History YMMV / SchoolLive

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: It's a SchoolgirlSeries crossed with a ZombieApocalypse story.

** Fanart that depicts Kurumi wearing the {{Shovel Knight}}'s armor is quite common, thanks to [[ShovelStrike her weapon of choice]].

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Kougami is male but looks either like a young boy or a tomboyish teenage girl. Apparently he is OlderThanTheyLook.

** The Militants are either interesting characters who [[IDidWhatIHadToDo are just doing what they feel is necessary to survive]], good antagonists who add tension to the story, or just plain unsympathetic assholes who take too much time away from other plot threads and force in the {{Humans are the real monsters​}} cliche heavily prominent in other Zombie fiction.

** The Militants are either interesting characters who [[IDidWhatIHadToDo are just doing what they feel is necessary to survive]], good antagonists who add tension to the story, or just plain unsympathetic assholes who take too much time away from other plot threads and force in the {{Humans are the real monster}} cliche heavily prominent in other Zombie fiction.

** The University arc has this problem among other issues. A fair amount of fans are turned away from it due to it's {{Darker and Edgier}} tone (The Melee Fight Crew in particular are generally criticized for being overly-edgy and unnecessary antagonists who drag the story down), the overabundance of underdeveloped characters introduced, and the almost complete lack of the original {{Slice Of Life}} and Psychological Horror mixture that made the series unique to begin with. Not being helped by this is the fact that [[spoiler: almost all of the surviving University characters are staying behind at the University while the main cast heads to the Randall Corporation building]], more or less rendering the entire arc completely pointless.

** On that note, the Melee Fight Crew fall under this as well. They're either interesting characters who [[IDidWhatIHadToDo are just doing what they feel is necessary to survive]], good antagonists who add tension to the story, or just plain unsympathetic assholes who take too much time away from other plot threads.

** The current arc has divided the fandom as well. Some people think that it's a interesting and fresh direction to take the series in, with plenty of new characters to expand on the story, actual human antagonists and plenty of twists and turns. Others find it inferiour to the first 30 chapters, think that there's too many characters {With some further diversion on whether any of the new characters are interesting or boring}, that the Melee Fight Crew are flat and boring antagonists who hog screentime from other more interesting characters and plotlines, and {{The Reveal}} that [[spoiler: the virus is possibly airborne and thus able to infect anyone at any time]] pushes the series into {{Darkness Induced Audience Apathy}} territory. It doesn't help that the University arc is almost entirely lacking the {{Slice Of Life}} and Psychological elements that originally made this series stand out from most other zombie works.

* CatharsisFactor: In a retroactive way, [[spoiler: seeing Takashige getting cornered by several zombies and practically crying for Kurumi to save him, only to be ignored and promptly torn to shreds is ''really'' satisfying after not only his attempts to murder her, but also seeing how much of a bastard he was in the flashbacks shown in the following chapter. It especially counts as this [[KarmicDeath if some of the zombies who killed him were the very same teammates he and the rest of the MFC betrayed and killed]].]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Out of all the University characters, Shino is arguably the fan-favorite of the bunch. This is due to her being the only truly badass member of the MFC instead of a {{Dirty Coward}} like the rest, being a very sympathetic {{Anti Villain}} who has a full character arc, [[spoiler: and her ultimate {{Heel Face Turn}} where she not only saves Yuuri and Miki right in the nick of time, but also [[TakeThatScrappy stabs Takahito and ruins his one chance at getting something resembling a victory]].]]

* MemeticLoser: Takahito is quickly being regarded as this as of lately. Despite being the {{Big Bad}} of the University arc, he's shown [[TooDumbToLive constantly making idotic choices that only make things worse for himself]], is unable to back up his own claims about how he was "Chosen" to lead and survive, and [[spoiler: not only do he and the zombies he let inside end up killing absolutely ''nobody'', but he ultimately dies a anti-climatic death because he for some reason still trusted Ayaka ''even after she already betrayed him'']].

* {{Narm}}: Chapter 47 and it's backstory for the MFC comes off as cringey and unintentionally goofy due to Takahito and Ayaka constantly ranting about how "Chosen" they were and how edgy they end up coming off as. Ayaka in particular ends up seeming more like an edgy, {{wangst}}y teenager rather then a scary and unpredictable sociopath.

