Anthy Himemiya is a complete enigma.
She is definately a very nice person, but if the person she
was engaged to wanted her to me mean and nasty, I have no doubts
that she would be. She is completely passive, almost eerily so.
She does whatever the person she is engaged to wants her to,
no matter what it is. It seems that she has no personality of her
own. At one point, right before Touga defeats Utena in the duels,
it seems that Anthy wants to become a normal girl and resents
her position as the Rose Bride. But after she becomes engaged
to Touga, it is made clear that she only felt that way because
she knew Utena wanted her to. Utena wanted her to be a normal
girl, and she thought that Anthy hated being the Rose Bride,
so Anthy was only obeying her finacée's wishes. When she became
Touga's bride, she went back to liking her position and not
wanting any friends. Another example of this was when Utena and
Anthy switched bodies and Utena was forced to write in the exchange
diary that Saionji kept with Anthy. Utena realised then
that Saionji really was sincere about his love for Anthy. She thought
that Anthy knew this and that was why she continued writing in
his diary behind her back, but the truth was that Utena never
told Anthy to stop, so she just didn't.
I believe that Anthy knows a whole heck of a lot more
than she lets on. She tells Utena that the castle and the whole
sword-popping-out-of-the-chest thing are mysteries, but
she definately understands them better than a lot of people. Akio, Ohtori's
deputy trustee chairman, is her brother, and she is extremely close
to him (*coughs*). When they
move into Akio's tower, things start getting verrry interesting...
Anyway, I know about Anthy and who she really is (as much as one
can) but I'm not going to tell you because, geez, that would
spoil the whole series ;) I'll explain all the mysteries and
give my take on them later, on a page that's clearly marked as
a spoiler.
Pictures
"That's it, Miss Utena! Get him!" She is
an awfully strange girl...
Possibly the best part of the entire
series. (Spoiler)
A close-up of Anthy talking to Utena
while they are in bed.
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