Kill La Kill Was Ahead of Its Time

[@celestialambert1775]

Holy crap, Kill la Kill is 11 years old...

[@blindstrike2557]

13 now

[@jackspratt7264]

@@blindstrike2557 Bro, did you really just say "unalive her father"? Seriously? KZbin has turned ya'll into compliant puppets, policing your speech, changing the way people express themselves and altering language for no reason. If you were going to go through the trouble of saying that, then why didn't you just refer to this show as "Unalive la Unalive"? You know, just to really make sure you didn't piss off the overlords? 🙄

[@BlaisyUniverse]

@@blindstrike2557 This anime is nearly as old as i was when i first seen it in 2013... Wow thats crazy

[@Ladnar_von_Boshaft]

@DecafisHere I totally agree with your point about how great (and refreshing IMO) it was that Ryuuko showed no romantic interest in anyone during the series [not counting the bonus episode at the end with the date]. Even back then as a teen, I was so impressed by how goal-driven Ryuuko was. Unlike most characters, especially female, she wasn't deterred by a love interest, male or female. She simply was out to find her father's killer and get revenge. Its so rare for a character to be so driven, even today. Matoi's personality influenced a couple of my characters in fiction writing.

[@VukanRistic]

Fr

[@The_Holy_Wooomy]

It's crazy that everyone doesn't understand that to write a good female character, write a male character but as a female

[@d4ntemustd13]

I will always hate those who only label this anime as fan service

[@DecafisHere]

@@d4ntemustd13i wish more people could have an engaging conversation, rather than dismiss this anime. Fans now lack communication skills

[@d4ntemustd13]

@@DecafisHere real ngl I’d rather yap about klk and its symbolism then say “oh yeah ryukos hot!!!”

[@DecafisHere]

@d4ntemustd13 yup! I could talk about the awesome music, the colors, mako being the best friend you can ask for and fight scenes.

[@d4ntemustd13]

@@DecafisHere fight scenes were sooo detailed, nui vs ryuko is by far my favorite

[@CelestialRedPanda]

I mean, it kind of is but they did it cleverly.

[@drfabulous2804]

I love Ryuko, but my god I am utterly IN LOVE with Satsuki. She is possibly my favourite fictional character of all time. She is so complex, from the way she is willing to coldheartedly use those closest to her (Uzu, Gamagoori, Ryuko) for her endgame, no sacrifice is too small for her. But deep down she is doing these awful things for the best reasons. As much of a flawed character she is, she is utterly polarising from start to finish and her development when realising she can’t just use people as tools but rather she has to work with them is great. I always love the Machiavellian type characters and Satsuki Kiryuin might just be one of the best. I (like you) also love that Ryuko doesn’t have a love interest. But I feel conflicted about possible romantic connotations regarding her relationship with Senketsu. I don’t personally see them as romantic but I think there are elements that show thier bond was deeper than friends, lovers, family or symbiosis. Soulmates perhaps? Idk, I just feel that their bond was something that can’t be described as clinically as platonic OR romantic.

[@anubis7457]

Tbf, Senketsu was created with human DNA (which is why he has a personality and isn’t hostile like Junketsu). The show doesn’t specify but I imagine the Doctor used either his or Ryuko’s DNA in the process, which would make Senketsu a brother or else a part of Ryuko.

[@drfabulous2804]

@@anubis7457 yeah, I think there is definitely a familial connection, but at the same time I think they are a mixture of symbiosis, family, best friends and lovers (but not in a romantic sense). They are literally two beings who become one when they synchronise. I think their bond is so special and can’t labelled or put into a single box. They loved each other deeply, not romantically, but it was a deep love all the same. Like they were as equals throughout the series, given Senketsu didn’t really exist or know what life was before Ep1, and Ryuko was a lone wolf until the start of the series. They both learn from one another about themselves and about each other, Senketsu helped Ryuko open up her heart to others and taught her how to love. Their bond is like the ultimate friendship without romance muddying the waters or being as clear cut as blood related family. I think KLK sends a strong message that romantic love is neither the strongest or the most important kind of love, hence the wedding scene being mostly negative and Senketsu and Mako crashing it shows Ryuko that friendship is more important and is the kind of loving bond that will remain eternal, while romance is fleeting and fades.

