Sep 28, 2020
Overall thoughts: 5
The story is bad, but it looks amazing.
I would say that I got about what I expected out of this anime. I didn't expect it to be a masterpiece, or make me question my current values. All I came to this anime wanting was good action scenes, and there are some GREAT action scenes. The animation is fluid and has a good weight to it that I really wanted in an action packed anime.
Story: 3
If I had to equate the story of "The God of Highschool" to anything, I'd say the story is just as interesting and convoluted as something I made up
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as a kid playing with my action figures. Things happen only to move the plot forward and get more fights or to handicap a character so they have to learn to fight a different way only to become stronger than that two episodes later after their handicap is removed.
Tonally scenes will make this jarring transition from a serious fight between two characters who are morally opposed to a "haha that's so random and funny" joke thrown in right afterwards. Not that I'm opposed to either, but I would rather the series stuck to one or the other, or preferably found somewhere in between and stayed there consistently.
The world building is so minimal that it's the only interesting part about the story, because I have absolutely no reason for why everything is happening on screen other than that "it is happening". These huge groups and events are hinted at being the reasons for why the world is like it is, and how some characters have become the way they are, but they're never expanded on. I can only assume this is so they can save it for a season two, but I don't have my hopes up for any of the big reveals because all of the reveals during the first season had zero impact. There is no foreshadowing or build up outside of the episode itself and that makes it seems like every episode's "big twist" has the same narrative weight to all the others.
The power system in this anime is very convoluted and barely explained at all. Any character can practically have any power, and it's like they expect the viewer to just understand how their powers work even when they keep introducing new ones. Don't expect a power system like Stands, or Nen, because it seems like an excuse just to have flashier fights, not to have interesting ones. Characters will come up with new powers for no reason just so that a fight will be different, and it's impossible to judge the relative strength of any particular move even when the character yells its name as it's being used. I don't think there will be any "United States of Smash" level of hype from an individual move, and I don't think any move or encounter will have that level of narrative weight to it either.
Art: 9
The animation looks great. Especially during the fights. While the power system might not make narrative sense it makes the fights look awesome. While there won't be any "United States of Smash" moments all of the fights are on par with that moment animation wise. Everything is super fluid and the dynamic camera lends even more to those scenes.
The character design isn't anything special. You can tell who is who, and what their personality is just from looking at them. The "villains" in particular are very "evil" looking.
Sound: 6
The sound direction is good. During fights every move has a good auditory payoff and the music really helps the fights flow better.
Other than the fights it’s nothing special. The OP sounds cool, and the jokes are all accented with comical sounds. The characters' voices will also change to a more "baby-like whining" when they're trying to be funny or are being played off as a joke.
Characters: 3
All the characters are super 1 dimensional and can all be summed up in the one-liners they will yell during or before fights. They don't have much motivation past what they say on the surface level, and you can tell there is almost no turmoil under their decisions. They have no reason to change their mind until someone else comes along as says "what if you didn't?"
Enjoyment: 7
It was fun to watch. It was a good anime to start my week. But it definitely was my least favorite anime that I watched this season. That being said there were a lot of anime I didn't watch this season too.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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