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さんかれあ

Another zombie anime, because I guess KoreZom wasn't enough. From what I gather, this time the girl is the zombie though.

Airs Friday, April 6 at 02:50 JST on TBS

Animation studio: Studio Deen

ANN Entry (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=13507)
Official Site (http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/sankarea/)


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[Fencedude]

This show's tone is strange. Almost as strange as Chihiro himself. The Zombie obsession, fine. But trying to revive your dead cat as a zombie? Thats...not normal.

Rea is very cute, her seiyuu Uchida Maaya (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=94314) has done absolutely nothing of note, but I like her vouce. Her "mou mou" sounds especially are very unique.

As for the ending...ok...?

[HitokiriShadow]

So. High school Rom-com.... with a zombie fetish. As in, the main male actually has a fetish for zombies. Yeah. Zombies are generally more of a turn-off than a turn on, but zombie romance is at least something new, unique and potentially interesting.

Mero is cute and decently amusing. I'm hoping she gets a decent amount of time.
Wanko is a lot of fun. I expect good things from her. "I'll abandon my customers any time!"

Rea.... hmmmmm. I'll need to wait until next episode to figure out how I feel about her. She's cute, but for most of her appearance in this episode, she was a bit excessively.... passive, I guess. She seemed to be a "pure girl" type, and the situation that led her to meeting Chihiro and him being a borderline asshole left her being, well, very passive for the most part. She showed some sides of a hidden, more assertive side at the end though, so I'm hoping she'll be more interesting in future episodes.

And her seiyuu is... uh, Uchida Maaya. Who was Mari in YuryuYuri and.... that's about it. 'Tis the season for putting "new", essentially unknown seiyuu in starring roles, apparently.

[ookamigirl]

The kid lost his pet cat & decided to resurrect it.
His efforts were admirable, but with that sort of thing stuff always goes wrong.
Kinda reminded me of Occult Academy on some level.
Rea's unfortunate family situation lead her to become a test subject by chance LOL
This has potential. Will be watching it.

[superdry]

I loved the Shaun of the Dead reference in the beginning when Chihiro was thinking about a moe zombie. I wonder what other zombie movie references are going to show up if any.

Sanka Rea sure is cute. The two together in the abandoned building was fun to watch.

Almost as strange as Chihiro himself. The Zombie obsession, fine. But trying to revive your dead cat as a zombie? Thats...not normal.

His zombie obsession, I think, has went too far even before wanting to revive the cat.

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Episode 1:

- Whelp, I love blue haired girl in the OP. Just from one scene.
- >_> Zombie fetish. A romantic fetish.

- Mero! And she's his sister! Yay, give her lots of time please.
- Ah she's Iguchi Yuka.
- Grandpa already looks like a zombie. >_>
- Crying Mero. ;_;
- Heh. Mero sleeps in ghost cosplay?
- Enter the doomed childhood friend character. Yahagi Sayuri~
- Ah, cousin. Well, pretty much the same exact dynamic.

- Hahaha, ummmmm. Rea's well confessions just took a weird turn.
- Damn she's pretty.
- And that cleavage...

- Ummm, I knew she was the zombie and all but wtf is going on, did she kill herself? Ewww, intestines. Well, there's a good chance she's trolling him, but I don't think so by the ending dialogue. Preview gives some hints, but I'll just wait until ep 2 before speculating more.

[strangefour]

-Why is the sexy girl who stands on things from Nise in the OP on a table?
-Zombie... sexual... Dude just got screw a goth girl.
-Grandpa has stopped living and become a crazy mixed up thing.
-Aww cute kitty.
-Mom is dead... oh don't tell me you want to resurrect and bone her you freak.
-BOB! NOOO! :cry:
-I take it this kid never saw Pet Cemetary.

-Zombie, which one? There's like six of the damn things.
-A boy with cat ears and a girl named Wanko. Wan~
-Ah cousin. That explains disinterest in bosoms.
-A relationship started by a confession of child pornography is a new one to me.
-Bo- b- boob~
-Dream? Reality? Prank? Preview? Well whatever, for Chihiro it's porn.

Chihiro is insane. Mero is a cute ghost. Sanka is naive enough to commit suicide... maybe. I just hope Bob the kitten is fine when he comes back as the living dead.

[ookamigirl]

Furuya & Rea working on the zombie potion..
Her dad is a total perv, looks like she has a family of weirdos.
Guess he really loved his cat since he was willing to go that far.
Poor Rea, don't think anyone would envy her life..
OMG, the potion thing really worked!! Cool!
Just.. Babu seemed kinda demonic though ^^"

[Fencedude]

Jesus. Rea's dad. Wow. Fuck him.

This show...is very melancholy. Also very interesting directoral decisions at a few points. Almost felt Shinboesque.

And then Rea was a Zombie. Maybe.

[strangefour]

-Maids get "fired" and animals "disappear" around Rea.
-Rea's mom is a cranky drunk?
-Picture time... ;_;
-I don't think resurrection works the way you think it does Rea.

-Rea can't have nice things.
-This episode better end with someone eating Rea's dad's intestines.
-"Hold this girl who wants to be a zombie while I look away from your naive ass." >_<
-Well she didn't chug it immediately. I guess she has half a brain.
-Helloooo cousin sexy.
-Super Bob!
-To sleep perchance to eat braaaaainz.

And then Rea was a Zombie. Maybe.

Nope she's dead now. The rest of the show will be from the perspective of her in hell.

I think I'm dropping this show. Except for Wanko, I just feel sorry for the cast or want to see them die. Well Rea's milfy mom looks okay but she hasn't done anything. Since kitten Bob walking among the living again, I don't really have anything that makes me want to see more. I'll just picture him and a horde of zombie maids destroying the Sanka mansion and everyone inside.

