WE'RE NAKED AND IT JUST SAVED EVERYTHING! [Kill la Kill Thread]

[An Odd Sea Slug]

All I have to say is...

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Naked people... IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE.

[commandercool]

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So nothing super surprising happened in that ending, but I've very happy with it. The metaphor wrapped itself up very nicely and a happy ending is fine sometimes.

Re: Gamagoori

Poor Senketsu. I'd pretend I'm shocked, but let's face it buddy, that was going to happen.

[HakureiSM]

;_;/10

This was the best ever ;-;

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Also the 1st ED was the ending all along

[Silent Harmony]

So, for better or for worse, it was pretty much the kind of ending I expected. Writing and directing quality in this episode mirrored the rest of the series:

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ALL OVER THE PLACE!

Notes:

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I'll admit I totally did not see that yuri ship actually coming to port. Heck, I expected that "date" conversation to serve as a Ryuko death flag. Poor Gamagoori.

It's funny to me that they used convenient censoring when Ryuko blasted off into space, then proceeded to use no censorship whatsoever for the rest of the episode.

Any complaints I had with the ending went out the window when short-haired casual Satsuki appeared. I mean yeah hatless Nonon was great and all, but damn...

Speaking of Satsuki, that sisterly love in the end when she caught Ryuko and welcomed her home nearly did me in. I'm a sucker for family moments.

In the end, this was a very fun series that proves (to myself at least) that you shouldn't judge a book by it's perverted transformation sequence.  Or something like that. :V

[HakureiSM]

Also
[nsfw]http://i.imgur.com/vwQHcpJ.jpg[/nsfw]

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Re-entry is a bitch to underwear

[Hello Purvis]

ITT: Triumphalism.

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LOOK AT ALL YOU FAITHLESS MOTHERFUCKERS WITH DELICIOUS EGG UPON YOUR FACES! I DONE DID DONE TOLD YOU.

Okay, for reals, I never thought they'd actually move from subtext to hypertext. I wonder if this will stop the Mako/Gamagoori shippers, though?

Speaking of Gamagoori, I howled like a maniac when the metalworker came up. And now he is a Gunmangoori.

My only even slight disappointment was that Ryuuko didn't say fuck everything and declare she can handle a goddamn reentry. It didn't even need to work, I just wanted her to try.

So, when's season 2: University Years and Anti-Spiral Dreams?

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

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"the plot of kill la kill is two sisters trying to scissor their mom"

I feel like this plot summary is more relevant than ever.

[Hello Purvis]

One of the rare episodes where Ragyou appeared and didn't molest anyone.

[Sagus]

I definetly didn't tear up when

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Senketsu died. Nope. I'M NOT CRYING BECAUSE OF A PIECE OF CLOTHING. AAAAAAAAAAA

Well, excellent ending. Thank the gods Trigger went with just a straight (well not quite hohoho) ending. It fit really well with the rest of the story.

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......................................................why did Rei absorption allowed the super kamui to do it's absolute subjugation thing though. And what happened to her afterwards. This is important. Why did I get attached to a 0 bit character. ugh.

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I wonder if this will stop the Mako/Gamagoori shippers, though?

hahahahahahaha...

I could hear their cries of

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"SHE MEANT A PLATONIC DATE"

the moment the scene happened

[Reddyne]

Oh, man. No regrets about watching this one. The characters' serially ridiculous personalities mixed with the action well and the clamorous results remained at a fever pitch for the entire duration without exhausting its boundless energy. Pacing was great. The last episode was jam-packed with stuff but never felt strained. It also had a great soundtrack that never failed to get the audience pumped. The entire spectacle was a joy to watch. There was a constant stream of effort to channel the mood and feel of TTGL yet Kill la Kill was very much its own series.

It wasn't perfect, though, and nothing should be. It did have a few weak points. Sometimes the way the characters and plot meshed just didn't come together as well as it could've, and so the characters and writing seemed to just happen willy-nilly at times.  I also had to seriously look at how much I was enjoying the series around episode 20 because of this.

Y'all can bang your Satsuki drums as much as you please, but it wasn't until that ep. 20 mark that I could stand her whatsoever. Yes, I am predisposed to want to punch a character in their word hole whose defining introduction included the "fear is freedom!" declaration. To me, it's a lot of mouth flatus, but that's still a strong reaction to a character and a personality. Whenever storytelling is involved, strong feelings towards a character are typically a good thing regardless of which way they go. Unfortunately, Satsuki also got her butt kissed by the script/plot a number of times, which almost killed the tension and fun of the series for me. Things quickly went from "I hate this character" to "this would be more fun if she pulled a Poochy and disappeared". Luckily, it never got too bad, and the last 5 episodes really helped right the ship. At high speed. Using cannons and hamminess and probably bacon.

