Apocalypse no Toride

Apocalypse no Toride (Fort of Apocalypse) is definitely one of the best manga series I've read. It's packed with action, gore, interesting characters, a bit of fan dis-service, a bit of fan service, and a good storyline.

Story- 8/10
A good old zombie thriller. The zombie apocalypse starts and the characters have to find a way to survive. The setting starts at a juvenile detention center, but travels across different parts of Japan, giving glimpses of how the world has changed due to the apocalypse.

The plot progression is pretty good, too. It goes at a steady, but quick pace, bringing new information to the reader with each arc. The only complaint would be how each arc is so conveniently timed. The moment they solve one problem, the next one pops up. Realistically, I would think that these problems crop up in the middle of each other... But I give in to the suspension of belief.

The plot gets rather creative as the story goes on as well. It's a zombie series so it's a matter of shooting the undead and trying to survive, but this series gives a number of nice twists and turns as it goes.

The characters' decisions are believable as well. They match realistically with their personalities. "That is such an idiotic thing to do during an apocalypse!" ...well, he's an impulsive character who likes getting the last laugh so that makes sense.

Art- 10/10
How do you know that this is a main character??! Well, if they are good looking...

Inabe Kuze's art is gorgeous. From the characters to the scenery to the zombies to the weapons, all of it is amazing. The pretty boys and the pretty girl are all eye candy. The action scenes are smooth and the gore is well done. Occasionally, I question if someone with a snapped neck would move like that, but I imagine there are very few references for that out there.

But yea, the fanservice- pretty boys and girl
The fan dis-service- the zombies. ...The wonderfully terrifying abominations that will haunt me in my sleep.

Character- 9/10
The four main characters are well done. They're well fleshed out and hints of their hidden sides are shown early on. Unfortunately, what the author seemed to have traded in for character exploration was character development. There's not much of it throughout the series. It was, understandably, more of an action series than a psychological one. However, we do get to see how the main character goes from wimpy to badass.

Also included in my character rating are the zombies. The designs are creative, unlike the average slow moving, grunting zombies seen in movies. For a particular group of zombies, it was so terrifying that I simply stared at it in shock for several minutes. Maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but the shock was definitely there.

Enjoyment- 9/10
This was ultimately a very enjoyable series. There were heartbreaking and hilarious moments alike. And, of course, the terrifying zombie apocalypse moments! It ultimately loses out on a point from me simply because the story as a whole didn't feel complete. It felt like there was a lot more left to explore, but the author chose to end it where it was.

Overall- 9/10
Repeat from above on enjoyment.

It felt like a roller coaster ride of a story, but the rest of the amusement park was left unexplored.

While starting to read this manga, I was blown away. It was fresh, unique. Not the zombie genre, but its take on it. It was edgy, but it wasn't trying to. Everything about it was my cup of tea. It was obvious that the author was planning this as a semi-long series. Unfortunately, it was axed since it wasn't that popular. Making the ending abrupt and not fully conclusive. If it wasn't for that, I probably would have given this a 9 or maybe even a 10.

TL;DR Manga was amazing at first but ending was shit since it was cut short.

For me this is one of the best mangas about zombies, the world building is really cool and intriguing, it makes you want to know more about it... It Doesn't only gives you mistery but starts giving you hints about what's happening to the world.

The characters are cool and well written, I cannot but find them enjoyable overall.

The things I disliked about this manga are the drawing and how rushed it is.

The drawing isn't anything special, it reminds me a lot of Gantz maybe? but there isn't any page I thought: wow what a drawing.

And its too rushed, it feels completely unfinished, with a lot of arcs open, 0 answers, too confused.

Overall, its a really nice manga that you can enjoy very fast, in two-three days you can read it all, and to be honest, I would recommend it every single time someone asked me about a fast read or a manga about zombies.

I haven't read many manga but this one is certainly one of the best.
It is very enjoyable and suspenseful.

Story: 8/10
The story seems simple, A boy gets sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit and a zombie attack hits the prison and he has to survive as well with the other inmates. What I liked about the story was that the zombies had different species and looked different than your average zombie to make it more interesting. It was very suspenseful and at times you don't know what's going to happen.

