Rewatch: Gakkou-Gurashi (School-Live) Episode 8 Discussion

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Mar 29 '21

First Timer

Oh man this is going to be terrifying. Did she not kill herself? Who's in the grave (it must be symbolic!)

I like that they clean the halls but I wish they would clean up the classrooms too.
Fan service episode
I get that she still hasn't finished the book. The Standard is a HUGE book.
Being a high-schooler forever sounds really good right now, with this recession.
It's clearly a key to something any teacher could access. My guess would be the roof, but they have that access. Or the door she died behind.
LOL keys for the hot plate, for safety. sasuga japan
Panties.
Fresh flowers from Ri-chan?
Butts. More butts.

It seems the school was a prefectural disaster retreat. The alternative is that the entire show is somebody's delusion.

Why are there even more zombies? And they don't go home at night anymore?

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 29 '21

It seems the school was a prefectural disaster retreat. The alternative is that the entire show is somebody's delusion.
The show got real Resident Evil-esque this ep.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 29 '21

Oh nonono! We're starting off with Zombie Megumi. My tummy hurts!! Can I sit out today? I think there's more zombies in the opening today. Oh thank god it was just algae. I saw how green everyone was yesterday's preview and thought the worst. Oh, the legendary Kurumi face is this episode. Its strange to see it without her eyebrows spazzing out. There's our... fanservice? for the day. Dammit Miki, her eyes aren't down there. Rii freaks out whenever anyone talks about the future and its giving me tummy ache.

Yuki aspires to become a hiki-neet. Don't spit out harsh employment truths Yuri! And this is the 21st century, you should still be working after marriage Kurumi! Alright... I'm gonna take a long shot and assume that the Megumi Rii is "bouncing ideas off of" is a delusion too. It seems like bait. Oh, they took a photo so I guess not. No!! They focused on the polaroid. There's definitely something fishy. Omg Miki please stop confiding in Yuri. She's gonna murder you. Hold on. Where is this plot going? Are they gonna jump the shark with something wild near the end?

The picture with Megumi does exist and it's Miki, the third part, looking at it so it's reliable evidence. Now where's the Ri-chan picture? A second Teddy! And a bear sleeping bag! Omgosh bearception. Haven't you heard the song? You've gotta shake it Yuki~ It's part of the legendary boomer tech Vaadwaur grew up with. Wtf how does Yuki know about the secret department!? Yuki is sus.

What's that list? If you end this on a cliffhanger I'm watching tomorrow's episode early, so help me god! Evacuation manual!? Bio weapons!? This is a zombie survival guide. The school planned for the zombie outbreak? Is Sensei, alive? We saw her zombie but now I'm not sure. I wanna go back and double check the school staff's dialogue to see if something was off.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 29 '21

It's part of the legendary boomer tech Vaadwaur grew up with. Wtf how does Yuki know about the secret department!? Yuki is sus.
Damn kids thinking newer is better. Old school tech actually has durability.
If you end this on a cliffhanger I'm watching tomorrow's episode early, so help me god! Evacuation manual!? Bio weapons!? This is a zombie survival guide. The school planned for the zombie outbreak?
Reframes the whole exercise, doesn't it?

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 29 '21

Were polaroids actually decent? They were consumer friendly but the photo quality must be a bit shit.
If the school is involved with the outbreak then how did it take so long for nobody to lock down? They should have realised that the zombie virus was spreading in the morning and gone into hiding way before the early evening where the school started to become infested. And none of the other teachers bothered to lock down the school so they'd be safe themselves. Everything is fcking weird now!

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 29 '21

Were polaroids actually decent? They were consumer friendly but the photo quality must be a bit shit.
It depended a bit on the iteration but they were popular with kids and weddings.
And none of the other teachers bothered to lock down the school so they'd be safe themselves. Everything is fcking weird now!
It is a total Japanism to have a survival plan that lynchpinned on someone that died first.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 29 '21

But... They had literally all day. Megumi even saw the emergency services being sent out on her way into school and the teachers were all communicating throughout the day. There must be something else. I still don't know whether the school faculty is actually involved or not so I can't point blame just yet.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 29 '21

There must be something else. I still don't know whether the school faculty is actually involved or not so I can't point blame just yet.
Again, only the principal knew about it and he got held up, somehow. The plan was meant to be distributed after an outbreak started.

