GOH is a Good Anime, but a Bad Adaptation.

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Soka5 years ago2

This is how I would describe it as well LOL.

TheHeartPirates5 years ago2

Ya I started reading the webtoon after episode 1 and i feel that the pacing in the anime is way 2 fast and worst than the webtoon. The webtoon is 9/10 for me so far and anime is around a 7

befalt5 years ago12

I haven't read the source material, and I don't plan to, but I still think The God of High School is a very poor anime, at least for now. There's nothing for me to enjoy here other than the occasional well put together though emotionless fight scene; the pacing is horrendous, the soundtrack is wholly uninteresting and both the plot and the characters are handled very roughly. I wanna like it for what it is, but it's not fun in any way, shape or form.

4digitmen5 years ago

I'm not sure what the problem is here. Theoretically shouldn't you be happier with an adaptation that is different but in a good way? Sure, it might be a "bad" adaptation, but if you consider it a good anime, does it matter?

As a source reader, you're watching the anime to see said webtoon adapted to anime. You should never expect the webtoon from the anime, since... for one, you've already read said webtoon, and for two, it's a different medium. Generally, as a source reader, you should go into adaptations with this mindset: There is no such thing as a perfect anime adaptation. As much as it might not be a popular opinion, both Steins;Gate and Fullmetal Alchemist have their respective adaptation issues in which the source material is better or vastly superior in some cases. But nobody really cares too much, because they are good anime. Understand?

This is rare, but sometimes an anime might even be a good adaptation, but issues with the fact that its anime causes it to be a bad anime regardless (animation, pacing, etc). Most of the time though it's the fact that it's a bad adaptation (cut content, etc) that makes it a bad anime i.e. an anime that can't stand on its own.

You don't have to adhere to this, but this is what makes the most sense to me, as someone who frequently reads the source before watching the adaptation.

AniBlade5 years ago1
I agree and disagree with you. I understand that some anime don't follow their source material exactly. However, when it cuts out important content and changes the scenes drastically from the source is where the problem lies. If it was labeled as an original or alternative story from the source then it would be fine. However, GOH isn't. Displaying a series as close to the source should be the aim of an anime adaptation. When it doesn't represent the story as it should be, then the original source gets hurt because the audience would think that the manhwa is just like the anime.
I would say an anime is just like an advertisement for the original source. So the advertisement should display the aspects of the source in a good way. However, GOH is cutting out too much info that makes the series so great. Also, by Good Anime, I meant that its animated well, but its fast pacing which leaves out crucial details is what makes it less appealing. People aren't getting the full story of the series, but an alternative that drifts a bit off from the original.
That's why FMA was remade into FMA: Brotherhood which follows the story more accurately and is viewed and appreciated better than the first. If the anime was intended to be an alternative or summary of the original source then it should be classified as such before it airs.

MajoJestic5 years ago3

As someone who hasn't read the webtoon, I'm not impressed with this anime at all. The only thing I'd praise it for is the animation, but everything else about hasn't been good so far. Almost halfway through the anime, and I still don't care about any of the characters, which in turn means that I'm not invested in the fights. The relationship between the three main characters also feels way too rushed, so it just feels "artificial". On a more subjective note, I'm not a fan of the style of music they went with either, and the constant Crunchyroll ads they throw in just feels kind of immersion-breaking.