i love how utena analysis looks like this no in between
[ID: Screenshot of a post on r/shoujokakumeiutena, along with a comment thread below the post. The post was made by PleasantExperience38 and is titled "Whats the point of the pointing hands", along with a screencap of Mikage standing in a room, while a hand points to a cat sitting on the windowsill outside. The comment thread reads as follows:
ma3iz: to indicate the passage of time outside of ohtori and the perpetual loop the people inside are repeating (they’re basically mummified, unchanging, stuck in time)
Imnotawerewolf: Can you explain how they indicate this? Not that I don't believe you, it just isn't obvious to me even after you've explained.
coffee1127: Tokiko sets a hourglass to steep tea, so I would guess two or three minutes. In the meantime, cat 1 meets cat 2 and they have a kitten (which obviously can't be done in two or three minutes). A moment later, Tokiko says that the tea is bitter, as if it was steeped for too long, but the hourglass is the same as always. This is to let us infer that the passage of time is warped.
Affectionate-Beann: Ty ! That’s a lot of sense! make Can u explain this one? [Screencap of a group of students in school uniform, shown from behind. A hand points to two (presumably) male students who are holding hands.]
Consistent_Ant_8903: Homies are holding hands 🤝
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Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/shoujokakumeiutena/comments/1jaa4mf/whats_the_point_of_the_pointing_hands/
