Friday, October 30, 2015

finished Gakkou Gurashi & cried

My brother and I just finished the last episode of Gakkou Gurashi (School Live).  I don't really want to give away spoilers, but I will say that we loved this series.  ^-^  

I love how it left the viewer with a sense of hope.  It was uplifting, unlike most zombie movies and series.  I mean, The Walking Dead was always bleak, but with the 6th season, I just couldn't handle it anymore.  And High School of the Dead was "hopeful" in terms of leaving the viewer with a sense of empowerment, even though they ended up without shelter or their car anymore.  But School Live ended the same way, but felt so much more hopeful and positive.  Definitely a series that won't make me feel worse for the rest of the day...which isn't something I can usually say about a zombie themed series.  ^^;  


What is stupid, is that it took me all the way until last episode to figure out why Yuki's uniform was different from everyone else's.  ~.~;;;;;;;;;  She's one of those "scatter-brained" archetypes who forgets about the seasonal uniform change.  She probably wore her school's summer uniform, when they were supposed to switch to the fall uniform.  I think those green uniforms are for fall.  They look autumn-like.  


Seeing this series after Dramatical Murder, I kept noticing the Nitro+ credit at the very end of each episode and wondering if this anime was based on a visual novel, or vice versa...?  Well, my brother immediately went online and found a Gakkou Gurashi manga.  By the condition of Miki’s patched eye, and their talk of a helicopter crash, the manga sounds much more harsh.  o_O


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