What is Zombie manga?

A zombie is asserted to be a reanimated corpse, or a human who is being controlled by someone else by use of magic with some media renditions using a pandemic illness to explain their existence.Stories of zombies originated in the West African spiritual belief system of voodoo, which told of the people being controlled as laborers by a powerful wizard.

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Surviving Romance

(Surviving Romance)

8.17

Description:

Chaerin leads a blissful and comfortable life as the lead in a romance novel. She only has eyes for the male lead, Jeha, to the point where all the extras are literal black shadows. But then, one day, her story suddenly switches genres. All of a sudden, she discovers that if she wants to live, she has to band together with the extras she ignored before and work with them to survive! (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Chapters

101

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Started

2021-01-16

Gakkou Gurashi!

8.07

Description:

Takeya Yuki is in love with the school. For her, it's a wonderful place, where she enjoys her school activities, especially the activities of her club, the School Life Club. The club has Rii-chan as the president, Kurumi-chan as another member, and the teacher, Megu-nee, always there for them. Yes, she is in love with her school... in her mind. Because, for her, the reality of the school and their club's activities is way too hard to be perceived... (Source: MU)
Type

manga

Volumes

12

Chapters

78

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2012-05-24

Saihate no Paladin

(The Faraway Paladin)

7.86

Description:

William is the lone human in a city of the dead. Born with vague memories of a past life in contemporary Japan where he failed to do anything useful, he is determined not to make the same mistake again, and that this time, his life will be lived. But what does that really mean? Raised by a group of the undead, William must discover what circumstances brought him to this city and these people as well as what it means to not just exist, but to live a full life. (Source: ANN)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2017-09-25

Rebirth

7.85

Description:

What would you do if you are given a second chance to turn back time and relive your past? Would you do what you did back then for fear of the butterfly effect? Or would you take a different course of action and let the future speaks for itself? (Source: LINE Webtoon)
Type

oel

Rating

Status

current

Started

2018-06-27

Kore wa Zombie desu ka?

7.78

Description:

Aikawa Ayumu is a normal high school boy. One day he is killed by a serial killer and revived as a zombie by a necromancer named Eucliwood Hellscythe. He starts to serve Eu as her guard but he happens to deprive the mahou shoujo Haruna of her magic power. Haruna orders Ayumu to fight against the anti-mahou shoujo system "Megalo" in her place.
Type

novel

Volumes

0

Chapters

118

Status

finished

Started

2009-01-20

I Am a Hero

(I Am a Hero)

7.73

Description:

Hideo Suzuki is a thirty-five year old mangaka assistant struggling to be the hero in his own life by breaking back into the lime light with a new serial all the while juggling his relationship with his girlfriend and his own delusions. However, as hard as Hideo may try, the world seems to have a different set of plans for him; sinister and dark machinations that completely overturn his reality as he knows it. (Source: Illuminati-Manga)
Type

manga

Volumes

22

Chapters

264

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2009-04-20

Zombie 100 ~Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto~

(Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead)

7.64

Description:

Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day! After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to his beautiful co-worker. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket. (Source: Viz Media)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2018-10-19

Gakkou Gurashi! Otayori

(School-Live! Letter)

7.62

Description:

A sequel set after the ending of Gakkou Gurashi! which details the aftermath of the characters.
Type

manga

Chapters

8

Status

finished

Started

2020-06-24

Boyfriend of the Dead

7.61

Description:

A girl struggles to survive in a zombie apocalypse and ends up finding herself a boyfriend! But there is a problem...he is undead! (Line)
Type

oel

Rating

Status

finished

Started

2017-07-13

Sankarea

(Sankarea: Undying Love)

7.58

Description:

Furuya's obsessed with zombies. He collects any figurines, watches any movie, and plays any game with the living dead, and is even only interested in zombie girls. When his cat dies, Furuya begins trying to raise it from the dead using an ancient book of the occult he bought from a shop. But what will happen when he sees the idol of a nearby all girl's school walking close to where he conducts his experiment, wishing to die and be reborn as a different person? (Source: MU) Note: Volume 4 contains the special "Wagahai mo... Zombie de Aru..." Volume 6 contains the special "Konna Watashi no... Zombie-kko Seikatsu" Volume 11 contains the special side story "Shiromabito"
Type

manga

Volumes

11

Chapters

59

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2009-12-09

ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!

(ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!)

