About Utena and Anthy canonically having sex (?)
I had this discussion with a friend recently and was curious to know if anyone else thinks like this.
I think in the movie they had, or at least started it in some way; in the scene where they are painting themselves, I believe they started it, but Utena stopped when she realized *how* the princes (and Akio) were sexually harassing Anthy after they got engaged. Utena knew what they were doing to Anthy, but realized that Anthy was being coerced into consenting (specially towards Akio, but it's implied with Touga as well) and even though she herself was consensually doing it with Anthy at that moment, she stopped it because she felt sick doing it.
My friend thinks it's implied that they had sex at some point during the anime run because of the visuals in the second ending, especially the last three episodes of the anime—we both agree that they are having sex in the second ending, but I think it's a visual liberty that doesn't directly reflect the events of the anime. My friend, however, thinks it happened right after Anthy's suicide attempt.
I think they canonically have had sex at some point in the whole thing (even in official artwork where it's more clearly shown), but not necessarily in the anime.
Thoughts?