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A seventeen-year-old boy who is among the first to notice that things at the school have gone very ''very'' wrong. While he and Rei [[Childhood Marriage Promise|promised to marry each other]], it's been several years, and with his apparent growing disinterest in her, she is now involved with his best friend, Hisashi. Things only get more complicated between the two as "they" spread, and Hisashi became one of "them", forcing him to [[Mercy Kill]] his best friend.

 

Takashi quickly takes a leadership role with the group, through his decisive nature and desire to protect others.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type II]].

* [[Batter Up]]: A baseball bat is the first weapon he gets his hands on. Later chapters shift his weapon of choice to a [[Gun Porn|riot-suppression shotgun]].

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Slaps Rei in the first chapter/episode, and then Saya in the OVA.

 

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Takashi's former [[Love Interest]] and classmate, as well as a member of the lance fighting club. Frustrated with his apparent disinterest, Rei started dating his best friend Hisashi, though she still harbored feelings for him. When Hisashi is bitten, Rei faces the question of whether it is right to act on her maintained feelings for Takashi so soon after he was forced to kill his best friend. Headstrong and courageous, Rei is a strong combatant and valuable asset to the group.

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Takes some time to adapt with the sudden [[Zombie Apocalypse]], but once she learns to cope, she can kill zombies with the best of them.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Her [[Marina Inoue|voice actor]] also voiced [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Yoko Littner]], well known for using a [[Sniper Rifle]], which Rei uses later.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]

 

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Calm and collected, Saeko is a high school senior and president of the Kendo Club. She is one of the few survivors of the initial outbreak, and after meeting up with Takashi and the others, she lends her considerable skills with the sword to the team. Reliable in the extreme, she takes great pride in her abilities and in the abilities of her comrades.

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Action Dress Rip|Action Skirt Rip]]: To both herself and Shizuka-sensei.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]

 

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The smartest student of Fujimi Private Academy, Saya isn't afraid to [[Insufferable Genius|speak her mind and say exactly what she thinks of others]]. She is also the daughter of a ultra-nationalist politician. Her deductive nature has allowed her to realize several facts about how ''they'' work and her intelligence has saved the group many times.

* [[Anime Hair]]

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type III.

* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: Saya very often is hard on Kohta, especially when calling him names regarding his weight. However, Saya [[Tsundere|had]] [[Luminescent Blush|blushed]] [[Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them|profusely]] when, on a whim, Kohta asked her out.

 

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Sixteen-year-old Kohta was a school loser and bully magnet. "Their" appearance changed everything -- his secret obsession with firearms prepared him well for his big break as the gang's resident marksman. Because of this, he winds up teaching the others how to use guns.

* [[Adorkable]]

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type I.

 

 

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A 27-year-old spinster who served as Fujimi High's [[School Nurse]]. While ditzy, Shizuka is naturally very calm, and little fazes her. She is often the group's driver and, being good at her profession, she tends the other character's wounds.

* [[Action Dress Rip]]: It was Prada! Later done of her own volition.

* [[Beware the Silly Ones]]: When some of the students on the bus bitch about Shizuka's driving and Takashi's group plan to escape by heading into the city, she hits the brake and practically tells them all to shut the fuck up. Cue students shutting the fuck up.

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Gained gained several levels when she {{spoiler|[[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|talked Kohta out of committing suicide by zombie]]}}. For bonus points she [[Action Dress Rip|tore her own skirt]] beforehand.

 

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Seven-year-old Alice/Arisu was rescued from "them" by Takashi after a group of hideaways killed her father and closed the door on her. Being an innocent ray of sunshine amidst the bleakness of their situation, the group quickly took a liking to her and has since adopted her as a little sister figure.

* [[Beauty Mark]]: She has a small mole under her left eye.

* [[Cheerful Child]]

 

 

 

Class 3-A's teacher. Rei had a beef on him since he flunked her out {{spoiler|because of their fathers' radically differing political beliefs}}. He doesn't care much for the lives of others, and even at the midst of the zombie apocalypse, is apparently planning to build a cult centered on himself.

