History Manga / Zom100BucketListOfTheDead

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:The {{NEET}}s who try to destroy Akira's hometown of Gunma blame everyone but themselves for their lots in life. Higurashi was never able to work up the courage to actually make friends and speak to others to achieve anything, Atenbou blames all of his carelessness and lack of effort on bad luck, Kurasagi complained about a loveless marriage but was an AllTakeAndNoGive husband who never appreciated his family, and Kanbayashi never accepted anyone's viewpoint but her own and was fired for it. All of them get chewed out for it before their defeats.]]

* InterspeciesRomance: Uh... sort of. A dog named Charo tries to mount a chicken at one point, only to get pulled off by his owner, a girl named Anju.

* LoveConfession: At the end of the first chapter, Akira confesses to Ootori how he's been head-over-heels for her since the day he arrived to work. Unfortunately, she'd already been infected by the chairman, and was already in a relationship with the chairman before being bitten. Akira doesn't take it too personally though and takes solace in knowing that he still got to see her breasts.

* NoZombieCannibalism: The zombies seem to function based on smell and sound. If you don't smell like a human or make any loud noises, they'll ignore you. This means obscuring your scent with something strong (i.e. manure) can render someone practically invisible to the zombies so long as he or she stays quiet.
* OutOfTheInferno: Akira and Beatrix clear the way to a sushi restaurant by holding off the zombies in their armor while Shizuka and Kencho drop gasoline-filled water balloons all over the zombies from the nearby building. Kencho then lights the zombies ablaze with a match, setting them all on fire while Akira and Beatrix [[UnflinchingWalk slowly walk out of the blaze]], apparently unharmed.

* TheVirus: The zombie plague appeared out of nowhere, upending all of Tokyo in the span of a single night before Akira got up in the morning. It's spread via biting and turns people into [[FleshEatingZombie Flesh-Eating Zombies]] who chase after loud noises and human smells.

** The names of several famous zombie films can be seen on the DVD boxes on Shizuka's desk, including ''Film/WorldWarZ'', ''Film/ZombieSurvivalGuide'', ''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead'', and the aforementioned ''Film/DawnOfTheDead''.

''Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead'', is a ZombieApocalypse {{Dramedy}} written by Haro Aso and drawn by Kotaro Takata. It follows Akira Tendo's quest to complete his bucket list in the middle of the ZombieApocalypse, all while rediscovering a zeal for life he thought he'd long lost.

* LoveConfession: At the end of the first chapter, Akira confesses to Ootori how he's been head-over-heels for her since the day he arrived to work. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, she'd already been infected by the chairman, and was already in a relationship with the chairman before being bitten. Akira doesn't take it too personally though and takes solace in knowing that he still got to see her breasts.]]

* MoreThanMindControl: Akira's work environment was horribly abusive, and Kosugi kept people from simply walking away from the job by piling expectations on them and burdening them with the fate of their coworkers while destroying their self-esteem to make them reliant on Kosugi for direction. It's telling that Akira's mental health rapidly improves the minute he realizes he never has to go to work again. [[spoiler:And yet, the abuse Kosugi piled on Akira is still ingrained in his mind, and he falls back into old habits as Kosugi once again subjects him to the same physical and verbal abuse that crushed Akira's spirit before the zombie apocalypse. Akira even develops MindControlEyes to emphasize how he's essentially being brainwashed. He's almost convinced to stay and be Kosugi's slave again until Shizuka talks him out of it.]]

* ShoutOut: The English localization title is a clear send up to classic zombie movies like ''Film/DawnOfTheDead''.

* TakeThat: The manga is one ''long'' jab at the awfulness of corporate work culture: the long, slavish hours, horribly pay, and lack of fulfillment for the majority of office workers like Akira. He and his friends all begin to enjoy life more in the middle of the ZombieApocalypse compared to their previous lives.

