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The artstyle early on was very different, the anime is based on how the manga was drawn later.

>I actually forgot Utena's earliest motivation was to be a magical girl too. But I guess I shouldn't feel too upset since the author and pretty much everyone forgot too.
That was the point, Utena thought she loved watching the magical girls triumph but she actually loves seeing them get molested so she was fine becoming a villain instead of a magical girl herself.