[HitokiriShadow]

Rea's father better have some very bad things for him. And no redemption. Fuuuuuuuuck redemption. We probably won't be lucky enough to see him die, but I can hope.

This was a much better episode for Rea to make an impression on me though. She's much more likable here, for a variety of reasons. A big part was simply not spending virtually all of her screentime asking Mahiro to not reveal her secret. She got to take an active roll in things and be fun and cute doing it. Being able to get inside her head a bit helps too.

Rea has some very interesting reactions to watching her first zombie movies. She seems to have no concept of zombies at all, and her reaction to seeing zombies eat a nurse ranges from dispassionate observation to almost delighted interest as the zombies apparently relieve the nurse of the weight of her internal organs.

And, uh, is it just me, or is Rea's resistance to eating Babu-chan seem to be entirely becuase its Mahiro's beloved Babu-chan, rather than that she's being asked to eat a dead cat?

[Fencedude]

And, uh, is it just me, or is Rea's resistance to eating Babu-chan seem to be entirely becuase its Mahiro's beloved Babu-chan, rather than that she's being asked to eat a dead cat?

Huh?

Where did that come from?

[HitokiriShadow]

And, uh, is it just me, or is Rea's resistance to eating Babu-chan seem to be entirely becuase its Mahiro's beloved Babu-chan, rather than that she's being asked to eat a dead cat?

Huh?

Where did that come from?

Something about how she said it and behaved as she said it. I guess it seemed to me like she acted and said the line the same way she would refuse an offer to borrow something precious from a friend rather than refusing to eat a dead cat. Basically, nothing in her reaction suggested the slightest bit of surprise or disgust at the idea of what was just suggested to her.

But then, see her reaction to watching the zombie movie. I think she's just a little off in general when interacting with people on such a friendly, normal level. She normally keeps people at a distance, doesn't get any sort of normal human interaction at home, and operates with a higher level mask than most people do, so these things are probably signs of her awkwardness in interacting with others in a normal way.

[Fencedude]

Something about how she said it and behaved as she said it. I guess it seemed to me like she acted and said the line the same way she would refuse an offer to borrow something precious from a friend rather than refusing to eat a dead cat. Basically, nothing in her reaction suggested the slightest bit of surprise or disgust at the idea of what was just suggested to her.


No, I meant where did you get the idea she was going to eat Babu? I don't remember anything like that ever coming up.

[superdry]

Rea's father better have some very bad things for him. And no redemption. Fuuuuuuuuck redemption. We probably won't be lucky enough to see him die, but I can hope.

His love for his daughter is a little too much...just a little. The worse is doing everything to get rid of people who became too friendly around her. The cat! Poor cat.


And, uh, is it just me, or is Rea's resistance to eating Babu-chan seem to be entirely becuase its Mahiro's beloved Babu-chan, rather than that she's being asked to eat a dead cat?

I think it was the former (at least it sounded like according to the subs I watched). Maybe Babu also reminded her of the cat she ran into as a kid.

[superdry]

No, I meant where did you get the idea she was going to eat Babu? I don't remember anything like that ever coming up.

Chihiro asks her if she wants to eat Babu around 3:38 unless the guys from EveTaku-Hiryuu totally mistranslated that line.

[Fencedude]

No, I meant where did you get the idea she was going to eat Babu? I don't remember anything like that ever coming up.

Chihiro asks her if she wants to eat Babu.

*blinks*

Seriously? I totally missed that. I wonder if I just missed that line or if it was something in the subs I was watching. I can't check at the moment though.

Hmm...

[HitokiriShadow]

No, I meant where did you get the idea she was going to eat Babu? I don't remember anything like that ever coming up.

Chihiro asks her if she wants to eat Babu around 3:38 unless the guys from EveTaku-Hiryuu totally mistranslated that line.

I watched the Doki version and (obviously) got the same thing out of it.

[Fencedude]

I watched the Doki version and (obviously) got the same thing out of it.

Ah...I'm...not very convinced of Doki's accuracy for this series. Could you perhaps check another group's in that area? Because I don't think thats right.

[superdry]

I watched the Doki version and (obviously) got the same thing out of it.

Ah...I'm...not very convinced of Doki's accuracy for this series. Could you perhaps check another group's in that area? Because I don't think thats right.

That leaves Commie and SFW since Hitokiri and I watched the subs from Doki and Evetaku-Hiryuu.

I sort of trust the Evetaku-Hiryuu joint more than Doki so if both of them gave the same general meaning then it's probably right.

[Fencedude]

That leaves Commie and SFW since Hitokiri and I watched the subs from Doki and Evetaku-Hiryuu.

I sort of trust the Evetaku-Hiryuu joint more than Doki so if both of them gave the same general meaning then it's probably right.

I watched Commie, but I can't check their subs right now. Can you give me a general location so I can check later?

[HitokiriShadow]

I watched the Doki version and (obviously) got the same thing out of it.

Ah...I'm...not very convinced of Doki's accuracy for this series. Could you perhaps check another group's in that area? Because I don't think thats right.

Commie (good thing I already had it on hand) translates it as "Or are you going to give it a taste?"

That said, she actually did initially react more like I would expect someone to react to that kind of suggestion. Which is to say, she was rather taken aback. I have no idea how *I* missed that.

Commie translates her follow up lines a bit differently, and I might not have gotten quite the same impression from Commie's version. Both seem like fair translations of what she was saying (her dialogue there is pretty simple, so I can more or less understand it). I'm not sure if I'm reading too much into it or not. She freaks out, says she can't possibly do that.... and then basically says she can't do such a thing to Babu ("Babu wa souna!" with "souna" being one of those very, very context dependent things for how you translate it, so you can get very different translations of some lines involving it.). So.... yeah, interpret that as you like.

