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「おもいで」 (Omoide)
“Memories”
Before you ask anything else – yes they updated the opening sequence ever so slightly to reflect what’s going on. THAT’S DEDICATION I TELL YOU WHAT.
Ebisuzawa Kurumi
Seeing how we got only a few glimpses at her, it makes sense this week’s episode would shift the focus onto our favorite shovel wielding tsundere Kurumi. Besides showing off that cool-beauty side of her personality, she was probably one of the best characters you could have picked to really show the audience just what kind of world our girls have to deal with. Not one to let the zombies just have their way, it was nice to see someone have the urge to actually go out and take out some of the walking dead. While it would have been nice to actually see Kurumi do the deed, you have the admit that the way Lerche did it was pretty classy. Instead of filling the screen with gore, they managed to get the same point across (and more) with a short shot of Kurumi washing the tip of her shovel. If that isn’t creative storytelling, I don’t know what is.
Test of Courage
And when it comes to creative storytelling, you have to love how everything seems to work with Yuki’s view of the world. Under the guise of a simple game, the girls managed to keep Yuki close and in-control while also managing to pick up some sorely needed supplies. Something you’d think would be pretty tough to do especially with Yuki unable to accept the situation they’re all currently in. Which I think is quickly becoming one of the draws for this show – managing the expectations of what you’d expect from a zombie apocalypse while trying to work around Yuki’s condition. Now, if only they’d let Megu-nee do her job!
I’m extremely afraid for the moment Yuki realizes what’s going on and snaps back into reality. With the way things have been going so far, I can already feel my emotions being primed for the eventual storm of feels coming our way. Also, Megu-nee. It hurts every single time Miki screws up and pauses for a second before actually “talking” to her. God, I wish that she could somehow come back to us but.. this isn’t that kind of show.
Looking Ahead
Ramping up the action ever so slightly, this second episode quickly got us up to speed with how dire things are. From clearing things up about where Miki came from (apparently Lerche is watching out for the manga readers!) to dropping various hints of what’s to come, I’m sure anyone who had their doubts about the show are quickly feeling more confident about picking up this fantastic show. While it remains to be seen just how far Lerche is planning on taking this, I’m sure it’ll be a fun and exciting ride along the way.
Thanks for reading the post and I hope to catch you around for the rest of the season! On a side note, please refrain from posting spoilers in the comments. Not only are you ruining someone’s experiences, but because this is an adaptation, it’s possible you could be spreading misinformation! So, please abuse that spoiler tag and if you want to talk about anything related to this anime or if you wanted to ask me something specific, shoot me a tweet @rctakaii!
Catch you next week!
Preview
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Comparison of changes in the OP, courtesy of reddit:
http://i.imgur.com/h03dZDt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3kBfRAH.jpg
Love when shows do stuff like this.
After watching episode 1, I caught up with the manga and just OMG the feels.
This anime is so much better after reading the manga just for it being a bit more joyful.
So far my favorite show this season, surprisingly.
doesnt even look like their gonna follow the story
Oh boy…the OP is getting darker and worse…wonder if this is going to continuously get slightly worse every other episode or only something they’re doing now that episode one is over and the twist was revealed…
Each light-hearted part of the OP relates to a reveal, so I’m guessing that that part will change when the reveal happens. This time the classroom and school-yard changed because we now know what they really look like, and I can see at least two other parts that’ll change by the end.
Doubt the song will ever change, though that would be a nice surprise for the last episode when none of the illusions are left.
So far, so goood. Read ahead if you’re curious about the current state the manga is in..
Rii-san slowly losing her sanity.
Kurami is Pseudo-zombie.
Yuki slowly regains her sense.
“The cross” represents Megu-sensei.
Taroumaru.. so much feels for this dog in what he actually is in the manga.
EY. EYY. EYYYYYYYYYY.
Kurami is cured mang. FUCK DAT HELICOPTER PILOT. HE WAS JUST CRAY.
:’)
THAT’S WHAT THE AUTHOR WANTS YOU TO THINK.
Let’s just hope she remains a “carrier” and nothing worse happens.
My god can’t the manga come any sooner? >.< .. really curious about Ruu-chan now if she's only a teddy bear and that Rii really lost it.
About Kurumi:
Also….
