is a manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Saimura. It is set at a high school where students suddenly become zombies. The manga was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Comic Ryū manga magazine beginning in January 2014. The series ended in the final print issue of Comic Ryū on May 2018. The manga is licensed in the United States by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Plot

Akira Nikaidou goes to school with his friends and crush, Kurumi. One day students suddenly turn into zombies. Then they stop attacking, what will be next for Akira and his remaining classmates?

Hour of the Zombie

Publication

Written and illustrated by Tsukasa Saimura, Hour of the Zombie was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Comic Ryū manga magazine from January 18, 2014, to May 19, 2018. The manga's chapters were compiled into nine tankōbon volumes from July 2014 to July 2018. The manga is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Hour of the Zombie

Reception

Reviewing the first volume, Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network felt that the manga distinguished itself from other zombie stories with Saimura's depiction of the zombies as still having humanity, as well as the protagonist Akira's reaction to them.

Hour of the Zombie

References

External links

at Monthly Comic Ryū

at Seven Seas Entertainment

Horror anime and manga

Seinen manga

Seven Seas Entertainment titles

Tokuma Shoten manga

Zombies in anime and manga