[Fencedude]

Commie (good thing I already had it on hand) translates it as "Or are you going to give it a taste?"

That said, she actually did initially react more like I would expect someone to react to that kind of suggestion. Which is to say, she was rather taken aback. I have no idea how *I* missed that.

Commie translates her follow up lines a bit differently, and I might not have gotten quite the same impression from Commie's version. Both seem like fair translations of what she was saying (her dialogue there is pretty simple, so I can more or less understand it). I'm not sure if I'm reading too much into it or not. She freaks out, says she can't possibly do that.... and then basically says she can't do such a thing to Babu ("Babu wa souna!" with "souna" being one of those very, very context dependent things for how you translate it, so you can get very different translations of some lines involving it.). So.... yeah, interpret that as you like.

You see, I thought they were talking about the medicine, which is what he originally offered to have her test for him.

I have no idea how/why he would suggest that she eat Babu.

[superdry]

That leaves Commie and SFW since Hitokiri and I watched the subs from Doki and Evetaku-Hiryuu.

I sort of trust the Evetaku-Hiryuu joint more than Doki so if both of them gave the same general meaning then it's probably right.

I watched Commie, but I can't check their subs right now. Can you give me a general location so I can check later?

I edited one of my previous posts and mentioned the whole "eating Babu" things came up around 3:38, but the whole thing starts around 3:30.

I do have to say Sanka's "ehhhh!?" is really cute.

[HitokiriShadow]

You see, I thought they were talking about the medicine, which is what he originally offered to have her test for him.

I have no idea how/why he would suggest that she eat Babu.

Here are the lines immediately preceding it.

(talks about being out of ideas for the potion)

Rea: Then what will happen to Babu?

Mahiro: Hmmm, I guess I'll bury him.

Rea: Eeeee!?

Mahiro: It's been five days, you know. ... Or are you going to give it a taste?

Rea: Iyaa! What a horrible idea! Babu... I...

Mahiro: She doesn't get my jokes at all.Hmmmmm, honestly, I'm not sure which one's talking about. The thing is, while "it" in the translated line would suggest he's talking about the medicine as he would say "him" if he was talking about Babu.... this is where the inherent differences in the languages and how we talk become an issue. I can't tell exactly what he's saying here, but it doesn't sound like he actually says anything in Japanese for what he's telling her to consume. Since they were talking about Babu at this point, it seems most likely that that's what he was referring to.

On the other hand, they had been talking about the medicine just a few lines before that, so it doesn't seem entirely impossible that he was referring to that. But it does seem unlikely based on what specifically about the medicine they were talking about. It doesn't seem to lend itself well to letting him talk about it like that without specifying that he was talking about the medicine. But sine I'm far from fluent, I'm can hardly say that with any authority.

Oh, and as for why? Because he likes to tease her about things. See the last line I posted above

[HitokiriShadow]

I do have to say Sanka's "ehhhh!?" is really cute.

Ha, yeah, I really liked that. Didn't really notice it on my first watch, but definitely did the next ~10 ten times. The cutest part is that its in response to his idea to do the completely normal thing you're supposed to do with a dead pet. Well, other than waiting five days to do it.

[something]

Episode 2:

- Rea's naivete with zombies is cute. "This man is eating his friend!"
- Panchira.. save!

- Whelp. Rea's family sucks.

- Um. How exactly is a small dead cat fitting that large cup of goo inside itself? Timex like 5 or 6. Anatomy doesn't work that way.
- God Rea is adorable. Stil wondering how we get from this to the end of ep 1 though.
- Oh right they need to meet once more for the burial. And I'm still waiting for Babu to start meowing.
- Wanko boooooooobs!
- Oh hey Babu-chan.

Still not back at the end of ep 1. Next time maybe. Good episode though. I love love love Rea.

Sadly no Mero, but she does another awesome preview.

[ookamigirl]

Poor Rea... don't think anyone would envy that kind of a family.
Her dad is a total psycho and her mom couldn't care less.
Furuya was all happy about Babu, but that cat was just acting weird.
I thought her father would end up killing her and he did.
Good thing she drank that potion before.
Wonder what her life will be now..

[HitokiriShadow]

So after almost three entire episodes, Rea finally becomes a zombie. I like that the show took its time to build up to it, but I'm surprised. This is the kind of basic plot element that stories usually try to get to by the end of the first episode/chapter.

A shame Rea didn't take her father with her on her tumble down though.

Now that Rea is a zombie, hopefully the show will focus less on Rea's horrible family issues and more on "WTF, my girlfriend is a zombie" and have some (morbid) fun with that. Which will also hopefully allow for more Mero. At least she had a bit more screentime here than in episode 2.

[Fencedude]

And then Rea was a Zombie~ssu

This show...its morbid, creepy, upbeat, funny...all at the same time. Really, really strange.

I wonder if that will be uncensored on the BDs. I really don't think I want it to be, actually.

