Megu-nee is already dead, right? It's not just me, right?
First episode until the last few minutes had convinced me to drop this like a hot rock.
Those last few minutes though.. Definitely worth watching.
Megu-nee is already dead, right? It's not just me, right?
Megu-nee is already dead, right? It's not just me, right?
The firstHowever, the final part was simply unpredictable. I watched this show because of this thread and knew that the show20 minutes weren't so bad since it was just a typical first episode for a slice of life but the dog chasing kind of dragged for me. Looking back, there were a lot of clues and knowing what it was now, I have to say that it was really well done.but I did not see that coming at all. Like wtf. Just wow.had violence
The episodes that followed were great too, better than. I really like how character focused the show is so far. The last show that I tried to watch simulcasted turned out to be shallow shit (Glasslip). It looks like I don't have to worry with this one.High School of the Dead
I absolutely love all the little hints through out the first 20 minutes of the episode.
The reaction of the girl when she interrupted Yuki's Class for the first time
How she entered that other room non-challantly before Yuki pointed out to be polite to the class
The barricade of chairs (that was pretty weird at first lol)
The "Living Club" pun lol, coupled with the fact that the rules is that the members of it fucking live in the school is the biggest giveaway
Don't forgetSome other stuff
Occasional shots of broken windows
On the roof, all the 'people' on the field are slouched over
They all acknowledge garden club members in one shot, in the follow shot where they'd still be visible, they disappear
Chalkboard writing 'All is in the darkness in the past. Please don't throw me away. Help me.'
Actually they get around that issue in rather clever fashion in the manga so I imagine similar circumstances we'll apply here. (Spoilers from the manga below... beware.)School-Live! - EP4
I'm also interested in seeing how they'll manage to fit inside the carif it doesn't have three seatbelts in the back seats, since given Yuki's concerns for "safety first" the rest would have to struggle to have her allow "Megu-nee" to not use a seatbelt so that Miki can use the other one at the back.
There are a number of reasons for this which I suspect will be the crux of focus for this series. The main one being thatGakkou Gurashi! 4
Curiously,since they already have access to a vehicle, why doesn't Kurumi just drive them outside their town to find help? I mean Yuki has her delusions and all, but they could convince her otherwise. It just feels strange that they have a means to escape and yet they prefer to stay in school.
Another good episode this week.
That said, I do find it weird thatthey seem to haven't bothered clearing out the school. One would think it would be safer if they closed the gate and spent a couple days working on slowly killing all the zombies
FYI, I don't expect the anime to cover territory beyond Chapter 30 unless it gets renewed. There's a really important sequence in Chapter 29 that both parallels and book ends the first episode of the anime that I feel is critically important but I suspect that's where the show will wrap things up (in hopes of a 2nd cour) unless it goes the anime original ending route (which I don't anticipate).
I really hope the anime really picks up the pace. Gakkou doesn't seem to be the kind of show that may have a second season soon (I may be wrong but judging by the amount of responses on this forum, it doesn't appear to have enough popularity to garner a second season.) I really want to see a conclusion to this series.
man I love me some slice of life pointless anime, but these reactions show there is more than meets the eye.
Oh, and another thing, the official website, particularly the characters page, changes around 12am JST.
http://www.gakkougurashi.com/chara/index.html
Syapaaye from Youtube said:First, shitai can mean "want to" or "dead body" (or even both)
Kousou can mean "go back" or "evacuation" or "public funeral" or "school funeral" (and probably all of them)
Suki can mean "like" or "spade/shovel" /laughs uncontrollably
Houka can mean "class dismissal" or "abandonment" with go meaning "after"
And many other double-entendres if you're stressful enough
And take a notice how the lyrics are sometimes in past tense. Like "we tried crying our voices out" or "I tried saying I like you"
I mentioned if you want to overthink it, so it's not an obligation to do so.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/3codw3/spoilers_gakkou_gurashi_episode_1_discussion/csxzd2x (Reddit link where I first got this from)
Ep 4
Miki backstory.
They're really expanding Taroumaru's role here. In the mangahe was only in one chapter as a plot device to show all mammals can be infected as well as humans.
After listening to the OP over and over (It's really catchy!), I can't help but notice that they like to throw around シタイ a lot. Shitai could mean "want to", but since the official lyrics use Katakana instead of Hirangana, they most likely intend a double entendre,the other meaning of Shitai (死体)being "Corpse". 
Then I read elsewhere, apparently the whole song is filled with double entendres.
