Manga 'Gakkougurashi!' Receives Sequel

The official Twitter account for Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara announced on Saturday that Norimitsu Kaihou and Sadoru Chiba's zombie survival manga Gakkougurashi (School-Live!) will receive a sequel titled Gakkougurashi!: Otayori. The sequel will describe events after the conclusion of the original manga, and will be serialized in Manga Time Kirara Forward from its next issue on June 24. Both Kaihou (story) and Chiba (art) will return to their roles for the sequel.

Gakkougurashi was first published in Manga Time Kirara Forward on May 24, 2012 and concluded on November 22, 2019. The manga's 12th and final volume shipped on January 10. Yen Press licensed the manga in English in 2015 and published the 11th volume on October 29, 2019. The final English volume is scheduled to go on sale on August 18, 2020.

Lerche produced a 12-episode television anime adaptation broadcast in Summer 2015, and Crunchyroll simulcast the show with subtitles as it aired in Japan. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime series in North America and released in on Blu-ray and DVD with an English dub in June 2017.

The manga received a live-action film adaptation that premiered in Japan on January 25, 2019, and inspired a four-episode drama series titled Gakkou XXX: Mou Hitotsu no Gakkougurashi!, an Amazon Prime Video exclusive available from January 16, 2019.

Source: Manga Time Kirara, Manga Time Kirara Official Twitter

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