King of the Hill
Final Battle
The final battle will be a King of the Hill match!
Matoi! Battle the Elite Four and emerge victorious!
Do so, and I shall tell you the details of your father's death.
What'd you say?!
Matoi! This is where I will face you in battle!
I am Lady Satsuki's impenetrable shield!
And this is where I am going to crush you!
I accept!
Life Fiber Synchronize, Kamui Senketsu!
Kamui Senketsu
King of the Hill Final Battle
What's this? You talk like you're gonna be the first to fight.
I'll take Matoi on first.
Fine by me! I'll take you all on!
You really are a fool.
What's that?!
We said one-on-one, didn't we?
Each of us wants to take the Kamui on with our own power.
The order has already been decided.
Have any of you noticed that the pillars you're on are different heights?
The more students you've defeated, the higher your pillar.
Gamagoori defeated the fewest, so he is first.
Followed by Inumuta, then Jakuzure, then Sanageyama.
Damn, I beat too many of the weaklings?
That efficient fighting style of yours proved effective, I suppose.
Well, well. The one who suggested this is at the top of the lineup, huh?
It's sweet that you're so considerate of your fellow students, Gama.
All I did was defend myself when attacked.
Still, I suppose this means that you three won't get a chance at her!
What's the holdup?! Get to it, already!
What are you in such a hurry for? The battle begins at 1 PM!
What difference does the time make? Let's get it over with!
No, we will abide by the schedule. That is what discipline is about!
That's what the rules are for!
Episode 9
Once in a Lifetime Chance
My whole life used to be guided by others
I will shed those days and run barefoot
I might fall, I might make mistakes,
but I will brush away the pain to make way for my tomorrow
The oath my raised hands bring to the world
will be my guiding light
One day it will shine for you too
Until then,
I have no time to spend crying
My burning feelings are hidden no longer
and light the night sky
I feel like I understand why I was born now
With my own hands I will grant
all my wishes
The Honnouji Academy King of the Hill Final Battle will be held at 1 PM today.
It will be a bloody clash between
the Honnouji Academy Student Council Elite Four
and Second Year Class A's Matoi Ryuko.
Special live coverage will be brought to you on Honnouji Television!
Grandmas, grandpas, fathers, mothers,
and all good little children, let us watch it together!
What?! Ryuko's gonna fight them?!
We can't just sit here!
Mataro, go steal us a TV set from somewhere!
Right! I got us one a long time ago for just such an occasion!
Attaboy, Mataro!
It's not showing anything.
Huh?
You tried hitting it?
Better open it up...
Got it.
Then poke around inside...
Poke around...
What's in here?
Nothing, looks like.
There's no parts inside!
We've got no choice! Let's go to the electronics store!
Aye-aye, Sir!
Wait for me!
No more TV stealing for me!
Here, Ryuko! Have some tea!
Yeah!
Eating Mom's boxed lunches gives you one million horsepower!
You'll win for sure!
What a pickle this is, Matoi...
Mr. Mikisugi!
Did you come to cheer Ryuko on, too?
Yes, that's right.
After all, I'm her homeroom teacher, more or less.
You bastard! What did you do to Mako?!
A freezing pressure point.
I've knocked her out for a bit, that's all. No worries.
So what the hell do you want?
Drop out of the fight against the Elite Four.
What do you mean?!
They're on an entirely different level than the club presidents you've faced.
If you're crazy enough to face four of them in a row,
I don't know what'll happen to you and Senketsu.
If you don't know, keep your opinions to yourself.
Ryuko...
Or are you going to tell me everything?
Stuff like why my father was killed.
I can't do that.
Then shut your mouth and watch from the sidelines.
Senketsu and I will beat Kiryuin Satsuki.
And then I'll wring the truth out of her.
With my own two hands.
Hurry up and snap Mako out of it.
Talking to her makes me feel a whole lot better than talking to you.
I'll be cheering for her all the way!
Because she's my friend!
Yes, of course! Don't push yourself too hard, okay?
I'd rather not get on the Student Council's bad side because of you.
Is something the matter?
Nope! Your mom's lunches are delicious!
Seriously, they're great.
Begin!
First Battle
B e g i n
His Goku Uniform has a double transformation.
He's a tough customer.
You listening, Senketsu?
Oh? Yes.
What's wrong?
Nothing. I was just thinking.
You have an idea?
Possibly.
He's a formidable enemy. Keep your mind on the fight.
I know. I will.
Let's do it!
Consider that your final transformation, Matoi!
Three-Star Goku Uniform: Shackle Regalia!
