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Kill la Kill 15. Didn't Ryuuko start without that glove? That wasn't a part of Senketsu originally right, so why is it such a big deal she gets it back?

After so many of the major battles in this series have been surprisingly boring, it's so refreshing that whenever Satsuki and Ryuuko clash the budget seems to ramp up and we actually get a satisfying clash of super powered clothing. This episode, was no different. The new designs for Satsuki's generals are gorgeous as well, but as I've expressed before I just don't find them particularly interesting.

Ryuuko is like my favourite anime protagonist ever, definitely got a major crush going on over here~ But I really do like how Ryuuko is balanced by someone else who is just also as strong and badass. That mind sound like a weird comment, but I notice a LOT in anime that the protagonist embodies raw power and so they always try and balance them with a villain who embodies something different. But it creates much more interesting viewing to see two characters clash, who are just as good on equal things.

As ever though, the careful balance in this show seems to be teetering closer and closer to fully collapsing in on itself. I dunno, the fact this arc tried to widen the story to the whole world highlighted just how silly this EXTREMELY silly show is. The school city at least functioned as its own pocket universe, with its own reality, so I could buy into that but this was all very silly, with Satsuki and her family advancing, trying to takeover the world with clothing (?!) and destroying anything in their way.

It certainly didn't help that a lot of this episode was humourless. About the only real gag in this episode was "Nudist Beach? That is a stupid name!" YEAH BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND HERE ISN'T?! I really wanted to get invested in it, the concept of fear vs money, the epic battle between sword wielding badass chicks on the backdrop of a burning city but we've lurched from comedy into all out shounen melodrama without any real context, build up or proper transition. The tones clash harder in this show than the swords do, and maybe that is part of the charm, but all I've got is whiplash.