This was a solid volume 2 in this series. We're starting to learn more about the characters and their motivations, which I enjoy. Loved when they got stuck in the department store, really reminded me of almost every season of Walking Dead when they would get stuck somewhere. Overall, great volume and I can't wait for more!

Zom 100 continues to find ways to be both hilarious and emotionally compelling. Akira's friend Kenichiro has been a wonderful addition to the main cast, and it has allowed Akira's personality to be more easily presentable to readers. While the stories have remained mostly self-contained, they share common thematic elements that prevent the transition between them to feel jarring. This ties into Zom 100's focus being about the journey of Akira and his friends, as well as their pursuit of a fulfilling life. I'm excited to see what the next volume has in store!

I love this series! I cannot wait to keep reading more! It is so such a wild ride! I really liked the graphics! This is a great to read something different!

The story picks up amazingly from volume 1. The plot is great and always keeps moving not staying on one point for too long which is a perfect way to keep the reader engaged and excited. You can’t tell what’s coming next and the characters keep showing more sides of themselves making it easy to relate to them or want to know more.

Two stories in this volume, one involving stewardesses and one involving the most bad ass zombie shark I have ever seen. The stewardess love story is lightweight and honestly a bit cringey, but the aquarium / shark story is an incredibly cool bit of character growth and action. The motivation to use a zombie outbreak to cross things off the bucket list and the attitudes of the characters that being under constant threat from zombies is a far, far better state than being a zombie in their previous 9-5 existences is still fun and fresh and a tiny bit of delicious subversiveness.

I'm a little on the fence about this series. While I do think there is an audience that will enjoy it, the humour is a little immature and repetitive to be my cup of tea.
There are times where it really feels like this was just written by a teenage boy who has an obsession of zombie movies.
While I can understand that perhaps exploring the lore/explanation of how a zombie apocalypse happened in Tokyo may not be the point of this manga, it nonetheless then detracts from any tension in the scenes with zombies or chases. These too can end up feeling repetitive, as well as just having characters introduced to die a few panels later.
Over all I don't feel that attached to any of the characters or their outcomes which unfortunately just detracts from the reading enjoyment.

Thank you to NetGalley and Viz Media for a free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

ZOM 100 Vol 2 was another fun addition to the series. We start right where the previous volume left off, and the main characters are still living a carefree, zombie-filled life and working through their bucket list. The MCs face and overcome various challenges that test their resillience and carefree way of life, and hijinks ensue, I'm curious to see how the stakes will rise in the next volumes, but this was still a fun read.

Such a fun read. From the moment I opened this book I was sucked into this story and it was such a fun ride. If your new here here's the gist of it Akira was a miserable office worker then the zombie apocalypses happens, now he's on a mission to do a bucket list of things he's always wanted to do before ending up a zombie. Its a pretty fun an entertaining read the things that happen in this book are kinda wild and I look forward to seeing more in the next book.

Amazing art, fast paced, quick read. Kept the pace of the first volume and amped up the silliness. Had a blast reading it and can't wait to keep going with the series.

ZOM 100: Bucket List of the Dead (ZOM 100) is a new series published and localized in English by VIZ Media that blends zombie horror aesthetics and storytelling with raunchy comedy. While volume 1 delivered big laughs and big gore, it landed a balance that just works. Now with ZOM 100 Volume 2, the series is hitting as many tropes as it can with a tongue-in-cheek style that pays homage to zombie classics.

ZOM 100 Volume 2 is written by Haro Aso and features art from Kotaro Takata. The volume is published under VIZ Media’s VIZ Signature imprint and is translated by Nova Skipper, and features touch-up art and lettering by Vanessa Satone. If you’re unfamiliar with the series, it follows Akira’s life as he transitions from wage-slave to zombie survivalist when he wakes up to an apocalyptic situation.

But, while the zombie apocalypse is terrible for pretty much everyone, Akira finally finds the meaning to his life that he didn’t have while working at his dead-end job. Now unemployed and getting to test his strength, Akira decides to live life to its fullest by going on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he dies. Picking up his friend Kencho along the way, ZOM 100 Volume 2 puts the duo on a quest for a widescreen TV.

After they head to Ikebukuro to pick up the needed item to complete one of the things on the bucket list, they wind up getting trapped in a department store along with a couple of beautiful girls. As Akira tries to cozy up to one of them, the conversation shifts to childhood dreams. While he wanted to wine and dine a flight attendant, the conversation’s shift pushes Akira to embrace his real dream of being a superhero in the back-end of the volume.



