Disclaimer: I do not own Kore wa Zombi Desu ka?/Is This a Zombie? It belongs to Kimura Shinichi, Kobuichi, and Muririn.

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Kore wa Zombi Desu ka?/Is This a Zombie?

Yes, But It's a Female Zombie

By Cyberweasel89

Prologue: Author's Intro

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Hello, hello! This is Cyberweasel89. Normally, I try to remain a silent author, only speaking through PMs sent to people who review my fanfics. However, I felt this fanfic deserves some... explaining.

This is a genderswap of Kore wa Zombi Desu ka?/Is This a Zombie?. But it is only a partial genderswap. Specifically, only a few characters will actually be getting their genders changed. Here are the main players, and how the changes affect them:

Aikawa Ayumu

A sixteen-year old high school girl, Ayumu was killed by a serial killer, but lives on as a zombie resurrected by Eucliwood Hellscythe. She is currently living with him, along with Haruna and Seraphim. She is the main protagonist of the series.

Appearance: Largely unchanged, though feminized. Notably, long hair often tied in a ponytail and a curvy, buxom body very similar to Seraphim pre-genderswap. She usually wears her school uniform, but will often wear camisoles and boyshorts when at home. She retains the original Ayumu's "zombie eyes" and hair color.

Personality: Again, largely unchanged, though some of the original Ayumu's lazy state of mind and perverted thoughts are more female-oriented, such as daydreaming of herself as Eu's housewife instead of an imouto relationship.

Notes: To keep some of the humor that would be lost in genderswapping the main character of this series, Fem!Ayumu is heterosexual. Since not all the girls of the series have been genderswapped, some of their yuri feelings for her make her very uncomfortable (and sexually confused at times). Rather than crossdressing, the humor of being a Masou-Shoujo comes from the uniform not fitting due to Ayumu being much taller and curvier than Haruna, and being nude upon transforming back. So instead of being a "crossdressing pervert," Fem!Ayumu is an "exhibitionist pervert." Finally, Fem!Ayumu retains the original's hidden talent of break dancing, though is prone to wardrobe malfunctions during these dances... which does not help the exhibitionist label.

Eucliwood Hellscythe

More commonly known as Eu, he is a necromancer who was first seen in the streets of Tokyo. In an unexpected turn of events, he met a girl named Ayumu and rose her from the dead after being killed by a serial killer. He is currently living with her as her first companion at her home.

Appearance: Showing some distinct changes from the original, but less than the others, M!Eu is intended to look more the part of the "dashing wizard." Though he retains the original's medieval-style armor, it is made to look more masculine. He wears reading glasses for a more subtly wizard-like appearance, is quite tall and thin, and largely retains the original Eu's long hair for a more bishounen-style look.

Personality: Eu probably shows the least changes in personality out of the genderswapped characters, though this is mostly due to plot reasons. M!Eu, however, is slightly more gentle with Ayumu due to male-on-female abuse not being nearly as funny as female-on-male abuse. Instead, these gags are replaced with the more subtle humor of Ayumu being the female zombie servant to a male necromantic wizard.

Notes: For pure author flavoring, this Eu tends to occasionally opt for tracing characters in Ayumu's hand with his finger should his notepad not be around or he not have time to utilize it, and is also fluent in sign language.

Seraphim

A vampire ninja, he is now living with Aikawa Ayumu due to wanting to be Eucliwood Hellscythe's servant. Since Ayumu has taken the position, though, he is now surprisingly Ayumu's servant, but doesn't act or like being called her servant at all.

Appearance: As the resident curvy bombshell of the series, M!Sera is instead the local man-among-men. He is more masculine and muscled than the dashing prettyboy that M!Eu is, being broad-shouldered and with an incredibly toned swimmer's build, tending to walk around without a shirt due to the original Sera's tendency to wear curve-accentuating clothing. While M!Eu has long hair, M!Sera's hair is more similar to the original male Ayumu's hair style.

Personality: Of the four main members of the Aikawa residence, Sera probably shows the most difference in personality. This is because the original Sera's tsundere personality really only works as a girl. Due to the genderswap, M!Sera's tsundere personality comes across as more of a jerkass. He tends to largely treat Ayumu the same as in the original, though a lot of the violence translates as more of an... MDom thing, if not misogyny.

Notes: This Sera, of note, does not like being balled Sera due to its feminine connotations. He would prefer being called "Phim" from the other half of his full name.

Haruna

A Masou-Shoujo in training from the world of Villiers, she is a student of Ariel. In one of her training sessions, her magic was taken by Aikawa Ayumu, forcing her to stay with her.

