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The reason why Highschool of the Dead won't have a second season

High School of the Dead It has become quite a popular story and for this reason, even after more than ten years since the broadcast of its anime adaptation, many fans are still waiting for confirmation of a sequel; However, time has passed and there is no news about it. Many more claim that it is no longer possible to have a sequel and in this note we will tell you the reasons that fans give for making this statement.

Highschool of the Dead fans debate online why there won't be a sequel to the anime

A user of the popular platform redditopened the conversation by asking the question “Will we ever have a second season of High School of the Dead?” Likewise, he added the following comment: “Now that we are in 2024, does anyone have any news if there will ever be a second season? I heard it might be possible, but I would like to know if anyone knows. “It is my favorite anime,” and from that question, many users began to give their opinion on the matter.

The first user responded that it is actually very unlikely that this will happen, since the author of the work “Daisuke Sato” He passed away in 2017, so the story remained unfinished. The manga by High School of the Dead He did this together with his brother “Shouji Sato”who refused to continue with the work, as he was only responsible for the illustrations and, in addition, it is a story that brings him a lot of sadness, so he does not feel able to continue.

In relation to this previous argument, another user asked if there wasn't already a lot of material that could be adapted, although perhaps to give it a conclusion, the story would have to be altered to give it a proper ending, something that has been done before with animes like “Akame ga Kill”. To this, a person who disagreed said that why should they do this? Anime serves as propaganda for the manga and without a continuation of the manga (from? High School of the Dead) which was cancelled years ago, there is no way there will be a second season.

The debate continued with one user asking if High School of the Dead It's a very popular series on this side of the world, why not try to remake the series with a new writer and Shouji Sato involved in its development. To this question, another person answered that because Shouji owns the entire manga and anime, since Daisuke gave him the rights when he died, but the artist refuses to remake the series or sell the rights.

Something that was also much commented on is that, due to the themes or humor that are dealt with High School of the DeadMaking a sequel to this story would not be a good idea, since its reception by the public would probably be bad because it deals with subjects that are currently not well regarded by society. Even so, someone suggested that a sequel to this adaptation could be made by listing it as «anime h»that have resurfaced in popularity in recent times.

Ultimately, many fans were left lamenting the fact that the chances of ever seeing an adaptation of High School of the Dead. For example, many people said that they should abandon the anime because more than ten years had passed and it would not return, but fans said they did not want to do so. Other people said that they recently watched the anime again and were very sad to remember this story and know that there was no more material from its anime adaptation.