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101 Reasons Why Juri Kicks Ass:

101)       "Famous designers insist on just giving her exorbitantly expensive baubles for things they already paid her for anyway."

100)       "She's not ditzy."

99)         "When she lends her sword to Utena and it gets hacked into little pieces, she doesn't complain."

98)         "She's ruthless."

97)         "She has mad skills."

96)         "She's down-to-earth."

95)         "She respects her subordinates."

94)         "She's dedicated."

93)         "She has taste."

92)        "She's always cool, composed, and dignified no matter what she does."

91)         "She looks evil."

90)         "She looks innocent too."

89)         "She inspires loyalty."

88)         "She was the only one who lost a duel without having her rose cut off."

87)         "She can pull off being a shadow girl, which takes mad skill."

86)         "She never plays a weak or demure roll. She's always in command."

85)         "She just doesn't care."

84)         "Students fear her."

83)         "Administrators fear her."

82)         "Even Utena respects her authority."

81)         "When stripped of her poise, she still maintains her grace."

80)         "She's the one member of the cast you can't imagine in a Sailor fuku."

79)         "She's the one member of the cast you can imagine as Zoicite or Kunzite."

78)         "She knows how to deal well with any situation."

77)         "She can beat Miki in a fencing match- that takes mad skill."

76)         "She gets kissed by Ruka."

75)         "She beats the shit out of him for doing so."

74)         "She's the only female member of the cast who never appears in a dress."

73)         "She's eloquent."

72)         "If Akio is smug and Touga is smitten, she's superior."

71)         "Beautiful but deadly… much like La Femme Nakita."

70)         "She only ever hits Anthy once, and she was having a bad day."

69)         "She didn't bitch-slap Shiori for having such a lame catch phrase."

68)         "She's good in an emergency."

67)         "She treats the Vice-Principle like a freshman, which, in case anyone else hasn't noticed, takes mad skill."

66)         "Shall I compare thee to a summers day?" -Shakespeare, Sonnet 18

65)         "She's got an awesome sword."

64)         "She's the most mature out of all of them. Even Nanami says so."

63)         "In the movie, she has the most awesome hair out of any character."

62)         "Unlike most of the other characters who do it in the series, she doesn't want to use Utena when she touches her seductively."

61)         "She has a flair for the dramatic."

60)         "She reacts like we would to letters from the Ends of the World."

59)         "She's got an awful lot of character for a supporting character."

58)         "Her hair looks like coiled sheet metal."

57)         "She can keep her hair looking like that… which takes mad skill."

56)         "She's the first to notice that Utena looks like a girl."

55)         "She's one of the few characters in anime with orange hair. Not blond or red, mind you, but orange."

54)         "She's the first person who Utena fully explains to whole uniform-prince-ring thing to."

53)         "She has an informational network which spans seven continents, five oceans, and the multi-dimensional breadth of Akio Ohtori's planetarium."

52)         "Then if he thrive, and I be cast away / The worst was this; my love was my decay." - Shakespeare, Sonnet 80

51)         "She's adamant in her beliefs… or lack there of."

50)         "For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright / Who art as black as hell, as dark as night." - Shakespeare, Sonnet 147

49)         "Her demeanor never cracks."

48)         "She even tolerates Nanami."

47)         "She puts up with Shiori, and that takes mad skill."

46)         "She's the only one of the cast who has TWO rose-themed pieces of jewelry."

45)         "Even Ruka admits her talent outshines all other… her fencing talent, that is."

44)         "She's got stamina."

43)         "She manages to fight battle after battle, and she wins."

42)         "She has a lot of pinwheels…"

41)         "Ten seconds into their first time, Utena is panting like crazy and Juri isn't even sweating…" Becka glares at the audience, daring someone to misinterpret.

40)         "Life is like a rosebush… you gotta' avoid the pricks." -Anonymous

39)         Becka mutters, "Aw, shit…" Karen glances sideways at Becka and mutters, "There is no shit." Suddenly Juri appears behind them and smacks both of them upside the head with the broad side of her sword. Her voice is vengeful and dark. "Stop putting inside jokes into my list, and don't think I don't know what you're doing…"

38)         "She could smack us both at once with the broad side of her sword…"

37)         "Anyone who can remind us of Kudo Youji, Indian Jones, Dana Scully, and Heero Yuy has mad skill."

36)         "Not only does she remind us of the aforementioned Heero Yuy, but we believe she is one of the few people who might actually be able to kick his ass."

35)         "Anthy refers to her as a 'rabbit'… we're not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, actually…"

34)         "Unless we're totally off, she plays a pretty mean hand of old maid."

33)         "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juri is the sun!" - (butchered) Shakespeare, Romeo and Juri

32)         "Her name is symbolic of the trials which she has faced and overcome, and the trials which she imposes upon those who stand against her as she extracts merciless justice upon them, the fools who stand in her way."

31)         "Like Utena, she has fan girls."

30)         "In a tin of mixed nuts, we believe that Juri would be the pecan."

29)         "It must not be denied that I am a plain dealing villain." - Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

28)         "When Touga casually spouts personal secrets about her, she doesn't even blink."

27)         "She's the only one who appears with Shadow Girls A-ko and B-ko, and it's on a wall other then the usual rose backdrop too. (ie. that takes mad skill.)"

26)         "Touga never makes a move on her… he knows better."

25)         "Even Akio knows to keep his mitts off."

24)         "When she talks, people listen."

23)         "When she says 'frog,' people jump."

22)         "She plays for the other team, but still manages to make Miki blush."

21)         "She instructs Miki in the ways of the sword."

20)         "She can take a beating."

19)         "She can give a beating."

18)         "She does so frequently."

17)         "She manages to get a date for that random Guidance Councilor. Again, mad skill."

16)         "She appeals to both men and women."

15)         "She bowls… with style."

14)         "She escapes the Akio-car without a sexual encounter."

13)         "She escapes the Akio-car period."

12)         "She's the only member of the cast besides Utena who could take on the entire male basketball team and win."

11)         "Becka pops up and states, "Hell, she could probably take on the entire male football team, for all I'm concerned."

10)         "She survived the Ends of the World."

9)         "Four words: Bitch with a cause."

8)         "She has the guts to wash her hair." Karen comments softly, "Oh, the tangles…"

7)         "She's the one who's most repeatedly associated with religion, yet she doesn't even believe in it. That take's mad skill."

6)         "If it be so, then loving goes by haps; some cupid kills with arrows and some with traps." -Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

5)         "Both Ruka and Shiori touch her chest."

4)          "What she wants, she usually gets."

3)         "She's the voice of reason in a show that just makes no sense."

2)         "Hell, even we can't make fun of her."

1)         "Even after all the shit she's been through, from Shiori to Akio and back again, she's still going."

 

 

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