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Utena, tome 1

Chiho Saito

3.68 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

they're WAY too serious when talking about mr licky lick

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One star off because I still hate ChuChu.
adventurous mysterious fast-paced

The premise for this manga is what drew me how could you not love a tomboyish girl who insists on saving herself.

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adventurous fast-paced

Revolutionary Girl Utena was recommended to me because it has a special place in anime and manga history for its portrayal of princely ladies (and lesbian ladies in the anime). I thought Revolutionary Girl Utena Volume 1 was okay, but I thought the episodes of the anime covering the same content were a little less weird and I preferred that. (Both get pretty weird, though.)

*3.5
Pretty good introduction to the plot. Gotta say, it's weird that her prince charming licked the tears from her face when she was a kid.
emotional tense medium-paced
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

My sequential art diet has recently been lacking in Vitamin Shoujo and this fixed that right up. Annoyed that I can't get the 4th volume from my local library system; also need to rewatch Utena.