Saturday 29 December 2012

High School Of the Dead - Review

[MANGA REVIEW]  - 学園黙示録 HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD


Written by -Daisuke Sato 















NOTE : Contains offensive material. May not be suitable for people under 14.                                                                                                                                                                 


STATUS : Ongoing 
CHAPTER - 29
GENRE- Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Shounen, Ecchi  

Summary From MangaFox

A mysterious, lethal disease is on the loose worldwide, resulting in a catastrophic death rate of humanity, and an increasing rise of attacks caused by the living dead.

In Japan, several high school students and a school nurse have banded together to escape Fujimi Private High School shortly after it was attacked by "them." The group now faces the greatest struggle of their young lives: attempting to survive the present apocalypse. 
                                                                      
REVIEW:                                                                                                                                                    

If you are easily offended by upskirt shots, nudity, unrealistic battle scenes, and oversized breasts, this 
is not the anime for you. The sheer amount of fan service is rather distracting from the scenario. There are several scenes involving a plethora of women that just seem unnecessary and unrealistic. Definitely a Shounen, HOTD is not for the weak hearted. 
I loved reading it, Zombies are my favorite thing and here it was. I read passionately, up until *bang* that two year hiatus. They had only done, like, seventeen chapters and then we where left hanging. Then it came back, had a few chapters and poof! gone again. There is relationship drama, a love triangle once upon a time, genuinely sad moment, and scary moments.One more thing to add, there is no nudity, it uses the Naruto cloud effect to hide "Things". When I first read it I thought it was the greatest thing ever, it was afterall the only Zombie manga at the time that had real zombies. I still think it's great.

The only thing that I have against the manga is what I said above (hiatus). It is one of the few manga that is still entertaining when you reread it.


Defiantly not your average day at school scenario. And you are in for a lot of booby-vibes. 
 
The basic premise in a nutshell: Kick some zombie ass while boobs jiggle mercilessly. It could have just had mindless zombie fights and worthless fanservice but it had even more going for it. The characters are fun, if not grating at times and manage to grab our attention in many different ways. All in all, i was surprised at how entertaining H.O.T.D was and how disappointed i am with the stagnation of the series. 

Overall Score - 7.5/10 

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