** Many of the more minor characters are offed the chapter they're introduced, emphasizing that even with the darkly comedic tone of the series, it's ''still'' a ZombieApocalypse where death is a real possibility at any given time. [[spoiler:Akira's co-worker and crush Ootori, he flight attendants Akira and Kencho meet while looking for a TV, several of Kosugi's followers, and some of the villagers in Akira's hometown all bite it.]]

* SoulCrushingDeskJob: Akira's old job as a commercial writer and producer was so awful that he has lingering PTSD from the experience. He wasn't even allowed to go home on his first day on the job, his coworkers regularly bragged about how much unpaid overtime they got, and was repeatedly chewed out for missing deadlines that changed on a whim and couldn't even work up the energy to clean his apartment. It's telling that the first thing Akira does upon realizing he's in a ZombieApocalypse is ''cheer'' about how free he is now that he never has to go back to his awful workplace.

* TheVirus: The zombie plague appeared out of nowhere, upending all of Tokyo in the span of a single night before Akira got up in the morning. It's spread via biting and turns people into FleshEatingZombies who chase after loud noises and human smells.

* ActionSurvivor: All of our heroes are capable of defending themselves. While none of them are a OneManArmy capable of beating back the horde, their ingenuity and resourcefulness lets them survive the ZombieApocalypse and even have some fun along the way. For instance, Akira uses his athleticism from his rugby days to tackle zombies and push them back while protecting himself with a chainmail shark suit.

* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:The {{NEET}}s in Gusma try to wipe out the entire village and turn them all into zombie chow for the crime of being able to feel satisfied and find happiness with each other when the {{NEET}}s could not.]]

* ACupAngst: Beatrix struggles to fit her breasts inside even a man's yukata, much to the comparatively lithe Shizuka's jealousy.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:Subverted. Kanta Higurashi holds Akira's father hostage to force Akira to become a zombie. At first, it looks like it happened, but it turns out that one of Akira's neighbors had used her makeup skills to make Akira ''look'' like a zombie, allowing him to get close enough to disarm Higurashi and save his father.]]
* AntiquatedLinguistics: As part of her OccidentalOtaku tendencies, Beatrix speaks in old-fashioned and formal Japanese the way a samurai would. She also refers to Akira as a fellow "brave warrior" for helping her transport fresh fish to the last sushi chef alive.

* TheBait: Kencho repeatedly volunteers to lure zombies away by waving his ass at them, causing them to chase after him. He's also comfortable enough in his own skin to do this naked while still being fast enough to run away from the zombies who think his ass is literally delicious.
* BestFriend: Ryuuzaki "Kencho" Kenichiro is Akira's best friend from college and teammate on the rugby team. He and Akira have stuck it through thick and thin, and he's the first person Akira reaches out to when wireless calls become available again. They soon catch up on old times and make up for their last argument a year ago, getting into all kinds of trouble while scratching off their bucket list together.

* BoobsOfSteel: Beatrix has no problems cutting down a small crowd of zombies with her samurai weapons and armor and has the largest bust in the cast.

* ChickMagnet: Kencho's muscular body. handsome face, and lively personality make it a cinch for him to pick up girls and have sex. But he was often required to use his looks to seduce women and get them to sign onto real estate deals they had no business making, which made him feel awful.
* ChivalrousPervert:
** Akira is somewhat desperate to get laid and is happy for any opportunity to meet a cute girl while staring at her boobs and butt. But he's also respectful to all of them, never feels entitled or angry if they already have a boyfriend, and never thinks of forcing them into situations they don't want to be in.
** Kencho ReallyGetsAround thanks to his ChickMagnet good looks and personality, but he also believes in treating every one of his dates as the most important woman in the world while they're together no matter how he's feeling personally.

