Iwa ni Hana

As usual, random comment with spoilers in no particular order:

1) Initially, I thought the stars in Himari’s bedroom were just some kind of decoration for cuteness’s sake. But what was I thinking? Every fan of Utena ought to know by now that in the world of Ikuni’s animation, nothing (and I mean nothing) ever appears on the screen by accident. I finally got what he was getting at when Ringo’s bedroom appears at the beginning of Episode 3, because the “theme” there is the sea. Himari is associated with the sky, whereas Ringo is associated with the sea.

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