Veteran of the Apocalypse

Up to ch. 38 it’s surprisingly good imo. Not perfect, but pretty decent.
I’d give it ~4.7.
Characters are well written, art is decent, plot isn’t bad, setting is fairly consistent and mostly makes sense. (despite all the whining in comments) There are some questionable moments, but so far its mostly due to the pacing and gradual exposition. Few major confusing issues were already clarified at some point.

MC is very careful, I’d even say paranoid as hell (which is a bit frustrating, but let’s be honest – objectively speaking, it is the most correct approach to survival at this early stage.) He is not the smartest cookie in a jar, but he doesn’t even try to pretend otherwise. He is flawed and he knows it well. But he makes his own choices and deals with consequences. Some decisions are questionable and some he regrets, some – not.

Despite theoretically OP trait, it’s extremely long-term oriented and doesn’t give him immediate power up. It requires major investments and preparation. With limited resources and very tight time frame, his preparation is solid. Considering iron plague, his priorities (power, tools and machinery instead of default survival supplies) make some sense. Preparing hard drives with different manuals and info is genius.
His “veteran” status gives him nothing but knowledge and few shortcuts. Early awakening even less of a boon – with no zombies around he couldn’t properly level up in advance and had to use every scrap of info just to get lvl 10.

Major “issues” I saw people complaining about:
(some spoilers ahead)

– The Iron plague, despite it’s name, reduced all metals to dust – not just iron and steel. It was directly said in ch.2.