## Thoughts ### Per Episodes #### EP1 - Living in a shithole - Thinks that a man in zombie apocalypse is heaven compared to his corporate job - Started off with his ambition and naivety - Purpose for progress in company is to impress her LMAO - The quick contrast, was not expecting this wtf - Stuck in office, shocked by work culture - Blind, sarcastic optimism for shit workplace conditions - what the fuck is this - literally drained, only shining light is being exploited lmaooo - actually going through seven stages of grief - Never heard such a dead voice artist - LMAO, while in the midst of it all he's scared of being late for work, gg - The sudden burst of energy bruh - From monochrome to color - He actually finds freedom and is given time to think about what he wants to do - WTF is this lmaoooo, his sudden surge of power - ohh so that's the premise of the show, 100 things to do before becoming a zombie 😭 - Surprised he brushed it off her death like that, respect it though #### EP2 - mans is just chilling - girl is more calculated - the dark reality is slowly creeping in - always not enough time to do the things we want - things to do before vs things to do to avoid - she's stacked and methodical, highly analytical, contrasting to living in the moment - cool how his free spirited ness is influencing her to enjoy #### EP3 - Neglected friendships to work overtime - The contrast in emotions and how it flips upon the zombie apocalypse - I love how naive he is to the harsh effort for survival - Being able to push himself to his limits - Just constant criticism for coporate jobs - Real estate agent truly not finding happiness by showing off models and important people - I REALLY HOPE HE DOESN"T MISS NOOOO - Super cool how he's inspiring other people to also quit - Of course it had to be comedic 😭 - Love how they can still banter with each other - GUys who quit their jobs, drop everything and move on with their lives, tend to be really successful later on - Like entrepreneurs and artists - Damn he's actually thinking big on saving the world, i wonder if it's foreshadowing #### EP4 - Combining their bucket lists together - Constant situations they encounter where people lose hope - LMAOOO wining and dining and flight attendant aldkjalkdjadkljasdkj - what a coincidence 😭 - what the fuck is this man - rizz 100 - WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SNORTING ALOCHOL RIZZ - should have known he was mentally insane for a reason - bonding over corporate job not matching her expectations - borrowed or not truly authentic dreams - wasn't able to date or get far but i think that sense of connection is still heartwearming - The sudden dark reality, both emotional bonds being lost - i actually really enjoyed - No way they paced it that fast - damn so the looming question on what he actually wants to do is now lingering - really happy it uses childhood dream as the source #### EP5 - Very childish childhood dream - her being skeptical and bringing in psychology to try and understand his motives via identification - targetting him for low self-esteem bruh - WTF IS HAPPENING - Ironic how the rational girl is being saved by an irrational act - Do you need a reason for everything - WHAT THE FUCK kencho alkl,sdjaskldjaslkdj - holy fuck that was actually such a good win - "the real attempts come after you're rejected just like in sales" 😭 - Philosophy between prevention and acceptance - LMAOOO he got the rizz at the end, and IT WORKED - i honestly can't even tell how she feels - These episodes are actually really good, kind of basic shonen happy endings but i think tied with the larger theme of the zombie apocalypse and freedom i think it has good subliminal messages #### EP6 - lmaoo peer pressuring her to join - WTF even she can fall into irrational RV consumerism alsdkjaslkdjasldkj - No way his boss is stlil alive WTF - only 2 days - side of people who try to still cause competition and chaos via exploitation - PTSD, unable to stand up for himself when boss is here - Constant oppression, seeing employee as equipment - damn her and tendo have similar past trauma 🤩 #### EP7 - Really liked the positivity of this episode - In a sense, fiction does ground us in reality from the harsh expectations of captialism and competiiton - Corporate boss praying on waifu - Went into her childhood past of also being forced to obey for survival - Actually could be trauma inducing alskjdalkdjas - Why is he so manipulative bruh, first through oppression now through trying to relate - Correlating suffering and inferiority with people who put their wants aside - guilt tripping - lmao she's also a diary snooper - Actually brainwashed and manipulated - why does he also have the pointed fingers pose alsjdalskdjaljsd - put others down to make him seem bigger - seeing herself in him made him realize - her speech was actually fire, closing it off with her own custom one was so good - being okay with the fact of not - I love how colorful they all are - The fragility of people who exploit others - New jobs are created all the time, enjoy what you want to do, eventually there might be a job that only you can do #### EP8 - Small excerpt on mindfulness - Actual savage warrior, cool how each person of the squad has their own method of viewing the apocalypse - Bruh a fucking foreigner that only is willing to do