The Drifting Classroom

Kazuo Umezu's The Drifting Classroom (漂流教室, Hyōryū Kyōshitsu) is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by him. From 1972 to 1974, it was serialized in the manga magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday and published as tankbon volumes by Shogakukan. The plot revolves around a school that is mysteriously transported through time to a post-apocalyptic future. Kazuo Umezu's The Drifting Classroom was originally published in the 1970s and had a massive impact on the worlds of horror and manga (both separately and together) for decades after.

The titular drifting classroom is a school that is struck by an earthquake, mysteriously transporting it and its students to a post-apocalyptic future. In this sudden and impossible situation, devoid of hope and understanding, insanity quickly takes hold of the school's adults—those who should be caring for it. After murder and immolation have taken care of the adults, the children are left to fend for themselves in this world. The children in The Drifting Classroom manga face monstrous creatures and plagues, all of which are the result of the climate disasters that led to this apocalyptic future.

Author: Kazuo Umezu

Original run: 1972–1974
Volumes: 11

Status: Completed

Goodreads rating: 3.8/5 (2,125 votes)

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