kill la kill 11
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I’m Not Your Cute Woman
Emo facial distortions! I am totally giddy, if it weren’t for the fact that I’m already giddy. What would that make me? Super duper giddy? I’d be as giddy as:
A. Guts getting a steak croquette.
B. Scooby Doo getting a Scooby snack.
C. Rob Ford getting two kilos of cocaine.
D. My puppy getting a new octopus toy.
Did we need to introduce a new character? Did the new character have to be a stereotypical evil loli genius character? Did she have to have blonde twintails? I’d say, “No, the show is fine without Nui.” I really have no clue what Studio Trigger is heading as the show has run out of ways to do over-the-top stuff and ran out of ways to show how powerful everyone is. It’s like they hit the throttle too early, and they find themselves unable to go any faster… hence the introduction of miss evil loli. I mean, Ryuko and Senketsu couldn’t block Uzu’s blow, yet Nui can without an uniform and without breaking a sweat. I guess it’s to showcase how superior she is to Uzu, but it totally wasted the narrative on Uzu thus far. He lost to Ryuko, gained new powers, became stronger than her, beat her, and now is the final grudge match. It’s a great setup. I wish Trigger would have followed up on it because they still could have introduced Nui later. Instead, all that narrative behind Uzu is wasted to show that Nui is some ultrapowerful freak. Not even DBZ would waste a narrative device like that. (It would instead drag out a Ryuko vs. Uzu battle for twelve episodes culminating with a half-dead Ryuko throwing one last masterful kick.)
Kamui no Ken? “Kamui”… mmm…
KILL la KILL is much like Attack on Titan. This show is at its best with ridiculous battle sequences featuring fanservice whereas Attack on Titan is at its best with ridiculous 3D maneuver battle sequences featuring heads being chomped.
There are a lot of ass shots this episode. A lot. I’m not complaining: I just needed a reason to post these images. I also don’t have much to say as the episode is fairly straightforward.
One of my favorite parts of the episode. I really hope they make a spin-off sitcom featuring Mako, Gamagoori, Inumuta, Uzu, and Jakuzure. It could even be Friends-esque where they are just a group of friends hanging out at a coffee shop in New York mostly. Mako would be her upbeat and cheerful shelf, and she’d live with Guts and bitter Jakuzure. Gamagoori would be the prude with a secret crush on Mako and live with Inumuta, who would be browsing 2ch the whole time, and Uzu, who makes a living by buying abandoned storage units and flipping its contents. Jakuzure would be bitter after her 15,532nd failed relationship [attempt with Satsuki].
See, it could totally work. Especially with more chipmunk face Mako. Don’t you just want to pinch those cheeks?
Is Nui pulling a Deadpool by leaning up against the show’s almost signature big, bold red block text? Is she going to be breaking the fourth wall soon? Are people going to start cosplaying as her as an excuse to get people to act like idiots on camera at anime cons?
(I like how the big, bold red block text has tiny hiragana on it.)
I like how the computer graphics and screens go for the blocky monochrome look. Even if the plot is wonky or the budget is low, this show is never short of mayhem, fanservice, or style.
(I kinda wish Trigger had done an 80’s-type opening animation for Sirius like how Shaft did Kogarashi Sentiment. In fact, Kogarashi Sentiment would work wonderfully for KILL la KILL as well. Though I think Trigger is kicking themselves too after seeing Koimonogatari.)
Three MVPs…
1. Beethoven’s 5th.
2. Mako x Gamagoori shipping.
3. Nakkid Gamagoori.
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Nui is here because they need a crazy character who Satsuki had no control over: her mom had her own agenda, and Satsuki started wearing Junketsu against her parents’ wishes. Nui is outside Satsuki’s system, and it shows in how she effortlessly dominates Sanegayama. that, and she presents an existential threat to Kamui. She knows exactly how uniforms like him work, and can undo him without the use of excessive force.
If anything,I suspect she’s there to help thwart any plans Satsuki has that may derail her folks’ ambitions. look at how Satsuki seems to wish her rival the best in the upcoming fight. I’m looking forward to the next fight, because our looks like it’ll be more than just Kamui learning to overpower the enemy. That, and I’m a sucker for cute and crazy. Must be why Jakazure is so much fun.
I’ve been loving the banter in the stands ever since Gamagoori came and sat next to Mako.
“KILL la KILL is much like Attack on Titan.” You didn’t. You didn’t just go there.
Every time I hear “Kamui” i cannot help but think of “X: TV” That weird series from CLAMP (and that X movie which made #NoSense). In X, they said the name “Kamui” meant “one who bears God’s power”, essentially a Christ-like figure or something to that effect. In Kill la Kill it simply means “God’s robe”?
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I have been waiting for this review for a long time.
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Surprised that there’s no mention of Nui voiced by no other than Yukari “Nipaaa~” Tamura. So, hell yes we need the killer loli, if only to open the way for a Ryouko/Satsuki teamup (slash pairing optional). Her Godmode even makes sense if you consider her title as Revoc’s “Grand Couturier”, which implies Nui to at the very least be a tailor/seamstress of fearsome skill. Since this show revolves around gaining superpowers with the clothes you wear, fashion designers are the equivalent of martial artist death machines in their world.
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(This incidentally makes Tsumugu aka. Trigger a wandering Combat Tailor of Nudist Beach, which is an awesome concept.)
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@shotcanis
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Another term for robe is vestments, as in the sacred vestments that priests wear during religious services (and high-level light armor for cleric-type RPG characters…). The connotation here is that to wear them is “to be invested” with the power of god/s, or in other words, “to bear God’s power”. Whether said wearer is a Christ figure or Satan is entirely up to the individual (and the author’s intentions)…
Also, good eye for noticing Nui leaning on her title card/kanji while flirting with Satsuki. I would’ve noticed it if I wasn’t distracted by the fact that Nui doesn’t seem to be wearing any undies.