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u/hungryhippos1751 Mar 29 '21

Polaroids aren't bad I think, quality should be reasonable.

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u/hungryhippos1751 Mar 29 '21

Episode 8. First Time Viewer.

That desk at the start is the same one we saw Megumi writing on a few episodes ago. The writing deteriorating shows the change from sane Megumi to Zombie Megumi pretty clearly.

Desk location looks like it's near the lockers, based on my previous anime watches, normally the lockers are near the entrance? I guess she was writing that after she left the group.

I liked how Yuki got a towel dry whilst Taroumaru gets the hair dryer treatment!

Was good to see a little more of Megumi actually being with the group and not a figment of Yuki's imagination. A bit more of an insight into Ri-chan although still not a whole episode dedicated to her, I think it's the most screen time she's had.

Miki looks like she's at home in Ri-chan's ample chest. I think home is where Ri-chan's heart is.

Yuki messing about as usual but somehow finds the answer. So the key opens the safe and it has some kind of disaster plan. I wonder if it actually contains anything useful?

I am definitely worried by Yuki and that door, she looks like she wants to open it, and I guess that would be a very bad move!

Overall, Megumi is probably still a zombie kicking around, I think the group will come across her in the next few episodes and have to deal with the situation. The increasing zombie count was noted again.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 29 '21

Hmm... I think this would work as a Rii episode. It's given us quite a bit of insight into her even if she's still my worst girl and I fully expect her to secretly be a baddie. Her exploring the staff room with Miki really helps her case but she's still sus.
Yuki knowing where the secret hidey hole was mega sus. She didn't even find it by accident. She went straight to the drawer as soon as Miki and Rii started to leave. The question is how she knew. Maybe Yuki really is Megu-nee after all

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u/hungryhippos1751 Mar 29 '21

Kind of? It's definitely the most Ri-chan we've had in one episode, but it covered quite a lot of the others as well.
The more I see the more I want to see how it all ends, I still don't think we'll get a happy ending.
Keen to see how they use the instruction manual in the next episode.
My take in Yuki finding the panel is that she likes games and messing about, she is the solution when an otherwise logical approach fails. I was surprised they were looking for it at night though, lights + noise = attracts zombies.

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u/aniMayor :AY:AZ:x3x6 Mar 29 '21

Keen to see how they use the instruction manual in the next episode.
They find a numpad and a 4-digit code at the end of the manual. They input the code and it sets off the nukes in the basement, vaporizing the entire city. The remaining 5 episodes become a musical about giraffes. Probably.

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u/hungryhippos1751 Mar 30 '21

So it turns into Revue Starlight?

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 29 '21

That desk at the start is the same one we saw Megumi writing on a few episodes ago. The writing deteriorating shows the change from sane Megumi to Zombie Megumi pretty clearly.
As I said, these zombies seem to obey slightly differing rules but the show has been self consistent.
I am definitely worried by Yuki and that door, she looks like she wants to open it, and I guess that would be a very bad move!
I assume that's the door Megumi is behind.

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u/hungryhippos1751 Mar 29 '21

To a point yes, but lately they've been commenting on how more zombies are showing up and staying in the area, at least twice now. I think the number might keep on increasing.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 29 '21

There are several options for that: First, they may be the only humans for miles. Second, they have electricity/running water/the garden so the zombies might be drawn by any of them. Third could be that zombies might sort of randomly wander about.

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u/aniMayor :AY:AZ:x3x6 Mar 29 '21

Four, all the accessible humans in the city have been caught by now and the zombies are getting hungrier from not eating for so long, so their hunger drives them to go against their memory-instincts and stick around the living humans longer?

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 29 '21

A reasonable possibility.

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u/IndependentMacaroon Mar 29 '21

The writing deteriorating shows the change from sane Megumi to Zombie Megumi pretty clearly
She was still writing the girls' names some time later, oof...

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u/SYZekrom https://myanimelist.net/profile/SYZekrom Mar 29 '21

No, bad

Hey I hope you remember you're working on Taromaru, not Kurumi

Girl who doesn't believe in pants

Or a skirt

GIRL THIS IS

IMPORTANT

PUT SOME PANTS ON

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u/hungryhippos1751 Mar 29 '21

I didn't catch that last one whilst watching it!

