Although similar to my other thread but this is just for post apocalyptic or apocalypse novel Where Mc is a zombie or alternative race that emerges from the apocalypse Where the protagonist acts like what they are, (not just a zombie who is essentially no different to a human except it’s zombie label ) and has the ability to act on their own without the love interest For ex: Number one zombie wife is cool and all but the MC can hardly step 10 feet away from the ML and doesn’t seem to have much independence or individual ability (only based off reading to ch 109) Or even just a really good apocalypse novel is fine tbh ( I really don’t a Mary Sue/ incompetent Mc who can only rely on their love interest) Maybe even where the Mc is feared Or where they roam in a true apocalypse setting as a loner or stays to an apocalypse (no game elements) GxB or BxB or GxB, I dc lol
I would recommend Re:Survival & The Last Human [Moshi Fanren] https://www.novelupdates.com/series/re-survival/ https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=147147 Re:Survival has a webtoon, but it hasn't been translated yet. The Last Human is a webtoon exclusive.
Dunno any of that, esp 'no game elements', but I'll recommend The Outer Sphere as "a really good apocalypse novel".
Zombie Sister Strategy is also a good one where she is reborn as a zombie, unfortunately it is on webnovel app,
“The End Of The World’s Poisonous Mom And Monster Baby.” She becomes effectively half zombie, although at first the author insists that she’s human... but she’s really not.
I second Dominion's End! And no, it's not BL. MC is pretty badass (along with his family), and the humor's really good. Same author of The Legend of the Sun Knight.
here are a couple of decent BL raws if you want to MTL a story http://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=1967253 MC is betrayed and becomes a zombie (he eventually gets more human once he absorbs enough stones though) http://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=2676330 MC grows up in a zombie apocalypse, gets killed while looting books and transmigrates into the book to become a little star cannon fodder. more of an entertainment circle story but his life experience in the za definitely shades how he sees the world and his new experiences. MC is actually pretty chill.