The God of Highschool isn’t that bad.

Is The God of Highschool good without comparing it to the manhwa?

Yes

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Hit or Miss

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Dec 4, 2020 1:23 PM

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Am I the only one that thinks that The God of Highschool isn’t that bad? Like yes I can see that it was rushed a bit but honestly, shit got me hype asf. The music, the animation, the art, & even the characters made the show worth it. Noted that I didn’t watch this series weekly, I binged watched it so that could also provide a reason on why I liked it a lot too. It’s not perfect, I know that especially compared to the manhwa but as a anime alone & not comparing it to the manhwa, is this anime good to y’all?

Dec 4, 2020 1:36 PM

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I haven't read the source and I didn't like the series. The fights looked cool even though I was expecting tbe fights to be more grounded in reality when I read the series' description. Some of the fights were cut short lasting less than a minute. None of the characters were memorable, I didn't give a shit about their motivations and their designs sucked hard. The plot about gods and shit didn't interest me in the slightest so I kinda gave up at that point and watched it for completionism sake. And the most important thing of all: the guy who was supposed to be doing brazilian jiu jitsu was doing capoeira instead. Also his fight lasted ten seconds. Also that marriage subplot needed more episodes. And the opening theme sucked.

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Dec 4, 2020 1:57 PM

CookedChili

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I agree, the fight scenes were incredibly hyped, especially with the really cool animation. The problem arises outside of the fights, the story was very poorly explained, and the pacing felt very off to me. Many times I was super confused, other times I felt incredibly bored. I also really hated the opening and didn't like the ed either.

Dec 4, 2020 2:06 PM

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ye i like it too the story is simply about god slaying or deicide and i find the fights so hype

a lot of the complains i saw was about the less elaboration on what the key and charyeok are if i remember right

Dec 4, 2020 2:26 PM

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The fight scenes are great along with the sound. I would say if you were to actually look at the story and plot that was portrayed in the anime, it would be difficult to call it better than average.

Dec 4, 2020 3:50 PM

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I'm honestly kind of amazed how much hate this anime gets in the reviews. Like, I've really enjoyed it since the first episode. Sure there are pacing issues and none of the characters are particularly fleshed out quite yet, but I didn't really expect anything particularly deep from an anime that's centered around tournament fights to begin with. I also wasn't influenced by any hype before the anime started airing, so maybe that plays a factor as well.

I think the action sequences are a lot of fun and that's pretty much what describes my feelings as a whole. I just think it's a fun anime.

Dec 8, 2020 9:29 AM

FeminineOwl

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Theo1899 said:
I haven't read the source and I didn't like the series. The fights looked cool even though I was expecting tbe fights to be more grounded in reality when I read the series' description. Some of the fights were cut short lasting less than a minute. None of the characters were memorable, I didn't give a shit about their motivations and their designs sucked hard. The plot about gods and shit didn't interest me in the slightest so I kinda gave up at that point and watched it for completionism sake. And the most important thing of all: the guy who was supposed to be doing brazilian jiu jitsu was doing capoeira instead. Also his fight lasted ten seconds. Also that marriage subplot needed more episodes. And the opening theme sucked.

this is coming from a guy who rated kaguya sama 9 and baki a 2. Whoever takes his word is the same level as a troglodyte.

Dec 8, 2020 9:32 AM

Scordolo

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I haven't read the manhwa and I didn't like it.It didn't make any sense at all.I only liked the fight scenes and people who liked God of hghschool are probably the ones who just liked the animation as well.It would've been better if that money was used in aot s4.

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Dec 8, 2020 5:46 PM

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I really only liked the fight scenes. Everything else was either mediocre or bad

Dec 8, 2020 9:10 PM

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The music and some of the fights (Joker vs organization, Jin Mo vs fox spirit) were fcking good and the art style wasn't bad. However the series as a whole was a cluster fck with uninteresting main characters, horrible and chaotic story telling one of the worst and most irritating ending I've ever seen and I felt really really cheated and was very upset when I finished the series.
I gave it 5 point, though the series is not average in any sense. I really liked some parts of it, but 80% of the series would deserve around 3 points. And I am saying that as somebody who gave 8 point for Darling in the Frankxx, despite the last 5 eps, purely due to the first 15 episodes (which would be 10 for me), when the last 5 eps would have got a big 1/10 from me.

Dec 12, 2020 12:27 AM

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Lahny said:

this is coming from a guy who rated kaguya sama 9 and baki a 2. Whoever takes his word is the same level as a troglodyte.

I think for kaguya-sama it deserve about 7 or 8 at max. But Baki deserve a little bit more, like 4 or 5, maybe 6 as a max. He might be a martial art practitioner like myself, so it kinda trigger him watching all unrealistic stuff in Baki who supposedly based on real life martial arts. Even the fight on Shingeki no Kyojin season 2 between Reiner and Eren is more realistic than the things that happen on Baki. Indeed shingeki no kyojin has one of the most realistic fight in anime, holyland could be up there but it's only manga(except the last kenpo bullshit arc). Same things happen with The God of highschool, it throws up a pretty interesting realistic premise but it's all turn just to be a false promise. But thinking this as a super power anime, the problem with this series mainly on the pacing itself, that leads to horrible story telling and lacks of character development. Well, maybe the story ain't that special at the first place.

