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   NAME JAPANESE 源 さくら ROMANIZED Minamoto Sakura ENGLISH Sakura Minamoto ALIASES Number 1 (1号) (Ichi-gō) Egg-head (By Saki) Babe (By Kotaro) Lady Sakura (By Yugiri) Brave Girl (By Yugiri) Ichiko Tatsumi (巽 一 子)[1] CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Zombie (Active) Human (Deceased) BIRTHDATE April 2, 1991 DATE OF DEATH April 7, 2008 (Butsumetsu) DEATH CAUSE Truck collision AGE Physically 17 (As of “Episode 1” onwards) Chronologically

   27 (As of “Episode 1”) 28 (As of “Episode 13”) BLOOD TYPE A HEIGHT 158 cm (5'2") WEIGHT 46 kg B/W/H 88/59/90 (F) GENDER Female OCCUPATION Franchouchou (Currently) Zombie #1 Center Caretaker at Suginohara Ranch (Part-Time) Student (Formerly) EYES COLOR Red (Zombie) Blue (Human) BIRTHPLACE Karatsu City, Saga RELATIONS OTHERS Kotaro Tatsumi (Manager;former classmate) Romero (Pet) Franchouchou (Co-idols) Ai Mizuno (Idolizes) Skull and Bull (Fans) Maria Amabuki (Friend) Maimai Yuzuriha (Friend;former co-idol) Policeman A (Acquainted) INTERESTS HOBBIES Listening to Iron Frill Dessert-making Doing puzzle games FAVORITE FOODS All kinds of sweets DISLIKED FOODS Spicy Food FAVORITE COLOR Pink PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Kaede Hondo ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Brina Palencia LESS I can be kind of a klutz most of the time, and there are days when it feels like I don’t really have it together. But, luckily, it’s not gonna be like that anymore, I’m gonna be the girl I’ve always wanted to be! If I follow my dreams, I know my future will be full of happiness and excitement. SAKURA, INTRODUCING HERSELF,

   Sakura Minamoto History Relationships Quotes Gallery Sakura Minamoto Sakura Icon The zombie whose charming point is the polka dot ribbon on her long hair. While she's the first to be awakened, she can't remember anything from when she's alive. Surrounded by all those legendary zombies, she's pushed into roles from time to time. Her dialect is of Karatsu. A girl with an extremely cute Karatsu City accent.

   Sakura Minamoto (源 さくら, Minamoto Sakura) is the former classmate of Kotaro Tatsumi and the main protagonist of Zombie Land Saga. She is also the first zombified human to gain consciousness out of the seven girls.

   She is the center of the idol group Franchouchou, with no legendary title yet, and is only known as Number 1 (1号 Ichi-gō).

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   Megami 9-19 Tae Sakura Sakura and Tae share the same cup size and overall body type Sakura has straight, red hair that extends past her shoulders. Part of it is tied up in a side ponytail with a blue and pink ribbon. Her eyes are crystal blue. She sports a curvaceous figure that is proportionally identical to those of Tae Yamada, with only slight differences by sheer numbers, mostly due to their height difference.

   She normally wears her school uniform, which consists of a blue and white dress with white socks and brown loafer shoes.

   Zombieland Saga 2nd Fanbook 043 First sketches of Sakura zombie Zombie

   Like the other zombies, Sakura's skin color is grayish blue. She has a large scar on her forehead, some bandages that cover part of both legs, and also has a bandage on her left hand. This reflects the injuries she sustained when she was fatally hit by a truck. She keeps her usual school uniform, but it is more rumpled.

   Idol

   Sakura's idol outfit changes throughout the series; in the first 6 episodes she wore a dress with a pink t-shirt with the inscription of “number 1” in Japanese, a short pink padded skirt, and blue tennis shoes with white knee-high stockings.

   After Saga Rock, her outfit changed to a red, argyle, short-sleeved blazer over a white, collared shirt, with a pink bow as a tie, a pink padded skirt, and black mid-calf boots detailed with the same red argyle as the blazer.

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   Personality

   Before Death

   She has proven to be incredibly talented in many fields. Sakura is shown to have had great potential in sports, as evidenced by her training hard enough to be the fastest runner in her age group, preparing for a relay race. One of her friends goes so far as to say that she was pretty good at sports in general. She is also shown to be promising academically, managing to get very high marks during the mock exams for the best high school in Saga. In fact, with the revelation that her death was caused by The Curse of SAGA; she was such an ace that the curse immediately saw her as a great threat with massive potential to revitalize the prefecture if she tried.

   Sakura adored Iron Frill, particularly Ai, in life. Ai's “never-say-die” attitude, as well as her performances, brought Sakura out of the learned helplessness and severe depression brought on by her many failures.

   Sakura depressed Sakura depressed about all her failures in life Before she died, Sakura's attitude was similar to hers but due to the misfortunes of her life, she adopted a rather pessimistic attitude to the point that all her social interactions disappeared because she only focused on herself. She refused to go with her companions because she thought that she would fail, no matter how hard she tried, but Iron Frill managed to inspire her, making her regain her hope.

   Her entire life before her death was a series of misfortunes that inhibited any progress toward a successful life. Her activities in athletics, education, etc. They were arrested by seemingly random phenomena like injury and illness, and, when she finally managed to regain some of her positivity, a truck killed her. The fact that this is all due in part to Saga's curse makes it appear that she is a cosmic pawn.

   Afterlife

   Sakura is shown as an energetic young woman when she was still alive. However, that enthusiasm seemed to turn to confusion, anxiety, and fear after she regains consciousness as a zombie. She becomes very passionate, though, when she gets to sing to an audience like an idol.

   Zombieland Saga - 01 - 11 Sakura discovers her zombie nature She is the most normal of all the zombies, being an ordinary high school student rather than a living legend at the time of her death. The first episode also has her as bewildered as the audience about the series' ridiculous premise. She understandably spends time asking plenty of questions, making her a surrogate audience for those less informed about the idol industry.

   Sakura serves as the emotional anchor that holds the group together. Notable examples include convincing the rebellious Saki to stay aboard Kotaro's plans despite their shared misgivings, inspiring Ai and Junko to restart their careers after seeing her determination to succeed, and helping Lily reconcile with her father after her death. Yugiri explicitly mentions it in Episode 12, stating that without Sakura, the strong wills of the others would have caused the group to fall apart much sooner.

