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Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X since October 2018. As of November 2025, the manga has been compiled into twenty-one physical Japanese volumes by Shogakukan,[1] and seventeen physical English volumes by VIZ Media.[2]

# Release date ISBN Volume
1 Japan March 19, 2019[3] 978-4-0915-7561-6 Volume 1
English February 16, 2021[4] 978-1-9747-2056-9
I'd Rather Be Eaten By Zombies Than Not Tell Her I Love Her[Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[3]
160 (English)[4]
Cover Characters:
In a trash-filled apartment, 24-year-old Akira Tendo watches a zombie movie with lifeless, envious eyes. After spending three hard years at an exploitative corporation in Japan, his spirit is broken. He can’t even muster the courage to confess his feelings to his beautiful co-worker Ohtori. Then one morning, he stumbles upon his landlord eating lunch—which happens to be another tenant! The whole city’s swarming with zombies, and even though he’s running for his life, Akira has never felt more alive!
2 Japan July 19, 2019[5] 978-4-0915-7561-6 Volume 2
English May 18, 2021[6] 978-1-4215-8269-6
I'll Be A Hero Who Saves People From Zombies!! Any Questions??[Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[5]
160 (English)[6]
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Akira and Kencho make an impromptu trip to Ikebukuro to snag a widescreen TV. But before they can find one, they wind up trapped by zombies in a department store along with a couple of beautiful girls. As Akira tries to cozy up to one of them, the conversation shifts to childhood dreams, and he realizes it’s time to embrace his own—by becoming a superhero!
3 Japan October 18, 2019[7] 978-4-0915-7575-3 Volume 3
English August 17, 2021[8] 978-1-9747-2067-5
The Only Way To Move Among The Zombies Is Driving The Camper![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[7]
160 (English)[8]
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One by one, Akira has been checking little items like cleaning his room and snagging a new TV off his bucket list. Now, having grown weary of the hotbed of infection that is Tokyo, Akira makes the decision to head to his parents’ home in Gunma. But to get there, he’ll need to get past his former boss!
4 Japan February 19, 2020[9] 978-4-0915-7587-6 Volume 4
English November 16, 2021[10] 978-1-9747-2297-6
It's Better To Be Eaten By Zombies If We Can't Relax In The Onsen![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[9]
160 (English)[10]
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Having overcome his abusive former boss, Akira’s back on the road to his parents’ home in Gunma. The journey is full of zombies and side trips, but some sushi, hot springs, treehouses, and a surprising new traveling companion keep the good times rolling. But Akira’s mind keeps drifting to how he can repay his parents—that is, if they’re even alive!
5 Japan June 19, 2020[11] 978-4-0915-7598-2 Volume 5
English February 15, 2022[12] 978-1-9747-2298-3
It's Better To Be Eaten By Zombies If I Can't Give Anything Back To My Parents![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[11]
160 (English)[12]
Cover Characters:
Looking to cross another item off his bucket list, Akira has returned to his rural hometown to show his parents the appreciation they deserve. There, he reunites with former college classmate-turned-dropout Kanta Higurashi, who’s knocking entries off a bucket list of his own. Unfortunately, Higurashi is all about getting revenge on the world that failed him. Can Akira stop his friend from destroying the fragile peace of the village?
6 Japan October 16, 2020[13] 978-4-0915-7609-5 Volume 6
English May 17, 2022[14] 978-1-9747-2451-2
We're Just Going Out For A Bit To Save The World![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[13]
160 (English)[14]
Cover Characters:
Akira has returned home to his parents’ village to repay his folks for all they’ve done for him. But his former classmate Kanta Higurashi and his gang have shown up to wreak havoc on the quiet community by flooding it with zombies. Forced into a corner, Akira must make a terrible choice—save his parents or become a zombie himself!
7 Japan January 19, 2021[15] 978-4-0915-7621-7 Volume 7
English August 16, 2022[16] 978-1-9747-2908-1
If You Don't Wanna Die, Run At Your Best![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[15]
160 (English)[16]
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Akira and the gang head out to save the world. Their goal? Hokkaido and the northernmost tip of Japan. Why? Because they feel like it. Unfortunately, they run out of gas 246 kilometers short of their destination. Can an item on their bucket list save the day? Later, the gang find themselves in a luxurious but strange hotel. Will their wild and extravagant party be their last?
8 Japan May 19, 2021[17] 978-4-0915-7636-1 Volume 8
English November 15, 2022[18] 978-1-9747-3405-4
T-Rex, My Favorite Dinosaur, Is Fighting For Us![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[17]
168 (English)[18]
Cover Characters:
Akira and the gang’s trip takes them to the Sea of Japan. In Niigata, the home of rice production, Shizuka’s love of Japanese sake means they’re headed straight for a brewery. Being drunk off your rocker is all fun and games until you-know-what show up and kill the buzz. Later, Akira gives his dream of digging up fossils a go. Will his boyish ambition lead to the discovery of a never-before-seen species?
9 Japan October 19, 2021[19] 978-4-0915-7653-8 Volume 9
English February 21, 2023[20] 978-1-9747-3406-1
This Time, Let's Make That Dream Of Us Come True![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[19]
176 (English)[20]
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After hearing news of a vaccine in the making, Akira and the gang head to Osaka to investigate. But the zombies of Dotombori aren’t your garden-variety zombies. Arriving to help the gang in their fight is a college buddy of Akira and Kencho’s named Takemina. The three rekindle an old dream of opening a bar together, with their eyes set on achieving financial success! Wait, what exactly are the economics of a zombie apocalypse again?
10 Japan February 18, 2022[21] 978-4-0915-7669-9 Volume 10
English May 16, 2023[22] 978-1-9747-3647-8
Can I Play With Geisha To Enjoy A One-Time Life?[Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[21]
160 (English)[22]
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Will fortune favor Takemina when he bets it all to snap Akira out of his wealth-filled delusions? After that, it’s time for a change of scenery in the ancient capital of Kyoto. The group arrives together, but the boys quickly split off for some “extracurricular” classes in Gion, where the walking dead rule the streets! But no way are they dying until they live it up with the maiko first! And maybe one of them will meet that special someone.
11 Japan June 17, 2022[23] 978-4-0915-7681-1 Volume 11
English August 15, 2023[24] 978-1-9747-3877-9
I Think You Also Have One Merciful Heart Of Buddha.[Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[23]
160 (English)[24]
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Akira and company make it to Shikoku and take on a massive 1,300-kilometer pilgrimage! But just as they’re getting used to the austere monastic life, Beatrix is captured by a group of coldhearted criminals! Can her friends save her without breaking their vows? Later, the gang is welcomed aboard a luxury cruise ship docked in the Seto Inland Sea. With no land-dwelling zombies to fear, it’s a paradise of wild parties and loose living—for a while, at least!
12 Japan November 17, 2022[25] 978-4-0915-7700-9 Volume 12
English November 21, 2023[26] 978-1-9747-4134-2
I Forgot To Cross An Item Off My List That Should Have Been Done Long Ago.[Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[25]
160 (English)[26]
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Having been caught in a compromising position with another girl, Akira wants nothing more than to clear the air with Shizuka. But when zombies break free of the hold of their boat, the two of them fall overboard and are washed up on a deserted island. Akira is excited for the chance to knock another item off the bucket list, while Shizuka is anything but. Could this rough patch lead to a heartfelt discovery?
13 Japan February 17, 2023[27] 978-4-0915-7728-3 Volume 13
English February 20, 2024[28] 978-1-9747-4362-9
Stop Living For Someone Else, Let's Play Your Life![Fn 1]

