Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, Vol. 10

ゾン100～ゾンビになるまでにしたい100のこと～ [Zom 100 ~Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto~] #10

by Haro Aso, Kōtarō Takata (Illustrator), Nova Skipper (Translator)

After spending years toiling away for a soul-crushing company, Akira’s life has lost its luster. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira’s on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.

Will fortune favor Takemina when he bets it all to snap Akira out of his can-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.

Genres: Manga, Horror, Zombies, Dystopia, Comics, Humor, Fantasy

160 pages, Paperback

First published February 18, 2022

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Reviews

[Gianfranco Mancini · Rating 4 out of 5]

La parte del pellegrinaggio una noia mortale, ma sono bastati due volumi per fare di Takemina uno dei miei personaggi preferiti. Una serie manga dalla qualità altalenante, ma tra risate e citazioni varie la sto davvero adorando.

[Zombie_Phreak · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ehhh...

The series just isn't what it used to be anymore. I miss the zombies, I miss the gore, I miss the tension. Right now it just seems like the zombies are just kinda there in the background. They aren't really dangerous anymore and are just brought out when the characters are finished up at a location and need to move on or get rid of a minor character.

I honestly can't see this series lasting much longer.

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

The cliffhanger from last volume is wrapped up in anticlimactic fashion and then the bucket list crew hits the road again to take in the sights of Japan, including a boring geisha visit and an even more boring religious pilgrimage.

This series has been treading the line of getting a thumbs down, and now here's the first one.

I've caught up with all the volumes my library has, and this is probably a good time to take a break. I'll be back, but I'm not sure for how much longer.

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

How can one volume have 3 different plots and all of them be bad

[Chukwudima · Rating 5 out of 5]

I understand why others might not like it, especially if you’ve grown up on a more Western style of storytelling, but I like it. Stories don’t need their characters to die every chapter to give the reader a good time. It’s ok to just let them be. I like the way Haro tells this story and the lessons he imparts.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Akira has thrown his friends away for the lure of being rich while the world is on fire. Despite the accuracy of his portrayal of modern day capitalism, he comes back from the brink and then more silliness ensues.

I both like and do not like the resolution to this lottery and wealth storyline. I absolutely hated Akira’s very nonsense heel turn last volume and it turns back just as fast with some sage advice from an old guy that rings just as hollow.

But, the way their friend Takeru outwits the system is a very fun contrivance that at least uses what had been set up to resolve the whole thing and gets us on to the next adventure, even if the big reveal at the end of this one is pretty predictable. At least they add Takeru to the mix, which isn’t a bad idea.

The next storyline has the guys out to be entertained by some geisha, which they naturally manage to find after they abandon Shizuka and Beatrix in the next destination. Which, admittedly, is better than having the regular ladies stand in for them (no offence to the cover image, of course)

As tends to happen, everything goes great until it doesn’t, in typical zombie story fashion, but this story works because it’s focused on Takeru’s love of gambling and how he’s never really had time to love anything else.

He gets very close to a geisha and, when this goes poorly in an amusing fashion, it really works because Akira and Kenichiro have been goofing off and being such bros about the other geisha that they don’t notice any of this storyline happening right up to (and then continuing on past) the ending.

It’s better to just have the guys being such horndogs that they don’t even notice their friend is going through something. It turns it into more of a random story that’s just happening than anything with a deeper moral and that’s actually a nice change of pace. Plus it focuses in on Takeru now that he’s been added to the cast.

The story we end with has everybody embarking on a long pilgrimage courtesy of Bea’s addition to the list and it’s one of those spiritual things that works okay as another misadventure. I do appreciate Shizuka at least trying to keep everybody on track for the main plotline.

This one’s off to an alright start. I don’t mind the concept and they have at least a plausible (after a fashion, since it involves the robot) explanation for how they’re going to pull this all off.

Usual complaints for what I usually complain about. I really dislike that damn robot. It’s a bridge too far into the unreal for my zombie manga. You heard me. It adds very little, minus a convenient plot contrivance here and there.

Otherwise, a solid outing. If the canned goods money thing annoyed me, it at least exists somewhat gracefully and the follow-up is just an excuse for a drunken hootenanny that’s actually pretty good. And the last arc isn’t awful. Can’t argue with that.

3.5 stars - jarring reversals of sudden betrayals aside, my affection for this title does ebb and flow, but when I am in the mood for it and the writing’s doing okay, it’s a good time. This one’s a good time.

[Shubhankar Sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bizarre turn of events. But all's well that ends well.
Plus another member joined. 3 College Bffs, reunited after 3 years to traverse through the Zombie infested country, checking things off of their bucket list.
I was really looking forward to binge the rest as well. However, volume 11 and 12 have not been translated so I have no other options but stop for the moment. I mean, I could skip to volume 13 since its English version is available online but that'll require skipping 7-8 chapters and I don't want to do that.

No other choice but to wait for the official release I guess.