   Sakura is overall very kind, emotional, and caring; her natural kindness makes her bond easily with others. However, just because she's nice and also somewhat naive doesn't mean she's a punching bag either. In Episode 2, after getting tired of Saki, Ai, and Junko's behavior during her performance, she does not hesitate to hit Tae's head from Saki's hands and verbally assaults them in a rap. In episode 10, Sakura finally loses her patience with Kotaro's crazy ideas and attacks him after encountering a boar in the snow outdoors and then towards her fellow group mates for seemingly wasting her time.

   Sakura is extremely empathetic, supportive, and compassionate; indeed, when Saki meets her teenage flame again and starts crying, realizing she can't be with him because she won't grow anymore, Sakura, while supporting her, starts crying out loud even more than her.

   Sakura took the time to take care of Tae, teach her movements, dress her and interact with her to the maximum of the entire cast. This has few, if any, negative implications for Sakura, and Tae is shown to be extremely grateful for Sakura's efforts in the season finale when she attempts to lift Sakura out of her depression.

   Episode 10 shows how her determinism becomes a flaw when working in a group; she gets so excited about something, she goes ahead without stopping to consider anyone else, and if she cannot see how what others are doing is directly relevant to what she is doing, she thinks they are wasting their time. Missing whatever hidden lessons there may be.

   While Sakura had forgotten her constant bad luck and the details of her death, she remembered being motivated by Ai and was just as joyful as she was at her introduction. She spends the entire series trying to regain her memories of her, and finally does so at the end of the tenth episode, after being hit again by a truck. However, she loses all recent memories of her with Franchouchou and, worse, relapses into a deep depression from her constant misfortune.

   Sakura wakes up looking alive and finds herself in the mansion with no memory of how she got there. She explores the place only to be attacked by a hungry zombie; her attempt to escape leads her into a room filled with even more zombies, and she grabs a poker to defend herself as they wake up and approach her. Finally leaving the mansion, she meets the policeman she met the first night, who is terrified by her zombie appearance before Kotaro comes to her rescue by knocking him unconscious. At the end of the season, she regains all of her post-mortem memories of her, giving her a full perspective on her identity.

   Oikaze Travelers Sakura, finally fulfilling her dream and about to cry on stage for that very reason During the second season, it is shown that she is now a fundamental part of the group; thanks to her actions of caring for the rest of the group, they have been able to spend this month working to pay off the great debt of their failure. This is in addition to taking it into her own hands to help Kotaro with depression and trying to talk to him so that he can go back to the girls and be his manager again.

   Although, she has less prominence throughout the second season, with her memories of life and as a zombie, she is more than willing to continue fulfilling her dream of being an idol even though she is dead. She will not mind facing God or Devil to achieve her dream in life and save Saga.

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   Abilities

   Skillset

   Wide Intellect—Despite her outward naivety, clumsiness and general lack of street smarts, Sakura immediately recognizes Kotaro Tatsumi as a shady guy who has her wrapped around his finger, only following his ridiculous demands as a way to regain her memories. She is also very gifted academically and scored an 85 or higher on a mock exam at one of the prefecture's prestigious schools (also a high score that beats the average score of other aspiring students by 10 points or more in each subject). Athleticism—Sakura was selected as a relay player for the third year in a row, each of which set the best time in the grade due to her training. Acting—Sakura demonstrates an excellent ability to act during practice for her school play. Musical Talent—After being inspired by Iron Frill, Sakura gains a love for becoming a pop idol and has naturally acquired musical talent. According to the director, Sakura's potential is unleashed when she is at a pressure point. Dancing—Alongside acquiring her musical talent, Sakura has also naturally mastered the art of dancing after discovering Iron Frill. Rapping—As shown in the second episode, Sakura can dish out lines against Saki in a spur-of-the-moment attempt. Hula-hopping—Sakura and the rest of the girls can perform while twirling hoops made of electricity during their performance in “Episode 16”. Natural Abilities

   Non-senescence—As a zombie, Sakura is granted the ability to remain at the age at which she died forever without any physical change after the resurrection process, as well as immunity against death. As she, along with the other girls, can endure circumstances that human bodies normally cannot handle. Like the lightning bolt in the seventh episode; and instead of suffering a third-degree burn, the girls end up becoming luminous and self-possessed-tuned voices. Detachable Limbs—As a zombie, Sakura is given the ability to detach and re-attach parts of her body from their sockets with little to no effort, whether it's intentionally or accidentally. Phosphorescent Vision—Sakura gains dark red eyes that can glow in the dark after she is resurrected into a zombie. Element Absorption—Their zombie bodies can accelerate the process of absorbing chemicals like those seen in Episode 4 by instantly absorbing the medicinal patches, causing their muscles to relax and not be as stiff. In addition to the fact that in their following concerts and practices, they continue to use the patches. In Episode 7, their bodies demonstrate a similar capacity to batteries by receiving an electrical discharge from lightning and glowing a pale blue, as well as releasing laser beams with their fingers. Muscle Memory—They actually still remember their traumas and the way they died, reflecting them in their post-life. The reason their bodies have this behavior is that since their death was such a tragic event, it was etched in their muscle memory and now that they have consciousness within their bodies. This behavior remains in the background and is only active if there is a stimulus. This is partially demonstrated with Sakura in episode 12 recalling the choreography after losing her memories. Weaknesses