[strangefour]

-Opening song is too cheerful for a show where a girl commits suicide by zombie potion. And it reminds me of molestation again.
-Even her suicide is filled with horrible imagery.
-Stay out of the sunlight Rea. You'll turn into beef jerky.
-If you are going to go creepy on me anime atleast go all the way and make this some horrible porn. A girl saying she deserved being hit then being fondeled by her father is just annoying the hell out of me.
-Castrate? Okay maybe you are going down the perverse exploitation route anime.
-Hooray Bob's alive~ Oh shit now he's going to be biting people and starting the apocolypse. Our protagonist never considers consequences.
-Sexy drunken nopan milf! Just murder your husband already lady.
-You discovered Secret Entrance. *fanfare*

-Protagonists friends are a cute couple.
-That was an odd conversation.
-Father! Cliff! This is your chance to pay back the bastard.
-Bob! To action! Go commit murder.
-No. Bad anime. Wrong murder. Also did a rock just tear her vagina in half?
-Don't looks so sad Furuya. Now your sick sadistic necrophilic dream can come true.
-Bob indeed little kitty. Bob.

Okay NOW Rea's dead. Show's over. Move along. Nothing to see hear.

The tone of this show is just so uneven it ends up being flat. It needs to go further into zombie exploitation, body horror, dirty family secrets or something. Those unusual dark elements just end up all muddied when mixed up in there with normal school life junk and a budding boring romance. If this show was darker or lighter I could be invested in the story. As it is it took three episodes to cover the first act of a sub-par horror story. Only it doesn't look like Rea's going to be craving human flesh, be kept in a basement, be begging to die, or eat pedophillic papa's face off. I just don't give a crap about any of the characters. Bob's cute and Rea's mom is hot, but that's not enough to make me want to see more.

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Episode 3:

- Ah right she was trying to kill herself with way too low a dose of something that's probably not all that poisonous to begin with.
- Rea's dad is such a little shit.

- Mero!!!!!!!
- Hahah, way to not think ahead, Chihiro. You love zombies and never considered that a zombie cat might make other people zombies.
- Suddenly panties!
- Wanko's boobs are not gonna fit through there.
- Ergh, just looking at her stuck in there makes me feel claustrophobic. Those scenes usually don't but something about this one was disturbing. It's so dark...

- Hahah, Rea trying to explain why she was asking for Chihiro XD
- And then caught by her fucking creep father.
- BABU-CHAN TO THE RESCUE! I think.
- Ouch. I knew that bit of tree they showed before would be what did her in.
- But it isn't happening like the end of ep 1. But of weird misdirection there I guess.
- The censorship is pretty sloppy but it's not like I want to see her intestines hanging out so uh, I can't complain.

And now he's a zombie, finally! No idea where we go from here. Maybe dad disowns her and she moves in with Chihiro or something. I don't want him to get off easy though. Can't she eat his brains?

Good episode.

Mero previews are the best previews.

[superdry]

Wanko. Just wow. The likes to show her boobs. Not that I'm complaining or anything.


A shame Rea didn't take her father with her on her tumble down though.

I was hoping for the same. Blah.


Now that Rea is a zombie, hopefully the show will focus less on Rea's horrible family issues and more on "WTF, my girlfriend is a zombie" and have some (morbid) fun with that. Which will also hopefully allow for more Mero. At least she had a bit more screentime here than in episode 2.

She was a cute living girl and now she's a cute zombie. I'm definitely up for some zombie girl hijinks now.

[Fencedude]

Oh god, Rea, you are even more adorable when you are dead.

She was awesome the entire episode. She sewed her own wounds up! And she seems to have almost no nudity taboo.

Her slurred speech was also great.

And it seems Wanko's got a cute kouhai with a crush...

[bear]

I wish they'd stick with one direction. Either do drama with some comedy or comedy with some drama not try to do both. The elements are too even and ones getting in the way of the other. The whole pedo dad thing just doesn't belong in a comedy IMO (you know he's coming after catboy, but why couldn't they have just killed him off). Rea is well done but catboy and his friends just don't work for me. The concept of having to die to be able to experience life is a good one. I just wish it was done better. Maybe things will improve.

[ookamigirl]

Furuya & zombie Rea.
Her dad is a lunatic with a serious daughter complex.
Wanko was all LOL & pissed about that tunnel from last time ^^
Furuya's grandpa sure is energetic ROFL
Guess Furuya's zombie romance came true ^^
Now he only needs to keep her from rotting...

[HitokiriShadow]

Rea takes dying and becoming a zombie really well. She doesn't really care at all. She even sews up the foot long gash in her stomach like she was just mending her skirt. Rea sounded drunk there at the end, and her voice was absolutely adorable.

But it turns out there are some complications that come with being a corpse. I'm assuming that's why Babu went and ate those flowers. I imagine she'll need to consume them on a regular basis.

And oh, hey, some cute maids. They seem fun. So how long until Rea's father has them murdered because they say the wrong thing?

[superdry]

Rea takes dying and becoming a zombie really well.

It's a new lease on life for her...literally. But, man, is she such a cute zombie. That and she was wearing no panties at all throughout the episode (unless the animators were watching Saki beforehand to get those perfect camera angles).


But it turns out there are some complications that come with being a corpse. I'm assuming that's why Babu went and ate those flowers. I imagine she'll need to consume them on a regular basis.

It's either that or eating a human since it seemed she had the urge with Chihiro before being interrupted.

[Fencedude]

So being a zombie means Rea has the urge to lick Wanko?

I AM PERFECTLY FINE WITH THIS

Anyway, wow Rea's pretty damn creepy.

Wanko's kouhai is also really gay.

[HitokiriShadow]

That's, uh, not how zombies normally try to eat people.

I certainly like Rea's method better. Especially the one she used on Ranko.

Ranko's stalker/kouhai is a little weird. It turns out she's also "friends" with Rea. And probably wants to sleep with both of them.

[ookamigirl]

Well... this was a pretty relaxing episode.
Nothing big happened this time, except the fact his granpa invented that potion he used on Babu and Rea.
The fan service part was kinda LOL
Rea was being pushy and weird towards Wanko.
Kissing Furuya ^^ just what came over Rea?
Looks like she needs to eat some of those poisonous flowers like Babu.

