Audience reviews
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Avengers007
I watched this anime from March 24th to 26th, 2025, and honestly, it gave me this strange sense of déjà vu—like I had seen something just like it before. Sure, there are other similar anime out there, but this one struck a strangely familiar chord.
Right from the first few minutes of Season 1, you’re hooked and ready to binge the whole series. Three characters quickly form a friendship, and just like that—the adventure kicks off.
With MAPPA’s incredible animation and the backing of Crunchyroll and Webtoon, this show launches into a classic “Tournament of Strength” setup. It starts off as your typical high school martial arts competition in South Korea, with the enticing promise that the winner can have any wish granted—pretty cool, right?
But hold on...
Just when you think you’re in for…
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The animation was absolutely amazing and the story seemed like it could have been interesting. and the characters were likeable, but it felt like they shoved 100 chapters into 12 episodes, which was horrible. While the characters and story seemed like they could have been interesting and/or likeable, there was no time for story or character development, and we barely got to see them with how short they made it. If you enjoy fight scenes you'll probably like parts of this show, but if you're in it for story, or even both, its just not good. Could have been at least an 8.5 if they didn't cram it like that, definitely deserved at least 24 episodes
Read at the sourceTeluman
I was honestly here for the fight scenes and the animation. It was just a pleasure to watch but not much else to be honest.
Storyline is giving very cultish vibes and is just not really interesting and there doesn't seem to be much growth both in characters and fighting skills.
Any level up is just something they are born with and unlock and I really hate when people don't really earn what they have. If that is the case they should at least have to work hard to master it.
Show had nice animation and hype but no substance.
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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. 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... Seriously now, anyone who thought we entered a new era for anime, because manhwa will be the new fad after isekai, was an idiot. 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.
ARTWORK AND ANIMATION
It is well animated and if pretty colors are all you want, you will get them in spades. Just shut off your brain and watch stuff exploding on screen. You will like it that way. But in case you cannot do that, because…
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Superficiality, lack of connection between the characters and the story, and above all, uninteresting. That was God of High School for me.
This review will have some spoilers, but not that this is a hindrance, since the anime itself is a mess and exposing everything it has does not imply anything in the public's entertainment.
I started to see the July season two months late, with Peter Grill and Gibiate. I soon had two disappointments, with works that missed more than they got right. I went through a "rest" time and came back just now. Still ... It was a waste of time to see GOH.
However, let's start talking a little about the beginning, which was what held me most to finish the work. GOH tells the story of Jin Mori and his future friends, Mira and Han Dae-wi, who enter the most antici…
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I am writing my opinion on this anime at the beginning. I have not watched since the time of the anime. From the first episode is enthusiastic. I liked the acquaintance of the characters in the first episode. The story of the anime is a high school that includes supernatural strength and martial arts. And whoever wins in the competition will get the wish he wants. Events from the beginning of the seventh episode, I think the high school competition ended and the national competition began, bringing together a lot of countries. I liked drawing and animation. Frankly, the studio was creative at this point, but I did not like the acceleration of events. I wanted the anime story to be approximately 24 episodes. I think that 13 episodes were not enough for some People and me to understand the r…
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I'm not a huge anime fan, I've watched like 10-15-20.. Therefore, this is not a weeb's review.
You'll see people complaining about the story, about characters and so on and so forth. However, it would be a pity if you didn't watch it. I already recommended it to all my friends.
I just loved it. It made me sit at the edge of my chair. I got goosebumps countless times. Such fluid and outstanding animation, such lovable characters and protagonist. Such badass abilities, super powers, new moves etc.
Yes, the protagonist is invincible. But.. Aren't they all?
I finished it in 1 sit.
If you are looking for good fights, music, characters this is a go to.
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Never watch this anime *if you are a snob that can't watch anything without nitpicking for the smallest flaws in something*
Honestly? This anime made me feel like I was 12 again, watching the latest Naruto episode on Animax at 9'o clock while begging for my mom to let me finish it.