[Jesse Will · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just haven't really cared much for Takemina since Millionaire of the Dead wrapped tbh. The geisha issues were fine but had the series begun like this, I probably wouldn't have continued. I find him kind of annoying and the story throughout this issue fell flat for me. I almost feel guilty giving any issue less than four stars but this one just didn't do it for me and is starting to feel a little bit recycled.

[sol ☼ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fue interesante, pasaron muchas cosas. Me gusta que específicamente en este tomo se muestran muchas tradiciones y actividades características de Japón, indirectamente te enseña la cultura tan única que tienen

[Sophia Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

TAKEMINA WELCOME TO THE GROUP. love how the group is coming along!! also rip mr mina... he thought he had a chance and really just pushed two people in love together. they have really completed a lot of items on this bucket list and now its bea's turn to do something she really wants to do!!!

[Rebecca Harris · Rating 3 out of 5]

ANOTHER CLIFFHANGER 😭

I liked this one a lot! But it's a lot of info jammed into 1 manga, not enough zombies or action - which is to be expected as it's building up to the next arc.

[Zachary Palmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I want to do a pilgrimage!!!

[Jaime Vinal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the cliffhangers that treat my resolve to not cheat, good volume to keep my will true. Lol.

[Vilma Diaz · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an enjoyable read. Given how he acted, Akira was forgiven probably too quickly. But then again, zombies roam the earth. What’s the point of dragging out negativity and conflict? I can respect the fact that the group forgave and moved on so easily.

Which is why I was annoyed that the guys abandoned the girls in Kyoto. They didn’t even tell them where they were going. It felt like a jerk move, especially during the apocalypse. The final chapter was interesting. I wonder if the temple visits are still done today.

And then there were the last couple of pages. To be honest, that’s more how I would expect people to act during the zombie apocalypse. I hope they get what’s coming to them, though. But with the way this manga goes, who knows. I guess I’ll find out in the next volume.

[Jakey · Rating 3 out of 5]

New crew member alert and he's wonderful. However, the trip to the Geisha was pretty boring, in my opinion.

The volume ends with a pretty dark event, so I'm excited to see how the cliffhanger translates into Volume 11.

[Basil Roselló]

¡Final del arco de Osaka y principio del arco del perenigraje! Este tomo sirve más para enlazar ambos arcos que para otra cosa, pero sigue siendo un buen desenlace para el anterior.

Me gusta como trata el tema del dinero, la absurdez del capitalismo y, con las geishas, la importancia de arriesgarte y perseguir tus sueños pese a la incertidumbre.

¡Y Takemina se ha convertido en un personaje principal! Tiene una buena dinámica con el grupo, tengo ganas de ver cómo se desarrolla en el siguiente arco.

[Philip McCarty · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a consistently good volume and I was definitely excited to see that they are covering the Shikoku Henro in it. This was a wonderful trip down memory lane and the excitement I had when I undertook the same journey. What a celebration this volume is. And the crew even gets a new member with Takemina after he decides he wants to seize life like the group is doing.

[Joshua Jonah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing much happens in this volume, but as a fan of Geisha, there were some pretty interesting parts involving cosplay and also seeing more of Takemina either being horny or actually being a smart human being. I was a little said my favorite character Bea got sidelined so hard until the last little bit but over all a fun volume, just not too progressive with the story.

[Peter Derk · Rating 4 out of 5]

My understanding of geisha stuff is not strong, and my hesitance to google it is, so I guess this is an area of Japanese culture that will remain somewhat mysterious for me, which is probably just fine.

[Serina · Rating 1 out of 5]

This series is becoming a drag. I enjoyed learning about Maikos and their differences from Geishas and other tid bits but that's all. That was only a few pages at max. As always, the crew flies through zombies and zombies attack whatever place at the end of the arc so that the group has to move. This is becoming so so predictable now. As I said in the last review, Takemina did in fact become another idiot boy in the group, of which Kencho and Akira were enough; it's like the 3 idiots, and worse part is, it's hard to distinguish their personalities at that, espcially Kencho and Takemina.

[Ady Weasley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Takemine sorprende a todos en Osaka con su apuesta, pero s momento de seguir el viaje por lo que llegamos a Kioto, el hogar de las geishas...sin embargo los zombies ya están allí.

Será que los chicos podrán seguir con su lista?

[Rally · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Sheepy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fantastic volume! And it now has an anime! I really hope its as good as the manga!!

[Mateen Mahboubi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why not just take a break from running from zombies to take a 1,300 km, 88 shrine walking pilgrimage? I guess it isn’t my bucket list.

[Dylan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this on the bus with a bunch of obnoxious teenagers and it still managed to make me smile.

[Roly Mac Poly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series. Ppl say it’s not what it used to be but I lowkey think the whole point of the series is not the gore but is the bucket list.

[Avidreader365 · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

In pursuit of Geisha. A long pilgrimage walk. The big gamble pays off. A new problem on the horizon.

[Jake · Rating 3 out of 5]

This arc, didn't quite work as well for me. It's fine, but I found some of the Geisha interaction a bit cringe.

[Mindi · Rating 4 out of 5]

The boys take off and go in search of some entertainment in this volume, and poor Takemina gets his heart broken. This series is so much fun.