The Clothes Make the Man (Crazy) Challenge Accepted: Kill la Kill

I often find myself thinking, 'Man, if my clothes would just give me superpowers, my pants wouldn't be sitting in the corner right now. So let's imagine it. (Superpowers, not me without pants.) There is a school in which you are provided uniforms based on your performance in your field of specialty, Tennis? Got ya covered. Gardening? Yup! Sewing? You bet! These uniforms come in varying ranks from one to three, and provide you powers that are themed around said specialty. The catch? If you suck at things you are a no star, and you get NOTHING. So try not to die.

Oh, and remember not to become a slave to fashion, kids.

My Uniform Spec? Repelling Women.

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Kill la Kill

Episodes: 24, 1 special episode

Age Rating: Everyone (Blood, Ecchi)


 

Wait...

What...?

Seriously. Who rates this stuff?

Tags: Action, School

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Did you say Goku?

Of course, the place hinted at above exists. Honnōji Academy is a school in which goku uniforms are produced and worn by skilled club members (1 star) club presidents (2 star) and the elite 4 (3 star) and are granted when the wearer has demonstrated the skill to actually use them properly. Our protagonist, the wandering guitar case transfer student heads to the academy in search of her father's killer. When she arrives, she learns that it wont be so easy to get the answers she seeks.

The transfer student must make her way to the top of the food chain if she is ever to have any hope. The problem? She doesn't even have a goku uniform.

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Honnōji Academy and the surrounding Honnō City sure do keep some strange people...

What an oddly shaped guitar.

Matoi Ryuko (Protagonist)

Likes: Mako, fighting, revenge

Dislikes: Skimpy clothing, peeping toms, being alone

Skills/Hobbies: Fighting

Misc:Wait till you see what's in her guitar case

Ryuko appears to be a standard "punkish" delinquent. She dresses in a manner that kind of screams "I can kick your ass" and well, she certainly could. She is quite fixated on finding out who her father's killer is, and is very passionate about her quest for revenge. Despite all this, Ryuko proves time and time again that she is a very good, very loyal friend, and despite the fact that she gets heated at times, values those friends more than anything in the world. Especially her best friend;

   

I would clone myself to eat more cheese too.

Mankanshoku Mako

Likes: Sleeping, mystery croquettes, cheese, Ryuko

Dislikes: Stealing, hurting people

Skills/Hobbies: Eating quickly then falling asleep. Inspirational speeches.

Misc: Mako takes bubbly to a new level, and is always uplifting and energetic. It just makes you wanna smile.

Are these even food?

Mako liked Ryuko from the first time they met. She immediately and energetically requested they sit next to each other when she learned they would be in the same class, and from there they became fast friends. She is always there with a smile and mystery croquettes to snap Ryuko out of her bad moods. She is also somehow both very intelligent, and yet very stupid at the same time. You think she is crazy? Wait till you meet her family.. What? Now? Okay, I guess. There is a first time for everything.

An appetite. For justice.

Mankanshoku Family; (Quite the appetite)

Barazo (Father)
Sukuyo (Mother)
Mataro (Brother)
Guts (Dog)

Likes: Mystery croquettes, perving out on Ryuko, having gratuitous amounts of energy, other foods

Dislikes: Any harm coming to the family

Skills/Hobbies: Doctoring? (Barazo), Cooking? (Sukuyo),  Theft? (Mataro)

Misc: I love this family.

The Mankanshoku family, What can I say? The family took in Ryuko immediately when finding out that she had no place to stay, and immediately she became part of the family. This is one bizarre group. All of them are very energetic, much like Mako, and all of them are incredible at supporting Ryuko though all of her ordeals, usually with croquettes and love (and peeping). also GUTS! GUTS! They also seem to be 100% oblivious to any danger around them most of the time.

Shh.. The performance is about to start..

wonder who this is? Shes cute, right? Guess you gotta watch and find out.
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Plot: 5/10

Alright fan boys/girls, calm down. ;) I didn't think the plot was "bad" per say, however, it was a little silly, (second half, tune in for that plot twist). Some may argue that that is the point, however, I didn't really feel as though there was much to the plot. Sure, there were twists, and there were turns, and even some awesome moments, HOWEVER, I didn't really care too much about the why this time, I just sat back and enjoyed the action-y goodness, and I am sure a lot of you will do the same.

Music: 8/10

At first, the music didn't matter to me all that much, after a little while I started to note that it was pretty decent in setting the mood, however I (personally) didn't find any of it to really be "special" but then something happened. The anime weaponized music. Any anime that weaponizes music gets a huge score boost, because that is awesome. I love bards/performers! It was a creative idea, and it worked out really well.

Voices (Subbed): 8/10

I have said this before and I will say it again. ENERGY!! When the actors get into the role, and hold nothing back, you get a brilliant performance. Almost every character was highly emotional, and the cast really felt like they were passionate about their respective characters.

Voices (Dubbed): ? /10

There is a dub that is currently in progress, however I did not check it out because it is not finished.


Art: 6/10

Well, again, here. The art isn't particularly BAD, its just, well, not great. There are very few (in fact, only three for me) characters that are even moderately attractive (hey, this matters) and a lot of times, generics are used (several students looking exactly the same, etc) I get that this is most likely intentional and I am not saying that it is a bad choice, however it feels a little lazy. That being said, the uniform designs? Very creative, very cool.


Characters: 9/10

Characters in this anime all come together like a delicious stew. All of them mesh well with each other, and they are all unique, energetic, and have brilliant personalities. The voice choices are again, very good, the art, while not my particular taste, adds an intensity to the characters that is just amazing.

Overall: 7.2/10

This anime was pretty good. If you raise your eyebrows at the idea of magic uniforms and clothing being the center of a plot line,  shut your face and watch it anyways. I feel like it is really worth your time, and even though I wasn't this anime's number one fan, I thought it was pretty good, and I kept watching episode after violent episode just to savor them action scenes. Be warned that this anime travels at breakneck speed. (Wait till you see the recap episode!)

Tea Quality: 9/10

It's pretty good, maybe a little bitter.

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The Anime:

Kill la Kill


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*Looks around.* Huh? Everyone is gone. Did something happen? Did my uniform work THAT well? Fine, be that way, I'll be hiding on the social networks if you need me

*Sniffle*

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Thanks to David, holder of the mythical 3 star Magic the Gathering uniform. Easy there, Yu-Gi-Oh.

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