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Pages:
160 (Japanese)[27]
160 (English)[28]
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After Shizuka is bitten by a zombie, Akira and the gang place their faith in Tsurumi. To save her, the vaccine researcher will have to gamble on their trump card, Izuna, the girl immune to the infection. Later, a military-grade helicopter appears over the pharmaceutical plant that the gang is using as a vaccine lab and a special forces unit descends upon the building. What frightening secret could they be after?
14 Japan June 30, 2023[29] 978-4-0915-7756-6 Volume 14
English May 21, 2024[30] 978-1-9747-4574-6
Favorite Phrase You Got Family, Brighten Up Your Life![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[29]
160 (English)[30]
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Izuna has snapped into the team leader role with panache, but the final boss’s recovery ability puts the gang in desperate straits! Later, in Hakata, Kencho takes a trip back home, but will he find his family’s house still standing? And just who is it that he’s left the group to go searching for?
15 Japan September 19, 2023[31] 978-4-0915-7781-8 Volume 15
English August 20, 2024[32] 978-1-9747-4573-9
I'd Rather Be Eaten By Zombies Than Not Tell Her I Love Her![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

  • #55. Dolphins of the Dead 1 (ドルフィンオブザデッド ① , Dorufin obu zadeddo ①?)
  • #56. Dolphins of the Dead 2 (ドルフィンオブザデッド ② , Dorufin obu zadeddo ②?)
  • #57. Dolphins of the Dead 3 (ドルフィンオブザデッド ③ , Dorufin obu zadeddo ③?)
  • Bonus. Kencho in Borderland (今際の国のアキラ , Imawa no kuni no Kencho?)
  • Bonus. Making of the Dead (Anime ver.)
  • Bonus. Making of the Dead (Live Action ver.)
Pages:
160 (Japanese)[31]
160 (English)[32]
Cover Characters:
After noticing that “Meet the woman of my dreams” has been crossed off the bucket list, Shizuka suddenly remembers Akira’s reaction when she was bitten by a zombie. The two go into such a panic that even the Nagasaki dolphins avoid them, sensing how awkward their relationship has become. Adding fuel to the fire, the handsome Dr. Sakaki—who’s made it his quest to save those troubled by the zombies—makes a tempting offer to Shizuka.
16 Japan February 19, 2024[33] 978-4-0915-7795-5 Volume 16
English December 17, 2024[34] 978-1-9747-4986-7
Do You Know Anything Scarier Than Zombies?[Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[33]
168 (English)[34]
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Now that Akira and Shizuka are officially an item, the gang hits the road again in Kyushu. Their adventure comes to an abrupt stop, however, when they run out of gas in the mountains. When an argument breaks out among the group, Takemina and Izuna realize it’s up to them to save the day. They make for a house with lights on for help, but they soon learn this house has a sinister history.
17 Japan June 19, 2024[35] 978-4-0915-7826-6 Volume 17
English June 17, 2025[36] 978-1-9747-5492-2
It's Better To Be Eaten By Zombies If We Can't Go To Space![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[35]
160 (English)[36]
Cover Characters:
Doubling back from Kyushu, the group finds itself in Kagoshima, headquarters of Space W. Despite the zombie pandemic, Space W’s president, Ukaji, is chasing his dreams of bringing humanity to the stars! With the company's first unmanned shuttle launch imminent, the gang can’t help but get swept up in his dramatic stories about the possibilities that space holds...till zombies show up, that is! But that gives Akira and the gang an idea that is out of this world!
18 Japan November 19, 2024[37] 978-4-09-157845-7 Volume 18
English December 16, 2025[38] 978-1-97-475827-2
It's Better To Be Eaten By Zombies If We Can't Come Back to Earth![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[37]
160 (English)[38]
Cover Characters:
Akira and the gang arrive at the International Space Station and find themselves face-to-face with space zombies! Takemina and Ukaji go EVA to find a way to get the team back to Earth, but they encounter an unexpected problem. Meanwhile, Shizuka and Akira embark on their own mission to uncover the origin of the zombie virus.
19 Japan March 18, 2025[39] 978-4-09-157877-8 Volume 19
English April 21, 2026[40] 978-1-9747-6166-1
Would You Like to Make Friends with Animal Zombies?[Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[39]
160 (English)[40]
Cover Characters:
Akira and the gang return safely to Earth from their space adventure, but they have one more mission to complete before they kiss Kyushu goodbye—getting ostrich eggs! The group heads to Oita to search a wildlife attraction for the long-legged birds—but this egg hunt proves no walk in the safari park when they encounter a savanna’s worth of critters, and they’re all zombified! The group seems to find a savior in Nora, a fierce former animal caretaker, but this tiger tamer doesn’t have anything nice to say about her own species.
20 Japan July 18, 2025[41] 978-4-09-157886-0 Volume 20
English TBA TBA
Let's Go Skydiving to Save the World![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
160 (Japanese)[41]
Cover Characters:
To be added...
21 Japan November 19, 2025[42] 978-4-09-158203-4 Volume 21
English TBA TBA
Let's Relax And Enjoy Island Time, Even If There Are Zombies![Fn 1]

Chapters List:

Pages:
176 (Japanese)[42]
Cover Characters:
To be added...


Chapter not yet published in volume format[]

Footnotes[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 The volume titles appear in English on the Japanese Covers only. The English covers does not have this.

References[]

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  2. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Manga. VIZ Media. Retrieved July 9th, 2023.
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