I find it interesting with a nice plot

As pompous of me as it may be, please don't blindly trust the negative comments below. I really like this manga. I’ve been actually searching for a manga just like this for many a month now, and this is delivering in full. The characters are nicely fleshed out, very likable, and most of all, believable! Instead of other mangas that take one aspect of any sort of zombie apocalypse and just extreme it, this is not that manga. The diseased main character is strong, but not outrageously so (yet), he loses himself at times, but not randomly and without warning, like in other managas. This manga show a more interesting build with a slow and more believable (as believable as something can be with zombies and bubonic-like plagues) story. The romance thrown in is a perfect dash of flavor in the dark and horror. The elements are mixed nicely to a more mysterious keep-you-guessing plot instead of the episodic in your face deus ex machina stuff other mangas have.

Where I haven't finished the manga _just_ yet, I’m sure I'll be back in a few days with my final word on the topic. Give it a read, it picks up nicely.

I really like this series already. It has a nice plot, the zombies aren't too gross, and the main character is pretty lovable. I just wish a group would pick up the project!

Edit: It was finally picked up! OMGosh, I don't think I can express my happiness! I love this. So much. I truly do.

... Last updated on November 13th, 2009, 4:24am

I've read 18 chapters and so far I like this series. I think it has potential. There is still a mystery of what's going on, like who or what is behind this outbreak. Who can Nagasawa trust? He knows he's being used, but how much so? What is really happening to his body? There is also a certain level of creepiness going on that's good. Physically and emotionally Nagasawa is not some shonen hero with a never give up/can do I must protect everyone attitude. He's just an awkward teenager that something horrible is happening to and I think that comes across well.

I think the weakest part of the series is the art. Its a bit sketchy at times especially when it comes to the characters. I would like to see stronger cleaner lines. The fight sequences could also be a bit better.

I don't know why anyone would want to compare this to High School of the Dead. HSOTD though serious and apocalyptic at times is also a bit of a spoof on the Zombie genre especially when you consider all the fan service that's thrown in. I like HSOTD its fun, but Dawn Tsumetai Te takes a different approach to the genre. So far its smaller on scale (you don't have endless waves of zombies attacking) that may change it the future who knows? There's also more emphasis on mystery, there's many questions and I'm interested in seeing how the author will handle them.

So I think its off to a good start. If the mangaka can raise his game a bit in the art department and offer some good revelations on the mysteries I think it will be a good read. If it instead turns into some kind of battle manga then it will be disappointing.
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So I finished this and I have to say it kind of went down hill. The story got very choppy. There were scenes that weren't connected well together and the ending was kind of rushed and too easy. The end really didn't deal with the problem of the NightShift or really the consequences of what happened to Nagasawa the main lead. The art didn't get better and the story got weaker. The story felt like it could have gone on longer and I think that would have helped it some. So, I'm disappointed as I thought it had some potential and I'm downgrading my score to a 5.

... Last updated on March 23rd, 2014, 12:01am

Interesting plot, this series has alot of potential.

This was surprisingly good. I like the mysterious aspect of what is happening to the main character, which keeps me reading and wondering. I have read 21 chapters, and a new plot development has me wondering even more. I really whish that more was scanlated. Read it if you ant a good story with some nice bloody scnes that really make you wonder.

it have 'zombies' in it, but it dont have the questions usually posed in zombie stories because there are no horde of unthinking beings, running for survival, collapse of the civilization and all the she-bang. there's no ned to even call them zombies, just a generic monster. or zombie/vampire monster union because theres some trope of being 'different' and being 'alone' that is associated with vampires.

however, that does not mean i dont like it because it dont follow the usual trope. this manga is quite okay, actually and contrary to other reviews that say it was good at first and then go considerably worse, i think its 'okay' at first and went a less okay. the last part is quite rushed and things go everywhere but i dont feel too letdown because the first half also is quite chaotic. some things happen without really proper route and you are left to puzzle things in your own. and it seems the last chapter can be lengthened to a couple more chapters.

and the worst part of this manga to me is the character art. it's so easy to confuse one person with another because they all look quite 'wishy-washy'. i love the style of sketch-like art, but it's real bad when the characters just bland and blend together.

so all in all, i'm okay with this manga. i dont actively recommend this nor discouraged anyone for reading this as it is not that long, and there are still some good points in this manga even i had said loads of bad points of it.

The story pacing seemed odd. I thought it might have something to do with how often it was in print or maybe the mangaka didn't know how much the publisher was going to allow as far as chapters go, I don't know, but the pacing was certainly weird.

That said, the heroine (not actually the protag) was fantastic. She is smart, tough, and dependable. A little dense when it comes to romance, but ... well rationally, when things are as dire as all that, romance probably shouldn't be the first thing on your mind.

The ending was a little to pat, but the art in the "scary" scenes was fantastic. The early panels with the rats and such were amazingly good.

Personalty, this is only one of the two horror zombie-theme manga can get me this emotion, the other one is Undead, but that one invoke another kind of emotions, unlike this one.
I have to highly disagree with this line, in HSoD, at least the main character has his friend he can trust, can rely on, and some nice boobs to change of pace (that ex-H artist for ya). In this Dawn-Tsumetaite, Nagasawa just there, in the darkness, alone, struggle to fight what might exactly what he will become in the future, with a bastard doctor who see him as nothing but plaything and convenient guinea pig. With no one to turn to, he struggle desperate alone out there, with the only outcome i can come up with just two first volume, is a bullet in the head(dispose of un-usable experimental subject, if you can't figure it out by yourself). With its dark background and not so horror-ist zombie, you won't feel much of horror, but can focus more on the despair, hopeless cover Nagasawa

I started reading this manga for what i assumed to be the first time, only to realize at around 15 chapters in i've already read it.
It's not that bad but i honestly didn't expect to so completely forget it. Then again, could be my goldfish brain at work :/

... Last updated on October 10th, 2023, 12:50am