Another great volume to the series. I truly enjoy that empathy is becoming more prominent in manga. I think that's one thing I really enjoyed about Demon Slayer was no matter how evil the demon may have been, the story dives into their history and explores what caused them to tread the path of darkness. In this case the cause for their evil intent was pretty foolish, but recluses need the message in this book, don't be afraid to reach out to others.
Thank you to VIZ Media and NetGalley for the digital copy in exchange for my honest review.

As absurd as the rest and just as entertaining.

For Libraries: Buy where the rest of the series is still circing.

Another fantastic volume in this zombie series.

The gang have new problems to face and new challenges that won’t let them rest, but it’s reflective take on finding your own happiness in a world that is literally overrun with zombies

Excellent!

When a zombie apocalypse comes through town Akira pushes himself to complete all the items on his bucket list. Volume 6 continues the story of his parents village. Will Akira save his parents or become a zombie himself?

I love all the little added details like the bucketlist with everything that has already happened crossed off. I know the list is the same, but it seems like i always notice something different.The art and story suck you in almost instantly. I am not a zombie fan, but this is hands down one of my favorite stories right now.

5 stars.

Akira and company have a problem. Higurashi, in a jealous fit, allowed the zombies into the village. Now the crew needs to get the villagers moving to escape the zombies and stop any more from entering the valley. Plenty of action, plenty of drama, and Akira finally finds out what is wrong with his dad. Now, Akira and his crew are off to find a doctor to take care of his dad's "problem" while they are out touring Japan. Another fun read!

Thanks Netgalley for the opportunity to read this title!

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Volume Six finishes the storyline that’s taking place in Akira’s hometown.

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Volume Six
Written by: Haro Aso
Publisher: Shogakukan
English Publisher: VIZ Media
Release Date: May 17, 2022

During this volume, we see the three parts of the story that are taking place with each one of the NEETs that have initiated the zombie situation in Akira’s hometown. With each of these characters, the reader sees a flashback to their past that helps to explain the motivation for each one. Naoki Atenbo is trying to get a kiss from Shizuka, Toko Kanbayashi is trying to stop Beatrix from turning off the electric fence, and Kanta Higurashi is trying to force Akira to sacrifice himself and become a zombie in order to save his father.

With Shizuka and Beatrix, they analyze what their opponent is doing and make it clear that they aren’t going to let their opponent have the upper hand. Spoiler alert: Shizuka and Beatrix are right, although I’m not going to reveal exactly how either one of them gets out of their particular situation.

When it comes to Akira and Kanta, though, things go a little differently. Akira is put in a position of either having to follow his goal and sacrifice his father or becoming a zombie and not being able to accomplish what he has on his bucket list. Akira’s father reveals something about his health, which makes him less useful to Kanta as a hostage. But Akira goes into the building where the zombies are, and when he comes out, he appears to become a zombie. I admit that right at first, I was almost convinced that he had been turned… but rather quickly, his actions reveal that he hasn’t. When I saw what happened, I was reminded of a character who had been introduced in a previous volume that I’d forgotten about. If I had remembered that she was there, I likely would have realized what was truly going on before it was revealed by Akira in the story.

When all is said and done, the situation ends as well as it can. Akira, along with the reader, learn the truth about Akira’s father’s health issue, and in some respects, it’s actually a little amusing. I liked how Aso led the reader to think the situation was more serious than it really was. But the events that happened in Akira’s hometown make him decide that he wants to continue on his journey and to try to find a way to save the world from zombies. But before Akira and his friends leave, they all start coming up with items to add to Akira’s bucket list. We get to see a panel where the bucket list is getting a lot closer to 100 items, but it’s just not quite there yet.

At this point, it seems that Aso is trying to move the story in a direction where Akira and the others are going to have more of a purpose for their travels than just simply randomly going to places. Admittedly, right at the end of Volume Six, we see them hitting various tourist spots in northern Japan, but this was a light-hearted way to end the volume after the events that occurred in Akira’s hometown over the past two volumes. I suspect that the next volume will truly get the new direction of the story going.

There are also two bonus stories included in Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Volume Six. The first one seems to be set before Shizuka joined Akira and Kenichiro on their journey. They are trying to accomplish the goal of eating “manga meat” (think of the “meat on a bone” that Luffy eats in One Piece). They find a way to simulate something like this, and just when it’s done cooking, they are approached by zombies. This was a light-hearted story meant to show Akira checking off another item on his bucket list, but once again, I just felt that this bonus story was just “meh.”

The second story focuses on a couple Akira encountered earlier in the series, and it starts out with them looking at their current situation. They remember Akira and wonder how he’s doing on his journey, and they are inspired to start their own journey. In their case, they begin a bucket list of the 100 places they want to visit before becoming zombies. To be honest, I enjoyed this bonus story more than the first one.

When it comes to the art, all I can really say is that I’m glad Aso had Akira get rid of the dreadlocks before he and his friends left Akira’s hometown. To be honest, I thought the dreads looked a little ridiculous on him.

I think the storyline in Akira’s hometown was resolved the best way it could have been, and I’m glad to see Akira and the others are starting to continue on their way. I’m looking forward to seeing what adventures the protagonists are going to have in Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Volume Seven.

Volume 6 wraps up the hometown arc of Zom 100, bringing some character growth and new items on our heroes' bucket list. I started reading this series before the pandemic, as a nice comedy-spiked antidote to the typical zombie fare full of despair. This volume ends on an optimistic note but the idea of putting together bucket lists after living in a pandemic for the past two years doesn't feel so strange anymore, zombies or not. (I received a free eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.)

Akira and the gang must defeat a childhood friend with a competing bucket list. Akira's father's illness isn't as life-threatening as the readers were led to believe. The gang adds more to their bucket list and sets out to find a cure for zombies.