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「Drifters of the DEAD」
If you’re reading this, you have failed the test. There were two reasons I initially had to blog this. One was because Divine asked me to, and two was because I blogged HOTD in the past, so I figured hey, this could be a little nostalgic, despite finding the series mediocre. Then I watched the sixteen minute OVA. Nostalgia was instantly gone, so now my personal reason for posting this became the same reason why this OVA was made. To give you raging hard-ons (and garner an embarrassingly high amount of views). So what was the test for? To see if you like tits and ass more than your hatred for this series. Of course, if you’re a hypocrite, you’d come in here anyways. Or you didn’t watch the series, and came in for obvious reasons. Or you actually like the series and all that encompasses it. You’re the only ones that pass with flying colors, because nothing can affect the impervious opinion of “I like this.”
Being bundled with the 7th volume of the manga, it’s obviously something made to boost sales, to have some tiny connection with the actual series, and to let you see your “favorite” characters spend an afternoon pretending they were in porn (which is also for boosting sales). I’m surprised they even cared to uphold the different “personalities” each character had, however transparent. Really, I’m just shocked how far they went with the whole thing. Suddenly we’re using hentai trade secrets with substances that leave women helplessly gasping for sex, which of course, naturally leads to lesbians (cue rolling eyes). Then a more explicitly implied sexual encounter with Saeko because we obviously didn’t have enough in the series. Throw in some breast groping that seemed to have more budget shoved into it than the entire episode and call it a day. Also, implying Saya has some mommy complex and likes to compare breast sizes with said mom was slightly disturbing. And Takashi somehow holding off several female zombies while unconscious? Damn, they jumped the shark here too. Standard fare for ecchi OVA’s really.
But hey, when you don’t really care for the series, what’s to get mad at? Ya’ll can thank Madhouse for providing this “service” because porn is never an oversaturated industry, and for giving viewers hope for a second season (sigh).
As for me? Show Spoiler ▼
List of spreads for whatever convenience you need: 02, 03, 05, 06, 07, 46, Secret
ED13 Sequence
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ED13: 「Best friends」 by 黒崎真音 (Kurosaki Maon)
Watch the 13th ED!: Download, Streaming ▼
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….What on earth!? What a…interesting comeback!
I really don’t see any changes in this show except missing zombies.
Um..so what’s this ova about again?
I watched like 5 minutes of the OVA and gave up on it. Was nothing but a setup for pure fan service.
I’m just going to make it clear here and now so that there’s no “OMFG IT WAS ALL FANSERVICE” debate. That was the point of this OVA, it’s the point of MOST OVA’s, and that’s that.
The point of most OVAs is better animation and an interesting side story, not pure fanservice.. *Spits on fanservice and goes back to Aria OVA* xD
No, that’s what everybody WANTS to think :]
@ Aria guy: YESSS.
I agree with you Kiiragi, also PEOPLE STOP YOUR COMPLAINING!!! Did you expect anything less from the creators that actually makes hentai on the side as well. If you didn’t know you are excused, but I find HOTD enjoyable.
I, on the other hand, had to watch the entire OVA — That was hell!
You didn’t have to watch it. You chose to sit through the entire thing, without exiting from the window/player. So quit crying.
You came for the screenshots, though, didn’t you? 😛
I’m happy to fail the test. I didn’t really hate the show anyway. HotD was always more about fan service than…whatever else it had…guns? I was really quite surprised that there were absolutely NO nipple slips at all. Yea, just surprised…not disappointed at all…
See, this is why you’re wrong. HotD is and was not always about the fanservice. That’s why so many people raged over the anime.
It had good things in the manga. The anime had…breast jiggle so fast a bullet was able to pass through them no harm or something.
I like the manga, it was really good but the anime was shit. Heck, I didn’t even notice that the manga also had such a focus on breasts until someone pointed it out in comparison to the anime. I read it for the zombies and gore but the anime was so drugged with jiggling that I stopped halfway in the FIRST episode:| I really like boobs, but not when it moves so much it’s like a freaking tongue with a mind of its own(ಥ益ಥ) Well…I admit that I also failed your test XD Saeko with braids as well as the yuri pic in the preview was too much to resist>< Although I'm still not watching it, thanks for the full-body pics, damn they're hot:D
Yes, HotD manga has nice story with nice zombie chopping scene to go along with the service. The anime version should just be called Boobs of the Dead instead. I had very high hope for it at first but after 2 episodes, I kind of dropped it =/
The series had a good storyline. What would happen if one day zombies took over the world? What would you do? Well this group of kids and a teacher did this….
