1054: Yes, But It’s a Female Zombie – Prologue/ Author’s Intro

Title: Yes, But It’s a Female Zombie
Author: Cyberweasel89
Media: Anime/Manga
Topic: Is This a Zombie?/Kore wa Zonbi Desu ka?
Genre: Romance/Humor
URL: Prologue/Author’s Intro
Critiqued by Ghostcat

Hello, dear Patrons!

I’m here with a brand spanking new fic that contains significantly less spanking than that moniker would imply. But there is gratuitous partial nudity! And occasional full nudity, which is also gratuitous. Also violence!

This fic comes from one of my very favorite anime series; Kore wa Zonbi Desu Ka?, A.K.A “Is This A Zombie?” The series follows the male protagonist, Aikawa Ayumu, a high school boy who was brutally murdered by a serial killer and then brought back as a zombie by the necromancer Eulicwood Hellscythe. They are joined by a Magical Garment Girl, Haruna, after Ayumu accidentally steals her powers, and then later by a vampire ninja, Serephim, who is seeking the necromancer’s help. Together they fight various Big Bads and Monsters of the Week, who are known as Megalos and resemble different animals (like a blue whale, a bear, a school of jellyfish) who are usually out to steal Haruna’s (and then Ayumu’s) magic for themselves in an allegory for rape. Y’know, just your basic anime shenanigans.

The series plays with many of the standard tropes found in anime, but is very fun to watch. The fic … Not so much. Let me show you the summary;

Ever wished you could watch a curvy female zombie fight monsters with the aid of a prettyboy necromantic wizard, jerkass vampire ninja, and naked loli girl?

Well … Yeah. That’s why I watch anime. Duh.

Introducing: Kore wa Zombi Desu ka?/Is This a Zombie?: The partial genderswap version!

Partially genderswapped? That sounds bad. Really bad. A partial genderswap usually means that the author wants to hijack the protagonist, typically by switching the character’s gender to match their own and then piling on the Sue/Stu traits. The author’s preferred love interest usually gets the Jurassic Park treatment as well, if they are not already the author’s preferred gender.

Rated T for nudity, violence, and language.

I don’t think so. According to the rating system used by ff.net, T would mean the fic is “Suitable for teens, 13 years and older, with some violence, minor coarse language, and minor suggestive adult themes.” Full nudity and the sort of blood-soaked violence found in the source materials should be given an M rating, which some authors seem hesitant to use regardless of the content of their fics.

Skip the prologue if you don’t want to hear the author explain herself.

:eye-twitch:

Awesome, a full chapter Author’s Note. Those are always fun. And in violation of ff.net’s guidelines.

Mixes anime and manga.

:sigh:

Combining source materials is rarely a good idea, especially if they differ on key points. I’ve only read a little of the manga and the anime does follow it pretty closely, but it does differ from it as well.

On to the fic itself!

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