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School-Live (also known as Gakkou Gurashi, or "school living") at first seems like any other cutesy slice-of-life. Stick with it through the first episode, though, and it becomes much more than that. Rather than a shallow, moe show about a few girls in high school, School-Live might be on its way to exploring deep and emotional themes about mental health, grief, and survival.
Main characters Yuki, Kurumi, Rii-san, and Mii-kun are part of the "School Living Club," meaning they live full-time in the school. It's not a boarding school, however, and I've never heard of that being a thing in regular high schools anywhere. Something just seems off.
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School-Live (also known as Gakkou Gurashi, or "school living") at first seems like any other cutesy slice-of-life. Stick with it through the first episode, though, and it becomes much more than that. Rather than a shallow, moe show about a few girls in high school, School-Live might be on its way to exploring deep and emotional themes about mental health, grief, and survival.
Main characters Yuki, Kurumi, Rii-san, and Mii-kun are part of the "School Living Club," meaning they live full-time in the school. It's not a boarding school, however, and I've never heard of that being a thing in regular high schools anywhere. Something just seems off.
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