kinda related to utena so i think thats why i liked the character ^.^ |
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| Miki *___* I love him, and how he play the piano *___* |
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| my vote goes to utena, i just loved how she strove to so noble and prince-like, and I also like the fact that she stumbles before realizing her potential, it made the finale that much more touching. Juri is my second favourite, because she is so strong emotionally to be able to deal with Shori and her taunting. I also like her cool headed attitude that hides her broken heart, it makes her that much stronger in my eyes. |
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| I have quite a number of favorite characters, but the ones that stand out the most for me are the Shadow Girls. Second place goes to Utena and Touga. |
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| I very much liked the main triangle [Utena, Anthy, and Akio], but Anthy is my definite favourite. When I began the anime, which was my first introduction to the story, I started out disliking her - she was so...annoying, because she had such a hard time asserting herself. I eventually realised just how deliberate it was and how her careful manipulations kept the Duels going. Akio needs her - but while she goes along with it, she doesn't always seem to necessarily need him. She's an incredibly strong character and you can really see her depth in the last few episodes, which is what sealed it for me. |
| Okay so this is a /really/ hard choice for me because I love Utena, Miki, and Kozue very very much... but I guess I have to go for Kozue because she was just such an interesting character. @__@ And I just love femdom girls. |
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| This is probably one of the few manga/anime series of which I don't have a favorite character. It's easier for me to make a list of SKU characters that would NOT ever be a candidate for my favorite: Ohtori Akio Kiryuu Touga Kiryuu Nanami Tsuchiya Ruka Mikage Souji Kaoru Kozue Takatsuki Shiori Tsuwabuki Mitsuru Dios Chuchu |
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| It certainly is difficult to choose a favorite character in this series, mainly because many of the characters have such undersirable traits that eventually lead to their downfall, I'm used to basiung a character on their depth and their ideal personality traits, but the fact that so many of them are flawed presents a difficukt choice. I voted for the Shadow Girls, because they are amazingly subtle, constant, funny, and one big logic puzzle, but in terms of an individual character, I would have to say one of the following: Juri Akio or Utena. I relate a lot to Juri, mainly because she's been used and treated poorly by people important to her, but the fact that she's become stronger throughout the series also begins to show her anger buried underneath her personality, which is really interesting to watch as the series progresses. Akio seems to be a characteristic constant in the series, but in the anime, the way the watcher finds out more about him, he tends to grow like a tree, sticking himself in every possible situation and doing well at not letting anyone know about it. Utena...is just Utena. Strong-hearted, kind, and with a sort of naive determination at the beginning. The way she becomes more wise, intelligent, and passionate throughout the series is great to watch. |
| Anthy. Very rarely can I pick a "number one favorite" of anything (I have to be allowed a "top five" or so), but Anthy is my absolute favorite character of all-time, bar none. |
| Mikage. Very few times do I manage to both admire, relate and pity a character at the same time. The Nemuro/Mikage schism is absolutely fascinating and utterly insane. And it's interesting that no one has voted for Dios |
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| I like all the characters for different reasons, but if I had to pick a favorite: Mikage, followed closely by Utena. |
| Mikage... Utena.. or Touga.... Only series where its almost impossible for me to choose!! BUT... >_> I ultimately chose Touga. I love his character arc.... 1) bad boy/head of the school ----> 2)depressed shut-in ----> 3)Akio's tool for manipulation ----> 4)Sincere and inlove with Utena. Ahhh. Such a good show... so complex in it's characters and their journeys. |
MusashiRoseJun 11, 2010 2:55 PM
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| All the female characters in Utena are great, but I have a predilection for Anthy (especially in the second half of the anime). I adore how she seems all nice and weak, but she actually has a dark, mysterious side. I also love Juri, Nanami, Wakaba, Utena (only at the beginning), & the Shadow Girls. As for the guys... I hate them all. Utena has the worst male cast I've ever seen, period. |
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RenaPsychoKiller said: Well said, I agree with everything. I certainly think Anthy was the most interesting character in this anime, that the males were all bastards and that the shadow girls are pure win. All the female characters in Utena are great, but I have a predilection for Anthy (especially in the second half of the anime). I adore how she seems all nice and weak, but she actually has a dark, mysterious side. I also love Juri, Nanami, Wakaba, Utena (only at the beginning), & the Shadow Girls. As for the guys... I hate them all. Utena has the worst male cast I've ever seen, period. |
