History YMMV / KillLaKill

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The show is about a girl wearing a sentient, {{Stripperific}} SailorFuku who fights the [[WorldOfHam super]] hammy [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil student council]] who regularly execute people for even minor violations of the school rules wielding a [[ImprobableWeaponUser giant red half of a pair of scissors]] (where the other half is blue) in a school on top of a city in a post-apocalyptic wasteland to avenge her father's death... And that is all from the ''first episode''! Considering this comes from the minds who created ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' and ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', this was to be expected.

** In Episode 7, Mako tearfully apologizes to Ryuko for beating her up so she could get a Three-Star Goku Uniform and elevate her family to an even higher life of luxury, and throws the fight at the last second. Her family also apologizes to Ryuko for cheering on Mako instead of stopping her. Ryuko forgives all of them because she cares about them, but it's also possible that such a decision was also for pragmatic reasons. After all, she lives with the Mankanshokus, and if she doesn't forgive them, her only other option is to be homeless and live on the streets.

** It's set in a totalitarian fascist {{dystopia}} where the powerful murder, torture, and subjugate the weak ForTheEvulz. The sole revolutionary is a girl in a {{stripperiffic}} outfit who is repeatedly subjected to attempted BlackComedyRape and other {{fanservice}} tropes against her will. All of this is so ridiculously exaggerated that you'll either find it hilarious or horribly offensive.

** There's also a significant overlap between the ''Kill la Kill'' fandom and the ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' and ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' fandoms, due the similarities between the over-the-top fight sequences, revenge-seeking protagonists, [[spoiler:not-so bad rivals/siblings and a BigBad powering themselves up]], and SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic featuring sudden shouts.

** There's also a significant overlap between the ''Kill la Kill'' fandom and the ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' fandoms, due the similarities between the over-the-top fight sequences, revenge-seeking protagonists, [[spoiler:not-so bad rivals and a BigBad powering themselves up]], and SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic featuring sudden shouts.

** In Episode 7, Mako tearfully apologizes to Ryuko for beating her up so she could get a Three-Star Goku Uniform and elevate her family to an even higher life of luxury, and throws the fight at the last second. Her family also apologizes to Ryuko for cheering on Mako instead of telling her what she was doing was wrong. Ryuko forgives all of them because she cares about them, but it's also possible that such a decision was also for pragmatic reasons. After all, she lives with the Mankanshokus, and if she doesn't forgive them, her only other option is to be homeless and live on the streets.

** In Episode 7, Mako tearfully apologizes to Ryuko for beating her up so she could get a Three-Star Goku Uniform and elevate her family to an even higher life of luxury, and throws the fight at the last second. Her family also apologizes to Ryuko for cheering on Mako instead of telling her what she was doing was wrong. Ryuko forgives all of them because she cares about them, but it's also possible that such a decision was also for pragmatic reasons. After all, she lives with the Mankanshokus, and if she didn't forgive them, she'd be homeless and living on the streets.

** In Episode 7, Mako tearfully apologizes to Ryuko for beating her up so she could get a Three-Star Goku Uniform and elevate her family to an even higher life of luxury, and throws the fight at the last second. Her family also apologizes to Ryuko for cheering on Mako instead of telling her what she was doing was wrong. Ryuko forgives all of them because she cares about them, but it's also possible that such a decision was also for pragmatic reasons. After all, she lives with the Mankanshokus, and if she didn't forgive them, she'd be homeless.

* CryForTheDevil: As hard is it for some to believe, some really do feel some sympathy for Nui, considering some of her backstory, the implications thereof, and how she's apparently wanted someone with whom to relate. Read the [[Fridge/KillLaKill fridge page]] for more information. Full-on DracoInLeatherPants treatment is rare, though, since even her fans know and love that Nui is a gleefully psychopathic bitch.

