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“Zombie high schooler accidentally steals magical girl powers, transforms into one, and lives with supernatural roommates in chaotic situations.”
Is this a Zombie?
これはゾンビですか?
7.45
3,707 rank · 8,535 readers · 187 favorites
Shounen
Harem
Comedy
Romance
Supernatural
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Zombie high schooler accidentally steals magical girl powers, transforms into one, and lives with supernatural roommates in chaotic situations.
Life—or undeath?—isn't easy for Ayumu Aikawa. A seemingly normal high schooler, he is in fact a zombie who serves as a bodyguard to an introverted necromancer. But his already complicated existence becomes even more outlandish when he accidently steals the powers of a magical girl, transforming into one himself—complete with frilly dress and pink chainsaw!! How's a reanimated corpse supposed to keep his head on his shoulders with roommates like these girls around the house? (Source: Yen Press)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 2
σ 2.94
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.94 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↓ 3.00
Running avg · Jul 2014 → Apr 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “After awaiting for the final volume to get released in English and finish collecting them all I got to say it was worth it. The story in this manga is focused more on Eu than any other character,...”
- 7 “tl;dr: A manga with decent comedy and an amusing cast but that feels too rushed and random to properly develop anything. This is the manga adaptation of a light novel series. There’s also a...”
- 2 “...Why does this have such a high rating again? "Kore wa Zombie desu ka?" revolves around Ayumu, an extremely boring high school student (who's also zombie... and a "magikewl girl") who has a thing...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 46 × 8 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 08m approx
- Published Jan 2010 – Nov 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M13487 catalog