* CoolBike: Akira manages to nab an abandoned Harley-Davidson motorcycle while searching for a replacement for his stolen bicycle. It's extremely loud and powerful, and Akira screams with joy at the thought of having the bike of his dreams. Its speed also proves handy when a flaming fire truck crashes into a gas truck, letting Akira and Kencho barely OutrunTheFireball and take shelter in an underground mall.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Akira jumps into his shark suit when he sees Beatrix and her truck surrounded by zombies. It turns out to be for nothing, as Beatrix herself walks out with a naginata and cuts down all the zombies herself.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Shizuka is initially cold and aloof to Akira and Kencho, considering them detriments to her chances of survival with their insistence on enjoying themselves to the point of leaving safety for beer, [=TVs=], and playing superhero. But after Akira rushes to help her without any logical reason for it, she begins to warm up to them and they become traveling companions after repeated run-ins together. From then on, Akira and Kencho's goofiness begins to rub off on Shizuka, who learns to let go of her rigid, logic-driven mentality and enjoy herself rather than simply survive, though she still remains the OnlySaneMan by comparison.

* DissonantSerenity: Akira is so much happier now that he never has to go to work again that he's able to cheerfully relax and play video games on the roof of his apartment even while zombies lurk just below. Kencho feels the same way until they run out of electricity and food, forcing them to move elsewhere.

* DynamicEntry: While visiting Ootori's apartment, Akira encounters the zombified form of the company chairman. Rather than back down, Akira calmly removes his tie before announcing his resignation and tackling the chairman through the door rugby-style.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Akira is introduced with DullEyesOfUnhappiness while watching a zombie film, all while wishing he could swap places with the protagonist of that film, calling it heaven compared to Akira's workplace. The manga then shows how Akira started as a bright-eyed office worker before his abusive boss slowly ground him down into a wage zombie.
** Shizuka is introduced looting the same abandoned convenience store as Akira. She flatly denies his offer to share her LINE ID, believing that doing so with someone like him would only reduce her odds of survival. She doesn't even flinch as several zombies rush toward her, simply throwing the magazines off the stand as a makeshift BananaPeel to send them all flying behind her as she makes an UnflinchingWalk for the exit.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Akira considers his SoulCrushingDeskJob at the black company this, declaring that even the ZombieApocalypse isn't as terrifying as his old workplace. This is why he's able to navigate the ruins of Tokyo so cheerfully, as even though he fears death, the misery he experienced at work far outstrips the threat the zombies pose to his life. Kencho lampshades this, saying that Akira looked more like a zombie than the actual zombies when they last met because of how worn down he was by work.

* IKnowMortalKombat:
** Akira uses his rugby training to tackle the zombified chairman through the door. He also wrestles and punches zombies on numerous occasions with the athleticism he built up in college.
** Beatrix is an OccidentalOtaku who immersed herself in Japanese culture, including books and video games. This lets her wield a katana, naginata, and bow with a surprising amount of skill, though she still needs help when she's outnumbered. [[spoiler:She's also no match for an actual champion kendoka in a straight fight, and Beatrix needs to get resourceful to achieve her goal of demolishing the electric fence after her weapons are broken by a chainsaw.]]

* TheLeader: Akira takes the role of ''de facto'' leader among his travelling companions as they journey across Japan to complete their bucket lists. He combines the headstrong and competent aspects, jumping into new situations to have fun even if it means putting his life at risk but also having the ingenuity and spontaneity to get him and his friends out of sticky situations.

* LikeYouWereDying: Akira's goal is simply to enjoy himself and live life to the fullest after three miserable years in a crushing dead-end job. So he writes down "100 Things to Do Before I Become a Zombie" and resolves to do all of them before kicking the bucket. The ZombieApocalypse is a great motivator.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Beatrix wields a katana and uses it to help cut down zombies attacking her. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the katana is brittle and easily chipped away by Kanabeyashi's chainsaw.]]

* {{Manchild}}: Akira and Kencho are both determined to live life to the fullest, indulging all of their hobbies as they scratch things off their bucket list. This also means they get outrageously excited over silly things that fly in the face of logic when it comes to survival, such as acting as superheroes or building a treehouse. Unfortunately, their shouting also tends to attract the zombies, much to Shizuka's chagrin.

