In each episode there's a ''Do you know do you know?'' scene, the talk of breaking the world's shell and a duel in which someone tries to win Anthy from Utena. Utena is on the backfoot but then magic and Utena wins. Wash, rinse, repeat. The walk up the stairs before the duel got so tiresome that even the makers realised it and sped it up 2/3 of the way through the show.
Supposedly there is a lot of symbolism in Utena (could the sword slashing the rose be a reference to sex? Or maybe it's just another inspiration the show took from The Rose of Versailles) but knowing anime fandom I have my suspicion that actually there isn't any subtext etc. And that it isn't accurate to say I don't get it but rather there's nothing to get.
Supposedly there is a lot of symbolism in Utena (could the sword slashing the rose be a reference to sex? Or maybe it's just another inspiration the show took from The Rose of Versailles) but knowing anime fandom I have my suspicion that actually there isn't any subtext etc. And that it isn't accurate to say I don't get it but rather there's nothing to get.