[@alannawarbach7895]

I used to watch this on adult swim growing up , once I finally remembered the name as an adult I decided to watch it again & it’s top 3 imo.

[@bizzyizzy9526]

I did, binge watched it with my 2 sisters, i remember laughing out loud during most of it and getting uncomfortable during other parts 😬

[@DecafisHere]

The anime gets way to uncomfortable at certain points

[@SLOW_WIFI]

I finished kill la kill in 2 days

[@joaquinvaleri7022]

​@@DecafisHerei love Japanese girls with sailor school uniform ❤ and while for me i like others clothes such as adidas tracksuit baggy hoodie cargo pants sweatpants shirts socks and sneakers shoes and they are cool

[@XandraMeltphace]

The dad and son harassing Ryuuko is an important part of the show as it reinforces it’s facade as a show filled with fan service. They are a conduit to ogling female bodies, which by the end is completely changed. The final episode ends with everyone completely naked. not through a sexual lens, but to portray love and freedom.

[@iantaran2843]

I watched as it aired. Loved every moment Told everyone it was a masterpiece and they needed to watch it without judgement. Most ignored me

[@Shadow_Slayer_]

Well, I can describe this anime with one quote, which for 10+ years has been in my status on the page of one of the social networks "Don't Lose Your Way". And this one say's a lot. I rewatch iconic anime for me almost every year, i know every frame, every quote, but every time i rewatch it, i have almost a same feelings every time. And it's always wonderful.

[@ShadowProject01]

Trigger also did Cyberpunk Edgerunners on Netflix. This studio is just gold

[@VioletKitUWU]

And BNA and Little Witch Academia and darling in the Franxx

[@tommyone9780]

Oh YES the soundtrack is chefs kiss. The E4 theme songs, the op and ed songs. Sawano is a genius.

[@VioletKitUWU]

I love how the most romantic associations I can draw are Ryuko and Mako being silly, and Mako taking her on a date. and that relies on my shipper vibes

[@DecafisHere]

I think their relationship can be seen in any way you like.i think that is the beauty of KLK, some see it as eichii fan service show or more thought provoking piece

[@VioletKitUWU]

@@DecafisHere Seriously!!!!/pos

[@xinzhelee7370]

It's not that deep lil bro

[@VioletKitUWU]

@@xinzhelee7370 You are probably a “The curtains are just blue“ dude. Bro this is literally me acknowledging the context of media, sorry you don’t put any thought into what you experience.

[@xinzhelee7370]

Wow you really wrote a whole ass essay to my reply of 6 words. Can't believe that there are ppl out there who really think kill la kill is a deep show when its just about girls clad in half-naked sentient clothes fighting living red wires 💀

[@Ladnar_von_Boshaft]

I watched KLK back in 2013 when the only way to view it was on an one-episode-per-week basis as opposed to binge watching. I enjoyed it thoroughly and by the end, it was instantly one of my favorite anime of all time. I laughed, and, in the finale, I cried when *spoiler alert* Senketsu died. When a piece of clothing becomes endearing enough to warrant tears, it's clear that the writers constructed a terrific story.

[@sierra002hg2]

It’s peak as it is

[@shub_a_dub_dub]

i don't want to be rude here, but while i think most of what you've said is right, it's a shame to not hear any mention of the larger themes of the show. what makes kill la kill so interesting is that it is an anti-fascist, anti-capitalist, fate-defying narrative with boatloads of subtext. though, i still don't mind a smaller scale analysis of the characters 👍

[@DecafisHere]

@@shub_a_dub_dub by no means is it rude to point out that I didn’t mention those themes. However I feel that sort of analysis has been really fleshed out. I wouldn’t know what else to say. I don’t want to say what has already been said. Also I’m not sure how you tube reacts to me saying “facist” in my videos. Monetization makes no sense lmao!

