Initially presented as a surreal fairy-tale take on the Yuri Genre set in an all-female high school in a world where humans and bears have been separated by a massive Severance Wall, it rapidly becomes clear that not only does Ikuhara intend to subvert and even deconstruct the sexist and homophobic assumptions underlying many such works and tropes, but to explore how the implicit and explicit condemnation of nonconformity (especially with love, sexuality and gender roles) adversely affects how individuals look at themselves and others.
Yurikuma Arashi may actually unseat Utena in terms of unbridled fury at the patriarchal structure of Japanese society, particularly in how it affects the way that women, especially lesbians, are portrayed in fictional media.It is surreal, and rarely is anything (or anyone) exactly what they seem. As it turns out, Anthy is the Witch of the story, despite being a kind and gentle soul who grows closer to Utena, shattering the Wicked Witch archetype- meanwhile, Akio Ohtori/Dios, supposedly the Rated M for Manly Wise Prince, is the Big Bad End of the World who's adherence to male virtues turns him into an abusive monster in a dark example of Testosterone Poisoning. The heroine, Utena, dreams of becoming a Prince just like the one that once saved her as a child and battles to protect the mysterious Rose Bride, Anthy, from the male-dominated Ohtori Academy and the many men who seek to win her as a prize, abuse her, and do other unpleasant things to her. It explores the classical fairytale motifs of the Heroic Prince that rescues a princess, the contrast of the innocent Princess and the mature Witch, and turns them completely on its head, while also dealing with childhood and growing up, often in very dark and mature fashion. Revolutionary Girl Utena is probably the most feminist anime in existence.Gokusen is about a female Yakuza heiress who teaches in an all-boy's school for delinquents, trying to balance keeping her students in check like a drill Sargent, kicking all kinds of ass, saving the handsome Dude in Distress Shin, and yakuza politics.
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