Shoujo Kakumei Utena

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Japanese: 少女革命ウテナ

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 5

Chapters: 25

Status: Finished

Published: May 2, 1996 to Mar 20, 1998

Genre: Fantasy

Themes: Mahou Shoujo, School

Demographic: Shoujo

Serialization: Ciao

Authors: Be-Papas (Story), Saitou, Chiho (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #4635²

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Popularity: #1663

Members: 12,794

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Shitsurakuen addpermalink

Transfer female student with a strong sense of justice and the wish to become a prince/knight protects a girl and gets unwillingly involved in a weird game; school; fantasy; shoujo-ai; girls getting bullied and treated as mere objects by the male students; weapons coming out of the girls' chest; duels; a rec is needed (and maybe a lawsuit too). 

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Shinshi Doumei Cross addpermalink

Even though Saito's and Tanemura's style is very different, these works are similar mostly due to the feelings they give and the character interactions.
The complex friendship of Ushio and Haine reminds me a lot of Anthy and Utena.
Both manga are set at school, and have plenty of drama and romance.
Utena is more mature in terms of sensuality, but SDC isn't immaculate either. 

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Versailles no Bara addpermalink

Both have tom boy-ish woman and Princesses. a great story line and historic elements. also the drawing styles remind me of each other 

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Lady Masquerade addpermalink

Both the main female characters in Revolutionary Girl Utena and Lady Masquerade lost both of their parents in a car accident (though Setsuna's parents were set up to die like that). Also both of the main characters fall in love with the guy who saved them from the accident and both help them recover their memories. And both female characters want revenge and both have best friends who they are very close with. Only Revolutionary girl Utena deals with action and romance , but otherwise both are very similiar. And they are both by chiho saitou. 

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Yuri Kuma Arashi addpermalink

Both are metaphorical tales of relationship between people and how society views untraditional kind of relationships. 

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Hana no Kishi addpermalink

In both mangas, the female protagonist wants to be a knight because of a gone, not longer reachable male person. Both mangas are set in a school. In Hana No Kishi, the protagonists is disguised a a guy because of circumstances and fights for another person to protect a greater goal, in Shoujo Kakumei Utena, she fights as a girl, but not so girlyish,  in order to find her prince. In both stories you will find swordfights in which the looser has to give up of everything/ something precious and also a love story and a bit of reverse harem. 
 

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Banana Bread no Pudding addpermalink

If you enjoyed "Revolutionary Girl Utena", you can give a try to "Banana Bread Pudding", too. Though I would say that BBP have a connection to Utena anime rather than manga. Both stories tell about girls' adolescense in strange but touching manner, using postmodernistic techniques.
(Besides, there is a funny coincidence: Saeko looks exactly like Anthy, and her brother's appearance reminds me of Akio.) 

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Renai Idenshi XX addpermalink

Women dueling with swords in boarding schools. That's it.  

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Kaze to Ki no Uta addpermalink

Revolutionary Girl Utena may be most commonly compared to Riyoko Ikeda's works, but it was just as influenced by other works of the time, such as Kaze to Ki no Uta.

Both begin with an idealistic lead making a life-changing decision to go to a notable boarding school, where they quickly bond with an unusual fellow student. The leads are both notable as different from the rest of the student body, although not always in a bad way. The two form an immediate bond, but are challenged by their differences in priorities and their personal demons.

There is also a clear parallel between the villains, both of whom have a longtime bond with one of the leads, and both of whom are of notable position in the leads' schools. They both sexually manipulate much of the cast, and are honest threats to the well-being of the leads.

Both have a reputation for their heavy homoerotic and/or homosexual content, but are notable for lack of yaoi and yuri cliches. They focus not on the specific nature of the leads' sexualities, but instead let their dynamic simply be what it is. read more

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S to M no Sekai addpermalink

Being Chiho Saito & Be-Papas works, these manga have countless similarities.
Apart from the same gorgeous art, sensual scenes, and raffinate atmosphere, both have plenty of romance, drama, evil bishounen, sword fights, and magic/fantasy elements.
In both the main character is a pretty schoolgirl with some kind of special power.
The main difference is that Utena has shoujo-ai hints, while World Of The S & M has a tragic shounen-ai story in it. 

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Red Garden addpermalink

These manga are similar as they both involve fighting girls, shoujo-ai subtext, an elitist school, drama, and refined art styles. 

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Waltz wa Shiroi Dress de addpermalink

Another manga by the same autor. Altought the characters are a bit different, there are the prince × princess stuff, the romance and the drama. Both are pretty good manga! 

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Houkago Hokenshitsu addpermalink

After School Nightmare might not be similar to the Utena manga (which I disliked and barely read any of  '^__^) but definitely to the anime (which I loved!). In both there's the concept of an alternate world within a school, in which characters do battle in order to attain a higher purpose (compare "graduating" in ASN to the goal of attaining the Rose Bride in Utena). There are also themes of gender in both, and imagery of knights in shining armour. There is the theme of world-destroying too. 

Basically, I would love it (not going to happen, but...) if After School Nightmare had an anime adaptation with the same artstyle/direction/music style as Utena, ahah. I listened to the Utena soundtrack whilst I read ASN after I realized how similar they were.  read more 

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