I dunno. With so many other strong points, this felt like the one weak link that stood out. Ryuuko would do something bold and defiant and be all tough while Don't Lose Your Way would triumphantly storm into the soundtrack. Mako would cut the tension and add some silliness. Mikisugi would be... himself while providing exposition. All the other major characters that popped up had a role. Satsuki just felt like she could make them all pointless because everything went her way for no reason until she got hit with a giant heap of character development later on in the series. Her character just really clashed with everything I've learned about how to tell a good story regardless of the medium. I've spent enough time on a single hang-up, so... yeah.

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......................................................why did Rei absorption allowed the super kamui to do it's absolute subjugation thing though. And what happened to her afterwards. This is important. Why did I get attached to a 0 bit character. ugh.

I noticed she went "bleh" when she was kicked out and that was the last of it.

[Sagus]

I think the whole reason everything went Satsuki's way in the first half of the series is to make it all the more shocking when Ragyou just crush everything she was working for for 13 years in 10 seconds. It's just classic "make this character uber awesome and then have them defeated to show how much more uber awesome this other character is", only dragged for 18 episodes. I was entirely fine with it because I liked her forceful, dominant and larger than life personality, but I can see why it'd grate on some people's nerves.

.I noticed she went "bleh" when she was kicked out and that was the last of it.

Yeah. I guess tertiary characters can only get the lame "gets hit in the head by a rock and die" death ; .;

[qMyon]

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Huh, I guess Gamagoori is Gurren Lagann in human form......

Well, that was a decent ending. At the very least it wasn't one of those 'everybody dies' fests.

All in all, the series had its weaknesses - but it was fun. In the end, that's pretty much all that matters for me.

[Edible]

One of the rare episodes where Ragyou appeared and didn't molest anyone.

She molested herself.  And Nui.

[Reddyne]

I think the whole reason everything went Satsuki's way in the first half of the series is to make it all the more shocking when Ragyou just crush everything she was working for for 13 years in 10 seconds. It's just classic "make this character uber awesome and then have them defeated to show how much more uber awesome this other character is", only dragged for 18 episodes. I was entirely fine with it because I liked her forceful, dominant and larger than life personality, but I can see why it'd grate on some people's nerves.

Yeah, personalities are definitely a to-each-his-own type thing. I adored Ryuuko from the get-go for being Satsuki's inverse in a lot of ways.

As for the other stuff, yeah, Satsuki gets a bit of preferential treatment during the first half, but I was thinking more along the lines to what happened after the first Ragyou fight. Ryuuko had her character development wheels in the sand. Satsuki, meanwhile, was left by herself despite being dangerous. She gets the died-for-your-sins bound and beaten shot with the sunlight pouring over her and is then left completely unguarded because... she's not dangerous at all anymore? That was smart. She busts out a magical toenail of +3 plot advancement and has the opportunity to sharpen it in order escape. She easily cuts through some minions with some out-of-nowhere kung-fu. The kicker is that her buddies are waiting for her outside the first exit she takes. They have survived the counterattack thanks to the efforts of the very organization Satsuki just tried to wipe out. They are also there for the rescue because of the very organization Satsuki just tried to wipe out. At the end of that very same episode, Satsuki shows up in Senketsu, who was an integral part of Ryuuko's development from the start. If Satsuki wound up wearing him better than Ryuuko ever did, the rotten tomatoes were going to come out. Luckily, things didn't get out of control after that.

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Huh, I guess Gamagoori is Gurren Lagann in human form......

Well, that was a decent ending. At the very least it wasn't one of those 'everybody dies' fests.

All in all, the series had its weaknesses - but it was fun. In the end, that's pretty much all that matters for me.

And thank goodness it was!

She molested herself.  And Nui.

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She also molested her heart to the point that it popped.

So Ryuuko was trying to cut through the life fibers around Ragyou's heart with the scissor blade(s) in order to be able to kill her. Does this mean Ryuuko needed a

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shear heart attack?

[日巫子]

That episode was great

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I didn't see Senketsu dying coming so I was shocked and upset, but the giant cuddle pile at the end made up for it.  I kind of cried at those parts and when Satsuki was like RYUUUKOOOOOO and running full speed to catch her.  Although, there were some things I was left wondering about: Rei, Junketsu, and Ragyo.  I feel like some characters kind of got the short stick in character development.  However, I hear there's an OVA coming so I'm looking forward to that.

