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Kill la Kill (TV).

As far as Ryoko, is she cliche? Yes, I can write a simple definition of her. "The main character in this story learn that one of there family member has been murdered and they are only left with a simple clue as to the identity of the killer. Using that only clue they embark on a quest for revenge, along the way they'll meet different character some who will support them in there quest, some which will start as foes but become ally, they will earn great power and get caught up in a plot that could destroy the world as we know it. They will also learn of a dark secret about themselves and discover that they alone posses the power to defeat the evil and save the world". That description can fit hundreds of character in story (probably hundreds in anime alone). Does that make Ryoko a badly written character? No, not at all.

It's like the episode in Magi spoiler[in which Alibaba, Morgiana and Hakuryuu are hypnotized by Madaura, who makes them see her as their mother. Morgiana never met her mother and Hakuryuu hated his, and still both fell flat for the deceit and it took a lot of effort from Aladdin -and Hakuryuu remembering why he hated his mother to begin with- to break off the spell]. I believe it's something very similar. The character's original feelings about their mother are not important, since the "brainwashin" taps into the basic human instinct of seeking for a mother's love and protection

Here, by contrast, it is not fake in that way because spoiler[Ragyo is actually her mother. Also, she's not using some special "i'm your mother, worship me and do whatever I say" device, and no indication was given that that is what happened even without a special device. Instead, all we saw were images of Ragyo and Ryuko being together and happy], with Ryuko like put into tears as if it was something she always wanted for her entire life. However, there has been zero indication up to that point that she ever even cared about it.

The point is, never before in the whole series was there ever even an INKLING of indication that spoiler[Ryuko cared one bit about a mother. We never even had any indication that she even had a mother.] For all we know, she could have been created in a test tube, until we learn the truth.

So does anyone have any thoughts on that first scene where spoiler[Ryuko, Ragyo and Nui are apparently having a threesome or something?] When I first started watching this show I thought it was just another empty, pandering fanservice-fest but there seems to be something a little deeper going on below the surface, so I have to assume that scene meant something other than HAWT NEKKID GIRLS.

Nah, I think it is there purely to be salacious and merely repeats the already well-established fact that Ragyo is creepy. She clearly likes spoiler[spending time with her daughters naked,] which, of course is quite common .... IN PORN!!!

I really don't know how they are going to pad out the remaining 4 episodes. I'm going to assume they are going to do the standard anime thing of not resolving the action climax until 5 minutes before the end of the last episode so that there is absolutely no time left to properly take leave of our characters. So 3.98 episodes more of ineffectual fighting against Ragyo/Original Life Fiber until the inevitable victory?

*sigh*