* MoreThanMindControl: Akira's work environment was horribly abusive, and Kosugi kept people from simply walking away from the job by piling expectations on them and burdening them with the fate of their coworkers while destroying their self-esteem to make them reliant on Kosugi for direction. It's telling that Akira's mental health rapidly improves the minute he realizes he never has to go to work again. [[spoiler:And yet, the abuse Kosugi piled on Akira is still ingrained in his mind, and he falls back into old habits as Kosugi once again subjects him to the same physical and verbal abuse that crushed Akira's spirit before the zombie apocalypse. Akira even develops MindControlEyes to emphasize how he's essentially being brainwashed. He's almost convinced to stay and be Kosugi's slave one again until Shizuka talks him out of it.]]
* MrFanservice: Kencho is incredibly muscular and has a handsome face. He's prone to [[NakedPeopleAreFunny stripping while enjoying himself]] and has wagged his "delicious ass" as bait for the zombie horde on more than one occasion. Akira is also surprisingly buff too, no doubt thanks to his rugby days, and looks good whenever he doesn't have his shirt on, though that doesn't happen nearly as often as it does with Kencho.
* MultiMeleeMaster: Beatrix is surprisingly good with both a katana and a naginata, managing to hold off the zombie horde at a chokepoint for a short while with Akira's help. [[spoiler:That said, the fact that she's an OccidentalOtaku and not formally trained means that she loses in a straight fight against an actual kendo champion.]]
* MustNotDieAVirgin: Akira is somewhat self-conscious over the fact that he's never gotten a girlfriend, much less had sex. The fact that his BestFriend Kencho has gotten laid plenty of times motivates Akira to finally get a girlfriend even in the middle of the ZombieApocalypse, though his luck has been pretty dry since his first two crushes both had boyfriends already. Though he seems to be having better luck with Shizuka, [[ShipTease who demonstrates interest in him no matter how much she denies it.]]

* NotSoStoic: Shizuka tries to think logically and considers herself above the antics of her new friends, but she too gets excited over many of the same things they do, like driving a camper van or visiting the hot springs.
* OccidentalOtaku: Beatrix is a German woman who is in love with Japanese culture, procuring actual weapons from the Sengoku era along with a suit of armor that prove quite handy against the zombie hordes. She's completely fluent in Japanese and is so excited to eat sushi from a real sushi chef that she's willing to risk dying for it. She's also able to rattle off facts about Japan at length, knowing more about the country than actual Japanese people.

* PastExperienceNightmare: Akira was so miserable and fearful under Kosugi's thumb that his nightmares are not of the zombies outside his door but of disappointing Kosugi and getting reprimanded for it.
* PhenotypeStereotype: Beatrix is a German woman from out of the country and is depicted with blond hair and huge breasts [[ACupAngst that make Shizuka jealous.]]

* SamusIsAGirl: Beatrix in a full suit of samurai armor along with a helmet and mask that obscures her face. Because of this, it's impossible to tell that she's a woman until she takes it off.
* SkewedPriorities: When Akira first sees zombies, his first thought is how this is going to make him late for work. From the on, his new goal is to scratch everything off his bucket list, even if it means risking his life to do something as simple as bathing in a hot spring.
* StepfordSmiler: Kencho seemed to be living it up as a salesman for a real estate company. He got to dine with politicians, date models, and make good money, but the fakes smiles he needed to put on and the lies he needed to tell made it all feel empty, and he was ever happy or satisfied. What he really wanted to do was become a comedian to make people happy. Akira convinces him that he can still follows his dreams, convincing Kencho to overcome his fears and {{roofhop|ping}} to safety.

