Don't go.
I never properly told you.
I already know.
AUGUST 1, 2020
SHINJUKU
Ah... with that, it ends.
Too bad my youth wasn't more like that...
Okay! Now that I've seen my favorite manga to the end...
It's about time...
...I end myself!
Hey.
That's dangerous.
I just... wanted a shot at a passionate romance like the one in this manga!
But thanks to this body, that'll never happen...
That's why I've got to die.
Don't mess with me.
Listen!
If you touch my body...
You'll, uh... contract an incurable disease...
...and die!
I mean it!
I've got nothing good to live for with a body like this.
That's why I've got to die.
"Blsh"?
Huh?
How did this happen?
Huh? Did I do that?
A deadly disease transmitted by touch? Never heard of it!
Sick!
Suicides nowadays have been gettin' kinda stale, y'know!
Well? My hand was all over ya.
What's gonna happen? Where's it gonna hurt? The outside? Maybe from within?
It's coming.
Wuzzat?
My unluck!
Huh?
I'm so... sorry.
I've done it again.
I've dragged another person into this.
And it's all because I took too long to do it.
Hey.
Now I get it!
That "disease" stuff is just a front to protect others!
What? The head of that guy from earlier?
Sick!
This means you're... on this side.
H-His body... is repairing itself?
Looks like today's my lucky day.
No!
It's a zombie!
Z-Zombie!
Why you... don't you dare...
...lump me in with those rotting meat sacks!
I'm... undead!
Hate to cut to the chase, but I've got a few questions for ya.
Pretty sure I heard you say back there your "unluck" was coming, right?
Can't stick around here any longer. Gotta move.
Y'better hold on.
Huh?
Stop!
Scary! So scary! No!
How didja like leaping from building to building like that, eh?
Just so y'know, I regenerated my torn-off legs at high speeds and used the momentum to...
Whatever he is, I need to get out of here!
Where do you think you're going?
I've still got questions. You're not going anywhere.
You're touching my leg!
You'll trigger my unluck again! Let go of me!
I should be A-OK if I only touch your clothes, yeah?
Wh-Whatever, just let me go!
Sure, I don't mind, but it's a long way down.
When did we get here?
Explain this so-called unluck, and I'll help you. Deal?
F-Forget it! I was planning on dying today anyway!
Your threats don't scare me one bit!
Hold on!
Fall... I'm gonna fall!
Okay, I really am scared!
I'll talk! I'll talk, I said!
Now spill it.
It started ten years ago.
I was only eight years old.
My parents were heading overseas on business and I was seeing them off. 2010
My parents were heading overseas on business and I was seeing them off. TOKYO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
They said they'd be gone for a week. So they hugged me a whole bunch before they left.
About half an hour later...
Their plane encountered unexpected engine trouble.
All 270 people aboard, including my parents...
...died.
It was then I learned, although the degree of it varies...
...that people who touch me end up getting hurt.
That's how I figured out I caused what happened to Mom and Dad.
And since then, I've been covering my bare skin to-
So you're saying the biggest strokes of unluck...
...hit when you get hugged, right?
Hold on! What are you- Were you even listening?
Oh, I was listenin'. Now I'm testing it out.
Let go of me! And why are you copping a feel?
‘Cuz... it needs direct contact, right?
That's no excuse!
Need to run while I still can!
You lying little brat!
This ain't gonna cut it at all!
Huh?
No!
Hmm?
Really? Seriously?
My entire life is over... because I slipped on a banana peel?
I never got to experience anything!
Fashion! Love!
I didn't even get to do anything girly... not a single thing!
No...! Not like this!
I'm not ready! Not yet!
You dummy.
No way I'm lettin' you die.
- Not now that I've finally found it. - Huh?
The power... that'll give me a real death!
There's a rule you tried to hide from me back there.
If I figure it out, then I can make an even bigger stroke of unluck happen, yeah?
And maybe the greatest stroke of unluck you've got...
...can finally snuff out my ridiculously long life!
Now this party's gettin' started!
Time to head back to my hideout and figure out this unluck ability!
Yes. He appears to be en route to his hideout with the new breed.
Roger that.
We will apprehend her after confirming her ability.
How long I touch you correlates to the size of your unluck!
Next up: surface area!
Take off your clothes! I'm gonna try clinging to as wide an area of your body as I...
...can.
Where do you think you're going?
There's no way I'm stripping for you!
Please, just give this up already!
This is all because you're hidin' the rules in the first place!
How is this my fault? I just didn't want to tell you!
C'mon, it's fine! No big deal!
It's a big deal to my heart!
Helluva mane.
He's seen it all!
I can't help it! No one's able to cut it for me!
Any hairstylist would just end up dead!
Wh-What are you doing?
Don't move. As long as I'm touching you, no unluck'll come my way.
I'll wrap this up in the meantime.
