Hello! Danie here. If you came this far reading all the way through the story, thank you. Thank you so much for reading, I really really mean it! I've spent about two years working on this story, and I dare to say this is by far the very best one I've ever wrote.

This here is a simple addendum I figured I could add after the story, perhaps it might be interesting for some to know what the thought process was and all. :)

Soon, there will be a new KLK story, much shorter and I guess you could call it some sort of extra episode after the original KLK. This will probably also be the last story then.

I will split this addendum into several parts to keep it clean and organized, and I've added little titles to each thought. From here on, I will write in keywords.

1. Origin

-This story was made for two reasons: I found KLK's ending unsatisfying and wanted a continuation that explores more on what comes after (example: why are all life fibers defeated all of a sudden just because Ragyo is gone?) and the other one: I found Nui's death extremely unsatisfying and a waste. I admit I'm a huge Nui fan, (and I've been attacked for that a lot), though I found there could have been made much more with the character. I hope I achieved this with my story.

-The first time I came up with this idea was when I played, funnily enough, Modern Warfare 2019. When I've heard the track "Farah", I imagined Ryuko meeting Nui all of a sudden, but remorseful to an extent, and I was like "Hm. Maybe there could be more?"

-I needed three attempts before the final story. Those attempts were seen in the original, German version.

-The final nail in the coffin that made me write was Kill La Kill IF then. I didn't liked that story at all and I was so annoyed by that, I needed to let off steam. lol

2. General idea and the Life Fiber Sickness

-The original idea was to write a story that reflects on Ryuko's, Satsuki's and Nui's past - by that, it should also tell the reader to not give up no matter how hard life can become, as seen on these three.

-For that, I needed the life fiber sickness which would induce these reflections. By making Ryuko and Satsuki live through nightmares, they were reminded of the past, and ultimately fell back into old patterns.

-For Nui, since she was a special case considering we didn't knew anything about her (and admittedly that made sense since she was supposed to only be a bad person), I needed an entire backstory first.

-If one would have to break apart the general topics of those three, then it would be...

... for Ryuko: Desire, Hate

... for Satsuki: Protection, Family

... for Nui: Manipulation, Anxiety

-All three characters had their weakness. For Ryuko, that was Senketsu and Mako. For Satsuki, that was Ryuko herself. For Nui, that was fear of death and loneliness.

-All three characters also relied on each other. Without Ryuko, Satsuki would have gone insane with Nui. Without Satsuki, Ryuko would have killed Nui before she came to the memories. Without Nui, Ryuko would have died long ago. Kinda ironic, right? Ryuko tried to kill the one who saved her life.

3. Side characters

-The Elite Four as well as the Nudist Beach operatives in my opinion needed a little sidestory - that way I could take the pacing out of certain situations, give the reader an idea of what the others do and paint them as more than just companions. They didn't need that much context though. Sanageyama, Nonon and the others only served as a minor role.

-Sanageyama and Houka were the most fun for me to write. I found that especially Houka could have used a few more fun scenes - hence the entire stadium battle in "Desiring Purpose".

-Huge shoutout to Hoomaru. Her character deserved more development and interest, hence I wanted her to be a nature affine person who did had a heart though. I figured if Hoomaru can be redeemed, so can be Nui. But for that, I needed someone who had contact with Nui. She was essential to the story and honestly, killing her made me tear up a bit, but it was necessary. And I simply found it to be a heart breaking but sweet story to have her be something like a replacement mother that never got any love either, and therefore knew exactly how it's like to be alone.

4. Ichiro, Ragyo, Soichiro and Masaru

-Masaru was needed to display how easily people can be manipulated into doing bad things. Obviously he was a mere henchman and he wasn't as interesting as other characters, no doubt about that, I wouldn't blame you if you forgot about him: but he realized towards the end that it doesn't always have to take much to make you do bad things, just like with Ragyo and the rest. Having him reflect on his decisions and playing a major role in taking down Neo-REVOCS was the logical consequence of that then.