[@shub_a_dub_dub]

@@DecafisHere that's fair, ultimately it's your video, and kill la kill is just as interesting to analyze on a character level than a thematic level. i'm going to disagree on the claim that that analysis is fleshed out though-i'm currently working on a video essay (different channel) about how kill la kill desexualizes the characters, which i've never heard anyone say. kill la kill is really interesting because it doesn't only hold up at a basic level, but even at the highest level of analyses as well (for reference i'm an english major, i've read a lot of papers about power systems, discrimination, fascism, etc.); the more you know when you watch kill la kill, the more you see in everything, from the dialogue to the story to the themes

[@DecafisHere]

Kill La Kill is one of those anime I can't bring myself to hate. Have you watched this anime?

[@Whoiswe923]

Anime are bad because of the fan service. This anime’s fanservice makes sense with the story, even though it threw me off. This anime is not for everyone💀

[@mememan3447]

Hell yeah! If it wasn’t for Kill La Kill, I wouldn’t have gotten into One Piece! That’s why it’s my favorite!

[@ShadowDante7]

Yep! I watched it about 2-3 years ago. I definitely should give it a rewatch

[@drfabulous2804]

It saddens me that people are turned off because of the legendary fanservice in this show. They’ll never get to experience some of the best characters in fiction, and some of the best representation of strong female characters.

[@DecafisHere]

@drfabulous2804 it still holds up and is ten times better that the fan service anime we get in anime today.

[@Erak7-sd8fx]

I wached it 11 years later and it became my favorite anime almost instanly, its so, idk, charming?

[@ProsdkoJohm]

Tits

[@Nzargnalphabet]

7:33 mako is indeed the goat, and a great evolution of the character archetype that was already my favorite, the lesbian simp (yes I’m serious, that is my favorite archetype)

[@d4ntemustd13]

ryumako is canon and I will die on this hill

[@Tacom4ster]

This anime is a brilliant anti-fascist masterpiece

[@DecafisHere]

YUP!

[@wolfgangsgames]

“Ryuku” “etchy” “Killakill” Bro I’m fucking dying.

[@MrMarinus18]

I think the social commentary is also well integrated like how the lower classes are play things of the higher classes and how class and money allows weak people to do terrible things. We live in a capitalist system where our livelihoods and often our homes are owned by powerful capitalists. One of the few criticisms I do have is that I would have liked about 1-2 episodes more of "filler" to help establish the status quo. Maybe a good one could have been that the family is about to be kicked out onto the streets by some greedy corporate landlord which at the end Ryoko has to beat up. I think it would have made the later episode where they get assimilated into the academy more powerful if you had an episode that really explores how impoverished they are and what that means. I also would have liked an episode that was mostly just school to show how absurd and over-the-top the school is with some club president at the end.

[@EyelessJ4ck2]

Great video! Kill La Kill was one of the first anime I ever saw and has been one of the best for me ever since

[@WaldoWheresReal]

It was the first one I watched without it being recommended

[@TheAssholeAspie]

Same as Cosmic. I saw it on Netflix and said why not,

[@VioletKitUWU]

Every time I watch kill la kill I conjure up some new thematic idea from it :3

[@wrynn1194]

I really like your video format

[@DecafisHere]

Thank you 🙏

[@tyforestreacts]

Kill la Kill remains my favorite anime because it is batshit insane and is completely unapologetic about it.

[@angrymoths]

This is the most "modernly" styled video it could be but... I would say instead to others when recommending to: PLEASE try and watch it with an open-mind, and that it will truly be well worth it if they can.

[@Enderflame_303]

Little Witch Academia and Kill La Kill ✨✨✨🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@Roniiik31]

I love all the characters in kill la kill, they're so lively, especially mako mankanshoku.

[@mrmxypltk]

Minor Correction. Studio Trigger didn't make Gurren Lagann. Studio Gainax did. The people who made it at Gainax eventually left Gainax, and formed Studio Trigger. So yes, it was made by the same people, but not by the same Studio.

