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complaints context controversy Kill La Kill: A Visual Guide to Understanding Female Empowerment and the Male Gaze the kamuy are the main point of contention for most people these suits exemplify what I will call for simplicity's sake the "male gaze The male gaze in media is the theory that we view movies and tv from the eyes of the director, who almost always happens to be male, thus we see females in media through the eyes of a male and often that means framing shots in a sexy manner In this case I will be using it to refer to how we see the women wearing the kamuy All the main features that men tend to sexualize are highlighted here through the cinematography and the clothing · · created by studio Trigger (same guys who made Little Witch Academia) . by tumblr user skaboyjfk . "degrading" directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by Kazuki Nakashima who respectively directed and wrote Gurren Lagann e . "just fanservice" れお it's important to remember before talking about KLK that Gurren Lagann is all about masculinity · “overly sexualized" キル butts, breasts, thighs, waist, hips, vagina--you name it In short upon donning the kamuy which requires an offering of blood she is instantly transformed into a powerful warrior capable of destroying previously undefeatable opponents the highly sexualized outfit also causes men to ogle her body and she experiences a lot of shame because of it most women who've gone through puberty might be thinking "wow this sounds familiar (except for the warrior part but that would be hella rad . explanation why is this important? don't get too mad yet, it's important to remember the context of the narrative the sexualized kamuy serves as a metaphor for · in other words, the sexualization in this show serves a · it represents the male gaze, or the lens through which . KLK is a powerful anime about puberty and what women experience because of it the struggles women face as they mature and it's also really funny and well-animated function beyond just being fanservice KLK is a coming-of-age story not unlike many other shounen anime of its kind . . ISENKE men view women by highlighting the parts that are supposed to matter- butts, breasts... you get it however, by gaining amazing powers through this transformation, KLK turns the paradigm of the male gaze on its head instead of becoming helpless sex objects to be used by men, the women of KLK are empowered despite it the point becomes then: "You cannot control the lens through which people view you, but it should never ever be a cause for shame. In fact, you are stronger because of it." If any of the above sounds appealing please don't let the sexualization turn you off from an awesome viewing experience . however, instead of being about a boy, the main character is a girl experiencing the pressures society puts on maturing young women . .

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