 "Highschool of the Dead" is set in present-day Japan, beginning as the world is struck by a deadly pandemic that turns humans into zombies, euphemistically referred to by the main characters as .The story follows a group of high school students and the school's nurse as they deal with a worldwide catastrophic event known as the "Outbreak".As the cast tries to survive the zombie apocalypse, they must also face the additional threats of societal collapse, in the form of dangerous fellow survivors, and the possible decay of their own moral codes.