Kill la Kill Episode 4:
I will not lie, this is one of the stronger contenders for Anime of the Season. Anime of the Year, still too early to say on that front. At any rate, it is good to see that in spite of moving the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny to whenever that happens, this is not strictly speaking heading in the direction of monster of the week. Indeed we see Ryuko and Mako challenge the mind bending obstacle course of the insane student council or face expulsion. I do like the subtle bits of world building that the threat of expulsion leaves as banishment from school means banishment from the city for the student and presumably for the family. I wonder if that has any other implications since it got revealed a couple of episodes ago that this school is not unique, there are others out there that might be willing to use the talents of the discarded. Anyway, we finally get more of Guts the Wonderdog and I am still trying to figure out how they made Mako so not-annoying. Mako should be annoying me as much as, well, Korra Mako does, but that is not the case and I am curious as to why. Also, I wonder what exact combination of drugs allows them to keep up this manic pacing from week to week as well as topping the insanity? Yes, I look forward to the next episode with great aplomb.