So what exactly was the underlying theme of this anime exactly?
That it's better to be nude?
Kill La Kill
Aaron Howard
Jayden Cox
b urself
Jonathan Reyes
>That it's better to be nude?
It takes the ridiculously skimpy outfits most girls in mahou shoujo wear and gives a justified reason for it: The less a Kamui comes in contact with its wearer's skin, the less likely it is to overwhelm them, thereby feeding the wearer its power instead of vice-versa, the way all other Life Fibers do. It is also about reconstructing the absolute sense of feeling shame by watching something that has nudity in it. As Satsuki explains in episode three, nudity is nothing to be ashamed of as long it serves a purpose, and that to feel embarrassment from it proves nothing but a lack of conviction, which the entire rest of the show goes out of its way to justify.
Jacob Morgan
It's a coming of age story. It's mostly about identity and independence. Clothes are sort of a metaphore for social rules in this case.
Julian Reyes
>cothes
Society, expectations of society upon the individuum, the structure of society, castes and status which people are forced into or they try to acquire. Putting people into clothes means categorizing them into easily identifiable labels and ironing out their individual edges.
>nude
Being yourself, your true self, casting of societys restrictions, expectations and attempts at categorizing you.
There is also a theme of sexual maturing, how Ryuuku is suddenly exposed to the male gaze and how she has to accept her body. The drinking of blood of the Kamui likely has something to do with menstruation.
That said I'm a brainlet, that is my own conjecture and it suddenly doesn't play that much of a role anymore when the alien arc started.
Nathaniel Torres
>So what exactly was the underlying theme of this anime exactly?
Action is cool. Also, here are some boobs.
Jose Bell
Nudity is art and not inherently sexual
Andrew Watson
>male gaze
Off yourself.
Aiden Price
Do you always get triggered by buzzwords?
James Rodriguez
I always call out obvious newfaggots, if that's what you're asking.
Andrew Flores
It's strange that aneritrash see nudity as inherently sexual, isn't it? Eurotrash have a much more sane view, that the wrapping makes the present. Ameritrash see a bare tit and jizz themselves, naked people walk around without censorship in eurotrash public TV shows. Puritanism is a cancer, and christians who take the written word as the meaning, instead of reading between the lines and treating the Bible as a big book of fables, are toxic and problematic. It's really strange that the Bible may as well be it's own religion, as Christianity as a whole has little in common with it's source material. Can't even post a nipple on this website without a ban...
Brandon Clark
Oldfags don't care about newfags. Calling out newfags is a newfag hobby.
Mason Howard
Whatever helps you sleep at night. I'd kill a man to have back the years I've wasted here.
Jaxon Bennett
You've got only yourself to blame if that's the case
Ian Young
I've been here since 2006 and that's all I end up doing, so fuck you
Michael Perez
>implying we're not all here forever
Jayden Rodriguez
I never implied otherwise.
Jackson Hill
My deepest condiments
Connor Scott
>The drinking of blood of the Kamui likely has something to do with menstruation.
It's not that simple. Each of the three Kamui represent the three rites of passage that a woman goes through between different stages in her life and sexuality.
>Senketsu (first blood) represents the start of puberty and is modeled as a school uniform (blood = menstruation).
>Junketsu (purity) represents marriage and is modeled as a white wedding dress (blood = hymen breaking). It's also likely that the whole premise of it overwhelming the user until it is retailored with Ryuko's blood and Senketsu's fibers is supposed to be a metaphor for marriage and family.
>Kouketsu (silk) represents pregnancy and motherhood. There is no blood drinking but in order to put on the dress it has to "unbirth" Nui (i.e. pregnancy).
In general you're right about clothes. There are a lot of puns and references where fashion is related to fascism. The idea is that clothes control everything about society and they represent a sort of enslavement. The whole series is really an exploration about the complex relationship between humans and clothing and the leads are all women because they're the best characters to tell that story.
Jose Cook
Very nice user
Jack Ross
What's with the syringe? Is she having her blood taken, or is something being injected into her?
Aaron Nguyen
Kill la Kill has some deep lore.
Carter Jackson
Very deep. Voiced by the angelic voice of Mayumi Shintani.
James Garcia
Jace Ross
>Watched the series four times and never picked up on this