The God of High School Episode 7 Discussion

almightydingus said:
This show is completely nonsensical, to be honest id rather watch a romance drama between a 38yr old highschooler and a tsundere kendo chick

jvict said:
Does the censorship have a point or is it Crunchyroll's bs? I don't read the Webtoon...

Hhguf said:
Even with skipping a lot from story still better than TOG

vrupr said:


Nope. What do you disagree with? Did you want a more... standard opening? More emotional scenes? Romance? Death? This is the exact kind of anime I've been waiting for for a while. It's not for kids, it's not overusing tropes, it's got the right "attitude" or "feel" to it. It's not being edgy, it doesn't have annoying characters, doesn't have too much filler, has good pacing, always feels like there's more to the story and I want to find out what's happens next to learn more, it's less predictable than most anime in the genre, OST is top tier with heavy use of electronic and rhythmic elements, art and animation are top tier, character designs are above average, there's so much I could say about it.





If I need to explain, you likely won't get it anyway. "parody = opposite" - so you're saying... people don't care about the actual fights in OPM, the fights are there as a joke? I.. very, strongly disagree. The appeal of fights is the establishment of power dynamics between personalities which inform the viewer's expectations for them to then be subverted in satisfying/unexpected ways. Even if you know the outcome, seeing the interaction between characters allows you to experience their strong reactions, emotions and energy. Once you're on one "side", any plot developments become significant, as well as interesting when outside expectation.

I'd say, this anime falls into the genre of "magic-enhanced power fantasy" or something like that, you either like it or you don't. It's like Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha, or Peter Grill, or that other seasonal hentai, but.. with actual story, and some good minds behind it. Deca-dence I'd say it the second best of the season, and, while it's amazing, it's nowhere NEAR as energetic as this one.

Watching something like God of High School or OPM is like a high dose of amphetamine for me, sure, there are more intellectually stimulating anime out there, and that's normally priority 1 for me, but they don't GRAB my attention and make me value every frame of the anime. There's also the "unique endearment" factor which is so abstract I'd need to write an essay to even attempt to explain, it's subtle, but it's often the main appeal of anime, most anime have it in some form. Kind of like "I know that the producers knew that I'll know that they knew this is a bad, stupid, and irrational idea, and that's why it's a genius" and you love the producers and the anime for it. That's what makes deca-dence so great, though maybe you need to understand Japanese to appreciate the more subtle conversational ones. Anyway, it's also found, to a lesser degree, in GOHS, particularly the character designs, and the MC's personality, which is what moves it up to AOTY.

The unexpected plot developments, the overall energy, the excitability of the characters, the intense climaxes, the well-above-average execution, the top tier OST, the rare and highly appropriate style of the OP video, the animation.... All make it the strongest contender for AOTY. I mean, its competition is all stuff like Peter Grill, and f****** """Umayon"""....... which aren't even competing.

Basically, if it's better than Tower of God, that racing anime, and deca-dence, which it is, it's got a good chance of winning 'The Official 2020 Grand AOTY: International Competition' which is a *BIG* deal, in my head (maybe).

If you have any reasons why this is NOT a good anime, which you seem to do, do lay them out, I'll explain why you're objectively wrong for each and every one of them : )

Marinate1016 said:
... don’t get why it’s falling in the ratings on MAL.

kaiser17 said:
bruhhh, how can the wounds disappear so fast after being stabbed. The animation is good but it feels no weight attached to it

shane_nichols said:
Wow this is so bad that I don't even care about the good animation. The fights are just bland with no substance. Just such random nonsense.

ShadowBullet said:
Why did we get a good portion of backstory for a team we've seen for the first time....

dark-chaos said:
it's funny how the audience act normal with all that superpowers ability
this anime makes no sense at all just random fights without actual logic

Harus said:
The guys was chewed by a freaky giant shark, absurds amounts of blood poured out of him... but np, 10 seconds later he just have blood mark on his stomach and good to go
wtf?

Not sure if at somepoint this will be explained but why the hell are this whole tournament a thing? Why High schoolers? (The only time I recall ever seeing a school in this anime was in this episode flashback)

Cazador75 said:
And it keeps getting worse and worse, without any logic or rules to the powers people have, thank god this only got 13 episodes.

Dudi4PoLFr said:
Ah this point they totally lost me, I don't understand anymore what is happening and how the power system works in this world:

- Random power-ups by touching you ass: check
- Naruto style attacks: check
- Dragon Ball Z inhuman strength: check
- Flying: check
- Letteral magic: check
- Jojo Stands: check
- Godlike immortal creations with super fast regeneration: check
- Summoning huge magic familiars: check

almightydingus said:
This show is completely nonsensical, to be honest id rather watch a romance drama between a 38yr old highschooler and a tsundere kendo chick...

Claus_Valca said:
Best episode yet by far. I still cannot enjoy this series because of the disgusting character designs and red noses and ears.

dark-chaos said:

Bruh, logical doesn't mean the same thing as realistic.

Karma1100 said:
Lmao not 7 episode's and it's already below it guess animation can't save a show.

ChetanS said:
Favorite Action scenes so far ; The GREEN Guy was awesome.

Leirza said:
Don't like how the superpower skill drastically change from the previous episode. I was expecting this anime is going on focusing on different kinds of martial arts. and suddenly there a bunch of strange magic power.
lmaoo the green hair in the end just summons a f'in shark on the ring holy ffff...
at this point, I don't understand any more about the world they're in.

the fight animation is great as always tho..

kaiser17 said:
Its mal rating seems to have fallen below tower of god it seems. lol

ItsVace said:
Compared to TOG while started not really good but ended amazing, this anime is doing the opposite...it started pretty well and it's heading towards the generic, bland with no interesting fight (plot wise. Very well drawn but with no real substance) and no character development...

I'll keep watching tho because i want to see how it ends but i hope they consider stopping it and make TOG S2 or another manwha like Solo Leveling.

Armados said:
Such a waste of funding from Mappa's perspective. Why invest so much time and effort in a series that the original writer didn't even bother thinking about a plot? The manhwa was a mess and the anime managed to pretty much copy its essence entirely. Solid animation, everything else is pure garbage.

Frank_86 said:
Everyone's talking about the score or the plot... I just wanna hit with my shinai the person in charge of the Kendo scene (or probably Kumdo since it's Korea) because there were two huge NOES: