Finally past where the anime ended but still sad that it'll be ending soon. I want to see the end game so bad. ( )

Vol.5 gets back on track with the a better flow of the story than Vol. 4. Holed up in a mall with another group of survivors (can anyone say Dawn of the Dead?) led by an inexperienced traffic cop the group must make a decision on whether they will help this group of survivors or play along while they make ready to move on. What I liked in this one that I now realize was missing in the previous vol. was the struggle between the people who still cling to the semblance of the old order, such as the mall survivor group who vest power to the rookie cop just because she is a cop, and those who have come to accept that the game has changed the old rules do work anymore. I also liked that they touched on the aspect of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the fact that Takashi and Kohta are probably the most affected as they have done most of the killing with Saya remarking that if they are forced to keep this up they will eventual crack. In addition the extras are back with two bonus chapters with the first one showing events at the start of the series from Kohta and Sayas perspective while the second one has the group commenting that Rei should change her outfit and suggest one comical Cosplay outfit after another. Overall I think its series is back on track and I have to give it kudos for paying homage to one of my favorite zombie movies Dawn of the Dead. ( )