Gakkou-gurashi!

Description

Meet the members of the School Living Club! There’s the shovel-loving(?) Kurumi Ebisuzawa, the big-sister figure Yuuri Wakasa, club advisor Megumi Sakura, and last but not least, the ever-optimistic Yuki Takeya. The School Living Club is just your average after-school organization where the girls hang out, have fun…and live at school as the sole survivors of a zombie apocalypse. NBD.

Source: Yen Press, Vol. 1

Type

Manga

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Gakkou-gurashi!: Otayori (Sequel)

Associated Names

Gakkou Gurashi!

School-Live!

Szkolne życie! (Polish)

Живем в школе!

โรงเรียนของเราน่าอยู่

がっこうぐらし！

学园孤岛

學園孤島

학교생활

Groups Scanlating

Blickwinkel

deelTL

Norway Scan

Waterflame Scanlations

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Latest Release(s)

c.78 (end) by Waterflame Scanlations 6 years ago

c.77 by Waterflame Scanlations 6 years ago

c.75-76 by Waterflame Scanlations 6 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

12 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 5, Chap 30

User Reviews

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Forum

1 topics, 1 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (285 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.93 / 10.0

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Last Updated

February 5th, 2026 6:59pm PST - 2 days ago

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Genre

Action Horror Mature Mystery Psychological School Life Seinen Supernatural Tragedy
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Recommendations

7 Seeds

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Highschool of the Dead

Author(s)

Artist(s)

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Original Publisher

Houbunsha

Serialized In (magazine)

Manga Time Kirara Forward (Houbunsha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Yen Press (12 Volumes; Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #626 (+373)

Monthly Pos #1198 (-577)

3 Month Pos #1663 (-975)

6 Month Pos #3932 (-718)

Year Pos #4548 (-1327)

List Stats

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On 633 wish lists

On 427 completed lists

On 51 unfinished lists

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School-Live! Manga Gets Sequel Starting in June

6 years ago

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I liked the manga

by MLGSwag
1 year ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Granted its over and i never had to wait for aa chapger. But i feel had i waited for chapters i would be angry at the pacing

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Great atmosphere, story, and cute art

by Theoneyedsnake
5 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

The story was amazingly written. It used a fair bit of foreshadowing to give you hints of what is to come, and the author managed to create great atmospheres throughout the manga. The characters were lovable and to a small degree develop through their journey.

The art was very cute, even if the story itself is a horror survival genre. Overall, nearly everything about the manga was very enjoyable. I personally liked how the story ended, but it did end in a way that felt very slightly rushed and everything seemed to be concluded immediately, it felt like there could have been many more arcs.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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Rushed Ending

by Acradnxy
6 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

It was good! Not only the art, but the story also divine. But the ending... oh man... The rushed ending is ruined everything.

It's a post-apocalyptic world zombies everywhere. So where those kids coming from?? Maybe, only few survived but suddenly everyone has a job? Kids? Well, maybe the "good Randall" help them survivors, but in only 3 years?? They produce lots of kids? So Yuki can teach them in their old school? Ha?? What happened with bad Randall? What's up with the infection that Randall made? Why they need to do such thing? This is too rushed and we need to know more about Randall than those girls. And in the end whose Yurii's boss? So many unanswered questions in the last chapter, it feels unsatisfied. After so many journey we've been through together with those 4 girls, then suddenly they are... growing up and doing normal things once again. Good, for them though. It's their wishes, but come on! The questions remain unanswered.

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I don't really like the current arc of Gakkou Gurashi!, but prior? A sad, unique, brilliant masterpiece.

by Swifft
9 years ago

Rating: N/A

There's a lot I could say about this manga -- and I did, in a long review for it below. I don't want to talk too much about it, but I think the first part of the series is phenomenal, while the second part (the current arc) ranges from "not really good" to "very bad", and it is usually very bad. Used to really love this one...

