Have you folks seen the Doctor Who episode where they’re just eternally going around in circles in traffic?
That might be my life right now.
I’m not sure if/when I’ll be able to watch Utena today because I am still on the Death Road to Tennessee.
I’ll edit this post with Utena when I can.
Edit: We’re still driving and there are no Medieval Times in Tennessee.
Edit 2: Good news, I made it to my mother-in-law’s home in Tennessee. Bad news, I’m way too worn out to watch Utena. I’m gonna crash and then try to squeeze three episodes in tomorrow before I get devoured by my sister-in-law’s nuptials.
I had three ceremonies when I married my spouse, I thought it was silly then but went along with it. She’s having five. How many fucking times do you have to get married?!?! 
Edit 3: I finally found the time to watch some fucking anime. Assuming my mother-in-law’s slow ass old lady internet doesn’t shit itself at the audacity of YouTube videos. LET’S DO THIS!!
Episode 34: Introducing Eternity
Incest is gross.
Omg do the theater girls have the same voice actresses as the shadow girls?
ARE THEY THE SAME PEOPLE?!
omg yes
Wakaba: Pick one you like.
Utena: But there’s none of Anthy.
Me: I see what you did there.
Anthy sent her with roses to get sexed upon by her aggressive as fuck older brother but now she’s standing between them? What gives?
It’s time for a new story friends.
Oh my gosh the Shadow Girls rule and I love them so much.
Yes that’s right, whatever is in that castle contains what everyone of the student council wanted. How convenient.
Gosh this play just seems incredibly relevant.
(By the way, one of the unique aspects of my mother-in-law’s home is that, regardless of temperature outside or on the thermostat, it is always cold. I am very cold. 
)
HOW SUSPICIOUSLY RELEVANT.
I’m sure it’ll never come up again.
Akio asking the right questions here.
Loyalty to her prince? Maybe they just made out real hard and didn’t bone.
I can’t tell how Anthy is taking this.
The constellation in the sky looks like a person with a sword.
Hey look its Anthy.
It’s Anthy suffering eternally.
You can’t fight forever, friends. They even rotate out soldiers on the field.
Utena knows suffering too.
And she can’t abide this.
That’s right Utena.
Become her prince.
Become a prince she can believe in.
(I’m sorry I’m away from my laptop right now. I’ll edit in a bunch of Anthy pictures later unless someone beats me to it.)
(Somebody should beat me to it.)
Episode 35: Something Worth Remembering.
She doesn’t remember Anthy…
Does Anthy remember her?
Akio interrupts a possible revelation. Rude man.
(Did you know that when you sit in a chair with head phones on while watching a smart phone you become a beacon for children? Like, they just can’t not disrupt you?)
Folks… I think Anthy knows.
Schemers scheming. I don’t like it.
Wakaba, a helper and yet not a helper.
Oh man, Akio’s using Touga to Touga Touga (and Utena.) Master manipulator!
Touga is not happy about getting out Tougaed.
Saionji is right.
WHOOPS I’VE BEEN AMBUSHED INTO MORE WEDDING PREP, BE RIGHT BACK!!
Edit 4: I’M BACK. Now where was I?
Episode 35 continued:
Horses are actually fucking awful. They’re not very smart, incredibly fragile, and are prone to spooking at pretty much everything and killing themselves.
My maternal grandfather raised Peruvian Passos, a prize stud of his froze to death because he was too prissy to go into the heated barn. My grandpa’s workers assured him the horse would not be dumb/stubborn enough and would let himself in. Anyway, back to Utena.
Does Anthy miss her? Is she worried?
Saionji is still right.
This is interesting. It’s like an interview.
They’re having shirtless pose offs. Shit is getting real.
Anthy doesn’t look like she likes this.
I have complicated feelings about this too.
Like you can be a girl with or without liking girly things. This is showing us that Utena is being feminized by Akio’s antics and it’s going about it is a very symbolic fashion that I’m not exactly enthralled with but also don’t hate.
Episode 36: The Real Deal.
Coffins a metaphor for something.
BLEARGH!!!
I do not like these princess games Akio plays.
Juri knows what’s up. But not enough.
##HEY FOLKS, IT’S TIME FOR SOME GAY SUBTEXT.
I can’t believe Saionji is fucking saying this shit. What a redemption arc.
Utena isn’t falling for your usual shit, Touga. She’s too wise to it. You gotta be authentic.
Is this… legit?
I think this is legit.
Wow, I’ve got feelings about this.
Like, he doesn’t see her as herself but as this fantasy, a princess (She isn’t) who is noble and beautiful (yes, but flawed) and he’s fallen in love with that fiction, not her.
Utena believes him. I guess he was legit enough but meh. How permissive.
SAVE HER FROM WHAT?!
You’re not trying to save her Touga you’re trying to keep her! You’re trying to possess her!! If you truly loved and respected who she was you wouldn’t be helping Akio with his games or playing your own. You would let her be who she is.
AND WHO SHE IS IS SOMEBODY WHO SHOULD BE GOING UP INTO THAT FUCKING CASTLE AND DUNKING ON THE END OF THE WORLD!!
Not okay with this “deal” either.
She still doesn’t care about the power.
She just cares about Anthy.
You don’t need to fucking protect her, Touga.
You need to believe in her.
For fucks sake.
Believe, Anthy!
##BELIEVE!!
…she knew she’d be followed and that they’d be caught and seen.
Way to show her a bit of the true Akio, Anthy.
The last three episodes are the literal last three episodes. We’re almost finished. So please catch up if/when you can and please take the quizzes so I can figure out when to stream the movie.
I won’t be back from Tennessee until Tuesday and I’m not sure if I can squeeze Utena in on Monday but I’ll do my best.
See you soon.