When the anime was made they put too much effort into fan service and not enough into the story and thats all anyone will remember HOTD for… fan service.
Given how much T&A was in the regular series I guess any raging about it in this goes over my head.
by regular series I mean the original manga
I lol’d…heavily at this OVA when it came out. XD
I don’t watch the series. I still came in… 🙁
It’s all good, that was part of the point of the post.
Don’t feel bad, me(and probably over half the views this blog thread gets) probably didn’t either X03.
I need to watch this…
Show Spoiler ▼
Lol this episode was…pretty funny and disturbing at the same time. Still wish there was something on par with the “bullet flying through jiggling breasts” scene.
boob wonderland
In the words of Charlie Sheen… WINNING!!!
This OVA was simply a break from the zombies and having the characters tripping balls on some narcotic hallucinogens. Come on, you’re gonna sit there and tell me you’ve never partook in some questionable chemicals and woke up the next day in questionable clothing while holding on to a person of questionable origin and don’t remember the alleged actions of the prior evening?
I can’t be the only one… right?
Anyway, this OVA was put out there to show off the characters in swimsuits and that’s exactly what they delivered… though I could’ve done with Komuro’s speedo. o.0
Rest assured, you are not the only one 😛
I’m more amazed that with all the fanservice there was no nudity in the episode. When I saw that they were going to create an OVA I kinda figured they would have nudity in it due to the lack of nudity in the main TV season, and as a way to sell DVDs as this show was basically competing with Seikon, Queen’s blade, and Samurai Girls.
No nudity you say?
https://randomc.net/image/HIGHSCHOOL%20OF%20THE%20DEAD/HIGHSCHOOL%20OF%20THE%20DEAD%20-%20OVA%20-%20Large%2046.jpg
Did you type this with one hand?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!
No, but I can’t say I watched it with two. (kidding, of course, pft)
Hmmm… why would you watch it with one hand?
You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. 😉
*facepalm*
The palm isn’t just on the face this time 😉
LMAO.
And the oscar to the most epic post goes to… Click!
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! i failed before I EVEN CLICKED!!!!!!
Though the yuri part was awesome, the Otaku dude ruined the show for numerous reasons.
Speaking of otaku guy, wtf was he doing with that broom in the end.
What if I came in just to see Kiiragi bash it?
Still, I spent about 5min watching this OVA, skipping scenes as I went along (*obviously* aiming for the more “interesting” ones)
I too came in just to see what kiiragi had to say about said OVA, so I don’t think I actually failed. 🙂
I refute that the “I like this series” was the only way to not pass the test. I saw the screen caps from the post preview (haven’t seen the OVA but those 6 pics were enough to figure it out) and I saw who made the post (the same guy who likes well thought out stories with more depth to them than what anime on average serves). I entered just to see what you were going to say. And I am disappointed in you. I didn’t get enough laughs at you raging.
Heh, I don’t pointlessly rage on something that was made purely for fan service. That would just be a waste of my time.
Rage more, entertain me!
I sense mad bro
BEST EPISODE EVER! HOLY CRAP haha! Even Takashi fights zombies in his sleep xD. But DAMN Saeko <3333 =D
Can’t not blog a big fish like this one, eh? I’ll be keeping a close watch on the exponential rise in views as people pour in out of “random curiosity”.
Did anyone else think that it was that the tunnel stuff was a load of total bs? ._. But then again, it’s not like this is a series to take seriously (which I mean in the best way possible).
To many tits must compute DANGER DANGER, but yeah to much fanservice showed in this one. I got a boner and it was like meh… Tastefull nudity is good fanservice not flying boobs everywhere and 0 nippels/vaginas.
I agree with click, the tunnel thing totally ruined the episode. It made it seem like the whole episode was a joke with on plot development… wait a minute, it doesn’t have a plot.
That said, it was a good episode for people who liked the anime while it was airing, though I can’t say I’m too hooked on Hirano humping a broom.
Anyways, check out my blog where I review a lot of anime and lots more!
http://aniphiles.wordpress.com
Anime-team is totally a TakashixSaeko fan hahahaha
I liked the series, maybe because I have not read the manga. Anyway, even though this was pointless, it was not a waste of time, oh no:P will there be a second season? cause I can’t find the info anywhere… Anyone?
