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Man, I loved this story, despite the extreme fan service. Real shame it'll never get a proper ending. R.I.P Daisuke Sato

In a parallel universe, we got two more seasons, another OVA and even a movie of Highschool of the Dead. Someone quickly create a portal gun and find that universe!!!

At 14:20 when they find the gun, revolvers typically aren’t ever equipped with silencers as the round is not in an enclosed chamber so the sounds aren’t funneled in one direction so a silencer wouldn’t do much of anything. I get it’s Japan and they have low crime rates but it does surprise me how a lot of police carry .38 special revolvers instead of 9mm magazine handguns. Never hurt to be safe imo

4:19 silencers wouldn’t help, they are commonly misrepresented in media as significantly lowering the sound to a small tapping noise however their primary purpose is simply to dull the sound so that it does not deafen the shooter if anything you’d want to make it louder so that it might deafen the zombies thus making them completely directionless or at least making your location less precise to the zombies

It's a damn shame this never got a second season, fanservice aside it was cool to see some people be relatively smart in the zombie apocalypse

Pro tip: if you’re not the main character or a potential love interest, just end it quickly. This applies to most anime. Edit: You fools do not understand the true power of non essential anime characters. The uninteresting boring side characters with no lives/generic backgrounds/are really good at video games are always the ones that get issekai’d

One of the things I loved about HODT is how well balanced their group was. They had a- -Medic (school nurse) -Two brawler / close quarters (guy with a bat and girl with a sword) -Medium range fighter (girl with a polearm / spear) -Long ranger fighter (guy whose good with guns) -And a hoity toity rich gi..... I mean a strategist. (just kidding Takagi is my favorite character) I REEEEALY wish the author didn't die (rest in peace my G) and the story could have been finished. If this was made more seriously... with less fanservice and more grit this would have been one of the best zombie related shows ever made. Could you imagine this show with AOT budget and scope? Finally getting out of the city only to discover that it was some plot launched by terrorists...or an accident at some chem / bio lab... Spend a 6 month time skip training with the cops / military, the nurse's cop friend and Hirano's parents (if you pay close attention you to everything Hirano says he claims that when he was younger his parents took him to America where they ran training exercises with "special ops guys"..... Who the HELL are his parents to be training with spec ops?). The writer was setting this story up to be something AMAZING I could tell.

Tbh big and main reason Takashi's group survived was due to the fact that the zombies in their world were indeed walking corpses. They were totally blind, could easily be distracted by sounds and aside from their crazy strength, were slow and incredibly sloppy, unlike zombies from movies or games that could run, climb, and often even showed intelligence and fighting instincts. These zombies in this world were pretty weak tbh; which made sense, because a bunch of teenager wouldn't had survived against fast and crazy moving zombies. If the story ever continued, I could see humanity eventually making a comeback, taking huge advantage of the fact the zombies only react ed to sound. I also believe the blonde nurse's would eventually come true (the zombies rotting till they couldn't move).

Man to this day I still mourn the loss of hotd artist and writer Daisuke Sato. Hotd even incomplete is one of my top 5 all time manga and anime both. RIP Daisuke you and your legendary anime tiddies and ultranationalism were too pure for this world.

17:23 Actually! Mentioning the safe apartement this late is a good idea as they just left the psychopathic teacher thus keeping it a secret to him.

This anime is such an important one for me. I saw it as a kid and had my parents buy me the manga and would read it and bring it with me everyday at school. I loved this series, I was caught up with and bought each new volume at release and it broke my heart finding out why it'll never be finished. RIP Daisuke Sato, there was a genuinely great story here.

I wish there could have been a season 2. Too bad the show’s creator died of a heart attack. This anime was awesome and I hope some studio picks it back up and makes a season 2 someday.

2:05 that's actually really smart, if you know what they are. Since they are slow moving, he could have easily Usain bolted down there with a weapon and killed them. Then barricaded the entrance. These zombies can't climb, so once you killed the few of em near the entrance, you'd be good. Takashi had plenty of time to do this, because it was several minutes after he made it to the classroom that the outbreak started to spread inside the building.

