So in a move to keep the pacing fast, this episode already broke the monster of the week formula, only to get back to it again next week. That's good. Monster of the week can be awesome when done right, and having a fight with the main bad guy this early keeps things fresh. Aside from that, there are two other keys that are necessary for this format to work:
- 'Interesting' individual episodes (interesting can be anything, as long as it's good)
- Building up to something, and using this at the end.
So far kill la Kill is on the right path. The fast-paced battles so far are enough to keep my attention from start to finish, and it's too early to tell whether or not this is going to succeed in the long run, there still is potential for it either way, but it's definitely not a bad attempt thanks to this episode spicing things up.
The acting also is pretty damn good: the villains all have presence and really are threatening, the main is engaging, and even that annoying side-kick for once is so weird that she's somewhat endearing. You can really see that the creators here are big fans of old school anime, and they aim to put their own twists to them. Gurren Lagann was a homage to the mecha genre, Panty and Stocking were all about american cartoons a la Invader Zim and the Power Puff Girls, and now this show is about the school genre, taking the genre completely over the top using the exact tropes that were already abused so often and taking it over 9000.
RATING: 5/8 (Great)
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