[superdry]

Finally, Mero gets extended screen time. She's friggin awesome being so deadpan. I also love how the show likes to focus on Wanko's assets.

That's, uh, not how zombies normally try to eat people.

I certainly like Rea's method better. Especially the one she used on Ranko.

Rea's a zombie I can stand by. Instead of eating people, she loves them instead.


Ranko's stalker/kouhai is a little weird. It turns out she's also "friends" with Rea. And probably wants to sleep with both of them.

I can totally go for this in doujin form. Unfortunately, sometimes such things rarely exist.

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Episode 4:

- And creepy dad bathes in pictures of his daughter. Diiiiie.
- Mmmm, amazing underboob. And, um, self-stitches.
- Oh god I love Rea. "It's my first time being in a boy's room." That's not the point! :sd:
- Red eyes look nice on Rea.
- ...Is she going to kiss him or eat his brains? =D
- "I hope it's okay for zombies to take showers." XD She looks wonderful naked. Very wonderful.
- Boob exercises! ...What is wrong with your brain, Rea?
- ...My god. Rea may be hotter than Yuuko, in the batrle of hot dead girls this season. The way she just lounges around naked is sooooooooooooooooo... ...we are just not worthy.
- Rigor mortis? No! She must be undead forever, not dead dead! Make more elixir! Or I guess she just needs to eat hydrangea leaves.

I really really wish dad had died. I'd love for this show to just be the adventures of Chihiro and his hot dead girlfriend and gang of friends, but instead there's gonna be plot and shit involving Rea's dad trying to destroy Chihiro and stuff. Boo. Still a fantastic episode though.

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Episode 5:

- <3 Mero's ghost pajamas.

- God Wanko's friend is adorable. And it's great to hear Akkariin! in another role.
- I love love love Mero.
- Babu is on the roof. Babu just don't give a fuck.
- This episode likes Ranko's feet.
- o_O Rea on top of the display case. Creepy. Creepy hot.
- Um. ...Rea is really into both Ranko's boobs and kissing Chihiro. This means she's...?

...Zom-bi-sexual?

::crickets::

...Well, great episode again. Babu looks like he's out of hydrangea leaf power.

[Fencedude]

Man, this show.

They finally figure out the Hydrangea Leaf aspect, and Rea returns to...well, not "normal", but at least "no longer crazy". Wanko...gets very tsun-tsun over it all.

And she was definitely a bit TOO into licking that wound of his...

[ookamigirl]

Wanko is one smart girl, to an extent ^^"
Babu was smarter than Wanko & Furuya combined.
Well, as long as there are those leaves, everything should be fine.
Furuya's grandpa finally shared some valuable info.
Seems like Rea will be officially staying with them from now on.
The night walk was nice, kinda romantic too ^^

[HitokiriShadow]

So now Rea can openly live in Chihiro's home, though they somehow managed to keep the zombie part secret from Mero and their dad.

I think the episode pretty much confirmed that Grandpa is a zombie.

While the leaves restore Rea's sanity, it looks like they don't quite remove her taste for flesh. She was clearly enjoying "sterilizing" Chihiro's wound at the end.

[superdry]

Sanka is so hhhnnngggg. Too many cute "ehhh!?" moments in the episode. So adorable.

Sanka has been without pantsu the whole time while with Chihiro. You would think he would mention wearing a skirt while taking a walk might not be the best unless zombie Sanka likes to go commando. I personally have no problems with that. Maybe Chihiro doesn't too.

I do like the Shaun of the Dead reference every time they show Chihiro in his fantasy world.

Chihiro is right - what to do during winter when hydrangea leaves aren't available. I would think he should start harvesting the leaves and keep a supply over winter for her to eat.

I think the episode pretty much confirmed that Grandpa is a zombie.


Yup. I originally thought eating the leaves of the hydrangea plant was part of causing his dementia. But, I decided to look up the poisonous effects of eating the leaves and doesn't mention anything about causing neurological problems.

Funny enough though, the plant is poisonous to cats according to ASPCA. Babu finally gets to enjoy eating it as a zombie.

[Fencedude]

Well that was pointless.

[ookamigirl]

Ranko kinda reminded me a little of Ohana from Hanasaku Iroha.
So she and Furuya were childhood friends...
The flashbacks to their childhood days was nice to watch.
The failed kiss attack made her even more determined to win over Rea.
This was a pretty uneventful episode.

[superdry]

Even though Wanko is a pretty fun character, no Sanka this week made me sad.

So, we had to have backstory on her and Chihiro and how she feels even though the viewer should probably know how she feels after watching the first six. Backstory is fine, but this one really didn't do much.

Next episode looks more exciting.

[Damius]

- Mero is cute for sure.
- And Rea is simply beautiful.
- I need explanation about that ending…

This sure gives me a really good first impression. We have a beautiful zombie in this series and a beautiful ghost in Tasogare Otome x Amnesia. We sure are lucky this season.

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Episode 6:

- Rea is looking very content. You'd almost think none of the chaos she's causing has anything to do with her. :sd:
- And they finally find out about hydrangea leaves.
- Poor Wanko. But damn is she ever hot. She should go for the bare shoulders and massive cleavage look all the time.
- Sorry Wanko. Your boobs can't beat Rea's deadness.
- And yay for easy-going anime parents.
- Hahaha, Rea finds out about the kiss.

- Ponytail Rea!
- At least Chihiro gets why Wanko is reacting the way she is. He's not totally oblivious or anything.
- Chihiro may break down before Rea does if she keeps tossing him around. :sd:

<3 Mero previews.

