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(I've seen quite a bit of fanart of Ryuko and Satsuki in their battle gear on DA without being censored, so I'm not putting up a mature content filter on this. )

Wow... THIS was a long time coming. How long has it been since I watched Kill la Kill? Two/three years now? But yes, I think it's time to draw the two awesome leads from one of my favourite anime, Ryuko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryuin. (I know I need to practice drawing human anatomy, but I think was a good first go at drawing them in their Senketsu and Junketsu forms. )

This anime does legitimately hold a special place in my heart - not just because of the amazing action, kickass music, cool animation and fantastic characters (except Nui and Ragyo, they can ROT ), but because it's the anime that helped cure me of my fear of enjoying fanservice.

Before I watched Kill la Kill (and in fact for quite a bit of my life since adolescence), I will admit I had been quite the prude and wasn't comfortable with a lot of fanservice in media (a combination of being pestered in school and all the guys in school saying I 'wasn't manly' for not wanting to picture the girls naked and trying to get me to look up porn and going out of my way to avoid it, and as a result of that later being afraid that if I were to admit liking fan service I'd be dubbed a pervert ), and felt deeply ashamed if I liked any fan service, but along with Bayonetta (a character who I found a lot of fun and entertaining and was an early fictional character crush I had ) and some other characters I had early crushes on (I was a bit of a late bloomer, so this wasn't until I was around 18), Kill la Kill helped me stop feeling shame - which is oddly fitting, considering one of the themes of the anime involving being comfortable in your own skin and not feeling ashamed no matter how others judge you and the fact Ryuko goes through something similar in overcoming her shame to properly use Senketsu. I get the feeling that I just need one of those uniforms to help me out with my shame.

I remember before watching this anime, I thought 'isn't that just that anime where everyone gets naked?' , from what I heard and just thinking it would be crude pointless fanservice, and despite begrudgingly checking it out for curiosities sake, and blushing IMMENSELY and feeling pretty uncomfortable during the first few episodes with everyone stripping off , I was still wanting to see where the story was going, and before I knew it I became used to the fanservice (and began enjoying it ) and saw the awesome action of the characters duking it out and giving the fights their all - which is also a factor in the anime. Which, by the way, made me realise its the same as what usually happens in anime where two guys get their shirts off and rip each other to shreds, just with the genders reversed - which is probably the point and may very well be another reason why this anime is so cool - the girls stripping off isn't just for titillation, it's showing how tough they must be to fight each other while virtually in the buff. So thanks to this anime, I'm more open to looking up tasteful risque fanart and works and not feeling ashamed to say I like fanservice anymore.

And not only do the leads look nice in those outfits , they also look pretty kickass when they get into action too. So hopefully I did them justice here.

Description
(I've seen quite a bit of fanart of Ryuko and Satsuki in their battle gear on DA without being censored, so I'm not putting up a mature content filter on this. )

Wow... THIS was a long time coming. How long has it been since I watched Kill la Kill? Two/three years now? But yes, I think it's time to draw the two awesome leads from one of my favourite anime, Ryuko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryuin. (I know I need to practice drawing human anatomy, but I think was a good first go at drawing them in their Senketsu and Junketsu forms. )

This anime does legitimately hold a special place in my heart - not just because of the amazing action, kickass music, cool animation and fantastic characters (except Nui and Ragyo, they can ROT ), but because it's the anime that helped cure me of my fear of enjoying fanservice.

Before I watched Kill la Kill (and in fact for quite a bit of my life since adolescence), I will admit I had been quite the prude and wasn't comfortable with a lot of fanservice in media (a combination of being pestered in school and all the guys in school saying I 'wasn't manly' for not wanting to picture the girls naked and trying to get me to look up porn and going out of my way to avoid it, and as a result of that later being afraid that if I were to admit liking fan service I'd be dubbed a pervert ), and felt deeply ashamed if I liked any fan service, but along with Bayonetta (a character who I found a lot of fun and entertaining and was an early fictional character crush I had ) and some other characters I had early crushes on (I was a bit of a late bloomer, so this wasn't until I was around 18), Kill la Kill helped me stop feeling shame - which is oddly fitting, considering one of the themes of the anime involving being comfortable in your own skin and not feeling ashamed no matter how others judge you and the fact Ryuko goes through something similar in overcoming her shame to properly use Senketsu. I get the feeling that I just need one of those uniforms to help me out with my shame.

I remember before watching this anime, I thought 'isn't that just that anime where everyone gets naked?' , from what I heard and just thinking it would be crude pointless fanservice, and despite begrudgingly checking it out for curiosities sake, and blushing IMMENSELY and feeling pretty uncomfortable during the first few episodes with everyone stripping off , I was still wanting to see where the story was going, and before I knew it I became used to the fanservice (and began enjoying it ) and saw the awesome action of the characters duking it out and giving the fights their all - which is also a factor in the anime. Which, by the way, made me realise its the same as what usually happens in anime where two guys get their shirts off and rip each other to shreds, just with the genders reversed - which is probably the point and may very well be another reason why this anime is so cool - the girls stripping off isn't just for titillation, it's showing how tough they must be to fight each other while virtually in the buff. So thanks to this anime, I'm more open to looking up tasteful risque fanart and works and not feeling ashamed to say I like fanservice anymore.

And not only do the leads look nice in those outfits , they also look pretty kickass when they get into action too. So hopefully I did them justice here.