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Complete Monster]]

 

 

 

A special ops police officer who happened to be Shizuka's roommate. Cold sniper at heart, or not so cold. She had been held up in the airport along with other special forces, clearing zombies so that the airport can be used by survivors to escape.

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: With her partner, Tajima.

* [[Cold Sniper]]/[[Friendly Sniper]]: Slips between these.

 

 

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Rei's new boyfriend and Takashi's best friend. He's shown to be calm and cool-headed, and was even willing to believe Takashi when told about a murder in front of the school, even arming them with makeshift weapons. By these characteristics, one could be forgiven for thinking he would be the protagonist.

 

Unfortunately, despite boasting hand-to-hand combat abilities, he was bitten by a zombie teacher and asked Takashi to mercy kill him. However, Takashi hesitated and Hisashi became a zombie before finally being killed. Rei was haunted by his death and as a result distrusted Takashi for a while.

* [[Dead Star Walking]]

* [[Decoy Protagonist]]

 

 

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When her superior officer left the mall to go for help, she was left in charge of overseeing the other mall survivors. Keeping the survivors in check proved to be a difficult task until Hirano and the others came to her aid. She and Hirano quickly develop feelings for each other, creating an uncomfortable love triangle between them and Saya.

* [[Break the Cutie]]

* {{spoiler|[[Dying as Yourself]]}}: {{spoiler|Gets shot by Hirano after she saved the bratty kid and gets cornered by zombies}}.

 

 

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Parents of Saya Takagi. Soichirou is a Japanese ultranationalist who married Yuriko, a woman who had connections with the New York Stock Exchange and therefore their family fortunes increased.

 

After the initial stages of the outbreak their mansion was converted to a stronghold and refuge for survivors within the area. They take a liking to Takashi, Saya's childhood friend. Soichirou also expresses interest in Saeko, daughter of the Busujima family, and presented his sword to her.

* [[Action Dress Rip]]

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: {{spoiler|Last seen in this position}} while fighting off the zombies overtaking the mansion.

 

 

One of the Fujimi High School Students who had escaped and joined Shidou's group. She helped Shidou enter the Takagi compound using her sex appeal.

* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: Shidou and his group are able to enter the Takagi compound by using Yuuki's ample bust size to distract the guards.

* [[Really Gets Around]]: There was apparently some, "interesting rumors" about her at school...

 

Alice/Arisu's pet dog. He and Alice/Arisu were almost killed but for Takashi's intervention. He accompanies the gang as Alice/Arisu companion and can differentiate who are the living and who are the undead.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: In the OVA [[Beach Episode]], Zeke/Zero gathered some leaves for the people to start a camp fire, which turned out to be hydrangea leaves. This resulted in the hilarious and ''very'' absurd [[Mushroom Samba]] of the rest of the episode. After the credits, Zeke/Zero is shown gathering the leaves again, with an evil smirk on his face.

* [[Dub Name Change]] / [[Genius Bonus]]: Zeke is known as Zero [[Woolseyism|in the official English dub]]. The [[wikipedia:Mitsubishi A6M Zero|Mitsubishi A6M Reisen]] fighter plane had the official reporting name of "Zeke" among the Allies, but it is far, ''far'' better known as the Zero.

 

 

Toshimi's BFF, who turns on her when the zombies attack them.

* [[Death by Irony]]

* [[Famous Last Words]]: "Dammit, bitch, I said ''LET GO!''"

* [[Red Shirt]]

 

Misuzu's BFF, who loses her life when she's grabbed by a zombie mob on the stairs and dragged to her fate.

* [[Famous Last Words]]: "Misuzu! Help me! Misuzu!"

* [[Killed Off for Real]]

* [[Red Shirt]]

 

A leader of his own survival party who briefly joins Takashi's group. His own group scatters after he dies, except for his girlfriend Naomi, who chooses to die with him.

* [[Red Shirt]]

* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Briefly.