Utena, is that you

airyairyquitecontrary:

sailormoonsub:

I’ve seen this sequence a dozen times now and I’m not sure what’s going on in this sequence. Did her friends willfully leave her alone? Were they murdered by the Negaverse as Usagi slept peacefully on? Were they a dream of Usagi’s the entire time? Did they just….. forget? 

“Well, she passed out on the train, but it’s okay if we get off without her because she’s got a talking plush cat with her.”

Actually, since we never get to see Minako hanging out with the others in her school uniform within the show proper, I do tend to read this as Usagi’s dream of all the Senshi being friends together.

This interpretation is so much better because it doesn’t involve all of Usagi’s friends abandoning her, but it’s also a little heartbreaking because the only time all of them can be happy normal girls together is in Usagi’s dreams. It’s like a construal parfait with alternating layers.

A tiny mob boss with a pastel umbrella comes to your front door.
If you run, go to page 5.
If you talk, go to page 8.