Protagonist Furuya loves zombies
not just in the sense that he is obsessed with zombie moves; he would also like a real zombie girlfriend! One day he gets one! After his cat is killed in an accident he decides to try to bring it back to life. He has an incomplete recipe for a resurrection potion and goes to an abandoned building to perform his experiments. Here he meets Rea Sanka; the depressed daughter of a wealthy but oppressive father. She takes a small quantity of Furuya's potion hoping it will kill her but it doesn't
in fact it has the opposite effect after she suffers a fatal accident but doesn't quite die
she becomes undead. Unlike conventional zombies she, and the cat, don't attack people and eat their brains; instead they act normally and eat only hydrangea leaves! Furuya is determined to look after her and helps her avoid situations that might accelerate her body's decay and avoid her father who wants her back.
This is an enjoyable romantic comedy with an obvious twist; the fact that the female protagonist is undead. Those expected conventional zombie tropes may be disappointed as there are no hordes of brain-eating undead; in fact apart from her red eyes, unhealing chest wound and her strange diet Rea is an ordinary girl. Inevitably Furuya's male friends are jealous about his new girlfriend (they don't know she's a zombie) and there is a female cousin who sees Rea as a love-rival clichés of the genre perhaps but they do provide some good laughs. The protagonists are likable, and the antagonist is fairly unlikeable, meaning we care about Rea and Furuya. The characters are well designed and distinctive and the backgrounds look good. Overall this is a fun romantic comedy with an original twist. The only real disappointment is the ending; it hints and more to come but it doesn't look as if a second series will ever materialise.
This is an enjoyable romantic comedy with an obvious twist; the fact that the female protagonist is undead. Those expected conventional zombie tropes may be disappointed as there are no hordes of brain-eating undead; in fact apart from her red eyes, unhealing chest wound and her strange diet Rea is an ordinary girl. Inevitably Furuya's male friends are jealous about his new girlfriend (they don't know she's a zombie) and there is a female cousin who sees Rea as a love-rival clichés of the genre perhaps but they do provide some good laughs. The protagonists are likable, and the antagonist is fairly unlikeable, meaning we care about Rea and Furuya. The characters are well designed and distinctive and the backgrounds look good. Overall this is a fun romantic comedy with an original twist. The only real disappointment is the ending; it hints and more to come but it doesn't look as if a second series will ever materialise.