What is this genre all about? A zombie is asserted to be a reanimated corpse, or a human who is being controlled by someone else by use of magic with some media renditions using a pandemic illness to explain their existence.Stories of zombies originated in the West African spiritual belief system of voodoo, which told of the people being controlled as laborers by a powerful wizard.
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Top 19 Zombie manga you should read right now. [2026 List]
- 19. Jongmari Chajawassda
- 18. Return Survival
- 17. I Am Carrying Gold From the Post-Apocalyptic World
- 16. Shokei Sareta Kenja wa Lich ni Tensei Shite Shinryaku Sensou wo Hajimaru
- 15. Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha
- 14. Dreamcide
- 13. Ore no Vaccine dake ga Zombie-ka shita Sekai wo Sukueru
- 12. Zombie 100 ~Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto~
- 11. Saihate no Paladin
- 10. I Am a Hero
- 9. I’m a Mom
- 8. Jiang Si Xiansheng
- 7. The Last Human
- 6. All of Us Are Dead
- 5. Mori Jixieshi
- 4. ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!
- 3. Zombie Muksirok 82-08
- 2. I Have a Mansion In The Post-Apocalyptic World
- 1. Kyo Kara Zombie
19. Jongmari Chajawassda
The zombie survival story of poor outcast Jeong Min-jun and rich popular girl Han Ye-na.
Jongmari Chajawassda is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The End Has Come, The Apocalypse Has Come, The Apocalypse Has Arrived, The Apocalypse is Here, O Apocalipse Chegou
18. Return Survival
Did the world return to six months ago? This is a chance? Or repetition of despair? A catastrophe, a zombie virus that hit the Earth. Three years to survive a devastating and desperate life through dozens of death crises on a ruined planet. Eventually, I couldn't stand it anymore, and I was hit by a zombie horde.... when I opened my eyes again ... I was back in the past just six months before the zombie virus came into the world! In the next six months, this peaceful world will perish.
Return Survival has finished publishing and it has 169 Chapters. It is also Known as: Return Survival
17. I Am Carrying Gold From the Post-Apocalyptic World
High risk comes with high reward, carrying gold by himself from the post-apocalyptic world, and become rich? No? Wang Bin has a smarter way to get even richer, find an ally to help him carry more gold from the post-apocalyptic world, after one trip he can become a billionaire! Even so, it is dangerous, the post-apocalyptic world is filled with zombies, and the survivors there can be scarier than the zombies because, for the sake of living, they can do anything, they are 100 times scarier than a zombie!
I Am Carrying Gold From the Post-Apocalyptic World is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: I Moved The BRICS In The Last Days
16. Shokei Sareta Kenja wa Lich ni Tensei Shite Shinryaku Sensou wo Hajimaru
The Sage Dwight, he along with the Hero defeated the Demon Lord who sank the world into darkness.However, they were falsely accused of becoming the next Demon Lords because of his power, and were thrown to The Valley of the Dead to die.......But though his flesh has rotten away, he lives on as a skeleton because of his grudge against the world. Dwight has vowed to deny that wrong world, and with a power that surpasses even the Demon King of the past, and also leading countless Skeletons he's going to start an all out war...!
The Executed Sage Is Reincarnated as a Lich and Starts an All-Out War is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 処刑された賢者はリッチに転生侵略戦争を始める, Shokei sareta Kenja wa Lich ni Tensei shite Shinryaku Sensou wo Hajimeru
15. Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha
It's been ten years since Rentt Faina, a down-on-his luck Bronze-class adventurer, set his eyes on becoming Mithril-class. Unfortunately, Rentt finds himself helpless when confronted by a legendary Dragon in the Labyrinth of the Moon's Reflection...and is summarily eaten. But Rentt has miraculously reawakened...as a Skeleton?!
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 望まぬ不死の冒険者, The Unwanted Immortal Adventurer
14. Dreamcide
Hazin Nam had always been plagued by nightmares, but one day, he dreams of an apocalyptical world seven years in the future where humans are fighting to survive among demons and zombies. Hazin dismisses the dream as another nightmare until he finds out Yuri Hong, the girl he had seen in his dream, has transferred into his school....With his ability to switch back and forth between his school life and the oncoming apocalypse, will Hazin be able to prevent what causes the world’s destruction?
Dreamcide has finished publishing and it has 202 Chapters. It is also Known as: ドリームサイド, Dreamside
13. Ore no Vaccine dake ga Zombie-ka shita Sekai wo Sukueru
Oikawa Yuu, who has been shut up in his house, is certain to die as a virgin at the age of 21. This is because the whole world has become a place filled with zombies... One day, a survivor visits Yuu's house. The woman, who calls herself Sunny, injects Yuu with a vaccine that may save the world from the zombies... but as a result, Yuu gains the ability to turn zombies back into humans by having sex...?
Ore no Vaccine dake ga Zombie-ka shita Sekai wo Sukueru is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 俺のワクチンだけがゾンビ化した世界を救える, Ore no Vaccine dake ga Zombie-ka shita Sekai wo Sukueru
12. Zombie 100 ~Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto~
Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day! After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to his beautiful co-worker. 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.
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: ゾン１００～ゾンビになるまでにしたい１００のこと～, Bucket list of the dead, Zombie 100: Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto, Zombie 100 ~100 Things I Want to do Before I Become a Zombie~, 좀비 100 ~좀비가 되기 전까지 하고 싶은 100가지~
11. Saihate no Paladin
William is the lone human in a city of the dead. Born with vague memories of a past life in contemporary Japan where he failed to do anything useful, he is determined not to make the same mistake again, and that this time, his life will be lived. But what does that really mean? Raised by a group of the undead, William must discover what circumstances brought him to this city and these people as well as what it means to not just exist, but to live a full life.
