/lit/ - Literature

Is it wrong for me to relate passages of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit to shoujo anime like The Rose of Versailles and Revolutionary Girl Utena?
Whenever I read about Hegel describing the being-in-itself and being-for-self in opposition to being-for-another, what comes to my mind is Utena and Anthy from Revolutionary Girl Utena. Utena wants to be a prince. She wishes to assume this male role that commands respect and admiration, which is why she dresses with boy shorts and fights the Rose Duels. Yet deep inside, she accepts that she is a woman, a girl, as a matter of fact. On the other hand, Anthy is a princess. Being a princess, with witch-like powers, is what she trully is, but disguises under the façade of a normal, if somewhat meek and noticeably submissive, female high school student.
I earnestly tried to relate Hegel to anything from Western fiction or literature, but I've never seen anything like this (assertion of one's self through the rejection of others, perception of a person by themself vs by another) outside of some shoujo manga, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and bits from the Tale of Genji.