I feel that Highschool of the Dead had a great theme, but due to its short length I didn't feel that it was enough to fully develop the characters and a solid story. The actions scenes I will give an A+, however, if you look at the anime I have given 5 stars, you will notice that in order for me to fully classify this as a great anime it needs develop all elements of it (e.g: story, characters, etc.) in the way that they are meant to be developed. Highschool of the Dead I felt was meant to be a much deeper anime than I felt it actually was.
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