"Blumenkranz" - Kill la Kill (English Cover by Sapphire)

Kill La Kill was the only anime that me cry over a piece of clothing.....

Of all the things in Kill La Kill... we may never fully understand Ragyo's hair.

It's literally a song about someone justifying genocide/eugenics. It talks about how life is cruel and unpredictable, how that is a sad truth that you must accept, how you must be strong to fight against this, and then slips in that sinister analogy that you have to pluck all wilted flowers to get beautiful wreath. It reflects what's going on in the show where they run a school where everyone is in constant competition to get the most powerful people to the top and cull the weak ones.

"The first thing you have to understand about KLK is that it's basically one giant pun on the similarity between the words "fashion" and "fascism."" - paraphrased from a Tumblr comment

at first the lyrics sound positive, telling you to bloom, like a flower... but what's a flower, something that lives only because someone else feels your worth looking at.

"Gentlemen, I ask you: WHAT IS CLOTHING?!"

The phrase "Good things come to those who wait" Perfectly describes this video

This song always sounded to me more like Ragyo taunting Satsuki. The lines "For the first time in forever you're alive, don't you forget that," "Cruel and wicked life, how it hurts you deep inside; Cold and vicious life, how you wish to make it right," "Will you stand and fight, for the war has just begun, and there's nowhere left to run," all give it that kind of cruel, sarcastic connotation to me. All the imagery about planting gardens, wilting flowers, wiping away tears... yeah. That's super creepy and horrible coming from Ragyo. Telling Satsuki that she's got the power in her hands, well, I guess even evil rapist moms want to encourage their kids. But I like Sapphire's interpretation too. The Life Fibers just want us to look fabulous! There's nothing to fear, nothing at all.

Ragyō Kiryuin. The disco milf of anime

That hair is fabulous as fuck.

It just occured to me. "A floral crown for you my dear" Is that implying that where Ragyo was encouraging her daughter to flourish, other dreams and lives were merely harvested and collected as a token for the chosen? This translation is ever so helpful in understanding the symbolism of this song.

Kill La Kill made me realize how important (wearing) clothes is. xD

Hey everyone, thanks for watching! I've seen a few comments calling the song very 'optimistic.' It's a Life Fibers brain-washing song, so yes, I suppose you have to sound optimistic when you're trying to convince someone to join your army so they can take over the world for you. You can think of this as the Life Fibers' first meeting with Ragyo, telling her 'you're the only one who can change this world.' Which is kind of messed up since everyone else in the show is fine with the world they live in. You have to be nice, how else is anyone supposed to join your cult? Hope that makes sense.

Show villian logic: wear more clothes Show logic: the more naked you are the more power you have Me: hMMMM

How to parent 101 with ragyo

1st time: That was pretty good. 2nd time: Oh damn so good. 4th time. Help i keep repeating this. 9th time. RISE AND TAKE FLIGHT DARLING LET'S SOAR HIGH

Wait..... Oh my god.... Is this....... A full song????

Like how Tangled's "Mother Knows Best" has 'useful advice' for lyrics, this cover, although it has 'optimistic' lyrics, the dark atmosphere of the melody makes it sound like the POV of the song is giving you a favor, but in reality they're up to something...

This is Ragyo singing to Ryuko in that scene where Ragyo made Ryuko go into Junketsu.