Saeko Busujima (HighSchool of the Dead) WIP 1

Let’s all be honest here, HighSchool of the Dead is one of those anime we’ve all seen but we’re ashamed of admitting that we’ve seen it. It had this crazy mix of earnest emotion and ridiculous cheesecake scenarios. Bullets fired through a woman’s boobs anyone? What about, our relationship has changed because I purposely got myself left back because my teacher was sexually harassing me? Whatever else you can say about the show, it was interesting.

Saeko was a big part of that for me. Do I love badass women with swords? Yup, absolutely. And Saeko definitely fits the bill, wasting zombies by the score with nothing but a wooden sword to start out with and then a katana for the rest. But more than that she’s a conflicted character who wouldn’t have felt right in the normal world. She likes violence and combat and if the apocalypse had never happened she would have gone through her life hating herself for what she feels. Instead she gets to feel guilty about how comfortable she is the zombie apocalypse. That kid of conflict in a character is what makes me love them.

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