* TooDesperateToBePicky: Inverted. Shizuka steals Akira's bike as part of her attempts to "hedge her risks" while making a supply run. Although he's initially worried by his lack of transportation, he manages to find a moped nearby to make his escape, calling it an upgrade to his old bike. ''Then'' he manages to get his hands on an even more expensive abandoned Harvey-Davidson motorcycle, which has him screaming with joy as he roars down the road.
* TradeYourPassionForGlory: Kencho wanted to be a comedian, but took up a job as a real estate salesman to make money. While he succeeded in that role, his life felt miserable and empty because he didn't chase his dream of making people laugh and smile.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Akira is so exhausted by work that he never has the time or energy to clean his apartment, leaving it filled with trash bags, empty bottles, tissues, and instant food. The actual trash bin is overflowing and it's a miracle he finds any place to sleep. One of the first things he does after the ZombieApocalypse begins is finally clean his room, leaving it spic and span while dumping the trash all over the heads of the zombies lingering below his veranda.

* WellDoneSonGuy: The ZombieApocalypse makes Akira reevaluate everything about his life, including how little he feels he did to give back to his parents for raising him. When he finally returns to his hometown, he becomes desperate to make up for lost time even as they tell him to relax, his father's own stern, stoic demeanor not helping Akira's desire to [[MustMakeAmends make amends.]] [[spoiler:Only after Akira and his friends rescue almost everyone from Gumna does Teruo finally tell Akira [[SoProudOfYou how proud he is of him]].]]

* ImprobableInfantImmortality: There are no child zombies seen among the hordes, and the one and only child in the story is a girl sheltered in Akira's secluded hometown of Gunma.
* TheInfection: The zombie plague appeared out of nowhere, upending all of Tokyo in the span of a single night before Akira got up in the morning. It turns people into FleshCravingZombies who chase after loud noises and human smells and can be spread via biting.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Akira considers his work at the black company this, declaring that even the ZombieApocalypse isn't as terrifying as his old workplace. This is why he's able to navigate the ruins of Tokyo so cheerfully, as even though he fears death, the misery he experienced at work far outstrips the threat the zombies pose to his life. Kencho lampshades this, saying that Akira looked more like a zombie than the actual zombies when they last met because of how worn down he was by work.

* GenderEqualEnsemble: The party of main characters consists of Akira and Kencho, two guys, and Shizuka and Beatrix, two girls.

* LoveConfession: At the end of the first chapter, Akira confesses to Ootori how he's been head-over-heels for her since the day he arrived to work. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, she'd already been infected by the chairman, and given her state of dress it's likely that she and the chairman were in a relationship. Akira doesn't take it too personally though and takes solace in knowing that he still got to see her breasts.]]

* MustNotDieAVirgin: Akira is somewhat self-conscious over the fact that he's never gotten a girlfriend, much less had sex. The fact that his BestFriend Kencho has gotten laid plenty of times motivates Akira to finally get a girlfriend even in the middle of the zombieApocalypse, though his luck has been pretty dry since his first two crushes both had boyfriends already. Though he seems to be having better luck with Shizuka, [[ShipTease who demonstrates interest in him no matter how much she denies it.]]

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:The {{NEET}}s who try to destroy Akira's hometown of Gunma blame everyone but themselves for their lots in life. Higurashi was never able to work up the courage to actually make friends and speak to others to achieve anything, Atenbou blames all of his carelessness and lack of effort on bad luck, Kurasagi complained about a loveless mariage but was an AllTakeAndNoGive husband who never appreciated his family, and Kanbayashi never accepted anyone's viewpoint but her own and was fired for it. All of them get chewed out for it before their defeats.]]

* PhenotypeStereotype:

* BetterThanABareBulb: The story repeatedly hangs lampshades on the many zombie movie cliches the heroes run into, such as zombies hiding in a swamp to ambush passerby, only the swamp is an onsen, much to everyone's chagrin.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Played positively. [[spoiler:Kanbayashi complains about how no one ever respected her viewpoint as ThePerfectionist while ranting about how she never did anything wrong. Beatrix responds by saying that it's normal to chew gum at work in Germany, that it's frowned upon to clean on Sundays when everyone else is resting, and how people celebrating their birthdays are expected to be responsible for their own parties. In doing so, Beatrix says that no viewpoint is absolutely correct and just, as everyone has different standards and customs.]]

