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''Kill la Kill'' is set at Honnōji Academy (本能字学園, Honnōji Gakuen), a fictional high school in Tokyo Bay set in post-apocalyptic Japan that is dominated by its fearsome student council, led by Satsuki Kiryūin. The council members wear special uniforms called Goku Uniforms (極制服 gokuseifuku, lit. high quality uniform, from gokusei + seifuku) that grant them superhuman abilities, which they use to oppress the rest of the school's students and staff. Ryūko Matoi, a student wielding half a scissor-shaped longsword, transfers to Honnōji Academy in search of the owner of the other half of the scissor blade, the person who killed her father. Defeated by the council after interrogating Satsuki over the killer's identity and whereabouts, Ryūko comes across a sentient sailor uniform she names Senketsu, who puts himself on Ryūko. Using Senketsu's special abilities, Ryūko stands up against Satsuki and her henchmen, the Elite Four (四天王 shitennō), to liberate Honnōji Academy from their iron grip and find out the truth behind her father's murder.

* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]

* [[Acquired Situational Narcissism]]: In Episode 7, Ryuko develops a scheme to raise Mako's family into the upper echelons of society. [[Parodied Trope|Literally the second they move into a mansion]], the family gets caught up in the life of luxury, and they all grow distant from each other. [[Exploited Trope|Satsuki, of course, is counting on this very trope]], which is why she let Ryuko go through with her scheme in the first place. And unlike most examples of this trope, which fail to justify the need to remove riches before human decency returns, [[Deconstructed Trope|here, it's outright stated that living in luxury is a form of slavery, removing people's will to fight against classism and injustice.]] [[Buddhism|Siddhartha Gautama]] would be proud (well, provided he could look past the fact that this lesson is being taught in such a [[Fanservice]]-y anime).

* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Averted in Episode 8. Satsuki effectively strips the whole Academy of their ranks, and initiates a free-for-all where the last people standing become the new top dogs. Mako's family doesn't even bother to join in on the fighting; they outright state that after their recent [[Acquired Situational Narcissism]] incident, it'd be rather stupid to get caught up in rising through the ranks again.

* [[A Nazi By Any Other Name]]

* [[Back-Alley Doctor]]: Dr. Barazo, Mako's father. Don't worry, [[Comically Missing the Point|he's killed more people than he's saved.]]

* [[Beam-O-War]] / [[Loud of War]]: How Ryuko ultimately defeats Jakuzure.

* [[Blood Knight]]: Ryuko, quite literally. Her superpowered clothing is even powered by blood!

* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Senketsu, Ryuko's ''clothing''. Even though it's uncomfortably intimate with Ryuko, and withholds its full power unless she fights half-naked, it's also fiercely protective, and would rather sacrifice itself than let her come to harm. It's actually quite heartwarming, in a weird way.

* [[Mega Corp]]: REVOCS

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Ryuko. Even though Satsuki shows an equal amount of skin when she transforms, Ryuko still gets considerably more [[Gainaxing]] and [[Panty Shot]]s.

* [[Nuclear Family]]: The Mankanshoku family.

* [[Panty Fighter]]: [[Parodied Trope|A send-up of the genre.]]

** The first character to demonstrate this trope is Fukuroda, from the first episode. He gives Ryuko a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]], and attempts to publicly execute Mako.

 

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