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Mankanshoku Mako & Guts ; Kill la Kill ☆ Good Smile Company

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Ryuko from kill la kill

[meiji-sahoshite]

"The city may be dangerous, but this school's just as bad, I see"

[cantheywinthehungergames]

Ryuko Matoi from Kill la Kill (age: 17)

Tribute Name: Ryuko Matoi

Age: 17

Restrictions: No superhuman abilities of any kind and can only use tools and weapons supplied in the Hunger Games arena (that do not give her additional superhuman abilities)

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SATSUKI KIRYUIN

CW: KLK spoilers, mention of: compulsory heterosexuality, physical & emotional violence, s-xual trauma, CSA, SA, r-pe (for the sake of better background and context about this anime & about Satsuki story)

About her character and why she is stone femme headcanon for me.

SATSUKI

This character does not have this cold, strong but sharp and fierce appearance as a random addition of traits just for the sake of fanservice. Her physical appearance and her personality traits are polished and calculated, yet she is pretty vulnerable on the inside and has a huge and rich inner world. She is acutely smart, a powerful strategist, a good and strong leader with the kindest heart I've ever seen in a character apparently so cold, stubborn or even despotic. But we have to keep in mind her upbringing and that she did what she had to do in order to survive because her main goal was to save the world and protect her closest friends. She wanted to free them as well as she wanted to free herself. But... from what?

SATSUKI'S PLOT

about her plans, goals and what Ryuko meant to her

Satsuki had such important goals: she wanted to free humanity (and herself) from the biofibers and the tyranny of her own mother, who was working with them to subjugate all the people on Earth, but she also craved to avenge her father and sister for what Ragyo did to them, so she fought for revenge but also for love. In the end, all that she wanted was to protect the ones she loved the most. 

Satsuki believed she could lead a revolution against Ragyo and the biofibers by using the power she had as her daughter against her. She took advantage of that power and the fear it inflicted on everyone to build a hierarchical system based on The Law of the Strongest and blind obedience (basically she militarised the school), and then she started to ‘colonise’ other schools to gather an army. She did this to trick her mother into thinking that she was working for her because her empire was much larger and stronger, so she had to be very cautious or else the chances to defeat Ragyo and the biofibers would be even lesser. All of these factors led her to repress her thoughts, feelings and emotions.

But when she met Ryuko, her plans started to change a bit: she saw a lot of potential in Ryuko and wanted her to get stronger and surpass her from the very beginning. She felt that Ryuko was something more, not just another soldier that could help her defeat Ragyo once and for all, and she wasn't wrong about it: later on they found out that Ryuko was that little sister Satsuki and Ragyo thought dead and that Isshin Matoi was actually Soichiro. He raised Ryuko and hid her from Ragyo with the hope that, one day, she would defeat her and the biofibers.

When these facts were revealed, Satsuki knew everything changed: she could trust someone of her own blood, she could finally have her dream family: one that she'd have built, one that she'd have chosen, one that would have truly and deeply loved her for who she is.

NONON

Now we have to talk about Nonon, Satuski’s best friend and (implicitly) lover, the only person who knew her best and could fully trust: this character can come across as an irritating or pedantic girl, but that’s just the surface; she acts tough the only way she knows just because she wants to show that she’s strong and the most important person in Satsuki’s life. I find it so heartwarming that even though the rest of the Elite Four are respectful and loyal towards Satsuki, it is Nonon that better understands her boundaries, and they treat each other as equals. Nonon is not just another subordinate to Satsuki (and never was). I think that because of this and her appearance (small, cute, etc) she wants her value as a fearsome opponent to be acknowledged, and that's why she acts so sassily and arrogantly (a thing which I personally love about her).

Nonon always finds the courage to fight and never gives up whenever Satsuki is near her; she feels the need to protect her, and she is always willing to carry all the weight if that means Satsuki will be safe and sound. 

She is the one who always took care of Satsuki’s deepest wounds but also her dreams, and is the only one who knows best the pain Satsuki had to endure in order to save everyone. Both of them shared their dreams and hopes with each other when they were kids, and since then Nonon took care of hers as well as Satsuki took care of Nonon’s. 

JUNKETSU

It is hard to talk about Junketsu and what it felt like his relationship with Satsuki and Ryuko to me right after talking about Nonon, but it has to be done if I want to illustrate why I headcanon Satsuki as a stone femme. 

Junketsu is, first and foremost, an allegory for compulsory heterosexuality. He was the symbol of the chastity/virginity forced upon the future bride and spouse, Satsuki (we have to remember it was Soichiro the one who told this to her, that Junketsu was going to be her wedding dress). So it was the underlying expectative of defeating Ragyo by sacrificing her will to Junketsu that her father put on her shoulders, one of the reasons that kept her from loving Nonon freely, openly and wholeheartedly, maybe the main one because Ragyo simply wanted the whole subjugation of her daughter, her complete devotion to the biofibers cause, while Junketsu was just a tool for both her father and mother that would force Satsuki to do the will of one or the other.

But even though Junketsu was just a tool, Satsuki had to wear it on all the time, which means that Satsuki was living constant situations of rape; after all, whenever Satsuki dressed Junketsu and tried to activate him, she endured a lot of pain and ended up very weakened from resisting Junketsu taking full control. And the thing here is, although Satsuki willingly wore Junketsu, that doesn’t mean she had another option. As I said, this suit was made to control her and Ragyo used it later to control Ryuko too. He, as the symbolic husband, tried to tie them up to heterosexuality at some point in their lives. 

So as we can see, Satsuki didn’t want to wear any biofiber cloth, she had to use them and let herself be used by them in order to save the whole world and set everyone free.