But once you let go, all the unluck will hit at once and...
Who are you worrying about?
I'm undead, you know.
Were you a stylist before?
Ages ago.
You're all set.
Pretty good for my first time in a while, eh?
Really? For real?
Quit being all shy and take a look in the mirror.
See?
Oh, um... thank you.
All righty! I was holdin' on to you for 15 minutes!
This one's bound to be a whopper, right?
How should I know?
Much obliged... "Unluck", Miss Fuko Izumo.
Thanks to you... he let down his guard.
Who are you people?
Hold that thought.
We'll contain Undead in this special capsule first, as per protocol.
Now he won't be able to regenerate.
Why would you do-
Aren't you guys on my side?
Your side? Us?
Surely you must be joking.
Our job is to police any unselected Negators, such as yourselves...
...or any UMAs that throw the world into chaos.
What's he talking about?
Still, your ability is quite incredible.
You negate the luck of whoever touches you, and kill them.
An ability perfectly suited for murder.
However, touching you through cloth keeps one perfectly safe.
Your weakness is that once its conditions are known, it's easy to counter it.
You want to do something with my power?
Well, given that we can utilize it...
What use is there besides killing?
I'm certain Undead captured you for that very reason.
Huh?
After all, you'd be quite the ferocious weapon if you bent to his will.
Y-You're wrong!
We may have just met today, but he...
...only used my unluck on himself so that only he could die.
Don't think that he's anything like you!
Compared to you guys, that zombie-
I'd advise you to watch your mouth.
I don't mind disposing of you, instead of capturing.
Th-The zombie... didn't have any gloves on.
He touched me... without an ounce of fear...
I'm so sorry, zombie...
This is because you cut my hair. But I'm so grateful you did.
Thank you so much, Zombie.
A lightning bolt? Is this part of her unluck as well?
No... the activation requirements haven't been met.
Perhaps... it was a stroke of his own unluck.
He's wrong.
That was no fluke.
Zombie!
Intel says guns are ineffective.
Attack him all at once and cut him down.
He may be undead, but he's an amateur when it comes to combat!
Roger that, sir!
Amateur, eh? Maybe now...
But the past is a different story!
Usually, I don't have enough space for it all.
So I put a cork in my brain...
...to keep 100 years' worth of memories bottled up!
Otherwise...
I'd go off the rails!
Now I get it. Getting my noggin sliced off wasn't your unluck's doing.
The unluck for the haircut was that lightning bolt.
Guess I need to test for time-lag gimmicks.
Zombie...
So you're not simply an undead... but skills you cultivated through your long life are also your weapons?
More or less. I've been alive a hell of a lot longer than any of you.
Indeed.
In response, I will have to implement a rather underhanded measure.
Hand over your head-without regenerating.
Fail to comply and I'll cut her head off instead.
You'll what? That's meaningless!
Oh, I believe there is meaning.
He seems to have quite a lot of stock in you, after all.
What? You're not gonna fight?
Man, just when I thought it'd be fun to take you on.
What are you doing?
"What"? I'm cuttin' off my head to save your neck.
I-I can see that, but then you'll end up captured, too!
Guess I will, eh?
Then stop! Don't do it!
I can't take it anymore... People around me getting hurt... dying...
Even if it's you, who can't die...
So, please, just forget about me! Don't worry...
Wuzzat?
Listen to what I'm saying!
Enough.
I don't give a crap about your opinions.
I had fun today. If I ever see ya again down the road, let's party up!
The truth is, I do know...
...the way to trigger the biggest stroke of unluck.
This might not go well, but...
What... did you just do?
Nothing special. Just thought it was nice.
To be able to cast all worries aside and touch someone!
Here it comes! My unluck!
What are you babbling-
Now I get it.
Run for it!
Okay!
Sorry, bud.
We got you beat.
When you ran into me...
...and her, your luck ran out!
Sick! Wicked sick!
Zombie...
Hot damn.
I've never taken a meteorite to the face till just now.
Zombie!
I ain't no zombie. I'm undead.
Good assist back there. That was some nice unluck.
Well, I'm not sure I'd call it nice.
TO BE CONTINUED
U-Um, I'm Fuko Izumo! What's your name?
Don't remember. Undead's good enough, ain't it?
Not at all! I guess... I'll have to name you, then!
Andy! Because you're "ahn-dead"!
Whatever floats your boat.
Yup!
Still, a kiss did all this, huh?
Uh-huh.
Guess next we gotta have ***.
What're you runnin' for?
"Undead" Andy.
"Unluck" Fuko Izumo.
C'mon, I know you're curious, too!
This is the story of their quest for the greatest death ever.
UNDEAD AND UNLUCK
PREVIEW
A girl seemingly finds her place in her world.
However, the next shadow pushes her repose further away.
Next episode of Undead Unluck, Episode 2-Union.
In search of the greatest death ever.