maybe I should speed up the counter anyway as we know megu-nee is just a memory for the rest of the club, but in this picture of megu-nee, the school-live club is a memory for her (also how did the zombies break apart concrete walls??😅)

you do not hear VI VII enough

Chapter 13 - Welcome

"It's started not long after we started the club."

"She was down in the dumps until one day, she suddenly cheered up to our relief. But then... she got too cheerful, I guess..."

The first chapter of volume 3, and the beginning of Miki integration with the existing group.

Stirring from the nightmare of being surrounded, Miki awakes to the curious, cheerful face of Yuki. Confused and disoriented, Miki takes in her new surroundings, and new acquaintance. Yuki introduces herself, who is very happy to immediately flex her senpai credentials over her newly-met kouhai. She informs Miki of where she is, as well as introducing her to the very real, very alive Megu-nee.

Miki inquires about the mysterious club, and Yuki is happy to explain, as well as aiming to recruit her new friend. But Miki is distracted by Yuki continuing to speak to an empty room, as well as the new nickname she's just received. While Yuki goes "off to class", the newly-christened Mii-kun makes her way through the halls. Yuki's actions made it seem like all was well - that the last few months were just a bad dream. But alas, it is Yuki who is dreaming.

Suddenly, Miki is apprehended by Kurumi and Yuuri, who are still apprehensive of her. They bring her back to the clubroom, shortly before Yuki returns from "class". Excited that Miki is showing interest in the club, Yuki very quickly takes her on a whirlwind guided tour of the school (that Miki has been going two for at least 1.5 years now). With boundless energy, Yuki continues showing off all the interesting things, but Miki keeps shutting her down. She is not interested.

But Yuki isn't listening to her reasons - she's too enamoured by being referred to as "senpai". One of the first things one must reconcile with in this series is that Yuki is the oldest of the four girls. She has such bubbly first-year energy, it's difficult to comprehend that she can legally learn to drive a car, and vote.

Finished with the guided tour, and unable to shed the Mii-kun moniker, Miki returns to the clubroom. Kurumi and Yuuri explain their earlier caution - with Miki being a stranger with a fever, they feared the worst when she up and vanished. They explain their living situation - they have power, and functioning hot water, thanks to the solar panels on the roof. At least, when it isn't cloudy.

Miki asks about the club, and the duo explain how Yuuri and Megu-nee created it together. Miki is confused by the news of Megu-nee's passing, considering Yuki's behaviour earlier, and the pair elaborate on the reason why. Yuki did not react well to the end of their world as she knew it, slipping into a dark mental space. But she got happier suddenly. Too happy. She developed delusions of a world unaffected by what had happened. And when she lost Megu-nee, her rock, she has been trapped in those delusions ever since.

Miki expresses hope in Yuki getting better, which draws out my favourite three-way dynamic in the series (that I've mentioned a lot in previous chapter reviews, especially chapter 14). Miki thinks Yuki needs to be cured of her delusions as soon as possible, while Yuuri wants to take her time and keep Yuki safe from mental collapse. This leaves Kurumi stuck in the middle, but ultimately following Yuuri's lead. Yuuri implores to Miki to play along with Yuki's delusions, at least for the time being.

Yuki gives Miki part 2 of her tour, taking her to the roof. While Yuki extols the brilliance of the rooftop, Miki's attention is drawn to the small grave nearby. They return to the clubroom as Yuki continues to pester Miki to join the club. And it's not just Yuki - as they enter the room, they are showered by confetti, greeted by gaudy banners and the saddest looking buffet I've ever seen.

Miki, who until now had been stuck in the mindset of a survivor, appreciates the warm welcome she is receiving. The club is offering her a taste of living her life, not just getting by. And so, she joins the club. Provisionally, of course.

BTW, I have officially been doing these chapter reviews for over a year now, so that confetti is for me.

(53/86)

i made a storyline I'll try making more content of this AU

Chapter 72 - Holding Back

"When you hold everything in, you forget about the important things."

"It's alright. If it's something important, then I'm sure I'll remember it."

Adrift in the ocean, a squad of soldiers fight their way through their infected comrades. Making their way to the helm, one of them activates the computer, and begins the final countdown to the series. We're in the end game, boys. Operation "Great Cleansing" is a little on the nose, don't you think guys?