About radio broadcaster lady:
Another thing to note is that the Zombrex of this world seems to be a lot more long lasting than that of Dead Rising, likely potent enough for one to go for weeks without a dose instead of just 12-24 hours like in Dead Rising. Kurumi has survived for weeks on a single dose and the need for it must have been infrequent enough for helicopter guy to forget to take it before sortieing to try and rescue the girls…
Also about Kurumi:
She got the map and the gun from the case, but the case also had a couple syringes in it. Yet she didn’t mention the latter to anyone else.
The way the eyes are drawn so naturally fit the ohsh*t expressions.
I would say that Yuki’s cowering in the library implies that she is aware, at some level, of the dangerous situation they are in.Obviously it is not the same as when ‘that’ chapter occurs.
I know!! The details on the faces is fantastic! Kurumi killing her zombified friend and Rii realizing that Yuki was gone… chills!! XD
Here are some interesting things I dug up about the OP. I’ll spoiler it just in case. It’s actually pretty damn awesome. I swear, if this is intentional, then mad props for the studio and whoever’s in charge for making such a trollish OP.
Title: Want – To – Be – Friends / FU – RE – N – DO – SHI – TA – I
(Lyrics from Gakkou Gurashi’s OP)
Because I want to~ / Shitai kara~
If you want to~ / Shitai nara~
When you want to~ / Shitai toki~
You want to, right~? / Shitai deshou?
Let’s (do it) together! (Yeah!) / Issho ni! (Hai!)
We are right here / Watashi-tachi ha koko ni imasu
The place where dreams exist / Koko ni ha yume ga chanto aru
TOMODACHI means friend, right? (Hey!) / FRIEND nara tomodachi deshou? (Sora!)
I tried saying I like you (I love you) / Suki tte ittemita (Daisuki)
What to do after school is obvious / Houkago nara atarimae no koto
Now, now, don’t go home yet and assemble (Oi!) / Saa saa atsumare kousou ni kaeru na (Kora!)
It’s time for club activities, right? We’re going to do it, right? / Bukatsudou da ne, katsudou sicchau ne
We’re not playing around here / Asonderunja arimasen
That person says “I’m home” (Welcome back) / “Tadaima” tte ano ko ga iu yo (Okaeri)
We’re fine if we’re together! (Ther!) / Minna de ireba daijoubu (Bu!)
Everybody say it, say it with your friends! / Everybody say tomodachi de iou ne
Because I want to~ / Shitai kara~
If you want to~ / Shitai nara~
When you want to~ / Shitai toki~
You want to, right~? / Shitai deshou?
I love you (Yeah!) / Daisuki (Hai!)
We’re going to have fun / Watashi-tachi ha tanoshinderu
We’re going to liven this 24 hours / Ni-juu-yo jikan hashaideru
On the rooftop, let’s say it to the distance / Okujou ni ha okanata iou
We tried crying our voices out (We’re fine here!) / Kanari sakende mita (Genki desu!)
We are right here / Watashi-tachi ha koko ni imasu
The place where dreams exist / Koko ni ha yume ga chanto aru
TOMODACHI means friend, right? (Hey!) / FRIEND nara tomodachi deshou? (Sora!)
I tried saying I like you (I love you!) / Suki tte ittemita (Daisuki!)
[SPOILER ALERT] If you want to overthink it a little bit :
First, shitai can mean “want to” or “dead body” (or even both)
Kousou can mean “go back” or “evacuation” or “public funeral” or “school funeral” (and probably all of them)
Suki can mean “like” or “spade/shovel” /laughs uncontrollably
Houka can mean “class dismissal” or “abandonment” with go meaning “after”
And many other double-entendres if you’re stressful enough
And take a notice how the lyrics are sometimes in past tense. Like “we tried crying our voices out” or “I tried saying I like you”
I mentioned if you want to overthink it, so it’s not an obligation to do so. [END OF SPOILER]
And then we have this:
The Japanese community found a grim re-reading of the lyrics:
死体から〜死体なら〜死体とき〜死体でしょ〜
遺書に、灰っ☆
私たちはここにいます(救助要請)
ここには夢がちゃんとある(希望はありません)
フレンドなら友達でしょ？(戦友) 葬だ☆
好きって言ってみた Die好き！
放火後なら当たり前のこと(サバイバル)
さあさ集まれ(人数確認)
こっそり帰るな こら! (死亡フラグ)
部活動だね (ゾンビが)活動しちゃうね
遊んでるんじゃありません(命懸け)
ただいまっ(帰還報告)てあの娘が言うと おかえりー(生存確認)
みんなでいれば大丈夫！ うっ！(感染)
Everybody生！ 友達でいようね
死体から〜死体なら〜死体とき〜死体でしょ〜
Die好き！灰っ☆
私たちは他の死んでる(精神異常) ２４時間はしゃいでる(厳戒体制)
屋上に真っ赤な太陽(核END)
かなり叫んでみた 元気でーす(精神崩壊)
私たちはここにいます(救難信号)
ここには夢がちゃんとある(悪夢)
フレンドなら友達でしょ？(生存者に限る) 葬だ☆
好きって言ってみた Die好き！
Here’s a rough translation of it!