So, one thing to consider is how the skin of an individual rapidly becomes a dark gray which could be useful to find out what is happening internally with the zombies. Examining our friends body is a good start, but ultimately we should be concerning ourselves with the immediate threat over the long term one. From information we've already seen age is likely a big factor in zombification time with the older teachers becoming zombies almost instantly while we see multiple younger students, not just our recently deceased friend surviving for much longer before turning. However, the most important part of this is finding a way to protect ourselves against infection first by finding out how strong they are because sure they are slow, but if they only have standard human levels of strength we should be looking to get our hands on some leather jackets or if that isn't available some bed liner along with other kinds of protection to prevent bites.

The zombies are blind, walk at a slow pace and can easy be killed with head trauma. How can you not survive "easy mode" zombies? You should survive unless you're handicapped or severly injured by other survivors

5:50 The zombie cases at the gate were bitten in places that had major arteries. Along the wrist and on the neck. Which may be why they turned as quickly as they did. In most zombie movies there are two parts of the virus. The part that animates the corpse and the part that prepares that body (killing the infected person). In HOTD it seems the animation part is quicker than the killing part.

This was my very first anime and the one that brought me into the anime world. The nostalgia is hitting hard Rest In Peace Daisuke Sato :/

I can only imagine how epic the future chapters could’ve been with the introduction of Takashi’s mom and Rei’s father, other police officers, and them having a handful of firearms, as well as the SAT girl bringing an entire stockpile, that elementary school would’ve been a good fortified position than the mansion and we probably have some sort of war between the school and the neighborhood association that denied Rei’s mom

"Go to the Winchester, have a pint and wait for this to all blow over." -Shaun, British pharmacist

so, the reason a lot of media don't call them "zombies" is because zombie is a term referring to a voodoo folklore and involves the practice of putting someone into a death-like state where their mind becomes incredibly suggestible. They were never intended to be undead and George Romero calling them zombies offended some cultures the word originated from. Since then media has tried to avoid the term, using similar names like undead or walkers.

Using a gun is lunacy. You kill one so ten can take its place.

As much as I love this anime, you do have to admit that these are the easy mode zombies. They can't even see. This should, by all rights, be just about the easiest zombie Apocalypse to survive.

In my opinion, the best tactic in this situation to eliminate zombies would be to use their hearing against them, i.e. making deep pits in which there would be objects that cause noise, and as such a pit fills up, set everything on fire in order to make some delicious zombie-BBQ.

I LOVED this show. It's a shame we didn't get more seasons. I gotta be honest, the string and the coin were a clever idea when Takashi was going to save the little daughter.

I have some slight issue when you were talking about the gun more specifically the revolver. Too my eyes it appears to be a .357 caliber snub nose, which do to the fact of its stub nose which refers to the short stubby barrel it suffers in accuracy and power. The main character would have to get that close to the gangster to make sure he did not hit Ria and get enough power to drop the gangster.

I always prefer the zombies that don’t attack animals. If there is a zombie that eats human brains or flesh, why would it eat dogs or birds or cats? This is why I prefer zombies that don’t eat animals, it is more logical that way.

Its a sin that this manga never got a proper ending.So many interesting plot points,new characters,etc.If it had continued ,it would have easilly been one on the best manga out there.A cult classic.But that is the cruel world we live in and the author sadly died.RIP.

I think the school nurse not bringing up her friend's appartment before was actually a smart move, because as we have seen, the other teacher in the bus is a scumbag, the type of scumbag you don't want around firearms and he already had those vibes around him from the beginning, but that's just my opinion and what I would have done in the nurse's place at this exact time

In anime if you want to survive be the main character lol

The glassed guy is my favorite character to be honest

It’s funny how this is the only zombie anime that actually goes for the survival genre like the walking dead for example and not the whole their zombies but they still have their minds or are pop stars or other anime tropes OC that nature this anime may do some hilarious fan-service🤣 but it still keeps to the overall survival horror story that zombie movies/shows are known for and is truly a shame that they couldn’t continue the series despite the death of the creator😔

Adding a silencer to your gun doesn't help /that/ much unless you use subsonic bullets too (it reduces the overall decibel level, but the bullet still breaks the sound barrier). Plus with that type of revolver the silencer would be far less effective either way.

This makes me really happy, I love zombie films I loved this show and I became so sad when the creator passed.