** Mako in her [[spoiler: Goku Uniform]] is occasionally called "Kawaii Sukeban", or "Makotaro" for [[spoiler:the outfit's resemblance to [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro Kujo's famous longcoat]].

** Mako in her [[spoiler: Goku Uniform]] is occasionally called "Kawaii Sukeban".

* GatewaySeries: ''Kill la Kill'', along with ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' (which also aired in 2013), and ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' helped create a new generation of anime fans in the first half of TheNewTens.

** The outfit Ragyo wears on her visit to the academy ''screams'' this, as it makes her look like some kind of pale, demented MonsterClown. Some chalk it up to be a parody of real life high fashion outfits, and/or that being a fitting representation of what Ragyo ''really is'' for the most part. She becomes an even more prominent example of this after she dons [[spoiler:Shinra-Koketsu]]. In short, she resembles the Flatwoods Monster or the [[spoiler: Walpurgisnacht witch from [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica]]]] upside down.

** The outfit Ragyo wears on her visit to the academy ''screams'' this, as it makes her look like some kind of pale, demented MonsterClown. Some chalk it up to be a parody of real life high fashion outfits, and/or that being a fitting representation of what Ragyo ''really is'' for the most part. She becomes an even more prominent example of this after she dons [[spoiler:Shinra-Koketsu]]. In short, she resembles the Flatwoods Monster or the [[spoiler:[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Walpurgisnacht witch]]]] upside down.

** Any ship in which Ragyo is involved, largely because her interests lie exclusively in getting what ''she'' wants. All the [[spoiler:ParentalIncest]] doesn't help, either; neither does the fact that [[spoiler:she's a HumanoidAbomination]]. In fact, it's hard to think of many ways in which Ragyo's unsubtle advances on the rest of the cast ''aren't'' creepy.

** Ragyo's [[spoiler:[[ParentalIncest sexual abuse of Satsuki]]]] either gave the latter a legitimate FreudianExcuse for her actions and made her a more sympathetic character, or was a hasty and clumsy plot twist that came out of nowhere that was designed to shock the viewers into discounting all her previous actions. Additionally, many a debate has been had over whether it perfectly illustrated how heinous of a villain Ragyo actually is, or if it was a step too far. There is also a faction that feels that the writers used [[spoiler:ParentalIncest]], [[SeriousBusiness a very heavy and sensitive topic]], purely for shock value. And that they not only didn't portray it realistically, but also handled it with all the subtlety and tact of a sledgehammer.

** After being shilled as the next big opponent during the trailer for episode 10, [[spoiler:Inumuta]] forfeits after a couple of minutes. [[BaitAndSwitchBoss That's when]] [[spoiler:[[BaitAndSwitchBoss Jakuzure]]]] [[BaitAndSwitchBoss enters the stage.]]

** The fact that [[spoiler:Satsuki's]] trauma over being [[spoiler:[[ParentalIncest sexually abused]]]] isn't explored throughout the series. She also does not show any [[spoiler:[[HatesBeingTouched visible]] signs [[CommitmentIssues of being traumatized]]]]. The only explanations that come to mind could be that she's either ConditionedToAcceptHorror or her IceQueen demeanor is a protective shell she created for herself due to the trauma of [[spoiler:Ragyo [[ParentalIncest sexually abusing her]]]].

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Ryuko's {{underboobs}}-revealing, ass-exposing uniform is perhaps the most iconic element of the series. It doesn't help that Satsuki has one of her own, and there is an entire organization of nudist freedom fighters and that the [[spoiler:Elite Four also become part of Nudist Beach.]] This is justified as that's what the series is mainly about.

** Ragyo due to her being a badass villain (that's the awesome port) [[spoiler:who engages in ParentalIncest (that's the creepy part)]].

