Review of High School of the Dead
Why Highschool of the Dead is Bad Hello, everyone. I saw a poll recently that upset me. It was a poll that was "what is the best post-apocalyptic anime". I noticed the leader of the poll was HOTD, by a landslide. This upset me since I noticed there were many far better options to choose from, and I was surprised that HOTD was actually considered good on this site. So I figured I'd clarify why the show isn't good. Today I'll be writing my thoughts on HOTD, and its problems. (This review may have spoilers so beware)Plot 2/10
As far as the story goes, HOTD starts off bland and generic right off the bat. That's right, we have the unoriginal zombie setting. They always have a group of survivors just go around looking for other survivors while avoiding zombies. You can't really progress the plot either by killing all the zombies, because the story would be over.
Anyways that's pretty much the whole plot. Takashi and his crew go around trying to survive from the zombies (and there's that evil school teacher who travels separately and just hangs out with his student harem). There's also this nuke that hits Japan and wipes out all electronics (I'm not sure how they aren't affected by the radiation though) and I guess its purpose is just to make it harder for them to survive. So overall there's not much happening here; let's move onto characters
Characters 2/10
If you thought the plot sounded dumb, wait till you hear about the characters. These are all some of the worst characters I have ever seen; I'm not even sure if you can call them characters.
We have the kirito-clone, the idiot, the tsundere, the nerd, and the psycho-chick. They're all archetypes; these characters can all be described with one personality trait. There's no depth to them because they never become anything more than that.
There is one scene that had potential development where takashi is talking to saeko about her obsession with murdering things, but nothing gets resolved there and she just goes back to her same old self.
There's nothing else to be said about the characters. Don't blame me, blame the people who made this show.
Art 6/10
The art is pretty high quality, but for what? To see the best HD boobs out there. The show is just going to show you panty shots and bouncing boobs 90% of the show, so i suggest don't try to watch this with your family.
I guess this complaint goes more into the plot section, but whatever. With all these bouncing boobs and panty shots, it's pretty hard to take this show seriously. You could have some character giving a dramatic speech, but it wouldn't matter because her boobs would be flying around the screen as it is happening. It's easier to laugh at the serious scenes than take them seriously. There seriously is just a ridiculous amount of fan service.
Sound 5/10
None of the tracks are really memorable, which means I didn't remember them for being awful nor great. So this is just an average score.
Conclusion 2.5/10 (horrible)
I would not recommend you watch this if you're looking for anything remotely good. This borderline hentai has worse plot and characters than real hentai. Thanks for reading.
Enjoyment 1/10
I had more fun thinking about looking over my shoulder to make sure no one was seeing me watch this rather than watching the show itself. Seriously I did not enjoy this.
This review I got off the Internet, this post is not from me but the content of this review is just like what I felt when I was watching HOTD. That's the reason why I post this.
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