Enigmatic is a good way to describe this academy- it is never really explained why students have to do this. The school's Student Council also seems like some sort of luxuriously exclusive mafia group with rose rings that prove their membership. Girls can only receive rings from princes, but Utena decides that she's going to be a prince instead. She wears typical boy clothes and dedicates herself to protecting people from danger.
Anthy is currently in an abusive slave-like relationship with her current fiancee, Saionji, but Utena quickly beats him in a duel and "acquires" Anthy. 9 Shinji & Kaworu - Neon Genesis Evangelion The two girls' relationship is mysterious but has sapphic overtones that are pretty hard to ignore. This legendary mecha anime is memorable for tons of factors.
The series was a critique of the mecha genre, dealt in-depth in psychology, and criticized what the future politics of Japan would become. We are introduced to Kaworu Nagisa when Asuka is unable to continue piloting her Eva following a nervous breakdown. He replaces her and quickly begins a friendship with Shinji. Kaworu's screen time is minimal in the series, but his presence was significant. There's quite a bit of debate around their relationship. Kaworu's sexuality is fairly ambiguous but interesting, and it seems as though Shinji is fairly unsure of his own sexual identity. (He is just a kid, after all.) Kaworu offers Shinji his undying love, but it is unclear whether or not this is a tactic to disarm Shinji. Shinji is an innocent and damaged young man, while Kaworu is (spoiler alert) not even a real human being. Their relationship is interesting to say the least, and many involved in Neon Genesis Evangelion's production agree that the two were some semblance of a gay couple. 6 is set in a supposedly perfect utopian city of the same name after a violent world war had destroyed most of the planet. Shion is a well-off young man whose life is flipped around when he meets an outsider to the city named Nezumi. Shion knows Nezumi is a vigilante but shelters him from harm anyway. Shion and Nezumi's relationship was a subtle and subversive but important moment in anime when it came to how gay romance was portrayed, especially in the science fiction genre. The two were not over-the-top or used as plot devices, but rather, their relationship was central to their characters and was very relatable. Their relationship was not explicit, but it generated a ton of hate among anime fandoms that were not happy with the gay overtones bleeding over into a not-so-shounen-ai sci-fi series. The controversy these two caused upon No. 6's legacy shouldn't be how many homophobes it pissed off, but rather its captivating storytelling, surreal concepts, and endearing same-sex relationship. These two characters are incredibly interesting separately. One might have missed this crucial and brief scene that makes the nature of their relationship and subsequent sexual identities pretty clear. Later on, there's a very visible scene of the two lounging naked in bed together, reflecting on recent events. These two are a great couple more because of what they represent, rather than their actual relationship. Shion is a total badass and a literal genius for the PSB. Enforcer Yayoi is a stoic and talented robotics specialist.