Alice in Deadly School

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 ^^

***THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS***

This one tries to be a lot of things... It tries to be: comedy, drama, gore and... IT TRIES TO BE MINDFUCK.
The comedy is garbage and not funny. The drama is flawed due to lack of characterization and character development. The gore is flawed for not being anything, it doesn't even get to be violent that. The "MindFuck" is even more flawed for being from nothing, simply from nothing.

The characters are one worse than the other.
The dialogs are shit. There are times when a character says something, a few seconds later another character says the same thing.
Characters die out of nowhere, ... literally out of nowhere. There are some deaths that are so, WTF?
What's the point of having a bunch of zombies? What about the people outside? Why is there only high school girls and not one adult in the school? Where are the teachers in all this? It is very clueless.
This anime tries to have conflicts between the characters. In the middle of a zombie massacre, the characters start arguing about some stupid things instead of trying to save themselves.
And seriously, there is a scene where out of nowhere a girl starts singing as if she was an IDOL.

If you think this was all too bad... IT HAS NO ENDING. LITERALLY DOES NOT HAVE AN ENDING. 40 minutes and it didn't conclude anything.
The ending was just a failed attempt at "MindFuck".

The only thing I can praise about this garbage is the consistency in animation. Other than that, it has nothing else to be praised.

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!