Manga/Gakkou Gurashi

I personally think that she's a carrier for the virus and is unaware of that fact, or that maybe something is wrong with the kid she's pregnant with. Or perhaps that the mysterious Scientist Lady from Chapter 42 is responsible, possibly as some kind of experiment she wanted to pull off {We currently know so little about her that her role in the story could be just about anything}. Too many theories, so little known truths.

edited 25th Jul '16 10:43:54 AM by marston

If the virus is transmitted like a disease it could definitely be a Typhoid Mary scenario where somebody is carrying the virus without displaying symptoms themselves. Which could cause all sorts of issues.

Does that mean her child would be naturally imune to zombies, like Kurumi?

Depends on the nature of the virus. It's possible. If this were a darker work I'd assume that it would end with the baby turning before being born but that's probably a bit too nasty for this series.

Mostly I'm curious if things will get tied together with Yuuri. Most of her issues stem from her need to take care of others, which is so strong that she hallucinated a non-existent kid to protect. Whether there being an actual kid to take care of would be good or bad for her psyche at this point is up in the air.

So there's a question I have that I'm hoping someone here could awnser. There's 3 scenes from this series that I personally think really fit the Signature Scene trope, and want to put that trope on the YMMV page because of it. The scenes are The Reveal at the end of Episode 1, the anime's version of the scene where we find out that "Megumi" was really a hallucination, and in the manga The Heilcopter Crash, the explosion that follows and Yuuri's massive breakdown. The last one especially because it's a big scene in the series, and I know for a fact that many manga fans were not happy when it was left out of the Anime. Does anyone here think that those scenes qualify for that trope?

edited 20th Aug '16 9:58:19 PM by marston

I'd say the first one mostly. The contrast between Yuki's expression and the devastated scene sets the tone of the whole series in one shot. The second and third ones are rather turning points.

Well, I just found out that the Signiture Scene trope does have examples {It use to be a "No examples please" trope}, and the Anime and Manga section does list both that first scene and the third one I mentioned.

Chapter 49: Well that was interesting. Apparently Shino suspected that nobody in the School Life Club had killed Kougami, and now she's letting them go after having had a talk with them and confirming that they're innocent. And there's some really odd going on with the Blond Man. He looks like he's remorseful about something, but we don't yet know exactly what he's crying about.

edited 28th Aug '16 10:10:43 PM by marston

Honestly, I thought this chapter would be more tense than this. In the previous chapter we saw the entire protagonist group captured one by one and I expected this to be a big crisis for the group. Now Shino just releases them in an anticlimactic fashion, and the "tough guy" is probably having doubts too.

Anti-climatic as it may have been, I am glad that Shino believes our heroes and let them go as well as the fact that the Blond Guy seems to be feeling remorse for his actions, because it makes both of them far less one-dimensional then they first appeared to be and gives them both extra characterization.

edited 28th Aug '16 10:51:53 PM by marston

Hmm… okay? Chapter felt a bit "flat", but indeed it made Shino and the guy more interesting. Also, Megu-nee looked strangely threatening this time around…

I'm wondering if blond guy is now infected, too. If Shino isn't the one who infected Kogami (my crack theory, jossed at this point unless she's playing a really deep game), then that means the question of the culprit is still up in the air. Ayana is nutso but somehow this sort of thing doesn't seem her style...I was wondering if blond guy was responsible, purely because of the lack of much info about him. Although if he was, then it makes less sense for him to be infected now.

Of course, there's also the possibility that his newfound pensiveness isn't entirely due to Kogami's death and could be guilt over threatening and imprisoning the girls.

So I'm rereading vol. 7 in Japanese, and I have to say this arc is far easier to follow and appreciate when you read in volumes − and without the sloppy Korean-to-English translation.

There's just one thing I don't get… Rise's (the book girl) family name is 稜河原… I have no idea how you read this. Neither the manga nor Wikipedia give the reading. I put "Ryougawahara" on the wiki, but I'm not sure.

Also Shino is actually ShinoU. As in, you pronounce the u.

…The only causes I can find for Kougami's infection are either indirect infection by Kurumi, somehow, or that fishy scientist who hides from everyone. Or maybe one of Shino...u's screwdrivers covered in zombie blood?

edited 30th Aug '16 5:26:50 PM by Lyendith

^Like I've said before, the Scientist is kind of my top suspect for who possibly infected Kougami, unless something else happend.

