Gakuen Shinshoku: XX of the Dead(2017)

Gakuen Shinshoku: XX of the Dead is a Japanese anime series set in an unspecified near-future winter when a mysterious catastrophe transforms the world overnight. Young students face an apocalyptic scenario where the living become the undead, forcing them to navigate survival alongside awakening emotions and first love. The narrative follows multiple characters at different emotional crossroads—some discovering reasons to live, others losing them entirely—as society collapses around them. Bodies pile up as the infected spread chaos through their community. Snow blankets the landscape as these teenagers cling to survival, grappling with both the horror of their new reality and the intensity of human connection in its final moments. The series blends coming-of-age drama with dark, existential horror.