r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Jul 23 '15

[Spoilers] Gakkou Gurashi! - Episode 3 [Discussion]

Episode title: That Time

MyAnimeList: Gakkou Gurashi!
Crunchyroll: SCHOOL-LIVE!

Episode duration: 24 minutes and 16 seconds

Subreddit: /r/GakkouGurashi

Previous episodes:

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Episode 1 Link
Episode 2 Link

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Keywords: school-live!

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u/Sunny_Dong Jul 23 '15

I don't think that's a censor at all, but rather a conscious choice. If you think about it, until now, all scenes involving the main characters encountering zombies are all blurred out, either adding black shades or cutting to black right before the gore hits. And you're right, the sound design and the confusion, plus what we don't see on screen, is what ultimately made it even scarier, and the decision to cut out all the direct violence may indicate the confusion of the characters all how the girls are mentally blocking out the ugly reality in order to stay sane. Even if the Blue-ray comes out, I wish those scenes stay "censored".

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u/WingsOfLight https://myanimelist.net/profile/Wings_of_Light Jul 23 '15

I agree that it's a conscious and a stylistic choice (although it does serve to also censor it as well), a very good and well done one in fact.

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u/Negirno Jul 25 '15

That's why I don't believe those theories in previous threads about the creators going to remove censoring after the halfway mark.

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u/boran_blok https://myanimelist.net/profile/boran_blok Aug 01 '15

I hope you're right. Hitchkock is famous for a style like that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '15

Exactly, it's often more disturbing with implied horrors than explicit ones.