學園孤島 6

Gakkou Gurashi! #6

by Norimitsu Kaihou (Nitroplus) (Story), 海法紀光（ニトロプラス） (Story), Sadoru Chiba (Comic)

　　小美等四人開車準備前往大學的途中，接收到無線電傳來廣播的聲音！為探查廣播站是否真的有人留在那兒，她們決定繞過去一探究竟。結果會是……!?

　　最新第6集襲來，請勿錯過!!

Genres: Manga, Horror, Zombies, Graphic Novels, Comics, Fantasy, Friendship

178 pages, Paperback

First published August 11, 2015

About the author

KAIHOU Norimitsu
Name (in native language): 紀光海法
Associated Name:
KAIHOW Norimitsu

Reviews

[Jhosy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now things are starting to get better!
Well ... Not necessarily good for the characters but for the readers things are great!
In this volume,the girls face new challenges and dangers.
They decide to leave school to look for other survivors. And as is customary in the story, they decide this with a lot of metaphors, within the disillusionment that they will graduate and go to university.
In search of such a university that may have other survivors, they find a radio station where one person continues to make announcements calling for other survivors.
They find the radio, but the person has been contaminated.
Meanwhile one of the girls begins to deteriorate mentally. Yuki seems to be improving with her delusions and helps the other girls more, yet the seemingly constant fear is making a number in Rii-chan's mind.
At one point in the story she "rescues" her younger sister, but Kurumi's and Mii-kun's behavior toward this "new little sister" is a little distant and makes me think she might be seeing things which don't exist.
The ending made me very anxious to find out more.

[Amory · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wasn't sure what the first non-school volume of this would be like, but it was amazing.
This was, for me at least, probably the most emotional chapter so far.
The reveal that Yuuri had a little sister that has likely died was intense and explains her sudden breakdowns in earlier issues, as well as her attempts at being the big sister of the group.
I loved seeing Kurumi and Miki grow closer and think their personalities mesh together really well.
All of the scenes with trying to rescue the broadcast girl really hit me. I truly didn't think we'd see her in the station and get to see her face if she'd be dead by the time the club got there, and it broke my heart to read the note she left behind explaining her decision to kill herself to avoid turning. The entire scene was paced well, drawn beautifully, and surprised me.

[zhao_vn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aquí por fin siento que me gusta, porque se puso algo serio todo 🧍

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Our four friends leave their high school and go on a 'graduation trip' where they rescue a little girl.

This volume was 90% talk - a bit too much this time. It does include the first graphic scene of a zombie being killed and it was very effective. It will be interesting to see how the university goes for them.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Azbaqiyah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Plot - 5
Character - 3.8
Writing Style - 3.8
World Building - 5
Art - 4.5
Cover - 4

Overall - 4.35 / 5

[Maria Kramer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this volume! The girls set out for college, we learn some of Rii-chan's past, which helps explain the big sister role she plays in the group, and a cliffhanger leaves us wanting more. I like this series a lot.

[TheOASG · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have to admit my heart sunk a little bit when I saw the cover. In the last volume of School-Live!, Yuki and her friends graduated from high school and were prepared to take on the world. (Read: zombies.) While we know there are still other people out there, I can’t say I’ve been longing for a cutesy little sister-type character like the girl on the cover appeared to be. While we as readers know there are still other people out there, often the little kid characters end up either just being annoying for one reason or another or just usurp all the attention.

As you might expect, a lot happens here in this volume. Yuki and her friends drive through the city on a “graduation trip”, but it’s difficult with the current state of the world. Then they hear a voice on the radio, and then later find a handwritten note. They’ve already found Miki, but can they find someone else out there in the apocolytpic world?

Well, one look at the cover makes this question redundant.

While the search for survivors could have been the focus of this volume, instead, it’s Yuki and friends who remain the stars. A lot of media portray graduation road trips as a way to discovering one’s self, and we get to see an even deeper insight into the characters. Almost everyone finds themselves under new stress, and Yuuri in particular approaches her breaking point. We’ve seen her on the edge before, but now she can’t even hide her panic from the others. Meanwhile, Miki suspects Kurumi is not as fine as she pretends to be as Yuki becomes a little more responsible. This volume illustrates perfectly how the group survives because of the delicate balance between the members and why I was worried about the introduction of a sixth member of the School Living Club.

So, how about the new girl? Not much to say yet. She literally hasn’t said anything yet. The situation has caused her to be (I assume) temporarily mute. Being as she’s so much younger than the other girls, I don’t know if she’s going to have any role outside of being Yuuri’s opposite — everyone’s little sister instead of everyone’s big sister. The cover and insert makes me believe the little girl is going to be around for quite a while, but I wish her addition would have had a little more drama like the voice on the radio.

Plus we don’t actually get to see her being rescued, so I hope a future volume will show a flashback. (I wouldn’t be surprised considering she’s obviously been through a lot.) The final pages present some interesting opportunities for the next volume, and I wonder if the girls are going to have to put off college for a little bit.

