Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead manga volume 9 features story by Haro Aso and art by Kotaro Takata.

After hearing news of a vaccine in the making, Akira and the gang head to Osaka to investigate. But the zombies of Dotombori aren’t your garden-variety zombies. Arriving to help the gang in their fight is a college buddy of Akira and Kencho’s named Takemina. The three rekindle an old dream of opening a bar together, with their eyes set on achieving financial success! Wait, what exactly are the economics of a zombie apocalypse again?

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead manga volume 10 features story by Haro Aso and art by Kotaro Takata.

Will fortune favor Takemina when he bets it all to snap Akira out of his wealth-filled delusions? After that, it’s time for a change of scenery in the ancient capital of Kyoto. The group arrives together, but the boys quickly split off for some “extracurricular" classes in Gion, where the walking dead rule the streets! But no way are they dying until they live it up with the maiko first! And maybe one of them will meet that special someone.

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead manga volume 11 features story by Haro Aso and art by Kotaro Takata.

Akira and company make it to Shikoku and take on a massive 1,300-kilometer pilgrimage! But just as they’re getting used to the austere monastic life, Beatrix is captured by a group of coldhearted criminals! Can they save her without breaking their vows?

Later, the gang is welcomed aboard a luxury cruise ship docked in the Seto Inland Sea. With no land-dwelling zombies to fear, it’s a paradise of wild parties and loose living! For a while, at least!

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead manga volume 12 features story by Haro Aso and art by Kotaro Takata.

Before Akira can clear the air with Shizuka after she discovers him in a compromising position with another girl, the two of them are swept away and washed up on a deserted island. Akira is excited for the chance to knock another item off the bucket list, but Shizuka is anything but. Could this rough patch lead to a heartfelt discovery?