When I was a young, stupid little 13-year-old who was new to anime and hormones, I was looking through some popular anime that people are fond of. I then came across this one anime, and finally, my hormones and my lust for horror were catered to all at once. Now, as a young, stupid 17-year-old who is experienced with both anime and hormones, I am not more able to talk about this anime PROPERLY! Seriously, I reviewed this anime about three times, and I hated all of them. But hopefully, I can be a little satisfied. So let us talk about the horror anime Highschool of the Dead.
The show takes place during the zombie apocalypse (Because it’s never been done before). It follows a young high school student by the name of Takashi, who ends up in the middle of a dangerous zombie apocalypse that spreads across the world. It’s unknown as to how it started, but Takashi must do what he can to survive, with the help of his group, consisting of a childhood friend Rei, the snobby rich girl Saya, the fat nerd who is an expert with firearms Kohta, the crazy girl with a sword Saeko (Creative name), the incredibly useless nurse character Shizuka, the little girl because why not Alice, and her dog Zero. It’s like The Walking Dead of Japan, but with more gravity defying action, a lot less depression… oh, and tits…. Lots of them.
Now, I’m just gonna say it right now, I do enjoy Highschool of the Dead. It’s a very creative and interesting show that I can always enjoy coming back to… But damn, is the fanservice insane. What is fanservice, you are asking my non-anime watching viewers. Well, it’s when you have a lot of girls, and then they just take their clothes off for you to see. Whenever Highschool of the Dead isn’t showing some conflict or horror or shooting the hell out of zombies, it’s showing panties, close-ups on breasts, near naked girls, and their breasts doing something out of the Matrix by dodging bullets… I’m not even joking. There are times when it gets to be so much, that it kinda gets in the way of some serious moments. You want to know why people hate this anime, this is why. People think that Highschool of the Dead is just a perverted and violent piece of crap. Even China stated that this is the kind of anime that they don’t want to see, alongside Blood C (An anime I may just review some time later). And yeah, I can see why, but when you aren’t getting fanservice, at the very least, you are getting probably one of the most creative anime out there. Is it the best, no. Not even close. It’s got flaws, but there are some things I enjoy about it.
The characters in this anime can actually be really interesting… Most of the time. Shizuka is just bland and boring, and is nothing but to have the biggest bust size in a world where girls have big bust sizes. And Rei is the worst thing about this anime, being so clingy to Takashi, but always yells at him. Do you want him, do you hate him? Make up your mind, for crying out loud. But the other characters are really good, and have lots of good plot… And I mean story plot, by the way. Takashi is… Okay. He’s just “protagonist”. He has a lot of drama which keeps him from being too cliched, but he may not be your favorite characters. The others are really good however. Alice tries to stay cheerful and happy, despite seeing her dad… Uh…. (Spoilers) get stabbed to death right in front of her, and not even by zombies. Just normal people. Seeing her be so happy kinda gives you a sort of hopefulness in a world gone to hell. She’s the Clementine of this anime. Saya may be a really unlikable character at first, using Kohta to protect herself and just being a jerk to everyone, but she has so much conflict with her and her family, wanting to do her hardest to impress them, and just wanting to make them proud. Kohta is probably one of the fan favorites. Being picked on by everyone at school, he was happy to have a world of zombies, since he knows how to use firearms, and uses it to become the hero. One second, he’s just your typical fat loser, and then the next, he’s a total badass, killing zombies everywhere. But my favorite will always be Saeko. She manages to have some of the most in depth backstory out of all the characters, and manages to have so much personality, being so calm throughout all this, which her backstory easily explains. And they say that breasts are the only plot in this show.
Okay, enough of that. Let’s talk about what you all came for… Besides the boobs. The horror. When it comes to zombie…. Anything, unless your Resident Evil or made by George A. Romero, you’re most likely not gonna be scary. In fact, you’re probably gonna be silly. And in Highschool of the Dead… Yeah, the zombies aren’t that scary. But the horror doesn’t come from the zombies. It comes from humans and the survivors. The zombies just give them that extra push. After the zombies show up, people start losing it. People are sacrificing others to get to safety, robbing and killing people, rioting in the streets, police have set up roadblocks and are killing protesters and people who don’t listen, but instead of them being just faceless military official number twelve, they are just following orders, and are regretting this, even thinking they’re worse than the zombies. It gets real tense at times. There are even some quiet scenes, like when Takashi is forced to kill his zombified best friend. This anime, despite it’s fanservice, known when to have its serious moments. Sure, it may have fanservice here and there, but damn if it’s not scary at times.
Highschool of the Dead is an anime that you will enjoy if you can forgive the insane amount of breasts in your face and pantyshots. I certainly could, and while I didn’t find it scary, I definitely enjoyed it. My younger self said that it was good, than okay, then just mediocre. But my younger self is an idiot, don’t listen to that guy. Highschool of the Dead has some good characters and very serious moments when it wants to. Let’s hope I don’t end up hating this review in the next few years. Take care.
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Okay…….. This is a bit hard to get behind. What, in the name of god, is this princess wearing. I mean…...
