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Although Takashi says it was self-defense, Saeko counters saying that it is her 'raw nature' to take pleasure in inflicting pain and, in that way, she is no different than one of the zombies. Saeko confides in Takashi that she was once almost sexually assaulted, but was able to fight back with her bokken and ended up breaking several of the attacker's bones before the police came. Her father is abroad somewhere for a martial arts tournament. Saeko is introduced as a calm and collected girl with pride in her skills she kills an infected student out of mercy. As the president of the school's kendo club Saeko carries a bokken (wooden sword). Saeko Busujima ( жЇ’еі¶ е†ґеђ, Busujima Saeko) is a third-year student at Fujimi High School with dark violet hair and bright blue eyes. Saeko Busujima Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese) Taylor Hannah (English) Д¬haracter designer ShЕЌji SatЕЌ featured Rei and Saeko in cross-over illustrations for his other manga Triage X and the video game Lollipop Chainsaw, where their high school uniforms are available as downloadable content costumes for main character Juliet Starling. After visiting Rika's apartment, she upgrades to a Springfield M1A1 Super Match rifle with a bayonet attached. ДЄt the start of the series, Rei fights with a sharpened broomstick. Shido, mainly because Shido held her back a year at school and caused trouble for her father. When Takashi replies that he is not either of those she says that's why she likes him and does not want him to be with any other girls. In chapter 12, Rei tells Takashi that girls like guys that are cute and caring. Rei is upset that Takashi kills Hisashi after he becomes a zombie, but when Takashi proceeds to leave her, she quickly retracts her words and pulls him back. Before the events of the series, Rei made a pinky promise to marry Takashi, but because of his indecisiveness, Rei started dating Hisashi. Rei Miyamoto ( е®®жњ¬ йє—, Miyamoto Rei) is Takashi Komuro's classmate with orange-brown hair and reddish brown eyes. Rei Miyamoto Voiced by: Marina Inoue (Japanese) Jessica Boone (English) Although he does not officially have a license, Takashi rides a motorcycle and he also drives an Argo ATV. When the group visits a police station, he upgrades to a Benelli M4 Super 90 combat shotgun. After fighting their way out of school with a baseball bat, Takashi recovers a Smith & Wesson Model 37 pistol from a dead cop, and later uses an Ithaca M37 riot shotgun. ДЄlthough he is not a model student and had to repeat a grade, Takashi shows his resolve to protect his friends and is appointed the leader of the group by his peers.

Takashi proceeds to leave admitting to her accusation in his thoughts, but Rei holds him back and apologizes he responds with a hug. When Hisashi turns into a zombie, Takashi kills Hisashi with a blow to the head causing Rei to accuse Takashi of jealousy. At the beginning of the series, when he notices the zombies attack the teachers at the front gate he rushes to Rei's side. When they were children, Rei and Takashi made a promise to get married someday, but because of his indecisiveness, Rei started dating his friend, Hisashi. He and Rei are childhood friends and also in the same class. Takashi Komuro ( е°Џе®¤ еќ, Komuro Takashi) is a 17-year-old second-year student of Fujimi High School and the male protagonist and viewpoint character of the series. Main characters Takashi Komuro Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe, Hitomi Harada (child) (Japanese) Leraldo Anzaldua (English) Director Steven Foster, in his English dub adaptation, changed Takashi Komuro's character to use more profanity, as well as adding modern references to people such as Sarah Palin. Zac Bertschy of Anime News Network agrees with the intent: 'turns out this show has decided that the one thing the zombie genre was missing were anime boobs.' The anime also had a character break the fourth wall: when asked why she is so ditzy, she responds that she was designed that way.

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Series Director TetsurЕЌ Araki, who previously directed Death Note and Black Lagoon, mentioned in a 2010 Dragon Age interview, that he wanted to fill in the anime with many jiggling breast scenes, and that he was aiming for something he would have bought himself in middle school. Masayoshi Tanaka, who also did Ano Hana, Toradora and later Waiting in the Summer, served as the Chief Animation Director and Character Designer for the anime adaptation. Character design was done by manga artist ShЕЌji SatЕЌ whose previous work was mostly self-published titles in the adult genre, and this was his first major non-hentai title. Daisuke Sato, who has previously worked on various military genre games and manga, which include Imperial Guards, wrote the story which uses the perspective of Japanese high school students and refers to classic zombie apocalypse movies such as Dawn of the Dead.