Hi! I just finished watching the 39 episodes of Utena today and wow do I need more of it. Probably need to watch the movie soon. So I stumbled across this forum and figured I should join since I can tell that this is a series that I will love to discuss. So yeah, revolutionize the world!

Kita, our ambassador!

Everything Kita-Ysabell said is true, and good advice. Do feel free to hit us up with questions or comments. And, I hope you enjoy your time here!

Kita-Ysabell wrote:

Decrescent Daytripper wrote:

Kita, our ambassador!

Wait, what?

Is this, like, a thing?  When did that happen?

Just then. It's not official. We didn't break a bottle of champagne over anything.

But, unofficially, that was some good ambassadoring you did. That's all.

(Sorry for the confusion.)

Hi! My name is Mary! I live in New Orleans where I was born and raised. I'm currently 21 and I was 13 the first time I saw SKU. It was interesting watching SKU when I was the same age as the characters and it's interesting to watch it again now that I am older. I'm a huge fan of the anime, manga, movie, and soundtracks. I listen to the soundtracks almost everyday like a crazy person. I'm almost finished watching the series for the third time and it's my first time watching it with other people- they're loving it.

I don't have a favorite character seeing that there are so many amazing ones in the show. I chose blushing Miki as my avatar because I blush a lot and get red easily.

I've been more or less a ghost on this forum for the past few years. I love to read other people's interpretations of the show on here. I finally decided to join and I look forward to it.

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I'm just poking my head in here to say I'm back from the dead. How has everyone been?

Hi Deledrius! Welcome to In the Rose Garden! I just finished playing the game for the first time yesterday. It was amusing, I'm sure you'll like it. Btw, great avatar!

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Hello you all, Utena newbie here who can't get enough so sought out the forums only to find Chu-Chu everywhere I wanted to go.  Very fitting.  Well played. 

Finally experienced the anime series but knew about it in the vaguest sense for years.  Going in all I really knew was that it had something to do with gender roles, prince and princess motifs, and cars.  Yeah, I was in for a ride of a lifetime. I'm not much of an anime watcher so I won't kick myself too much for not having seen the show sooner - actually works in my favor since this show functions best if the viewer is mentally equipped to decipher it and I feel I got a lot out of my viewing. 

It was an unparalleled delight and I actually got headaches from watching episodes since they are so dense with layers upon layers of meaning.  I was frantically trying to decode all the layers simultaneously because I knew it was like the delta of a river all feeding into one huge Nile of meaning.  It's been a few months, just watched it back in March, but I am still processing and still getting a scream out of the Nanami episodes and Chu-Chu.   

I've avoided reading all the tempting analyses because I don't want to color my own interpretation since I would like to make a thread of a newbie's perspective before delving into this incredible treasure trove of actual years' worth of ruminations and theorizing .  Things have been discussed to the nth degree I realize, yet perhaps with enough revolutions of analysis maybe a variation in thought will occur?  It'll be fun anyhow.

Hello!~

The name's Cami.
I'm an avid anime fan and in the last few years I've especially become an enthusiast of Ikuhara's works.
As soon as I finished Utena, I couldn't believe I'd put off checking it out for so long. It's now one of my all-time favorites.
I love spending time chatting about the series, and showing my love for it in every fandom facet possible.
My hobbies include video-editing, singing, reading, cosplay, and a whole lot of media consumption/analysis/study (film student here, haha).

I was referred to this forum by purplepolecat (AMV acquaintances), after we got to chatting and I did an Utena cosplay at SakuraCon, which I plan to post after this~

I look forward to hanging around here and chatting with others!

Hello and thank you for putting up with the newbies to the forum. I was an avid collector of many things anime and due to space have finally stopped lol. I love my anime series and I love k and j Drama as well. I got my husband and both daughters hooked on many series and my husband and I both equally love Utena as a series. Personally Utena is my favorite as I love the whole tomboy type. ^_~

Hey! I watched utena a few years back, but I just recently found out that the sega saturn game got translated about a year ago, so I decided to make an account. 
I hope i'll enjoy my stay in the forum!

Well after way to long I've come back. SKU always pulls you back. Also I finally got the series in full on Amazon. The last time I saw anything past 'Curried High Trip' the only way to see it was the fan subbed bootlegs on VHS.

Hey, I'm Paige. I first watched Utena when I was fourteen (Wow, almost a decade ago! *feels old* It defiantly left an impression on me and I have been trying to make time to rewatch it again. I hear that Utena is better when you rewatch it as an adult

It helped me through discovering my bisexuality and just my love of girl romance

And as my name suggests, I LOVE tarot. I even recently have started a side "business" on tumblr where I give readings. I love reading and writing too.

I work as a janitor in my main job. I actually enjoy it. I prefer having a more introvert job compared to a competitive workplace and I tend to fail at school...

Oh, and quick question. I've been having trouble uploading an Avatar, it says they are too big, but I am getting them off LJ. So what is the problem?

Thank you for the welcome. I sent you a link to it