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
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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
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
Girlhood and Magical Uniforms: Coming of Age in Kill la Kill
Part 2 of my Kill la Kill series. Today’s theme: feminism, magical girls, and growing up. The mahou shoujo genre of anime is among the more popular genres as it contains many classic series, old and new (Sailor Moon, Precure, Princess Tutu, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, Magic Knight Rayearth, and Puella Magi Madoka Magica to name… Continue reading Girlhood and Magical Uniforms: Coming of Age in Kill la Kill
Queer la Queer: From Illogical Dedication to Misappropriation
Kill la Kill is one of those rare series that has delivered just about everything I could possibly want in a story and then some. It has impressed me so much that I actively analyzed and took notes on it as I watched/re-watched, which honestly hasn’t happened for me before. Over the next few weeks,… Continue reading Queer la Queer: From Illogical Dedication to Misappropriation