[@DecafisHere]

@@mrmxypltk AH thanks for correcting me! Appreciate it

[@Jonigathe2ndHi]

I literally just finished watching this yesterday

[@iantaran2843]

No male love interest ? What's Senketsu ? Chopped liver !? Fair it isn't romantic love And Senketsu is clothing with a male personality But it still COUNTS !! 😅😂

[@DecafisHere]

True lol

[@georgeprchal3924]

Satsuki: We have real power Ryuko, the entire 92 original Kiryuin Family atomic warheads. Ryuko: Okay, why do we have these. Satsuki: Our family has a lot of enemies.

[@Goddesso-rs6qq]

Kill La kill is the Danny Phantom of anime

[@barrykelly831]

Here’s how the first like half of the show goes Edgy girl with magical clothes strips school students for there magic givers

[@checkcards]

This video describes why I love Kill la Kill so incredibly much. The anime has been with me for over 8 years and I enjoy every second that I watch. recently even with friends of mine. This anime is so much more than just the one Pogchamp meme or the anime the more naked the stronger you are. The anime is so much deeper than you think. I love Ryuko very much because I can empathize with her and her determination really grabs me. like Ryuko e.g. Wanted to take off Junketsu so she could wear Senketsu again. her death doesn't matter at all. The main thing is that she can carry enketsu again, carry her closest friend again, with whom she has always had an ear and fought through every fight since she was at school. Ryuko always warms my heart and I want to be like her. her strength and determination and then her self-acceptance of what and who she is exactly and what her goals are. Kill La Kill is a masterpiece of the anime industry. and then this background music with a quiet Before my Body is dry instrumental makes this moment something very special. my Fav Sounddracks are Ambiguous, Gomen ne liko ja Irarenai(the first ending), I Till Die and Before my Body is dry:[nZk] version and more wich I can´t write. This video really made me cry again. ❤‍🔥✂

[@SantoValentino]

What’s that song at 5:07???

[@a2bros186]

It's Welcome to the Disco - Yung Bae

[@aa-pj4vz]

do you have a MAL list , i wanna see sumn

[@DecafisHere]

Why lmao

[@aa-pj4vz]

@@DecafisHere I wanna see

[@VIOLENTLYPEACEFULdude]

Please I need something else to watch to fill my void

[@oni123]

this is in my top 5

[@Ladnar_von_Boshaft]

@oni123 I keep track of much of my anime viewing on Anime-Planet and Kill La Kill is one of my few 5-star/perfect score anime. For context, I've watched & rated over 100+ anime on AP.

[@alainchristian]

My second favorite anime

[@icedtohfuu9555]

Wait you forgot the title lmao

[@Hamza__TheLion93]

It was hard to get through some parts but I enjoyed the ride😂

[@yohannbiimu]

4:28 Studio GAINAX was responsible for Gurren Lagann. Many of the guys who made Kill La Kill also worked on Gurren Lagann while they were at GAINAX, but spit from them to form Studio Trigger. Interestingly, *Panty, Stocking, with Garderbelt,* another GAINAX property these guys worked on, now belongs to Trigger since GAINAX went bankrupt.

[@bobbove6268]

Great story and a cultural phenomenon. Should bring it back. ❤

[@AngryDemonCat]

It will always be one of my favorite animes ❤

[@TransDrummer1312]

KILLED!!! You literally say KILL as the name of the show!!! Enough of the uNaLiVe!!!!

[@ashgrun]

if we exclude the big 3 and DBZ, this is easily peak. wish it had a season 2 or something, but we only need one season seeing as everything's been wrapped up

[@PaperClipsILike]

What is the big 3?

[@ashgrun]

@@PaperClipsILike basically the 3 most popular manga of shonen jump(or in general) that stepped up when there was basically 0 big names in the weekly publishing for shonen jump's magazines. these 3 are one piece, naruto, and bleach

[@SuperSailorOutlawGeorgeIshaq]

New subscriber 😊

[@foundingdeer]

Watched it recently and i really like it its goofy as hell but can be analised further. Absurd lvl around chainsaw man

[@LillianGriffin-zj8ut]

The goth version of Sailor Moon, but with FLCL Animation.

