Highschool of the Dead is Dead

In an interview with Japanese pop culture website Comic Natalie, Highschool of the Dead and Triage X manga artist Shoji Sato said that it is "not easy" to draw a continuation for Highschool of the Dead, which went on hiatus in 2011 (although a new chapter did debut in 2013). Sato only drew the artwork and did not write the story.

Series writer Daisuke Satō passed away in 2017 due to ischemic heart disease. His illness had been the cause of the manga's hiatus. Shoji Sato mentioned that he often gets comments from overseas fans who are not familiar with the situation, telling him to continue the series, and said that "although it pains my heart, too, that the series went on hiatus, just thinking about Daisuke Satō makes me think that I cannot carelessly get involved in [Highschool of the Dead]."

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What a shame, I wanted to know what was the cause of everything in the HotD world.

NameGervin said:

What the!

I hope the writer wrote it somewhere grrrr tho I haven't watch HOTD yet.

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Any plot ideas was taken to the grave, like many other series in the past.

memento-mori said:

Someone should probably just pick it up again. Or start it over again with new ideas. Despite its heavy fanservice, HotD is the best zombie anime out there.

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A reboot would be its only option. But they need a good idea of whats going on.

memento-mori said:

It's a zombie plot. Just make it a bio weapon research gone wrong. To be honest, they don't even have to explain what caused it. Most people don't really care unless its relevant to the plot (like finding a cure/vaccine).

For The Walking Dead there's this theory that the meth from Breaking Bad caused it lol.

As for the rest of the plot, its still a zombie plot, so it only really has to be about surviving. Just give us a long mall arc with people being idiots and messing up one good shelter again.

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