Lockdown Zone: Level X: Chapter 1

by Oishi Romy

Ryoka is awakened by flurry of text messages from her mother! Panicked and rushed, Mom is clearly concerned for Ryoka's safety but she is not to keen on letting her daughter know why. And the reason behind that is nothing could really properly describe what is happening! The world might be ending! And there might be an unidentifiable being on the roof of their apartment building!

Genres: Manga

60 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 4, 2020

Reviews

[Hello]

This manga is so funny. Also now I want pasta.

[Di · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was Unusual

This was unique to say the least. I liked it well enough to continue. Leaves you wanting more without loving the first one.

[im_just_vidu · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is kinda complicated. The same thing happens over and over again and it's hard to understand what's going on. The first few pages were questionable and didn't had any meaning inti the story. Anyhow after the first chapter the story flowed in a good manner. But the thing is the main character nor the reader can't understand what's going on. I think it's necessary to read the other chapters to understand what's going on. Since it's a small book with one chapter, I can't really say it's good or bad. The content is too small to give a final score. Yet I think this will be pretty interesting.
The reason I gave 3 star is the story is complicated. Either on Mario dumb to understand it or, it's complicated. The same thing happened 3 times. The 2nd time can be taken as waking up from Dream. But how the 3rd time. Its either dream in a dream. Or the writer didn't explained it.
Anyhow I think this will be a good start to the story. I can recommend this to the comic readers.

[Sofia · Rating 3 out of 5]

i had this manga on my kindle for ages really, i bought it for free, even before my kindle was able to read manga, uhmm its a very weird story of a girl waking up in a room and living the same day over and over again, but always with memories of the last time... i guess i would need to read the next to figure what is going on, but the drawing is not that nice, and the story while being interesting is missing something, so i dont really care enough to read the rest.

[Katharine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has the beginnings of an intriguing story, but it hasn't really gripped me yet. It honestly feels like this would be better as a visual novel style of game, than a manga. This chapter is VERY gory, which I expected from the art style. Also, I really didn't like that the monster went up the girl's skirt...She's supposed to be in what, middle school? That was just unnecessary.

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok 1st chapter but waiting for more

1st chapter was okay but not extra grabbing. I'm interested in reading the next few chapters to see if this series is worth following. This mysterious Sai creature is very gruesome FYI and please be aware of the gore.

[DOUGLAS J BERRY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recurring nightmare.

Good black and white artwork. Reads Japanese style, right to left. The english is good. As a horror story not suitable for small children. A teenage girl, dressed in a school girl outfit, keeps encountering the same threat.

[Shalzott · Rating 3 out of 5]

It had quite the entrance, a little frustrated that the main character doesn't heed warnings like every other horror movie character though. Intriguing premise, with the reincarnation and all. I'm gonna go read number 2, what about you?

[silvia · Rating 2 out of 5]

okay so that was quite interesting. it felt a bit all over the place but honestly once i understood what was happening (i think), it definitely got me intrigued!! it’s giving re:zero vibes and i like it

[Persilvle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chapter 1 of Lockdown Zone hooks you with its art style. After reading the last page I was left wanting more and eager to read the next chapter. Although short, I got a good grasp of the plot and what to expect going forward.

[MrsIcarusPain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting

Pretty interesting preview. I will look for the first volume. The art isn't the most unique but the concept is cool.

[Eghosasere · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75 stars very intriguing

[Arathikka · Rating 4 out of 5]

its nice

[LittlePiscesReading]

A really interesting premise. Nice art. It's stacked a few too many mysteries, too many questions, for me, personally.

[Poppy Bloy · Rating 4 out of 5]

very suspenseful!

[Vivek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intersting

Time. Power is an interesting part here still need to read 2nd to know of world buliding to review on it

[vi · Rating 3 out of 5]

what the hell

[Tim Shepard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay

Just keeps repeating itself with a slight difference to what happens. Could be scarier or better thought out. Needs something to draw the reader in and keep them coming back.

[Ina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got this for free on Kobo's ebook store and honestly given how Chapter 1 ended, I am totally on board and keen on continuing on with this story!

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A common trope for a lot of films and TV shows is the protagonist being caught in a repeating time loop, commonly called a “Groundhog Day” Loop. The idea predates that film by many years, but that is by far the most famous iteration of it. That is the plot device used in the comic I’d like to talk about today, called Lockdown Zone Level X by Oishi Romy and Meshe. The comic is serialized digitally on Amazon, and is available on Kindle (which is how I started reading it) or through the localization company, Denpa.

Denpa is a relatively new company that publishes manga in English. Each chapter is being sold for a relatively small price each, usually around a couple of dollars. If one were to group it all together, this would basically be the same size and price as a graphic novel volume at six chapters or so. As of this review, there are 11 chapters available. I am not that far, so I am not certain if it is complete, as chapters appear to be coming out at irregular intervals. A few of the volumes are free on Denpa’s own website, so there’s really no reason to not check this out.


“Ryoka is awakened by flurry of text messages from her mother! Panicked and rushed, Mom is clearly concerned for Ryoka’s safety, but she is not to keen on letting her daughter know why. Her reasoning being that nothing could really properly describe what is happening!”

I came across this manga when I got on a bit of a Japanese horror kick this summer, I read comics like Creature by Shingo Honda and 7 Billion Needles by Nobuaki Tadano, so this got recommended on Amazon and I figured “what the hell”. As of chapter one, we aren’t treated to a whole lot of the story as of yet. The protagonist, a school girl named Ryoka, is stuck in her apartment when she finds out about a giant monster attacking everything and controlling others through some kind of mind-control spores. She makes a few mistakes and dies, only to discover that she’s still alive after waking up again seemingly unharmed. It appears to be the same day, the same flurry of text messages from her mother, and the very same monster outside. She is stuck in an aforementioned “Groundhog Day Loop” The goal of her first few loops is to try to stay alive, as well as protecting her friend Shuhei, a boy that she likes from school.


This book is not for the faint of heart, as there is quite a bit of explicit gore as X (pronounced “Sai”) seems to be at every corner with razor sharp tendrils on the look out for blood. While it’s not the most gory book I’ve seen, be prepared if the sight of such things is bothersome to you. All-in-all this is a promising first chapter in a low-key series I had never heard of. With the Junji Ito renaissance making horror manga more popular in the US, I’m glad to see more coming over as it’s a genre that is wildly overlooked here. I will definitely keep reading!

[Virginia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.