-Soichiro was here in this story to give Ryuko and Nui more identification. Ryuko was supposed to learn more about him, his good and bad sides, and make up her own mind. I didn't wanted him to look like a great person - hence the experiments with the other Nudist Beach agents, including Mikisugi's girlfriend. That way, Ryuko slowly learned to accept people and their flaws. Essential for what came after.

-Nui on the other hand needed Soichiro to obviously show she killed her own family members and didn't even notice it and on the other hand to know later on that whatever she did before, it happened, and as long as she can learn out of it, it's okay that it happened.

-Ragyo said it herself, but to remind: plan B's are never a bad idea, and having Ragyo as our High Entity was probably a shock for everyone. I did foreshadow it a bit though.

In one chapter, the Entity said "Clothing is the original sin."

For some reason, the Entity always wanted Ryuko and Satsuki - and at one point only Satsuki, after Ryuko and Nui gave up on their hatred.

When the old Entity spoke of eternal life, it really meant it, but never elaborated on how.

-And yeah, Ragyo was more or less the ultimate evil to many, though Nui was hated more - but both needed a backstory considering they never really got one. Sure, Ragyo got a motive, but that simply sounded like a cultist leader (she kinda was that anyway, so). Finding out how was important to me - I wanted people to learn even the most evil persons weren't always total meanies. Of course, that does not justify what they do at all, and punishment is needed, but exciting to see nonetheless.

-Ichiro. My favorite. Oh, I had FUN writing his scenes, and his dialogue. I tried to make him look unpredictable and insane. Nui was of course the template for that.

-I had a lot of ideas on what to do with Ichiro. We come to that later, but Ichiro was supposed to be responsible for a few more deaths that did not happen later on.

-In the original first script, Ichiro was not a Doppelgänger of Nui, but one of Ryuko, and he had a rather similar look!

-His scythe was a hommage on the scene where Nui enhanced the scissor blade into a scythe. Guess you could say he was something like a death bringer.

-Having Ichiro was good to showcase how different both Nui and him act in their behaviour. Nui got desperate at one point while Ichiro kept his cool towards the end, showing once more that he was superior to Nui.

-He was also there to measure the strength of the characters. Ryuko couldn't take on him most of the time, and only really fight him if he was not prepared for it (like the Neo-REVOCS battle) or if he was outnumbered (main manufacture). Satsuki was only able to kill him because Ryuko got herself killed, and that gave her the strength to eliminate him. And Nui, well, with him it showed how much she changed and how much she went to protect Ryuko and Satsuki. And in the end, she did defeat him - if it wouldn't have been for Ragyo.

5. World building

-I found it important to show more of KLK's world. All we knew is that the nazis won and that it's post apocalyptic. Writing an interpretation of what is at stakes gave the story more sense and impact. If Ryuko and the others failed, this would have been the end, no doubt.

-The strip club was my favorite and a fun reference to the perverted jokes from KLK. That kind of jokes wasn't really here except for maybe one or two references, and nudity was used in a rather serious way, without trying to give fan service. If someone was naked, then definitely not for fun. Unless it was the strip club.

-The entire storyline with Ryuko, Satsuki and Nui travelling through Japan on foot was probably my favorite part to write, apart from a few individual chapters.

6. Music

-I used it whenever I was writing. Honestly, often I imagined this to be an actual season, fully animated, with music and all.

-The story probably wouldn't be the story I wanted to write if it wouldn't have been for all the music tracks.

-For those who read on wattpad: I made a playlist back then where I would collect all tracks. The total count is 249 tracks, uploaded across all the chapters.

7. Possible deaths

-That's my favorite part.

-Originally, Nonon and Mikisugi should have died too.

-Nonon was supposed to die on stage when Ichiro interrupted the concert on the Nudist Beach headquarter. She would have died instantly though, not in vain.