[@jackxiao9702]

It’s basically Eva meets FLCL

[@Bumjessus]

Can’t believe little me watched this with my teenage cousin

[@Horror_movie_girls]

Same. I also watched it with my teenage sister when I was little

[@nathantran7832]

Mako is the best character to ever exist

[@DecafisHere]

The friend we all wish we had. She is so lovable

[@dereynharris9240]

9:39 I do not get sonic from her 🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@whitericeallday]

perfect animation before all that cg they do now..

[@Falloutboy76.4]

GAMAGORI!?

[@VukanRistic]

I just love it

[@Linknes_D.]

1:39 ME TOO

[@ImAlxer]

To short it out, amazing anime about real desexualization, 10/10 and not for the ecchi.

[@robinDD99]

Name?

[@SmarchitectMann]

Ol girl belongs on a catwalk.

[@revivalakame]

Dr Disrespect favorite show

[@DecafisHere]

😭

[@cdviix3425]

Naw bro Ragyo is the goat, like she evil asf, but she the goat

[@Aniket.Majumder]

❤

[@mikeymccann3074]

I kind of sad you didn't mention that mako and ryko are gay icons

[@lunalucifer6669]

it would not be cancelled today lol stop making up people to get mad at trigger is still incredibly popular and fanservice anime still come out constantly

[@DecafisHere]

I know it’s popular but the themes and messaging just wouldn’t work now. People are to quick to dismiss anime & manga that tackle political and social issues. The messaging of Kill La Kill would anger a lot of fans. The fan service in other anime is brushed off and most become forgettable. Kill La Kill stands out because It did what most anime could never do. Studio Trigger’s anime is not able to tap into mind of modern audiences because of how stubborn and idiotic they are. Fans, not all, call everything “woke”, which dilutes the power of certain stories. When I say it would be cancelled. It would be cancelled by certain fans who don’t like the deconstruction of anime as a whole. Sorry for not elaborating in the video, I’m still new to video creation

[@edgebringr3494]

Ye… Twitter would go ham at the sexuality and all that etc. it had a good grounding which helps keep it in popular eye. Don’t underestimate cancel culture,

[@wufflemuffin9197]

Guy did not spend 2min in the internet

[@ayaseseiko21]

​​@@DecafisHere Both the Anti Woke and Woke people would hate kill la kill if it released today. But to clarify people would not Kill La Kill woke because number one the female characters look feminine and not male. Number 2 Kill La Kill doesnt use politics to preach to people in their faces their is politics but not shoved down and virtue signalled to our faces. number 3 it doesnt disresepect the fans and subvert our expectations for the sake of it (The Last Jedi).

[@emilravn3291]

@@DecafisHere Trigger also made Cyberpunk which had larger anti capitalism and many other political talking points and everyone loved it

[@prime.starscream]

anime good but cringe sus

[@JaneDoe-gf4oj]

Also gays

[@GreatWarriorHercule]

Kill La Kill was ahead of it's time by being a bad youtube animation series that uses boobs, violence, and constant bad comedy before it became popular, many people are saying this.

[@DecafisHere]

1/10 rage bait

[@GreatWarriorHercule]

@@DecafisHere I'm sorry you're a baby that likes baby anime and can only cope by claiming people with developed brains are lying.

[@GreatWarriorHercule]

@@DecafisHere Dude, you don't have to claim ragebait to cope about having an undevelooped brain, Studio Trigger's popularity proves that people like you exist and are more than capable of livign happy fulfilling lives. Also you can still like bad youtube animation if you want, there's clearly an audiance for Helluva boss and Hasbin Hotel, I just didn't peak in highschool.

[@DecafisHere]

@@GreatWarriorHercule Sounds like projection. You're coming into a comment section and getting mad over an anime released in 2013. You're upset because someone likes the anime and the 10-minute video about it. That says more about you than it does about me.

[@DecafisHere]

⁠@@GreatWarriorHerculeKLK is far from a baby anime 😅. You really getting worked up in a comment section. Step back from your computer🫡

[@EskChan19]

Tiiiiiny correction at 4:27: Gurren Lagann was made by Studio Gainax, not Studio Trigger. A lot of the people from Gainax left after Gurren Lagann and founded the new Studio Trigger afterwards, so while it's largely the same team, it's not the same studio.

[@DecafisHere]

Oh thank you for correcting me