Three-Star Goku Uniform Shackle Regalia
Hey.
What?
Do you want to fight or not?!
Of course!
Then why aren't you attacking me?!
I'll throw what your buddy said this morning back in your face.
You really are a fool, aren't ya?
What did you say?
I know that your Goku Uniform absorbs the power of any attacks against you and turns it back on the attacker!
You know I can't just attack you!
I see. So you really are a fool.
What's that?
Do you think that I wouldn't anticipate something so obvious?
What the—
Even if no one disciplines me, I'll discipline myself!
I'll use my own techniques to punish myself!
I'll punish and punish and punish myself, and bring myself to a climax!
This is my Higi Jijo-Jibaku!
Higi Jijo-Jibaku
No way?!
Now, let me show you!
Three-Star Goku Uniform Scourge Regalia
Three-Star Goku Uniform: Scourge Regalia!
What're you waiting for?
If you fall off the arena, you'll lose right then and there!
Nobody said that was a rule!
That's why I saying so now! Are we clear, Matoi?
Clear as crystal!
Thank you ever so much!
You acknowledge that a contest of endurance against me is futile?
All right, what's your next move?
In that case... I'll just adopt standard tactics!
Finishing move: Fiber Lost!
Fiber Lost
Huh?
His uniform has no Life Fibers on its surface.
There is nothing for me to absorb!
No way!
Surprised? My Shackle Regalia's surface is cloth armor,
reinforced by means of special powers.
To absorb its Life Fibers, you'll have to pierce this cloth armor
and thrust your blade into the uniform itself!
I'll just have to cut all the way to the inside, then!
Is that wise?
If you attack me, I become that much stronger!
Scourge Regalia!
Ryuko!
Stardust Electronics
Look out!
This is bad!
That's the Elite Four for you! He has Ryuko on the ropes!
Don't you worry. She ate the lunch I made for her.
So she can't possibly lose!
Impressive. That Kamui is feeding me power greater than any other Goku Uniform!
Blame your own power that I can keep fighting
with my Scourge Regalia for so long.
Oh, dear. What's the matter, transfer student?
You're more of a pushover than I was expecting.
The Disciplinary Committee Chair's forehead is more wrinkled than usual.
To him, this is a fight in the presence of his empress.
No wonder he's giving it his all.
Matoi. The resolve of this man, Gamagoori, is nothing to sneeze at.
Five Years Ago
Rinne-Do Junior High
63rd Graduation Ceremony
To think that the serious and sincere former student council president would skip his own graduation ceremony...
If you intend to rule this school with force,
then I will stop you at all costs!
That is the final task I must carry out at this school!
Steel armor all over your body, eh?
My relatives are blacksmiths, so I had them make it for me.
Your attacks won't work on me!
Be that as it may, you can't defeat me, either.
I never thought I could.
My strength isn't enough to defeat you.
If you know that, then why do you oppose me?
I can't defeat you, but I won't lose to you, either!
What did you say?
You can't make me kneel before you.
If you intend to use force to conquer this school,
I'll take all of it on myself!
I'll show you that there are those who will never yield to force.
That is my resolve!
Easily said, somewhat more difficult to do.
If your words are hollow, expect no mercy!
I won't kneel before you... Never!
I'll never kneel before you!
D... Did I lose?
Gamagoori. I have seen the full measure of your resolve.
Come with me. And become my shield.
What are you thinking?
People are pigs in human clothing.
I will fight against everything this world stands for
and completely remake it.
As the first step to that end, I will create
a new high school in two years' time.
A high school that will be my army.
Join me there, and you'll be able to acquire new strength.
Very well. I'll wait two years.
I told you! I am Lady Satsuki's ultimate shield!
I will crush you here and now!
Like hell you will!
I'm not about to lose to you!
What are you even fighting for?
Out of rage for your father's murder?
You're petty! Petty! Petty!
If you challenge her out of a personal vendetta,
a great being like Kiryuin Satsuki won't even budge!
What?!
And not just her!
You'll never be able to defeat me, either!
Oh, gosh!
Are you all right, Ryuko?
Yeah, I'm in rough shape, though...
But I can't drop out, not now.
So, not only are you foolish, you're also bad at losing.
What's bad around here is your luck.
The bad luck of getting stuck fighting me!
Don't do that!
You can't just wail on him without a plan like that!
He'll hit you with another counterattack!
Is it out of desperation?
That's no good.
Has she finally lost all capacity for rational thought?
Struggle all you want, you don't have a chance of winning!
