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“Cast out wounded, Eito awakens among zombies—now undead, he becomes an anti-hero in zombie-overrun Japan.”
KoLD8: King of the Living Dead
8LDK―屍者ノ王―
5.81
21,953 rank · 1,386 readers · 1 favorites
Shounen
Action
Horror
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Cast out wounded, Eito awakens among zombies—now undead, he becomes an anti-hero in zombie-overrun Japan.
Zombies occupied Japan in only a month. To avoid being infected by zombies, Eito Hasaba, along with his mother and younger sister, head for a "sector," a blockaded safe zone. But soon after their arrival, Eito gets seriously injured during a disagreement and is thrown out of the sector. With his consciousness dimming, Eito sees a pack of zombies coming and resigns himself to his fate. But what does he discover when he wakes up? A story of a living dead anti-hero begins. (Source: MANGA Plus)
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
2.3
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 2.5
mode 3
σ 0.83
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.83 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.25
Running avg · Oct 2020 → Apr 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 2 “To be honest the idea was good but the story looks like it was written by a 5-year-old... the main character looks really good after he gets his upgrades toward the end, secondary characters are...”
- 3 “While I did enjoy the art and the story up to the "final chapter" it just ended so abruptly, and the epilogue completely jumps over the final battle, as far as I can tell we never see it. I've...”
- 3 “This manga is waste of your time, and if you're looking to get your zombie-fix, you might want to try "I am a hero", or "Fort of Apocalypse" (though if you like your zombie manga you probably have...”
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Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 24 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 12m approx
- Published Jul 2018 – Jan 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M49004 catalog