BOYS BE ZOMBITIOUS

'Boys Be Zombitious' is a short read; if you're considering reading it, just go ahead. It'll take you barely more than a minute.

The plot follows the typical idea of zombies having overrun the area; no reason is given for this, but that's to be expected, considering the length of this one-shot. The main character, in the midst of this apocalyse, is looking for 'love' - both the feeling, and some badge which you can buy with chocolate. Consequently, he goes around killing zombies and giving zombie girls scores of how attractive they are, in the hope of eventually finding one with a score of '100'. In regards to the composition of 'Boys Be Zombitious', however,kudos should be given to the mangaka, for avoiding the typical gorefest found within these types of stories, but, nonetheless, there is some censorship which felt unnecessary - especially for something labelled as 'horror'.

Otherwise, there's nothing special to report about the main character - how developed can a character be if they only appear in 20-odd pages? But he does strike the reader as somewhat mature, and doesn't make what could be seen as a childish plot appear so.

Overall, 'Boys Be Zombitious' is a solid average. It would be hard for such a short one-shot to be anything else. But, that said, it does have potential as a mix between comedy and horror, if the mangaka chose to prolong it - and, seeing as the reader is left on something like a cliffhanger - I presume that means there is the possibility of it being continued in the future.