How many episodes in is this shit supposed to get good?

I've heard that there is no good translation of Utena and that English onlies shouldn't bother watching, is this true?
This combined with utena fans admitting there's large periods of boredom is lowering my expectations considerably

you should watch utena and then not watch that copycat shit. if you wanna watch something similar to utena afterward watch star driver or melody of oblivion

1 this is the greatest anime of all time

the subs are perfectly fine. the show deviates between comedy and trippy cool shit. some people don't like the comedy parts. its all great through

Episode 1

sort of?
I actually really like the English dubbing, in part because of the literal translation that I'd hate in other shows. It makes a lot of the characters sound like they're reading off a script and helps lend to the kind of stage-play aesthetic a lot of Utena has.
Now, I know that's not the intention and if you don't like the stilted delivery that's fine, but I personally think it works here

people on Yea Forums watch dubs?!?

The only bad thing about Utena is that nothing else will measure up to it ever again.

Ep 01

At the risk of sounding dramatic, Adolescence was one of those incredibly rare moments when I was just smitten and knew, right when I was watching, that this is one of the greatest things ever put to film.