Have you seen Sankarea: Undying Love? Well, we have and these are our observations based on episode one. It’s about a guy who wants to have a zombie girlfriend… and he may actually get what he wants! Sankarea: Undying Love (Discussion 1) – An Anime ZomRomCom! What happened? Back at the beginning of 2019, I embarked on a voyage of discovery with Yomu from the Umai Yomu Anime Blog where we would watch and discuss the ZomRomCom (romantic zombie comedy) series – Sankarea: Undying Love. Little did I know that I would rebrand my website at the end of 2019…
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