Highschool of the Dead

[Buffalobiian]

Maybe I'm over analyzing this but a couple of events didn't set well with me with this one

- First, if the zombies are only moved by sound why aren't they going after each other? Also for blinds they don't seem to trip or walk into objects all that much

You have to take the sound trigger thing very loosely. For example, if you screamed, then stepped sideways, would the zombies only lung at the spot you were standing previously?

I thought about this too, and this is what I settled with:

ZOMBIES don't make sense. Enough of sense-making

- How exactly did a situation develop where a bus full of zombies was speeding through the highway? Transformation takes time, we've seen it, so even if one of them was infected and later transformed i don't see how it would have escalated to the situation we witnessed.

This one's easy. It was a bus ignorantly rescuing all these injured people. Solved!

- Why are Rei's spear thrusts suddenly effective against the zombies? I don't think i saw her gunning for their heads even once..

Yeah.. this one's... difficult. I understood that they wanted to make the point earlier on, and they could have easily drawn Rei gunning for the heads. Besides censoring, I can't think of any other reason.

[shinta|hikari]

Yeah.. this one's... difficult. I understood that they wanted to make the point earlier on, and they could have easily drawn Rei gunning for the heads. Besides censoring, I can't think of any other reason.

They leveled up after beating a few zombies. Even with resistance, if the damage is high enough it will still kill it.

Seriously, the point they were trying to make last time was that the spear won't kill the zombies if you just thrust or smash at the body. This time, they were running and beating them away (not killing them, just like Busujima was doing before), so hitting the head is not necessary.

[depthcharge]

Burning seems to work very well for those passengers zombies. Next stop: Please blow your cigarette smoke at zombies to keep them at bay.(where there is smoke there is fire and zombies dont like fire)

[NeoCybercoin]

They didn't seem to mind being on fire though.

[Buffalobiian]

Burning seems to work very well for those passengers zombies. Next stop: Please blow your cigarette smoke at zombies to keep them at bay.(where there is smoke there is fire and zombies dont like fire)

Only problem is that burning takes some time to kill, and also causes collateral damage. It's ill advised to use it in close quarters, or in an environment you don't want to burn (eg your home/base).

One useful side effect of using fire is that you can light up the battle field using corpses and save up on batteries.

A firewall would make an awesome barrier, but it's use is limited since it consumes resources.

What these guys need is a good old castle. I wonder if you can drown a zombie.

[depthcharge]

Seriously, flame thrower should be part of every arsenal in preparation for doomsday, zombie or alien invasion.

Burn baby, burn!

[KrayZ33]

i prefer sentry guns

[Penner]

I want more of this, NOW!

I really think they kinda NEED a second season because i can't see how they can properly end a whole "zombie apocalypse" show in only 13 episodes without rushing it abit, and i hate it when they do that.

[Archangel]

I want more of this, NOW!

I really think they kinda NEED a second season because i can't see how they can properly end a whole "zombie apocalypse" show in only 13 episodes without rushing it abit, and i hate it when they do that.

Well yeah, being a zombie apocalypse they can end it at any moment they want, i just hope they keep some breathing room for an hypothetical second season

[ForteCross]

both chapter 1 and chapter 2 had more than 60 pages, and they still managed to make it into 2 episodes, as far as i saw (which isnt much) the rest of the chapters had only 30~ pages, they could get like 25 chapters in 13 episodes if they rush it abit...

[Buffalobiian]

both chapter 1 and chapter 2 had more than 60 pages, and they still managed to make it into 2 episodes, as far as i saw (which isnt much) the rest of the chapters had only 30~ pages, they could get like 25 chapters in 13 episodes if they rush it abit...

But the manga isn't finished yet, right?

[NeoCybercoin]

No but it's going really...really slow. Thought they were only at chapter 26 now.

[Ryllharu]

Seriously, the point they were trying to make last time was that the spear won't kill the zombies if you just thrust or smash at the body. This time, they were running and beating them away (not killing them, just like Busujima was doing before), so hitting the head is not necessary.

Busujima made mention to Shizuka-sensei that it was much easier to simply knock them away. It is easy to just assume that she gave Rei a few pointers (or reminded her of how she should be fighting). Rei was knocking over a fair share of them, rather than going for a kill. She was yelling and freaking out in the first episode, she was much calmer here.

I have a soft spot for Takagi, besides Komuro she really is the most "normal" of the main cast. She's not particularly good at fighting, nor is she immune to panic. While she somewhat undermined their own efforts in the courtyard, she was certainly no worse than the other groups they joined up with. She might end up looking like a victim most of the time, but she serves to balance out the others. It would be kind of silly to have a group that can all fight with martial weapons or has extensive knowledge of guns this early into the outbreak.

As for that controlling, manipulative asshole of a teacher, I wonder what exactly it was that he did to Rei to make her hate him so much. I'm sure she's well justified, but she comes off as being terrified of him as much as she is angry at him. He is super easy to hate character, even if I don't really like Rei that much. That said, you have to give him a little credit. He was well aware that they might not make it to the bus, and when the perfect opportunity to create a distraction presented itself, he took it.

[MFauli]

The only thing that grants that much hatred and the way she´s totally terrified by the teacher´s mere presence, would be having been raped by him some time in the past. Seriously, if it´s not that, she´s acting completely dumb.

Just watched episode 3, and I REALLY disliked how strong the group is now. Especially Rei, who looks like some Soul Calibur-fighter, lol.

Things I look forward to:

- Asshole-Teacher doing something awesomely cruel
- Boob-woman breast-feeding the whole group because they cant find food
- Rei being killed

I´m sure one of these will happen, maybe two...

[shinta|hikari]

I'm fine with that asshat teacher taking advantage of an opportunity. What I dislike is how he relished what he did. Normally, one is forced to do such a thing, or maybe even not care all that much, but he enjoyed it. He deserves to die a horrible death.

[Buffalobiian]

gg - Episode 04













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This episode didn't turn out to be as suspenseful as I was anticipating. I was actually expecting Takashi to turn up at a gas station FULL of camping thugs and be completely surrounded. What actually happened was a random groping Rei. (Mind you, I was expecting a lot less groping. I'm pleasantly surprised).

Add this to like 7 minutes of recap, and you get a pretty uneventful episode with a little, but good, highlight.

I gave Takashi too much credit by thinking he threw the bat loudly on purpose to gather zombies. Perhaps the gun was plan B because the zombies didn't rock up in time, but he made no hint that it was the case.

[Archangel]

What an uneventful episode... all those recaps were total bulshit

[MFauli]

The recap at the beginning was ridiculous.

oh, and Rei is now officially a super-bitch. If Takashi hadn´t stopped, what would she have done? Killed the guy for...touching her tits? Fuck you, bitch. Hope she gets it back at her soon, sigh.

[Archangel]

The recap at the beginning was ridiculous.

oh, and Rei is now officially a super-bitch. If Takashi hadn´t stopped, what would she have done? Killed the guy for...touching her tits? Fuck you, bitch. Hope she gets it back at her soon, sigh.

Yeah because if some huge fairy started raping the shit out of you you'd just become best friends right?

[Penner]

Yeah, he didn't just "touch her tits", the dude fucking held her hostage with a knife to her throat AND groped her, he had it coming.