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Episode 7:

- Oh hey, Wanko episode.
- Man Chihiro was weird. I mean, weirder than he is now.
- Ahh, so the present day in this episode is also present day of the show. I was wondering if this was still in the past, pre-Rea.

Well, I would say it's good we got a full episode to explain why the childhood friend likes the guy, but this episode just makes it even harder to understand why Ranko would like him. :sd: Jeeze, want to get a girl in anime, just 1) find her while she's lost and 2) protect her from a dog. WORKS LIKE A CHARM, EVERY TIME!

Well whatever, Ranko is still lovely. And doomed.

[Damius]

I do have to say Sanka's "ehhhh!?" is really cute.

It's definitely is and will be every time she will say it.

[Damius]

- We had hints last episode about how bad was Rea’s father, but now we have proof her whole family is… Poor Rea. How could a girl like her have a family like that…
- “I should have never been your friend” Wow…poor Rea… I feel so bad for her.
- Rea is so beautiful and adorable.
- Damn… her father saw them…
- Wanko boobs…
- Well…Babu is alive, but…
- Please someone save Rea from this father…
- Rea, did she just kill herself?

Wow, this show sure is melancholy. I really want to know what will happen next.

[Damius]

A shame Rea didn't take her father with her on her tumble down though.

I was hoping for the same. Blah.


I think everyone who is watching this show did.

[Damius]

- How could a father like him even live…?
- Well, in the end the thing she drank didn’t kill her.
- Mero is back! Nice to see you again.
- Why her mother had to notice when Rea was getting out…
- It must be so hard for Rea to ask for Chihiro.
- And now Rea is followed by her father’s employee… Boo…
- And here is her father….. Why…?
- So that’s how it happened…ouch… Damn.
- Rea is now a zombie.

I really love Rea, but I really like Mero as well so I hope she will still have screentime in every episode.

[HitokiriShadow]

*yawn*

That was a complete waste of my time. I don't dislike Ranko, but that was a really boring episode.

[Fencedude]

And its back to our favorite Zombie this week.

She continues to be absolutely adorable. Ranko is back to her main role, providing highly gratuitous fanservice.

I don't like fencing being used to frame Dan'ichirou's evilness.

[ookamigirl]

Yay! We're back to Rea and undead diary.
Furuya was acting like a total perv with that video camera.
Those suspicious looking guys who tried to kidnap Rea were in for a surprise.
I'm totally glad she has super strength.
Poor Furuya, hope Rea saves him fast from her crazy father.

[Damius]

- They really want to make Rea’s dad worst and worst… bathing with pictures of Rea… He must die from a really painful death and now.
- Rea’s under boobs… and no panties.
- Please Rea, you are perfect as you are. Don’t act more like a zombie.
- In one word: dates.
- Arg…Wanko they were about to kiss…
- Shower time! Rea have such a wonderful body!
- It’s probably not for boobs exercise…but I won’t complain at all…not at all.
- Yes Rea, you are free and that’s the most wonderful thing that can happen!
- There is no doubt about that…Rea’s body absolutely needs to be preserved.

[Damius]

- I wonder how long Chihiro will be able to hide Rea in his room before she is discovered.
- Wanko’s friend sure is cute.
- Lot of Mero in this episode is quite welcome.
- A long black hair… and Wanko is forced to the floor by Rea.
- Well… Rea sure loves Wanko’s boobs, to say the least.
- And just after that she is kissing Chihiro!

[HitokiriShadow]

Even if your girlfriend is a zombie, even if it truly is "for research" (though Chihiro is clearly more interested in it for other reasons), constantly video taping your (not-quite?-)girlfriend is really fucking creepy.

More of Mero and her friends please.

Then we get an unholy combination of the obnoxious friend and the supremely irritating "plot" stuff with Rea's father that the show should have ditched after Rea became a zombie. :(

[superdry]

Yay for Rea this week! She is just so cute. The dress she bought looked perfect on her with the combination of the thigh highs.

Furuya's constant filming definitely is on the creepy side. err...


Then we get an unholy combination of the obnoxious friend and the supremely irritating "plot" stuff with Rea's father that the show should have ditched after Rea became a zombie. :(

I'd like to have more romantic comedy with the two main characters, but the whole Rea father thing seemed unresolved after she became a zombie considering how attached he is to his daughter. I'm not entirely surprised it's still there. Furuya will probably do something or talk to Rea's father and all will be good. If not, either the show ir or the father becomes a recurring villain of sorts. I'd rather have the show just get it over with. Furuya shows he can take care of Rea and we move on.

Judging from the next episode preview, that might not happen, and instead we get a Mero episode. I have no complaints though. But, then that only leaves, what? three, maybe four, episodes before the show ends.

[Fencedude]

Wait, eyebrows is a girl!? What the hell!?

Really, really good episode. Head and shoulders above Ranko's.

Starting to have some suspicions about how that Zombie formula came to be, or at least when it was last used.

MORE MERO EPISODES!

(oh yeah, and Miko's voice was really familiar, she's Kuraguchi Momo (http://myanimelist.net/people/12953/Momo_Kuraguchi), Chizuru in YuruYuri)

[Fencedude]

Some thoughts on this episode vs. Ranko's episode.

Part of the problem with the Ranko episode was that it just wasn't very good. It ditched most of what was actually interesting (so to speak) about Ranko, and tried to make us actually give a crap about her wanting to be with Chihiro, and the foundation just wasn't there.

This episode worked on Mero's established character, and built more on top of it. Ranko's episode just further explained a status-quo we were already quite clear on.