* DynamicEntry: While visiting Ootori's apartment, Akira encounters the zombified form of the company chairman. Rather than back down, Akira calmly removes his tie before announcing his resignation and tackling the chairman through the door.

* FromBadToWorse: While visiting the aquarium to pick up the shark suit so Akira can live out his superhero fantasies, Akira and Kencho encounter a zombie great white shark in a tank. Luckily for them, it's stuck in the water [[spoiler:until the tank suddenly breaks, revealing that the zombies that the shark had already eaten are still craving human flesh, pushing their legs through the shark's belly and allowing it to run at them.]]
* GranolaGirl: Because of her desire to maximize her chances of survival as well as her

* MeanBoss: Kosugi runs his workplace like a sweatshop, constantly destroying his workers' self-esteem, paying them awful wages, and working them to the bone while slowly brainwashing them so they'll never leave him. His constant demands of Akira took a severe toll on Akira's mental, physical, and emotional health, and Akira exhibits symptoms of PTSD from working under him.
* MoreThanMindControl: Akira's work environment was horribly abusive, and Kosugi kept people from simply walking away from the job by piling expectations on them and burdening them with the fate of their coworkers while destroying their self-esteem to make them reliant on Kosugi for direction. It's telling that Akira's mental health rapidly improves the minute he realizes he never has to go to work again. [[spoiler:And yet, the abuse Kosugi piled on Akira is still ingrained in his mind, and he falls back into old habits as Kosugi once again subjects him to the same physical and verbal abuse that crushed Akira's spirit before the zombie apocalypse. Akira's eyes even take on concentric rings to emphasize how he's essentially being brainwashed. He's almost convinced to stay and be Kosugi's slave one again until Shizuka talks him out of it.]]

* MustNotDieAVirgin: Akira is somewhat self-conscious over the fact that he's never gotten a girlfriend, much less had sex. The fact that his BestFriend Kencho has gotten laid plenty of times motivates Akira to finally get a girlfriend even in the middle of the zombieApocalypse, though his luck has been pretty dry since his first two crushes both had boyfriends already.

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:The NEETs who try to destroy Akira's hometown of Gunma blame everyone but themselves for their lots in life. Higurashi was never able to work up the courage to actually make friends, Atenbou blew up his last workplace due to his unwillingness to use an ashtray while blaming it all on bad luck, Kurasagi was an AllTakeAndNoGive husband who never appreciated his family, and Kanbayashi never accepted anyone's viewpoint but her own and was fired for it. All of them get chewed out for it before their defeats.]]

* WellDoneSonGuy: The ZombieApocalypse makes Akira reevaluate everything about his life, including how little he feels he did to give back to his parents for raising him. When he finally returns to his hometown, he becomes desperate to make up for lost time even as they tell him to relax, his father's own stern, stoic demeanor not helping Akira's desire to [[MustMakeAmends make amends.]] [[spoiler:Only after Akira and his friends rescue almost everyone from Gumna does Akira's father finally tell him [[SoProudOfYou how proud he is of Akira]].]]

Once he was a young office worker brimming with dreams, ambition, and a passion for his work. But now he's a 24-year-old trapped in employment at a black company. His days are an endless cycle of miserable labor for awful pay and little fulfillment. These days he'd rather be the protagonist of a zombie film than go back to work. As if something like that would happen...

* IKnowMortalKombat: Beatrix is an OccidentalOtaku who immersed herself in Japanese culture, including books and video games. This lets her wield a katana, naginata, and bow with a surprising amount of skill, though she still needs help when she's outnumbered. [[spoiler:She's also no match for an actual champion kendoka in a straight fight, and Beatrix needs to get resourceful to achieve her goal of demolishing the electric fence after her weapons are broken by a chainsaw.]]