I love how the clip of Rachel pushing Baam is the defacto visualization of betrayal now 😂

Wait a damn minute Girl screams her heart out: zombies calmly not giving a fuck Bat hits the ground: every zombie in Tokyo "it's DINNER TIME"

I can understand how difficult it can be mentally and emotionally since they have the face and body of the ones you love, but when it comes to these situations you have to be full on ruthless and I don’t mean you have to be heartless but more, efficient such as if you see your family surrounded by zombies vs say a bunch of well equipped survivors and you have to pick one or the other or when even if it’s just a single bite you have to be ruthless enough to know that they are essentially a dead man walking. As for groups, small to medium sized groups are best due to their lower resources cost as well as maneuverability as well as the simple fact that the less people involved the less likely that someone is to mess up, also whenever searching make sure to travel in pairs or threes and always have an exit strategy

The bouncing physics are on point

Ah hell yeah I remember this anime. To bad there will never be a season 2

14:20, you can't add a suppressor to a revolver unless it's a Nagant revolver. Not just that, most revolver barrels aren't threaded for a suppressor and it's also Japan... one of the strictest countries in the world for gun laws. Also, the cylinder gap means most of the noise is coming from the gases escaping through there instead of the end of the barrel.

anyone wonder what it’s like being that one side character that lives? do you just see everything? *like what happens and what would you see.*

How to beat anime,tysm for making for making zombie anime related , I'm just really obsessed with zombie animes you just made my day 😃

Sucks that we'll probably never get a real ending for this or drifters : (

14:20 just so you know unlike a m9, revolvers sound does not exit the barrel the sound exits the cylinder. Making the suppressor useless.

Today I came back to this particular video again for a few reasons &those being 1. This is by far my favorite anime of all time and I have literally watched it over 10 times in the past 2. I was too lazy to rewatch it now so I thought this will be a fun way rewatch it and simultaneously support u guys 3. I was way lonely as I am away from my family this year 4. Lastly I was under alot of stress because of u my exams and suffered depression, but man u guys actually helped me go through everything and gave me joy every week So now at this point I wanna end my year in good mood and this really makes me happy 🤗💖❤

On the splitting up to get on the bus idea, it would not work because a singular group may die and therefore either kill the rest and make them wait, or the first group would just leave because that is the most likely way to ensure your own survival. Therefore it is quite and if I say one of the most unreliable strategies, sorry for the harsh words.

YES ANOTHER ONE I THINK IM ADDICTED

Honestly when it came out in 2011 I waited until 2012 to watch it because I didn’t believe all the hype but I miss the feeling these chapters had on release and this anime had when it first came out the perfect combo of raunchy and horror with actual government inflicted plot it’s amazing!

to be fair takashi or whatever couldn't have known it was a human that made his GF scream like that, since he knows its a zombie apocalypse, he could just assume a zombie could've took her by surprise, and it was all so sudden, so takashi's actions are logical.

We all know why we watch this. . . . lets just say it wasn't for the zombies.

you know i can never understand media when it comes to people getting infected, much less bitten, by zombies. I mean fast zombies are one thing, and if you're stuck in like a skyscraper with hundreds of zombies on every floor, then yeah, that too, but what is with people dying to SLOW MOVING zombies of all things?! I mean seriously- you see a zombie. it bites someone. Ok. He's infected. He dies and starts shambling over to you. But that's it! He's just walking VERY SLOWLY towards you, the reality is he should never catch up at all! I mean seriously what's so important that idiots keep getting themselves killed when there's plenty of moving space and a single or even a crowd of zombies heading towards you?! Survivor: EGADS! A zombie! Zombie: Braaaains.... *shambling across the hall 100 feet away* Survivor: Dooooh, I know I should just get up and walk away, but my phone isn't done charging! *checks phone at 2%* Ooooooh this is gonna take forever! *3 hours later* Survivor: Ah, there we go! *looks back* Zombie: *only halfway across* Braaaains.... Survivor: ...Well that can wait. I'mma check up those cat videos on youtube! *8 hours later* Survivor: Hahaha! That cat always cracks me up! Phew! Okay, now to get out of AHHHHHHH-! *dies*

I’ve never understood how the virus takes down the whole military so easily in zombie shows😂

Honestly, I always thought that these zombies were super easy to beat. Just get some fireworks and lure them away, thats it. They are slow, sloppy and lack any heard mentality. Thats actually what I loved about the Night of the living dead: Realistic ending. A few people just kill all zombies around and over. The social commentary in the piece was a great bonus. Love this series though. Would have wished to see them reunited with their parents (that are still alive) but unfortunately not even the Manga got there. I wish there was less fan service. I do not mind it that much, but at some point it just got in the way of the quite good character development and social commentary.