7.55

Description:

Flum Apricot was never meant to be a hero. Despite zero stats across the board and a power she can’t even use, she somehow finds herself included in a party of heroes. But Flum’s life hits rock bottom when the party’s renowned sage, Jean Inteige, decides that the useless girl is dead weight, and arranges to have her sold into slavery. Tossed to monsters to be feasted upon for her master’s entertainment, Flum makes the desperate choice to reach for a cursed weapon…and something new awakens within her. A grimdark tale about one woman’s blood-soaked quest to reclaim her life! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Type

manga

Rating

Gore

Status

current

Started

2018-12-27

Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

(The Unwanted Undead Adventurer)

7.52

Description:

It's been ten years since Rentt Faina, a down-on-his luck Bronze-class adventurer, set his eyes on becoming Mithril-class. Unfortunately, Rentt finds himself helpless when confronted by a legendary Dragon in the Labyrinth of the Moon's Reflection...and is summarily eaten. But Rentt has miraculously reawakened...as a Skeleton?! (Source: J-Novel Club)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2017-11-01

Liv

7.53

Description:

The story takes place in a world with humanity on the verge of extinction due to the rise of zombies. A young man named Aoki travels through this ruined world and meets a mysterious zombie girl who does not try to eat him and, further, says his name? (Source: MU)
Type

oneshot

Chapters

1

Status

finished

Started

2017-01-01

Highschool of the Dead

(Highschool of the Dead)

7.51

Description:

A 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. Note: The manga is incomplete due to the author´s death.
Type

manga

Volumes

7

Chapters

33

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2006-08-09

Shokei Sareta Kenja wa Lich ni Tensei Shite Shinryaku Sensou wo Hajimaru

(The Executed Sage Is Reincarnated as a Lich and Starts an All-Out War)

7.5

Description:

The Sage Dwight, he along with the Hero defeated the Demon Lord who sank the world into darkness.However, they were falsely accused of becoming the next Demon Lords because of his power, and were thrown to The Valley of the Dead to die.......But though his flesh has rotten away, he lives on as a skeleton because of his grudge against the world. Dwight has vowed to deny that wrong world, and with a power that surpasses even the Demon King of the past, and also leading countless Skeletons he's going to start an all out war...!(Source: Mangadex)
Type

manga

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Started

2020-06-30

Wake Up Deadman

7.49

Description:

Saving the life of the girl he loves, Sahu incidentally turns into a zombie. And now he's trying to survive in a stone jungle, believing that one day he will sing for the world. (Source: MU)
Type

manhwa

Volumes

3

Chapters

79

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2010-06-29

Biohazard: Marhawa Desire

(Resident Evil: Marhawa Desire)

7.46

Description:

The main character of the manga is Chris Redfield. As a member of the BSAA, he investigates a series of biohazard incidents occurring in Marhawa School, Asia's largest elite school in a certain country in the Far East.
Type

manga

Volumes

5

Chapters

41

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2012-02-23

Undead Unluck

7.45

Description:

All Fuuko wants is a passionate romance like the one in her favorite shojo manga. Unfortunately, her Unluck ability makes that impossible. But just as Fuuko hits rock bottom, Andy sweeps her off her feet, literally! Now she’s become Andy’s unwilling test subject as he works to find a way to trigger a stroke of Unluck big enough to kill him for good. However, when the pair discovers a secret organization is hunting them, it puts Andy’s burial plans on hold. (Source: Viz Media)
Type

manga

Status

current

Started

2020-01-20

Shikabane Hime

7.45

Description:

The story starts off with a bunch of high school students, taking the dare to go up to this abandoned building that has been half destroyed by a fire. It was rumoured to be haunted. Just a rumour, right? Not when real corpses start showing up, and they start feeling things grabbing them, and finally zombies going after them! Shikabane Hime is there to save the day. The immortal girl, “Shikabane Hime,” has the mission to “kill” 108 corpses. It’s a contract she has between herself and the Buddhist monk, Keisei. After 108 corpses, she will finally get her happiness and go to heaven. (Source: Mangaupdates)
Type

manga

Volumes

0

Chapters

114

Rating

Horror

Status

finished

Started

2005-04-12

Choechoui Hunter

(The First Hunter)

7.45

Description:

The world has changed and so have the people. December 31st, 2016 – the day before New Year's. Kim Taehoon was just casually shopping for groceries at the large store. Monsters suddenly appeared out of thin air. With the highly trained skills that he had gained from his previous occupation, he starts to hunt the monsters down and manages to win, saving countless people who were also at the mall. But there are more and they don't stop coming. Will he be able to survive until the end? Will he be able to beat the countless monsters that only seem to get stronger? And will it just be monsters that he has to worry about? The journey of Kim Taehoon, The First Hunter, begins. (Source: Webnovel) Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.
Type

manhwa

Chapters

102

Status

finished

Started

2019-11-21

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