Someone else even made aparody of the song that changes the words above into Kanji to make the song's intent clearer.cruel
(The text below is all in Japanese)
死体から~死体なら~死体とき~死体でしょ~♪
遺書に☆灰!私達はここにいます~♪ここには夢がちゃんとある
腐鎌怒なら友達でしょ~♪(葬だっ!)好きって言ってみたい~♩(Die好き☆)
放火後なら当たり前のこと~♪
さあさ集まれこっそり帰るな
腐割胴だね~割胴しちゃうね~
遊んでるんじゃありません
ただいま~ってあの子が言うよ(おかえりー)
みんなでいればDie丈夫(うっ)
いつまでも 友達でいようね
死体から~死体なら~死体とき~死体でしょ~♪(Die好き☆)
私達は他の死んでる24時間はしゃいでる
屋上には真っ赤な太陽
かなり溶けてみたい(元気でーす!)
私達はここにいます~♪ここには夢がちゃんとある
腐鎌怒なら友達でしょ~♪(葬だっ!)好きって言ってみたい~♩(Die好き☆)
So just caught up (watched ep 1 a few days ago, now caught up on the rest today).
;_; Episode 3 was depressing enough, episode 4 was just... ;_;.
That fucking ending. It feels like being kicked while I'm down with the sad song and the black and white credits. Just... ;_;
I'm not normally into depressing anime but I feel too attached now to not watch the rest of this. I'm so curious. Is it worldwide or is it limited to Japan or even just the area or what? Is Kei dead? (based on that character page above, I'm guessing not). What happened to Megu-nee and is that what caused Yuki to snap? Will we ever find out what fucking happened? So many questions.
I hate this thread for getting me into this.
So is this like pulling a madoka or what?
Watched episodes 1-3, and I can't say I care much for this show.
From the OP, it was obvious thatthe show would be pulling some sort of subversion. So, despite how unbearable most of episode 1 was, I powered through to see exactly what it was. As fully expected, it has a dark twist, but I didn't see it being a zombie apocalypse scenario with a delusional main protagonist, so that's a plus.
I'm not an expert of this genre or "moe," but after watching the first three episodes, I'm really finding the typical cute anime moe crap to be oh so painful.Juxtaposing it with this dark twist serves nothing but to give a different kind of excuse for the usual cutesy stuff that I cannot stand. The moments where there is an active engagement and acknowledgement of the world they now live in are not nearly meaningful enough or frequent enough for this to work for me.
When it comes tosubverting expectations of a genre, I like it when it's a slow build up into an inevitability like School Days, when the subverted element informs the narrative directly like Madoka Magica or when it's "dark" in a way that feels impactful like Attack on Titan.
So far, I'm not getting any of that from "School-Live!" Maybe that changes once all of the introductory episodes are gone through, but I'm not impressed. I'm also someone who can easily look over a relatively dodgy execution if I love the conceptand I really like this conceptbut it just seems like I'm watching the worst kind of slice-of-life,guest starring zombies.
Also, the characters all look like they're 8-10 even though they're seemingly aged 16-2X.
At the very least, the manga gets far morethan what we've seen in the anime so far.direThere are pretty frequent shakeups that make returning to the status quo impossible.
Watched episodes 1-3, and I can't say I care much for this show.
From the OP, it was obvious thatthe show would be pulling some sort of subversion. So, despite how unbearable most of episode 1 was, I powered through to see exactly what it was. As fully expected, it has a dark twist, but I didn't see it being a zombie apocalypse scenario with a delusional main protagonist, so that's a plus.
I'm not an expert of this genre or "moe," but after watching the first three episodes, I'm really finding the typical cute anime moe crap to be oh so painful.Juxtaposing it with this dark twist serves nothing but to give a different kind of excuse for the usual cutesy stuff that I cannot stand. The moments where there is an active engagement and acknowledgement of the world they now live in are not nearly meaningful enough or frequent enough for this to work for me.
When it comes tosubverting expectations of a genre, I like it when it's a slow build up into an inevitability like School Days, when the subverted element informs the narrative directly like Madoka Magica or when it's "dark" in a way that feels impactful like Attack on Titan.
So far, I'm not getting any of that from "School-Live!" Maybe that changes once all of the introductory episodes are gone through, but I'm not impressed. I'm also someone who can easily look over a relatively dodgy execution if I love the concept—and I really like this concept—but it just seems like I'm watching the worst kind of slice-of-life,guest starring zombies.
Also, the characters all look like they're 8-10 even though they're seemingly aged 16-2X.
That said, I now fully understand why they introducedinto the anime right out of the gate in Episode 1.Taromaru
It gets a lot better as it goes along. Expect the quality to pick up around episode 7 or so.Good, that's what I'd be interested in. I imagine something likea main character death would shake things up in a way that would shift the show more towards my tastes.
Ok, I haven't clicked on a single spoiler or read a single comment of this thread other then the OP.
Despite the art style, this is a generic moe garbage anime, yes or no? I just have a feeling the reactions are trolls in the OP.
No.Ok, I haven't clicked on a single spoiler or read a single comment of this thread other then the OP.
Despite the art style, this is a generic moe garbage anime, yes or no? I just have a feeling the reactions are trolls in the OP.
Possibly will give it a watch then.
Possibly will give it a watch then.