You failed to mention the OVA where they actually got on a boat and fled to an island off the shore of Japan. There's almost NO way the zombies could have smelled them from across what I'm pretty sure was supposed to be at least a 1 mile gap between Japan and the island. MAYBE they made their camp where the light from the fire was visible from the mainland which drew in the zombies. But due to the zombies being attracted to the shrine PLUS them somehow following the group across the ocean indicates the zombies have some other way of tracking people. Even if you chalk it up to mutated super smelling, even a dogs nose can't track a person across a salty ocean, they can barely keep a scent across a river if it gets too wide, how is a mutated human nose gonna get even better than a dogs? Maybe the zombies eyes changed to work based off heat signature of infra-red or something, but I don't think it's smell they rely on, Im sure it's one thing they use, but not the primary people-locator

4:55 even those zombies on the stairs were surprised at the savagery they just witnessed.

The fact that her scream didn’t attract any zombies but the wooden bat dropping on concrete did at 15:10

This anime was so good. It really hits the itch for a zombie apocalypse show, its right up there with the top movies of all time for the genre

How to beat Highschool of the Dead.... I've thought about this for years...and here's what I got. First, be a consumer of zombie media, literally, it's like a strategy guide for all types of undead. Second, cliche as it is, cardio. In this regard, I'd fail miserably, but it's not to out run the undead, it's to outrun the schmucks running with you. Third, small group of allies. Assuming this started and we're highschool kids, it's not necessarily hard to believe you'd have one or two homies. Apes together strong after all. But even if not, being with people you can trust will ease tensions, I'd say a maximum of ten so you can move in five pairs of splitting up is necessary Fourth, assuming you survived long enough to find out about their blindness and hearing, take it slow when dealing with the undead. Be the tortoise. And finally, this is the big one. Assume everyone outside of your immediate allied group is the enemy until you can confirm their intention, and even then, mentally separate yourselves.. your group is your 'family' the other group are just random strangers This will help you in nothing in life, but it would save your butt from becoming a tasty cake for a zombie down the line if these scenarios happened. Ah I almost forgot. Always save one round...you never know. Anyway, awesome video, great to see what you'd have us do to beat HOTD, and I can't wait for the next vid.

Loved this video, I wish there was a bit more finality at the end but it can't be helped since the story got cut short. Can't wait for next week!

“Undead zombies” Ah yes, the floor is made of floor

As absurd how Highschool of the dead is animated it's a bit refreshing seeing a zombie outbreak taking place in the city

Great video! Sure, hope you guys make - How to beat HINAMIZAWA SYNDROME in "Higurashi: When They Cry" - soon, I would love to see your guys break down of that phenomenon, it would also fit in perfectly with the channels regular content!

All of us are dead : anime

One thing I really loved about H.O.T.D. was that it was the first zombie related media I seen that actually shown little kids, like ages 12 and under, as zombies. Seems like, aside from the random zombie kid in the beginning of the series/movie, kids are some untouchable thing that zombie movies can’t show and we only see teens that would be in their junior or senior year at best

The first gun the main character had was a snubnose pistol. It is made for close quarters fire. It can hit about three feet… but you need to know how the gun fires to aim it any further than that.

I’ll just patiently wait for “how to beat the demons in “demon slayer”

i just rewatched this anime recently after so many years, it would've been cool if we got more seasons...

Man my heart hurts even more knowing that we won't have a s2 #ripdaisuke🕊

The world needs season 2. 😢

I really liked the premise of the series. Too many zombie films go from start of outbreak to "safe" spot where they fort up, skipping over the dangerous time dodging zombies and chaos. This series LIVED in the chaos. At best they would get a nights sleep then be forced to move of for various reasons. The fanservice was honestly so far over the top it became hilarious rather than annoying. So that didnt bother me much. Sure it was powerful enough that I felt a breeze from my monitor, but the story itself was good enough to make up for it.

I say it again. How to survive the HumanvsChimera-Ant War would make enough content for at least 2 videos, especially if we take into account that the Ant King is it's very own Topic/Hurdle, and theres also good reason to cover 'how to survive AS AN ANT' and 'how to survive AS A HUMAN'.