| Utena was by far my favorite. It is not often I like the main character the best (and it seems less and less today). She just had a lot of characteristics I could identify with and found admirable. She was strong and independent and stood up for what she believed in, but was still in many ways naive. I could really relate her relationship with Anthy in many ways with my own best friend. My best friend was very popular with boys but often had hard time telling them no, when she was not interested. She also had massive skills at manipulating them. Once she got a guy to buy a dress for her, for a date later that night with another guy! Later, when things were really bad for her and some personal problems she never talked came out I really felt like Utena in the scene with her and Anthy on the ledge just about to fall off. Never in my life had I felt so naive and upset for not realizing it sooner to help. |
Brand said: It is not often I like the main character the best (and it seems less and less today). So true..... |
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| I love all of them except Ruka. And I couldn't possibly choose between Utena and Anthy so I can't bring myself to vote for either of them and not the other. :( nexist418 said: Everyone else is pretty much the same at the end as they were at the beginning. Not... really. The only person who doesn't change at all is Akio. |
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| My favourite is Utena :) It's strange to see a strong and brave woman as a main character I think. Also Utena expresses an enviable determination and shows a full personality of values. All this even being aware of reality. That is because of Utena is one of my favourites anime characters. |
| Juri... she gives me the feels. Also Utena, because she's clearly not a perfect heroine or a princely prince in my eyes, but she has real problems of her own that she faces. And. Um. I know everyone hates Akio but, shit man, I love him as a "villain", quotations marks because everything in this series is ambiguous. |
| My favorite would have to be Juri, probably the deepest character in the series. Utena's a close second. |
| I have many favorites in Utena, Juri,Akio,Dios,Utena,Anthy,Touga are the main, I think they are cool and they have your onw personality. |
| "Like the rain which falls in this world," "The tears also fall in my heart." "What is it for, this sadness which creeps into my heart?" "What is this sadness for?" "What is this sadness for?" |
| Shadow Girls, lol. They're funny. |
| This post beautifully summarises why Nanami is not only my favourite character in Revolutionary Girl Utena, but in all of fiction. Her development was fantastic to watch, and I absolutely love the distorted sense of innocence she holds onto for much of the series. I love her shallowness, and also her shallow understanding of the world around her. I love how she deals with strong feelings of alienation, and I love how all of this ultimately gives way to painful realisations, shattered illusions, harsh experience, and loss of innocence. All of this happens in the background when compared to the prominence of Utena and Anthy's stories, but we see how Nanami's experiences have shaped her into a far more grounded, tolerant, realistic, and ultimately more wholesome person. The thing is, her growth is so subtle that you probably wouldn't catch very much of it if you weren't looking for it. But you can see it in the way she interacts with Utena and the other members of the council. I don't think any other character in Revolutionary Girl Utena goes through as much as Nanami or changes as much as her. You can see all the different life crises she suffers through in each Nanami episode, and you can see how hard she tries and how hard she falls. The egg episode, in particular, is everything I love about her character. I love her superficiality and I love her depth. I had already grown to like her in the first 5 episodes despite not getting off on the wrong foot. She quickly grew on me. Oddly enough, the best point of comparison I can make is either Quinn Morgendorffer from Daria, a non-anime or Hikigaya Hachiman from Oregairu. Her feelings of loneliness and alienation are so emotionally in tune with Hachiman at the start of the series, and I can even imagine Hachiman turning out the same way if he were female and had been born into a more privileged family and lifestyle. The most potent similarity, I think, is in the way they interact with other characters. Quinn isn't so similar in the beginning, but it's the way her arc resolves that makes them similar. I also wrote about how much I loved the Nanami episodes and why I think they are so important to Revolutionary Girl Utena's narrative. Can we get a spin-off titled Revolutionary Girl Nanami already? It was bad enough that they didn't even include her in the film beyond that cow cameo. |
FallSep 14, 2016 4:12 AM
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| I like Utena the most.She is a strong,princ-like and loveable character.I actually really like strong womens in Anime and she is definitely one.Sometimes she is a little bit naive but still realistic. |
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