Kill La Kill

[zwimmy]

Amazing episode. Complete 360 compared to the last one. This anime has a lot of really cool male characters.

[Binary_2]

This episode was amazing. Although, the group name "Nudist beach" leaves me scared and excited.

[rtil]

i guess senketsu only lets certain people hear him talk? cuz mako apparantly can't hear him, and red mohawk needle dude couldn't up until he got right into his face.

[zwimmy]

i guess senketsu only lets certain people hear him talk? cuz mako apparantly can't hear him, and red mohawk needle dude couldn't up until he got right into his face.

We toys can see everything

[Kött]

Indeed, great episode. I guess we will get a plot after all.
Definitely my favorite show this season so far.

[rtil]

ryuuko's true form revealed

[zwimmy]

there's like hundreds of those on /a/ lol

[rtil]

yep sure are

[Bamyasi]

I hate to be the same loser bumping this thread every week, but it's been two days since the episode aired. Is anyone still watching this show? If so, what did you think of Komatsuda's direction and [spoiler]the mansformation sequence? Also it was cool to see Ryuuko finally lose a fight. I thought this was one of the better episodes. Also also [spoiler]there was a pretty clear allusion to male gazing this week. Good call Twixy.[/spoiler][/spoiler]

[zwimmy]

Fuck yes I'm still watching, it just keeps getting better and better. I'm just lazy and haven't really written anything too in depth. Episode 6 was brilliant.

[spoiler]Some really unconventional, interesting stuff went down, like Uzu getting a second chance and winning. The way this episode was directed made me feel sympathetic for him and almost conflicted over who I wanted to win. Well done Trigger. I'm really excited to see the other 3 star transformations as well. Also we'll see what role Satsuki's mother plays. I really like the way Trigger is slowly building up more and more complexity to the plot.[/spoiler]
Oh, and also:
[spoiler]WE MECHA NOW[/spoiler]

[rtil]

satsuki has a soft spot for uzu.. i guess she's not totally heartless

[Stu4U]

e7 is definitely my favorite episode so far.
mako is adorable ;^;

[Bamyasi]

e7 is definitely my favorite episode so far.

Yeah this was definitely a better lighthearted world-building episode than 4.
[spoiler]It was hilarious how drastically the Mankanshoku's domestic behavior changed following their ascent in social class/BDSM contract.[spoiler]Also I didn't want to say this before giving it a chance, but this show is reminding me more and more of Medaka Box with each successive episode.[/spoiler][/spoiler]

[zwimmy]

Imagine if she had a Kamui...

[Necronomitr0n]

i recognize that hat.....

[Kött]

News I guess:
The number of episodes has been bumped from 14 to 25 (according to the stats page on MAL, that is... haven't found any article regarding this piece of information yet but it should be legit).

My guess is that it develops from pure comedy and nonsense into something rather dramatic and dark.
Mako is adorable and the way she has been treated until now (as a comedic sidekick who never really seems to be in actual danger due to her status) leads me to the suspicion that she might play an even more significant role later on. Until now, there hasn't been much change in regards to her character (leaving aside the 'temporary changes of attitude' in the last episode) but considering the facts that she is the only friend of the main protagonist and one of the few main characters of this show, it wouldn't surprise me if this recent episode was not her only climatic development. Something that would really provide an amazing twist for this show would be her death, simply because it seems so unlikely for her character and for the concept of the series as a whole. The thought seems absurd but it would be one of the events that would certainly surprise and movie the audience. And it wouldn't be the first time the two guys behind the project have pulled off a twist like that.

Anyway, 7 episodes finished, 18 more to go. Even though the above theory is rather unlikely to be true and probably turns out to be bullshit, I am pretty sure that we will get our share of twists and story development.

[Gilthwixt]

News I guess:
The number of episodes has been bumped from 14 to 25 (according to the stats page on MAL, that is... haven't found any article regarding this piece of information yet but it should be legit).

My guess is that it develops from pure comedy and nonsense into something rather dramatic and dark.
Mako is adorable and the way she has been treated until now (as a comedic sidekick who never really seems to be in actual danger due to her status) leads me to the suspicion that she might play an even more significant role later on. Until now, there hasn't been much change in regards to her character (leaving aside the 'temporary changes of attitude' in the last episode) but considering the facts that she is the only friend of the main protagonist and one of the few main characters of this show, it wouldn't surprise me if this recent episode was not her only climatic development. Something that would really provide an amazing twist for this show would be her death, simply because it seems so unlikely for her character and for the concept of the series as a whole. The thought seems absurd but it would be one of the events that would certainly surprise and movie the audience. And it wouldn't be the first time the two guys behind the project have pulled off a twist like that.

Anyway, 7 episodes finished, 18 more to go. Even though the above theory is rather unlikely to be true and probably turns out to be bullshit, I am pretty sure that we will get our share of twists and story development.

I thought the series was always going to be a full 25 episodes? And yeah I kept thinking if we were to compare roles for each character, plot wise, Mako would have to be the one to die for Ryuko to get serious. Satsuki is basically Viral/Lord Genome and eventually her Father will be the Anti-Spiral.

If it's not her father, one thing that kept bothering me is that scissors can be considered sewing/stitchery equipment, and Nudist Beach seems to wield those heavily. The girl who killed Ryuko's father could be from Nudist Beach.

And if we're going way out there with crack theories, I could see trigger pulling something like "It was actually Ryuko all along and her memories have been altered"

[rtil]

killing mako off sounds a little too dark for klk

[Kött]

killing mako off sounds a little too dark for klk

That's the point: Doing something that the audience simply wouldn't expect. It's what made Gurren Lagann, Madoka, Gode Geass and a bunch of other successful animes. I know that the thought seems ridiculous for the way the show has presented itself so far and that's just why it would be the most effective way of creating a dark twist.
I'm not entirely sure if we can expect klk to be that twisted but appart from the a&t (and we also have that stuff in a lot of shounen), there aren't many things so far that would make it a late night show and until now we have significantly few deaths for a show called kill la kill.

But yes, it is more likely that they stick to the current style without doing something that extreme...

[Gilthwixt]

It does seem a bit dark, and I'm not saying it's guaranteed, but for point of reference, TTGL was just as light-hearted and whimsical until Kamina died around episode 8, and in KLK we had someone beaten to death and strung up nude as an example by a fascist authority in just episode 1 alone.