Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead follows a former office worker named Akira Tendou and his friends as they check off items on their personal bucket lists before succumbing to their fate amid the zombie apocalypse. That synopsis might sound bleak as hell on paper, but Akira’s life was shit way before his world turned into The Walking Dead. Prior to the zombie fest, Akira worked as a “wage slave” for an abusive corporation. Instead of seeing the apocalypse as spelling the end of the world for him, Akira transforms it into an opportunity to do 100 things he never got to do in his previous life. While some of the items on his list (which the manga updates at the start of each volume) are fanciful like getting dreadlocks, cosplaying, or meeting a girl on a dating app, seeing his bewildered excitement upon completing them is inspiring to watch and makes for consistently enjoyable reading.