Indeed, a lot of the humor in ZOM 100 Volume 2 and the series as a whole may not land for everyone. There is a lot of fanservice, with nudity and close-ups galore, but none of it feels too over-the-top. On the contrary, it all feels like the campy elements of zombie b-movies that horror fans know and love. In fact, because of its humor, I think that this series will be the perfect addition to any zombie fan’s library, regardless if they’ve read manga before.

Plus, ZOM 100 Volume 2 puts Akira and Kencho in an aquarium that introduces a crazy amount of zombie absurdity involving marine animals and a shark-proof suit. This is where Takata’s art really showcases their adept handle on the genre, on gore, and on the creepy and hilarious elements that zombies can bring to a visual story.

Overall, ZOM 100: Bucket List of the Dead Volume 2 is a great continuation of a new series that is quickly becoming one of my favorite VIZ titles this year. It’s absurd, it’s loud, and man, are there a lot of boobs, but it all comes across as an homage to b-horror in the best ways.

Still loving it! So hilarious but still have some life lessons along the way. And I don't gravitate towards zombie stories but this one is very entertaining!

Zom 100: Bucket list of the Dead is a good new manga series. I like the first volume and the second was not a disappointment. I do hope my library buys the series since it is a interesting plot.

“Quitting my job opened my eyes. I’m gonna do everything I ever wanted. No restrictions!“

Akira Tendo is still trying to finish his list of a hundred (more or less) things he wants to do before becoming a zombie. While waiting for the zombie apocalypse might take us awhile (depending on what the real long-term side effects of the vaccine turn out to be), Akira is already in the middle of one. He better hurry and complete his list!

There are two two-part tales within Zom 100 Vol 2. They are both excellent tales.

Akira saved his friend, Kencho, in the last volume. So at least he isn’t alone. The two decide to find a wide screen tv to use for gaming. The bad news is they get trapped by a horde of zombies. The good news is there are liquor and girls there. Plus, they are flight attendants. Akira gets to cross something off his list!

In the second story, Akira decides his dream job is to be a superhero. He names his alter-ego Akiraiger. Can he save people? More important, can he impress Little Miss Risk Analyst?

Another great manga, but not quite as good as volume 1. Still, it’s definitely worth a read. 4 stars!

Thanks to VIZ Media and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review.

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Volume Two continues the adventures of Akira Tendo, a young man who is trying to complete his bucket list in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Volume Two
Written by: Haro Aso
Publisher: Shogakukan
English Publisher: VIZ Media
Release Date: May 18, 2021

Volume Two opens with Akira and his old friend, Kenichiro Ryuzaki, doing something else on Akira’s bucket list… going “stay-at-home camping.” But Kenichiro takes a good look at the list and remarks that there’s not even close to 100 items on Akira’s “100 Things I Want to Do Before Becoming a Zombie” list. Kenichiro decides add items to the list as well, much to Akira’s chagrin. But before he does, he mentions that one of the items is “wine and dine a flight attendant.” At first, this seems like an off-hand comment, but it turns out to become an important part of this volume.

Akira, who’s been playing video games during “stay-at-home camping,” declares he wants a wide-screen TV, because his aim is terrible on the screen they currently have. So, Akira and Kenichiro go outside to brave the zombie apocalypse in order to try to score a widescreen TV. In the midst of trying to get away from some zombies, they run into a group of three young women and one man who have not been infected by the zombies. It turns the three young women are… flight attendants. They find alcohol and food in an abandoned store nearby, so Akira achieves his goal to wine and dine a flight attendant… although it’s not the most ideal situation.

Before running into this group, Akira and Kenichiro have a conversation, with Kenichiro talking about what his dream had been growing up. This makes Akira start to wonder if he ever had a dream. This theme is reinforced during his time with the flight attendants, when the one that Akira has his eye on talks about her job as a flight attendant and how that had been her dream job. This theme of dreams plays an important role in the final two chapters of the volume.

Unfortunately, things take a turn for the worse when the man who had been with the flight attendants turns out to be infected by the zombies, and he infects the three flight attendants. Akira and Kenichiro manage to get away, but it must have been hard for Akira to see this happen after he was starting to become friends with one of the flight attendants. But on the bright side, if there can be a bright side in this situation, is that Kenichiro manages to score a wide-screen TV as they flee from the zombies. When Akira returns home, his conversations with both the flight attendant and with Kenichiro make him decide to add another item to his bucket list: “Remember my childhood dream.”

