![]() ![]() The entire point of the skimpy outfits is to force Ryuko to embrace herself completely. He augments the strength Ryuko already posses.įourth. Although you can argue Senketsu is a male help-mate, he is still clothing. Ryuko is a strong female lead that does not need a male to rescue or otherwise help her. Second, you don’t see any of the main female characters being held as a reward for a male hero. Rather, their disagreement is over withheld information and a clash of personalities. Fighting over a male is a tired storyline and a male fantasy. Kill la Kill is a feminist anime.įirst, Ryuko and Satsuki are not fighting over a guy. Guys are more than their sex drive, just as women are more than their boobs.Īnyway, I will give a clear answer: Yes. I dislike being lumped in with the idea of sex-driven masculinity. Although I can understand some of the resentment. I cannot understand what it is like to be objectified because of certain body parts. I cannot understand the struggles women feel about their sexuality, and how that sexuality is exploited. Rather, it is because I am a guy who is looking in. It is not because I am against the ideas of feminism. I often feel hesitant when it comes to feminism. I stopped seeing the outfit and saw Ryuko’s character as the story progressed. Eventually, Ryuko’s skimpy outfit simply becomes an outfit. Kill la Kill gradually desensitizes the audience to nudity. Nudity loses its value as a titillating factor. Everyone except for Ryuko and her nemesis Satsuki Kiryuin are naked. In the late half of the series, clothing becomes an object of fanservice. As the story progresses, male nudity becomes increasingly common. The first instance of fanservice is a fat guy. Although there are more female characters. Kill la Kill also treats guys in the same way as girls. The first fan service scene in Kill la Kill By embracing and ultimately disregarding the “slut” label the early fanservice imposes on her can she become fully herself. Never mind the person she actually is: caring for her friends, strong willed, determined, and driven. She is a “slut” because she is strong willed and wears the skimpy Senketsu. “Sluts” are often girls who go their own way. Slut shaming is when a girl is shamed for not meeting certain cultural female norms, such wearing certain clothing or behaving in ways that do not meet societal expectations. She embraces her femininity as a weapon and as a part of herself. Ryuko only becomes a better fighter when she learns not to care about the misguided opinions of others. As if the female body is only something that can be possessed and otherwise something to feel ashamed of having. This can be considered a metaphor for how women are taught to be sexy, but not too much so. She spends her attention trying to cover her femininity. This is actually a plot point for Ryuko’s character. The first several episodes are spent “slut shaming” her. When people see her tiny outfit, she is quite naturally embarrassed. When she first fights wearing Senketsu, she enters the scene wearing a cloak to hide her nudity and, by extension, her fear of public ridicule. Ryuko’s nearly nude armor certainly seems this way. So what of her battle-attire? Fanservice is another method to allow males to visually “own” strong female characters. Many stories take strong female characters and make them palatable by turning them into the “princess in the castle.” Ryuko tears that castle down. Bleach’s Rukia, for example, is a strong character, but she ultimately becomes a damsel for Ichigo to save. She has steel determination and doesn’t need a man to help her, unlike other strong female characters. Ryuko is a strong female lead from her first scene. Her sailor uniform, Senketsu, is the means, but as the story progresses, you learn Senketsu believes Ryuko didn’t need him either. Unlike many “magical-girl” anime, Ryuko is out for herself. Kill la Kill opens with Ryuko Matoi looking for her father’s killer. Like my previous article, this one will have spoilers. I already wrote and article about how Kill la Kill satirizes our relationship with clothing and fashion. Kill la Kill takes fanservice head on and shows how ridiculous it is. Fanservice can be defined as sexually suggestive scenes or character designs that do not contribute to the plot and exist only to sexually excite the audience. It is immature and detracts from the story. At first watch, this anime made me uncomfortable. Only Kill la Kill has far more to it than that. Nearly naked women battle each other for the pleasure of male onlookers. Kill la Kill, at first glance, looks like one of those shows designed for horny teen boys by a horny teen boy. ![]()
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