Art: 9/10
The art was great. The zombies were really gory and realistic looking which I liked and the character designs were nice as well.

Character: 8/10
You've got your average characters that you see in other manga/anime. The pussy, the badass,the smart one, and cocky guy. The thing I liked about the characters was that it showed their personalities and their past to know them better. Even some of the supporting characters had some development. But overall the characters were decent but not the best.

Enjoyment: 10/10
I really enjoyed this manga. I would stay up late reading this just to find out what happens on the next chapter. The zombies and characters were really interesting. Not all may like it but at least give it a try.

Overall: 10/10
Their may be some flaws of this manga but I really enjoyed it and that is all that matters. I really recommend it to people who like the horror/psychological genre. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

This manga was great. I managed to finish it all in under 24 hours, and had fun reading it. However, when I got to the end I didn't really feel satisfied with finishing it. There aren't many arcs and the story is really fast paced. Once one arc ends, immediately another one will begin right away, which I really loved. The situations the protagonists got themselves in sometimes seemed too dangerous to survive, but its fiction so what the hell. The quality declined near the end and the zombie infection plot sort of grew into something weird. The characters were nice and enjoyable since they weren't all boy scouts. More importantly, there were almost no female characters to ruin the story. There are like 2, and fortunately both of them are written well. They weren't moe nor were they the forced "strong badass" type; they were both normal. All in all, I don't regret reading this, but I didn't feel too invested in it. Lets just say I had fun, but don't think I'll ever be rereading it.

Story: 8/10
how unique of a story this is! Taking the perspective of an indicted criminal who is just an innocent bystander in a maximum security prison, Apocalypse no toride follows a gang of one innocent child and 3 menaces who are actually not bad people at all, they were just delt a wrong hand, through the horrors of a zombie apocalypse.

HOWEVER there were a lot of things I wanted to see, and there were a few questions left unanswered. A few amazing characters did not get enough screen time and it was really disappointing; that all brought it down to an 8.

Also, the last chapter had a couple of random stuff and just felt like cannon fodder. With all this content, it could've been streched to +100 chapters honestly.

Art: 8/10
This is no berserk level material, but then again, what is? The art in this manga was very good, and I really enjoyed the many different varieties of zombies and different abilities they had. These zombies were nothing like the ones you see in the walking dead, these zombies are deadlier than any super athlete or criminal; they were seriously, hideously, beautiful.

Characters: 8/10
never have I felt so empathetic for a fictional character. Their growth is apparent throughout every chapter and you really begin to feel their humanity. They all know the struggles of growing up in a hostile environment and they all have backgrounds that make any shounen protagonist shrivel in depression.

Enjoyment: 9/10
I read this all in 2 days; staying up till 1:00am due to all the suspense and thrill. it was like a drug.

overall: 9/10
Haven't read this? its literally under 50 chapters, you can do it, and trust me when you do, you'll wish you had amnesia so you could read it all again!

Apocalypse no Toride is probably the best manga that I have read up till this point, which admittedly isn't that much, as I just started getting into manga about a month ago. Still, my inexperience with the medium aside, I have read enough stories to know that this one is very special. I honestly assumed that I wouldn't like it because the zombie premise is really old in my opinion, but the virus is possibly the most creative and interesting zombie virus that I have seen and the zombies behave in very interesting ways. The characters are also great, and they have very clear motivations. Trust me when I say that after you learn their backstories to the extent that they are at in the manga currently then you will come to appreciate them as well. One word of advice before reading this is that you definitely should consider how easily disturbed you are by images. This is because as the manga progresses, it gets more disturbing as far as the imagery is concerned. If that isn't a problem for you though, you should certainly read this manga, I'm sure that you'll come to love it as much as I have.

I was browsing through MAL looking for some work to entertain, and I ended up finding Apocalypse no Toride, an incredible manga! His proposal seems boring at first, but in fact it surprises with time. The type of manga that becomes incredible as it reaches the end. Anyway, let's go to the review.