   Bad Luck—Every time she focuses on a target, Saga's curse generates an aura of bad luck over her [2]. In Episode 10, she has a desire to regain her memories of her, causing her to rush to practice and come into conflict with the rest of Franchouchou when Kotaro sends them up the mountain to clear their minds. Her memory of her life in the following episode reveals that she stayed up practicing late, both for the school play and for the relay team; these efforts made her more vulnerable to the curse that took advantage of her health from spending weeks without sleeping to make her fall ill on several occasions: Being selected as the protagonist in the elementary school arts festival → On the day of the play, she was absent with a cold despite being vaccinated. Selected as a Relay Player in Grades 4, 5, and 6 → Every year, she was incapacitated by a cramp. She may have forgotten to stretch or injured herself from stretching too hard. The bandage wrapped around her lower leg in a zombie shape seems to be the clue to this. High school freshman studying hard to get into the school she wants → On the day of the test, she encountered elderly people in trouble, arriving late for the test where she lost focus and failed. Aspiring to be an idol, admired for the success of Iron Frill's Ai Mizuno → In April of her second year of high school, as soon as she left home to submit her application form, she was hit by a truck that suddenly appeared. (Episode 1) Manga 26 Sakura's bad luck is represented as a Sagako in Chapter 26 Afterlife Misfortune—Sakura's bad luck follows her even to her afterlife. Instances include: Unaware that she was revived as a zombie, a police officer shot her in the chest.[3] Participating in the concert at Saga Castle as Green Musume → Tae Yamada lost her head and Saki almost gave it away. The impromptu rap battle was a huge success, but the idol concert failed. Trying to stop Ai Mizuno and Junko Konno, who tried to escape, but she went out into a busy area and was almost shot again by the same officer. Performing at a guerrilla in the square of the Karatsu station → She forgets the lyrics. When she was in Ureshino Onsen, the public relations manager of the pharmacy came, because of a mistake they ended up scaring her so much that she forgot everything about her relationship with Franchouchou.[4] At Gatalympics, she launched herself from the rope as expected, but fell short.[5] She attempts to fetch Junko's hat before it flies off any further but ends up falling into the shore.[6] Intentionally run over by the curse to try to stop her with her old memories.[7] A snowfall on the day of Franchouchou's presentation in Arpino, causing the roof to collapse.[8] She trips over Tae, making the latter's head fly off for the inconspicuous journalist to get photographic evidence of their secret.[9] The house is swept out to sea by a gigantic storm, and later collapses, causing them to lose their makeup, costumes, and musical instruments.[10] ADVERTISEMENT

   Etymology

   The name Sakura means “cherry blossoms, decoy” (さくら) in Hiragana. However, when written in kanji (桜 or 咲良), it could possibly mean: 桜— “cherry blossom”. 咲良— “blossom” (咲) (saku) and “good, virtuous, respectable” (良) (ra). Sakura's surname Minamoto means “source, origin” (源). Minamoto is also one of the three most prominent clans in Japanese history. It is listed in the Shinsen Shojiroku. Sakura concept art Sakura concept art ADVERTISEMENT Trivia

   According to Sakura's designer, Kasumi Fukagawa, she said that her vision for Sakura was that everyone would love her and would be the “ideal girl for a boy.” Sakura's primary cause of death was head trauma from a speeding truck. The Ookoba article shown in the post-credits scene of “Episode 19” details the following about her death: Light Truck Accident. The Victim is a High School Girl

   This was revealed after a report from a man driving a minivan. The victim was Sakura Minamoto (17), who lived very close to the accident site. After the accident, Sakura was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Although she was treated at the hospital, she suffered severe head injuries and was confirmed dead after being taken to the hospital.

   Distracted Driving on the Streets

   At around 7:35 a.m. on the 7th of this month, a collision occurred between a pedestrian and a light vehicle in a residential area of ​​Karatsu City.

   According to a police report, at the time of the accident, a traffic officer from the Karatsu Prefectural Police was driving through a residential area at a speed of 40 km/h and failed to notice Sakura leaving a house, which caused the collision. The assailant claims the direct cause of the accident was something else: "There was a bright light shining inside the car, and I instinctively looked the other way," but no physical evidence of the cause has yet been found.

   The residential area where the incident occurred is a relatively narrow residential street with many pedestrians. The speed limit on residential roads is 10 miles per hour. Sakura's forehead scar was caused by her apparent cause of death, a head concussion. This is also the reason she had acquired amnesia of her memories when she was alive. If Sakura hadn't been hit by the truck and made it to the audition, the chances of her being accepted would have been slim. If they had rejected her, she would have sunk further into depression. Even if she was accepted, a few months later she would have seen her hero die in front of her eyes, which would depress her again (or maybe Sakura would have been struck by lightning). The curse would still try to prevent her from achieving her achievements in her lifetime because she would make Saga a popular place. With Sakura’s birthday being on April 2nd, this makes her an Aries. It is revealed in the eleventh episode that, right before her death, and before acquiring amnesia in her afterlife, she suffered from severe depression that left her unwilling to continue with all her dreams, since they had all failed. It wasn't until she met Ai through a TV show that she somehow managed to get her hopes up and create her dream of becoming an idol. Sakura died five days after her seventeenth birthday. Sakura is the only member of Franchouchou to not have a “Legendary” title. Despite not having a similar title, her backstory shows that she was “legendary” too, in her own way. Sakura is a legendary Jinx, a talented, intelligent, and driving girl who never succeeds at what she counts due to her bad luck. This supposed bad luck may actually be the effects of the Saga curse preventing her from bringing glory to Saga, meaning she could have been a legendary actor, runner, or idol if the curse hadn't interfered. For this very reason, Kotaro never called her legendary, he knew that if he told her that, and she remembered who he was, she would have recognized him. In episode 10 there appears a paper with the choreography of the next song that reveals the plot of Sakura's past an episode before. It's basically a song where Sakura takes almost all the spotlight, and Tae just wanders in the back and doesn't move to the front of the group at all; there's an incredibly wild mix of all the different dance types. The main point of the song is that Sakura says, “I will not succumb to my fate, no matter how many misfortunes and adversities I have to face.” It is possible that the parents' house where she lived is in an area about a 40-minute walk from the mansion in the series, which has been identified by a Japanese viewer. A search has been made, and it was found that she lived near Mount Kagamiyama in Karatsu, within a radius of 300-500 meters.[11] As of “Episode 13”, she and Tae Yamada work part-time as caretakers of a local pasture farm. It is revealed in “Episode 18” that her family’s gravestones are positioned right next to the Yamada family’s gravestones. Her seiyuu, went to lunch at the Drive-In Tori restaurant, as an extra documentary on Volume 2 of the Blu-ray. Sakura Minamoto doesn't have a picture song of her own during the first season, but on the album “Franchouchou The Best”, she gets her own solo song specific to hers known as “Sensei! ALIVE Sensation”. This song focuses on her own “life after death” goals backed up with an upbeat feel, which would not sound out of place for an “overflowing with life” anime opening theme. She is the first of Franchouchou (and the entire series, overall) to have had a Good Smile Company Nendoroid made after her. With the figure being released in January 2020. Tae having maternal love for Sakura as her first emotion as a zombie is later touched upon in the last chapter of the spin-off manga, wherein both Tae and Magatsuhi willingly fused with one another after bonding over their craving for maternal affection

