Infection

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This is possibly the best zombie manga ive read, considering i usually hate zombie series. It does start a bit like a generic zombie manga but it becomes its own thing slowly. My best comparison would be this is like a mix of Highschool of the Dead and Summertime Render but with a more interesting plot and less fanservice (than HOTD)

Quick story summary ( Around first 50 chapters ): A zombie outbreak starts in Sendai from an unknown cause and the government seals off the area, leaving the main cast and many people inside to survive. As they fight they slowly find out more info ... about the zombies, and turns out they arent exactly zombies, but humans with too much evolution data that it has deformed them. After this discovery everything goes down to hell. The 'Zombies' start evolving even more and from now cast has to figure out where they came from and how to stop them.

Unfortunately this barely has a fanbase and the official english version was cancelled due to poor sales with only a fan translation thats on Chapter 122/267 as of this review, so its a bit difficult for western audience to get the full experience of this manga.

If you know Japanese or even dont mind manually translating the pages I really suggest giving this manga a chance. It is definitely worthy of getting a good Anime adaptation but its gonna need a bigger fanbase for that. From the other reviews it looks like people just dont give this series a chance and conclude their opinion from the first few arcs which is fair. The only reason i rated this a 9 instead of 10 is because it has a pretty mid start.

Overall,

Story: 9 - Very good for a zombie series. Has its starting issues and odd writing but very enjoyable
Art: 10 - The art is just really good. It keeps improving as the author continued this and its pleasant to look at. Has a bit too much ecchi for me but its less than many other ecchi series so not big issue
Character: 9 - Rare case of me actually caring about a fictional character. This manga does have overpowered unrealistic characters but the actual characters personalities stay realistic for a world end scenario. Lots of emotions, good character development and personalities. Only complaint is that a horrible character was kept alive for no reason other than to cause trouble.
Enjoyment: 10 - Very surprising to myself for enjoying a "zombie" series this much. I was so invested in it i read all 267 chapters in a single day
Overall: 9 - Definitely a must read for anyone into zombie / gory series. It has its flaws and slow start but give it a chance. Get this seri the fanbase it deserves because its way too underrated right now. I really hope we get a good quality adaptation of this someday.

Infection is a manga that seems to be promising at the beginning, with all the survival, horror elements there, but then, after a certain point, it drops down drastically, changing from horror to something that has no pressure at all. It's quite a let down as it seemed quite promising with the idea of infection but then it seemed like they don't have any more ideas to write about.
Something that is worth highlining is that it could be good for people who like echi stuff, but only that, because they ruined the horror element of the story. There could be some part that might be ... a BIT of horror but only that.
The main character development its a typical one of noobie survivor who has no idea of surviving and then suddenly became an ace that becomes sonic and start rescuing others.

Skaie

The story, plotwise, sounds like something I wrote when I was 11. It's just so baffling bad and is nonsensical. The plot is so, I can't even explain it, it's non-existent. The only reason they try to push the story "forward" is to get to the next ecchi scene. The obstacles the MC must overcome is the most underhyped and easily solved roadblocks in manga history. An obstacle that would normally take 3 chapters to overcome in any well flushed out manga is easily overcome in a single panel, it's nonsensical to say the least. If you are looking for ecchi and some nice artwork ... you'll find some enjoyment, if you're looking for anything else you might as well leave.
There are quite a few plotholes and characters that the mangaka just seemed to have forgotten about which really makes you confused as to why they were even mentioned in the first place.
For example in Chapter 26 (Not spoiling anything just some nonsensical things)
they suddenly mention a guy who hasn't appeared for the last 20 chapters saying that he can't be trusted, all of a sudden they are mentioning names and events that they didn't show, but simply happen like the audience is supposed to know what they are talking about. They suddenly say that xxxxx is actually a very important person for blah blah blah, and all you can think to yourself is, "wait a minute, who the fuck is xxxxx? I have absolutely no idea who this character is and you're just bringing it up out of nowhere?"
With most bad mangas there are frequently pages you have to stop and re-read many times just to figure out what they're talking about or how some progression happened, this is one of those mangas. As I don't speak Japanese it might not actually be the mangaka's fault, rather the translator and proofreaders, but it doesn't matter either way because no matter who the fault is on, it's still confusing as hell.