In fact, didn't you essentially say in 'For Today' that it wasn't the act that was important, it was the removal of the relationship barrier?

To chime in with my 2p on the general issue, I have some problems with Symphony 4, mainly the way certain characters are handled - but these characters are not Utena, Corwin and Anthy (I didn't have any particular problems with that plotline at all). Indeed, I think a lot of my issues with the later Symphony works stem from the fact that the cast had got very large and therefore there just wasn't the same depth of detail on any one particular character most of the time. Also, the shift forward in time meant the atmosphere and the world the characters inhabited were not the same as the earlier Symphonies.