 So we've shit talked about this for a long time is it time for not shit talking? Oh my gosh I mean I tweeted a while ago that hey We're doing a bunch of stuff and I tweeted these pictures of all those like video equipment We had set up and you know we do radio free equestria and we do these like geek nights minis and all this other stuff but a lot of people have asked us to watch Utenna again and do a final thoughts episode we haven't done nearly as Many of those as we should have but Utenna is sort of an infamous show, right? It's been around for a long time. We've watched it. I've watched it twice I've seen Utenna all the way through four times. Yeah a lot of times It's like rooms favorite show ever and it's an a anime. Oh, yeah, like a But it's infamous because this show in particular compared to other animes, right? Is that it has a lot of this really kind of weird imagery. It's low budget But there's all this stuff going on like, you know, why is Mickey always stopping his stopwatch? And why is there's cats in the background and what's up with those shadow girls? It also starts kind of like a stereotypical show Joe like oh, there's a bunch of people at a school fighting over a ring and a Rose broad and all this stuff. It's like the actual stuff that goes on is pretty straightforward until the second season when it goes crazy dark But you know burning coffins. There's just lots of just you know Imagery all over the place that it makes people really have a hard time with the show It's like what is that symbolize and what does that mean and what's going on here and yada yada So we thought hey, let's watch it's got Yeah, it's like I mean we're talking this episodes later on well They'll be a cat and they'll be a finger blinking on the screen pointing at the cat And then those cut away and cut back to the cats on the windowsill while someone's talking There'll be two cats and the finger will blink again I'll cut away and come back. There'll be no cat Then it cuts to the like the glass the guy's drinking from and there's lipstick from the girl who was just there It's pointing at the lipstick right and a lot of this is dual purpose on the one hand They can have someone talking without having to have a mouth moving and they can save a lot in animation It's really easy to animate a hand being there and then not being there. It's harder to animate a mouth going Along with some words or it's more work, especially this is all hand-drawn They weren't using computers except for the really bad CG castle But anyway it One many people we know watch the show all the way through mostly on our recommendation and then they come to us and say But Roman Scott, what was that show about and the answer is actually really complicated. I Mean, you know a lot of its Symbolisms and weird imagery is just weird and isn't really important But it's deep enough the allegory is strong and the show is such that it is consistent on multiple levels You can look at it from a few different perspectives and it's completely consistent in all of them Yeah, and the show does mean something right? It's not Just some nonsense situation. Yeah, it makes sub points along the way It makes it has a few like tangential ideas, but the key is it's a complex show. That's difficult to analyze Much like how Eva is actually very difficult for a lot of people to understand though There's a JPEG that explains that one there is But we did a final thoughts episode on like job big Oh and big O2 and all these tri-gun all these other shows and everyone for years have asked us to do that for Shojo Kakame Utena So we're gonna go one step further We're gonna do final thoughts Episode by episode for the entire 39 episodes of shojo Kakame Utena. 39 fucking episodes. Oh, yeah Thing is it's we not do this. It's been it's been time. I just watched cowboy bebop again You know what goddamn is that a good show? Oh, yeah, I just watch I want to watch Gundam seed again And I realize not as good, but it's a good. Yeah, Modica magic. I can watch that again Watch that ten times. So I you know, you're right when you watch and I'm gonna you know I've seen Utena four times. We just watched the first episode of shojo Kakame Utena again Just now for the first I haven't seen it in years and I have this burning desire to watch more of it Oh, yeah, so if you have not seen Utena at all, we're only gonna spoil the episode We just talked about so you should probably watch it and then you know go along with us And it maybe we will be able to enhance your viewing experience because commentary from Ikohara ain't gonna do it He really likes that sort of thing Oh, he does now if you never watched Utena because you thought it was some shojo crap And you don't believe us and you're not just willing to watch the entire show on faith alone I will you should do something that I have had many other people do who are reluctant to watch the show Watch there's an episode from a the second season I'll send a link to the actual details or whatever, but it's a two-part episode that spoils a ton of stuff But simultaneously shows you what the show is really about the one with Wakaba and the onion king and all that stuff That was mentioned in episode one if you watch those episodes That is what Utena is really about and I don't think you need to watch those No, that is that is if you are stupid and aren't listening to us right now when we tell you to watch the show I put the show right up there with cowboy bebop and Evangelion as a great anime for all time Yep, and it is to the test of time it has indeed