I remember reading Kill la Kill was the exact opposite of Madoka Magica
I actually think Kill la Kill and Puella Magi Madoka Magica are extremely similar.
Both are series created for the seinen (older male) demographic, yet attract a large number of women and girl fans due to the complex, layered, and primarily-female cast that both shows boast.
Both series get some of the absolute worst Discourse regarding feminism—that somehow still manages to super overlook the gross, basic fact that both shows feature the incredibly nasty and uncomfortable over-sexualization of underage girls. (Which, probably contrary to popular opinion, I honestly think is worse in Madoka because the girls are literally, like, 14!!! At least a bunch of the Kill la Kill cast are legal adults.)
Both series also receive (imo) extremely undeserved praise for their depiction of wlw relationships, as both series are created for men and the depiction of these relationships caters to men rather than other wlw—something that feels horribly, explicitly clear when Madoka scriptwriter Gen Urobuchi can only say that Homura “probably” loves Madoka and doesn’t think that anything in the show is as “special” as “homosexual love,” but just “a lovelike-relationship without sexual attraction,” and when Kill la Kill scriptwriter Kazuki Nakashima proclaims that “THERE IS NO ROOM FOR LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS IN KILL LA KILL” (and the big reason that the show is thought to have at least one wlw relationship is due to a nasty, uncomfortable, non-consensual joke kiss that was purposely animated poorly because it’s meant to be a joke, because of course wlw relationships must always just be crude, nasty jokes for the Male Gaze, right?). In both cases, the series don’t want to “follow through” with a real, actual, canon wlw relationship because the anime are both made for men and so many men can’t stand to think of their “waifus” being into women and not into them (just take a look at what happened with Overwatch and Tracer/Emily).
Both series are discussed to death about being “deconstructions” of this or that or the Magical Girl genre.
Both series feature aliens making a mess of the Earth.
Both series have absolutely rad soundtracks and animation.
Both series refuse to have a happy ending, because of course someone who is “different” and doesn’t quite fit in (Homura, Senketsu) don’t deserve happy endings with the people they love—that’s unrealistic (and Magical Girl magic definitely isn’t!)!
Both series attract super negative, salty posts like this.
