Ok, that was a lot thrown at us and it’s as crazy as it sounds. And yet, those big revelations are very in keeping with Kill La Kill at its core: a nonsensical thrill ride with a story that makes no sense and I’m not sure its supposed to. Whatever the case, I wouldn’t be surprised if you stopped reading the series reviews after this one because if you’re not onboard after reading what comes next, then clearly Kill La Kill is not the show for you.
Alright, let’s just…let’s just take stock of what was just thrown in our laps: Life Fibers are Aliens who have been forcing humanitys evolution since the beginning of time. They basically infused in us the desire to wear clothes in general and have been slowly prepping humanity for some kind of grand harvest. Ragyo Kiriyuin intends to use a “Primordial Life Fiber” to basically take over the human race and Nudist Beach, an anti Life Fiber resistance group whose ranks include Mikisugi and Tsumugu, was founded by Ryuko’s father, Isshin Matoi, to prevent this from coming to pass. And apparently Ryuko and Senketsu are the only ones who can stop all of this for…reasons…
That’s right people, all of the flashy and explosive action scenes and all the inappropriately dressed characters have all been building to one big revelation: we are at war with clothes that give humanity super powers. And you’d think Ryuko would get a little bit of a break after her monster rampage from last week. But between this historic bombshell and declaration she wont wear Senketsu in order to protect him, our lead heroine is having a helluva week once again…and things were looking up for her for a little bit. After all, we got to see Ryuko finally get her proper rematch with Satsuki, no monster form involved, and she managed to fight her to a draw. God only knows Ryuko needed a solid win after Nui showed up AGAIN to literally slice Senketsu to pieces and scatter him amongst the student populace so Ryuko would have to go collect him before her fight with Satsuki. Nui is so freaking irritating. She’s so gosh darn happy being a major pain in everyones ass because she can do whatever she wants and kick all the ass without fear of defeat. Right now, no one more than Nui deserves an epic ass kicking, not Satsuki and not even her mom…though that uncomfortable scene of Ragyo sensually massaging her daughter in the bath does put her at a close second (that and the whole she wants to conquer the world thing).
Kill La Kill also kicked off its safety net (if it even existed) and had Honnouji Academy literally go to war with the other schools from three regions of Japan. Once again, it’s as crazy as it sounds and literally everything you could get your hands on was a weapon in this fight from Disciplinary Books to stacks of counterfeit dollar bills. The Battle of Osaka left the city in ruin and flames from all the carnage…though I mostly wanna blame Sanageyama for not being able to do his job and conquer some punk who acted like a wanna be hip hop gangster. Even Jakuzure managed to take out her school without lighting the place on fire. Plus Sanageyama needs to shut up because a Gold Mecha Crab is awesome, no matter who pilots it. But of course, no amount of epic battle sequences could match the true entertainment of the chaos of Osaka…Mako desperately looking for money so she could munch on food and buy souvenirs. At one point she even wanted to get shot with money so she could spend it…I love this girl. And apparently Gamagoori even cares a little bit, showing some concern that Mako wanst giving a crap about wandering through a warzone without a care…awwww.
Things stand in a bit of a strange state right now. Ragyo wants to use Honnouji Academy to enact her Life Fiber end game plan but Satsuki might not be as on board with this as she thinks. And Ryuko refuses to have Senketsu kill his own kind, so she’s removing herself from the fight altogether. Does Satsuki have a plan of her own to possibly stop her mother if Ryuko doesn’t want to accept her destiny? Everything looks to be coming to a head and we’ll see just where the crazy train takes us next time…get off now if you don’t think you can handle it.
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