Kill la Kill

[Ryllharu]

It just proves what a wonderful person Satsuki is. Sure, she is overwhelming with pride (for good reason mostly), but she hates to lose just as much as Ryuko. Unlike her underlings, I very much doubt that she would even think to attack Ryuko after she was weakened by one of her underlings. Rather, I expect that scenario to occur at some point by one of her 2 or 3 star subordinates, with Satsuki punishing them herself.

She knows that the two of them are on par after their little battle here, but she smirks at the claim that Ryuko will be able to unravel everything that she's built. She's willing to see who's will is more powerful, her own to create absolute order, or Ryuko's to destroy it all.

I gotta admit, I like Satsuki a lot more than I like Ryuko at this point. Her obsessions are no less over the top. She can't stand being anything but #1.


What would make it insane is if we find out later that the two are half-sisters that share a mother, or some other equally ludicrous scenario that makes them related. I wouldn't put it past Trigger. It's such a wonderful cliché for this type of series.

[Buffalobiian]

Those skirts are absolutely pointless. How GLORIOUS!

[shinta|hikari]

If you just look at Satsuki's face, I cannot help but perceive it as male. Even the long black hair does not alleviate that perception. Every part of that face is decidedly masculine, from eyebrows, eye shape, nose, and facial contours.

The macho Ryuko looks like a maiden compared to him.

[Ryllharu]

She doesn't look any more masculine to me than Tsumugi does in K-ON. She just looks like she's European or has thick eyebrows (or both).

It's the perpetual frowny-face that's throwing you off.

[shinta|hikari]

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Here is a comparison. I don't really see how you can view Satsuki as not more masculine than Tsumugi, but that is not really a fair comparison because it is from a different anime (even if you were the one who made it), so I also put in a very masculine (it would be unfair to use a blushing and cute version) and frowning picture of Ryuko in there.

It is obviously not just the frown. Satsuki has a longer and thinner face, longer and sharper nose, sharper jaw and chin, sleeker eyes with smaller irises, much thicker eyebrows and almost no eyelashes. There are anime females who have the same characteristics (although to be honest not all of them like in Satsuki), but do not forget that they are intentionally made masculine and are even treated as prince characters. To put it simply, these facial characteristics are masculine in anime.

Ryuko has a rounder face, much larger eyes, and thinner eyebrows, making her look much less masculine (in anime standards) than Satsuki. Do not forget that Ryuko is also very masculine in design compared to the other female characters in the show. I don't think I need to add in a picture of Mako to prove that point because it is obvious.

If you say that she looks "European" as an excuse for these features (which I understand to a certain extent, because Americans and Europeans are generally given sharper features in anime), I just have to say, she is Japanese.

[kenren]

Just caught up to the latest episode and I'm putting Kill la Kill the second best anime this season! (First being Yowamushi Pedal)
The fight with the president is crazy (and sexy )

[Kraco]

Episode 4 - HS





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Man, the creator of this show isn't any milk drinker: The Elite docking music (Strauss, The Blue Danube) took me by surprise when the roofless car was slowly sailing in the air toward the narrow doorway, and then not quite fitting due to the orientation.

Otherwise quite a traditional episode of "what will happen if the protagonist suddenly loses her main powers". And of course she wasn't altogether useless even without the Kamui. It's not like a loser could fight even with the Kamui. Still, the family she's staying with is more trouble than worth...

[Ryllharu]

I'm not sure, but I might have had some bad fish or something before I watched this episode...

[MasterOfMoogles]

I am extremely disappointed that the head of trap development was not a trap.

[MFauli]

so ... if I hated episode one, should I still jump on board? Or is it more of the same?

[Kraco]

so ... if I hated episode one, should I still jump on board? Or is it more of the same?

Though you didn't specify why you hated it, but considering all the elements only get more intense and goofy during the following eps, I'd guess you would hate them even more. So, unless you imagine you could overcome your hate and learn to like what you saw in the first ep, I don't see why you should. It's just my personal opinion, but I don't see this show becoming the kind of landmark people refer to and compare other shows with, such as Gurren-Lagann, for example.

[shinta|hikari]

What he said *4.

[Buffalobiian]

so ... if I hated episode one, should I still jump on board? Or is it more of the same?

I would watch episode 2 before you decide. It's more polished there. Ep1 wasn't a particularly attractive episode.

[Ryllharu]

Kill la Kill - 05 [HorribleSubs]

"Trigger" (knows exactly what they're doing)



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Yeah, episode 4 was kinda stupid fun. BUT, then I watch episode 5. I come to the conclusion that Trigger knows exactly what they're doing the entire time. All the crazy shit from earlier on is starting to make sense now.

The teacher stripping all the time? He's a member of a resistance organization called Nudist Beach, who oppose the use of Life Fibers and the Kiryuuins. Surprise, surprise, they're nude a lot.

Tsumugu's uzi. It's shaped just like a sewing machine (less obvious than the rest of his tools).

There really is a colossal danger to wearing clothes with too many Life Fibers (we see a woman's body twisted to paste in a still shot, Ryuko's mother maybe?!). This means that Satsuki may not be as safe as she presumes. As confident as she is, we're not aware of whether or not she speaks to Junketsu. It would seem likely that Satsuki could be merely being used by her kamui, only thinking that she controls it. She's drunk with the power it provides, confident in it, but she merely wears it, she isn't friends with it.

Satsuki actually does have a close friend. Maybe her only friend. The rest are followers, but Jakuzure understands her. Similar in the way that Mako, dumb as she is, understands Ryuko on a certain level (though she's usually wrong about specifics, she gets the tone and mood correct).

"<Arkangel> Trigger is the master of controlled chaos"
Quite.

[Kraco]

Similar in the way that Mako, dumb as she is, understands Ryuko on a certain level (though she's usually wrong about specifics, she gets the tone and mood correct).

After this episode I'll be thinking, at least for a while, that Ryuuko is actually more stupid than Mako, as impossible as such a thing would seem like.

[Buffalobiian]

HS - Episode 06

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There's just something inherently cool about blind swordsmen. He was kinda cool prior, but now he's off the charts.

[shinta|hikari]

I hate using blindness as an excuse for more power/ability. Absurd.

[Buffalobiian]

I hate using blindness as an excuse for more power/ability. Absurd.

It is absurd unless you can believe the "mind's eye" thing.

On a related matter, Satsuki thought the guy snuck up behind her, but he was actually in front. She.. got that wrong?

[Ryllharu]

Not gonna lie, got a little misty-eyed during the scene at the very end.

Satsuki is always alone, even though she has so many people serving her, only one of them is even her friend at all (Nonon), and she doesn't spend down time with Satsuki either. Even Ryuko spends all her free time with Mako when she's not fighting.

We also saw that Satsuki can't quite handle her Kamui. Now that Ryuko and Senketsu are best pals, Ryuko barely loses any blood. Satsuki on the other hand, appears to get anemic just from daily wear. She has to take it off, secure it down and rest for a few hours.

[Ryllharu]

Kill la Kill - 07 [HorribleSubs]




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What a delightfully heartwarming episode about family, Satsuki never letting a resource go unused, and Mako and Ryuko's Shining Brilliant Friendship.

I loved the fact that they gave Mako super exaggerated, over-sized gloopy KEY/KyoAni tears that made ridiculously loud and wet noises. Nice jab at that type of scene.

Satsuki's hidden plan was quite clever though. She got rid of dead weight, and kept her subjects loyalty fiercely to her by making Ryuko do all the work.