It’s a good idea to give warning to all people not familiar with Utena that the story is an acid-trip of symbolism and fractured fairytales, while Adolescence Mokushiroku ups the dosage into PCP-levels. “I won’t let you be the only one that escapes this world!” Her path is an interesting one, developing from nonexistent in the manga, a catalyst for some characters in the series, to the main antagonist in the movie. However, it is only Shiori’s character that is a complete departure in form and temperament from her previous role.
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To be fair, the movie version Adolescence Mokushiroku (Adolescence Apocalypse) is essentially an alternative universe of the founding series and manga, Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena), which leaves the entire cast stripped down to a perspective for the roles and relationships suitable for the format.
She’s a symbolic figure, and a darkened mirror image and a foil but there is something not quite whole about her that leaves one grasping for understanding. The hardest part about writing a character essay about Shiori Takatsuki is discovering that she’s not a character in and of herself. Spoilers: Heavy spoiler analysis for the movie and episodes 7 and 17 in series
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