2. #2Kotaro Tatsumi

   Keys: Kotaro Tatsumi

   NAME JAPANESE 巽 幸太郎 ROMANIZED Tatsumi Kōtarō ENGLISH Kotaro Tatsumi ALIASES Inui (乾)[1] (Real surname) Shades (By Saki) Sir (By Sakura and Lily) Inui-kun/Mr. Kotaro (By Sakura) Lord Kotaro (By Yugiri) Mr. Tatsumi (By Junko) Squid Guy (By Inubashiri) The Boozer[2] (By Saki) TITLE The Mysterious Idol Producer CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human BIRTHDATE Sometime between 1991-1992 AGE Late twenties HEIGHT 180 cm (5'11") GENDER Male OCCUPATION Franchouchou (Currently) Founder Producer Manager Songwriter Choreographer Cosmetician Driver Merch Designer Student (Formerly) Contestant at Japanese Got Performance (Formerly) RELATIONS OTHERS Franchouchou (Manages) Sakura Minamoto (Former classmate) Jofuku (Mentor) Romero (Pet) Maimai Yuzuriha (Temporarily managed) Arata Ookoba (Acquainted) Drive-In Tori President (Sponsor) Skull and Bull (Acquainted) Policeman A (Acquainted) INTERESTS HOBBIES Teasing the girls (Especially Sakura) Songwriting FAVORITE FOODS Dried Squid Chicken Saga's saké PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Mamoru Miyano ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Ricco Fajardo LESS Look Sakura, I lied! When I said that you didn't have it. And for as long as Franchouchou exists, I promise I will be someone who has it too! And Sakura… the truth is… EFS is just the start… 'cause your dream… Franchouchou's dream… it is bigger! One day you'll be loved by the whole world! Until then… I give my undying word… I… I will… I'll eternally have whatever it takes. KOTARO TO SAKURA, RESPONDING TO HER GRATEFULNESS,

   Kotaro Tatsumi History Relationships Quotes Gallery Kotaro Tatsumi Kotaroicon The mysterious idol producer. Always seen wearing a black jacket on his back, a red vest with a squid tentacle from the Kojima food industry sticking out, and black sunglasses that never fall off. An arrogant man who won't let common sense get in his way, he was the one that resurrected the seven “legendary” zombies. He plans to enlist the zombie idols into Zombie Land Saga Project to save the Saga prefecture, although no one knows the true details of his plans. Kotaro Tatsumi (巽 幸太郎, Tatsumi Kōtarō), real surname Inui (乾, Inui), is the energetic producer of the idol group Franchouchou and Sakura Minamoto’s classmate back in high school.

   He is the one responsible for resurrecting the girls from different eras to be part of his idol group, as a means to support the bartender's plan to save Saga from its curse.

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   Kotaro is a pale-skinned young man with neatly combed brown hair that has bangs swept to the right side, he wears a pair of dark sunglasses that always covers his eyes and a toned figure underneath his clothes.

   His outfit consists of a white shirt with a dark blue bow and a red vest with dried squid tentacles sticking out of the pocket. He has a matching navy-blue jacket that is hung behind his shirt collar, but it is never seen to be used properly.

   High School Uniform

   In 2008, Kotaro wore a black gakuran military school uniform.

   Depressed Phase

   This phase shown at the beginning of the second season shows us a depressed and careless Kotaro, letting his hair grow 20 cm more until he has hair that covers his face, he also has traces of a beard. His clothes consist of his usual pants and a very sloppy white shirt, he also wears sandals.

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   Personality

   High School

   Kotaro anime 1 Inui's personality remains unknown His old Inui personality is unknown. But since his name is totally opposite to his current one, it can be given the idea that he is shy and serious. When he looks for new commercials or offers for the girls and seriously when he talks to Jofuku, he reflects this other personality.

   Current

   His plan to save Saga from the curse; chooses various deceased celebrities and other influential figures who have already been killed by the curse, raises them from the dead and makes them gain popularity as a regional idol group. All in the hopes of spreading Saga's name and preventing the curse from to erase the concept of Saga Prefecture. So far, it has worked in his favor. Even Jofuku can't believe it worked.

   Tatsumi is a loud and eccentric idol producer who has big ambitions for “saving” the Saga prefecture with his zombie idols. He is unwavering and passionate when it comes to achieving this goal, doing whatever it takes to make the girls into a sensational idol group. He seems to be obsessed with using the undead to revitalize Saga Prefecture. No one knows the exact details of his plan, and he can dodge all questions about it using the most outrageous answers.

   Though he may have lofty motivations, however, Tatsumi himself seems to be quite an idiot and often pretends to be more knowledgeable than he is. When his ignorance is ever revealed, he frequently resorts to lashing out and yelling at whoever called him out. He rarely ever considers the girls' feelings about his ill-conceived and unreasonable plans, such as forcing Sakura Minamoto to perform in front of a crowd of death metal fans when she explicitly told him that she couldn't.

   Kotaro anime 7 Kotaro in one of his morning performances He's loud and totally crazy for making a group of zombie idols, but he's incredibly effective at putting together successful performances. He's such a skilled makeup artist that he can make decaying corpses pose as fully alive and impressive people.

   Despite his flaws, Tatsumi does seem to have some semblance of wisdom and understanding, telling off Ai Mizuno and Junko Konno for giving up on the idol group so easily, which would eventually help convince them to join the group. Another time, when Junko locked herself up, he gives her advice on her issues with modern idols. He also shows this side by demonstrating a fair amount of professionalism as a manager, such as creating various business opportunities and connections and giving a talk about how Saki's actions in a fight could potentially ruin Franchouchou's reputation.

   Every time he tries to get someone's patronage, he tends to seduce them (regardless of gender), making them blush.

   However, behind this overwhelming and eccentric personality, hides a quite discreet, anguished, and reserved man. In fact, during the Gatalympics cycling event, we noticed that he has trouble expressing himself in public. We also notice, first in the manga, that he regularly doubts the success of his plans and then goes into phases of depression.

