History WMG / HighschoolOfTheDead

* The infector at the gate represents Lee Harvey Oswald; the infection of Teshima represents the JFK assassination; the epidemic represents communism and anarchy (Lee Harvey Oswald defected to the CCCP a few years before the assassination and was apparently a Castro sympathizer); Hisashi Igo represents the assassination witnesses who were allegedly offed when they got too close to revealing the truth; the zombies attacking the stoner in chapter 1 of the manga represent the cancerous effects of smoking (as revealed in 1964); Coach Takayama represents the LSD users who believe themselves to be invincible and/or can't tell dreams from reality; Kou Ishii represents the soldiers who died bravely fighting the Charlies in 'Nam; Shido represents Charles Manson; his students on the Orgybus represent a twisted cross between the Manson family and the hippies of the late '60s; the punks on the bridge represent the Kent State students if they faced high-pressure water instead of gunfire; the Takagi family represents authority and the right wing (obviously); the protesters at Takagi Manor represent the draft dodgers; et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

* [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hotd_demotivational_4382.png How in the name of Lucio Fulci has nobody within the Eurocult fandom yet noticed a strange connection between HOTD and Eurocult?]] The zombies, for example, are representative of the Eurohorror genre; the bath scene at Minami's place and the goings-on aboard the Orgybus are representative of the Eurosleaze genre; and the unavoidable point that there's a war going on (in this case, between humans and Them) is representative of macaroni combat. I can't put my finger on where the SpaghettiWestern genre would fit in, though...

* [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hotd_demotivational_4382.png How in the name of Lucio Fulci has nobody within the Eurocult fandom yet noticed a strange connection between HOTD and Eurocult?]] The zombies, for example, are representative of the Eurohorror genre; the bath scene and the goings-on aboard the Orgybus are representative of the Eurosleaze genre; and the unavoidable point that there's a war going on (in this case, between humans and Them) is representative of macaroni combat. I can't put my finger on where the SpaghettiWestern genre would fit in, though...

* [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hotd_demotivational_4382.png How in the name of Lucio Fulci has nobody within the Eurocult fandom yet noticed a strange (if likely coincidental) connection to Eurocult?]] The zombies, for example, are representative of the Eurohorror genre; the bath scene and the goings-on aboard the Orgybus are representative of the Eurosleaze genre; and the unavoidable point that there's a war going on (in this case, between humans and Them) is representative of macaroni combat. I can't put my finger on where the SpaghettiWestern genre would fit in, though...

* The infector at the gate represents Lee Harvey Oswald; the infection of Teshima represents the JFK assassination; the epidemic represents communism and anarchy (Lee Harvey Oswald defected to the CCCP a few years before the assassination and was apparently a Castro sympathizer); Hisashi Igo represents the assassination witnesses who were allegedly offed when they got too close to revealing the truth; the zombies attacking the stoner in chapter 1 of the manga represent the cancerous effects of smoking (as revealed in 1964), Coach Takayama represents the LSD users who believe themselves to be invisible and/or can't tell dreams from reality; Kou Ishii represents the soldiers who died bravely fighting the Charlies in 'Nam; Shido represents Charles Manson; his students on the Orgybus represent a twisted cross between the Manson family and the hippies of the late '60s; the punks on the bridge represent the Kent State students if they faced high-pressure water instead of gunfire; the Takagi family represents authority and the right wing (obviously); the protesters at Takagi Manor represent the draft dodgers; et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

[[WMG: Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead is set in the world as Comicbook/TheWalkingDead]]

** This becomes a hilarious prospect considering HellsingUltimateAbridged. Namely, that Kouta ended up writing about how the outbreak began in the first place. This also brings one to question if any of Kouta's friends in the ZombieApocalypse get self-inserted into Hellsing. Kouta himself (the gun-toting asskicker) becomes Alucard. Takashi becomes Walter, (since they're friends and fellow asskickers) Saya becomes Integra (keeping with Kouta being smitten with her and serving her one way or another,) Shizuka becomes Seras (because breasts,) and... that's all I can come up with.

Misuzu most likely didn't mean to kill Toshimi. Think about it: there are actually movies out there with talking zombies (e.g. ReturnOfTheLivingDead and [[Film/{{Zombi 3D}}), and Misuzu was just being too cautious, having seen ReturnOfTheLivingDead with Toshimi the night before. Seriously, if you saw ReturnOfTheLivingDead before a ZombieApocalypse hit your neighborhood, would not the line between friend and foe blur before your very eyes? And then there's some evidence in the first episode of the anime that shows Misuzu may have regretted killing Toshimi out of cowardice and paranoia and on impulse right before her own head got crushed by zombies she had unknowingly attracted with her racket.

[[WMG: This series takes place during the events of Left4Dead.]]

[[WMG: The series takes place in the same universe of ResidentEvil.]]

[[WMG: Chapter 29 will have awesome artwork, as well as ''[[UpToElven even more]]'' GunPorn than usual.]]

** This may be Jossed, surprisingly enough. According to the interview at the end of Volume 6, Daisuke actually includes notes in the scripts where there should be fanservice, and that "99% of our e-mail correspondence is about tits." Also, they aren't brothers.

How else can you explain that much {{Gainaxing}} from so many female characters? Seriously, [[BeyondTheImpossible it doesn't seem physically possible.]]

Misuzu most likely didn't mean to kill Toshimi. Think about it: there are actually movies out there with talking zombies (e.g. ReturnOfTheLivingDead and [[Film/{{Zombi 2}} Zombi 3D]]), and Misuzu was just being too cautious, having seen ReturnOfTheLivingDead with Toshimi the night before. Seriously, if you saw ReturnOfTheLivingDead before a ZombieApocalypse hit your neighborhood, would not the line between friend and foe blur before your very eyes? And then there's some evidence in the first episode of the anime that shows Misuzu may have regretted killing Toshimi out of cowardice and paranoia and on impulse right before her own head got crushed by zombies she had unknowingly attracted with her racket.

* Explains Hellsing’s gratuitous gunporn.