Alice in Deadly School

Honestly, sometimes ignorance is bliss.

If you, like me, came to see Alice in deadly school without any context, then you'll likely come out of the whole experience intrigued, amused, and pleasantly surprised. These two episodes felt like a proof of concept for a studio putting their craziest ideas out there, like "what if we took the core components of zombieland saga, emotional idols and horrific undead, and split them into two distinct, yet entwined plots?"

And you know what? It kinda works. The direction was solid, the shots were interesting, the dialogue was clever, and the designs were cute. Both sides ended up being great on ... their own merit, and left me wanting to see more.

It just so happens that there's a lot more to be seen.

As I found out while trying to figure out why other users scored this show so low, it turns out these two episodes were not standalone, but merely a part of the 12 that compose Gekidol. Hindsight is 20/20, it seems.

I may yet find out, like everyone else seemingly did, that the entire run does butch the attempt, but if I am being honest, that's not enough for me to regret watching these 40+ minutes. I had a blast, and if I can count on this experience as a primer for the other 10 parts, then maybe the twists and turns to come wont bother me as much.

With that in mind, and strictly as a stand-alone experience, I've gotta give Alice in deadly school an overall 8/10. Even if the story threw me for a loop, the sheer charm of its cast and novelty of its execution really got to me, and on a technical side, this is nothing to scuff at.

I'll be seeing you again after watching whatever awaits in Gekidol!

Hi, I am writing this review to make things clearer for those who are confused about this OVA and Gekidol.

The first part of this OVA is Gekidol´s episode 01.

The second part is a completely random event ​set in a situation similar to Gakougurashi (zombies+girls+survival). I suggest read the synopsis so just you can have a better idea.

There is not much to talk about this OVA. About the second part specifically:
- Potential (enjoyable) friendships are there;
- A few silly scenes yet a few 'oh~ I might enjoy this';
- The ending is a big cliffhanger, probably saying "go read the ... source material - manga; already finished with 18 chapters".

The second part is barely related to the plot of Gekidol. It will touch in the matter just for a brief moment in one of the Gekidol episodes.
In a few details: Gekidol is related to theater/acting, so there's a brief moment where the cast from Gekidol will do a theater performance based in Alice in Deadly School events (which is the second part of this OVA).

In short, watching this is not necessary if you want to watch Gekidol.

That is it ^^

Yikes. What have we got here? A jumbled mess of excessive and unneeded gore, unfunny comedy, and completely not scary horror.

The plot is…. ok so actually there isn’t a plot and there isn’t even a story, not even a premise. It is just a bunch of girls acting completely normal and goofing off during a zombie apocalypse. If there was more too the plot then I would write more but that is the entire plot so this is just going to be short.


The characters have out of the ordinary and nonsensical reactions. If you saw a zombie you would run away and hide right? Nope, ... instead Sumio and Momomura just film the zombies. Why do the zombies not attack them but kill every other character? Because the camera man always survives I guess. But it never gets explained why the zombies don’t attack them. They don’t even give a rats ass about the other students getting killed at school. They just go “OMGGGG! SO COOL!” Yikes..

Nothing important happens. There isn’t really a beginning or an ending. The plot is barely there and nothing is explained. Just a straight up waste of 41 minutes. Don’t watch this when you could be watching an actual good zombie school anime like School-Live, which correctly does gore, comedy, and horror. Anyways, do NOT watch this if your expecting something meaningful, scary, or funny. Literally nothing happens the entire time.