This is a 4 but I think I liked this one more than the last few volumes, even though I also gave them 4 stars. I think there's potential for me to give the next volume 5 stars. So that'd be cool

I really had a good time with this volume where it hit many of the shonen staples, such as inspiring speech from parents, true villains, each character getting split up and having to fight their own individual fight, and a town coming together. I think this was a great volume in the way it built the tension as the villains took over the village and released the zombies. Giving each of the characters a chance to stand on their own was also something I enjoyed a lot. When characters are always in a group it can make it hard for the individuals to stand out sometime, and I'm mainly looking at Kencho, who seems to just be there to be told what to do. So giving him his own space was really appreciated.

The volume begin with a little getting to know the people in the village bit and giving the characters each their own story to step into. Kencho meets a sad young girl and sets out to make her laugh and smile as a comedian, but she doesn't really want to. Bea is shown how waterwheels work. Shizuka is given a chance to be a doctor. And Akira finally gets to sit down with his father to have a heart to heart, which ultimately leads to him realizing his dreams are worth pursuing and that as a son, getting to do things he loves is a way of giving back to his parents. I find this resonates a lot with me, as I am able to share my adventures with my parents. We get the backstories of the villains here too, and pretty much they're your standard selfish types who never took the time to think about others.

Kencho's plot finishes up in this volume, as he points out to the villain that he never truly showed love to his wife and that's why things fell apart. It works for him to be pointing this out, and drives home why he is such a lady's man. The finale involving him jumping in a pool of manure did have me cracking up and was the kind of gross silly moment that works.

This volume ends with Akira's dad being stolen by Higurashi and Akira being told to become a zombie... dun dun duuuuuun.

That kid is a little shit and deserves to be put down!

Un tome que j'ai trouvé assez classique, on sort des gags pour entrer dans un arc narratif qui me plaît moins. Les antagonistes sont pour l' instant creux. Le tome se conclut sur du mieux. J'espère que le prochain tome me plaira plus !