>Now for the nits:
>
>Am I wrong, or did Corwin never tell Utena the name of her new sword?
>As far as I can tell, he was talking in Norse the only time he said
>it.

It's entirely possible, considering the way these things tend to work, that she Just Knew the name. It's an enchanted sword, bound to her in ways that Utena only dimly understands right now, and the fact that she Knows the Name is entirely possible from the binding.

>In "Holiday", we learn that Touga and Nanami would go on Akio's quest,
>with Nanami leaving the morning after the dinner. Touga then mentions
>that
>she left for a term abroad, and so would he (an "official excuse", I
>suppose).
>It was a week later that Saionji left the school.
>On the other side, Miki said in "New Year" that it was Nanami who
>found Saionji's abandoned tent. But Nanami should have been long gone
>by then. What gives?
>Mistake or plot point?

Probably takes a little time to set things up correctly. Nanami probably went to say her goodbyes and found the camp abandoned.

I find it highly amusing, though, that Saionji and Miki, two of the three that refused to follow the quest, were the ones that actually, in some way, ACCOMPLISHED it so far....

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