[ookamigirl]

Mero's side of the story.
This little break from previous events was kinda ok, but I'd like to see the continuation of the previous episode.
Seems like there are more people into zombies..
That sensei sure had a weird pet.
Looks like Mero is getting seriously attached to Rea ^^

[Damius]

- Rea is finally eating some hydrangea leaves.
- Poor Wanko having the Grandpa grabbing her like this…but…
- Rea can stay with them. That sure is great.
- And Rea finds out about the kiss…
- Rea ponytail!
- She is a zombie…but the most beautiful zombie ever.
- The scene with Rea and Chihiro toward the end sure was a nice one.
- Rea have her own way to disinfect Chihiro’s wound.

[Damius]

Normally I really like backstory episode since it gives me the chance to love a given character even more. But, this one was not that good…it was even boring. Wanko should have a way better episode… Would have like to have a nice Wanko episode… Oh well.

[Fencedude]

Damn. Aria's not the greatest person to ever live, but she certainly never deserved the life she ended up with.

Also, I rarely get to complain about this, but I really hate it when the show someone using a Sabre to do Foil/Epee style fencing!

[ookamigirl]

Rea's step mom sure is a chronic alcoholic.
No wonder though, with a crazy husband like that.
At least we found out some of her history with Sanka family.
Dan'ichiro sure is one weird guy, no doubt there.
Interesting how he was really serious about his first wife.
Aria sure developed a severe case of resentment and neglect, while Dan'ichiro developed a sick perverted love for Rea.

[Damius]

- Mero!!
- Rea is eating with everyone now. Awesome.
- Chihiro, you really should stop video taping Rea… that way, that much. Someone destroy that camera.
- Well, well…Wanko boobs!
- Mero with her friends. ^_^
- Rea is lovely in that outfit.
- They really should have kill Rea’s father many, many, many episodes ago.
- Damn, I hate Yasutaka…a lot.
- Find her fast Chihiro…find her fast.
- Why…why… the perverted father is still involve…

Kill Rea’s father and Kill Yasutaka as well. Next episode will be a Mero’s episode. I’ll love it for sure! I hope she’ll have an awesome episode.

[superdry]

A whole episode of back story explains a lot about Rea's father and her step-mother. Pretty crazy and messed up.

Rea's face of determination was really cute during the few minutes she appeared. The taxi drivers thoughts were amusing.

[ookamigirl]

Rea being forced to make her annual photo.
A great example of her father's twisted love.
At the same time Furuya was "relaxing" on his family vacation.
Well, at least he found something unexpectedly useful for later on.
Interesting how Furuya and Rea met before without even knowing it.

[Damius]

Thank you to this show for giving me an Mero episode. It was just so so so so good. Loved it. Plus, Rea was in the episode, what can we ask more? And that scene at the cemetery, I'm just out of words to describe it... "The End" came way too fast...

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Man I haven't watched this in ages.

Episode 8:

- "Rea-chan's a vegetarian, I see." :sd:
- Rea is entirely too cute, but Chihiro is... getting kind of creepy. Boy, can't wait to film my live-in zombie girlfriend puking up hydrangea leaves! Well, at least he's dedicated to his research.

- Mmmm, more Wankoservice.
- Ahaha, she can't have Chihiro so she decides to form a loli harem. Wanko, I strongly support this decision.

- Woooooooow, that blue one-piece, that zettai ryouiki, that pale skin and red eyes, THAT REA.
- Go away, Rea's dad. Nobody cares about you.
- Fucking Yasutaka is so annoying. A convenient annoyance this time, but still annoying.
- "Thank you for coming to save me!" Haaha, ummmm... I don't think you needed saving, Rea. :sd:
- Chihiro sure does, though.
- And now Yasutaka is just an inconvenient annoyance. Idiot.

I love jaded preview Mero.

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Episode 9:

- "Yeah so about that anime you were watching? Fuck that, it's MERO TIME!"
- Aww... Mero feels unneeded now. Rea is stealing her place. ;_;
- Mero's friends are awesome. I like their little makeshift clubroom at the top of the stairs.
- Miko's seiyuu sounds like a younger Asumi Kana. But instead it's Karaguchi Momo, in her only role after Chizuru from Yuru Yuri.
- Yamanouchi-sensei is creepy.
- Pet alligator. >_>

- Haha I think Miko might be stranger than Ichie. "It smelled like boiling corpses." o_O
- And the zombies turned out to be delicious ramen.
- "I'm sure the ramen tastes better than zombies." Ahaha, Miko is amazing.
- Vegetarian zombie! Ichie thinks that's weird. She'd probably ask something like "Kore wa zombie desu ka?" if she met Rea. >_>
- Oh. Makes sense, Mero's mom was a zombie. Hence why weird grandpa was looking into keeping zombies around.

- Ffffffffffffff Mero/Rea scens are now the best scenes! The blushing! The sudden emotion from Mero! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

Where is my Mero & Friends spinoff? Totally one of the best episodes yet.

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Episode 10:

- And now back to your regularly scheduled kidnapping.
- Booze garter. o_O
- Not sure how much I care about this backstory, but I guess it's good for Aria to be developed as something other than the angry boozehound.
- Errrrrrrr.... I was going to say "Rea's dad is fucked up" but that has been well established already.
- I have to feel at least a little bad for Aria.

- Babu to the rescue!
- Or not.
- I like cheery maid.

Sad Mero in preview. ;_;

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OVD 1:

- Prequel? Bleh, Rea before she escaped her family, probably do not want. That means more of her stupid dad.
- Huh, nipples. Wasn't quite expecting that, even though it's an OAD/OVA. Too bad it's the usual BRIGHT NEON PINK nipples anime always sticks us with. Nipples aren't that color!
- Mero and Wanko singing the OP!
- They're fun together.

