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Boys of the Dead
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A truck pulls into a sleepy roadside diner. In it a pair of young men argue over something before stepping into the restaurant for some grub and some assistance. Apparently their car is having engine trouble and they need a new car battery. The cook offers his used battery and hands one of them the keys to his car before he starts preparing a pair of chili dogs. While he is over the grill, he is told a tale of chaos, violence and disorder perpetuated by undying people(?)...
A truck pulls into a sleepy roadside diner. In it a pair of young men argue over something before stepping into the restaurant for some grub and some assistance. Apparently their car is having engine trouble and they need a new car battery. The cook offers his used battery and hands one of them the keys to his car before he starts preparing a pair of chili dogs. While he is over the grill, he is told a tale of chaos, violence and disorder perpetuated by undying people(?)...
192 pages, Paperback
Published February 24, 2022
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October 29, 2023
3.5 stars
Boys of the Dead is set in a post apocalyptic world where zombies are on the rise. We get three different couples and the 'romance' definitely fits the horror bill. It's many times disturbing but you still feel for the characters and the harshness of their reality. I really like how the three different couple's stories are tied together.
Definitely interested in checking this authors other works.
Boys of the Dead is set in a post apocalyptic world where zombies are on the rise. We get three different couples and the 'romance' definitely fits the horror bill. It's many times disturbing but you still feel for the characters and the harshness of their reality. I really like how the three different couple's stories are tied together.
Definitely interested in checking this authors other works.
July 10, 2022
I can now say "Yes. I have in fact taken part in the zombie boy love genre."
I love how all the chapters featured the same characters and were connected in small ways, but that the chapters could also he stand alone stories. Also I enjoyed the grungy, gross, setting that is an apocalypse. Everyone looks tired, washed out, and bloody and I liked that all the characters still wanted each other even when they were gross and the world is shit.True love.
I love how all the chapters featured the same characters and were connected in small ways, but that the chapters could also he stand alone stories. Also I enjoyed the grungy, gross, setting that is an apocalypse. Everyone looks tired, washed out, and bloody and I liked that all the characters still wanted each other even when they were gross and the world is shit.True love.
May 16, 2022
Me ha gustado muchísimo. Es brutal. Ojalá más historias ambientadas en ese mundo postapocalíptico. Las ideas entre la vida y la muerte, la moralidad... Todo se pone en juego y sobre la mesa. Ambientación inquietante de diez, paneles perturbadores, amores cuestionables en un tomo único donde se entrelazan tres historias. Me ha dejado vacío existencial ese final. Aunque no guste el BL, a los amantes del terror y el género zombie os gustará.
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June 13, 2022
3.5 Stars
CW: Violence, Gore, Decapitation, Death of a Loved one, and Blurry consensual sex
This was a very well written story. We follow three different couples in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. I liked it, but I didn't love it. I feel like the story would benefit from being a series rather than a one shot. It has some blurry consent lines, which doesn't usually bother me but I thought I'd mention it. This felt less like a romance and more like a horror manga.
I think my expectations for this one weren't met, sadly.
CW: Violence, Gore, Decapitation, Death of a Loved one, and Blurry consensual sex
This was a very well written story. We follow three different couples in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. I liked it, but I didn't love it. I feel like the story would benefit from being a series rather than a one shot. It has some blurry consent lines, which doesn't usually bother me but I thought I'd mention it. This felt less like a romance and more like a horror manga.
I think my expectations for this one weren't met, sadly.
May 9, 2025
well that was fcked up and not in the fun way that i thought it’d be. i didn’t like it at all. the only part i found mildly interesting was linus and conor’s story, which if you read the synopsis, suggests that the whole book is about them but it’s actually only 1/3 of the story, hence my confusion about who tf all these other characters were. i thought i was getting a queer apocalyptic cannibalism love story but this was- not that
August 5, 2025
Jak mysle sobie "geje podczas apokalipsy zombie" to widzę Leona i Luisa w RE4. It was nothing like that and I feel scammed. Coś okropnego. Jeszcze jedna scena rape/incest/fucking underage boys i bym wskoczyła pod samochód istg.
September 1, 2025
this whole thing was basically one major red flag tho at least it managed to shock and disgust the shit out of me (also bring the spooky season on bitches)
October 23, 2022
While this markets itself as zombie bl, what's very apparent is that it's stuck between the genres and ultimately fails. There's too much sex to succeed as a zombie story, but the setting and story doesn't allow for fleshing out the characters to make the romance aspect hit either. Would've been better if the focus was narrowed; the anthology format really didn't do this one any favours. Ultimately, it all sums to an incredibly bland BL anthology with midtier body horror sprinkled on top - skip.
