There have been several great postmodern genre-deconstruction anime series over the past few decades, and in the wake of these critically acclaimed monsters, Kill la Kill succeeds fantastically as a drum-tight genre reconstruction. Completely aware of every trope and conceit of transforming-hero action anime, the team at Trigger has, instead of thoughtfully subverting them, packed them as densely and loudly as possible into a single show, improbably working them into a humming engine of story, character, and action.
There's a lot of winking at the audience, but it never feels aloof or self-congratulatory, so much as gleeful and conspiratorial. The plot is, on the face of
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