(3/14) Akira has spent the last couple of years being drained of all his creative drive and optimism. You really feel good for him when he realizes that he no longer has to go to work, and can start making the most out of life! First by cleaning up his garbage-covered apartment.

(4/14) While much of the comedy comes from Akira's reaction to the horrifying situations around him, the zombie threat itself is never played for laughs. Like the best horror comedies, the horror comes from the antagonists, but the comedy comes from the protagonists' reaction!

(5/14) Blessed with all of his newfound free-time (as the city burns down around him and hapless citizens are eaten alive) Akira decides to make the most of things by making a 100 item to-do list of everything he's ever wanted to accomplish, but never had the time.

(7/14) The zombies being taken seriously by both the narrative and the characters in it leads to a lot of legitimately pulse-pounding action-horror sequences, with Akira barely escaping with his life, even if he barely realizes it.

(9/14) Akira ends up meeting all sorts of characters in his travels, and wastes no time in encouraging them to pursue their own end-of-the-world life goals. Whether or not they survive long enough to make good on these ambitions is always up in the air, unfortunately.