Appearance: Unchanged. Due to the very nature of Masou-Shoujo and their Mahou Shoujo parody nature, Haruna is the only one of the four members of the Aikawa household to not be genderswapped.

Personality: Unchanged. However, her sexuality is unchanged as well. This makes her feelings for Ayumu just as confusing for her as they are for the zombie, perhaps even more so.

Notes: In general, instead of calling Ayumu a pervert like in the original, Haruna instead slings insults at her for being much taller, curvier, and bustier than her.

Orito Tulio

A friend of Ayumu, he is in the same class as her in school. Orito is known for being a pervert and a bit of a creeper, thus making him a bit unpopular among girls. He is quite a lively character and stands out in class.

Appearance: Unchanged.

Personality: Unchanged.

Notes: Though only a side-character, Orito is noteworthy for not being genderswapped. Him and Ayumu are, in fact, opposite-sex best friends. This is explained as, due to Ayumu's personality being largely unchanged despite the genderswap, she is a bit of a tomboy, and her relationship with Orito is entirely platonic from both ends. It is, however, partly due to her association with him that Ayumu is unpopular at school despite being one of the curviest girls in school (though this, also, is partly why Ayumu is unpopular. More on that in the fanfic proper).

Hiramatsu Taeko

Ayumu's classmate and a new friend of Yuki, Taeko is a boy with long hair and one of the few people who will talk with the zombie. He secretly has a huge crush on her.

Appearance: Largely unchanged even with the genderswap, being a rather short, small boy with medium-brown hair tied into a low-set, masculine ponytail reaching down to his shoulder blades and amber-colored eyes.

Personality: Again, largely unchanged even with the genderswap. He is kind, friendly, caring, and somewhat shy, with strong feelings for Ayumu, but doesn't act on them. He is, however, quick to rush to her defense when her classmates accuse her of being the chainsaw-wielding exhibitionist pervert girl running around their school's graveyard.

Notes: Despite being only a minor character, Taeko is one of the few characters not on the main cast to be genderswapped, which was necessary due to Fem!Ayumu's heterosexual nature. You see, instead of wearing her hair in twintails to attract Ayumu, M!Taeko has been growing his hair out and lifting weights due to finding out that Ayumu likes guys with long hair (Eu) and muscles (Sera).

General Changes

This fanfic is largely a mix between the canons of the anime and the manga. In general, when it comes to two different scenes between the two mediums, I will be using the one that had more detail, was more awesome, funny, etc. or I will be mixing the two scenes rather evenly. The latter case will become quite apparent in the Chapter 1 scene where Ayumu meets Haruna in the graveyard.

In terms of day-to-day living at the Aikawa household, Ayumu will largely be performing household duties like cooking, laundry, cleaning, and even some sewing, barring Haruna making the occasional fried eggs. This will be explained that, having lived alone prior to Eu moving in, she had to do all these things anyway, though these skills do prompt Sera to comment she would make a good wife. Seraphim himself, however, to translate his female self's skills with laundry and cleaning, will prove quite handy with tools and tends to be relegated to fixing pipes, plunging the toilet, and non-critical electric.

Sadly, as much as I find the original Ayumu's small breast, flat chest, and imouto perverted complex hilarious (the former is more apparent in the manga), I could not make Fem!Ayumu bisexual without sacrificing some of the humor this series is known for and making the genderswap largely superficial.

And finally, as a minor note, except for characters with Western-style names, like Eu, any characters with Japanese names will be written in the traditional order of surname first, given name second. I also will be using Japanese honorifics when they are relevant. Aside from this, though, I will largely be avoiding gratuitous Japanese unless the translation is difficult or unappealing, such as Masou-Shoujo being much catchier than "magically ornamented girl."

Final Notes

A quick interesting thing to note about the genderswaps:

With the primary residents of the Aikawa household now evenly gendered, they actually even themselves out in terms of aesthetic appeal:

Ayumu is the curvy girl...

Haruna is the loli...

Eu is the prettyboy...

While Sera is the manly muscled one.

Funny how I didn't even intend that. XD

Anyway, that's it. Like I said, I try to remain a silent author and only speak privately through PMs to reviewers. And I resond to any and all PMs provided you are logged in when making them. So don't hisitate to send me your questions or suggestions, I'll respond to them no matter what!

without further ado... Here's Kore wa Zombi Desu ka?/Is This a Zombie?: Yes, But It's a Female Zombie!