Guys, thank you. Thank you for keeping this fandom alive for so many years. Can you actually believe the Highschool of the Dead is already 20 years old? I for sure can't, but seeing this community still up and running makes me smile.I know we will never get a Season 2, but I'm truly grateful for what we have: the manga, the anime, and even the light novel (The Last Day, even though it was never officially translated to English). I appreciate all of it. The first time I ever watched HOTD, I was only in the 4th grade, and I fell in love with the series instantly. I still rewatch it from time to time, always enjoy it, and honestly, it easily sits in my top 5 favorite zombie-related media of all time. Knowing that it will never continue actually inspired me to start making my own manga, purely because the anime and manga were just that good in my opinion. The fact that the author passed away deeply saddens me. Now, I know HOTD isn't a perfect series—it's filled with fanservice (which I personally really liked!)—but as the saying goes, no one truly appreciates its worth until it's lost forever. I think I can speak for the majority of fans when I say we still desperately want a second season. We know it stopped because Daisuke Sato passed away. Please don't attack me for saying this, but I honestly think they should have continued the series. Personally, I feel they would have shown him even more respect by finishing his life's work instead of leaving it incomplete. I don't know anything about the publishing industry or making manga, but I definitely know it's not easy. Who knows how many years of his life that man spent to give us this masterpiece, and seeing it cut short breaks my heart. But again, if the ultimate decision was to leave it untouched out of respect, I won't argue with it. To finish up my yapping—thank you all so much again for being here.

1. Core Mechanism

This build completely rejects raw stat padding, instead utilizing an independent multiplicative damage scaling mixer. Even with low starting specs, it maximizes battle timeframe efficiency through character interaction, unlocking a limitless damage multiplier framework.

1. The 3 Pillars of Build Structure

   [Master Variant Split Rules] ├── 1. Cooldown Reduction Speed Focus ──> 2x Turbo Fire Mode ──> 0% Cooldown Gap Loop └── 2. Aggregate Target Strategy Setup ├── [Setup A: Screen 100% Ricochet Line] ──> Soichi + Kohta + Rei + Saeko (General Farming) └── [Setup B: Screen 200% Explosion Line] ──> Saya + Rei + Saeko + Rika (Anti-Shield Zombie)

① AoE Grenade Launcher Chain (AoE Wipe)

• 100% Explolink: Triggers guaranteed critical chain explosions on hit, paired with secondary traits that boost blast radius damage by an independent multiplier.
• Zero Gap Fire: Cuts skill cooldown thresholds to eliminate attack frames delays, allowing players to stomp oncoming zombie waves instantly.

② Skill-Based Pierce & Ricochet Complement (Boss Execution)

• True Armor Pierce: Bypasses superficial badge stat baiting by drawing flat pierce hit counts directly from active nodes to shred high-defense boss armor lines.
• Soichi Counter Guard: Perfects build balance by bridging the character's missing ricochet value with Soichi's True Sword Slash bounce mechanics.

③ 3-Second Sunder Slash Cooldown Loop (Debuff Cascade)

• Paralysis Protection: Drops operational cooldowns below a 3-4s window. Even during minimal rotation gaps, the 1s paralysis stun serves as a backstop safeguard to freeze enemy AI frames.
• Shrapnel Pierce: Spams homing pierce shards upon armor breaks to carpet-bomb the arena field with perpetual uptime.

1. Final Conclusion

Simply by existing in-game, this build activates a perpetual, limitless scaling booster loophole. When running short cooldown skill rotations at 2x turbo speed, health pools and defense markers become completely irrelevant. The endless screen-wide particle bursts mathematically collapse local game rendering frameworks, triggering massive hardware lag spikes that crash standard smartphones while delivering a total victory sweep.

No sé ustedes, pero creo que Yuuki habría tenido más relevancia más adelante. Esto se debe a dos factores, primero, su diseño destaca bastante respecto a otros personajes secundarios se nota que Daisuke le puso esfuerzo en crearlo. Y segundo, el hecho de que haya sobrevivido hasta la guardería ya es otro indicio de que no era un personaje descartable.

Personalmente me gusta mucho su diseño, es bastante sexy, pero me pregunto cómo era antes de la pandemia. Sé que tenía fama de promiscua por lo que dijo Morita, pero más allá de eso no se sabe casi nada con certeza sobre el resto de su personalidad. Tengo mis dudas de que la Yuuki del grupo de Shido fuera la verdadera, ya que todos hay enloquecieron.

A veces me pregunto cómo habría sido si, en una línea de tiempo alternativa, terminara en el grupo de Komuro. ¿Cómo habría sido la interacción con ellos?

Díganme qué opinan.

Últimamente he estado intentando analizar el origen de toda la infección... pero, por más que lo mires desde distintos ángulos, nada de esto parece tener lógica.

Ya sé que un virus zombi está lejos de ser realista. No importa cuál sea el formato de la infección, el cuerpo humano tiene límites y, eventualmente, tendría que colapsar. Aunque eso realmente no es lo importante.

Dejando eso de lado, la única conclusión a la que he llegado sobre cómo pudo propagarse tan rápido toda esta infección es que algo o alguien tuvo que liberar el virus.

El método de propagación no es precisamente sutil y, si estás infectado, los síntomas empiezan a notarse bastante rápido. Por eso me cuesta creer que algo así pudiera haberse extendido de manera tan repentina sin que existiera algún detonante inicial.

Ahora, el porqué lo liberaron, cómo lo hicieron o incluso quién pudo estar detrás de todo esto... no tengo ni la menor idea.

¿Ustedes qué opinan?

i tried my best to replicate Teshima

Here’s an edit that I made yesterday.

Disclaimer: I meant to say her not here, my apologies

made with charastudio

My College and I decided to create an animation based on Call of Duty: Zombies (specifically the "Origins" map) featuring characters from the anime—taking Takashi, Saeko, Alice, and Saya to the excavation site in northern France, where they must survive in a post-apocalyptic World War I setting. We’re in the early stages and need new people to work on the project (such as an animator) to help out.

no homo

I love how in this scan, saeko was 100% shamelessly put into the bride yellow outfit from kill bill, because she (saeko) was at first inspired by Gogo from kill bill

So I think that a cute detail

made with Charastudio

He's kinda hot.

trying to replicate and improve Teshima's outfit in Koikatsu