Originally published on The Ontological Geek. Ragyo’s grand entrance in Studio Trigger’s Kill la Kill (2013) marks the beginning of a changing tide in the story. Up until this point, Ragyo’s daughter Satsuki is the main villain. Satsuki rules a high school called Honnouji Academy with a similar brilliance to her mother. There, clothing is literally power as… Continue reading A World Cut From One Cloth: Personal Sin and Systemic Sin in Kill la Kill
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Scream Queens is the Kill la Kill of U.S. TV
A young, headstrong girl starts at a new school in hopes of finding out what really happened to her dead parent. Upon arrival, she makes a nemesis of the campus queen who may or may not have something to do with it. However, the deeper the girl gets into the mystery, the more complicated, personal,… Continue reading Scream Queens is the Kill la Kill of U.S. TV
Anime Challenge #7: Favorite Weapon, Gear, or Armor
One of the most unique features about anime is its broad range of fantasy. That broadness includes the variety of weapons and gear that different characters use. This prompt in that 30 Day Anime Challenge list that I’ve been working through suggests that I can only choose one favorite weapon, gear, or armor. But I’m… Continue reading Anime Challenge #7: Favorite Weapon, Gear, or Armor
Anime Challenge #5: Favorite Male Character
There may come a day when I will chill la chill about Kill la Kill, but today is not that day, although I’ve already written the bulk of what I have to say about the series, so besides my most recent post from a couple weeks ago, I’m not sure when I’ll write another deep… Continue reading Anime Challenge #5: Favorite Male Character
Kill la Eschaton: Partings and New Eras in Kill la Kill
This might be my last Kill la Kill post for a while, but who knows? I may catch even more things once I get the DVDs and rewatch it for the third time. I’ve found multiple examples of characters and plot elements in Kill la Kill aligning nicely with Christian theology or presenting interesting, perhaps… Continue reading Kill la Eschaton: Partings and New Eras in Kill la Kill
Anime Challenge #2: Favorite Anime You’ve Watched So Far
At the end of my last post, I dropped a lowkey, mediocre hint at which anime I’d talk about in this post. If you guessed it, then congratulations and thank you for putting up with how much of a piece of trash I am for this specific anime. — Favorite anime I’ve watched so far?… Continue reading Anime Challenge #2: Favorite Anime You’ve Watched So Far
Sentient Sailor Uniforms are Serious Business: Trope-Twisting in Kill la Kill
Today, I’m very pleased to welcome a guest post from R. I invited her to write a post after our discussion in the comments section of my Queer la Queer post. R highlights Kill la Kill’s trope play and Senketsu’s vitality to the entire plot. Thanks, R, for writing this! If I told you that I… Continue reading Sentient Sailor Uniforms are Serious Business: Trope-Twisting in Kill la Kill
Contradiction is Truth: The Divine Illogic in Kill la Kill
It should come as no surprise that I’m talking about Kill la Kill yet again. I will probably come back to this series several more times because, as I’ve said elsewhere, there’s so much to unpack. Today, I’d like to expand on my theology of clothing post and talk more in depth about illogic in Kill… Continue reading Contradiction is Truth: The Divine Illogic in Kill la Kill
Kill la Kyriarchy: Building and Destroying Power Structures
The last post in this series. Today’s theme: how KLK’s oppressive systems work and how they’re dismantled. Kill la Kill presents a very overt metaphor for systematic privilege and disenfranchising. At its core is a dichotomy between nudity and clothing. Nudity represents total shame and disgrace while clothing affords socioecomonic standing… Continue reading Kill la Kyriarchy: Building and Destroying Power Structures
You Pigs in Human Clothing: A Theology of Clothing in Kill la Kill
Part 3 of my Kill la Kill series. Today’s theme: Religion coopted into an oppressive force, blood covenants, crucifixions, and atonements. Now is the part where I get all Christiany. I’ve briefly mentioned before that Kill la Kill presents a dichotomy in which clothing is power while and nudity is shame. This divide is the foundation… Continue reading You Pigs in Human Clothing: A Theology of Clothing in Kill la Kill