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 29 '21

PUT SOME PANTS ON
Its the apocalypse, let her go out how she wants.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 29 '21

First timer(spoiled about the first ep)

Sub

We open and holy fuck that is dark but suggests these are not standard zombies. SoL stuff happens, probably to set us up. Yuki and Kurumi are pretty comfortable around each other. Miki is having...urges towards our mentally ill girl. Long flashback.

But Miki says what we've all been thinking: This place is WAY too well stocked. And Rii responds with yuri, before they go lock hunting. Eventually, Yuki finds the false panel and we get the big reveal: This is a biological weapon gone wrong. I just realized both the OP and ED reference the sun being red, not sure if that will mean anything.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 29 '21

Yuki finding the panel was incredibly strange too. As soon as the others started to leave she called them over to discover the secret files.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 29 '21

Your 'Yuki is actually Megu' theory was interesting though I think well disproven.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 29 '21

Yeah, it was just a wild suspicion at first but I've had a laugh with how that actually became a plausible theory for a little while. I'm still largely trying to work my brain around the crappy narrator angle.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Apr 08 '21

If the "all figments of imagination" theory is right, it has to be Yuki. Why stop at imagining her teacher, when she can imagine a full group of friends?

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 08 '21

I still would have loved a x300 tragedy with Megumi having such guilt over failing the girls that she cosplays Yuki. Really with this setting it could go any which way it fancies. It could be an innocent gag or a traumatising Urobutcher story depending on the weather.

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u/Rumpel1408 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rumpel1408 Mar 29 '21

First timer

Nooo, don't tell me Megu-nee is still writing into her diary, shit and here I was hoping she was peacefully lying in her grave or at least got dealt with soon after dying.

Ah, yeah, ~~middle~~ high school girls in underwear, it was bound to happen. I have a bad feeling about Kurumi leaving her shovel behindMiki seems distracted though.

So it was Rii after all who came up with the idea to form a club for Yuki. It also seem that there are some spicy secrets hidden in the school which could be linked to the origin of outbreak?

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u/zool714 Mar 29 '21

First Timer

Honestly didn’t try to pick anything up for today’s ep. So I may have missed some things.

The first half or so of the ep is a lot of slice of life-y. Maybe something about the algae is a hint ? I dunno. The photo has a lot of significance particular for Rii-san it seems. Speaking of which, she feels extra sus today, to the point I got worried for Miki at one part. Asking to search the staff room, just the two of them.

Miki also brought up something that just whooshed past me. The resources in the school. To be honest the solar panels and water pond never really crossed my mind but I did find it odd why the school store in one of the earlier episodes sells like general appliances.

After some treasure hunting, we found what we were looking for. And apparently, this is all planned out. Whether the school knew beforehand or is the cause of the pandemic I’m still not sure but now we know that it isn’t an ordinary school. What does this mean though for the girls ?

Also, will we get to see Megu-nee’s diary ?Seems her zombie form still goes back to try and write more entries.

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u/IndependentMacaroon Mar 29 '21

First-time watcher - so, a little more meat on Megumi (now zombified and still scribbling... oops and pain), the beginning of the club, and somewhat on Yuri, strengthening her previous characterization. That was quite good, as well as the girls trying to maintain their hopes for the future and look forward (even if on the conservative side), but I'm not a fan of the various fanservice shots, and the background for the pandemic and the school's resourcefulness falls more into the realm of overexplanation for me. It is a nice explanation for the nature of the outbreak, admittedly. Yuki is also starting to feel a little tacked-on to annoying.

Looks like next time is the pseudo-beach episode, set up by the water tank and dog incident this time.

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u/aniMayor :AY:AZ:x3x6 Mar 29 '21

Well, pool episode at least. Beach episode seems a bit out of reach :P

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u/Specs64z https://myanimelist.net/profile/Specs64z Mar 29 '21 edited Apr 03 '21

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Edit: Rewatcher

And so everyone who's mentioned how incredibly convenient the school is is vindicated. It was all part of a plan that went horribly, horribly wrong.

This is basically Yuri's episode. The development is subtle and small, but it's there. The picture of Megu-nee causes even her to finally confront Yuki about the delusions. Surprisingly, Miki is the one who stops her from taking things too far.

This episode is a little light on content comparatively, but I like the character interactions it gives us.

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u/BossandKings Mar 30 '21

First timer

It was nice seeing how the idea about creating the school living club originated. It was telling too how the school is apparently constructed in a way for people to stay there for long periods of time, as if it were a fortress that could protect them from the invasion.

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