Hatsukoi Zombie Explained

Ja Kanji:初恋ゾンビ
Ja Romaji:Hatsukoi Zonbi
Genre:Romantic comedy
Type:manga
Author:Ryou Minenami
Publisher:Shogakukan
Demographic:Shōnen
Imprint:Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine:Weekly Shōnen Sunday
First:October 14, 2015
Last:March 27, 2019
Volumes:17

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryou Minenami. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from October 2015 to March 2019, with its chapters collected in 17 volumes.

Plot

The series revolves around Tarou Kurume, a boy who is not interested in love. One day, he is hit on the head by a baseball during a P.E. class, leaving him with a severe concussion. When he wakes up at the infirmary, he is welcomed by a pink-haired, cheerful, well-endowed and scantily clad girl who is seemingly floating in the air. Not only that, he starts to see similar "ghosts" around countless boys, and finds out that they are fantasized versions of the first girl they loved, with the floating zombie above Tarou representing his first love.

Characters

A 15-year-old boy who is childhood friends with Mei Ebino. Tarou believes in "energy-saving" and initially has no interest in love-related matters.
  • Tarou's first love zombie. Unlike most other zombies, Eve is self-aware and able to interact with her owner. She often appears floating above Tarou's head wearing sparkly flowing pink hair with a hair accessory, and a white high school girl uniform.
  • Tarou's first love, from when they were in the same English class ten years ago.
  • Tarou's childhood friend and neighbor, she attends the same school as him and is responsible for the injury that begins all of Tarou's troubles.
  • Publication

    Written and illustrated by Ryou Minenami, Hatsukoi Zombie was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from October 14, 2015,[1] to March 27, 2019.[2] Shogakukan collected its chapters in 17 volumes, released from March 18, 2016,[3] to June 18, 2019.

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    Notes and References

    1. Web site: ja:恋愛に興味がない“省エネ男”のラブコメ「初恋ゾンビ」がサンデーにて始動. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/162843. March 26, 2019. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. Japanese. October 14, 2015. December 15, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191215053521/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/162843. live.
    2. Web site: ja:サンデーのラブコメ「初恋ゾンビ」完結、次号あだち充×青山剛昌の対談掲載. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/325527. March 30, 2019. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. Japanese. March 27, 2019. March 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330044610/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/325527. live.
    3. Web site: ja:理想の初恋相手現る!省エネ男子のラブコメ「初恋ゾンビ」1巻. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/180346. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. December 3, 2023. ja. March 18, 2016. March 20, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230320064617/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/180346. live.