I really thought I'd like this at least enough to continue, but it just wasn't for me. I've been wanting to read this for a while and it was on my 'number one' list as one of the ultimate yuri classics - I mean, a girl wanting to be a prince and protecting another girl is pretty bloody high up on my can-relate list, and I love Shojo art; anything sparkly is fine by me (Note: I just want gay Sailor Moon). The artwork was beautiful but I felt the story was kind of lacking and the characters fell flat. The whole Utena being rescued by a rose obsessed prince (or something?) rang kind of lame. It was disappointing that she was set up to be this strong character but was still reliant on a prince to come rescue her or meet her or give her a rose or whatever. She even transfers schools at the drop of the hat because hey! the prince is supposed to be there! maybe! As a manga that supposedly blasted through stereotypical shojo cliches, there's an awful lot of them and the misogyny was pretty irritating and uncomfortable. Maybe I was expecting too much but I thought this was supposed to be a milestone in manga or something unique or... you know... revolutionary? Maybe I stopped too soon and it gets better, but I have too many titles to get through to bother with this again.