Sankarea 10: Undying Love

Sankarea / さんかれあ #10

by Mitsuru Hattori

COLD TRUTHS

A letter from his grandfather leads Chihiro to an ice cave where a centuries-old, frozen zombie reveals the secrets of Grandpa Jogoro’s tragic past and the origins of the zombie elixir. All this unlocks a deep-seated memory in Chihiro that finally reveals the reason behind his infatuation with zombies, but before he has time to reflect on everything, Chihiro discovers that Rea has gone on a rampage in search of her “favorite food.” Will Chihiro sacrifice himself to satiate Rea’s voracious appetite for human flesh?

Genres: Manga, Horror, Zombies, Romance, Fantasy, Supernatural, Shonen

176 pages, Paperback

First published June 9, 2014

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Reviews

[DonutKnow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hopefully they can save Rea 🤞
I feel sad that Grandpa is dead, but finally he can be at peace.

[cynne★ · Rating 3 out of 5]

i didnt really like the series but i still wonder how it ends lol

[Nisa Greennnpanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating: 3.5 stars (overall)

Summary (for the whole manga):
Furuya Chihiro is a die-hard fan of zombies. He has a whole collection of zombie movie DVDs, zombie dolls/figurines, and other zombie-related stuff. With his grandfather's old book, he secretly tries to craft a resurrection drug that is said to be able to bring back the dead in the form of a zombie. Chihiro's beloved cat, Babu, has recently died; and therefore he wants to test the drug on Babu. In the event of his experiment that was done in an abandoned building, Sanka Rea, an heiress of the Sanka family, unexpectedly comes to the well near the building to vent out her frustration towards her father. Both of them surprisingly got along with each other afterwards, and Rea shows interest in Chihiro's zombie experiment. Rea secretly steals some of the resurrection drug from Chihiro and drinks the drug with the hopes of ending her life. However, nothing happens after she consumed the drug. The next night, Rea falls over a cliff when she was with her father. Surprisingly, Rea did not exactly die, due to the drug that she consumed. Rea becomes a zombie and is free from her father's grasp. She decides to live with Chihiro's family. Chihiro then does his best to keep Rea from rotting away and to learn the real truth about zombies and the resurrection drug.

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty descent zombie manga👌😁🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️💕

[Galion Public Library Teens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review by D.B. : "I like how we were told the story about Chihiro's father's wife's disappearance."

[Dominique "Eerie" Sobieska · Rating 4 out of 5]

A letter from his grandfather leads Chihiro to a cave where he encounters his grandfather's second wife, frozen zombie Otoki! With an expiration date on her already decaying body, Otoki explains the origins of elixir.

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 2 out of 5]

Uhm... non è il manga che non mi convince. È la linea di pensiero che c'è dietro che non mi piace per niente.

La maggior parte del volume è una lunga spiegazione di quello che è successo al nonno per farlo arrivare a creare le Pillole della Resurrezione. Si parte addirittura dal periodo Meiji (1868-1912) quando la regione dove viveva il nonno di Chihiro viene colpita da una carestia e lui, grande e forte com'è, non ha alcuna difficoltà a sopravvivere. Gli altri invece... Cerca anche di andare verso la città per trovare medicine ma il suo è un viaggio vano. Tornato a casa, devastato dalla perdita delle moglie, comincia con i suoi esperimenti.

E fin qua, più o meno, niente da ridire. Quello che succede con la madre di Chihiro... Beh, mi sembra proprio un comportamento malato. Perché, sì, come l'autore ci aveva fatto intuire, la madre di Chihiro era una zombie. Solo che, arrivata alla sua fase terminale, si era fatta semplicemente legare nella casa del nonno. Lei gli dice:

«Non mi importa se la ragione mi abbandonerà... o se il mio corpo arriverà a decomporsi... Non mi importa se sarò costretta ad andare lontano... I miei bambini sono vivi... proprio ora, in questo momento... e io voglio, fino al mio ultimo respiro, condividere con loro questi istanti»

OK, era lontana. Ma i suoi figli l'hanno trovato a ne hanno ricavato il ricordo più terribile di tutta la loro esistenza. SIGH!

Dopo il lungo salto nel passato, si torna nel presente e Rea ha dato nuovamente di matto...

Il mio personaggio preferito? Sicuramente Babu.

[Judyth · Rating 4 out of 5]

~4/5

There’s only one more volume! How is it so close to the end already?

We got a lot of backstory this volume about Chihiro’s grandfather. It was nice to see some history on him, because he is quite an interesting character. He’s been through a lot. And this included the story about Chihiro’s mother, which I’d already figured out, but was nice, if sad, to see.

And then we got back to the present, to find out that something’s happening to Rea. This is not too surprising, given her predicament, but it’s still pretty bad. One bullet apparently not dodged. I don’t really know whether to expect a happy ending or not, or even which one I’d prefer. I feel pretty sure that a bad one is coming, at least for Rea, and I’m actually not sure if I’d prefer a happy one. It just seems like it would be better, more fitting, for it to be sad. After everything, she doesn’t deserve to keep going on the path she’s on.

I’m excited to see how it ends, if a little sad about it.

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[Czarina Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

flabbergasted feelings all though the first volume up to the last volume.

i don't if it's just a book-hangover or my seasonal affective disorder or the final chapter title, "until... i decay... death becomes her" or something but i'm feeling blue. oh well, mitsuru hattori picked the most honest ending possible but cut it at the middle where happy ending was. thanks for that hattori-san!