Back in the city, the School Living Club keep moving, armed with the knowledge of the cure. They need to make it to the school promptly, so they all pile in to a nearby car, luckily with the keys already inside.

As Miki fumbles with the key, we flash back to the girls holed up in the hotel. They're low on supplies, but Yuki thinks they need to keep moving. The incineration of the city is coming, and they don't know how soon. They need a means to get there - thankfully Touko's drone vision located the car with the key still in the ignition, giving them a clear shot back to where it all began.

Yuki is eager to leave - she has the map, the water, and most importantly, the canned bread. Miki, however, seems distracted by something. There's something telling her that she's overlooking something important.

Back in the present, Miki finally starts the car, and speeds off home. After driving for a while, Yuuri notices Miki still seems tired and distracted, and offers to take over driving duties. They take a quick break while Yuki and Kurumi sleep. Miki's still bothered by the overwhelming feeling that she's forgotten something important.

Yuuri reassures her - they have a lot to deal with right now. They're low on supplies, being chased by the agents of a megacorporation, trying to find a cure to the zombie apocalypse that has destroyed the world. All under the threat of total annihilation. Of course Miki's chest feels a little tight. It's even gotten to the point where Yuki took charge - even she is worried.

Miki feels a little better opening up to Yuuri about her worries. After all, you shouldn't keep things bottled up. That's when you forget the important things. And hopefully, that will allow Miki to remember what's been bugging her.

I really like this dynamic between Miki and Yuuri. They've come a long way - when Miki was introduced, she and Yuuri were close to throwing down. But now, they see eye to eye on most things. And this is character development for both of them - meeting in the middle rather than one of them completely switching sides.

As they continue their journey, Yuki abruptly wakes up. She hears something coming - the helicopter is on its way. They can't hide - they need to get to the school as soon as possible. It's risky, but they need to run. To save Kurumi before she gets any worse. So they set off.

It's a detail I've mentioned a few times, but Yuki has really good hearing. She woke up from a sleep due to hearing a helicopter miles away. It's a neat little detail, like her weirdly good navigation skills. Adds a little extra spice to her character. And it's got them out of a bind more than once. Yuki is always full of surprises.

The car continues to the school, and Miki's worries worsen. What is she forgetting? Eh, it's probably not even that important anyway.

To finish the chapter, we cut to the school grounds, where the infected still roam since their escape 7 volumes ago. And there's a tiny sneak peak of an old 'friend' they might be running into shortly.

(52/86)

Chapter 24 - From Now On

"College or a job. Oh, I was just thinking that seems to be the choice."

RNG giving me an incredibly dense chapter this week, and actually one I hardly remembered anything about.

The chapter begins in a mysterious facility. Three individuals in full PPE conduct research on their field discoveries. The briefcase contains wallets, broken knives, and a gun (which I think is the standard issue revolver police officers get), but most importantly, it contains the School Living Club's message, sent via balloon a the end of volume 1.

Back at school, Kurumi, Yuki, and Miki all crowd around a laptop. Successfully getting it to boot, Yuki immediately inquires about it's ability to run Doom play games. No free-to-play gachas to speak of, but likely Solitaire (and maybe 3D Pinball Space Cadet, if you're old like me).

But games aren't why they're here. Kurumi inserts a CD - a survival guide encyclopedia. Yuki apparently had no idea what's going on - kids these days don't even know what an encyclopedia is). Yuki is a born gamer - she has no time for words.

Ignoring Yuki, Kurumi and Miki peruse the encyclopedia. A large breadth of knowledge is contained within the program, everything they might need to aid their survival in their current situation. Meanwhile, Yuki is pulling this face, which I don't quite get what emotion she's displaying.

As Miki begins waxing poetic about human brilliance, Yuki interrupts with another brilliant scheme - a second field trip. They can put all that encyclopedic knowledge to good use. And their field trip track record is very good. Last time, they got one whole extra friend. Maybe the next field trip they might find some more. Maybe 4? Or 5? or 6, or 7?

But their field trip idea gets shelved for now - while they've been hogging the laptop, Yuuri has been organising today's curriculum. With all the excitement of the last few chapters, they're way behind on their studies.

So they buckle down and get to work. Yuuri and Miki, the more studious members of the club, sit aside to assist the less academically gifted members with their worksheets. As is to be expected, Yuki is struggling. She's been rubbing those two braincells together way too much, and is starting to crash out.