December 24, 2022
there was no need for the amount of fucked up shit that there's in here. i get that the author wanted to explore the limits of morality in this kind of postapocalyptic situation but. nope no thanks what the fuck did i just read
also the fact that the different stories are so short and focus quite a lot in the sex (which is Gross in one way or another in every case) part doesn't let you care for not a single character
this was a Big Oof. art was cool tho
also the fact that the different stories are so short and focus quite a lot in the sex (which is Gross in one way or another in every case) part doesn't let you care for not a single character
this was a Big Oof. art was cool tho
July 4, 2022
Boring and way too much sex for a zombies story. The limits of degusting stuff are not with the gore but with the characters which all are problematics. If you love horror... don't read this. If you're looking for shady romance-necrophilia-cannibalistic relationships, this might be for you.
June 22, 2024
This is not for everyone!!
That being said, I did enjoy this one. Best believe that when a story is labeled horror, expect something fucked up. This is coming from someone who enjoyed Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Brite, so make that what you will.
The playlist I was listening to when reading this: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6e5...
That being said, I did enjoy this one. Best believe that when a story is labeled horror, expect something fucked up. This is coming from someone who enjoyed Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Brite, so make that what you will.
The playlist I was listening to when reading this: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6e5...
September 4, 2023
Okay so I didn't know what to expect when I picked this manga up, but holy moly am I glad I did. This manga was just everything!! I could not put it down, I need more!! I gotta have more!!!
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June 19, 2023Zostawię to bez komentarza naprawdę, mam tak mieszane uczucia, że nawet nie ocenie.
January 2, 2024
2.5 ⭐️
This is a horror / ‘romance’ BL Manga and yh I don’t really like it. It’s basically a collection of short stories following three couples which can be read separately but are interconnected and all take place in an apocalyptic Japan where zombies are on the rise. My main issue was Tomita tried to balance horror and romance but doesn’t get either right. There’s too much about the relationships for a real horror manga and too much grossness and issues for a romance. Also the love was just not it… it’s an uncomfortable read and I disliked the blurred lines of consent and legality in terms of the characters ages too (the author notes they’re all of age but the stories read otherwise, true or not). The best story was the one about the two boys who steal corpses (couple on the front) but on the whole I didn’t really like these characters all that much. The artwork was good and I liked how Tomita makes it all look rather washed out, tired and clearly bedraggled. I guess some redeeming qualities are how the boys love each other despite the dire circumstances but as I said… it’s a bit iffy.
This is a horror / ‘romance’ BL Manga and yh I don’t really like it. It’s basically a collection of short stories following three couples which can be read separately but are interconnected and all take place in an apocalyptic Japan where zombies are on the rise. My main issue was Tomita tried to balance horror and romance but doesn’t get either right. There’s too much about the relationships for a real horror manga and too much grossness and issues for a romance. Also the love was just not it… it’s an uncomfortable read and I disliked the blurred lines of consent and legality in terms of the characters ages too (the author notes they’re all of age but the stories read otherwise, true or not). The best story was the one about the two boys who steal corpses (couple on the front) but on the whole I didn’t really like these characters all that much. The artwork was good and I liked how Tomita makes it all look rather washed out, tired and clearly bedraggled. I guess some redeeming qualities are how the boys love each other despite the dire circumstances but as I said… it’s a bit iffy.
July 18, 2024
Dnf didn’t know the was 🍇 going into it
September 8, 2022
Estoy entre el 3,5 y el 4, la verdad, porque me ha gustado, pero no me mola que me engañen. Supongo que el 4 y seguramente sea algo que relea en algún momento futuro, porque este tipo de historias sí me gustan.
A ver, para empezar, la sinopsis no está bien desarrollada. Hace que puedas esperar algo más similar a Memorias de un zombie adolescente, pero más crudo y explícito. Pero soft, al fin y al cabo. Para seguir, sólo te hace la sinopsis (el destripamiento) de una historia en concreto. Cuando lo correcto es que hay tres historias de horror, gore y violencia en un apocalipsis zombie que implican escenas de sexo gay no necesariamente consentidas.
Por eso, TW a porrón: si esperas una historia soft rodeada de cierto grado de horror y gore, probablemente este no sea tu libro. Más bien está repleto de pesimismo. Hay violencia explícita, canibalismo, gore, violaciones, incesto...
Dicho esto, me ha gustado bastante. Mi favorita ha sido la tercera historia (irónicamente, cuando yo he venido por Linus y Conor). Me ha parecido loquísima, sencilla, desesperanzadora y me ha gustado cómo ha ayudado a cuadrar todo lo demás. Sí me parece que ha sido un poco gratuito el trauma de Linus (el autor entiende que para traumatizarlo tiene que haber violaciones, por la razón que sea). La primera historia sobre todo me incomodó. Cuando la terminé, pensé que era interesante esa ambiguedad que le daba, pero al terminar el tomo completo queda claro que no hay tal ambiguedad. Pero muy bien reflejado el síndrome de Estocolmo del personaje.
No sé, es un tomo perturbador, que cumple su función de horrorizar y causar incomodidad y que no busca excitar con las escenas eróticas (que, aunque explícitas, no son el centro de atención, sólo vertebran la narración).
