He’s somehow durable enough to withstand super poisons and nuclear explosions. He’s constantly plot armored so that he is never punished for breaking the rules. The main character in specific is broken as shit. Which is also why people get power ups in the middle of the fight without prior knowledge of what they gained.-There is close to no teamwork in the battles, and even when there are numerous combatants it feels as though the strongest ones need no help because they can steamroll everything. Wonderful! It basically works however it suits the plot. Some never get them no matter how much they train, and some get them without doing anything. Thus the numbers are useless and every victory comes down to ‘because plot said so’.-The way people obtain superpowers comes down to randomness. They would just declare the winner based on the bigger number. Those numbers never play a role in the fights, because if they did there would be no point in the fighting. There is a power scouter of sorts that measures one’s endurance and battle power. ACTION Even the action part, the highlight of the show, is far from the best thing ever. So we feel nothing over its failure.-The key of the gods is supposed to be powerful enough to destroy the world, yet it gets defeated in the very first fight it’s used. So we feel nothing over his loss.-One of the rivals has a haki-like aura that always causes his opponents to faint, yet fails in the very first fight we see it being used. As a result there is close to no build up for most of what is going on, and nothing feels rewarding because it’s over before you know it.-There is a grampa who is said to be undefeatable in battle, yet loses in the very first fight we see. PACING Even if the plot was a masterpiece with no plot holes or conveniences, the show would still be bad, since the geniuses at the storyboard decided to adapt 10 chapters per episode. Every single scene is as dumb as that and it constantly makes you eye roll. Then imposters replace the real fighters and take their form just for fighting someone on the arena when they could fight her is the middle of the street whenever they wanted and avoid doing all this nonsense. There is an evil cult that wastes a whole episode on a marriage that came out of nowhere and was over in 10 minutes. PLOT The reason the characters are so mentally challenged is because there is no logic in the plot. I mean, why would they say they got attacked when it’s just going to be covered up as an invasion from the North Korea? No reason to panic. Which means the tournament is so just you can win without having to follow any rules or play fair. Contestants are constantly injuring their opponents outside the tournament, and yet nobody reports them so they can be disqualified. Which means every time a mountain blows up it’s just North Korea nuking the country. Most land devastations by superpowers are covered up by the media and are labeled as invasions from the north. And then proceeds to get a cheap power up by eating a devil fruit and never points out his hypocrisy. The protagonist says he doesn’t want to borrow powers from others and wants to instead get stronger on his own. They weren’t hidden from the public, they were broadcasted worldwide, therefore they should have known about the superpowers. It’s something they should have known since all previous tournaments were airing on television and were very popular. They realize superpowers exist only when they see many contestants using them. They can wish for anything they like, and the best things they can think of are some money to save their dojo, or a reverse harem. CHARACTERS The characters are one note, have very shallow motivations, and are apes in level of intelligence. But in case you cannot do that, because you have a functional brain and you are not enjoying eating shit by forcefully losing your sense of smell and taste, then don’t bother. Just shut off your brain and watch stuff exploding on screen. ARTWORK AND ANIMATION It is well animated and if pretty colors are all you want, you will get them in spades. There is nothing that sets this anime apart from Baki the Grappler, or Kengan Ashura, or any other show that is just about teenagers fighting each other. Seriously now, anyone who thought we entered a new era for anime, because manhwa will be the new fad after isekai, was an idiot. It really stands out from all other anime that came out so far by being exactly like every other anime that came out so far. PROLOGUE The God of Highschool is the second Korean adaptation after Tower of God that is unlike anything we’ve seen before, because it’s from Korea.
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