   Kotaro gif 5 Kotaro motivating the girls, episode 6 The manga version of the series seems to focus on the work Kotaro does to promote and secure concerts for Franchouchou in the background, while greatly abbreviating the girls' events (To the point where both the rap battle and the guerrilla show are only covered in single-page flashbacks; so far, the rock concert is the only event from the show covered in its entirety). This version of Kotaro is less impulsive and shows his true self. He is an insecure man sometimes and that, like any human being, he will get tired if he reaches a certain point. Such as having a stomach ache from the stress of supporting the group. He also does not know everything that is going on around him, and he tends to get frustrated easily when he does not understand things or what to do. Falling into a depressed state.

   Kotaro depressed Kotaro is depressed in the manga for not being able to achieve his goals There will be times when Kotaro will genuinely get angry, such as Sakura breaking her mask after seeing her first sponsorship ruined. To which he tells her that he will shave her next time if she ruins it again. Junko refuses to take photos with fans at the photoshoot, and also irritates him so much that he boils down to yelling at the girls. When Saki steps in to save Maria from a rival motorcycle gang, he is very serious when he tells her that if she gets into trouble like that, she could put Franchouchou in danger.

   The big turning point in Kotaro's portrayal comes with Episode 7 when he helps Junko out of her bad mood and then accidentally runs her over. Subsequently, he begins to get more involved as a helper and mentor to the girls. Such as composing a song for Lily to sing to her father, warning Saki not to use violence to solve the Dorami Biker Gang's problems, or trying to get Sakura to not give herself up. He realizes his flaws, and the audience begins to see the sides he tries to hide from the girls. Such as his vulnerabilities or the broader mysteries he is involved in.

   Out of his impatience, he rushes to follow the steps to try to make Franchouchou as big as possible, making many hasty and impulsive decisions that are detrimental to the progress of the group. Given the pressure of fighting a deadly curse, there is some cause for it, but it still does as much harm as good in the long run.

   This comes to a head with the disastrous EFS concert. He doesn't properly advertise the show and attempts to rush the girls to the venue in a matter of weeks. This results in poor audience participation, a massive debt load, and Franchouchou's popularity plummets. At this point, he realizes how badly he has screwed up the girls.

   In Episode 13, Kotaro became depressed after the disastrous failure of the Franchouchou concert, saddling the team with enormous debt with a very short deadline. As a result, he spent weeks isolated from girls, drank heavily, and grew his hair. Fortunately, he comes out of his depression after a conversation with Jofuku, just in time to save Franchouchou's performance at the metal venue.

   In Episode 15, Kotaro announces that the girls will open for Iron Frill, but that Ai will not be participating, claiming that the risk of being recognized by her former bandmates is too great. The “stealth” part is minimized here, as none of the girls buy this excuse, but only during the concert itself, that Ai realizes why he actually did this; the others had been relying too much on her, and Kotaro wanted to make them do it becoming more independent (as well as forcing Junko out of her shell a bit more).

   Kotaro guitar destroyed Goodbye to his beloved electric guitar He's quite attached to his electric guitar, has had it for years, and uses it as a source of inspiration to keep moving forward… and then Junko smashes it to pieces during her performance.

   When Lily takes full charge of Franchouchou's morning briefing for an episode, she does her own version of Kotaro's nasty heckling (although she's much cuter doing it). All he can do is walk over to an empty chair and sit quietly, trying not to cry at the end. Not long after, he gives a miserable performance for the talent show due to not having his usual self-confidence.

   When he believes that he killed Maimai, he is on the constant brink of a panic attack, trying to keep up with his morning routine, but eventually breaks down, desperately denying any guilt. Fortunately, he was innocent on that front.

   Never ending SAGA Worried about the state of the girls, he runs to his mansion to see that they are okay In episode 10 of Revenge. He becomes disconcertingly serious when he talks about his plans for another EFS concert, and later when Ookoba confronts him, having finally uncovered Franchouchou's secret.

   Barring a few rare moments, Kotaro won't stop once he's set his mind on something he plans to do. His inner thoughts after Sakura's death also explain it, regarding his dream of Franchouchou having a second chance at life, along with a chance to save Saga while he does so.

   By the end of Revenge, he becomes much more responsible as a producer, being generally kinder to the girls and trying to make better decisions that will improve them as a group. His relationship with Sakura also improves tremendously, and she is genuinely grateful that he helped her turn her into an idol.

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   Abilities

   Skillset

   Songwriting—In chapter 9.1 of the Zombie Land Saga manga, Kotaro struggles to come up with ideas for a song involving a duet between Junko Konno and Ai Mizuno for the upcoming Saga Rock festival, as they are polar opposites. Through the use of tofu, he eventually has an epiphany and finishes the song in time for Saga Rock. Beatboxing—In Episode 2, it is shown that Kotaro has significant skill in beatboxing as he did the main beat to fuel the rap battle between Sakura Minamoto and Saki Nikaido where he was able to quicken his beat immediately when Yugiri joined in playing her Shamisen. Rapping—On top of his beatboxing skills, Kotaro is shown to be able to rap himself when he compliments Sakura’s rapping in a rap-like fashion (although this is only shown in the English dub). Multilingualism—Throughout the series, Kotaro is shown to be capable of speaking Japanese, English, and French. Dancing—Despite being just the girls’ producer, Kotaro has displayed his talent at dancing, as shown in the first season’s intro. Musical Talent—Aside from being the songwriter and producer of the girls, Kotaro has shown his proficiency in playing multiple musical instruments as well as having the ability to perform songs himself. Guitar-playing—As shown in the eighth episode, he is also skillful at playing the guitar. Bagpipe-playing—Albeit not shown directly, a bagpipe can be seen in his room in “Episode 13”, which can only be assumed that it has, at some point, been involved in his songwriting. Cosmetology—A feat Kotaro learned from Hollywood, makes it possible to change the appearance of a zombie with makeup to look like a real human being. It appears that the girls are very confident about it because it is not only a mere reproduction of the living body but also a beauty that even some of the girls who engaged in artistic pursuits before their lives will be impressed with. Designing—Apart from songwriting, Kotaro is responsible for designing the merchandise for the group. Driving—Kotaro drives the group van but can be easily distracted when doing so, which can make him lose focus. Kabuki acting—Kotaro is shown to be able to mimic the movements of Kabuki actors, as shown in the sixth episode. Yodeling—As demonstrated in the tenth episode, Kotaro is adept at yodeling. Hand-to-hand Combat—Similar to Skull and Bull, Kotaro can also fair well in a battle of fisticuffs against a stadium full of people, as shown in “Episode 13”. Natural Abilities