* OccidentalOtaku: Beatrix is a German woman who is in love with Japanese culture, procuring actual weapons from the Sengoku era along with a suit of armor that prove quite handy against the zombie hordes. She's completely fluent in Japanese and is so excited to eat sushi from a real sushi chef that she's willing to risk dying for it.

[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Yeah, about that.]]

Freed from his perpetual torment, Akira uses his newfound freedom to do everything he's ever wanted to do in life, writing it all down in his bucket list, "100 Things to Do Before I Become a Zombie".

* BestFriend: Ryuuzaki "Kencho" Kenichiro is Akira's best friend from college and teammate on the rugby team. He and Akira have stuck it through thick and thin, and he's the first person Akira reaches out to when wireless calls become available again.

* BadBoss: Kosugi runs his workplace like a sweatshop, constantly destroying his workers' self-esteem, paying them awful wages, and working them to the bone while slowly brainwashing them so they'll never leave him. His constant demands of Akira took a severe toll on Akira's mental, physical, and emotional health, and Akira exhibits symptoms of PTSD from working under him.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Akira considers his work at the black company this, declaring that even the ZombieApocalypse isn't as terrifying as his old workplace. This is why he's able to navigate the ruins of Tokyo so cheerfully, as even though he fears death, the misery he experienced at work far outstrips the threat the zombies pose to his life.

->''"I don't have to go to work anymore. It feels like a dream! I'm gonna have fun, fun and more fun! Until I've had three years worth of holidays!"''

* GratuitousGerman: As a German citizen, Beatrix is prone to responding in her native German from time to time, telling Kencho "Keine Ursache" (Don't mention it!) after saving his life.

* MaleGaze: The manga is clearly intended for a male audience, and the way some shots focus on Shizuka's boobs and butt certainly emphasizes this.

* PlagueZombie: No one knows what started the ZombieApocalypse, but Shizuka speculates that it's a virus, which would explain how rapidly it spread while dismissing any kind of magical or supernatural force. But if it's a pl

** Many of the more minor characters are offed the chapter they're introduced, emphasizing that even with the darkly comedic tone of the series, it's ''still'' a ZombieApocalypse where death is a real possibility at any given time. [[spoiler:The flight attendants Akira and Kencho meet while looking for a TV, several of Kosugi's followers, and some of the villagers in Akira's hometown all bite it.]]

* IKnowMortalKombat: Beatrix is an OccidentalOtaku who immersed herself in Japanese culture, including books and video games. This lets her wield a katana, naginata, and bow with a surprising amount of skill, though she still needs help when she's outnumbered. [[spoiler:She's also no match for an actual champion kendoka in a straight fight, and Beatrix needs to get resourceful to achieve her goal of demolishing the electric fence after her weapons are broken by a chainsaw.

* StepfordSmiler: Kencho seemed to be living it up as a salesman for a real estate company. He got to dine with politicians, date models, and make good money, but the fakes smiles he needed to put on and the lies he needed to tell made it all feel empty, and he was ever happy or satisfied. What he really wanted to do was become a comedian to make people happy. Akira convinces him that he can still follows his dreams, convincing Kencho to overcome his fears and {{roofhop|ing}} to safety.

** Akira's sole surviving neighbors are first seen when Akira is shimmying down a drain pipe to get some food and supplies. He offers to get them some, but the following day their apartment is covered in bloody handprints, revealing that they died sometime since his last run. [[spoiler:Then it's subverted when they're revealed to have escaped. We then learn their names, Mikio and Sumire Kosaka, and their former jobs as an airline pilot and violin teacher respectively, and they make their own bucket list as they prepare to head for the airport to go on a trip around the world. They also hope to meet Akira again so they can bring him along for the ride, as he inspired them to find joy in their predicament.]]

