Highschool of the Dead: First Impressions

...two words:

LOOKS SWEET.

BEWARE THE SPOILERS!

Seriously, I don't care about those too-much-fanservice-opinions.
It may be massive, yes, but most of it should have been obvious right from the start.
Episode one contains almost all scenes from the Trailer, so you KNEW it was going to serve the fans.


Takashi is surely an interesting character, seems like we'll get a good leader. He reacted to the threat, did what he had to do and has the motivation to fight.

Hisashi is/was annoying. Acted too high-and-mighty. 'Haha, I'm a blackbelt, I don't need weaponz' - yeah, sure, Zombie turned his head nearly 180° and YOU WERE FUCKED!
...at least his last words where reasonable, could have been a lead character if he wouldn't have acted so stupid.

Rei, though, is a hell of an annoying bitch. She seems hot like foreshadowed, BUT not kickass-hot as I'd like her to be, she's more like a dumb lovey dovey girl who CAN go enrage once in a while.
Once in a while.
Reads: Without help, she'd already be dead.
She even said that she'd rather have been bitten by her (ex)boyfriend and join the zombies than see his head smashed.

Baka-girl's interesting, haven't really heard a single character using 'baka' THAT often.

{{addition}}
Got scolded for leaving Saeko out of this post.
In fact, she doesn't really exist in my world yet.
She didn't speak a single word, just held a bokken, so...
Kendo-weapon = good thing. Character promising.
Yet I'll wait for her to have more screentime before judging.
{{/addition}}

Dead teachers are a plus.

Opening's pretty cool

That said, I am really excited about this episode.
Didn't expect Hisashi to die right away, though it was just as obvious as the bouncing boobs that he'd die sooner or later. He'd been Takashi's rival after all.
...though I wouldn't see getting Rei as girlfriend to be a good thing... hope that changes.

The 'panic'-scenes after the school-announcement were pretty sweet.
One moment you are friends, but the moment they get you, I'm gonna hate you.

I liked the Opening a lot. ED was okay, but a bit meh, reminded me of SHAFT using a zoom-out-of-a-picture-ED for about 9/12 episodes.

Let's see how this develops.
Hisashi said that once they'd learn about the reason they could search for a solution. Don't think this will happen.
It'd be weird to drop the highschool-setting and in highschool they couldn't develop some cure. It's not possible.
They can't be rescued because at least the whole city(?) is in utter despair. Who cares for a bunch of students?

The only solution, for now, is SMASHING HEADS! Hell, yes!



...anyway, going to link the downloads once I decide on which fansub group to support. Looks like CoalGuys, but well...
For now, I'll leave you with the MyAnimeList-Link



PS: yeah, it's uncensored.