Revolutionary Girl Utena Concepts

A slap with a flat open hand against someone's cheek (most common). This is sometimes performed during an argument.

A male and a female member of a family that share the same parents.

A person who actively tries to start fights with others who are weaker and pose little threat.

The act of wearing clothes commonly associated with the opposite gender.

One or more past events that negatively affected one or more people. It's very common in an anime for at least one person to have such a past.

Prearranged fight with two people. It is used in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor.

Used frequently in Anime to either recap past events or provide a back story for a character, either their origin story or their off-screen training of new attack. Sometime and entire episode/chapter would be a entire flashback.

Magic is an often used term in fiction. It is the concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods and breaking the physical laws.

A fantasy sub-genre that features girls who magically transform into super-heroines and combat evil.

Something that serves as a pet or behaves in the manner of one.

Someone who has a pet for a reason. Said owner may either treat the pet like royalty or like dirt. It is not too common for at least one anime/manga character to own a pet or two in a series, even though said pet might possess special powers.

Romantic Drama is a concept used in series to create tensions of highs and lows in order to leave the audience in suspense over an outcome in a romance based series.

Characters that are most noted for smiling a certain way. No matter how cute said smiles are, they're never good.

The Idea of a character transforming into a animal, monster, creature, demon, or other types of creatures.

A popular design choice for characters in anime is to give them natural hair and/or eye colors that do not occur in real nature.

A man who uses his charm, money, influence, or good looks for the purposes of having sex. Often with no interest in a long term relationship with the woman he is pursuing.

A genre of anime/manga featuring girl-on-girl relationships. Although the genre originated in female-targeted works, today it is featured in many male-targeted works as well.