- This is a pretty major downer of an episode for an OVA. Rea is trapped with her creepy family still, Chihiro is his old moody self, and now we're hearing about how their mother died.
- Whelp, there goes any sympathy I had for Aria from ep 10.
- Some pretty fucked up stuff went on with Chihiro and Mero's mom. >_> Preserving her zombie corpse was clearly not easy.

Not what I expected when I heard "onsen OVA" at all, certainly. Man. Good episode.

[ookamigirl]

Furuya vs Dan'ichirou in a fencing match for Rea!
Little maid discipline on Rea was just LOL to watch.
OMG! Never though he'd go that far.
Wow, Rea really stepped up and stood up against her father.
Dan'ichirou sure got lectured by those two, maybe he'll change his twisted ways now?
Nurse Rea was a nice sight ^^
Wanko was a bit territorial about Furuya.
It'll be interesting to see those two duke it out over Furuya.

[Damius]

Well, I'm surprised that by the end of the episode, I feel bad about Aria, never thought that at the beginning. It's good to have a backstory to understand more how Rea father and mother are. Still, I would have prefer to have more Rea/Mero over this.

[Fencedude]

YOU CAN'T STAB SOMEONE WITH A FENCING SABER.

YOU JUST FUCKING CAN'T!

Ok, that out of the way, Bunny of the Dead FTW

[ookamigirl]

Life is back to "normal" as mush as it can be in her state.
Rea seems to be longing for the normal school life days a bit.
Their small fireworks festival was really nice ^^
So she got her wish to attend school again, Furuya sure is lenient towards her.
That attack/kiss was something I half expected, but maybe not that aggressive.
This sure was a relaxed final episode.

[Fencedude]

Wait, thats what we're ending on, for real?

What the hell?

[Damius]

- Time to settle who is better to protect Rea. There is no doubt who is, but can we hope for Rea’s father to be killed now?
- Rea is now captured…
- Rea as a maid and as a bunny!
- Rea free herself and now run in her bunny outfit.
- How could Rea’s father stab Chihiro with that?
- In the end, Rea saved Chihiro.
- Instead of killing the father he talked to him and now he even wants to work with him on some occasions? Not what I was hoping for at all, not at all.
- And now Rea as a nurse!
- A new strategy from Wanko?

[bear]

Wait, thats what we're ending on, for real?

What the hell?

Unless they did an anime ending, that's the best you're going to get.

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Episodes 11:

- Hahah what the hell. First off, Rea should be mroe than strong enough to beat the hell out of the Sanka-family maids and henchmen, but whatever. But then the maids go into rape mode, which I was totally not going to be down with... ...until it turned out they just wanted her in a maid outift. :sd:
- Bunny Rea! How are they getting these outfits on her if they can't put anything over her head due to the chains?
- Meanwhile Chihiro is mocking Rea's dad. :sd: This show is determined not to take this turn of events seriously, and frankly that's for the best.

- HAHHA what the fuck, this show. Chihiro gets stabbed and... well he's okay with that. HEADBUTT!
- Fencing thighhighs bunny zombie girl Rea! Oh god this is the best episode.
- Blah blah talking talking REA'S BUTT.
- "There's only one set of DNA that Rea should inherit." Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Well, not surprising from him.
- Too bad about the whole "redemption for creepy dad" thing, but, well, anime. Anime always does that.

- Zombie nurse!
- "And I'm human." Wow, Wanko can be pretty fucking nasty.

So one more episode to do... I don't know what. Obviously there's no way to resolve the romance plotline. And the creepy dad plot is over.

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Episodes 12:

- Eh? Why is Mero talking like she doesn't know about Rea? Wanko called Rea a zombie right in front of Mero, and I was pretty sure Mero openly said she knew earlier.
- Rea, you can't take Mero's chores away from her. She'll feel so lost if she can't sweep.
- Mero in a yukata! <3 <3
- And wow, Rea looks as amazing as you'd expect.
- Also good to see Wanko being nice to her.
- And they do the usual "let's be friendly rivals" thing that girls do in these shows.

...Ahahaah what? What the fuck kind of final scene was that? Ummmmmmm. Other than that it was a totally appropriate ending for a show like this that sells terribly and won't be finished. But that last scene was an awkward one to end on

Uh, anyway, fun show. Just very weird. Too bad we'll never see it finished. We do have one more OAD coming, but I will be surprised if it directly continues the story in any meaningful way.

[superdry]

- Bunny Rea! How are they getting these outfits on her if they can't put anything over her head due to the chains?

That was a glorious ouftit on Rea. It was really cute the maids were all *gasming over getting different outfits on her. She definitely has some god-tier zettai ryouki.


- Blah blah talking talking REA'S BUTT.
...
- Zombie nurse!


Didn't care much for the rest of the episode, but those made up for it!

[Damius]

- The last episode is starting with some Mero screentime, this is great.
- Yukata time! Wanko first, then Mero.
- I liked the scene where Wanko is helping Rea with her yukata. I hope a new friendship is born.
- Yukata definitely is one of my favorite outfits.
- Say what you really think Rea. You are able to.
- What was the last scene all about? Why did she bite him? Not sure about that ending…

Sayonara Rea, Mero and Wanko.

[superdry]

Like everyone else...what was that ending? It just ended so suddenly.

I guess it's time to pick up the manga now....

[ookamigirl]

The mystery girl was interesting.
Seems like their family collects stray girls.
The new girl really had it in for Rea. It was very strange.
Seems like it was all just a bad dream by Rea's stepmother.
It was a pretty interesting ova.