Visually, the little girl doesn’t appear much younger than Yuki and company. (Well, minus the more mature-looking Yuuri.) That’s not too surprising considering Chiba’s moe designs. A new character had a lot of potential for some new visual flair (cool, edgy, and feminine), but she exits stage right before we really see her. I never thought about it before, but it might be interesting to see someone join the School Living Club who clings to beauty even at the end of the world. It really might add to the forced everyday life feel if someone still focused on still wearing their multiple pairs of earrings everyday.

Regardless, Chiba includes some terrific shock visuals to show the battle each of the girls are fighting. Kurumi stares silently at the rotting corpses while later receiving a fright. Yuki balances her happy-go-lucky smiles with her “avoid the subject” small upturns of her mouth. You’ll see a lot of hand-holding, representing how everyone is trying hard to be someone the others can cling to. Whether you view these as a shipper or not, the girls are already swearing their lives to each other. When you see some of the zombies — some disturbingly smaller than the others – you’ll see how soon “until death do us part” really is. I only wish we could have seen a few more moments that were implied and skipped over, like the encounter at the radio station.

The girls of School-Live! may be moving on from school, but I know I am not moving on from the series. A very strong volume with the only caveat being I’m not sure how “Ruu-chan” will change the dynamic of the girls. She only appears at the end, but big changes could be afoot.

- Krystallina

[Krystal Caloia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmmm, an elementary school student...survived...by herself....that just happens to be Rii-Sans sister but she doesn't remember her and doesn't talk. She also survived by hiding but screams with nightmares and the zombies are attracted to noise..... How did she get food? Water?

This one just left a lot.....that was really conflicting with everything else from the previous volumes. And felt like a lot of afterthoughts that were thrown in for convenience instead of actually fitting for the story.

Not my favorite volume.

[Valerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

As an older sister, I sympathized a lot with Yuri in this volume. I'd probably would have checked the school too, but I would have waited for daylight. Still, when she showed at the school doors with a little girl in tow, I died. Poor kid.

And to address something earlier in the volume, this Randall Corporation seems to have had a lot plans. What was that strange bunker the deejay lived in? Hm. Questions, questions.

[Nicholas Driscoll · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still interesting, though a little disappointing. It’s funny that the world remains a world of cute girls. Some interesting developments. Definitely keeps me interested, even if it doesn’t really do much new with the zombie concept beyond adding cute girls.

[Derpy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how they showed the one person in the group who's supposed to be the most cleared minded/leader falling into the same habits of the main character. Really shows that no matter who you are you can choose you're own happiness over safety

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

A new cast member adds little to the story, which is quickly losing momentum.

[R · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still so awesome!! Suspense and fear plus friendship and understanding. Such a well done series.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

The School Live Club makes it to the university. Rii finds a little girl and takes her in.

[DJ Linick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Last panel ends with a literal crossbow bolt in mid-flight. Talk about a cliffhanger.

[David Doel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume was a little more interesting to me.

[Mateo · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

A couple nail-biting moments loom on the road trip, but oddly paced so we skip right past the action to the blase aftermaths.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ruu-chan is definitely not real considering the others reactions. I'm guessing she either isn't there entirely or Rii-chan picked up the teddy bear Yuki left and is pretending that is her sister.

[Mehsi · Rating 5 out of 5]

And so they set off to outside of their school. After 5 volumes of staying in the school, and only having outings when it was really needed, they have decided to go and set a new goal.

Of course, for Yuki, they have just announced it like they are going to check out schools for when they graduate, for when they want to continue. I really love that this was done, sure, I would love to see Yuki see the truth, but the times that slivers of that reality popped in, we saw what it did to the girl, and I think it would be best if they just keep the lies alive for her (and probably their) sake.

The trip isn't without danger, at times I do wonder how they survived up to now, and with them setting out, I also wonder how it will continue. The only one who can truly do something is Kurumi, and I still wonder about that girl. She seems infected, but at the same time also quite healthy. It seems that she is kind of like a zombie, given to how the zombies react to her these days. Not something you would want to happen to yourself.
But back to the trip. I wonder how they will do. The last chapter indicates that they made it to the university, but I don't trust that university one bit, not after what happened and not with the way they got to the university.

Also what is up with Rii-chan and that little girl? Is she also losing it? Or is it truly a little girl? I guess we will find out as the story progresses, for everyone's sake I do hope it is a real girl, but I am guessing there is a big twist about to happen regarding this new character. There are after all enough hints hinting to a certain end.

The art is great, there is quite a bit of zombie action and we meet new characters. How it will continue? Will they survive? What will happen at the university? I got many questions, and I can't wait for the next volume to pop up and, hopefully, enlighten us on stuff. I will be waiting eagerly.

Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/

[Jenna D. · Rating 4 out of 5]

The series is now dropping down to a solid four star read for me, after having started as a solid five, then to four and a half in books 4 and 5. I miss the ominous, sometimes terrifying vibe of the first few books. The crew's travels outside feel too easy to be plausible. The only trouble they find is trouble they purposely walk into. The plot devise involving Rii-San feels forced. But the heart of the story is still there, and I sense the possibility of an end game, or possibly an interesting twist and some answers.