[Gpop]

That episode was great

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I didn't see Senketsu dying coming so I was shocked and upset, but the giant cuddle pile at the end made up for it.  I kind of cried at those parts and when Satsuki was like RYUUUKOOOOOO and running full speed to catch her.  Although, there were some things I was left wondering about: Rei, Junketsu, and Ragyo.  I feel like some characters kind of got the short stick in character development.  However, I hear there's an OVA coming so I'm looking forward to that.

Yeah, let's go OVA!

Nudist beach episode anyone?

[Tamer Anode/Cathode]

Welp, I guess in the end every Shadow the Hedgehog joke people made about the series wound up being accurate in the end.

[Hello Purvis]

Anyone who referred Shadow the Hedgehog and not Goku is a bad person who has bad thoughts and should be removed from whatever friending system your social mediarahan of choice has.

I still maintain the one of the best parts of this series was that Satsuki could never take a punch, and the moment a fight turned into a scrap she went down and stayed down.

Any word on the nature or subject of that OVA? I am anticipating something akin to what they did with TTGL in that respect.

[日巫子]

According to Crunchyroll the OVA will be released with the Blu-rays.  We'll have to wait until September, though orz

[HakureiSM]

Anyone who referred Shadow the Hedgehog and not Goku is a bad person who has bad thoughts and should be removed from whatever friending system your social mediarahan of choice has.

In the Ryuko x Satsuki fight they literally spindash against each other though(I'm not on my computer where I saved the screenshot, so if anyone else can provide), so you're wrong

[Hello Purvis]

That goes back to mecha anime.

Also you're banned for being a bad person with bad thoughts. Turn in your badge at the front desk.

[Gpop]

That goes back to mecha anime.

Metal Sonic-

* Gpop was shot for this post.

[Sagus]

Any word on the nature or subject of that OVA? I am anticipating something akin to what they did with TTGL in that respect.

From what I read, it's gonna be an epilogue OVA focusing on Ryuuko's graduation from Honnouji High School. It will, as previously said, be released in September.

[Hello Purvis]

You know. I was contemplating making a joke to the tune of "So did Ryuuko get all A's for this?"

[HakureiSM]

That goes back to mecha anime.

That goes back to many things. Just accept the sanic that resides in your heart

From what I read, it's gonna be an epilogue OVA focusing on Ryuuko's graduation from Honnouji High School. It will, as previously said, be released in September.

Eh, I wanted a beach episode. A nudisto beach episode.

[LadyScarlet]

From what I read, it's gonna be an epilogue OVA focusing on Ryuuko's graduation from Honnouji High School. It will, as previously said, be released in September.

I was hoping Ryuko would be student council president while Satsuki and the Elite 4 run the newly-reformed REVOCS.
Eh, I can dream until it comes out.

[Hello Purvis]

I was hoping Ryuko would be student council president

Fight club now mandatory.

[HakureiSM]

Saved.mp4

[Solais]

What a real great series.. but not as good as TTGL. But it's close to it, still.
Glad I watched it, since originally I didn't want to.

[monhan]

Spoiler:

So literally the only Kill in Kill la Kill is the guy in episode 1 :getdown:

He didn't die.

Though I can see why people missed that, what with it being in episode 17 and all.

All in all, I enjoyed the show. I was satisfied with this ending. As a symbolic story of a girl going through puberty and reaching adulthood(Senketsu, you bro!) it worked rather well.
It's been some years that I actually watch a series as it comes out, normally I just watch after it's done. The last one was Fate/Zero, and it was more because I just wanted to see how they're gonna do it, since I already know the story.

I really find the characters to be likeable, but if I have to choose, the Four Devas are what keep me going and to me, Gamagoori Ira is the best character.

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Like, I was hype as f**k when he came down just like the way he did in episode 1.

If we are to bring TTGL, then he's Lordgenome(also my favorite).

They even did  the same "Achievement" that is only unlockable during the Final Boss Fight:

• Have a cool entrance
• Scream something with ''任せてもらおう'' (Leave it to me)
• Beat the crap out of whatever you are opposing

And they both use whip and burst out flames. No wonder I find him so amazing. Definitely the best moment for me in this last episode.

As for Ryuuko's final form,

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Fashion Week, huh? Such a weird name to choose even though Kisaragi is a cool name

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Seriously people, what's with all this "super saiyan" and "super sonic"? Did you forget the greatness that is Nono, Buster Machine 7? Is the color scheme not obvious enough? For shame!

One thing that I also liked for this anime is how they use vocals as BGM. It's not easy to make it blend with the scene since most times the vocals will get drowned or overshadowed the scene. But I think Kill la Kill did a good job on this part. It sure was a pretty fun experience and I'll remember this show.