Genre :Horror/Comedy/Drama Runtime : 1:41 Watched on : HiDive Director : Issei Shibata Writer : Sadoru Chiba , Norimitsu Kaiho , Issei Shibata Starring : Nanami Abe as Kurumi Ebisuzawa , Midori Nagatsuki as Yuki Takeya , Nonoka Ono as Megumi Sakura , Rio Kiyohara as Miki Naoki , Wakana Majima as Yuuri Wakasa
” School Living Club Rules ! Club members help each other and always try to have fun !”
Summary : This film is a live action adaptation of the manga “School – Live !” . These four girls ( Kurumi , Yuki , Yuuri , and Miki) as well as a teacher ( Megumi ) find themselves stuck at school during a zombie outbreak . It isn’t long before the sense of doom starts affecting them so Megumi comes up with an idea to boost spirits . Start a school club that combines the practical stuff they need to do to survive with fun activities to make their situation less gloomy . Unfortunatley Megumi does get bit and it breaks poor Yuki’s mind . Yuki now goes around the school , attending classes , and talking to Megumi , not seeming to notice all the zombies around or acknowledging Megumi’s death . Come watch this tale of the power of friendship even in the darkest of times .
Review : Full disclosure , I watched the anime and read all the manga (something I rarely do ) before watching this movie . So you can say I’m a fan of the franchise overall and have a bias of sorts . The movie is as good an adaption of a manga as you can get . Does it leave stuff out ? Sure , but you can’t fit a whole series in less than two hours without making everything happen at crackhead speeds . I think it hits most of the emotional bits of the first few volumes of the manga effectively , the comedy works to to temporarily relieve the tension without taking away from the threats around them , and the few fights are solid despite having little to no gore . If you liked the manga , or like zombie fiction , or just want a movie about friends overcoming dire circumstances , give this movie a watch if you can .
Recommendations : Movies
- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- The Faculty (1998)
- The Craft (1996)
- Halloween H20 (1998)
- It (2017)
Books
- School – Live ! manga by Norimitsu Kaiho / Sadoru Chiba
- Another Volume 1 by Yukito Ayatsuji
- Goosebumos : Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine
- A Wind Named Amnesia by Hideyuki Kikuchi
- Friend by Diana Henstell
Songs
- Hole in the Bucket – Harry Belafonte
- We are one – 12 Stones
- Counting Stars – OneRepublic
- Lean On – Major Lazer and DJ Snake (feat. MO)
- You’re My Best Friend – Queen
Lesson : Sometimes being delusional can save lives .
All the screenshots are from the movie if that isn’t clear .
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