When firing unbraced, / Always account for recoil: / Padded support brah.
Summary PSA of the Dead 01:
They want to know him / In the true Biblical sense: / The other cheeks, turned.
There is growing movement among the youth, one that seeks to subvert our quiet communities with unholy acts and unspeakable desires. Some call it a natural rush best experienced in private, while others prefer to do it in groups with two, three, or even four or more partners with little or no protection, making it harder to determine responsibility when the inevitable occurs.
“It’s a terrible thing, what these kids are doing. Back in the day we only used to do that to outhouses and cattle, like God intended.” – Farmer Jed
Zombie tipping, also known as zombie bowling, zombowling, or by the street terms z-tip, z-pins, or z-top (not to be confused with ZZ-Top, the American rock band), is a dangerous activity that is popping up in more and more cities across the country. This scourge can potentially sink its insidious claws into every one of our precious children without regard to age, gender, or social position. Even honors students, those bright lights who hold the future of the country in their hands, have been known to associate with hoodlums and dirty otaku while tripping on a z-tip high.
“It’s a crime against nature, a crime against humanity, and displays a complete disregard for personal hygiene. Frankly, it’s disgusting.” – Madonna
Even worse, the zombowling epidemic has given rise to a new variation on the practice: the zom-pee, which I hope needs no further explanation. These acts are perilous, unsanitary, and an affront to our former citizens. Measures must be taken now to ensure that our youth cease all of these harmful activities and return to their homes immediately.
“AaarrgghhhNNNMMmmmrrRr.” – Joan Rivers
Please. Talk to your kids. Tell them that zombie tipping is wrong and dangerous. Act NOW, they’ll thank you for it later. Remember… only you can prevent your kids from being pushovers.
This has been a public service announcement funded by Lay Off Leaning! – Citizens Against Tipping Zombies and your local ad council.
Thirty Second Spot Version:
Tired of Takashi getting all of the attention, Kohta decides to instigate operation “Loli Girlfriend Get” after Saeko lays down the facts of their situation. Picking off the zombies from the apartment balcony with his rifle, he provides supporting fire for Takashi who undertakes the task of securing the girl, but even with his help Takashi becomes stranded in a sea of the undead. Several hundred gravure poses later, the team loads up the Hum-Vee and drives over (a bunch of zombies) to rescue Takashi, and continue their journey.
Sick of standing out, / He whipped up some camouflage: / Improvised headlights.
Reaction:
Highschool of the Dead episode 7 was one of the most amazing things that I have ever had the privilege to watch. I didn’t think that anything could top episode 6, but I know now that I couldn’t have been more wrong. The deliberate way this episode presents fanservice makes shows like Agent Aika appear to be haphazard, almost accidental, panty-fests. Rather than employing a nudge and a wink, Madhouse has chosen to club us to death with bouncing boobs and backsides, much in the same manner that Takashi employs his trusty crowbar. Gravure poses? Check. Best use of unrealistic physics in an anime series this year? Check. Best car-top surfing scene since Teen Wolf? Check.
Interspersed with these sexy scenes are increasingly horrific displays of violence, with the dead picking off the few remaining human stragglers, and the living showing signs of their increasing inhumanity. It’s no surprise though that the rapid-fire juxtaposition of sex and violence occurs in the episode in which the characters decide to start living instead of surviving, choosing to save Alice rather than safely withdraw. The curvy flesh that is on display here guarantees manga and DVD sales, of course, but more than that it is a deliberate zeroing in on the sources of human life and nourishment. It is done with maximum camp (the Hum-Vee charge set to music is priceless) and more than a little cheese, and I laughed every single time one of the girls struck a pose. Yes, the girls are objectified, but they are boldly, amazingly, alive in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. And what better way to showcase the cycle of life and death than to deliver a handgun on a breast platter? It might not work for everyone, and I’ll admit that my tolerance for ridiculous fanservice is high, but this was far more than just a collection of random exploitative panty shots and bouncing breasts.
That said, it was an incredibly entertaining episode. Alice will probably prove to be a liability in the future, but the way that everyone worked together (and cheerleading totally counts, even if it isn’t a sport) to rescue her (and Takashi) was extremely encouraging, and highlighted the fact that they all continue to work very well together come crunch time. Though prompted by the rescue, the fact that they left the apartment where they could have easily remained holed up is definitely a positive step, as they are breaking out of the isolationist trap that prompted the group’s exit from the bus in episode 5. All in all they’re moving in a good direction, even though the Hum-Vee is probably going to prove to be dangerous proposition for young Takashi. Though Shizuka didn’t make any moves on him this episode, we all know of her penchant for palm placement, and the way Saya, Saeko, and Rei were staring after him as he biked down the road, there seems to be little doubt that they are interested in the boy.
Whether of not the confined space of the Hum-Vee will cause the pressure to boil over into a cat fight remains to be seen, but by the looks of the next episode preview something tragic had to happen… because they’re back in uniform. Or maybe they’re just tired of sticking to the leather interior. Either way, it’s not good news. Until next week.