The next chapter sees Kenichiro remember what his childhood dream was… to become a superhero. Akira has been doing research on how to fight the zombies, and he stumbles upon an idea. Akira and Kenichiro go to the aquarium and take a shark suit, which is worn by people who clean the shark tanks and gator ponds. These suits are designed to protect the body from shark bites. Akira dons this suit and decides to rescue people from the zombies. Among the group he tries to save is the “risk analyst” girl that Akira met in Volume One. She’s less than impressed by Akira’s hero act, especially after it comes out that even though the suit he’s wearing is puncture proof, the wearer can still feel the bites. But later, Akira successfully comes to rescue of the “risk analyst” girl and manages to get her contact information. However, she only gives it out because she thinks they’ll never see each other again. I think it’s safe to say that she’s going to be wrong on that count, and I expect she’ll make another appearance somewhere in Volume Three. It’s just a hunch I have. It turns out her name is Shizuka Mikazuki.

Right at the end of the volume, Akira decides he wants to return to Gunma to see if his parents are OK. Obviously, this will be the setting for at least part of Volume Three, and my hunch is that Akira and Kenichiro will run into Shizuka there.

After reading Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Volume Two, I get the feeling that the series is overall going be more on the light-hearted side. However, it appears there may be serious moments, such as the conversation between Akira and the flight attendant about dreams. But I think telling this story in a more light-hearted way makes the story of the zombie apocalypse a little more enjoyable. Admittedly, I’m not a big fan of zombie stories, so I think having it told in this manner helps me to enjoy the concept more than I might have otherwise. Readers who read and enjoyed the first volume of Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead should also enjoy reading the second volume of the series.

Thank you to NetGalley for the arc of Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Volume 2.

This volume was (somehow) even more ridiculous than the first. And I loved every second of it.

We follow Akira somehow fluke his way through his bucket list during a zombie apocalypse, giving us plenty of laughs along the way.

Zombie sharks? Check. Sexy flight attendants? Check. Kencho getting naked and going blonde? Check. A hilariously phallic superhero costume? Yep, CHECK.

Honestly I was just grinning the whole way through this novel at the sheer stupidity and dumb luck of our boys Akira and Kencho.

I enjoyed the artwork in this volume just as much as I did the first. Super action packed with just the right amount of speech to keep the action flowing but not getting caught on giant chunks of text.

After this volume I’m now defiantly invested in the series and am looking forward to seeing Akira and Kencho bowl though Kanto in the next volume.

*I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*

Still hilarious and such a great time. I love seeing these boys try to fulfill their bucket lists. Bittersweet of course, but they try to look on the bright side! I'm really enjoying this series.

This one was equally as awesome as the first. I read it in one, very quick sitting. I enjoy the art style.

More shounen fun and heroism with Akira as he completes his bucket list: getting a widescreen TV for his video games, wining and dining with flight attendants, and even rekindling his childhood dream of becoming a super hero. This one was a very quick and entertaining read, with appropriate balanced beats of comedy, tragedy, and all else in between, while maintaining a rather delightful tone. I think it is a testament to see such optimism and zeal during an apocalypse, all the more refreshing when Akira clearly loves his new life outside of being a wage slave. The storytelling, while juvenile a times, has a mature depth to it.. Instances include a conversation on what one "truly" wants to do as a career as well as the merits of heroic actions outside of low self-esteem (the latter admittedly a comic aside). Regardless, I love this volume, and I look forward to what comes next!

Fulfilling a bucket list is hard during a zombie apocalypse, but Akira and Kencho try. They manage to wine and dine a flight attendant (sort of) until the zombies got them, but they did score the big TV they wanted. Then Akira figured that with the shark suit he could be a super hero and fight zombies. But then strange things happen at the Aquarian and that goes sideways, but he does manage to run into Miss Risk Analysis again! A fun, quick read!

Thanks Netgalley for the opportunity to read this title

Volume 2 in the Zom100 series where our main character continues crossing things off his bucket list. I love that it begins with his current list. All the things he finished in Volume 1 have been crossed off. It is like this creates a little mini spoiler. You don't know when it will happen or how it will happen, but it really makes you curious to find out. For example, I cannot wait to find out how he accomplishes an outdoor concert or giving out free hugs.

I haven't even passed the table of contents and I was already calling my local comic shop to make sure that they had a copy on order for me. It is the best of so many genres. You have the horror of death and zombies, but the silly situations create the funniest pages I have seen in a long time. It has an emotional impact also.

I do not normally like zombie stories, but this one reminds me a lot of Robert Kirkman's Walking Dead. The plot is not the same, but what they have in common is making you connect with a new character almost instantly. Just like when I read and watched Walking Dead I found myself getting upset and yelling, "Man I liked them" a lot. Within a couple panels they had me caring about the fate of just about every new character. I highly recommend giving this book a chance, even if you are like me and don't like zombie stories.