Mecha frogs and Fudo cameos aside, I was largely unimpressed. Just look that blank expression and stupid haircut… urgh!For whatever reason, the first episode came with an Aquarion EVOL ova, largely serving as crappy fanfiction to give closure to a story arc that had already been perfectly resolved in the tv series, instead of focusing on fun characters like Andy W Hole, MIX or the fujoshi girl. I hope I’m proven wrong on this, but I remain highly sceptical.Ĭonfirmed as the worst character of the season. Unfortunately, like Yuki herself, I imagine the audience for a show like this would probably rather remain in the realm of fantasy rather than address the premise as anything other than a neat hook.
It would be incredible if Gakkou Gurashi ended up as a meta-commentary for how interest in moe derives from a place of arrested development and an unwillingness to embrace real world matters. I hope it’s the former, but for the most part I think the gag-comedy slice of life scenes are played straight, with the subtext merely background decoration. I think the biggest concern I have so far is whether this concept will be used to further a story or remain a gimmick to generate interest. I particularly loved how Miki’s reactions to constantly interrupting Yuki during her lessons started off as polite and formal, but turned increasingly more curt and resentful the more stressed out she became throughout the day. They all slowly instil a real sense of wrongness into the setting. Sly hints are peppered throughout the episode, such as Yuki constantly being reminded of the school club rules, Kurumi carrying that stupid shovel, or the out of focus shots over the school grounds. While the ending sequence is neat, it was the build-up that I found most affecting, displaying a firm grasp of the mystery/horror genre. Knowing how the episode eventually addresses her outlook on life goes a long way to contextualise the silly hi-jinks and give them a narrative purpose, something I don’t think I’ve seen any other show pull off in the same way, but I’d be lying if I said it was any less agonising sitting through her infantile behaviour. As a result, it took me two attempts to make it through the episode, nearly yelling at the screen over how much of a brain-dead, emotionally stunted protagonist Yuki ended up being. I’m sure I’d heard about the gimmick the show employs pre-season, but promptly forgot in the interim. Gakkou Gurashi is essentially two different shows running parallel with each other, making it extremely difficult to form a concrete opinion on the overall result. Dammmmmmmmmn! Talking about this without using straight up spoilers will be hard.
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