Pretty fuckin much but as a like metaphysical consequence everyone around him loses their decency more extremely and shamelessly than akio’s victims ever did
1. Akio is basically like if Marvus was genuinely a Doc Scratch-esque manipulative abuser, he’s Caliborn-tier The Worst. You’ve been double warned.
2. Yes, there’s incest. In a lot of ways Utena is a show about recovering from abuse, trauma, and exploitation by predatory forces, and it deals with some daaark shit.
3. Utena is absolutely worth watching anyway, if you’re able to get through it. I rank it up there with Homestuck and trying to understand Utena is in no small part what primed me to want to analyze Homestuck, especially the later parts that are more symbolic and allegorical. Its not for everyone, but its very worthwhile.
i was actually genuinely expecting Marvus to be Like That because he gave me those Lord vibes so hard but then he turned out to be incredibly woke, and not even a little bit racist, and so much better than akio in every way
MARVUS XOLOTO: THE AKIO YOU CAN FU–[USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST]
That was Akio, from Revolutionary Girl Utena. Look, I’m going to be real with you? Whatever weird kink in Marvus’ path speaks to you, its ok to be into Marvus.
You really, really don’t want to be into Akio. It isn’t going to end well. You’ve been warned.
EDIT: To clarify like, I get it? Like he’s designed that way. I’m saying this to u out of simple care for a fellow human, Akio is a path that leads to a waking nightmare unlike any other, beware
i dont particularly see why a lord/muse must necessarily have opposing aspects. I changed my mind on Karako soon after I made that meta post and adopted @analytic-chaoticism‘s idea that he’s a Page, personally. So I’m not expecting it, but its possible-we don’t really know what the rules are here.