A few of the puns don’t quite make it across language differences but most of it is fine. It’s pretty gloomy.
From a corpse ~ since it’s a corpse ~ it’s corpse time ~ it’s a corpse, right?
For our last wills, ashes! ☆
We’re here (hoping for rescue)
There’s definitely dreams here! (because there is no hope, only dreams)
If we’re companions, then we’re friends? (as in war companions) Burial! ☆ I’m trying to say I like it. Die-suki!
After the fire, of course, there’s only one thing to do (survival)
So let’s get together! (to count how many people are alive)
I’m gonna sneakily go home Hey! (“go home” as in death)
It’s club activities! (zombies) So we should do them!
We aren’t playing around! (life and death situation)
I shout “I’m back!” (from a report on the zombie status), and that girl responds “Welcome home!” (confirming that they’re alive)
If everyone’s here, then it’s fine! Yep! (no infection) Everybody! Let’s be friends!
From a corpse ~ since it’s a corpse ~ it’s corpse time ~ it’s a corpse, right?
Die-suki! Ashes! ☆
We’ve already died a different kind of death (mental disorders) We’re energetic 24 hours a day! (take turns guarding)
On the rooftop, we can see the red sun! (nuclear explosions?)
We’re shouting with all our might! We’re really spirited! (mental collapse)
We’re here (hoping for rescue)
There’s definitely dreams here (nightmares) If we’re companions, then we’re friends? (as in war companions) Burial! ☆
I’m trying to say I like it. Die-suki!
I was watching the ED really closely and at the very end when Yuki wakes up the 3 girls are there, then the next scene they are not there and it ends on “sweet dreams”
A very good review / you pointed out more things about this show which I like already ! I am a manga reader but I will say I like the story in color and motion! Not a spoiler but this get more inteesting ! I hear the writer has a lot of control over the content of the show! Which is good because he might be retelling the story in a new vision!
Thanks for reviewing this a lot of people were mislead by the lousy synospis ! It can be light but twisted l
This is a surprisingly good show. I agree that the studio has done a great job in changing the scenes of the OP bit by bit.
On the other hand, I wonder why only one of them carries a weapon. Surely, having a full arsenal of tools such as baseball bats, the pruning scissors shown in the episode, etc would help a lot?
You see, what great Pain it cause on her? If there would be not the emotional backup of the others, she would break or snap in killing Peoples, that “perhaps remember of their past”. The pain is well written, my deep respect
Unless you aren’t paying attention at all you’ll have some real questions after this episode, like how Megu-nee somehow got ahead of them and was already outside the barricade, and how she keeps disappearing then reappearing.I’ve always considered Megu-nee to be Yuki’s sense of reality poking through the delusion. She suggests a test of courage because Yuki knows they need supplies, she shows up to hold Yuki down because of the danger, she teaches Yuki to keep her in one place and out of trouble while maintaining the “school” illusion. Yuki has definitely lost it, but it’s almost in a “Beautiful Mind” Russel Crowe kind of way.
I appreciated what they did with Miki, and my guess is that they’ll actually have the same series of events, except when they get to the mall it’ll show what happened the first time they were there as a flashback.
So far, really impressed with this show!
Not a manga reader but you can also notice that Yuki (pink hair) is the only one having conversation with her. The others acknowledge her only when Yuki mentions her.
At this point I’m not entirely sure myself if she’s real or not but it just shows that the script is pretty damn good.
Also, after the twist, it made me pay more attention to the details of the scenes. During the last seconds of the ED, you see Yuki waking up and sees the 3 girls smiling at her. Then it pans to the side where she is all alone…
I am so scared of the future man…Please…Don’t go there….
