This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
I have been wondering for a while, but I feel like Utena's the type of person who would have fallen in love even if the Prince was a girl. What do you think? After all, the show also emphasizes that gender roles are meant to be broken.
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Utena always struck me as bisexual, but I definitely think the interactions between Utena and Akio would be somewhat similar to any interaction with Sanjouin.
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He would wear the prettiest dress imaginable, prettier than anything Disney designs anyhow.
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He would be Anthy.
More specifically, he wouldn't have had any place in the story about the idealized prince; a princess and a female prince are different things. That's one of the key themes here.
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