   Superhuman Strength—Kotaro proved himself extremely powerful for a human being, capable of casually overpowering zombies and breaking blocked doors with a simple kick when Junko barricaded herself to hide in sorrow. Charisma—As shown in the fourth and fifth episodes, Kotaro has the ability to distract people regardless of gender and age with just his natural charm. Wide Intellect—Kotaro's intelligence is shown throughout the series, whether it be through songwriting, necromancy, or by other means. Athleticism—Kotaro was the only one who successfully went through the Gatalympics mud bike round without a speck of mud on his person. Enhanced Durability—There have been multiple instances throughout the show wherein he is shown to have the ability to withstand harsh conditions. Such as being able to hold his ground and fight back in “Episode 13”, having survived the curse trying to drown him at sea in “Episode 22” and having survived from nearly drowning to death in Jofuku’s flooded bar in “Episode 23”. Unique Abilities

   Necromancy—It is not known exactly how Kotaro turned the girls into zombies, but according to him, “it's like a zombie movie.” Like other zombie works, the zombie girls in this series are described as “human beings resurrected as corpses”, but they do not appear to have the peculiar smell of corpses. In the fourth episode, one of the members, Ai Mizuno, asked a very reasonable question, saying “In Japan, bodies are not cremated?”. The method of obtaining the corpse is still a mystery. Good Luck—It is not known how, but he seems to be protected by a good luck shield that protects him when the curse tries to kill him repeatedly or help him to fulfill his objective. This is seen in Episode 13 when the lights of traffic lights turn green for pedestrians when he is going for the girls in GEILS. Or when a wind pushes him a little to avoid being crushed by Wintos, the Ekimae Fudosan stadium mascot. ADVERTISEMENT

   Etymology

   The name Kotaro means “happiness, good luck” (幸) (ko), “thick, big, great” (太) (ta) and “son” (郎) (ro). Kotaro's surname Tatsumi means “southeast” (巽). Kotaro's former surname Inui means “northwest” (乾). If you look at the King Wen “Later Heaven” Bagua, you will see that the word “巽” is on the opposite side of “乾”. When the meaning of Inui and Tatsumi are combined, it becomes “heavenly wind”. Trivia

   A running gag in the show involves Kotaro's sunglasses covering his eyes, or alternatively, his eyes not being shown to the audience at all. As such, it is only reasonable that he brings them to bathe, as shown in the sixth episode. The theory that Kotaro harbors good luck instead of the girls' bad luck is slightly supported in “Episode 13”. As shown in the scene where all the pedestrian traffic lights turned green simultaneously in the middle of traffic just as he ran by going to Geils Death Metal. Despite being charismatic, Kotaro seems to have a fear of public speaking, as seen during the fifth episode when he was asked to address the crowd at the Gatalympics. It appears that there are several indications of this in his name, as Tatsumi and Inui are complete opposites. The way he avoids speaking in public when asked if he was excited would actually be the closest we know of the Inui personality. His stage fright is once again highlighted in “Episode 17”, when he performed the mating dance of mudskippers in heat during his turn at the Japanese Got Performance talent show. It is hinted in “Episode 8” that his sleepwear consists of a shower cap that he wears alongside his usual attire and signature sunglasses. Kotaro seems to have some sort of Klazomania as he is shown to burst out at any given moment. One of the main causes of Klazomania is an overdosage of alcohol, which Kotaro can be seen consuming in both the eleventh episode and in the manga. Kotaro is revealed to have a diary wherein he records the group’s idol activity alongside bits of his own personal life. Entries of his diary are shown as episode synopses on the official website. The scene wherein a disheveled Kotaro raises his arms to the sky by a cliffside with roaring waves in the thirteenth episode is reminiscent of the official poster for the second season. With the only difference being that his hair was not as long in the official poster as to avoid spoilers. There have only been five episodes so far wherein Kotaro does not have a major role. The five episodes being “Episode 9”, “Episode 14”, “Episode 17”, “Episode 18” and “Episode 21”. Coincidentally, the first two are both Saki Nikaido-centered episodes. It is also worth noting that “Episode 17” is the first and, so far, only episode wherein he does not yell at any of the girls, or in general, for that matter, throughout the entire time. Whereas there is currently one episode, “Episode 20”, wherein he does not make any sort of physical appearance outside of the intermission pictures. It is also the first episode to not have an entry from his diary act as the episode synopsis. Instead, Kiichi Momozaki's memorandum is used. In “Episode 16”, it is revealed that Kotaro has replica wigs of all the girls sitting on a cabinet in his office. This is a callback to him threatening to shave the girls’ heads bald the next time they get caught as zombies back in “Episode 4” (Although this would only make sense in the original Japanese sub/dub. As his line in the English dub was changed to “You better be glad you girls are already dead.”). Kotaro and Kiichi share the same voice actor in both dubs, with both being voiced by Mamoru Miyano in the original and Ricco Fajardo in the English dub. In “Episode 23”, the scene on the stairs while he's watching Sakura is done from Kotaro's perspective, making Sakura look 30% prettier than she is[3]. When Kotaro and the bartender were discussing the Zombie Land Saga Project, the bar they were in was called New Jofuku. Jofuku (徐福) is the Japanese name for Xu Fu, a court sorcerer during the Qin dynasty who was sent to search for the elixir of life from the immortals. The pictures on the wall of the bar are from Jofuku Park in Saga. There are indications that he knew of Sakura's dire fate and is ready to improvise whenever the stage is destroyed during concerts. According to the series creators, the character of Kotaro is the key character to understanding the entire history of Zombie Land Saga. Not only because he was the one who created the Zombie Land Saga project, but also because it is related to basically the entire plot of the series. In the twenty-fourth episode, Kotaro coughs up blood and quietly covers it up, so the girls don't worry about him. In Chapter 8 of the manga, he shows that he has stomach problems and that, by consuming alcohol, he may have developed Cirrhosis. Which is also being aggravated by the effects of the curse, exacerbating his condition. Even though he is not a member of Franchouchou, Kotaro managed to get his own character theme in the penultimate episode, sung by Mamoru Miyano himself.

