I didn't watch the PV prior either, and any expectations I had must either come from "From the makers of TTGL" or baseline anime expectations. (I was originally going to write that I had zero expectations, but that can't be true if Happiness = Expectations - Reality).
Except that TTGL used its over-the-top-ness more appropriately for better effect.Originally Posted by Ryll
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Uhh...one episode so far. TTGL didn't get that far in a single episode. They sat in the Lagann and hit the surface. You're thinking of the second or third episode before they got to anything over the top crazy.
I found the first ep of Kill la Kill far more more entertaining than the first ep (or really eps 1-5 skipping 3) of TTGL. Instead of the slower and more methodical world building and characterization build up we got with TTGL over the first 6 episodes KLK feels like being tossed right into episode 7 of TTGL with a character sheet flashing in the eye catches before and during the show.
It's definitely dirtier and less elegant and sure it precludes a certain type of storytelling, but at the same time I like the idea that they've fast forwarded through the usual setup fluff. If this show delivers on what it actually seems to be promising the people who finish watching it through shouldn't care much about the characterization or world building because they should be too busy goo-gahing over the action sequences and insane events that take place getting from beginning to end.
Which is exactly my point. It's doing too much, too fast, leading to desensitisation. Deliberate use of notes and silence creates music. The opposite (and overuse of notes) is called noise, which is how I describe this currently. I'm basing this all on the first episode of course - the rest of the show need not be like this.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Maybe it will mellow out a little. They will run out of story if they go at this pace anyway.
Peace.
[HorribleSubs] Kill la Kill - 02
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Continuing the first episode's fun with clichés, the second episode was no different. The arch-nemesis announced up front that she doesn't wear one of the special uniforms, she's just that fucking badass all on her own. No need to wait for a later episode, they just toss it in there.
They play around with the overly dramatic name subtitles, even overusing them on people that barely matter, such as on the Mankanshoku family, initially labeling the father "PERVERT" and pausing to name the dog. They all look like a cross between Shin-chan and Dr. Slump characters.
The scene with the teacher was just bizarrely funny, shining beams of light and all.
Fun bit-role for Takahashi Chiaki as the tennis captain.
And there's even a spot in the episode where they are two dogs just...humping. I'll leave it up to the rest of you to find it.
You know what all this makes the show? Fun. Trigger is good at that. They excel at making anime that is simply fun.
edit: Forgot about the transformation scene. Ryuko's henshin isn't fantastic, shiny and pretty. It's actually really, really gross.
Last edited by Ryllharu; Thu, 10-10-2013 at 04:58 PM.
Er, did you catch the very end of the preview?
Satsuki is wearing a Kamui too.
As Ryll said, this show is extremely fun. I don't even mind that they are only giving out tidbits of back story every episode.
I didn't think she would already be fighting Satsuki by episode three. I figured that she would have to go through all her underlings first. Next week should be exciting.
Hosaka became a teacher.
This episode reminded me of Panty & Stocking. With the dogs humping scene and the weird animation. Wasn't Panty & Stocking full of such stuff?
So, either Satsuki, or someone on her behalf, slew Ryuuko's old man in order to steal a Kamui or to prevent more Kamui from being created.
This episode felt a lot better than the first for some reason. The best one I can come up with right now was that there was only one real fight that got your blood pumping. The rest of the episode with Mankanshoku and the doctor was just comedy. The entire thing's still loud, but at least you still got to relax for some parts (recovery at Dr), build up for a confrontation (prior to washing down the sewers) then a climax (scissors).
It's simply a better paced episode.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
I don't get why Ryuuko accepted all the conditions. She accepted the stupid challenge to play tennis against the bloody captain of the tennis club using the good for nothing normal rackets (of course given to her by the enemy), while the captain used the monstrosity. Furthermore she accepted the enemy dude as the judge and furthermore^2 accepted all of his judgements.
I guess she's not too bright, huh. Maybe her brain doesn't get enough oxygen with the pervert uniform drinking so much of her blood.
I stand corrected.
HOWEVER! After carefully examining the episode and the preview, Satsuki isn't wearing hers in this episode or the first. Her Kamui has a skirt instead of the pants, and the sleeves and waist are different.
So she really is that badass.
That's right, I used Kill la Kill inspired formatting for the dramatic effect.
Fun is a good word. If literary value and artistic merit (besides the animation) were the only factors, this show classifies as complete cognitive flat-line, but I will gladly watch it.
I likened the experience to a friend who looks down on this sort of show as being in a buffet line, and the serving spoon in my hand telling me "What are you doing? You're so fat~!". We stare in awkward silence before the spoon and I bust out in laughter as I slop on more mashed potatoes to my plate. It ain't good for me, but its sure good to me.
Kill la Kill is much fun compared to some more... stuffy anime as of late.
That is a great metaphor.
I dislike buffets.
That said, I do see what is appealing in this show. It is indeed blatantly satiric, which I like. I guess I am just averse to the extremely chaotic (bordering on lazy) art. The humour is quite interesting though.
Peace.
...says a fan of *monogatari series.
The art on the teacher's abs was nothing less than fabulous, as well as anything Satsuki-sama. And that typesetting (the official kanji, not the subs)...
Just noticed this now, Satsuki's pants and boots are a single piece. That's both inconvenient and impractical! But what an amazing feat of tailoring.
tbh, this show is boring imho, I thought at least the fights are going to be cool, but they are not
and its not funny either,
and 24/7 "over the top" doesn't make it any better, it gets annoying if every single character acts like edward...
I don't watch Monogatari for the art.
Unless it is fanservice art.
Kidding aside, they are a different kind of lazy. Monogatari is detailed but full of stills, while this is the exact opposite. I don't think they are comparable at all.
This reminds me more of Panty and Stocking, without the hot transformation scene.
Peace.
[HorribleSubs] Kill la Kill - 03 [720p]
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There is your hot transformation scene shinta. From Satsuki and Ryuuko.
Man that was an intense fight. I'm interested in what that teacher would've done had she not mastered the suit.
It's interesting that Satsuki was the leader even without the Kamui. If Ryuuko can match her, I really don't see what challenge her underlings will offer.
Don't all the star uniforms come from Satsuki's family? It means none among the student body would amount to much without her.
Ryuuko's uniform has been absorbing the life threads released from her defeated enemies' uniforms. I actually wonder if Satsuki isn't counting on that. Either to make Ryuuko more powerful or to simply see how the kamui might develop (if it leads to such things). But even without such hidden agendas, she might just want Ryuuko to get more fighting experience to put up a better fight.
Man, part of the ED's melody has been copied from an old song, but I simply can't gouge an identification out of my rotten memory.
It seems I stand corrected then. Satsuki really is just that bad ass.
I'm not sure how I feel about this episode. I kind of felt like this was a "last episode" battle with the final boss and yet now we're going back to the "fight all these minor bosses until you get to me" format. It all felt like one big tease and not in a good way.
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