mlcharacter 's review for:

Revolutionary Girl Utena Complete Deluxe Box Set by Chiho Saito

4.0

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this is possibly the weirdest manga I've ever read, like a surrealist, Exquisite-Corpse mash-up of (barely) a boarding school Bildungsroman and fairy tales. I don't remember ever lowering a book in order to just exclaim wtf! What is happening?! so many times ever. So, obvs it's amazing. Sexuality and gender: so weird. Narrative: so weird. There are four bonus pieces, two side stories and a 2-part apparent remix of the original story, as if someone was given a one line description of the Utena story and a list of characters and then just retold the story with everything else different. !!!??? I love this, but I can't believe it was popular. Proof that masses can adore the avant-garde.