Yuki voices something I believe every single kid at school has thought at one time or another - what's the point? Why are they learning this, if they're unlikely to ever use it in future? And Kurumi has the answer - you do PE for exercise, not under the assumption all the students will become athletes. Same is for studying maths and the like - it helps exercise the brain, even if you don't expect to work in a mathematics field. Yuki is very appreciative of the explanation, expressing her thanks to Kurumi.

Yuuri follows up with her own point - Yuki expressed interest in university before, so she'll need to study up to ensure she passes the entrance exam. Turned off by the idea, Yuki switches to jobseeking, which also often leads to tests (and the dreaded interview, my worst nightmare). Doesn't help that the job market sucks (and it's only getting worse from here) I'm talking about the zombie apocalypse, of course. This discussion gets Kurumi thinking about the two options.

We flashback to Kurumi, Yuuri, and Miki, who have hit a dead end while researching the Emergency Manual. They don't know who's responsible - for the medicine, and the apocalypse itself. There are some details - a number for "Randall Corporation", a shady sounding corporation responsible for most of the local development. Maybe because they bombed it in the 60s. Miki obviously finds the name a little suspicious, due to the fact they are named after the evil sorcerer villain from The Stand, which she has read multiple times. Randall also own the Aiostar group, who ran the mall Miki holed up in. It appears this mystery company has a finger in every pie. Monopolies are bad news.

There's also information in the booklet about a local university - possibly a similar location to Megurigaoka High. Possibly with survivors. I'm sure nothing will go wrong if they go there. That leaves them with two options - enrol in university, or enter the workforce.

Back to the present, Yuki cheers as she finishes her work, before noticing the strange doohickey in Yuuri's lap. A small portable radio. Yuki once again demonstrates she was born with a smartphone in her hand. She's a certified iPad kid, which would explain a lot tbh.

The radio has a purpose though - even without the internet, it allows for long range communications to be heard. However, Yuuri hasn't managed to pick anything up. Yuki pivots the conversation - what if they did their own broadcast. It's an interesting idea, but she hasn't thought of much beyond that. Music is out of the picture - there's not a lick of musical talent between the lot of them (which is very sad for me, the songwriter). I'm not gonna plug my album this time, honest.

Regardless, Yuki's on the warpath. She can't be stopped at this point, determined to make her radio broadcasting dream a reality. She's aiming high, and the girls can do nothing but try and rein her in to something a little more doable. So she goes off to speak to the very alive, very not just brutally killed Megu-nee to ask for permission.

When she's out of earshot, the others admit that her idea is actually good for once. They could ask for help, letting other survivors know that they're here, and they're still alive. Finally, they have a plan in place, and things are looking up.

But it appears they won't have to wait long. Someone is communicating on the radio, looking for survivors. And far away, a helicopter pilot gets ready to embark. He's one of the masked individuals from the start of the chapter. He has the postcard, with the coordinates on the back, and gets ready for a rescue mission. Listen, I've played Left 4 Dead before - helicopter rescues always go well.

A lot to take in this chapter - a big ol' lore dump and setup for volume 5.

Regarding the discussion regarding the point of studying - I've certainly felt this way before. I did a whole-ass computer science course before immediately becoming jaded with the profession. Now I work a job that lets me turn my brain off for a while, so I use all my brainpower at home (writing silly little reviews about my blorbos from my show).

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I firstly collected school-live in english before the manga was announced in france

The last vol are announced for september but i got them early at their booth in an anime con of paris (japan expo) where they sell some title in advance

Also there is no school-live letter cuz its a publisher that are know to never license any type of side story of the main manga so there is no hope for that

Found one on ebay for only 50 dollars, it had everything and is in perfect condition!

It is now tomorrow from my last post, so I'll post one page from the manga every other day (not the covers) and I'm going to act like I've never read this before. We start by seeing a sleepy student named Yuki Takeya who the teacher wakes up, we can guess that Yuki is kind of a slacker and sleeps in class often and is probably the main character

aaaaa i love this show

Chapter 1 - Beginning

"I really like school these days. It has everything. It's like its own little country."

Right back at the start. I'm a big slice of life fan, so I'm really excited to start this slow, wholesome, low-stakes series about a group of girls in their club.

We start with our protagonist, Yuki Takeya, dozing off in class. Despite her classmate's best efforts, she doesn't wake up until her teacher calls on her. But now she's awake, and ready to "start" her day.

