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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

I'm going to strongly disagree.

Kill la Kill is basically Gurren Lagann if Trigger could just go all out with it. Its plot in nonsensical yet easy to follow and engaging, its characters are all colorful and interesting, its scope constantly increases as time goes on, shifting gears halfway through, it has fun with its pacing and tone by mixing serious moments with humorous moments, its animation can be just as fantastic as it can be wacky, its soundtrack is wonderful, its acting is great, etc, etc, etc.

Is it a victim of being over-hyped? Yes. Just like SAO or Attack on Titan. Though in Kill la Kill's case most of its hype comes from the fans who are excited to see where it's going to go and how crazy things are going to get, which is warranted IMO.

Honestly, you have to watch the show for yourself. It's serious/slapstick tone is mostly constant throughout the series, so if it doesn't grasp you by the first few episodes then don't bother continuing.

I'm gonna disagree strongly too, as I don't feel Kill la Kill is a touch on TTGL. TTGL may have been overhyped to ridiculous levels, but it's also one of my favourites, it appeals to me who doesn't even particularly like anime and on the purist levels of emotional engagement and fun I'd call TTGL a masterpiece. Other than Bleach which was the first show I really got into as a young teen, no show really grabbed me by the balls in the way TTGL did.

I just could not stand the way Kill la Kill gripped so tightly to its goofball comedy routes even as the plot blew up to a scale unimaginable in the first few episodes. I'm not a "grimdark" fan, but the tone of the whole show was pretty much entirely wrong for the last pretty much three quarters of the series. TTGL was silly too, but it knew that silly all the time is unengaging and recognised you'd need a serious moment peppered in now and then. The fact TTGL's serious moments were so rare is part of what made them so incredibly memorable, and part of the reason why the show stuck in my heart as long as it has done. Kill la Kill has no real memorable moments, because even its darkest most bloodiest scenes are played for shits and gigs gags. That kind of stuff is just not for me at all.

It was mostly well paced, the acting was pretty meh across the board but I adored the central chemistry between Ryuuko and Senketsu (they deserved to be in a better show) and the soundtrack was GREAT but I don't think any of these outweigh the negatives and ultimately I'd say the show is just sorta average to borderline bad.