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Dec 12, 2020 12:46 AM

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MegaStride

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This show was a flaming ball of hot trash

Dec 13, 2020 5:39 PM

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Loborb

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Dude, I'll be honest here.

I never watched, and probably never will. I tried to read a lot of manga/manhwa where the title is "the peerless", or "the god", or "I am the best" or "greatest of all", and nothing good comes from these.

Dec 13, 2020 7:08 PM

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CoolerMaster22

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Agreed
It was decent
Very disappointed tho
But not bad, the soundtrack, and fights were really good, BUT GODDAMNIT IT RUINED MY FAVORITE PART OF THE MANHUWA SO FAR!!!!!!!!!!
That part where Jin comes to the group tourney last second with 1 hp and clutched.

Dec 15, 2020 1:57 PM

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Squilon

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It's not a good show by any stretch of the word. It's already been extensively covered in reviews, but the characters (and their development), lore, worldbuilding, and plot are all either nonexistent, terrible, or unintelligible. The artstyle, fights and animation are great, although I was expecting something a bit less "we throw magic fire dragons at each other and see who dragons the hardest" from a supposed "martial arts" anime. Music is also good, voice acting too, OP and ED fit the show well. Don't watch this if you haven't already.

Dec 19, 2020 2:22 PM

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yvsei

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the anime was definitely bad dk about the manhwa

Dec 19, 2020 4:24 PM

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Nurguburu

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No, this show is trash and annoying.

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Dec 20, 2020 1:18 AM

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SaberHotMikasa said:
Am I the only one that thinks that The God of Highschool isn’t that bad? Like yes I can see that it was rushed a bit but honestly, shit got me hype asf. The music, the animation, the art, & even the characters made the show worth it. Noted that I didn’t watch this series weekly, I binged watched it so that could also provide a reason on why I liked it a lot too. It’s not perfect, I know that especially compared to the manhwa but as a anime alone & not comparing it to the manhwa, is this anime good to y’all?

I actually liked it a lot, for all the reasons you mentioned. Also, because it was fun. Like, I wasn't looking for anything deep and involving because I haven't read the manhwa. I was just looking for something fun and light, and this was exactly what I thought it would be.

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Dec 20, 2020 1:22 AM

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strawberrylamb said:
I'm honestly kind of amazed how much hate this anime gets in the reviews. Like, I've really enjoyed it since the first episode. Sure there are pacing issues and none of the characters are particularly fleshed out quite yet, but I didn't really expect anything particularly deep from an anime that's centered around tournament fights to begin with. I also wasn't influenced by any hype before the anime started airing, so maybe that plays a factor as well.

I think the action sequences are a lot of fun and that's pretty much what describes my feelings as a whole. I just think it's a fun anime.

Oh yeah, this could be it for me, too. I didn't know anything about it going into the first episode, and only had one friend I knew who'd already watched it. He thought the same thing I did - lack of fleshed-out plot didn't really bother us because we were too busy being hyped over the fight scenes. I told him it reminded me a lot of the original Street Fighter game, and I thought it was really cool.

So going in, I didn't have any expectations, and I got exactly what I wanted - something fun and crazy that I didn't have to think too hard about.

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Dec 20, 2020 1:29 AM

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Scordolo said:
I haven't read the manhwa and I didn't like it.It didn't make any sense at all.I only liked the fight scenes and people who liked God of hghschool are probably the ones who just liked the animation as well.It would've been better if that money was used in aot s4.

you had it in your favourites? Why did you remove it then? Peer pressure?

This anime shit is addictive

Dec 20, 2020 1:38 AM

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Scordolo

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spectrojan said:

you had it in your favourites? Why did you remove it then? Peer pressure?

It's because I enjoyed it's animation so I added it to my favorites but there is also a criteria for the anime to be in my favorites it's that it should be memorable and it was not.When I was watching God of highschool I really enjoyed it's animation.If someone asks me my favorite anime then God of highschool should always come to my mind but it didn't.So I removed it.Also taking screenshot of my comment will only make you a creep.

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Dec 20, 2020 1:40 AM

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Scordolo said:
Also taking screenshot of my comment will only make you a creep.

Does it though, lmao, I just have too much free time

This anime shit is addictive

Apr 3, 2021 7:07 AM

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Well then, I suppose I'll give it a shot.

Dec 1, 2024 8:23 PM

#24

DAKI-UME-ENMU

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God of Highschool fight scenes are really good! But everything else is slightly below average

Dec 7, 2024 12:23 AM

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Me personally, by itself, it’s eh. It has amazing fight design and good music but if you’re looking for something like Kengan Ashura than this isnt it. It’s more like baki and jojo combined(more on the manwha side).

As someone who has read the series multiple times, I love it. If you’re looking for watch it for eye candy you’ll have fun

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