It's your generic shonen. MC is overpowered, side characters are not cardboard cutouts but not amazingly developed either. And there are a LOT of side characters. I like that the MC also has this quest of finding his grandpa which was his only family since he was born, which gives him a satisfying motivation. Small spoiler for the end of the anime, we can't even predict if Mori will actually save him because of the last words we hear from his grandpa while he is chained up "I hope will be strong enough to def…
Read at the sourceRaiden01
Tournaments, Fillers and everything nice; these were the ingredients chosen to make the perfect little Shonen. However when professor Utonium accidentally added the extra ingredient in the concoction known as Chemical P for plagiarism, this anime quickly tanked in quality.
I can not begin to fathom how horrendous this anime truly is. Many reviewers are quick to jump on the fact that the story is rushed and is appealing to the Manwa readers however as an anime only, I do not want to go through a 100 chapter manwa to "get" the obtuse story. With every episode I gradually realized that not only is the pacing rushed in a insulting way to the manwa, but the wow factors of each episode heavily rely on things I've already seen in other Shonin anime. I don't mean concepts but literally animated…
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I never wanted to make a review, but I tired my friends with my complains, so here I go. Sorry for my bad english
Well, I think this is the perfect example of good idea and bad execution.
I haven't read the manhwa, and that's why I don't criticize the story itself, but the adaptation.
Story: 1
This is the worst pacing EVER, so rushed and incoherent. I'm not only talking about the story as such, i'm also referring to the tournament and all the fights. Everything happens in a matter of seconds, a lot of things and power-ups unexplained got out of nowhere. In the first episodes no one says that the story is placed in a "super powers world" or something like that, but suddenly they come up with all the charyeoks?
The first episode seems to be a little bit attractive with a basic humor, bu…
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It has become apparent now that webtoon anime has become a failed experiment. The concept of adapting these highly praise webtoon series was amazing as we viewers get to see South Korea based anime. It was frankly a breath of fresh air as the webtoon catalogue is filled with various genres that were produced by passionate authors that cared about their works even if the works vary in quality. Unfortunately, the overall execution has been bad, really, really bad.
Tower Of God was released in the Spring 20 anime season in an awful and unfinished state filled with non-existent worldbuilding, laughable power system, empty characters, outstanding awful production values and horrendous writing. It was a series that I deeply despise to the core it made me wonder if the source material was bad bu…
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The second webtoon anime comes to a close. Definitely say I liked this one better than the previous. God of High School does have some problems no doubt but I enjoyed this anime so damn much. Didn't quite know what was coming with this show other than a big tournament and some cool looking fights. Well we got that in spades and then some! This show didn't let up off the throttle for even a half second! Kept going and going and going jumping the shark at every turn and I loved for doing that. Where we started and where we ended were completely different places in such a short amount of time but that didn't bother me so much, least not as much as I'm sure it did others.
The way I value and rare anime is absolutely themes then characters then story then visuals. That being said I think this…
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If I were to attempt to encapsulate the idea of GoHS within few words, as the brevity the digital age would have you require, I'd simply say: Battle Shounen on steroids. The more I ruminate on it, the more comfortable I feel at the phraseology of my likening. For indeed, the show exhibits nothing but a gross accentuation of the attributes idiosyncratic to the genre, while consistently outright ignoring the literary conventions for forming and maintaining an engaging narrative, much to the dismay of everyone who has the *ridiculously unreasonable* bar of expecting more in a story than mere mindless clash of swords/fists. The rule of cool permeates the very fabric of this adaptation; it is comparable to allocating one's skill points solely to one attribute. What should be a mere experience e…
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To those who think this anime is good...
I'LL BE YOUR CONTRADICTION!
Take notes everyone! God of Highschool is a perfect example of how to NOT execute a tournament arc. It introduces this vague organization full of weird looking suits who probably do bad things. Very evil. The tournament itself is as basic as it gets with no originality behind the set up and some of the most bland participants you've ever seen. Very uninspired. The show feels rushed and the story tries to have unique bits complete with a bunch of hocus pocus shenanigans and lore, but it all fails due to horrible explanation and poor pacing. It's like the author just wanted to make some cool fights but forgot that he needed to make an actual narrative around it. Very smol brain.
