I've caught up to the manga (I think I'm on volume six if chapter 26 was the last of volume five) and I've got to say it definitely has my attention. It's pretty gory, and unlike HOTD (sorry to compare but I will) I think I prefer Fort of Apocalypse. HOTD is almost what I want: zombies and action, a great plot would be nice too, but what seriously killed it is the ecchi. This has virtually nothing perverted except when they introduce the one female character and she has a big chest, but no fan service YET.

Story: 8

It's annoying when people bash on a good manga or anime for having an unoriginal story. Yes it is somewhat generic but is that bad? If something has a good plot why would we throw away the whole thing just to find something different? This has high school delinquents, survivors fighting amongst themselves, and the hordes of the undead, its been used before, so what? Does that make it any less good? The plot thickens as Fort of Apocalypse goes on hinting at what caused it.

Art: 8

I really like the art. I don't know what about it is good but it just rings so well with everything else. It's nice and gory, the zombies look nice and zombified, hell they look even worse than zombies from Resident Evil or Dawn of the Dead. It really shows that the virus isn't your typical 'only brings them back to like', sometimes they look severely mutated.

Character: 7

Again people bash on typical and generalized characters. You've got the wuss, the badass, the ladies man of sorts (silver tongue and whatnot) and the nerd. You've gotta remember that they're in a detention center, they were sent there for a reason and they know what they did. The only thing I don't like is the wuss, especially when he practically kills himself time and again trying to do something foolish. Character development is pretty good, I dunno a lot in that field, but they do change and grow closer to one another, more importantly the wuss actually mans up at some point.

Enjoyment: 9

Usually I don't read manga on my computer because I can do it any time, but I've been looking forward to reading this all day while I was at work. It's definitely worth a read if you have the time.

Overall: 8

I like everything about Apocalypse no Toride. I don't love it like I love Steins;Gate or Psyren but I say its in my top ten or twenty. I mostly care about story, and this story has me hooked.