* MoreThanMindControl: Akira's work environment was horribly abusive, and Kosugi kept people from simply walking away from the job by piling expectations on them and burdening them with the fate of their coworkers while destroying their self-esteem to make them reliant on Kosugi for direction. It's telling that Akira's mental health rapidly improves the minute he realizes he never has to go to work again. [[spoiler:And yet, the abuse Kosugi piled on Akira is still ingrained in his mind, and he falls back into old habits as Kosugi once again subjects him to the same physical and verbal abuse that crushed Akira's spirit before the zombie apocalypse. He's almost convinced to stay and be Kosugi's slave one again. Akira's eyes even take on concentric rings to emphasize how he's essentially being brainwashed.]]

-->--Akira Tendo as he flees a zombie horde on his bicycle

* MoreThanMindControl: Akira's work environment was horribly abusive, and Kosugi kept people from simply walking away from the job by piling expectations on them and burdening them with the fate of their coworkers while demeaning their self-esteem. It's telling that Akira's mental health rapidly improves the minute he realizes he never has to go to work again. [[spoiler:And yet, the abuse Kosugi piled on Akira is still ingrained in his mind, and he falls back into old habits as Kosugi once again subjects him to the same physical and verbal abuse that crushed Akira's spirit before the zombie apocalypse.]]

** Many of the more minor characters are offed the chapter they're introduced, emphasizing that even with the darkly comedic tone of the series, it's ''still'' a ZombieApocalypse where death is a real possibility at any given time.
** Akira's sole surviving neighbor are first seen when Akira is shimmying down a drain pipe to get some food and supplies. He offers to get them some, but the following day their apartment is covered in bloody handprints, revealing that they died sometime since his last run. [[spoiler:Then it's subverted when they're revealed to have escaped. We then learn their names, Mikio and Sumire Kosaka, and their former jobs as an airline pilot and violin teacher respectively, and they make their own bucket list as they prepare to head for the airport to go on a trip around the world, hoping they'll be able to bring Akira along for the ride if they meet him again as he inspired them to find joy in their predicament.]]

Once he was a young office worker brimming with dreams, ambition, and a passion for his work. But now he's a 24-year-old trapped in employment at a black company. His days are an endless cycle of miserable labor for awful pay and little fulfillment. These days he'd rather be the protagonist of a zombie film than go back to work. If only something like that would happen...

* ChickMagnet: Kencho's muscular body. handsome face, and lively personality made it a cinch for him to pick up girls and have sex. But he was often required to use his looks to seduce women and get them to sign onto real estate deals they had no business making, which made him feel awful.
* {{Dramedy}}: The story is built on the absurdist comedy of how someone can find more freedom and happiness in the zombie apocalypse than working an awful desk job. Akira and his friends manage to get into one hilarious hijink after the other while having the time of their lives. But the threat of the ZombieApocalypse is always looming, and even the absurdity of the premise doesn't detract from the horrors the heroes face when one bite can mean the end.
* LikeYouWereDying: Akira's goal is simply to enjoy himself and live life to the fullest after three miserable years in a crushing dead-end job. The ZombieApocalypse is a great motivator.
* MrFanservice: Kencho is incredibly muscular and has a handsome face. He's prone to [[NakedPeopleAreFunny stripping while enjoying himself]] and has wagged his "delicious ass" as bait for the zombie horde on more than one occasion.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Many of the more minor characters are offed the chapter they're introduced, emphasizing that even with the darkly comedic tone of the series, it's ''still'' a ZombieApocalypse where death is a real possibility at any given time.

[[caption-width-right:350:What better reason to scratch off your BucketList than the ZombieApocalypse?]]

''Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead'', is a ZombieApocalypse {{Dramedy}} written by Haro Aso and drawn by Kotaro Takata. It follows Akira Tendo's quest to complete his BucketList in the middle of the ZombieApocalypse, all while rediscovering a zeal for life he thought he'd long lost.