Since ancient times, "zombies" have existed as a "threat to attack humans" in movies, novels, games, and other fields. As the living dead, they have no reason and only rely on instinct to attack humans. As for those who are injured by zombies, the wounds will become infected, and they will become zombies themselves...... From this, I believe we have all reached a consensus: "Zombies are terrible things, that is to say, if zombies appear, the work must be a horror work." Recently, however, there have been more and more works that subvert such conventional wisdom, and some of them have been analyzed by the Japanese media, as follows.

No matter what the theme of the work, if you add zombies and comedy elements together, that is, make zuò into a "zombie comedy", it may make people feel a strong sense of disobedience. Surprisingly, this is not the case. So what is the charm of zombie comedy? Let's take a look at the specific works of guò to understand the situation.

For example, "Zombies Out of the Cage, School Vacation" tells the story of four high school girls who are stranded in Akihabara on a school trip from Nagano to Tokyo, and they are surrounded by zombies who have become zombies due to mysterious abnormal weather. Just looking at such a synopsis, it feels almost the same as the horror movies we often see, but in fact, the work describes a girl who is surrounded by a home appliance mall and lives a leisurely life.

For these girls with the temperament of otaku, the home appliance mall in Akihabara is simply a treasure trove. They had fun playing games and playing COS competitions together...... It's just doing whatever you want. Through their appearance, they don't feel the fear of zombies at all. Even so, the zombie threat sometimes comes. However, this stage is Akihabara. Therefore, all the zombies stored here are "dead houses", and the dead houses are always attracted by the posture of the protagonist COS and the animated songs, so they do whatever they want.

Their lives have always been very happy and fulfilling, and readers who watch the works feel very relaxed. It's like a night out that never ends, and everyone has a noisy and happy time. And the zombies in this work are nothing more than a spice in the "pleasant daily life". Thinking about it like this, it really makes people feel sympathy for zombies......

In addition, in a work called "シカバネ★チェリー", the protagonist suddenly became a zombie as a high school girl because of some kind of opportunity. This setting also seems very bizarre. The zombies in the work look no different from healthy humans. And because of a certain drug, the cells can still remain fresh, and even if they are injured, they can regenerate quickly. But the heart is in a state where it stops beating.

But after the protagonist falls in love with a boy, things begin to develop subversively. Because the other party is a person who "hates zombies super much". Although the protagonist approached him and became good friends, the fact that he was a zombie could never be exposed. And there is no reason to expose it either. But once the effect of the drug has passed, then it will really die. In that case, at least express your heart...... Although the setting is whimsical, it is essentially a very pure love story.

In this work, zombies symbolize the "hindrance" of love. In a love work, the more difficult it is for the protagonist to achieve a relationship, and the higher the estrangement between the two, the easier it is for the reader to become emotionally engaged. In this sense, the setting of the protagonist becoming a zombie can have a very clear effect. Some readers even complained: The effect is too good......

In this way, we have seen excellent works that organically combine zombie + comedy. In this way, the role of zombies is no longer to make the plot terrifying. If you read these works, you may also be infected by the charm of zombies!