Because Is This A Zombie is my favorite anime, I thought I might as well write a free style review of the parts I liked about it so much. There are minor spoilers.
First off, the characters. Is This A Zombie does a good job of making characters and their personalities, which is one of the reasons I like it so much. It introduces Aikawa Ayumu, who thought he liked a bland and normal life, until Eu, Haruna, Sera, and Yuki came into his life. Halfway into the first season when they fight Kyouko, Aikawa realizes this and would rather lead this life than the life
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he previously had. Next, there's Eu, who comes and saves Aikawa when he was killed, forming the bond between Eu and Aikawa. In the first half of the first season, Aikawa learns more about Eu and why she can't show any emotions or talk. This makes the bond even stronger and make Aikawa like Eu more and Eu like Aikawa more for accepting her. In the second half of the second of the first season, Eu decides to leave, seemingly for no reason, but it is showed that she left because The king of night was after her, and she didn't want the others to get hurt more because of her decisions. At the end of the first season, Aikawa begs her not to leave ever again, and Eu actually speaks and tells him she won't, which makes Aikawa believe her. Haruna’s subtle change is in the beginning of the series, when her head teach says to Aikawa that Haruna remembers faces, not names, yet she decided to remember Aikawa’s name. She continues to builds up by beginning to like Aikawa (which isn’t that much because this is a harem, but she’s the only one who actually likes him in that way) in the first season, and shows her tsundere love when she goes inside Aikawa’s mind to tell him to get back in his body and help save Eu. Haruna also influences Aikawa by being the funny, order-giving tsundere that helps Aikawa with his magical girl powers. Sera‘s character gets more free-will throughout the series, as we see Aikawa get annoyed when he hears Sera and Yuki (aka Tomonori) “have to do it because of their clan”. And when Aikawa hears that Sera has orders from her clan to kill Eu, Aikawa forces her to disobey the order because Sera doesn’t want to kill Eu, not because her clan told her to. And she keeps Aikawa in check by being the more wisa and serious order-giving character, calling whatever slightly embarrassing thing Aikawa does “repugnant”. All together, they’re not just funny, but also have character behind them that make the show’s plot interesting and moving at points.
The second point about the show is the humor and fan service. I especially like the show’s humor, because it’s random, yet original. What I mean by that is that because how random the show is, it can makes jokes about alot of aspects of the show, and that’s what it does. It doesn’t make a bad random joke for the sake of it like some other funny shows do, but instead make a funny, completely absurd joke based on the situation. One example is the first episode, where the recurring joke ---- kick is shown and is dumb because it’s not a kick, as the enemies point out. Or in the last episode of the first season, when Saras becomes an idol, and Sera and Haruna, and Eu decide to join in too, somehow making it up the ranks even though it’s their debut and it’s at one concert. And when Aikawa has to get Eu’s powers because Eu wants to sing, Aikawa accidentally wishes for all the girls to be in spaghetti straps. The absurdity is humorous, but it doesn’t become too absurd, or go to the point where the joke doesn’t make sense, like some other funny shows do. The fan service, however, is a little too much. When the fan service is used for humor, like in the concert, it's funny and effective. But when it cuts to a tasteless panty shot or when it showed a scene of the three girls taking a bath, it's annoying to watch. Luckily, the fan service doesn't contribute to the plot, like some other shows do. Overall, there's a little too much fan service, but at least it doesn't show as much as High School DXD.
The third is the art and the theme (when I say art I mean music too). The theme of the show is a weird one that doesn’t seem to go with the show, but somehow does. One contributor of the theme is the physical art, which has a dull, yet saturated theme. The show does a good job of making the color seem dull at points, but it makes sense because of the place they are in, or the problem they are in. The color can also be very lively and impressive, like when the sun sets and … actually, the color with the sunsets is impressive all by itself, that I can’t think of any more good-looking color scenes, and I’m not disappointed either. In some episodes in the first season, we get some shots of dull-looking streets, and a single bike going down it, almost as if the world there is desaturated and lonely, giving off a different feel of the world than the way other shows portray the same scene of an empty street. It’s almost as if you can connect to it, where the world may be gray on cloudy days, but there’s always a beautiful sunset between it. The second contributor to the theme is the music. After listening to the soundtrack, I can say the music in the body of the show isn’t all that impressive, but it The third contributor to the theme is an element that makes a show all that more fun to watch, and can sometimes be a very impressive part of the show. The opening. The opening is a hype rock piece with green and pink neon colors and the same unsaturated feel the show has, except for the explosions and lights, which are done well. The opening song makes the show seem a little like punk rock, which it isn't, yet it fits with the opening and the show. And after listening to the season 1 (Ma-ka-se-te Tonight) and 2 (***Passionate) opening, it becomes a pretty catchy rock song.
The last is the message of the show. In the show, we do get alot of humor and fan service, but there’s a message behind the rest of the show. The show is realistic. Let me explain what I mean by that. As a said, most of the art is kind of dull and unsaturated, except for the beautiful sunsets, and as I said about Aikawa’s character, he’s glad he has friends, excitement, and not a dull boring life he once had. The stays and looks the same way for the entirety of the show, but Aikawa gets to see more of the world of it because his newfound friends, and fights enemies with them too. The message is to go out and do fun stuff If you think about it, it’s the same as alot of moe or other anime shows, but this one has a superhero story, alot of jokes, twists, superpower battles, ships, and more. It’s the whole package. And I think that’s why I like it so much.
May 27, 2019
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Because Is This A Zombie is my favorite anime, I thought I might as well write a free style review of the parts I liked about it so much. There are minor spoilers.
First off, the characters. Is This A Zombie does a good job of making characters and their personalities, which is one of the reasons I like it so much. It introduces Aikawa Ayumu, who thought he liked a bland and normal life, until Eu, Haruna, Sera, and Yuki came into his life. Halfway into the first season when they fight Kyouko, Aikawa realizes this and would rather lead this life than the life ... |