Fuck I was glad takagi did it with saeko but it was fake. So for this reason this is crap.
Honestly I like HOTD, unfortunately, in the later half they focused too much on the bullet-time dodging Boobs it’s a really turnoff. But it doesn’t stop me from finishing and enjoying it. I just hope they continue with the story and decrease that bullet-time dodging Boobs.
Well, all fanservice aside, I never thought a guy could look badass in a female “school swimsuit” (sukumizu is it?). But for one glorious still, Hirano pulled it off.
I’m huge HOTD fan 😀 This OVA episode is really exalted 😀 I like Takashi’s half-naked body 😀 And the zombie girls 😀 So I guess the most appropriate word to describe it –> LOL.
I liked the series… but I just wasn’t ready for this LoL
fi there’s something positive to say… at least the only ACTUAL tits were seen only before the opening… LOL²
Kiiragi, I’d like to hear your thoughts outside of individual episode reviews. A series of posts on the general state of anime or other such topics could be a good feature to add to the site. Or even something like a debate between the different writers at randomc could work really well.
Some in-depth analysis is the only thing this website is missing imo.
I could probably just pull the chat logs I have with Kiiragi. There’s tons of dialogue about the perception of anime and blogging it too.
I don’t really plan to formalize that stuff and make it into a post. He’s welcome to give you his insight on anime as a whole though.
I hated the show, but loved the OVA.
Because at least they stopped trying to be what they are not. This is pure, but HONEST fan service. Not something to take seriously, but neither was the whole anime in the first place.
At least this time I knew what I was watching.
DENIM SHORTS OVER BIKINIS!! I THINK MY PANTS GOT TIGHTER…
I have to admit that this was definitely not what I was hoping for when I watched it. No mention of the double standards in blaming Takashi for no food when the girls didn’t even bother to try looking for any?
the only episode I’ve ever watched, I just closed my eyes when anything that wasn’t female and human was on screen.
not even going to watch the dub.
I heard the ova was complete porn. I was curious how true it was lol.
Trash, trash, ecchi, hentai, trash…..
RC loves to blogging an acchi anime right?
I clicked on this because I was curious what the phrase “This is a test,” entailed. That, and the fact that I’m supposed to review it in the future…. Damn, I hate this series. I wouldn’t hate it so much if it wasn’t for the fact that the first couple episodes tricked me into thinking it might be good. I was actually most of the way through the first season before it occurred to me, “Damn… I hate this show.”
Wasn’t the ending song on the Memories Last single ?
Yes, as the second track.
Goddamn beach episodes, why do anime always have to have these.
Lots of hate-ons for this show, but you know you all clicked on it for the tits, dont lie ;p
LOL, thanks for reviewing the OVA. I liked the show and found the OVA amusing, but there did need to be some actual zombies (besides Takashi’s ‘admirers’ at the end), and since the Blu-Ray version added in some nipples to the main series already, there’s no reason not to have those tiny bikinis slip to one side. Maybe they wanted to see how much breast flesh they could show without needing to go for areola *shrugs*
It was comedic fanservice with hallucinogenic drugs, what’s not to love 😀 Is there in fact going to be a Season 2? I look forward to seeing Hirano go nuts in a shopping mall. Maybe there’ll even be a new nerd-girl so Hirano can get laid (I know, he’s gotta bear a torch for Saya-chan, but it’d be nice …)
Let’s see…
– Maybe I read the review because… I wanted to know what your thoughts were? Just sayin’
– The series was very vanilla compared to to the manga… and to this.
– I stopped having shame on the internet a long time ago. In Real Life the bar is set a lot higher, but I still have no problems declaring my tastes when asked.
– I never really hated the anime… Even for the manga, I never felt so strongly attached to it that would warrant me getting mad over a poor adaptation. Ok, I may have really enjoyed the first few chapters, before they got used to killing zombies.
– I actually welcome the over the top stuff… It’s not that easy to get me to laugh.
Vanilla? The TV series implies that Takashi slept with Saeko and had bullet dodging breasts.
srsly kiiragi u and ur over bearing comments…wonder whether i shuld laugh at wat ur sayin
I was really waiting for this post, I was sooo keen on to see, who will be the unfortunate one to blog this : D You passed the test.