The three protagonists are some of the wor…
Read at the sourceLordSozin
“What...Just Happened?” - Jin, Mo-Ri (Episode 12, The God of Highschool.)
I vividly remember months before the premiere of Tower of God, and what would eventually be the premiere of The God of Highschool, people in the anime community--especially some of the prominent anitubers--were hyping this two anime nonstop. They touted these two as the anime that would change the landscape of the anime industry and would bring in a “new era” of content. Those were some big claims, even outrageous. For me, the one show that I immediately think back to whenever there’re claims like these is Attack on Titan. Mainly because Attack on Titan delivered what people claimed it would do back then. It succeeded to usher in not only new anime fans but also changed the landscape of Anime.
These two, however,…
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No, my eyes aren’t deceiving me. I finished today, what I see as one of the most overhyped, yet underwhelming show of the year. The God of High School represents the type of show that is forced down our throats like the next big thing. Advertised as a Crunchyroll original, this anime has convinced me that there’s little hope for a decent manhwa adaptation in the future. Don’t let your eyes deceive you by the flashy animation and aesthetics. The God of High School is a show I wouldn't dream of recommending.
As I sat here wondering what went wrong, my initial impression of the anime was actually hopeful. The first episode bought out the talents of director Seong-Hu Park as he’s able to craft together some lavishly animated scenes. In fact, it’s easy to say the first episode is an eye catche…
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If the 2010s were the decade of isekai, the 2020s could be the era of manhwa adaptations. Last season gave us Tower of God, this season God of High School and Fall 2020 will see a Noblesse adaptation.
As usual, with this adaptation there are source readers who are upset about pacing, skipped scenes, etc. Then there are people like me who are satisfied because of cool fights, world building, insane power scaling, cool characters and mindless entertainment. If you are like me, you will find God of High School to be a good show. If you're someone who looks for masterfully crafted stories, you may be disappointed. The Korean DBZ is here, and it is not without its flaws.
To be frank, God of High School is the ultimate meathead series. It doesn't try to hide from that fact either. It openly e…
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MILD SPOILERS AHEAD FOR GOHS
There are few things that get us weebs on our feet like some good action.
High energy. That’s what propelled God of High School (GoHS) off to the races from the get-go. Everything from the early-2010s dubstep of a bombastic OP to the cast of manic martial-artists were engineered to deliver fist-pumping fun. Oh, and the action was spectacular too. For some audiences, such hype was all that they could ever ask for in a show. But for others, the train goes by oh-so-fast with far too little room to breathe. One has to ask if the ride was worth all that much to begin with. Mild spoilers ahead regarding the premise of GoHS, so feel free to skip ahead to my Tl;Dr if you’d prefer to go in blind.
Welcome to Korea, home to the biggest mixed martial arts tournament the…
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Well there’s no stopping this train, Crunchyroll are going full steam ahead into adapting webtoons. With this, last season’s Tower of God and next season’s Noblesse, things might be looking up for webtoon adaptations right? Weeellll...not exactly. Tower of God is good show that’s HEAVILY relying on a sequel season to make it all worth it (which if I’m aware, hasn’t been announced at the time of this review), Noblesse is a wait and see at the moment and this show has been a truly mixed bag. There are some stuff that this show get right and there are some stuff that this show gets wrong, badly at times. But this show has become the epitome of a phrase that I go by when grading a show. “High quality animation and sound can only carry you so far before your story and characters have to hold up…
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If the title, “The God of High School,” sounds lit af, dude, then this shit’ll be poggers, dude, deadass.
However, if you cringe at the thought of a self-serious television show which seeks to actually entertain you whilst unabashedly pandering such an embarrassing name emblematic of all the little it has to offer, feigning such a shallow pulse of engagement with such radically unbalanced production values for those physical and mental children whom its cacophonies somehow excite, then you will cringe at the reality of this product all the same, because I promise you this can of worms is everything it advertises on the tin and more. The battle-high comeback The Asterisk War wishes it could’ve lived to see.
Please don’t make this review out to be hatful or any more negative than it actual…
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