Full review:
https://terrenceswiff.wordpress.com/2017/01/07/gakkou-gurashi/

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Are we reading the same manga?

by That3rdGuy
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

I don't think we are. I've read up to 24 and I'm done with this boring crap. There are a lot of issues here to cover and I'll avoid actual spoilers.
You're telling me a string bean from the track club has the weight behind her to smash zombie heads in with one hit with something that looks like a fold-up shovel (more like a glorified spade, the one-handed garden variety)? NO! Zombies are attracted to the light from a glow stick (they watched it fly through the air in one panel)? BS! Zombies cover their ears when a sort of portable alarm is sounded? What?! Nobody has tried going inside the school for supplies? Doubtful! Only girls seem to have survived and there are no males (not a spoiler, categories and genres give that away)? Beyond improbable!
There are many more, but I'd be giving away too much. This manga is incredibly child-friendly, while incredibly boring at the same time. Nothing ever happens. The only part that could have been interesting after seeing this was the psychological aspect, but there's only a page or two worth every 5 chapters aside from the first 3-4 chapters (an exaggeration, but just barely) and it NEVER furthers character development. This is like survival for people who have all the time in the world. In fact, I'm having a harder time surviving it's lack of plot.
I tried to get into it. I really did. Normally I don't mind a manga like this, but NOTHING HAPPENS! It may as well be episodic. Here's a better summary:
Oh no, the world has ended at the hands of some slow-walking zombies! A few girls pretend zombie apocalypse never happens. To their surprise, it works! Aside from the occasional zombie who's weakness is basically a girl swinging a flyswatter, their carefree days of living inside an abandoned squatter's den starts! Time to play "academics no longer matter since much is taught on the basis that electricity will still be running, but we'll play school anyways!"

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Don't be fooled by the cover.

by bibotot
10 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Nope. Nope. Nope. This is not a cute girls doing cute things manga. This is the best thing ever since I am a Hero, and I mean it is better than High School of the Dead.

I really enjoy this, from the characters to the drama to the tragedy. One of the manga I am most engrossed in.

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Absolutely amazing.

by Yama_San
11 years ago

Rating: N/A

The gap between the moe designs and the realistic struggles that the characters have to endure, both psychologically and physically paint a vivid image of their conflicts. The author has brilliantly depicted believable, multi-faceted characters interacting with challenge after challenge in this beautiful piece of work. Highly recommended for anyone that enjoys the psychological genre.

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An Amazing Combination of Moe and....

by cecropiamoth
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

My advice is to do as I did and read this manga without reading a thing about it first!

The drawing was so unusually fine that it sucked me right into the story--above all because the girl heroes achieved a level of moe that was unmatched in my experience. Then the slow reveal of the situation that these fragile cuties were in became increasingly unsettling, until the story's development managed to produce in me a reaction of chronic dread. In short, the combination of such lovable characters and such a level of menace made this manga a peak story experience for me. I give it a 10, and I recommend it to everyone.

... Last updated 9 years ago

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Took me by surprise

by pyxislynx
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

If you're familiar with the anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica, it has that same kind of set-up. It looks so cutesy and moe and you'd think there'd be lots of fanservice/ecchi moments (thank heavens there's no ecchi), but it's actually more serious and even deeper than that. It's like a Puella X The Walking Dead crossover. I jumped at it without knowing ANYTHING about it except that it's a horror seinen manga. I was really confused at first because most of the first chapter is like normal, except you can just feel there's something strange with the way the protagonist likes her school. And then... whoa. Just... whoa.

If you like zombies and drama (that's not annoying) and a lot of WHAM moments, this is a really good read. Hope it gets adapted into an anime series. Really sad that there's not much info posted about this series. Not even a wikipedia page.

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Cool

by kirausa
12 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

If you like horror but pretty much prefers not seeing creepy things (like I do), this manga is VERY suitable for you. I enjoy reading this very much. The artwork is very cute and focuses on the appearances of the girls and not the zombies, and they never give a detailed view of zombies either. Yuki's view on things also gives some relief and uniqueness to the plot. It kind of reminds me of High School of the Dead, but it's way less terrifying and does NOT include ecchi.

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