I'm having trouble getting in the right headspace for it. Does Tomo act the same way if the real Utena is around, nearby? Or even decide to dress up as her at all? And SF is not San Antonio. I mean I know kids are mean but it's also harder to see a kid being hurt for crossdressing there. I mean, I can leave the scene in, but it just makes less sense than it did before. Everything else is a consequence of that one scene being removed, that's all.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto