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So in case you haven't heard of it, High School of the Dead is an anime that presents a Japanese take on the American zombie film. Think "what if Night of the Living Dead starred Japanese teenagers," and you're pretty close to what they were aiming for.
To me it almost feels like the outside inspiration gave the writers a perfect excuse to deviate from the common cultural norms (or "obnoxious anime tropes" if you want to put it another way.) Sure, they just traded those in for horror movie tropes, but it still felt refreshing for the medium to me. I don't know, I guess one thing that really stood out to me was that there was no "perfect girl" in the cast. These girls were whiny, selfish, bossy, dumb, and in Saeko's case, sometimes outright psychotic. They were also all horny as fuuuck, which again felt non-standard. I suppose at the time I was seeing a lot of anime about timid teens who were gasping when their hands accidentally touched. Or maybe I was just sick of the old "perceived pervert" trope where every time a guy so much as notices a woman's body she savagely concusses him with a wash bin. Rest assured the only wash bins in this show have horny naked women in them. Overall I'd consider myself a fan, and I hope it gets another season someday.
So have you seen the show? If so what about it stood out to you? As always I'd love to hear what you think.