A Tale Of An HOTD Fan

When.... Oh lord I ask of thee when... When shall we be blessed by an update for our beloved ecchi zombie series.....

Highschool Of The Dead went on a Hiatus for 2 years with reasons as for research purposes. We the fans of Highschool Of The Dead have patiently waited for those long 2 years. Suddenly word came out that there was going to be an update of the manga!

I do not know of your reactions but I myself jumped to the excitement that is a chapter update. I had hopes that from 19 April 2013, which is the date of the chapter update, Shouji Satou would have finally finished his research and continued to make Highschool Of The dead.

Chapter 31.... We were shown the new character which is the father or Rei Miyamoto as well as a glimpse of what the mother of Takashi Komuro would look like. It was looking good, a solid chapter with a decent and understandable cliff hanger. But to my disapointment no other updates have been made from that moment on. I do not know if Shouji Satou has dropped HOTD and i certainly hope not for it would be such a shame to let something as amazing as Highschool Of The Dead to remain unfinished. I as a humble fan can only wait for future updates....

Other Shouji Satou Works

As sad as it is HOTD doesn't seem to be updating any time soon... But Shouji Satou, creator of HOTD (god bless this man), has other works you can check out!

Here are his main manga publications:

1. Fire Fire Fire


Synopsis:

Jiga Kirishima lives in a time where the only sky the people know is the color gray and most of the world is wasteland and ruins, with a few people in power depriving resources from the disorganized weak and poor majority. With his father's sword, Jiga makes friends and enemies and goes on adventures while searching for others who share his bloodline.

Jiga's sword happens to be made of a rare material which a powerful organization known as Lost Eagle Nest claims to want in order to rebuild the world, but is that what they really want it for? They'll stop at nothing to take it from him, and Jiga and his friends now have a price on their heads.

Fire Fire Fire is a lighthearted throwback to the classic shounen series of the '80s and '90s.

(Source: MangaUpdates)

I personally haven't read Fire Fire Fire but seeing the cover I can tell I'm gonna have a great time reading it.



2. Triage X



Synopsis:

At first glance, Arashi Mikami appears to be a normal, albeit socially awkward, 17 year old high school student. However, he's actually part of a secret vigilante organization known as Black Label, a group dedicated to executing power-hungry criminals the law refuses to deal with. However, taking down a crime lord isn't always an easy task, and there's bound to be consequences for any action...

This is the action-packed story of the trials of Arashi and the people close to him.

(Source: MU)

I have read Triage X and I must say it has been a really exciting read. Furthermore a lot of the characters are similar than that of the characters of HOTD. It's like watching the early stages of HOTD and to me it is really interesting.







These are the first 2 pages of Triage X. Shouji Satou = Epic shit goes down

Most Memorable Moment?

What's your most memorable moment on HOTD? Any scene that latches to that part of the brain where important knowledge is supposed to be stored. Here's my favorite moments on HOTD both on the anime/OVA and on the manga as well.

Of course one of my favorite scenes is where Takashi, and us viewers too, first met Saeko in a Naked Apron. I can't stress enough how much HOTD has given me a Naked Apron fetish. Also the Takashi rescue scene with the apron and the badassery as well as a really good background music was most certainly epic. The background music btw is called "fuss fuzz" go check it out!

This scene I really like. Maybe it's just because I also wanna be able to sleep with 2 extremely hot chicks. One in a Naked Apron no less....

I can never get tired of that face, it was my desktop wallpaper for quite some time too. As for the shrine scene I think had a really memorable atmosphere as you wait anxiously for Takashi and Saeko to kiss.

As for the OVA besides the SaekoxTakashi kiss scene I could never get bored to see Hirano getting high, it's just funny as hell. LOVE AND PEACE BITCHES YEAAAAAA~

And that was some of my most memorable moments on HOTD

Why You Should Read the Manga

I know a lot of people who enjoy Japanese series only through animes and while there is nothing wrong with that you should also check the manga every now and again.

Especially in HOTD's case, now I was in love with Saeko before the anime even started (hipster alert) and I just think it's a shame for those who only watched the anime and didn't read the manga.

For one thing the manga is much less full of fanservice, don't know if that maybe bad for some of you people lol, but seriously a boob bounce every 2-3 minutes? That's kinda disturbing even for me during the anime. Don't you worry your little heads though because the manga is still ecchi, this is Shouji Satou we're talking about here.

Second the plot is less rushed in the manga, believe it or not i also read HOTD for the plot and I mean the actual story plot. In the manga there are a few difference in scenes like Saeko and Takashi were separated from the group after the escape from Takagi estate. Besides this the conversations between characters are much more detailed and interesting instead of the routine 2 minute boob bounce.

Third regarding the voices of the characters, I personally don't hate the voices in the anime but i think it's much more interesting to imagine what the characters actually sound like. In my imagination Hirano has a deeper and manlier voice for example.

Also in the manga there weren't any crazy shit like the "Saeko Bullet through Cleavage Scene" I mean WTF? Seriously? This just makes the series look pathetic to watch.... But oh well if the producers decided it was okay to put that scene in.....

Last is Saeko in the Naked Apron looks more sexy in the manga to me :3

Now then if you haven't read the manga yet please do so immediately, it is equally and may be more interesting than the anime is.


Seriously WTF anime boob physics!