Highschool of the Dead, Vol. 1 (Highschool of the Dead, 1)

Best Zombie Manga ever.

For anime fans.

I very much intend to buy the rest of the series

I got interested into reading this manga series when I spotted an anime trailer for it a while back and it really into it. I am by no means a huge "fan" of zombie movies and of the sort because they never had real story or substance. But after opening up the wrapping for this series (it's for mature audiences only 17+) I was not able to put down the manga, I read it in one sitting. The art is great and the action is engaging. The flow of the manga is great for a survival horror genre. Basically the setting for the volume 1 is the high school where basically a virus broke out which made anyone who is bitten a "zombie". I am grateful that non of the content were censored, including the language and intense violence.The story is still building up and is getting more interesting with each passing chapter as more interesting characters are introduced. I feel great character development coming in the upcoming volumes. All in all art was consistent, dialogue was great, translation is accurate, there was some fan-service (but it wasn't bad, it was just enough) and story/action was engaging.So these factors should usually mandate a guaranteed purchase, however, the only beef I really had with this is Yen press's decision to make this retail at 13.99 which is ridiculous. Yes, I understand that this is mature and usually mature manga or books in general are more expensive, but there is Omamori Himari which is also mature and it retails at 10.99. And to top it off the volume of HSOTD is only around 160 pages (might be less). So I recommend that you buy this series when there is a good percent off the cover price (which Amazon usually has), I got my volume for about 8.20 USD which is a great price, even 9.00 or 10.00 is better than the 13.99 cover price. These are my thoughts and it sure was a fun read, I already have me second volume on pre-order.

This product certainly isn't something for the little tweens that want more Naruto and such, Yen Press's translation of Diasuke Sato's Highschool of the Dead comes with all the '-kun' 'chan' 'sensei' and 'f' words in tact. Some think it's clunky to include the Japanese honorifics, but it was everything I was hoping for in an official product. I don't yet know how censored the product will be, but the gore and parental advisory warning has been a good start so far and hopefully the entire idea of zombie survival and fan service will keep it uncensored.It's true the themes in H.O.T.D. can be seen in most zombie survival movies, but with so many films not making the cut anymore it's the perfect spin on a classic tale. But apart from gore and brief fan service this series will also take some time now and then to make you laugh, poking fun at the stereotypes this series itself endorses. Character development (something that is a little sparse in this series) will come a little later folks, so don't despair, it wont be a total hack n' slash story line...And finally the only thing I can complain about is that there will be such a wait between the english volumes, but since the Japanese version has had very infrequent updates recently the manga itself it not to blame. Hopefully good english sales will boost creator's confidence. I'll be buying every volume, however, and the anime as soon as it's released!

In horror stories in general, and the zombie genre specifically, we see a great deal of "contagious stupidity," where supposedly intelligent people do really stupid things just to keep the plot moving forward. IMO this is a lot of lazy writing.High School of the Dead is the notable exception. Our heroes take reasonable and prudent precautions, they perform experiments on the walking dead to see how they behave, and then take ruthless advantage of the knowledge. And yet, it also takes the time to let the characters react to the horror around them, to have their breakdowns and draw strength anew. Yes there is humor, and plenty of gratuitous panty flashing and jiggling boobs to keep any otaku around for more.HOTD is the best zombie genre piece I have encountered and strongly recommend it to fans of zombies, horror, manga, and the anime adaptation is incredibly faithful.Buy it, read it, watch it. It's all good.

Nice

IF you are looking for something deep and with a lot of thought into it this is not it. this is a manga about zombies and high school kids killing them as they try to survive the new dangerous world in which they live. this is how a zombie story should be. just all action and moments of classic zombie lore through out like a mall/ a right wing group who is organized and handling the situation and general dissolution of order as well as glorious amounts of fan service which in all honesty are not a bad thing when you look at most zombie movies their are always hot girls in them so its all good. this is a good read and its anime counterpart may go off story at the end and may have broken a few laws of physics but its also a good watch .

Im repurchasing the books I'm missing from this series as a couple where stolen and have always loved this series. I'd love to see volumes 5 and up on Amazon as I've been having a hard time finding them

Pra mim, o primeiro volume de High School of the Dead, é simplesmente sensacional. Enquanto eu leia, sentia preso na história, onde um grupo de jovens adolescentes tentando sobreviver ao um apocalipse zumbi, a trama do apocalipse neste primeiro volume é ambientada na escola, que na minha opinião foi algo bem diferente, porque a maioria de livros ou filmes o apocalipse zumbi acontecia entre locais como casas de campo, shoppings e nas florestas. Já esse manga não, ele vem um cenário bem diferente do padrão para ocorrem um ataque de zumbis, a escrita do falecido escritor de mangas Daisuke Sato é muito marcante porque ela descreve muito bem o ambiente ao história se passa, sabe desenvolver bons personagens e apresentar os conflitos da própria história envolvendo os protagonistas e tudo apocalipse em torno dos zumbis. Já a arte realizada pelo irmão Shouji, é belíssima por que os desenhos criados por ele, faz jus a escrita de Daisuke, também utiliza alguns elementos dos gêneros eechi, ação e terror gore onde ele apresenta a nudez das personagens femininas com a violência explicita. Deixo bem claro, que esse manga é bem pesado só funciona pra é tem estômago por esses duas coisas. Eu adorei a história, não há pontos negativos na escrita do autor, recomendo pra quem é fâ de zumbis, mas se você é uma pessoa mais sensível....FUJA! Minha nota para o manga é: 9.7/10

Got for myself and can't put it down

I got interested into reading this manga series when I spotted an anime trailer for it a while back and it really into it. I am by no means a huge "fan" of zombie movies and of the sort because they never had real story or substance. But after opening up the wrapping for this series (it's for mature audiences only 17+) I was not able to put down the manga, I read it in one sitting. The art is great and the action is engaging. The flow of the manga is great for a survival horror genre. Basically the setting for the volume 1 is the high school where basically a virus broke out which made anyone who is bitten a "zombie". I am grateful that non of the content were censored, including the language and intense violence.The story is still building up and is getting more interesting with each passing chapter as more interesting characters are introduced. I feel great character development coming in the upcoming volumes. All in all art was consistent, dialogue was great, translation is accurate, there was some fan-service (but it wasn't bad, it was just enough) and story/action was engaging.These are my thoughts and it sure was a fun read, I already have me second volume on pre-order.

I can’t say anything badI ordered, it came earlyIt was manga, in new condition and my girlfriend read it and loved it. Just what you expect other than it coming earlier which was good