{"id":1890,"date":"2019-08-19T22:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biggestinjapan.com\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2019-08-13T11:22:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T02:22:04","slug":"how-the-kill-la-kill-game-twists-the-animes-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biggestinjapan.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/19\/how-the-kill-la-kill-game-twists-the-animes-story\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Kill la Kill<\/i> Game Twists the Anime\u2019s Story\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kill la Kill<\/span><\/i> was one of 2013\u2019s most popular anime–and for good reason. With the creators of <\/span>Gurrenn Lagaan<\/span><\/i> behind it, <\/span>Kill la Kill<\/span><\/i> did for magical girl anime what <\/span>Gurrenn Lagaan<\/span><\/i> did for mecha anime: took the inherent absurdities in the genre, mixed them up with some Japanese puns, and dialed everything up to 11. The result was nothing short of glorious.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

New game <\/span>Kill la Kill – IF<\/span><\/i> takes the story of the anime, changes one little detail, and explores the new way that the story unfolds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Both the anime and game follow schoolgirl Ryoko Matoi who is hunting for the person who killed her father. The trail leads her to a high school run by student council president Satsuki Kiryuin–the young woman that Ryoko has come to believe is guilty of the crime. To aid her in her revenge, Ryoko dons a sentient school uniform that turns her into a (scantily clad) magical girl. But Satsuki has a magical girl outfit all her own–and an entire student body with similar uniforms at her command. To learn the truth about her father, Ryoko will have to fight through them all.<\/span><\/p>\n

The game itself begins in medias res at episode eight of the series. Following the student council election, Ryoko has only to defeat Satsuki\u2019s champions, the Elite Four, to get her shot at beating the truth about her father\u2019s murder out of Satsuki herself. The story continues more or less in tandem with the anime: Ryuko tears her way through, Gamagori, Inumuta, and Jakuzure.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not until Ruko faces off against Sanageyama, her last opponent before Satsuki, that the game and anime timelines diverge.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the anime (episode 11 for those interested), Ryuko and Sanageyama\u2019s duel is interrupted before it can even begin by Nui, the enigmatic, eccentric, right-hand of Satsuki\u2019s mother. Nui easily dispatches Sanageyama and then offhandedly reveals the truth: she was the one who killed Ryuko\u2019s father, not Satsuki. This revelation causes Ryuko to go berserk–transforming her into an eldritch monster of wanton destruction, battling both Nui and Satsuki before Ryuko\u2019s best friend is able to calm her down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the game, however, Ryuko\u2019s duel with Sanageyama is not interrupted. The fight ends with Ryoko standing victorious, ready to finally take her shot at Satsuki. But it\u2019s then that Nui finally appears–but she\u2019s not alone. The last boss of the story, Satsuki\u2019s mother, Ragyo, stands beside her.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 ARC SYSTEM WORKS \/ \u00a9TRIGGER,Kazuki Nakashima\/Kill la Kill Partnership<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With her mother watching, it is not Nui that fights Ryuko but Satsuki–forcing Ryuko to retreat when it becomes obvious she can\u2019t win. However, because Nui is not involved in the fight, she doesn\u2019t reveal that she killed Ryuko\u2019s father nor does Ryuko become a monster. And at the same time, Ragyo learns of Ryoko\u2019s existence nearly six episodes early. These are already some major changes with lasting implications–and things only change more drastically from there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This whole game is basically the Butterfly Effect in action. It all stems from a single choice: Ragyo deciding to come with Nui to view the student council election. And even as certain events happen in tandem with the anime, the effects of this one minor choice continues to warp everything that is to come in creative ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 ARC SYSTEM WORKS \/ \u00a9TRIGGER,Kazuki Nakashima\/Kill la Kill Partnership<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

**Major end game spoilers begin**<\/b><\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not the end of it. The back half of the game, Ryuko\u2019s story, is entirely centered on how the game\u2019s timeline came to be. To put it simply, this world is a delusion–a dream–made real. The perfect storm of Satsuki\u2019s drive, her connection with Junketsu, and proximity to the Primordial Life Fiber reshaped the world (much as the world was briefly reshaped by Ragyo in the climax of the series).<\/span><\/p>\n

Now as for why Satsuki\u2019s dream world is so similar to the timeline of the anime–and is filled with events and revelations she couldn\u2019t possibly have known of beforehand–that\u2019s actually a cool little paradox.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 ARC SYSTEM WORKS \/ \u00a9TRIGGER,Kazuki Nakashima\/Kill la Kill Partnership<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This world is Satsuki\u2019s delusion brought about by her drive to save humanity from her mother. As it is her dream, she can\u2019t actually lose in the end. However, the Primordial Life Fiber, on the other hand, doesn\u2019t want to be destroyed, so in the climax to the game, it reaches out to draw life fibers from parallel worlds–their pasts and futures–to make itself unkillable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And while this sets up an \u201cunstoppable force versus immovable object\u201d situation, it also has the side effect of connecting Satsuki\u2019s delusions to other realities. This is why her dream world is so close to reality–it\u2019s built from a mixture of her desires and the parallel worlds connected to the Primordial Life Fiber.<\/span><\/p>\n

**Major end game spoilers end**<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 ARC SYSTEM WORKS \/ \u00a9TRIGGER,Kazuki Nakashima\/Kill la Kill Partnership<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All in all, the game really is a lot of fun and, in practice, is much more enjoyable than simply playing the anime\u2019s story in game form. So if you ever wanted to see a different way <\/span>Kill la Kill <\/span><\/i>could have unfolded, <\/span>Kill la Kill – IF<\/span><\/i> delivers that with all the great voice acting and over-the-top action you\u2019ve come to expect.<\/span><\/p>\n

…And don\u2019t feel ashamed for dropping the difficulty to \u201cNo Stars\u201d if you\u2019re playing just for the plot. It can get a bit rough even on the normal difficulty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kill la Kill – IF<\/span><\/i> is available on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC (via Steam).\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Top image: \u00a9 ARC SYSTEM WORKS \/ \u00a9TRIGGER,Kazuki Nakashima\/Kill la Kill Partnership.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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