You know that feeling you get when you find a manga that is just perfect for you? It has all the guilty pleasures you want. I'm not some professional reviewer, it won't take much to satisfy me. It's zombies with a twist -that's it. But it's just pure stupid fun and that's why I love it!! There's a zombie boss for Christ sake!! It's a risky plot choice that's a hit or miss but it just feels natural to me.

I say read the first couple of chapters. Ignore the stupid justice system, the pointless violence, the less that stellar MC ( he gets way better but you want to kill him in the first chapter). And remember that it's juvie so 98% of the inhabitants are apes that have no common sense. Don't expect rocket science level thinking! Heck even elementary school level is a stretch >_<

... Last updated on August 5th, 2015, 3:10pm

Honestly, I can't deal with zombies and gore, it just scares and creeps the heck out of me, but i love reading it (wierd aren't I). But this ones different, this manga is good for both die hard zombie fans and the weak hearted (coming from a horror novel fan and a coward at the same time). Not only does it have good plot and characterization, it has one of the most important aspects of manga, comedy. Really, i laughed at a few parts of it when
[spoiler] Maeda defends himself with chopsticks only to be bluntly remarked by others like "what are planning on eating us with chopsticks"(coming of the top of my head) and many aspects as well which I can't remember [\spoiler]
This manga also shows "nakama-ship" between the characters and not to mention they all have different characters.

So Thumbs up for this, this manga is really good read.

This is an awesome series ( I dont know why the rating is soo low). The characters are good, the art is AWESOME (the zombies will make you pee your pants). My only complaint is that its lacking a female character. Im not saying like fluffy romance but a girl would be nice...

Even though this is 10 volumes it's an easy read for the following reasons.

There's no explaining things in depth, what you see is what you get most of the time, it's a shounen that doesn't pretend to be more.

80% of this is action and fighting.

Flashbacks are few, but even those are irrelevant. We get some sob stories that it's obvious they don't matter, won't influence the story in any way. You like the character? Read his sidestory, else you can just skim through it.

So why am I giving this a 5?

Superficial story, not enough flashed supporting characters, no explaining on the disease or how they cured it. It's very shounenish to say the disease is just humanity evolving and leave it at that. Then a lone scientist mananges to discover a cure all by herself.

Don't forget they said only half the world population died, so there were plenty of scientists left if the cure was so easy to find.

I simply feel I wasted my time reading this, there's nothing original in it and it ends pretty abruptly like they wanted to do a Naruto 72 volumes but the sales weren't there (understandable) and had to finish in 2 volumes.

アポカリプスの砦 Overview

Characters
The characters a very archetypal but still manage feel somewhat real. Mainly due to how the author takes the time to flesh out their every main character's backstory through flashbacks. The characters are not particularly interesting but the actions they take and interactions between each are very entertaining. The author also justifies most if not all unusual character actions.

Plot
The plot is fairly straightforward. Although the unraveling of information about the zombies and how the characters try to make sense of their current situation is very engaging. The author also manages to keep a high level of consistency of the rules in-universe.

Presentation & Pacing
The story is very shonen and has an emphasis on "rule of cool". These elements are less prominent as the story focuses more and more on mystery and drama. Occasionally the manga has flashbacks to flesh out the characters which rarely affect the fast pacing negatively. As their rarely intrusive to the plot and feel organic, their short length also helps.

Art
Typical art style but competent and mostly consistent throughout. With the high points being the zombies and stand out panels.

Meta
Even if you're bored with the zombie genre, it manages to sidestep a lot (not all) of overused zombie tropes mainly due to the types of characters the story is focusing on and how zombies are written with some more creativity than I am used to seeing in this genre.

... Last updated on December 21st, 2018, 2:43am

So far I've only read the scanlated chapters but I can say that I like this series. I'm not a fan of gore and zombies since it's included in the horror section but I can bottle up my fear because I can't help but read this series. I love how the art isn't too anime-ish or too shounen-esque but a bit of realistic style with just enough flair of manga/shounen-ness. I also love how the zombies are drawn that when I click for the next page I had to zoom out or read fast just not to stare at it too much. The characters are really interesting and I have to agree with the others that I like the four protagonists and somehow you just can't hate them. The way Maeda changed and how the characters' past is slowly being shown also adds to the factors why I like it. The pace is not too fast but also not too slow. I do hope though that a girl character would be shown. Probably the girl Maeda thought of when he first entered the juv.

All in all I think this is a good read (so far) and you wouldn't regret it.

I don't know what happened.
It was such a great series and started strong for couple of volumes but turns bad near the end.
I lost interest to read the series halfway through.

I really love this series. I started reading it a while ago but was a little turned off and freaked out by its all at first but then randomly, I gave it another chance and fell in love with it, and now I can't wait for the next chapter release! I really like all of the development of all of the characters because despite the madness and chaos all around them, they've all got interesting stories, some of which tore at my heartstrings. I also can appreciate all of the extremities! It's unique but like a lot of action and horror stories out there where the main characters just can't seem to win, where the bad guy just won't seem to die like Dracula (after you've killed him a million times he always seems to come back), where likable characters die, and where the bad guy just keeps getting stronger and stronger but there is also a strong sense of character growth, which I simply admire. Anyway I would've given the series a perfect score except for the fact that I can't get over there not being any subtle romance whatsoever. I kept hoping that the main character Maeda was secretly a girl but that was quickly shut down....

This is honestly ludicrous lmao. Plot armor is evident and some or maybe most of the events aren't even explained. I gotta thank the author though for not making the main protagnist a big pussy.

So I'm warning you to not start this series if you want to know how it ended(like me). Unfortunately someone on mangaupdates changed this manga to completely scanlated. And I, since I don't like spoilers, read till the "end" thinking it was over... But in fact it wasn't, it's still missing the epilogue chapters 46 through 49. So if you like to read finished translated manga, this one still isn't ready.
Nevertheless, it's a great read the art and plot feels somewhat like Gantz even though the art isn't as good. It's one of those stories that get you hook till the end without dragging. Oh and this isn't by no means the typical zombie apocalypse like the description says, in a good way.

... Last updated on May 4th, 2016, 3:43am