so much for sushi 😭 - unparallaled text - a strong motivation is desire - bruh it actually turned into a generic fan service feel good episode alsdjaldkjaklsd - i love how it sprinkles in modern topics for the age demographic - not dating in 20s to focus on growth versus a more feelings based approach - okay maybe not to the same extent as her lmaooo - WTF - Even rational girl is letting desire get to her fix LMAO - kinda cute scene uwu, even she's dumbfounded at the fact - Tendo is the epitome of being and expressing yourself without caring about what other people think - crazy how she was able to own up to it though and be vulnerable - is this foreshadowing??? - actually such a fire episode - i'm assuming they will confess or be official eventually? i think they do compliment each other - interesting how this time it seems like the guy is the pixie manic who changes the girl, not the other way around #### EP9 - Why is the intros always something kind of deep alkdjaskld - Just noticed that the intro has the zombies slamming on their phones - when you think of a tree, think of the trees and ground around it, you will hear the entire forst - if you think of yourself and those around you, you will hear the entire world - Thinking about how you give back to parents - straight to the point, pure gratitude, acknowledging his selfishness, but parents aren't looking to be compensated - How do you repay your parents - different form of freedom, people who hated society - also have a bucket list, but with more cynical intentions - Revenge via societal rejects - What the fuck there's an antagonist to this??? - And was the dad really bit wtf??? why is he so cold then #### EP10 - Focus on collectivism in a rural city - independent waifu learns to help - is this anti-propaganda for being a neet - interesting how he still holds on to the past instead of embracing their current kindness, literally mad because they can have fun - ooo i like this repayment idea - akira wants to repay dad for everything he's done by staying home and helping, while dad wants him to continue chasing - Seeing how small everything is - That's so cool, he straight up is just a super immoral person who's just jealous - akira is actually thinking higher-order and with morals, decent argument too - actual clone of him, clash of philosphies #### EP11 - NO WAY THE DOG WAS TOO BUSY FUCKING, and for the seer to be the child wtf - I like how everyone has their own rival - I actually started crying when kendo went back with the main purpose of paying back parents - all the little things, just wanting to help in the best way he can - other guy's backstory - pure workaholic, lost passion in relationship - not taking initiative - shizuka's rival is a chef who's getting bossed around bruh - victim mentality, feeling entitled - being "unlucky" - bea's rival - bossy bitch, pretentious with ego ? - the counter was to talk about culture and environment? to help her know her place? to do things creatively and unconventionally? - - of course Kencho uses his PUA and flirt skills to lecture the man 😭 - that's such an interesting portrayal, kind of parallels ? - since he was able to tackle the shit while enemy was still entitled? - shizuka's counter - the power of being generous and community - she kind of is paralleling her recognitive hyper-focalization theory as they will come to save her which can be seen as lucky - Scaling out - Only thinking about yourself and the immediate present makes you only see things as out of your control and is down to luck - holy fuck akira's rival is fucked - i thought he got saved alkdjaslkdjad - playing off his selfless, parent-incentives - only question is why does he need to stay inside to close the door if he's not even at the door #### EP12 - akira's dad's form of giving back is not even for himself but for the world holy fuck - akira questioning his purpose - he desired to have the same freedom and fun, but he just straight up asks him if it was fun - wait he literally ran away from his potential solutions, from someone who was shining that light for him - something so simple as swimming in the pool and having friends caused such chaos - anyone can end up liek that from environment - Everyone was able to help someone - shizura old people to give life and have hope - kencho little girl - akira parents - bea the whole village - wtf i started crying because of how relatable it was for my dad always being anxious whenever i was gone but they really had to bring it back to humor via hemmroids :skull: ### Rating ### Personal Significance - Cried a bunch near the end because the repayment to parents hit home and gave perspecitve on that - enjoy the philosophical themes and relevance to modern society ### Themes - How much we're confined to follow our dreams and passions when we're consumed by the traditional path - [[The pathless path]] - How much does it relate to zombies in western culture ? ### Memorable Scenes - Wine and dine with flight attendants, relatable to core audience ### What I enjoyed ### What I disliked ### Similar ### Notes - [This review misses the point completely](https://anilist.co/anime/159831/Zom-100-Bucket-List-of-the-Dead/) - Crazy how you put in so much effort in a post to not realize that that is not the intent of the show… - Leverages the [[Imaginal]] to instill lessons