Wasn't always smooth sailing, KLK has some real inconsistent pacing - multiple consecutive episodes of exposition at times - and I found some of the humor a bit obnoxious. At the beginning, I was never quite sure as to whether it was satirizing anime tropes or gleefully reveling in them...BUT from episode 18 on it's an easy 4.5 stars, when it lays all the cards out on the table, completely comfortable at poking fun at its own ridiculousness while also telling a much smarter story than it looks about the intersection between fascism and fashion. A truly batshit insane story idea with some batshit insane animation, I can't believe I got emotional at a talking, sentient, alien sailor uniform when it breaks out into tears.
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