Kamera

I'm gonna start with the joke one because. Funny.

But I've been thinking of a design for Utena as The Long Quiet for a while and honestly I had nothing good as I'm not really that used to drawing animal like designs. There is probably several right answers but I don't think I have them. Therefore.

I also think the narrator would probably be Akio, he would need to kill Anthy to try to control his own fate and manipulates Utena to do so or something like this if you get me I think it fits somewhat his character or at least it fits him more than anyone else in my opinion. However I don't wanna draw him.

Now the part I really wanted to think about was Anthy because she's the goat and stuff! I had ideas for a few of the Princess' designs but I decided to start with the Tower because why not?

The thing with this princess is that she is getting closer to know the full truth of the world and her real nature, and I thought what is closer for Anthy is her dress in Adolescence of Utena as she is there the closest to being free of Othori academy than at any point in the serie there so those are the straws I'm grasping at And from there the direct evolution of this version is the Apotheosis, which I wasn't motivated enough to do a whole sketch for as of right now but I had a few thoughts as well, here the Apotheosis is even closer than the Tower from escaping the construct so it would be equivalent to Anthy from the very end of the movie. The fact that she doesn't really have a dress also fits this parallel because as Anthy runs away she also loses her clothes to symbolise her freedom from the role she was stuck in while trapped at the academy. So I'd draw the same ribbon stuff thing that are on the Apotheosis except with roses motifs instead of eyes to remind of Utena helping her reach the outside world.

Gif version

Sorry for the extra yapp but. The translation in the episode was slightly different than the one I remember from the manga for this line, changing from "It was taken from me" to "she took it with her" and I've been kinda obsessing about that. In the first it's because the zenin clan took everything from her and made her into the monster they're facing, in the second one Mai left with her heart leaving her with nothing left but vengeance, and I cannot decide which I love most, they're both so beautiful. Gege for sure knows how to write impactful dialogues it's just too bad 80% of them were assassinated by John Werry

The Zenin twins will always have my heart they could never EVER make me hate them my poor babies

I'm so happy of the anime adaptation you don't get it, it was SO worth the 5 years wait this episode is generational, Mappa I now owe you my life