Got my Christmas present for myself today!!
Finally, after being in love with Kill la Kill for nearly five years and dedicating over 550,000 words to writing about it, I finally, finally own the complete series!
And I have my favorite episode at last!
And I can watch it with Japanese subtitles!
I no longer have to search for the right time stamp on Subtitle Edit to get the Japanese script!
(Of course, I mean no shade to Subtitle Edit and the subtitle files because they’ve been a great help over the years, but it’s nice to have working subtitles right on the video.)
And oh my gosh, the menu screens are so much more amazing than the American ones? Which just have a still image of the volume cover and that’s it? These creatively edit together footage from the featured episodes.
I ought to make some GIFs of these like I did for DARLING in the FRANXX because holy wow, they’re really neat.
And there’s also audio commentary from the staff and cast? And these fantastic art books that came with each volume?
Just lookit some of this art. It makes me appreciate Kill la Kill even more.
Like. Mako’s poses are so expressive and fun!
These two are the cutest!
They get entire pages for their adorable friendship scene, and goodness gracious, it’s so beautiful. Look at all that detail and care put into these shots!
And while I’m talking about beautiful…
And there’s just so much life in these drawings! There are six whole pages dedicated to Ryuko throwing the chair and taking Senketsu off in episode 16, and heck. There’s a whole lot of powerful movement happening. (And I feel like all the focus the moment gets in these books just strengthens my old argument about how this sequence is incredibly important to the show.)
And some of these facial expressions! They’re gold!
And, I mean, this team made a sailor uniform so expressive and endearing!
Just. The way Senketsu’s sailor ties droop when he’s sad. Ow, my heart.
And speaking of “Ow, my heart…”
You ever think about how Ryuko was so devastated at Senketsu’s loss that it literally knocked her unconscious?
But these smiles, though…
Just. Wow. I love Kill la Kill so much.
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