This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
#1 | Back to Top02-28-2017 08:06:55 PM
- HonorableShadow
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Utena reference in Little Witch Academia
It's a little hard to get a picture since they never showed the whole thing, but here's the best I could do. It happened in episode 8.
She even rides a car up part of it in the beginning
After that she cuts her way through some thorn vines to try and wake up her sleeping friend.
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#2 | Back to Top02-28-2017 08:41:31 PM
- Aelanie
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Re: Utena reference in Little Witch Academia
I saw it, and the "circling car" part certainly did put me in mind of Utena, but I assumed it was unintentional, since Trigger appears to be more beholden to Western animation references than Japanese ones. The thorn part was also more of a Sleeping Beauty reference.
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#3 | Back to Top03-08-2017 12:31:50 PM
- Wolfgang
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Re: Utena reference in Little Witch Academia
I thought the same. This chapter is about the "id" (in Freud lines) of Sucy, and have a lot of references from other animes (and games, like Piramid Head from Silent Hill); so isn't wild to think that the spiral staircase is a Utena reference, and the almost-kiss between Sucy an Akko... 
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#4 | Back to Top03-08-2017 02:42:39 PM
Re: Utena reference in Little Witch Academia
For absolutely no rational reason I'm immediately going 'I don't think it was intentional' because the steering wheel is on the wrong side. 
Akio, you have nice turns of phrase, but your points aren't clear and you have no textual support. I can't give this a passing grade.
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