And a couple of other things that need to be pointed out, just in case there are still some people who don't get it:

1) When Corwin and Utena promised each other to be "everything but", they set up that ambiguity at the core of their relationship. That, in the long run, is fundamentally unworkable for just about any relationship as emotionally intense and romantic as theirs. (Didn't I say this somewhere else already? It's hard to keep track of one's previous posts in one's mind at 5 am.) Even more importantly, if that ambiguity is allowed to continue, it could start to come between them and not merely cause friction between them, but interfere with their duties as Prince and Pillar - which is the very last thing Cephiro needs, so soon after the end of the Lost Tournament. Anthy groks this.

2) Corwin's problem is that he, in fact, is too close to the problem. Because, I think, he's gotten so used to the idea that he and Utena can never really be together because of the way the rules governing relationships among the Trinity are traditionally set up, he hasn't really grasped that the fact that he changed all the rules about how the Pillar interacts with Cephiro and forever removed the need for the Pillar to be locked into praying for the Tenth World every minute of every day for the rest of his life carries the corollary that the rules governing the relationships between himself and the other two members of the Trinity have also changed as a consequence of his actions.

-Joe-