1 - Story [10/10] - I already say that few managed to make me give 10 in story. When I started reading AT (Apocalypse no Toride), I felt stuck in a slow plot that would get nowhere, but that was a huge mistake of mine. The story follows the struggle of three young people who went wrong in life and an innocent young man who only fights for his life bravely in the complete chaos that Japan becomes. As time goes by, they become stronger as people and strengthen the incredible friendship that is born between the 4. This manga is incredible indeed, and it is even touching to pull tears at certain times. I thank the author for this love life story!

2 - Art [9/10] - This author gets to be impressive with his art, this 9 symbolizes the fact that he has remained much above average in his features. But, if he had something unique in his art, he would certainly have won a 10, in fact it does not occur for this manga, a masterpiece nonetheless.

3 - Character [10/10] - Yoshioka! I love you! The characters in this manga are the strong point of the plot, I simply have nothing to complain about, and although it seems contradictory, I liked the protagonist's slightly erased style (something I criticize a lot in other works), this style matched the author's idea , which ended up turning the plot into something incredible! Look, surprising indeed.

4 - Enjoyment [9/10] - This manga knew how to really excite me, reading each chapter became exciting the closer it was to the end, AT is fun, violent, funny and crazy at the same time. The action is very good and passionate, the sad moments are sad and touching. The comedy is good and unpredictable. Despite all this, some dialogues were a little tiring and boring, the only negative point (Although I really like to read).

Overall - This manga really touched me, very exciting and fun to read, I will keep this relic in my mind, and of course ... read on! This manga is out of the ordinary, and will probably make you sad when you finish reading. As if you want more, read AT!

I've caught up to the manga (I think I'm on volume six if chapter 26 was the last of volume five) and I've got to say it definitely has my attention. It's pretty gory, and unlike HOTD (sorry to compare but I will) I think I prefer Fort of Apocalypse. HOTD is almost what I want: zombies and action, a great plot would be nice too, but what seriously killed it is the ecchi. This has virtually nothing perverted except when they introduce the one female character and she has a big chest, but no fan service YET.

Story: 8

It's annoying when people bash on a good manga or anime for having an unoriginal story. Yes it is somewhat generic but is that bad? If something has a good plot why would we throw away the whole thing just to find something different? This has high school delinquents, survivors fighting amongst themselves, and the hordes of the undead, its been used before, so what? Does that make it any less good? The plot thickens as Fort of Apocalypse goes on hinting at what caused it.

Art: 8

I really like the art. I don't know what about it is good but it just rings so well with everything else. It's nice and gory, the zombies look nice and zombified, hell they look even worse than zombies from Resident Evil or Dawn of the Dead. It really shows that the virus isn't your typical 'only brings them back to like', sometimes they look severely mutated.

Character: 7

Again people bash on typical and generalized characters. You've got the wuss, the badass, the ladies man of sorts (silver tongue and whatnot) and the nerd. You've gotta remember that they're in a detention center, they were sent there for a reason and they know what they did. The only thing I don't like is the wuss, especially when he practically kills himself time and again trying to do something foolish. Character development is pretty good, I dunno a lot in that field, but they do change and grow closer to one another, more importantly the wuss actually mans up at some point.

Enjoyment: 9

Usually I don't read manga on my computer because I can do it any time, but I've been looking forward to reading this all day while I was at work. It's definitely worth a read if you have the time.

Overall: 8

I like everything about Apocalypse no Toride. I don't love it like I love Steins;Gate or Psyren but I say its in my top ten or twenty. I mostly care about story, and this story has me hooked.

WHEN WILL THIS GET AN ANIME ADAPTATION, WHEN?

If this will happen, i really hope a good anime studio will get their hands on it, cause it really deserves. I think this is the best post apocalyptic manga so far, the art and the story are so cool, though the ending was kinda rushed. This might make a really good 2 seasons anime, and i'm sure more people will get into this horror, gory genre, if it's well put and detailed, of course.

The characters' design is very good and those parts where were shown flashbacks from their past, it was really hard to read them and shit. Some of them went through some hard times, which led to rest in jail, all of them. I really fell for the main four protagonists, they all just complete each other with their different personalities.

The story was so interesting, seeing how that virus took so many forms and the way was all explained. It wasn't just gory and lot of blood, it was more than this.

The art was just perfect.

Overall 10/10