Story: 4
This is what happens when you try to blend moeh and horror, you end up with something that's really neither with too many plot devices.
So we're presented with the concept of 'living' vs 'survival'. When all is hopeless, is it more important to survival as long as you can, or to try to live out the remaining time you have? Thrown into an apocalyptic situation, the girls have chosen to try to 'live' by pretending as often as they can that they're just living at school. However, this premise only works because of all the plot convenience thrust onto them in that the school has all these facilities which allows them such a lifestyle as well as their few numbers which allows them to 'live' for a good amount of time.
The zombies are atrociously slow and are pretty weak as well, as a high school girl can quite easily dispatch them, which brings the question why are there no other survivors. Secondly, it seems that the zombie apocalypse was something that was expected, or at the very least, prepared for, which begs the other question of why no other teachers survived.
When the girls do wander outside their safe zone, for some reason, they think it's a smart idea to bring Yuki along, who has become disillusioned with reality due to trauma. And somehow, despite being an immense liability where Yuki basically has to be counselled during and after any encounter, they make it out every time.
Overall, a suspension of disbelief cannot be held for long due to convenient plot devices.
Art: 7
I would have rated this higher if it were not for the poor implemented CGI. CGI is used sparsely, but when it's used, it's so obvious that it breaks the tension. An example of good CGI is in Kantai Collection. I found the lighter, happier backgrounds to be quite average compared to the darker and bloodied backgrounds. The characters themselves are more of the typical moeh designs in that they're brightly lit but their overall texture feels a bit flat.
Sound: 7
Didn't really like the OP nor ED, voice acting was pretty standard so not impressed or disappointed there.
Character: 6
Basically everyone has trauma... which is fine. Except when both Kurumi and Yuuri seems to encourage Yuki's state of mind it's a real wonder how they manage to live for so long. The only real person of interest is Miki as she recognises both the importance of maintaining an optimistic attitude but also a realistic attitude at the same time.
Enjoyment: 7
The moeh/cutesy parts of the story weren't really that cute and actually made me lose interest at times. The darker parts were definitely more interesting, especially when Yuki was absent and the sane members of the group had to discuss their survival and resource woes.
Overall: 6
By combing both cute parts and horror parts, I felt like it ended up diluting both. Too much of the story seems to rely on plot conveniences (such as in ep 11 when lightning strikes and wipes out the roof which signifies that they will have to move on afterwards) and just doesn't have the power to maintain a suspension of disbelief.