Learn your place as a student and quietly accept my discipline!
Scourge Regalia!
As if! If I lose to the likes of you, I'll never learn
who killed my dad no matter how long I try!
Go get him, Ryuko!
It still hasn't sunk through that skull of yours?
I'm Disciplinary Committee Chair, Gamagoori Ira!
By shackling myself and whipping myself mercilessly,
I tried to set an example for the students.
"See my behavior and correct your own!"
They would change their ways on their own.
To impose order on the independence of Honnouji Academy's students!
The Shackle Regalia is the very embodiment of that desire!
And to those who still refuse to learn,
I held back my tears and gave them a taste of the cleansing whip!
That is the Scourge Regalia!
If you refuse the whip of love, then you leave me no choice!
Let me show you the true terror of the Shackle Regalia!
Matoi Ryuko, your independence is revoked!
I'm going to mold you into a proper student!
Where do you get off, anyway,
modifying your sailor uniform into that slutty outfit?!
How utterly depraved! How utterly deviant!
What about your precious Lady Satsuki, then?!
She is an exception!
Her form is made up of her iron will and well-trained body.
Don't give me that self-serving garbage!
Crap! I'm wrapped up!
Did I rattle you because I hit too close to home?
All right, Matoi Ryuko, I'm going to mold you into shape now!
This mold is of the ideal, proper female high school student.
"A proper spirit starts with a proper shape."
Have a taste of this mold...
...and reflect upon your wicked ways!
Struggle! Struggle!
She's like a human Pop-Tart!
I won't give up!
I'll keep at it and relentlessly try to straighten you out!
I will mold you! Mold you into a proper student!
Do you want to win, Ryuko?
You're asking me an obvious question like that now?!
If you do, I have an idea.
That thing you were thinking about earlier?
Yes. Will you let me handle this?
Got it!
Ah, she used the power of her transformation disengaging to break free of the shackles.
But she doesn't have a hope of winning like that.
Oh, so my words finally got through to you?
I see that you've returned to a more proper appearance!
Who would listen to you, you big pervert?
In that case, taste the ultimate whip of love!
So, are you becoming a living example of the phrase, "Even the hunter spares the bird that flies to his bosom"?
But I must warn you, I'm not that sentimental!
I'll strangle you right here!
Having trouble breathing?
But without your Scissor Blade, you have no way to fight back!
Uh-oh. Is it all over?
A shame, I wanted to gather more Kamui data.
No! What's this?
Gamagoori, that was foolish.
Life Fiber Synchronize...
What?!
Senketsu Senjin!
Senketsu Senjin
She turned her Kamui into a blade?
You don't have enough energy
to transform into your Scourge Regalia!
Too late!
Your Life Fibers are totally exposed now!
Finishing Move: Fiber Lost!
Fiber Lost
I-Impossible!
Become obsessed with resolve, and even that will turn to arrogance.
A shame.
Round 1 Victor: Matoi Ryuko
You did it, Ryuko!
Just like you planned, Senketsu!
If a Goku Uniform can transform,
it is unthinkable that I can't do the same.
That positive outlook of yours is what I love about you, Senketsu!
It's learned to alter its configuration based on battlefield conditions.
I'm impressed, Ryuko.
Still, I guess I can't simply be happy about it...
Disgraceful!
That was disgraceful, Gamagoori Ira!
Lady... Satsuki...
Wipe away your own tears.
It's too early to kneel in defeat.
That's one down, Kiryuin!
I suppose that means...
...that I will be your next opponent, Matoi.
You are free to rest, Matoi!
Get real!
I gotta waste your chumps and then come after you!
Ryuko...
Okay, let's get to it.
So impatient...
Still, I hate to waste time, too.
I leave before the school bell rings
The adults around me look to the firmament with grey eyes
Talking about inconsequential things
without ever falling quiet,
they descend the slope
I have no plans
I have no goals
Right now, all warnings
are falling on deaf ears for me
I just want to do my own thing for now
Sorry I'm not cut out to be some perfect honor student
Two buttons on my shirt are open
as I walk through the back alleys
Nothing tempts me in this world
Tonight I've told you my secret,
and you're the only one who knows
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To be skilled at searching out information is to be skilled at love.
Inputting opponent data!
Data
To be skilled at analysis is to be skilled at love!
Analysis
Meticulously observe where one's feelings are headed!
Meticulously
Man versus woman, who will win?!
Man vs. Woman
Next time on Kill la Kill, "I Want to Get to Know You!"
Episode 10
I Want to Get to Know You