This a manga to be proud of if you own it! Mix of zombies and romance is just an amazing mix that can never be bad. I believe that this is just amazing!

A story of a kid named Chihiro Furuya who loves zombies so much that he would even matty one and his cat Babu, but sadly his cat was killed when he was ran over. In his attempt to bring him back from the dead at an abandoned mall, he meets a girl named Rae Sanka screaming into a well(because she hates her life and over protecting father). When he is discovered by her, he talks to her about his plan. This leads to a friendship and a little bit of romance.

On the night they try to revive Babu, Rae takes a sample of the medicine that would bring Babu back (which is also poisonous) in attempt to kill herself. When Babu does not come back, Chihiro took Rae home. Once she's alone, she drinks the medicine hoping it would kill her, but fails. The following morning, Chihiro wakes that the medicine did work (it just look a long while).During this time, Rae discovers that her dad found out who Chihiro is and cut his you-know-what off. In the shock of this, Rae runs to the mall to warn Chihiro.

When Babu was revived, Chihiro lost Babu and took his childhood friend Ranko to search for Babu, but Ranko gets stuck in a pipe in her attempt to catch Babu. Rae was on a cliff getting to the mall when her dad caught up to her. When he had a hold of her, Babu jumped out of nowhere and Rae's father tried to hit Babu with a stick and miss Babu and nearly hit Rae, but caused her to fall off the cliff and died while Chihiro came at the second to see her die. While everyone was crying, the medicine kicked that Rae had dranked last night and rised as a zombie (but not fully a zombie).

I'm not saying anything else what happens afterwards, but read the manga and watch the anime for more info on the amazing manga/anime called Sankarea