I don't know. I have no idea what others are gushing about giving all those 9s and 10s (because of manga? Then give the manga a 9 on 10, don't give anime a high grade on merits of the manga when it obviously doesn't deserve so!). This feels pretty damn mediocre to me, and DEFINITELY not as an anime of the season. There are far better contenders for that title IMO.
Story - goes pretty much nowhere most of the time, there's way too much comedic relief and moeblob moments for a supposedly dark theme behind the story. If this is subverting the zombie horror trope, it's not doing it right. I am constantly waiting for the moment when shit hits the fan and everybody needs to (wo)man the fuck up, but it doesn't happen at all until far too late into the season, at which point I completely lost any interest in the whole thing. I guess points of "excitement" are when Yuki's illusion breaks down, but it breaks down very rarely.
At first, after episode 2, I though this had the potential of being something really good, going deep into psyche of Yuki (doesn't happen) and perhaps others (I guess that happens to an extent, but not enough). But nope. Moeblob slice-of-life. Not sure if that's your thing, but if it is, knock yourself out.
As mentioned, I'm constantly waiting for something CONCRETE to happen, some contact with outside world, some proper zombie shoveling (sic), but it just doesn't happen, which makes me wonder WTF is the script writer on about?!
Art - pretty damn good all around. Wasted talent on a story badly handled.
Sound - pretty good overall, but nothing special or something to remember. In the very rare thrilling moments of tension, sound does beef up the atmosphere nicely.
Character - characters are pretty typical all around. Little to no development in any of them. We get some backstories, but that doesn't count as character development. Color me unimpressed here. Worst thing of all was the damn dog eating way too much screen time, artificially creating compassion - I didn't buy it. In fact it made me not care about the cast at all, so anything that could possibly happen to them, I wouldn't even blink. Just badly handled character writing.
Enjoyment - I guess the only thing with which this anime managed to shock me is its complete lack of direction. It's quite hermetic, much like the main cast being trapped in that school. Shit, they had the "outing" episode, couldn't they drive that car farther away, try to go to another town, try to get some PROPER help? Nooooope, let's go back to school. Woo fucking hoo.
I guess the only thing this anime somehow manages to make me is keep watching to see if something is finally going to fucking happen. And by the looks of it, next episode (ep 9) is going to somehow be a bikini episode. Wow. If I wanted that kind of fanservice, I'd go watch Highschool Of The Dead. Even that has a better zombie story in its background!
After watching the anime through, I've left with a fairly sour taste in my mouth. Out of 12 episodes seen, I could count 4 or perhaps 5 that are absolutely worth watching, everything else is condensed filler the story would work completely well without.
Overall - I am pretty underwhelmed. Don't waste your time like I did.
