It lended itself perfectly to the OTT exploitationfest identity of the series, it was consistently sexy, and its done in a fairly distinct artstyle that's more reminiscent of OVA-era ecchi from the late '90s by using tropes from that era like heavy body shine, making it stand out amongst its contemporaries. DxD is meh and Shokugeki is fucking garbage. NGNL is pretty good too, mind you, but I think this one has it beat. Not the best *ecchi* as a whole, but out of all of the really prominent ones that float to the surface even outside of the ecchi fandom. Out of all the mainstream (or at least really, really popular and recognized) ecchi series like this one, DxD, Shokugeki, No Game No Life, et cetera, this one is probably the absolute best of that group at being a straight up ecchi. So, looking at it from the standpoint of a hypersexualized, hyperviolent exploitation series - which is an idea/premise that I find appealing in of itself, from an escapism standpoint - there's pretty much 4 components to what it's doing that I'm going to focus on, with two taking a backend and serving in a support role to the two in the forefront.įirst - and more important - thing, was the fanservice good? And yeah, I really think it it was. It's essentially some exploitation B-movie given anime form and a good budget. It's going to be shit if you want something that makes a statement or does something more drama/thriller-esque. It's all about mindless tits and mindless action. Blood goes *blood spewing noises.* It's all spectacle. I'm not watching it as a survival horror schtick about psychological explorations of the cast in question and how they're coping with the existential crisis facing humanity. Nobody should be giving themselves a headache figuring out where the appeal lies.Īnyway, High School of the Dead is balls to the wall, over the top violence and fanservice. Asking for an explanation feels really trite. I'll still explain why I liked it, but I really do think that if you watched it, you could see where the appeal of it lies.

Like, I don't think its one that leaves a lot of room for interpretation from the audience's side of things.

But what do I know?Īlso, another thing - this series is *very* simple.

I mean, gee, it's almost like this thread is about you tossing around a bunch of vaguely defined and meaningless criticisms like FANSERVICE and BAD CHARACTERS, and you just made up an invisible anecdote to justify shouting that out in thread form because you couldn't be arsed to write a proper review or blog where you'd actually have to go into this. I don't know what you're going on about with the assertion that it's overrated in the face of.I don't know, statistics? This invisible, anecdotal OMG BUT SO MANY PEOPLE PRAISE IT, SO ITS STILL OVERRATED doesn't exist in the face of a relatively mediocre aggregate score consisting of 650,638 votes.

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