So what we've got here is a list of just about all the Utena analysis threads of the SKU subforum!  It does not include fanfics, even though many fanfics do double as character analysis.  IRG forum rules encourage you to necro a topic, no matter how old, if it strikes your fancy; just make sure you look through a thread before jumping in!  As Gio's gallery page used to say, pick your poison! 

If you're here for symbolism, see also lazypirates' excellent index of the general symbolism thread!

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Utena
How did her parents die?
Utena's reaction to her own femininity
Utena as a Holy Fool, and her relationship with Anthy
Utena's violent streak; attacking Mikage
Why her evident ambidexterity?
Actually, why does she even know how to use a sword?
How much does she know about End of the World?
The lead-up to her tryst with Akio
(Can anyone really be that oblivious?)
Her pain and her soul sword in the final episode
Did Utena become a prince?  What's a prince?  More here.
Assuming Utena survived the apocalypse, would she have become a boy?
What would Utena be like if she became Akio?
A few thoughts on the final episode (Spoilers)

Anthy
Her sacrifice, her love, her redemption
Her pain, her rescue
Who is she at bottom?
Her attitude towards and relationship with Akio (more here)
Does she want to be the Rose Bride?
Her magic, if any; why she keeps it under wraps
Why is she so important, anyway?
Her attitude towards Touga before his duels
Her suicide attempt, if that's what it was
Her feelings as she stabs Utena
Does she have dissociative identity disorder?
Does she not need her glasses, or what?
Is Anthy a prince?  What's a prince?  More here.
Is Anthy the villain of the show?
Is Anthy to blame for her own situation?  Does she get off easy?
Anthy as an abused girl, and her liberation
Anthy as a pre-Christian Irish hag
Utena's role in Anthy leaving Ohtori
Does Anthy's name allude to Greek myth?
Is Anthy a puella aeterna?  How grown-up is she, anyway?
Free of Ohtori, exactly how badass will Anthy be?
Yellow and Youth in Revolutionary Girl Utena - Video Essay

Chu Chu
Chu Chu: monkey, mouse, or monkouse?  More here.
Chu Chu: princess, catalyst, or just a cute animal?
Chu Chu: he eats to take her mind off things
Chu Chu: what the fuck.
A few thoughts on the final episode (Spoilers)

Akio
General Akio discussion and analysis
What kind of car does he drive?
Why does he wear gold armbands?
He takes his fiancee's surname; is that shameful in Japanese society?
Why a school chairman instead of the President-for-Life of Japan?
Is he a witch?  May we burn him?
Is he Ikuhara's self-insert?
Does Akio hate princesses the way Satan hates God?
What does it mean that he's a Virgo?
Does he ever seduce people just for fun?
Is there anyone he can't seduce?
Why exactly does he want to open the Rose Gate?
Does he actually want to become Dios?  More here.
Why all the stargazing?
How self-centered is the Morning Star thing?
Is he a sociopath?  Does he have feelings?
Okay, how about a psychopath?
Is he essentially out to break social boundaries?
Why his fear at the end?
Why's his tower so barren of furniture?

Touga
General Touga discussion and analysis
Was he raped as a child?
Youji Enokido says he was raped as a child, and death of the author
Does he ever get angry?
Why doesn't he put his foot down over Nanami's crush on him?
Why doesn't he ever get with Utena?
Is he in love with her?
Hold everything, guys, the remaster has extra frames of him stroking Akio's car!
Does he find redemption?
Could he be Akio II?  Does he want to be?

Saionji
General Saionji discussion and analysis
Why he wants eternity
How come no one calls him by his given name?
Saionji as revealed through Wakaba: fight, flight, relaxation

Juri
How good a duelist is she?
Why does she lend Utena her sword?
Why all the water imagery?
Her story of the boy who drowned
She is a shallow, underdeveloped, and poorly written character.  Agree/disagree?

Miki
Firstly, for reals, what's up with his stopwatch?  More here.
Is he sleeping with Kozue or what?
Is he ever going to sleep with anyone?
Is he going to turn into the guy from "Lolita" down the road?
Or is he going to turn into a self-righteous, sister-raping asshole?
Why Utena doesn't let him win
Could he have had a relationship with Utena?
What would he do if he had a photo of Akio's sexploits?
His insight into Touga's deceased cat
He wants to live with Akio: plot hole or no?

Nanami
General Nanami discussion and analysis
Sexually manipulative?  Sexually repressed?  Both?
Why Akio pursues her
Nanami's egg.  WTF?
What if she actually were a lesbian?
Yellow and Youth in Revolutionary Girl Utena - Video Essay

Mikage/Nemuro
General Mikage/Nemuro discussion and analysis
Nemuro's motivations for pyromania
The color of Nemuro's glasses
What does Nemuro mean by finding eternity?
Did Nemuro's research create Ohtori Academy?
Mikage's motivations and self-image
Mikage's name, hair color, outfit, and Shadow Self
When did he start liking Mamiya "in that way?"<