Highschool of the Dead.......

Been reading an interesting manga online here of late. It's titled "Highschool of the Dead".

It's your basic Romero-esque "zombie apocalypse" story, involving a group of teenagers from a private school, a school nurse, and young girl, who get caught up in an outbreak of the undead in Japan.

It's interesting. While the kids in the story are somewhat extraordinary, the story lacks the usual "superteen" crap seen in some manga /anime. No sixteen year old girls commanding supersubs , or fifteen year old boys "coming of age" while piloting super-secret military mecha. While each member of the group has certain skills and talents, they are for the most part, just high school kids caught up in terrifying events.

The writers did their best to be as accurate as possible when it came to firearms and firearms nomenclature. And I like how the group discusses plans and deals with tough choices/situations that would come up in a survival situation, while struggling to retain something of their civilized humanity.

There's lots of action and some comedy relief, not to mention, heroic deeds. It's a character driven story that doesn't rely exclusively on sex, slapstick silliness and gore to keep readers coming back for more.

If you, dear readers, happen to come across it while surfing the 'net, I highly recommend it.