This in a black humour sort of way, is shown in the last few volumes. While both men are seen as "heroes" by others the way they see themselves is not similar and by extension their emotional maturity, and the acceptance of one's fault and personality is also different. The biggest contrast is between Korori, who does not see himself as one but has a person whom he idolises as a "hero", and Hedio which wants to be become one. Other "side" characters also have a childish obsession with "heroes", either wanting to be one or seeing another as one. There were so many heroic acts by many (forgotten) individuals. People can be heroic and there is plenty of that in the manga. Outside the DC/Marvel world "heroes" do not exits. Heido has an unhealthy obsession with being a hero as though it is a profession. But he tries to change himself and he does succeed sometimes. He tends to run away from real world and his own emotions when things get to hard. Heido suffers from emotional disconnection, which is truly captured in the last few volumes. I may have attacked the way the author deals with early reactions of government (below), but the way he portrays Heido, is fantastic. The best aspects of the Manga are the internal emotions, lack of emotions, social interaction, relationships between humans and recalling of past events (flashbacks). We follow him as he and his companion(s) try and survive in this zombie infected world. He also has strong desire to abide to the written law rather than the spirit of it, no matter how impractical it is in the current world.
As well as being socially inept, shy, emotionally detached, he suffers from episodes of visual delusions. We follow the main protagonist, an Otaku though intelligent in some ways, when it comes to social skills and common sense he seems to be somewhat lacking. In other words, usual Zombie like infection. The manga is about the journey of Heido as the world around him collapses due to unknown viral infection that is transmitted through the blood/saliva of the infected. This is nothing like the movie, which is purely a Zombie flick.
Towards the end it becomes hard to put down. The manga starts really slow and picks up I around volume 5-6. WARNING: A number of the comments below this one should be in SPOILER tag, as they spoil the ending for you.
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