A ver, para empezar, la sinopsis no está bien desarrollada. Hace que puedas esperar algo más similar a Memorias de un zombie adolescente, pero más crudo y explícito. Pero soft, al fin y al cabo. Para seguir, sólo te hace la sinopsis (el destripamiento) de una historia en concreto. Cuando lo correcto es que hay tres historias de horror, gore y violencia en un apocalipsis zombie que implican escenas de sexo gay no necesariamente consentidas.
Por eso, TW a porrón: si esperas una historia soft rodeada de cierto grado de horror y gore, probablemente este no sea tu libro. Más bien está repleto de pesimismo. Hay violencia explícita, canibalismo, gore, violaciones, incesto...
Dicho esto, me ha gustado bastante. Mi favorita ha sido la tercera historia (irónicamente, cuando yo he venido por Linus y Conor). Me ha parecido loquísima, sencilla, desesperanzadora y me ha gustado cómo ha ayudado a cuadrar todo lo demás. Sí me parece que ha sido un poco gratuito el trauma de Linus (el autor entiende que para traumatizarlo tiene que haber violaciones, por la razón que sea). La primera historia sobre todo me incomodó. Cuando la terminé, pensé que era interesante esa ambiguedad que le daba, pero al terminar el tomo completo queda claro que no hay tal ambiguedad. Pero muy bien reflejado el síndrome de Estocolmo del personaje.
No sé, es un tomo perturbador, que cumple su función de horrorizar y causar incomodidad y que no busca excitar con las escenas eróticas (que, aunque explícitas, no son el centro de atención, sólo vertebran la narración).
July 9, 2022
2⭐️
-Ehhhhh no se que pensar, no voy a decir que los temas que trata (violacion, incesto, degeneración?) son normales, porque no lo son, pero me esperaba algo mucho más turbio y perturbador, en cambio se me hizo simplemente aburrido.
-Y en cuanto a otras cosas, ósea como los personajes se ven influenciados por el ambiente y la realidad que están viviendo, llevándolos a cruzar ciertas líneas de la moral, puesto que no hay salvación ni esperanza, se me hizo muy poco para ser destacable.
-Ehhhhh no se que pensar, no voy a decir que los temas que trata (violacion, incesto, degeneración?) son normales, porque no lo son, pero me esperaba algo mucho más turbio y perturbador, en cambio se me hizo simplemente aburrido.
-Y en cuanto a otras cosas, ósea como los personajes se ven influenciados por el ambiente y la realidad que están viviendo, llevándolos a cruzar ciertas líneas de la moral, puesto que no hay salvación ni esperanza, se me hizo muy poco para ser destacable.
August 16, 2022
La historia mantiene un tema gore, fin del mundo, zombie y creepy. Es una compilación de historias cortas que se relacionan al darse en el mismo contexto. Cada historia se pone más y más intensa. Mi favorita sería la segunda
May 26, 2022
Desde luego... no es una historia para todos los gustos xD
March 16, 2024
wtf XD
July 4, 2024
It was traumatising, I love it 😀
August 2, 2024
Que pereza.
July 18, 2022
quiero leer más de la segunda historia
July 23, 2023
Artísticamente es bizarro y casa muy bien con las historias. Una pena que esas historias no me hayan dicho nada.
December 28, 2022
Me he quedado un poco traumada y he entendido entre cero y poco, pero oye, ta bien
January 24, 2023
The art was good with interesting use of heavy inks and it was a unique BL setting.
However I found the stories hard to follow. It felt like a lot of dark, edgy nastiness just for the sake of being edgy, which can work in some cases but I feel like it needed more emotional depth or a stronger theme.
The rejected story summaries at the end sounded compelling and I think the author has potential but this wasn’t it for me.
However I found the stories hard to follow. It felt like a lot of dark, edgy nastiness just for the sake of being edgy, which can work in some cases but I feel like it needed more emotional depth or a stronger theme.
The rejected story summaries at the end sounded compelling and I think the author has potential but this wasn’t it for me.
July 19, 2023
It wasn't bad but I was expecting a longer story, not 4 or 5 very short stories. Some of the stories didn't even end with any kind of conclusion. It may have been better if the author just stuck with one or two stories and followed to completion and made a 2nd graphic novel to tell the other stories.
May 23, 2022
cover art: beautiful
naked paper back: beautiful
art: beautiful
i love horror but like... the sex was unnecessary... also there's a lot of underage / non con diddling. like gore + body horror are two of my favorite genres. but i was more than uncomfortable because of the sex scenes.
naked paper back: beautiful
art: beautiful
i love horror but like... the sex was unnecessary... also there's a lot of underage / non con diddling. like gore + body horror are two of my favorite genres. but i was more than uncomfortable because of the sex scenes.
May 22, 2023
So gross!!! Omfg please read the trigger warnings
Though I enjoyed how all the stories linked in some way! Was put together so well! However the blurry consent was not it and also contained a lot of abuse ‼️
Though I enjoyed how all the stories linked in some way! Was put together so well! However the blurry consent was not it and also contained a lot of abuse ‼️
May 3, 2022
not for me. pretty graphic…I didn’t mind the zombie violence, but there’s a lot of sexual violence as well. more dark horror than anything else. DNF 75%
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