** One primary criticism that the University arc gets [[BrokenBase from some fans]] is that it focuses far too much on the Melee Fight Crew, with the actual main characters being {{Out of Focus}} aside from Miki.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: When more information is revealed about the Melee Fight Crew, we find out that they're lifestyle and moralities are the polar oppisite of the School Living Club, with the SL Club trying to do more then just survive while also still trying to live a normal life, while the MFC have resorted to brutality and have gained a {{Social Darwinist}} mentality. The story could have been very interesting if these two oppisite viewpoints and ways of handling things had clashed more, but in the actual manga it only comes up briefly once, and the MFC aren't defeated in a way that directly proves their viewpoints wrong. And it's unlikely to come up again now, [[spoiler: given how Shino has made a {{Heel Face Turn}}, Ayaka has left the University and the rest of the MFC were killed off over the course of the University arc]].
* WhatAnIdiot: Takahito's choice to kill off most of his own team to preserve food comes off as horribly idiotic. For one thing the food problem could have easily been solved by rationing, hunting for animals {Particularly since the MFC have Crossbows} and/or starting up a garden to grow food, the last of which Touko ends up deciding to do. Secondly, killing off most of his people results in having far less allies around in case either zombies or a bigger survivor group attacks. And doing so also had potential to make his own surviving teammates paranoid about him offing them next.

** The University arc has this problem among other issues. A fair amount of fans are turned away from it due to it's {{Darker and Edgier}} tone {The Melee Fight Crew in particular are generally criticized for being overly-edgy and unnecessary antagonists who drag the story down}, the overabundance of underdeveloped characters introduced, and the almost complete lack of the original {{Slice Of Life}} and Psychological Horror mixture that made the series unique to begin with. Not being helped by this is the fact that [[spoiler: almost all of the surviving University characters are staying behind at the University while the main cast heads to the Randall Corporation building]], more or less rendering the entire arc completely pointless.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: It's a ZombieApocalypse story masquerading as a {{Iyashikei}} SchoolgirlSeries, though that didn't stop the show from [[SleeperHit become a success]].

* WhatAnIdiot: Takahito's choice to kill off most of his own team to preserve food comes off as horribly idiotic. For one thing the food problem could have easily been solved by rationing, hunting for animals {Particularly since the MFC have Crossbows} and/or starting up a garden to grow food, the last of which Touko ends up deciding to do. Secondly, killing off most of his people results in having family less allies around in case either zombies or a bigger survivor group attacks. And doing so also had potential to make his own surviving teammates paranoid about him offing them next.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The University cast had a fair amount of focus throughout​ the University arc but not much development, and they had so much potential to be interesting characters. [[AntiVillain Shino]] in particular had some promising development and would have made a great addition to the main cast. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: With the exception of Ayaka and Asosi, the surviving University characters are all staying behind while the main characters move on to the Randall Corporation, and it's very unlikely that we'll eat hear from them again]].

* WhatAnIdiot: Takahito's choice to kill off most of his own team to preserve food comes off as horribly idiotic. For one thing the food problem could have easily been solved by rationing, hunting for animals {Particularly since the MFC have Crossbows} and/or starting up a garden to grow food, the last of which Touko ends up deciding to do. Secondly, killing off most of his people results in having family less allies around in case either zombies or a bigger survivor group attacks. And doing so also had potential to make his own surviving teammates paranoid about him off in them next.

** His stupidity increases after [[spoiler: he gets infected. First he decides to let in a massive horde of zombies into the University so that the girls will take an antidote he thinks they had so that he can snatch it for himself, ignoring that this could have gotten everyone else killed and would have left him surrounded by several zombies if he had succeeded​. Then when Shino betrays him, he tries to attack her despite her being the toughest MFC member who's easily killed several zombies by herself, and almost gets stabbed in the eye for his troubles. Lastly, despite his paranoia about everyone else, he still trusts Ayaka and thinks she's on his side, ""even though she betrayed him earlier and was excited at the prospect of killing him''. That last idiotic mistake is what finally gets him killed when she decides to murder him for fun]].

* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The University cast had a fair amount of focus throughout​ the University arc but not much development, and they had so much potential to be interesting characters. [[AntiVillain Shino]] in particular had some promising development and would have made a great addition to the main cast. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: With the exception of Ayaka and Asosi, the surviving University characters are all staying behind while the main characters move on to the Randall Corporation, and it's very unlikely that we'll eat hear from them again]].

** Much like Taromaru, the anime's version of Miki qualifies for this, and the viewpoints on her tend to depend on whether you started with the anime or the manga. Anime fans tend to find her to be a cute and sympathetic character, while manga fans think she has so little in common with Miki Naoki that she's that character {{In Name Only}}, especially since the anime completly changed her personality and left out the storyline where she questions the situation regarding Yuki's delusions.

* {{Narm}}: Chapter 47 and it's backstory for the MFC comes off as cringey and unintentionally goofy due to Takahito and Ayaka constantly ranting about how "Chosen" they were and how edgy they end up coming off as. Ayaka in particular ends up seemingly more like an edgy, {{wangst}}y teenager rather then a scary and unpredictable sociopath.

* Narm: Chapter 47 and it's backstory for the MFC comes off as cringey and unintentionally goofy due to Takahito and Ayaka constantly ranting about how "Chosen" they were and how edgy they end up coming off as. Ayaka in particular ends up seemingly more like an edgy, {{wangst}}y teenager rather then a scary and unpredictable sociopath.

* TheScrappy: Yuuri in the second arc is slowly starting to get flak for her [[spoiler:deepening delusions about Ruu. Unlike Yuki, who's condition makes her more sympathetic and endearing, Yuuri's delusions make her outright unstable and unlikable. It doesn't help that she still believes that Ruu is still alive even after seeing Ayaka "Kill" her (In reality she just stepped on the head of the teddy bear that Yuuri thinks is Ruu).]] And Chapter 50 makes her even ''worse'', [[spoiler: as she's more concerned about a teddy bear then ''her actual living friends'', to where she has to be reminded that Kurumi is still missing]].

** Takahito isn't very well-liked either. While he is suppose to be a {{Hate Sink}}, some of the hate he gets goes beyond that, with criticism towards him being that he's a dull and uninteresting character who [[SpotlightStealingSquad nonetheless takes page time from better characters]]. His {{Wangst}} backstory, [[TooDumbToLive sheer stupidity]] and how patheticly he's ultimately taken out doesn't earn him any liking from fans either.

** Takahito isn't very well-liked either. While he is suppose to be a {{Hate Sink}}, some of the hate he gets goes beyond that, with criticism towards him being that he's a dull and uninteresting character who [[SpotlightStealingSquad nonetheless takes page time from better characters]]. His {{Wangst}} backstory, [[TooDumbToLive sheer stupidity]] and how patheticly he's ultimately taken out don't earn him any liking from fans either.

** Takahito isn't very well-liked either. While he is suppose to be a {{Hate Sink}}, some of the hate he gets goes beyond that, with criticism towards him being that he's a dull and uninteresting character who [[SpotlightStealingSquaud nonetheless takes page time from better characters]]. His {{Wangst}} backstory, [[TooDumbToLive sheer stupidity]] and how patheticly he's ultimately taken out don't earn him any liking from fans either.

** The current arc has divided the fandom as well. Some people think that it's a interesting and fresh direction to take the series in, with plenty of new characters to expand on the story, actual human antagonists and plenty of twists and turns. Others find it inferiour to the first 30 chapters, think that there's too many characters {With some further diversion on whether any of the new characters are interesting or boring}, that the Melee Fight Crew are flat and boring antagonists who hog screentime from other more interesting characters and plotlines, and {{The Reveal}} that [[spoiler: the virus is possibly airborne and thus able to infect anyone at any time]] pushes the series into {{Darkness Induced Audience Apathy}} territory.

* MemeticLoser: Takahito is quickly being regarded as this as of lately. Despite being the {{Big Bad}} of the University arc, he's shown [[TooDumbToLive constantly making idotic choices that only make things worse for himself]], is unable to back up his own claims about how he was "Chosen" to lead and survive, and [[spoiler: not only do he and the zombies he let inside end up killing absolutely *nobody*, but he ultimately dies a anti-climatic death because he for some reason still trusted Ayaka *even after she already betrayed him*]].