Zombie Survival Manga 'Gakkougurashi!' Ends

by Vindstot
Oct 24, 2019 9:03 PM | 12 Comments

The December 2019 issue of Manga Time Kirara Forward announced on Thursday that Norimitsu Kaihou and Sadoru Chiba's Gakkougurashi! (School-Live!) manga will end in the magazine's next issue. The January 2020 issue will publish the 78th and final chapter on November 22.

Synopsis
Yuki Takeya loves her school so much that she does not want to ever leave! Megurigaoka High School is a unique and lively place where Yuki enjoys her carefree life as a third-year high school student and member of the School Living Club. The club, consisting of the president Yuuri Wakasa, the athletic Kurumi Ebisuzawa, the mature junior Miki Naoki, the supervising teacher Megumi Sakura, and the club dog Taroumaru, prides itself on making the most of life at school. However, this illusion of endless bliss is just a bubble waiting to be burst because Yuki is unable to perceive what is truly happening around her. In reality, all is not as it seems—the real purpose of the School Living Club is to escape from the shocking and disturbing truth: the girls are in the middle of a zombie apocalypse and have barricaded themselves inside the school as the sole survivors.

Based on the manga by Kaihou Norimitsu, Gakkougurashi! follows a group of girls who are forced to adapt to a post-apocalyptic life all by themselves. They have no means of contact with the outside world and are surrounded by hostile undead waiting to devour them. The girls must not only contend with the challenge of survival; they must also strive to maintain a false appearance of normality in Yuki's presence. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Kaihou and Chiba launched the zombie survival manga in Manga Time Kirara Forward in May 2012. The manga had entered a six-month hiatus from July to December in 2017. Houbunsha published the 11th volume on January 12 (pictured). Gakkougurashi! has a cumulative 2.5 million copies of its compiled volumes in print.

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

Yen Press licensed the manga in English in 2015 and published the tenth volume on February 19. The 11th volume will go on sale on October 29.

A live-action film based on the manga opened in Japan on January 25. The film inspired a four-episode prequel drama series, titled Gakkou XXX: Mou Hitotsu no Gakkougurashi!, which streamed on Amazon's Prime Video service on January 16.

Source: Comic Natalie

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12 Comments Recent Comments

kanekiikenn said:
Does anyone know if there will be another launch, or maybe some kind of spin-off? Or is this the final conclusion?

A sequel has just been announced.
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1842318

May 27, 2020 12:38 PM by TrashDax

Final ch. released today. 12th and final volume will be released on January 12, 2020, along w. illustration book.
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/356517

Nov 21, 2019 9:46 PM by tsubasalover

I feel like the end is going to be rushed. :(

Nov 19, 2019 8:17 AM by mangalicker94

I wonder if we'll get a second season now.

Oct 31, 2019 8:00 PM by malvarez1

I don't want it to end.
Then again, I want the girls to finally be safe, so, yeah.

Oct 29, 2019 11:13 AM by TrashDax

looks like a fun read
i'll marathon it when it ends

Oct 25, 2019 8:02 AM by tragedydesu

I loved this manga but stopped reading it as chapters came out too slowly and I always forgot what happened whilst waiting for the next. Now that it's coming to an end I'll definitely pick it back up.

Oct 25, 2019 3:36 AM by Lalafin

I'm going to miss this series so much. I hope the final chapter will have a satisfying ending.

Oct 25, 2019 2:19 AM by LunaEstlin

Finally, I heard it was close to ending for the past year. Time to read it.

Oct 25, 2019 1:12 AM by Thorf

About damn time

The manga kept going downhill. At least it’s ending well, it seems

Oct 25, 2019 12:25 AM by Xenocrisi

Nice. I need to pick up the chapters as I'm behind with it.

Oct 24, 2019 10:23 PM by brzzcode

Was thinking about reading this a year or two ago, but was worried about series length cuz it was still ongoing...
luckily 11 volumes seems safe enough to me, so I'll probably give it a read soon

Oct 24, 2019 9:04 PM by Fario-P