I stopped being bothered by fan-service long ago. I just learned not to share fan-service series with anyone. Whatever, I try not to watch something that will just make me angry (stopped watching Bleach and stuff like that).
Ah! secret shoot my ass! I will remember this Mr. Kiiragi!
That’s what makes me sad about this series. HotD is great. The manga is fantastic and the anime could’ve been the same if not better. But then they decided to take the uber-fanservice route and that’s all people are going to think when they see this series. I mean, yeah there was fanservice in the manga, but they really took it up to 11 for the anime.
You twisted my words with your serious issues. Never liked you because of that, just serious business with you.
“I am not bothered by fan-service” Bossun: Lectro Volpi thinks HOTD is 100% fan-service.
“I just learned not to share fan-service series with anyone” Bossun: HOTD is like Girls Bravo for Lectro Volpi.
They are talking about fan-service and I spoke a general idea of what I think about it. Use some sense.
-___- I didn’t twist your words at all.
“I just learned not to share fan-service series with anyone.” – This is the same mind-set many people have, which, like I said, makes me sad because that means many people won’t share Highschool of the Dead even though it’s still a good series.
“They are talking about fan-service and I spoke a general idea of what I think about it.” Forgive me for thinking you were talking about HotD in the comment section of a HotD post…
Only serious business with me? That’s funny. True, I like to keep my comments relevant but if you ever interact with me outside of simply reading comments, you’d see I’m a pretty jocular person. I mean, my name is Bossun. Sket Dance is the opposite of serious business.
Let all of my statement apply to HOTD then:
HOTD has fan-service and I am not bothered by it. Nothing here.
HOTD is just but one show, with fan-service series I was talking about: Girls Bravo, Ladies vs Butlers, Goshūshō-sama Ninomiya-kun, Kanokon. If you say fan-service those will pop up before HOTD (I doubt people will ever mention it, I put it with “zombies”. Yosuga no Sora had nudes and sex but I put them on “Dorama”). I jumped to a more general field after the first sentence but I understand the confusion.
I won’t watch HOTD with anyone. I won’t play Bayonetta with anyone near me. I feel uneasy about such things but most likely that’s just me, I can’t talk for others here.
I have a better opinion of you now.
Ah, okay. That makes a lot more sense now. And I felt the same way about Bayonetta. I always worried my roommate would walk in and think I’m playing some torture porn game or something. >_>
I only watched this for the yuri and saeko. everything else doesnt matter.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen so many anonymous commenters… Am I the only one who’s here because they actually liked HotD? On a related note, does anyone know how well the blu-rays/dvds have been selling? Good enough to warrant a second season?
So sad. I remember watching the first episode and thinking “hmm, this series might be on to something!”. Now, even if someone gives me the manga for free and swears on his mother that it’s nothing like the horrible anime adaptation, I won’t read it until enough years lay between me and this disappointment. I believe that’s what they call ‘backlash’.
wow i failed, and i didn’t even start watching this show until episode 8
Oh wow. Does this even boost sales? Cannot the otaku simply buy hentai? I bet the plot is far superior, and the sex as well.
Not really. I mean at least this OVA had a plot (weak as it was).
Ohh~ Saeko.. T_T
Why aren’t real boobs as great as yours..? *sobs*
I love your posts Kiiragi. Your style of humor is hilarious XD Dare I say you’re my favorite blogger? lol
I clicked the post to enjoy your humorous writing and the comments!
I was right though, this makes my night lol
whahahahahaha revolution!!!! bwahahahaha very funny !! its an ova no need to expect too much
I came in here because Kiiragi blogged it. I haven’t watched the OVA. I do actually like the series, both the manga and anime. Fan service isn’t really something I care about(exception is Seikon no Qwaser because I simply could not stop laughing at how overly normal the exposure is portrayed…and I don’t think it was intended to be a comedy :X) as long as there’s plot. Grant did mention it has plot..? Well, I’ll be watching it, I guess..
If that deserves to be called a plot then there are (cough) many hentai shows with plots.
meh even though its just a pure fan service ova its still a must watch for fans of the series.
DAT SECRET PIC.
Man I downloaded this thinking it would be relevant to the manga stories, silly me.
*cries*
I’m sorry!
*wipes tears*
The boobies were too powerful!
*cries more*
Oh god the anime was so bad
*cries more heavily*
I’m not going to watch this I swear!