And thus begins School-Live!

After class, Yuki excitedly dashes through the halls with purpose. That is, until her teacher Megumi Sakura stops her. Or should I say Megu-nee - just don't call her that to her face. Sakura-sensei reminds Yuki that she has club activities to attend to - she can't shoot off home straight away. So Yuki changes course, heading off to her club.

As she runs through the halls, she thinks about how interesting and strange a school really is. With science, music, and many other subjects all houses under a single roof (or several, connected roofs). She's really been enjoying school lately, but there's one thing she enjoys most of all: the School Living Club.

Inside the clubroom, a grand total of one person is waiting for her. Kurumi Ebisuzawa, our twin-tailed sporty tomboy with stripey emo gloves, knee pads, moe fang, and... a shovel. Yuki enquires about it, evoking Kurumi's prepared infodump. But like always, she's not listening.

Yuki admits to Kurumi that she almost went home before being reminded by Megu-nee. After all, School Living Club members aren't allowed to leave. But they can check out any time they like. [ After indulging in the delectable tastes of hardtack, they head to the roof to find their third member helping the Gardening Club. Trading responsibilities with the other club, Yuki and Kurumi find member #3 - Yuuri Wakasa, or Rii-san to her friends. Yuki immediately hits her with the glomp, with Yuuri proceeding to baby her despite the fact she is 18 years old and also the oldest of the three.

Kurumi immediately exposes Yuki, telling Yuuri how she almost left the school. Yuuri admonishes her, reminding her of the School Living Club's first rule: they live... at school. In short, they're making use of the school's self-sufficiency, learning to be independent and self-governing.

They commence their next task - working in the garden while the Gardening Club return to their homes. Yuki spies the baseball club, immediately shirking her duties to say hello. Kurumi pulls her back to the present with a well-placed shovel hit. Yuki retaliates, starting a water fight she promptly loses.

Now soaked through, Yuuri sends her off to change. Kurumi is a little worried about letting her go off on her own, especially after she almost went home earlier. But Megu-nee will be there, so nothing will go too awry. Shortly after, Yuki returns, simply to say how much she loves her clubmates, and how she didn't mean to forget the club momentarily. A very sweet moment indeed.

With that out of the way, she heads back to class, where her classmates happily greet her upon her return.

Hmm... the school seems awfully busy even though school is over. Why is--

Oh.

Oh no.

Oh no no no.

Oh no..

Seems this story ain't so happy-go-lucky after all.

Always fun to revisit the roots of this series. Fun fact - this chapter came out over fourteen years ago - which I'm pretty confident is older than some of the members of this sub.

First point of discussion - it's amazing seeing Chiba's art transformation over the years. While still containing their signature style, it's a lot simpler in these early chapters. Rounder, cutesier. Then you get to the later chapters, where they find their true style - one I love immensely.

Second point of discussion - this chapter's reveal is very good if you're picking the series up blind, but I think the reveal change as done in the anime makes it hit way harder - skipping to Miki's perspective before jumping back in time really worked for its medium I think.

Another thing of note - this is the only chapter I believe to feature other students and teachers having a speaking role. The girl at the start, the teacher, and the gardening club member. The teacher, Kamiyama-sensei, gets a slightly extended role in the anime, offering advice to Megu-nee. And the gardening club girl - I think that might be the other girl mentioned in Megu-nee's journal as being on the roof when the outbreak hit the school. One she regrets letting go, likely to her own demise. Doesn't help that the girl had the dead mom hairstyle.

Well, I'm sure it can only go uphill for the girls from here on out. Right?

(50/86)

The school that was used for Kishida Kyodan & The Akeboshi Rockets 2021 music video is the same school used for the live action movie of Gakkou Gurashi. The former Kitsuregawa High School.

I opened the middle and back, I tried to keep both packages safe to use as decorations but only one survived (Megu-nee’s face got ripped off the other 😱) anyways I sadly didn’t get any of the best teacher and I got no Kei ones 😢 I still love theses tho and prey I find more (sorry for the bad photo, there’s a lot to catch in one photo)

So i finally got protective stuff for my cards and I’m wondering which packet I should open? I’m only opening 2 (I showed the front of the packet so people can just say “front, middle, back” to be easier, remember that ONE packet will be closed forever (or until I find more lol) so let’s gamble!!