>>It'd be out of character for Utena to go on wrangling with that for
>>too long. She just doesn't take long to make up her mind about
>>things, and placed in a situation where she has to make a
>>decision, she makes it and lives with it. I see that as one of the
>>central pillars of her character.
>
>Ah. I guess because no one explicitly told me Utena made a decision,
>I asummed (i know, i know) that she hadn't. Oops.

Well, I guess it was kind of subtle. In Hogtown Rhapsody, when she toasts Anthy's birthday, Utena finally comes right out and says to her, if only in the privacy of her own mind, "I love you." Now, that's a phrase that can have a lot of meanings, I admit; but under the circumstances, it represents Utena's conclusion that, not-what-she's-usually-into or not, their engagement stands. A lot of things brought her to that point, not least of which was her conversation with Dios, but in the end, that's where the decision is finally taken.

Anyway, she probably didn't work it out completely, consciously, until right at the point where she was telling Corwin about it - sort of an, "Oh yeah, that is what I meant, isn't it?" moment.

But like I said - when were things ever that simple in normal high school? This isn't over with - it's only gone to a new stage. You'll see more of what that stage looks like in Hunted Rose.

--G.
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