This is the best zombie anime I’ve ever watch too bad it wasn’t finished rip sato

14:20 adding a silencer wouldn't help a lot really since all it would do is instead of every zombies in a 250 meters radius hears the shot and come to you it would go down to around 150 to 175 meters radius depending of quality, or in this case since you probably wont find one, you'd end up needing to adapt a oil can that would reduce the sound to about 210 to 235 meters. And if we are talking about weaponry you're better off trying to find a police station, weapon shop or military base with weapons with a integrated silencer, and you would want to extend that silencer even more so only zombies in a 50-40 meter radius or less would hear the shot, but we need to remember ammo ain't easy to get nor make, so its better to stack on plastic, wood, curved metal bars, steel shards, paper, rope, nails and string just so you can make bows and CQC weapons that are more effective against zombies. I would also recommend using rain boots cause usually they aren't as loud as other shoe when it comes to footsteps. Enjoy!

14:20 silencers don't actually silence shots to the point zombies won't hear it LMAO.

Omg y’all should do a how to beat the Shiki vampires from Shiki

lesson: don't let the shit hit the fan. catch the shit before it hits the fan. Also, holding up until winter is a great idea. the zombies will pretty much die off and the few that are still "alive" will be very weak and easy to kill.

Are we not gonna talk about how @20:34 there’s just a cat chillin and no zombies even remotely bother with it lol

I love these videos,like I actually believe I can survive a zombie apocalypse in Japan,And I will definitely be downloading "State Of Survival"

“I’d like to have a silencer for that” he says about a snub nose revolver

These guys strategize more than all the other zombie protagonist ever

Me literally rewatching again High School of the Dead since last night, at the last arc in the anime & now I get this recommended

Ive been waiting for this one

im sad he didnt show the slapping scene the slap was so hard

Okay, I read down a lot of comments, and no one is even challenging the "Can they smell?" I direct you to 8:44 as evidence that they do NOT in fact smell people. Look how CLOSE that zombie is! An at this point Takashi has sweat from nerves, running, and fighting, so I KNOW that boy smell stinky. There's no way that zombo didn't get a good whiff as he was walking by Taki. (I shall call Takashi that from now on.) Now, MAYBE the virus/infection evolved so they COULD smell later on, but I think there is a different thing at play here. In the words of good ol' Nuke (Nuke's Top 5)... "Did you see it?" The sun was directly behind all of the zombies. Earlier in the vid, you mentioned that the zombies weren't smart enough to seek shelter, but what if that wasn't quite true? Perhaps they felt the heat from the sun and were trying to get away from it, forcing that group to go up the mountain to Taki and Sae-bae. The zombo's had their first night time experience and suddenly, 🎶Here comes the sun, doo doo doodoo🎶 Maybe they learned that heat, SUCKS. Either that, or Taki and Sae DID get it on, and she (OR he!) is a screamer... but then why zombo's not mess up the afterglow? They have a group meeting and decide to let them rest first? Pssshh. Anyways... yeah. I Don't think those walking necrophiliac dreams were able to smell. ...that's all I wanted to say.

Can we All agree That when Takashi Slaps Rei its one Of the Best Female Dog Slaps of Anime

“Taking brains and taking names” that’s my favorite sentence now

This was My 1st anime I properly watched

Finally a zombie anime with people with actual brains

20:34 the cat

Not really easy to just add a silencer to a weapon especially a revolver. I’ll take a revolver over melee any day as in real life hand to hand with the undead will result in you being infected unless you are formally trained even then in most modern zombie movies and shows you can still be infected by zombie blood in an orfice or open wound

I request for a "how to beat Corpse party"

20:35 I like how the cat is just sleeping

This anime had so much potential, like zombie anime is good it's just that there's not enough to binge.

Can you do how to beat the hunter exam in Hunter X Hunter

The real how to beat here is actually controlling your right hand hehehe. Especially in later episodes.. Also sad that the author died and this can no longer continue.

I've seen this anime practically all the protagonists have super strength

Finally I've been waiting for this ;-;

This one was always good. Saeko is the best. Zombies and hotties.

May I just say adding a scope to a shotgun is useless cuz a shotgun is a cpb weapon it would make the gun heavier but cosmetic reasons it looks cool as hell

Low-key kinda funny and not what I was expecting honestly, subscription worth it