*downloads OVA*
DON’T JUDGE ME
I saw this post and saw that Kiiragi wrote it…Hell yes.
Your spoiler picture describes exactly how i felt
I’ve seen alot of series to tie some loose ends after the main story. I always like to see a side story more than before.
You are all such prudes.
Why can’t there be shows this heavy in fanservice for us straight girls?…Sigh. I only watched this for Takagi and that speedo. Yowzaa.
*Takashi
I was too busy looking at his crotch I forgot his name. Silly me.
There are plenty of shows like that. How about Dragon Ball? All those ripped shirts and huge muscles have got to be great stuff, right? XD
They aren’t exactly…attractive. No offence to Goku. And screaming for hours to power up doesn’t have quite the same titilation as moaning. 😛
*sigh* As if the extra in-your-face fan-service of the series alone wasn’t enough… u_u;
You may bash however you like- yet you’ve the courtesy to provide full-body caps aplenty.
Sense I a twinkling of guilty pleasure, Kiiragi?
Anyways- this OVA shouldn’t come as any surprise, given the standards of the fanservice during the regular broadcast (heh- broad cast)- there is also the fact that the artist of the series specializes in such NSFW areas.
Plus- if one really, REALLY tried- you could probably argue that there was some character development here. (REALLY, REALLY TRIED).
If you had read the first paragraph, you’d know why I put so many quality caps.
Haha.
Out of -random- curiousity, how many views did this l’il diddy garner, anyways?
Dude, it says at the top of each post next to the number of comments each post has. Lol, you’re not exactly too perceptive are you? 😛
Well, dang.
Never really paid much heed to that line. In my defense- it’s not exactly eye-catching, sandwiched between the title and the preview pics, written in faint gray.
I’m with stranger. Those pics are distracting.. :\
i say yes
Come on Saya Takagi reaction on seeing what Kohta was doing was classic.
Ah Kohta, always getting the short end of the stick and literally getting a stick this time.
O__o i think this is the best ova i’ve seen this year. (wait, k-on’s is the best. XD)
give you raging hard-ons (and garner an embarrassingly high amount of views).
LOL.
I enjoyed the anime, but not enough to recommend it to anybody. It could have been much better.
actually clicked to read your thoughts on it, so scrolled down before the pictures could load lol. (never watched hotd, but is addicted to the op)
As someone who’s only watched the anime, I just figured that’s just what the show was about, zombie gore and fanservice. I haven’t watched the OVA yet, but I’ll make my comments once I have.
Okay, I’m kind of blinded by that much T & A, but at the same time I’m getting used to it thanks to watching HOTD’s TV run, so I can still appreciate the hilarious-yet-over-the-top-badass plot.
Also, a part of me is gleeful at more Saeko x Takashi shipping.
I don’t hate the series at all, in fact Highschool of the Dead was my #1 favorite show from Summer 2010. I went into the OVA expecting hilarity and character interaction funtimez, and that’s exactly what I got. I see nothing to complain about here!
Sorry you had to blog about a show you hated, though, man. 🙁
Honestly thanks for the warning, I’ll avoid watching the OVA. On a brighter note, the 7th volume is out and I cant wait to find out what happens next, along with enduring the euphoria and lust intrinsic in harem shows…. =/
I read this summary because I wanted to know what on earth was going on.
Zombies in bikini …. hot
I click in as I didn’t know there was an OVA and wanted to know whether it was worth watching. Didn’t even know what NSFW means.
So is it a pass or fail. think its a didn’t even take the test.
Why do some people even bother trying to think or expect some side story in OVA’s, it costs more to produce it and its not gonna be a gamebreaker either. If they really wanted some long term sales, any side story or whatever would be included in a second season if there was one. OVAs are all meant to be fan service, if not then the story must be good enough for the producers to rack in a consistent income from the thing anyway.
can do someting, this is not very good, because before OVA, alls view love anime this, and … continue season 2 , after story shopping town taiei ? , …
this ova is totally a fail for me. actually, the whole ecchi thing just turned me off from watching the anime further. i liked the plot because it’s about killing zombies… then ecchi came along and i thought, “fuck this. i’m no longer continuing this shit.” fan service? more like “watch-the-characters-relieve-their-sexual-frustrations”.
To tell the truth Ioved the series and wanted more, even though it skipped around alot. Will happily watch if a new season is made. .-.
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