3. #3Ai Mizuno

   Keys: Ai Mizuno

   NAME JAPANESE 水野 愛 ROMANIZED Mizuno Ai ENGLISH Ai Mizuno ALIASES Number 3 (3号) (San-gō) Tweedlefame {By Sakura) Lady Ai (By Yugiri) Sanko Tatsumi (巽 三子) (Work alias) [1] Miss Three[2] (By Kotaro) TITLE The Legendary Heisei Idol (伝説の平成アイドル Densetsu no Heisei aidoru) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Zombie (Active) Human (Deceased) BIRTHDATE March 7, 1992 DATE OF DEATH August 4, 2008 (Butsumetsu) DEATH CAUSE Struck by lightning AGE Physically 16 (As of 2008 onwards) Chronologically

   26 (As of 2018) 27 (A month before “Episode 13”) 28 (As of “Episode 24”) BLOOD TYPE B HEIGHT 160 cm (5'3") WEIGHT 42 kg B/W/H 81/56/80 (B) GENDER Female OCCUPATION Zombie 3 of Franchouchou (Currently) Lead Singer for Iron Frill (Formerly) Kojima Food Factory employee (Part-Time) EYES COLOR Red (Zombie) Garnet Red (Human) RELATIONS OTHERS Iron Frill (Rivals;former co-idols) Kotaro Tatsumi (Manager) Romero (Pet) Franchouchou (Co-idols) Junko Konno (Best friend) Sakura Minamoto (Fan) Maimai Yuzuriha (Former co-idol) Skull and Bull (Fans) Policeman A (Acquainted) INTERESTS HOBBIES Idol research Collecting freaky but cute mascot merchandises FAVORITE FOODS Yakiniku DISLIKED FOODS Carbs FAVORITE COLOR Blue PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Risa Taneda ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Bryn Apprill MORE I don’t think of mistakes or failures as bad things, that’s not how it works. AI TO SAKURA,

   Ai Mizuno History Relationships Quotes Gallery Ai Mizuno Ai Icon The black short-haired zombie with flower ornaments. The immovable leader of Idol Frill, the idol unit that was at the top during the 21st-century idol war. While she's good at singing, she is confident in her ability to dance. She is determined and is not afraid to speak her mind out. Extremely skeptical of Kotaro's schemes.

   On a side note: the flowers on her head increased when she's in idol form.

   Ai Mizuno (水野 愛, Mizuno Ai) was the former lead singer of the idol group, Iron Frill. After being resurrected from the dead, she becomes a member of the zombie idol group, Franchouchou.

   She is titled as The Legendary Heisei Idol (伝説の平成アイドル, Densetsu no Heisei aidoru).

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   Human

   Ai has short, dark, slate blue hair with two yellow flower clips. Her bangs are bunched up, and she has light red eyes. Ai sports a rather very slim and slender figure which is proportionally identical to those of Junko Konno with only slight differences in sheer numbers.

   Her casual outfit consists of an idol-style school outfit: a navy-blue jacket over a pale yellow top with a blue plaid skirt and bow. She also wears dark gray socks and light-brown school shoes.

   Zombie

   Like the other zombies, Ai's skin is grayish-blue and most of her body is covered with bandages, somewhat like a mummy.

   Ai's bandages cover her almost completely and bear witness to third-degree burns on her body, the lightning burning her skin until it was brown, except for her eyes. Since she died from being struck by lightning that charred her corpse, the bandages are likely not only to help her stay together, but also to cover up the massive burns all over her body.

   Idol

   Ai's idol outfit changes throughout the series; in episodes 1-6, Ai wears a light blue T-shirt with the word “3” written on it, along with a blue skirt with white ruffles. Using makeup, she and the other zombies make their skin look like normal humans. Ai also wears contact lenses to achieve the red eyes that she had as a living person.

   After Saga rock, her idol outfit changed to a red jacket with a plaid decoration, a blue skirt with cotton inside it, and knee-high boots.

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   Personality

   Before Death

   Iron Frill was her idol group in her life. Ai seems to have mixed feelings about the current members who are active, as they treat her existence as a legendary top idol. Iron Frill had just started to take off when Ai died, so those who remember her for something apart from her death largely remember her as a rising star who could have gone far if she had lived. In an unusual case of this, while the loss of what might have been weighed heavily on Ai, nothing stops her from returning to the stage. In fact, getting another chance to be a famous idol again is what helps motivate her.

   Afterlife

   At the beginning of the story, she is very critical of the Zombie Land Saga Project, which she feels is doomed the moment people find out. She begins to see promise in her fellow zombies after a few episodes, but is still the first to remind them how hard they will have to work to achieve it. Proving that she is more realistic than cynical. And given the superficiality with which Kotaro pitched her idea, her skepticism is not entirely unwarranted.

   Ai gif 1 Ai training hard After Police A nearly shoots her, she realizes that she really has nowhere to go and resigns herself to staying at the mansion, feeling too discouraged to act again. She begins to recover after she and Junko have to save the guerilla performance after Sakura messed up some lyrics, while she considers starting her career all over again with Sakura and her company.

   When she was alive, Ai displayed a cheerful and determined personality, but after turning into a zombie, she became quite skeptical and suspicious. As she gradually begins to warm up to her group, she begins to act like herself before her untimely death. She has shown a supportive side by helping the other members with her idol experience.

   Ai has a dizzying array of knowledge about the idol business, dance choreography, music theory, public relations… it's obvious why she was the leader of Iron Frill. Unfortunately, this comes with the logical weakness that she is often stubborn about her own perspective, and she gets along worse with Kotaro. She is also the only member of Franchouchou able to discern Sakura's recent memory exchange in Episode 11.

   Ai v Kotaro Ai not understanding Kotaro's attitude when rejecting various offers Her stubbornness, on the one hand, can be her best tool. It is what fuels her deterministic attitudes of hers and her hope for the group, but it also makes it incredibly difficult to engage with her and persuade her. Ai's stubbornness also brings her into conflict with Junko, who is used to the old idol standards, and the two have a huge fight that lasts for an episode.

   She is the most responsible so far for the girls' training exercises, teaching newcomers the basics of the business, and is the one who speaks the most about the way of thinking with which they will approach their shared goal. When a member is struggling or has a particularly important role to play on a new song, she trains them directly by example, and takes it upon herself to review songs as a whole when the entire group is having trouble. Furthermore, although she constantly strives to be constructive and is generally no less sincere than the rest of the group. She firmly believes that they will get nowhere “just playing with friends all the time.”