-Mikisugi was supposed to die the moment Nui revealed her presence to Ichiro in the same chapter. Mikisugi would have been beheaded by Ichiro.

-Masaru was supposed to survive.

8. Alternate scenes

-A different ending was planned, in which Ryuko stays dead. The last scene would have then been Satsuki and Nui visiting Ryuko's grave while it's snowing, and they both take relief from the fact that at least those two are still there. It would then end with both smiling at each other - and a fade to black, followed by Hunger of the Pine. Yeah, Hunger of the Pine is basically the story's main theme.

-Ragyo should have originally been killed by Satsuki and not by Nui. She would have been killed on the destroyed battlefield of Tokyo, and Satsuki would give her a mercy death.

-Ichiro was supposed to be killed by Satsuki and not by Nui as well. However, I didn't want Satsuki to actually be responsible for a dead person by her own hands - perhaps that would have strengthened her in the belief she did everything right. So I'd rather take Nui who was raised to kill.

-Satsuki would have, however, ripped Ichiro apart, and he would have dissolved into thousands of parts after sighing annoyed, saying "touche."

-In the original script, Ryuko and Nui would have met far sooner already - in the train to Tokyo at the start of the story after Ryuko escaped Ichiro.

-If this would have been a movie/series, the part in Chapter 5 where Hunger of the Pine is played would have been the intro.

-You would then see a fade to black with the dark halls, and white fibers on the right. Inside those memory fibers, you'd see a specific character. First Ryuko, with fire in the background - Satsuki, with wind in the background - Nui standing in rain, first normal and smiling evil, and when a lightning occurs, for a brief moment decapitated, after that, anxious - then you'd see the Elite Four appearing - after that, Mako and Hoomaru, looking into different directions, with Mako pining for Ryuko and Hoomaru lamenting silently - and then, Ichiro, with his back turned towards the viewer and only his left eye looking at you, and in an angle his twisted smile. Followed up, in the far distance, Ragyo, looking at the viewer menacingly and planning. And lastly, a few landscapes, of which some are scattered and corrupted with life fibers as the track ends. On the left, you'd see credits and voice actors.

-The original script had the zeppelin finished at the start of the story already, and it was used as a headquarter, instead of a stationary one.

-The Neo-REVOCS battle should have continued briefly after with the headquarter battle, and if it would have been the zeppelin, then it would have been a large battle inside it, with Ichiro and his life fibers winning the battle. The duel between Nui and Ichiro would have then been in the destroyed parts of that ship as it crashed into a forest near Ôsaka.

9. Favorite parts

-My favorite chapter was 19/2 and 28/3. I wanted Ryuko to feel the consequences of her deeds, and while Ichiro's logic was twisted and sick, he did had a point, and he delivered. Thus, I thought it would be very fitting to take Ryuko's arms and legs away as a compensation for when she took Nui's arms. For 28/3, the build up to the point where Nui faces off Ragyo always gives me goosebumps, especially with the music.

-My favorite battle was either the chase on the rails in Nagoya from 9/3 or the battle between Ragyo and Nui in 28/3. It could also be the battle between Ryuko and Nui in 24.

-My favorite scene was the one in 25/2, where Ryuko and Nui finally stop their battles and just comfort each other in their sadness. That made me cry back then. Honestly though: every scene where Ryuko and Nui got along with each other was my favorite. Not gonna lie, that was a reason why I wanted to write that story, I really wanted a story with both of them understanding each other.

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So yeah, I guess this concludes this story. Again, thank you so much for reading this. I really cannot thank you enough. I know people who consider this story canon and it's the biggest compliment I could ever get.

This was not the last time we've seen each other though, there will be one more story, and it will be heavily focused on the Ryuko/Nui relationship. It'll be good, I'm sure it will be. I wanna try to work on it this week already and at least get the prologue done, so yeah, keep an eye out, there will be something out either this or next week. :)

Until then! :D