Alternative TitlesJapanese: 学園黙示録
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Sep 2006 to ?
StatisticsScore: 8.101 (scored by 2451 users)
Ranked: #4182
Popularity: #73
Members: 4,817
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SynopsisA mysterious, lethal disease is on the loose worldwide, resulting in a catastrophic death rate of humanity, and the increasing rise of attacks, caused by the living dead.
In Japan, several high school students and a school nurse have banded together to escape Fujimi High School shortly after it was attacked by zombies. The group now attempts to figure who or what was responsible for this plague, and in the meantime, attempt to survive the present apocalypse.
The story is initially narrated through the eyes of Takashi Komuro, one of the students who had survived in the initial outbreak. |
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HappyPear
30 of 39 people found this review helpful
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22 of ? chapters read
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9 |
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9 |
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This will be my first ever manga review, enjoy. As the series progresses, there will be some modifications.
I started this manga after going on /a/ and seeing all the people going "Where's my HotD?" and "What happened to HotD?" Well, I just got through the first 4 volumes in about 2 days, and I can't think of a better word or phrase to describe this manga but with "guilty pleasure". But now that I think about it, there's probably a whole ton of other series out there that are just as filled with fanservice as this one, if not more.
The idea of it is pretty interesting in my opinion. A few high school kids running around having fun, falling in love, and throw in a few possible love triangles; but wait, there's zombies. Throw in a teacher that's so sick he lets his students have huge orgys in order to brainwash them and character designs that either make your eyes fall out of their sockets or leave you in disgust, then you have HotD. I don't want to spoil it too much, but it starts out with some "outbreak" that happens and people turn into zombies via bites, simple, eh? All in all, the story is pretty engaging, and doesn't drag out too much, at least not for now.
The art in this series is pretty good, above average. The one thing I'm not a fan of is the character designs, most notably all the females that aren't the little kids. Personally, I'm not really into the art style where every female has to have breasts larger than their heads and ripped up clothes on them even though the only thing they did was sit down just so show bras and panties flashing in every scene (okay, maybe not that much...), but then again, this series is a guilty pleasure. I don't have any problem with the fanservice, I actually quite welcome it. But I would agree with anyone else that thinks it would be nice if it were toned down a notch, or even a few. Things get bloody, and that's what I like to see. The bodies of the zombies also look pretty good, torn up and all.
Almost all of the characters are pretty interesting. They range from the president of the high school's kendo club, a gun otaku, a school nurse, the daughter of some ultra-nationalists, and a few other people that aren't as interesting. This section gets minus two points for: 1. the main character being a generic shounen dude, and 2. the main character's woman being a generic shounen girl. If you would like to debate with me otherwise, go ahead. Make 50 different MAL accounts and vote this review as not helpful, but keep in mind that I don't care.
Surprisingly, I actually enjoy this series. The fanservice is tolerable for me, the characters not too boring and the story is interesting enough. Come on, who doesn't like zombies, worldwide nuclear war and hot manga chicks, if you're into that kind of stuff? Even the references to popular zombie movies and other things is just pure awesome on it's own. I've spotted a reference to "Shaun of the Dead", with a convenience store owner dubbed "Simon", most likely a reference to Simon Pegg in the movie, and he has a cricket bat next to him. Zombies that look like Condoleezza Rice on the Air Force One? Yes, that's in here too.
Overall, I can give this series a pretty high score as it isn't all that bad. True, fanservice overload, but once you get past that, it's pretty damn decent by itself. I'll be anticipating further releases of this manga, but apparently there's been a huge stall or something as raws are hard to come by or something like that. My advice to you for this manga is to try it out and if you don't like it, just drop it. At least you gave it a chance.
Oh yeah, apparently the best way to encourage a sadistic woman is to fondle her breasts and tell her how hot you get for her. >_> read more
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kang568
52 of 68 people found this review helpful
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15 of ? chapters read
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10 |
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10 |
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8 |
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10 |
After I got bored with watching anime, I started reading manga that wasn't to widely known. One night around 9 p.m., I was scrolling down the list of the website I was using to find something interesting. After checking out a few lame things, I clicked on the Highschool of the Dead. The very first page, bam, zombies attacking big breasted chicks. I was already hooked because I'm total blood and gore fan but I wasn't expecting too much other than a constant bloodfest. By chapter three, I couldn't stop reading at all. While there was still some pretty bloody stuff in it, the pure look into the dark terms survival was met on by a bunch of teenagers was just frightening and awe inspiring. Watching these...kids go so far as to murder someone around them for the survival of the group was amazing considering no one had done such a graphic but truthful thing. I was thinking by chapter 5, my mind would explode from the huge amount of blood and guts being thrown around, but leave it up to a bunch of drunk girls jiggling eachother's boobs to lighten the mood. The evil storyline of the other half of the kids led by the corrupted teacher, using sex and a fanatical religion like system using fear of being cast out into the pit of hell filled with the undead and violent humans who've lost their minds is plain scary. Along with everything, including the beautiful arsenal of guns they introdue (very accurate as well) makes Highschool of the Dead one of the best manga to date. read more
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Both manga are of the survival horror genre, which I think there should be more of!
Both are survival horror tales. Just replace man eating science with zombies, and expand all bust sizes by 30%, it's a recipe for success!
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If you like GANTZ you will love Highschool of the Dead (HOTD) as well. Both have a kick ass main character and tons of hot girls that somehow tie into the story plot. In GANTZ you follow a team of individuals as they are summoned on missions to kill off aliens, while given extremely powerful weapons. In HOTD you read as a group of high school students are forced to fend off zombies and fight for their lives, trying not to get bitten. As in GANTZ, HOTD is filled with blood and violence as the band of average individuals try desperately under circumstances they have never encountered before, resorting back to their primal instincts only to find that the world is a game of "survival of the fittest."
If you liked the whole fighting random aliens and creatures with some weird but amazing plot twists then you might like to try looking at High School of The Dead. Kids fighting zombies that appear out of the blue (not yet mentioned where they have come from). There is but one downside of High School of the dead vs Gantz. No amazing suits that give you extreme strength.
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