** Ragyo due to her being a badass villain [[spoiler:who engages in ParentalIncest]].

** Ryuko gets over herself pretty quickly after [[spoiler:the Junketsu incident]], which involves [[spoiler:Junketsu being sewn onto her skin, her being {{Mind Rape}}d into becoming a loyal servant of Ragyo, being molested by Nui and Ragyo (or at the very least being fed memories of being molested by them, this scene could've been a part of the brainwashing fed into her brain), and coming dangerously close to killing her friends]]. It's possible she hit her personal fury limit and spent the last episodes in a perpetual state of TranquilFury, essentially, but it can be jarring since the last major bombshell that was dropped on her ([[spoiler:the fact that she's a HumanoidAbomination and that Ragyo is her mother]]) caused her to have a serious HeroicBSOD and subsequently had her lash out at everyone. Granted, the fact said HeroicBSOD and lashing out ''led'' to the above [[spoiler:Junketsu incident]] thanks to being baited by the villains could be seen as her deciding bearing it was far preferable to sinking even deeper into her spiral.

*** Satsuki and the Elite Four either made [[spoiler:an effective HeelFaceTurn, or are an complete KarmaHoudini after a reign of terror including many executions.]] In particular, Satsuki's apology, where she admits [[SheWhoFightsMonsters that said reign made her no different from Ragyo]], could also be interpreted as her [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty being aware she shouldn't be one]], as is [[spoiler:her willingness to be killed in the OVA]]. In addition, Satsuki is either a badass [[AntiHero anti-heroine]] or an insufferable CreatorsPet.

** [[spoiler:Brainwashed Evil Ryuko wears a relatively modest and [[FashionVictimVillain ridiculous outfit]] compared to her normal self]], yet has amassed quite a fanbase.

** Ryuko. Every known member of her family has either died under mysterious conditions or [[spoiler:tried to kill her several times]]. She was faced with abuse for most of her life, was without either of her parents by the time she was a middle schooler, and had no family or friends until the events of the show. She's spent her whole life moments away from getting what she wants. This is what has driven her on over seventeen years on earth. She couldn't escape this even in her moment of triumph against [[spoiler:Ragyo]], since defeating them ended up costing Ryuko [[spoiler:one of her first friends]].
** Satsuki is a prime, if not better, example. Thirteen years spent of planning and [[spoiler:being raped amount to absolutely nothing]], and she ends up [[spoiler:imprisoned ''naked'', while her mother ramps the sexual, physical, and emotional abuse up, her friends risk their lives trying to salvage her ruined plans, and her sister (at least who she now knows is her) ends up in a coma before snapping into a psychotic rage, all in the span of a month]]. And yet her resolve doesn't diminish, and she still believes she can succeed ([[spoiler: [[PlayAlongPrisoner even revealing she was deliberately staying imprisoned, and could actually escape the whole time]]]]).

** Ragyo Kiryuin is very underdevelopped. Many feel her character to be the weakest part of the series, due to her lack of motivation beyond her {{evil plan}}, which itself barely amounts to more than [[spoiler:end humanity via the Life Fibers]]. Ragyo is notably the only villain in the series to not have a backstory. All we know about her is that she's rich, [[spoiler: ''somehow'' discovered the Primoridal Life Fiber, had the idea to fuse Life Fibers to her body to become a hybrid and at some point traveled to Africa for some reason.]]

** Sanageyama's "The enemy awaits at Honnouji!" refers to the famous line Akechi Mitsuhide supposedly said when he betrayed Oda Nobunaga. However, instead of translating it as is (Jakuzure and Inumuta groaning over using it at all), the dub makes it a Punny PreAsskickingOneLiner: "It's laundry day at Honnouji!" and have Jakuzure and Inumuta ticked off that he hogged it for himself (Jakuzure mentions that it was a line they'd worked out earlier and planned to all use together).

* {{Adorkable}}: Despite being quite bumbling and airheaded, Mako Mankanshoku is such a lovable sweetheart nonetheless.

* CreepyCute: Nui is a remorselessly sadistic sociopath whose appearance is rather adorable in spite of that.