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I always wanted to be the handler of a hot all-girl spy team, and joining Sea Slugs! made that dream come true. Well, the being part of a team portion of the dream, anyway. When I'm not busy trying to accomplish the rest of my goal, I enjoy watching anime from almost every genre with a focus on anything featuring sultry female voice acting or meganekko.
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We keep thinking, “It’ll have to tone down sometime,” but (thankfully) doesn’t yet. HSotD has reached a tier previously unachievable by fanservice anime. My sole complaint is that the plot is moving awfully slow.
Yeah, though the scenery is fantastic they’re taking an awful long time to get where they’re going, as the last two episodes could have had one sentence plot summaries. I’m pretty sure they’re banking on a season two.
If we get more of what’s been going on for the past few episode then I don’t mind a second season…just as a long as a they catch up to the manga. I really want the next parts to come out.
I’m totally amazed by all the fan service they had this episode, I even missed some if it was not for your screen shots/caps. They would have been lost forever…at least for me.
I wouldn’t mind more of the same, but I wish that there was a clearer destination in sight. If we had a confirmed second season (I can’t see it not happening) it would be easier to accept the pacing and forgive episode 4. This season has definitely been a fun summer fling so far though.
And I’m glad to know that I’m doing my part to preserve the fanservice.
The car-surfing scene was the highlight of this episode. This week brought back what was so fun about the show: ridiculous, over the top action interlaced with gratuitous servings of fan service. I didn’t like the last episode though since the plot revolved around the fan service.
There were still some interesting subversive things going on in the last episode, like the whole water cannon bit, but I agree that this episode was so much more fun. I laugh every time I think about Saeko on the Hum-Vee, and I really hope they try to top that.
High School of the Dead is a big ol’ fanservice smorgasbord, and I am eating it up. Figuratively speaking.
We need a side of Rika, stat. Of course I wouldn’t mind a bit of the front or the back either, if you catch my drift….
i’ve actually just started watching this show so this forum was a bit of a spoiler, still i love the girls, they’re so awesome.
I hope I didn’t spoil too much for you, but I try not to include any information that doesn’t come from this or a previous episode. Except for my complete fabrications, of course. And without the girls this wouldn’t be much of a show….
Extensive research has led me to the conclusion that there is actually some scientific basis behind the scenario we see unfolding before us here in “Highschool of the Dead.”
When a species is threatened with extinction, its primal survival instincts kick in; humanity is no exception to the rule. In all specimens, aggression levels increase exponentially; self-preservation becoming the first of the two primary subconscious biological directives.
The second, which is often overlooked, is reproduction. When a species is threatened with extinction speed of replication is just as important a factor as self-preservation in ensuring its survival, therefore the drive to reproduce also increases. While this interesting phenomenon occurs in both sexes of the subject species (Assuming of course, that the species involved reproduces sexually.), in humans it is more pronounced in the females the species, mainly due to the fact that under normal circumstances human female libido seems to be far lower compared to that of human males. (Which has been proven to be a vital evolutionary safeguard against overpopulation. Estimated projections of the Earth current-day population given the equality of human male and female range from anywhere between five to ten times present numbers. Imagine the chaos if China’s population suddenly swelled to five times its present size!)
I suppose, one may accurately conjecture that women are quite literally saving their reproductive potential for a nuclear holocaust, or the next global pandemic; thus the behavior of the female characters in “High School of the Dead” is hardly surprising at all; it is characteristic of any post-apocalyptic scenario. Quite simply, it is the effect of the sudden subconscious release of all that reproductive potential…
What is most remarkable about all this. however, is not the variability of women’s libido, but rather its evolutionary utility. It is through women that our current numbers are kept in check, preventing extinction from excessive competitive stress due to overcrowding, and it is also through them that our numbers will find resurgent salvation, should they ever dwindle. The fate of the human species lies in the hands of women, we men are just being brought along for the ride…
…and no I’m NOT being serious XP
I would seriously question the sanity of anyone who wrote something like that and meant it…
Whatever way you want to look at it, old Takashi is sitting on a reproductive gold mine. Or, maybe it’s a land mine….
I dunno, Zombowling seems rather tame compared to Zomblazing in previous episodes.
To me, the worst decision in this episode was the decision to bring along that yappy dog Zeke. Why?! In a world where your enemy’s only sense is the sense of sound, why would you ever bring that yap machine except as bait? Did you see that cat on the fence chillin’ like a villain? That cat wasn’t even worried about zombies. My cat alerts me to people at the door and hanging around the house all the time, so you can’t even justify the dog as an early detection system.
Would have been awesome if Takashi had been giving Alice a ride on his shoulders and she said she needed to take a dump. I’m just saying…
I’ve read the manga, and in one or two instances the dog becomes yet another ecchi device- out of the box, I’ll give you that; but also kinda disturbing, when you read between the lines of it…other than that, he really does little else.
As bad as the dog in Gantz?
True, but they didn’t deliberately set the zombies on fire, they just came that way.
I didn’t understand that one either, unless he planned to use Zeke as a decoy later.
Yeah, then it really would have been a load off his shoulders when he was finally able to set her down (so wrong)….