 Towards the end of the final volume, Saki regains her free will after Reiko accidentally destroyed the Witch's Stone while she was carrying it.This causes Saki to revert to human status and attempts to use her newly regained freedom to escape, only to be sliced in half by Jasmine.In a list of "10 Great Zombie Manga", Anime News Network's Jason Thompson placed "Reiko the Zombie Shop" in tenth place, calling it a "maggot-covered undead mayhem from start to finish".