Shiori said to belive in miracles. Now I totally am because this is a miracle.

I wonder what it'll be about...any predictions?

I wonder if it'll be a sequel/continuation to the manga, or a side story/midquel

This is the most important thing I've seen this year!

I hope Ikuni and the others are some how involved.

If I had to guess, I think it may be a sequel to either the manga, movie, or anime?

itavin wrote:

Revolutionary wrote:

This is the most important thing I've seen this year!

I hope Ikuni and the others are some how involved.

If I had to guess, I think it may be a sequel to either the manga, movie, or anime?

Defiantly betting on the manga. Maybe the anime, but ikuni wouldn't let that happen imo. No way for the movie, would never do that. Didn't read the movie manga, so maybe that?

I like the idea of a movie manga sequel, but I feel there might not be a lot left to say if that. It's actually worth reading if you can find it (I was actually lucky to find a copy of the original) and is much better than the original manga.
But yeah, manga sequel is most likely. How did that end again?

Do you think the new chapter will be a one-shot or continuous? I'm hoping continuous, but they probably would have said that already.

Maybe it could be another new version to add to like the 5 we have already!

It's a great time to be a Utena fan this year.

I don't see this being a direct sequel to anything; the manga already leads thematically into the anime so I think continuing it would be odd. The movie-manga isn't really its own story either, just the movie but less weird and with a new cute ending. I'm thinking this might just be An Utena Story, with its position relative to anything else unimportant. Or a promotional for Rebuild of Utena

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Movie manga is good. It's included in the new special edition as well.

Oh my god, what? A straight-up new characters sequel? That's nuts; I really like Utena's open-ended endings that seem to lead into eachother, so I don't know how seriously I'm going to take this to any sort of "canon", but this really makes me think we might be getting more than just this chapter.

I guess I'm the only one who's not a fan of this development at all. Little good ever comes of meddling with the lore of successful stories which have long since closed their books, and I can think of many examples where latter-day "continuations" or "sequels" have retroactively weakened - or even ruined - the original.

Utena is the very last thing I want to see tinkered with in this fashion. It is done and over, and should be left to be what it is.

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Aelanie wrote:

I can think of many examples where latter-day "continuations" or "sequels" have retroactively weakened - or even ruined - the original.

That's... entirely on you. I don't think I have to argue the points on this if that's how you feel, but I think many of us have moved past that idea.

Too many things to agree or disagree with to quote anyone specifically.

I AM SO EXCITED: So a few predictions:  You can't make a new chapter without the main characters, so we are def going to see Utena and Anthy again, the real mystery is how.  It could be after they leave Ohtori, so maybe it's the lives of the students after the events of the manga?

There will be a conversation between Saionji and Touga apparently, so it's not the movie manga either because Touga is dead.

Why do I keep saying manga?  Because this is a celebration of Saito's 35 years of work, Utena being the most well know to the world.  There's no way in this universe or any another that this will have to do with the anime or movie.

I would love to see Utena and Anthy married, but I realize what I am asking for from this artist.  She is, or at least was back in the day, super anti-LGBT...  She threatened to quit if Ikuhara had Utena and Anthy kiss according to some accounts.

Since it looks like we've nailed down this is going to be a continuation and not a "deleted scene"/side story; that's very exciting! 

From the way the manga ended I believe we will see the beginning of something as can be found in the last few pages: Anthy "When she and I meet once again... That is when it will begin."

Maybe we will get a true sequel.  I want to see the world that Utena and Anthy made together.

LadyButterflyNebula wrote:

Too many things to agree or disagree with to quote anyone specifically.

I AM SO EXCITED: So a few predictions:  You can't make a new chapter without the main characters, so we are def going to see Utena and Anthy again, the real mystery is how.  It could be after they leave Ohtori, so maybe it's the lives of the students after the events of the manga?

There will be a conversation between Saionji and Touga apparently, so it's not the movie manga either because Touga is dead.

Why do I keep saying manga?  Because this is a celebration of Saito's 35 years of work, Utena being the most well know to the world.  There's no way in this universe or any another that this will have to do with the anime or movie.

I would love to see Utena and Anthy married, but I realize what I am asking for from this artist.  She is, or at least was back in the day, super anti-LGBT...  She threatened to quit if Ikuhara had Utena and Anthy kiss according to some accounts.

Since it looks like we've nailed down this is going to be a continuation and not a "deleted scene"/side story; that's very exciting! 

From the way the manga ended I believe we will see the beginning of something as can be found in the last few pages: Anthy "When she and I meet once again... That is when it will begin."

Maybe we will get a true sequel.  I want to see the world that Utena and Anthy made together.

On the whole Saito is Anti-Lgbt... she did have utena and anthy kiss. In the movie manga. And in the original manga there is a lot of homoerotic subtext with the whole akio rose bride thing and utena and anthy did have some intimate scenes. Also she published sometime in her work a yaoi manga so yeah. She is on the was anti lgbt train

Also, I think that were most likely not going to continue the story from anthy perspective. I believe we will see a new cast in othori with new duelists and more secrets to discover about the duels and the school. But if we do get the straight up continuation of the story, that could be either cute or TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE(no sarcasm involved)

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