CONCLUSIONS

I think it is well pictured that Satsuki truly cares about people but felt she couldn’t trust them because of how the world was built by her mother and the biofibers, and also how Ragyo treated her with so much despite at the same time she emotionally and sexually abused her (it’s so obvious that Ragyo is a child abuser and a paedophile). But Ryuko was key to help her understand that things could be different, that she didn’t have to make everyone afraid of her in order to get what she wanted, that she actually could trust people. 

So for all that has been explained in this post is why I think Satsuki embodies so perfectly what it’s like to be a stone femme for me and not just for her appearance, but for her choices too. She had to carry so much weight on her shoulders but Nonon and the rest of her friends supported her without putting more pressure on her; they just took care of what Satsuki ordered them to do. 

I also find so relatable the way she copes with all the trauma she’s got from facing lots of sexual violence, and physical and emotional abuse, or the fact that a close relative (her own mother) made her believe she was a failure and a good for nothing, that she didn’t belong and would never be enough for her. She didn’t lose her kindness and her hopes and dreams even though she had to turn herself more tough, it just happened that she showed her soft side differently. She actually cares, she is the one who provides and she sacrifices lots of things to protect humanity’s freedom. And she finally learns to trust in the good potential of all humans, and to let the women she loves take care of her too. 

To conclude, Satsuki was key to make me come to terms with me being a stone femme because I can see lots of subtle details in how she moves, behaves, thinks and approaches things that -somehow-remind me of myself, although I know we are not on the same league. But I really think she might be a stone femme too because she is a woman with strong and rigid boundaries around every aspect of her life, and she defends and makes everyone respect them. In the whole anime I’ve never seen anybody try to question her and her boundaries, and I truly admire her a lot for this.

[would-they-be-good-at-asmr]

Propaganda:

Here is her voice, so you know what she sounds like:

[maguro13-2]

Ryuko : Wait, Mako! Before you kill for an impulse and bloody power, you were supposed fight me and that's overkill like in Yu-Gi-Oh!

Mako : Yeah! What's the deal with fight club thing anyway? I don't fight, I bet anybody could touch me is kicking my-

*fighting sounds*

[BGM : FMAB funny music]

Mako : Ow! Augh! YEOUCH! AAAH! YAAAH! Hey no fair!

Ryuko : What the hell?

Senketsu : That should stop her from overkill.

Ryuko : Mako? What are you doing?

Mako : Help! Help! Something's wrong! I can't--

*Punch X2*

Mako : Stop fighting--

*Punch X2*

Mako : By myself--

*Whack X2*

Mako : With--

*Kick*

Mako : (in straining) ....Special powers!

Ryuko : Are you saving me from Fight club?

Mako : Yes! I am giving up this whole fight club thing! Killing you was a stupid idea for-!

*WHACK+ELEPHANT SOUND*

Mako : (in pain) AAAH-OW! OOH MY SPLEEN! Right in my spleen! I need a healing magic potion to live or something like-!

*gets picked up*

Mako : Huh? Hey! Let go! Lemme go! What's the big idea!? This wasn't part of the deal!

Ryuko : Is she doing it for real?

Mako : Eh? Why does this happen in a cartoon sea sponge's world? No please! I have to live! I have to-!

*thrown in the air and slams back and forth*

Mako : Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Owwww! Not-! A-! Good-! I-! Dea-!

Ryuko : Wow! I can't believe that she's doing this because fight clubs are for weenies.

Mako : (starts flying over) There are you happy now? Who's doing this to me? What's going on here? What do you think you're doing messing up in my head?!

*inside her head is a mini Mako*

*chuckles evilly*

Mini Mako : What does this look like I'm doing to you? I'm trying to save my best friend by kicking our own ass, do you mind!?!

*pulls the lever*

Mako : Uh-oh. Why did I watch a Jim Carrey movie?

*given a wedgie*

Mako : Wait! No please! Have mercy! I Have a good reputation for-

*DBZ Sfx : Strong kick*

Mako : (screams) RYUKO-CHAAAAAAAN!!!

Satsuki : I sure do love two best friends beating the crap out of each other, as long there's no coconut head girl flying across to the point where I am-(panicked) ABOUT TO BE CRASHED INTO HER-!

Mako : -LOOK OUT!

*CRASH+BUZZING+CAMERA TURNS OFF*

*Satsuski and Mako are later now hospitalized*

Satsuki : (groans in pain)

Mako : Did...Did I win?

Satsuki : Nope, you lost the fight by forfeit and also you're asked to be resign from fight club.

Mako : Awww...

Satsuki : Also, this is coming out of our pay.

Ryuko : Hey, biggers can't be choosers, dude. Win em or lose em.

Mako : From now on, I'm just gonna be an ordinary high school girl...Who happens to be paying my medical bills with some of my best friend's allowances.

Ryuko : Allowances. Funny, where did you get that from? It's so funny that I never paid any of my--(she then realizes with shock)

*MGS EXCLAMATION MARK*

Ryuko : (facepalms) Oh my God, those were student loans I just saved for the last semester! Damn it!

Mako : Well, at least you maxed it out for me.

[powerdoodles]

Did the Twitter art trend w/ Ryuko and Monika

[janosgfx]

kill la kill is the only fanservice anime worth it, that is all. oh yeah apparently gurren lagann is good too but that's besides the point i made this a whiiiile ago back in 2021, it holds up pretty well, i'd say! hope you enjoy!

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[dailyfigures]

Mankanshoku Mako ; Kill la Kill ☆ Good Smile Company

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ryuko matoi from kill la kill by me

I had fun with this one and I think it came out ok

[meiji-sahoshite]

"Humans have a will to live."

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Ryuko Matoi ✂️

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[raleydrew]

I haven't gotten into the series yet but I can't take her seriously cuz every time I see her, I think of this