Wakaba is a widely-used imageboard system. It is in active development, as opposed the only other known english imageboard software, Futallaby, which is a translated version of the futaba script. It was coded from the ground up in perl, and uses the MySQL or SQLlite database. The largest of the sites to use Wakaba is iichan and the related Wakachan. It has been released into the public domain. 3 major imageboards: Futaba, 4chan, and iichan, along with the overchan index. ... Futallaby (a. ... Futaba can refer to one of several things: Futaba Channel, a popular BBS in Japan Futaba RC, a manufacturer of radio control devices This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Programming Republic of Perl logo Perl, also Practical Extraction and Report Language (a backronym, see below), is an interpreted procedural programming language designed by Larry Wall. ... MySQL logo MySQL is a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL (Structured Query Language) relational database server (RDBMS). ... An imageboard is an online bulletin board system that revolves around the posting of images. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...
Kareha is a similar program for discussion boards by the same author. It is also written in perl, however, it does not use a database system. Kareha is an anonymous message board script written in Perl. ...
Shinohara Wakaba is Utena's friend and a person who has no idea of the mysteries of the duels, the Rose Bride, or the Ends of the Earth.
Wakaba doesn't get much screentime, but the times you do see her are fairly important.
When Utena looks around for her partner, she sees that Wakaba is walking off with that guy, but Anthy instead is waiting for her, leading up to the scene where Anthy reveals the truth behind the Rose Bride.