Speaking of Riise, who here thinks that she encountered a zombie and got bit but didn't mention it? I mean, there's that big wound on her arm, and I'm pretty sure the MFC didn't cause that to happen. The only other explanation I can think of was that she injured herself while escaping. If she did get bit, there could be disasterous consquences from that coming up. And even if she didn't get bit, she will still probably wind up dead since right now the Fallen Girls want to negociate with the MFC, and we all know how paranoid the MFC is with Bite Wounds.....

Hm? Where do we see a "big wound on her arm"? Considering the MFC already interrogated her, I think they would have noticed that...

And god I'm repeating myself but this arc is so much better when read in one go and in raw… I had totally forgotten that the Dissolute Club had a disappeared member. We might actually meet that Sumiko girl alive... I also have a new appreciation for Rise, somehow.

Also, volume 8 gives us the name of the blonde guy. He's 頭護 貴人 (Tougo… Takato? I think).

edited 1st Sep '16 4:26:55 PM by Lyendith

There's a bloody wound on her arm in the recent chapter. I can't find a picture of it, but just go back and look at the new chapter and you'll see it around the time when she pops up. In fact I'm pretty sure Miki saw the wound and tried to ask her about it. Again, either she got hurt while escaping or somehow encountered a zombie after she got away. She never did say how she got hurt to begin with......

edited 1st Sep '16 9:01:47 PM by marston

…That may have something to do with her JUMPING THROUGH A GLASS WINDOW in chap 48. It's a wonder she was even able to walk afterwards…

edited 2nd Sep '16 4:16:36 AM by Lyendith

Yeah, I'm assuming she got that during her escape. Besides, it shouldn't be that hard to tell the difference between a cut from a piece of glass and a bite mark.

It's been too long since I read the previous chapter, blah. Still think it'll result in more bad stuff happening with the MFC if they see her again though, since they seem to be really paranoid about wounds of any kind.

One thing I'm always going to wonder about is how Season 2 of the anime would have played out if the show had been successful enough to get a 2nd Season. I mean the anime is already fairly different enough then the manga, plus Yuuri never snapped in the anime, which would result in the whole Ruu thing being left out {Though to be honest I would be compleatly okay with that because I can't stand Yuuri the way she currently is in the manga}, plus I'm curious on what other changes would have been made. Since the anime and manga are both written by the same guy, I feel like the anime was basically him telling an alternate version of his own story and doing some experimenting he couldn't currently do in the manga.

Since the anime had a running gag where Kurumi had to be repeatedly reminded to not use her shovel on none-zombies, I like to imagine that her encounter with Takashige once he turned hostile ended up going pretty differently then it did in the manga, probably resulting in that douchebag losing some teeth and getting a terrible headache.

edited 2nd Sep '16 1:33:41 PM by marston

Chap 50 out. So it's "Takahito", not "Takato"… I was close enough.

And sooo… It seems Takahito was infected without contact, like Kougami. Woops.

So Takahito is infected and now his remaining allies have turned against him. I gotta say, seeing him freaking out, panicing and getting his fatal secret discovered was very satisfying after seeing how much of a complete smug douchebag he's been. He's very likely going to wind up dead in the next chapter, either through his infection or getting killed by another character.

Also, It would seem that Kurumi is back now, and at the very least she hasn't became a zombie yet because otherwise she wouldn't have been able to climb over the gate, let alone being able to run. She must have took some time to calm down after killing Takashiege and then realized that her friends are likely in danger. And now more questions about the Scientist have been added due to her appearence in this chapter too.

edited 27th Sep '16 6:37:41 PM by marston

I'm slightly confused about how Takahito got outed there. Was it merely his overreaction over the possibility of an antidote?

It's also possible that his "DON'T TOUCH ME" thing might've been to cover that he's starting to manifest symptoms. That and the fact that he ran as soon as suspicion arose. I'm wondering exactly when he got infected and what role he played in getting the other guy infected as well. It's possible he's been infected for a while and has been using the antidote, and now his goal was to use the situation to get more from the other survivors.

Chapter 51, or "what happens when two assholes decide to compete in assholeness." >.>

So there's a possibility of an aerial infection now… that's a bit harder to avoid than slow-ass zombies.

This arc may not do a good job at making us like Ayaka and Takahito, but it sure does a good job at making us want them to die slowly and painfully.

edited 27th Oct '16 1:13:33 PM by Lyendith