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+ Kill la Kill
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+:CreationDate: 2015-03-08 16:16:00
+:Id: anime/review/kill-la-kill
+:tags: - anime
+       - review
+:rating: 3.5
+:original: http://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/kill-la-kill
+
+At Honnouji Academy, the student council rules supreme: its members
+wear special Ultima Uniforms that give superhuman strength and combat
+abilities. Thus is the will of Student Council President KIRYUUIN
+Satsuki carried out.
+
+But a new student appears! MATOI Ryuuko, carrying a scissor sword and
+a vengeful grudge: her father has been recently killed, and she will
+find the people responsible, and make them pay.
+
+Of course, Ryuuko gets to Honnouji, and after she tries to fight her
+way through, Satsuki tells her that yes, she killed her father.
+
+Ryuuko has no hope of prevailing against the super-powered guardians
+of the Academy, until she discovers, under her burnt-down house, a
+school uniform that her father left her: the sentient God Robe
+Senketsu. With this, her combat spirit, and the moral support of
+classmate MANKANSHOKU Mako (and all of Mako's family), Ryuuko will
+discover the truth, have her vengeance, and save the world.
+
+I'm still not sure why I watched this series: it has all the marks of
+the standard fighting anime, that I usually try to avoid. Every
+episode is mostly fights, character progression is measured in terms
+of combat power, half the dialogue happens between people who're
+beating up each other. But I watched it till the end, and I'm almost
+glad I did. "Almost", because many of the interesting aspects of this
+series are counter-balanced by sadly over-used tropes.
+
+There's about 20 named characters, all of whom take active roles in
+the plot throughout the story, but in practice only three of them
+really count, each of the other ones is subservient to one of them.
+
+There's a big plot twist that completely changes the perceived
+motivations of the main characters, but the way they explain their
+past actions stretches credibility to the breaking point.
+
+There's a level of nudity (both male and female) that feels motivated
+more by the standard fan servicing than by the plot, even if the plot
+(and the big twist) does revolve around clothing and the effect it has
+on society. And the level of creepy, incestuous, sexual harassment
+(only directed at the girls, *of course*) is really uncalled-for.
+
+What else? Mako is funny, and she's not just a comic relief character;
+the music is good, although some themes become a bit repetitive after
+a while. The pacing is good, but I think 24 episodes are a bit too
+much.
+
+In summary, those of you who like fighting anime will probably love
+this series. The others may well like it, as long as you can ignore
+some of the disturbing aspects I listed above.
+
+Oh, and if you notice a strong resemblance to recent Gainax work, like
+Gurren Lagann: Kill la Kill was written, animated and directed by
+ex-Gainax staff, who left and founded their own company, Trigger.