Zeke

Zeke
Kanji	ジーク
Rōmaji	Jīku
Information
Gender	Male
Eyes	Brown
Hair	White/Black
Status	Alive
Voiced by
Japanese	Hitomi Harada

Zeke (ジーク, Jīku) is a puppy found by Alice Maresato and taken in by Takashi Komuro's group, making him the only unofficial member. Before the events of the main story Zeke was shown to have belonged to a young lady; the status of whom is currently unknown but presumably dead or somehow became one of "Them".

About

Zeke protecting Alice valiantly!

Despite being small, Zeke is initially shown to be brave, vigilant, energetic, and willing to protect Alice, despite the latter was still a complete stranger to him at the time, when she's being attacked by "them". Throughout the series, Zeke has shown to have acute senses, and is often the first to detect the presence of "them" before the other survivors. Zeke's name was given to him from Kohta Hirano who derived it from the American/Allied militaries' codename for the Mitsubishi Zero fighter aircrafts from WWII, "Zeke". Additionally, it was shown in the anime that "they" never really attacked Zeke in response; whether he's making considerably loud barking noises, or even attacking and biting "them" directly; and "they" would just walk right past him and ignore him completely.

Zeke chilling out at home, before crisis.

Appearance

A small puppy with white coat and black ear flaps. He also wears a red dog collar with a bone ornament that hangs at its front.

History

• Zeke with his beloved late lady owner～💛
• Zeke's owner prior to the apocalypse.

1/2

Before the outbreak, Zeke was owned by a young lady who's name and status is unknown but is presumably dead or either became one of "Them".

Personality

Zeke is energetic, vigilant, brave, chivalrous, self-sacrificing, and willing to protect Alice and the group when they're being attacked by "Them".

Plot

• "Bye bye, papa...😭"
• "Mister...I needa...go pick flowers...💦"
• "Ohh, that tickles! 🤣"
• "Inuyasha, osuwari!" -Kagome Higurashi.

1/4

Rika's House

Zeke is first shown running around the street barking near Rika Minami's house, later to be heard by Rei and Takashi. Zeke is later shown guarding Alice while Takashi is rescuing her, while walking on the fence/party wall from the yard that Takashi saved Alice from, Zeke starts to lick Takashi's chin and risking him to fall off. Luckily, Alice stopped Zeke with a "Bad doggie!" command/comment and Takashi was able to hang on, and the three of them are subsequently rescued by their incoming allies.

Gallery

Concept art of Alice and Zeke－1.

Concept art of Alice and Zeke－2.

Zeke on the cover of DVD vol.4.

"Here you go, Kohta-chan! 🥹"

Paladin Alice in Zeke costume.

Kohta and Zeke in the OP.

Alice and Zeke in the OP.

Concept art of Zeke in the OVA.

Zeke with Alice in the OVA.

Shizuka-Alice-Zeke BIG Mac sandwich in the OVA～👙🍔

Trivia

• In the English dub for the anime, Zeke's name is changed to "Zero", after the fighter planes used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II. Kohta bases the name on 'Zeke' being "fast and small" and "Kamikaze: brave, loyal, honorable, and self-sacrificing (Bushido code)", much like the plane and its pilots in question. Note that "Zeke" and "Zero" are both nicknames for the same aircraft, the Mitsubishi A6M "Navy Type-Zero" fighter aircraft, Allied reporting name/codename "Zeke" and more commonly known as "the Zero".
• During the end credits a picture of Zeke can be seen with a woman in a yellow dress, presumably his late owner.