I think this is why Kill la Kill is doing nothing for me. Characters are always number one priority for me in works of fiction, and I just don't find any of the KlK cast to be endearing. They may be designed cool-ly (is this a word?), and be loud and in-your-face, but there's nothing there that gets at the old heartstrings.
Right? The only half way decent character is Mako and she can't carry a dull protag like Ryoko on her own and no one else is helping her.