The Faraway Paladin is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 最果てのパラディン, Paladin of the End, Ultimate Paladin
10. I Am a Hero
Hideo Suzuki is a thirty-five year old mangaka assistant struggling to be the hero in his own life by breaking back into the lime light with a new serial all the while juggling his relationship with his girlfriend and his own delusions.
However, as hard as Hideo may try, the world seems to have a different set of plans for him; sinister and dark machinations that completely overturn his reality as he knows it.
I Am a Hero has finished publishing and it has 264 Chapters. It is also Known as: アイアムアヒーロー, I Am a Hero
9. I’m a Mom
A world full of zombies, where my daughter lives...
"Don't worry, dear... Mommy will protect you, even if I become a monster...!"
I’m a Mom is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: MAMA, 我的媽媽是喪屍
8. Jiang Si Xiansheng
1000 years ago, the MC became a normal zombie in the apocalypse. In order to survive the constant hunting of humans, he continued to train himself until he became immensely powerful. After 1000 years passed, he is now ready to enter human society again.
Jiang Si Xiansheng is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: Jiāng Sī Xiānshēng, Mr. Jiang Si, Mr. Zombie
7. The Last Human
Zuo Tianchen is the last living human in a mutated zombie-infested city. Just when he was sure he'd died, he finds his soul returned to just before that ill-fated day ten years ago. He swears he'll protect the people important to him this time round and reunite with his past lover. Watch his struggles to survive equipped with his memory of the next ten years!
The Last Human is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: The Last Human
6. All of Us Are Dead
Life at Hyosan High School is nothing special… until the students realize they’re in ground zero of a deadly virus that turns its victims into flesh-eating monsters. As the virus tears through their schoolmates in a matter of hours, they realize they have nowhere to run. Trapped in their high school with zombified versions of their friends and teachers, they must find a way to fight -- and escape with their lives.
All of Us Are Dead has finished publishing and it has 131 Chapters. It is also Known as: Jigeum uri hakgyoneun, Now at Our School, School Attack, 只今 우리 學校는, 지우학
5. Mori Jixieshi
The zombie virus spread throughout the world and caused the end of days. Ye Bei was tricked by his classmate and lost his arm to a zombie. He had to hide away like a cockroach for 50 years to survive. During that time, he managed to build a time machine and returned himself to 50 years ago, before the apocalypse, with the chance to relive his life. Having seen how people acted during the crisis, he swore he'll be more devious, more selfish, and more coldhearted than anyone else. The first thing he'll do, he's going to feed that bitch to the zombies!
Mori Jixieshi has finished publishing and it has 55 Chapters. It is also Known as: Apocalypse Mechanic, Doomsday Mechanic, Mòrì Jīxiè Shī, Mori Jixie Shi
4. ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!
Flum Apricot was never meant to be a hero. Despite zero stats across the board and a power she can’t even use, she somehow finds herself included in a party of heroes. But Flum’s life hits rock bottom when the party’s renowned sage, Jean Inteige, decides that the useless girl is dead weight, and arranges to have her sold into slavery. Tossed to monsters to be feasted upon for her master’s entertainment, Flum makes the desperate choice to reach for a cursed weapon…and something new awakens within her. A grimdark tale about one woman’s blood-soaked quest to reclaim her life!
ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: "Omae Gotoki ga Maou ni Kateru to Omou na" to Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta node, Outo de Kimama ni Kurashitai, 「お前ごときが魔王に勝てると思うな」と勇者パーティを追放されたので、王都で気ままに暮らしたい, ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword!
3. Zombie Muksirok 82-08
A mysterious virus breaks out on board the Boat 82-08 out at sea. The people who find out about it first only want to use it as a weapon but quickly lose control over the virus. Will the Trio survive long enough to rejoin their friend Jinu? Or will it be Jinu who doesn’t make it out to meet his friends?
Zombie Revelation: 82-08 is currently publishing and has Chapters. It is also Known as: 喪屍默示錄 82-08, Zombie Apocalypse 82-08
2. I Have a Mansion In The Post-Apocalyptic World
Jiang Chen crossed into the judgment day after the nuclear war, and there was a mess everywhere. In order to survive, Jiang Chen led the refugees to establish a base area and set up a federation. Then carry the judgment day's technology and return to the true world. Change the political structure of the earth, rescue the world in a critical moment, and establish the Great Union of Earth Federation! Expanding the territory and fighting the threat from the sky.
(source: Webnovel)
I Have a Mansion In The Post-Apocalyptic World has finished publishing and it has 610 Chapters. It is also Known as: У меня есть особняк в мире постапокалипсиса!, I have a suite in the last days
1. Kyo Kara Zombie
17-year-old Fuuka “Puuka” Tabatake is a slow-rising model. On the way to a photoshoot in the dark woods, she and her manager hit a zombie with their car. In the middle of investigating, her manager is violently eaten and Puuka accidentally gets bitten by a self-proclaimed “good zombie”! Now an undead herself, the good zombie Sukekiyo escorts her to the undead colony where he lives. Forced to reconsider her future and abandon those she knew, these are the unusual days of Puuka adjusting to being a zombie.
Kyo Kara Zombie has finished publishing and it has 24 Chapters. It is also Known as: Zombie From Now On