*sobs*
Shovel girl best girl of season – comment from online friend….
Your friend has good taste. (No, really.)
Maybe because Kurumi’s a twin-tailed tsundere like KinMoza‘s Aya Komichi (or–to some extent–her GochiUsa counterpart, Rize Tedeza). Or maybe because she shares the same first name as Date A Live‘s best spirit (IMO)–who is incidentally also twin-tailed in her spirit form, albeit asymmetrical. LOL.
Goddamnit, I can’t believe I’m adding another show to watch this season (besides Prison School)… It’s no I Am a Hero, but this show will have to do in the absence of anime that fall under the “zombie apocalypse” genre (although juxtapositioning it with high school slice of life is one hell of a mind screw).
Also, those who tire of “cute girls doing cute things” (or moe in general) may get a kick out of cute girls getting infected/zombiefied.
This show is getting more interesting every episode. There’s a lot of things I like about it; the subtlety when dealing with its horror-elements, the constant contrast between Yuki’s superhappy world and the harsh reality as well as the fact that it can switch between atmospheres so well. Add to that well-paced storytelling (without infodumps) and plenty of room for speculation, and you’ve got a show that I’m already excited for to follow every week. The fact that it reminds me of Sora no Woto in a lot of ways helps as well (cause I really liked that anime).
If this show keeps impressing me, it’ll be the sleeper hit of the season.
I hope they keep changing that OP too, would be a nice touch.
the moe mind fck is getting intense and unbearable in manga… imagine the possibility of every girl except yuki turns to undead.
So much symbolism! I’ve never been happier as an obsessive English student. And not only that, but so much Shovel Knight this week too! The show is perfectly letting me into two of the cast’s heads – Yuki’s while Megu-not-with-us-anymore is around, and Kurumi’s while zombies bite the dust with the best use of censorship I’ve seen this year (sucks to be you, Prison School).
More of my thoughts here: https://unnecessaryexclamationmark.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/gakkou-gurashi-02/
Even Shovel Knight has a powerful reason for having a shovel. No shallow gimmicks in this show! Now, what’s the deep meaning behind Taroumaru’s rejection of Miki?
ONLY problem with the manga’s pacing is that we probably won’t get to the full answer of your Megu-nee question… unless this is 2-cour. Is this 2-cour? Someone tell me this is 2-cour!!
Damn, it isn’t…
And of course by “manga” I meant “anime”… way too hyped up for this early in the morning! Is it next week yet?!?!
I’m hoping it will stop at a certain point and we get a sequel when there’s enough source material, rather than an anime original ending.
I saw the new OP and…yeah i’am kinda bit oblige for it!
and yes i read the manga and they are heading in a university to get a serum to heal one of their teammates…or sort of!
Don’t put spoiler in the open please…
……OOPS!! Sorry!
Spoiler tagged \o
Dont worry Yuki, everything is going to be diejobu.
I don’t know about you guys, but I sort of noticed something this episode..
Yuki is the only one who has active conversations with Megu-sensei,
while the only moments that the rest of the girls (Kurumi, Rii-san & Miki) interact with the sensei,
they seem to be talking to Megu-sensei instead of talking with Megu-sensei..
This anime has much subtlety..
Oh my god, this show is actually really friggin’ awesome. I truly hope the rest of the series is as fantastic as these first two episodes have been. Was not expecting this to the the show of all shows to catch my interest.
very interesting show. I am watching this.
Not only does the opening change but also the website (gakkougurashi.com) if you open it after midnight.
Kurumi is not a tsundere. Yes she has twintails but she’s not a tsundere. Rather, she’s a BADASS.
I’m so afraid of watching this show. I put off watching the first episode for almost a full week and have yet to watch this episode.
When I started reading the manga way back the first thing that came to my mind was “why is this not an anime yet and why am I not watching it right now” and now that it’s actually happening all I can think of is if they’ll radically change anything or go for an anime original ending or how it could all go wrong…
I’m pretty sure the anime will end with them…
“Graduating”, around chapter 32 or 33?7
Doubt it. They’re only going at the pace of one chapter to one episode right now. Probably more like it’ll end withwith a flashback to just after Miki showed up and she starts accepting Yuki for the way she is and seeing how much she helps the others. That’ll still be some cut content for 12 episodes, but not a horrible amount.
Ep 03:
Wonderful