   The hot and cold sides of Ai's demeanor are dictated in large part by her perception of the other girls' work ethic, rather than simple emotional provocation like many classic tsundere. She is very kind and supportive of each of the girls under any ordinary circumstance. Although she never resorts to violence unless she is directly attacked (as by Kotaro in Episode 5), she will become almost militantly severe in her expression if she feels that someone is not doing their gang duty seriously or conscientiously. This is most prominently shown in her confrontation with Junko in Episode 6 and, to a lesser extent, in her lectures to Sakura in Episodes 10 and 12.

   Ai trains quite a bit in rehearsals and is paired on songs along with Junko. Her incredible talent in singing, dancing and choreography, as well as possessing such musical arranging skills that at one point she was able to identify and properly alter the harmony of a song to avoid being continually confused by Tae, is one of the reasons why which is an essential member of the group.

   Ai hasn't had a great time going from a rising musical talent to a disfigured corpse. Her spirit is crushed as she realizes that she has nowhere to go among the living and that she is remembered more for her gruesome death than for her career or talent. After being dead for a decade, Ai takes advantage of Kotaro's computer to catch up on the phenomena of the years she's been away, specifically on the trends of idols that have come and gone, to gain a better advantage for the group and progress in popularity. Realizing that she has become nothing more than a sensational tragedy in the public eye hits her hard and influences her faulty behavior throughout episodes 5 and 6. Many idols have cited her as an inspiration for their careers, wanting to reach the same potential as her. Ai, on the other hand, is hurt that her life and her legacy have become nothing more than a tragic story told through the industry.

   Ironically, she spends the first few episodes refusing to work, but once she starts, her work ethic becomes obvious. She is almost always the first to address practical concerns about their careers. She becomes absolutely furious when she feels Junko is intentionally letting the team down, and when her arms and legs break after a prolonged session of choreography practice, and claims this is not unusual for her.

   She emphasized that she doesn't need to have friends to succeed. She is quite a selfish person when it comes to achievement. Her posture is the most antagonistic to Saki; who gains her trust through her comrades. In the end, Saki turns out to be right (the main point of why she is perfect to be the leader) and loosens her work obsession to the point that she respects her and constantly consults her before demanding from the rest. Ai functions as a second in command after Arpino.

   Junko takes Ai Ep 16 Junko takes Ai to “prevent” her from going to Iron Frill Episodes 3 and 4 of Revenge establish her as one for Franchouchou. The others depend so much on her knowledge and experience that Kotaro excludes her from the group's performance as the opening act of Iron Frill, under the (false) pretense of not wanting her former bandmates to recognize her. So, the others are forced to act according to their own expectations and initiative instead of constantly seeking their advice.

   Shiori tries to persuade her to leave Franchouchou and join Iron Frill, and she almost seriously considers the possibility of her. Eventually, she realizes that she wants to get away from her past with Iron Frill and that she can't abandon her fellow zombies like that. This culminates when the others join in when it appears that Shiori has come to take her away, and Ai confidently supports them.

   Zombieland Saga Revenge - 11 - 26 We are not zombies, we are Franchouchou Even though she proves to be cold with her feelings and has no hope when she discovers that they are zombies, the reality turns out to be much better than she thought. In episode 11 of Revenge, she and the girls tend to a shelter after a flood. After their makeup comes off and their clay masks are broken, she realizes that other people do not see the girls as a real threat, and the innocence of the children except the group from being discovered. This act of love towards them makes her realize that they are not seen as monsters, but as girls who bring hope to Saga. Between tears, she accepts deep down that she was wrong with Kotaro's plan from the beginning.

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   Abilities

   Skillset

   Musical Talent—Ai was the lead singer of her group Iron Frill back when she was alive and continues to showcase this amazing feat even during her afterlife. Dancing—As a member of a pop idol group, not only is Ai gifted with musical talent, but she can also move fluidly to the beat of any song. Moped-driving—From Season 2 onwards, she drives a moped on her way to her part-time job at the Kojima Food Industry. Hula Hooping—Ai and the rest of the girls can perform while twirling hoops made of electricity during their performance in “Episode 16”. Natural Abilities

   Non-senescence—As a zombie, Ai is granted the ability to remain at the age at which she died forever without any physical change after the resurrection process, as well as immunity against death. As she, along with the other girls, can endure circumstances that human bodies normally cannot handle. Like the lightning bolt in the seventh episode; and instead of suffering a third-degree burn, the girls end up becoming luminous and self-possessed— tuned voices. Detachable Limbs—As a zombie, Ai can detach and reattach parts of her body from their sockets with little to no effort, either intentionally or accidentally. This is demonstrated in episode 7 where due to stress her body collapses, causing her limbs to fall off. Phosphorescent Vision—Gain dark red eyes that can glow in the dark after resurrecting into a zombie. Muscle memory—They actually still remember their traumas and the way they died, reflecting it on their post-life. The reason their bodies have this behavior is that since their death was such a tragic event, it was etched into their muscle memory, and now that they have consciousness within their bodies. This behavior remains in the background and is only active if there is a stimulus. In the first episode, she is impaled by a heavy poker rod that Sakura throws at her, even without waking up she maintains that memory, and 10 episodes later Sakura takes the same poker rod causing her body to react instinctively. Element Absorption—Their zombie bodies can accelerate the process of absorbing chemicals like those seen in Episode 4 by instantly absorbing the medicinal patches, causing their muscles to relax and not be as stiff. In addition to the fact that in their following concerts and practices, they continue to use the patches. In Episode 7, their bodies demonstrate a similar capacity to batteries by receiving an electrical discharge from lightning and glowing a pale blue, as well as releasing laser beams with their fingers. Unique Abilities

   Enhanced Vision—As shown in the 10th episode, Ai reveals that she has sharper vision compared to the rest of the group and took it upon herself to search for food. ADVERTISEMENT

   Etymology

   The name Ai means “love, affection” (愛). Ai's surname Mizuno means “water” (水) (mizu) and “field, wilderness” (野) (no). Mizuno is a residential name that means “field of water” from a town so named in Owari (now part of Aichi prefecture). The surname is found mainly along the east coast. Ai concept art Ai concept art ADVERTISEMENT Trivia

   Staff has commented that because it was a popular hairstyle at the time, they wanted to incorporate a “short” haircut in a design. Furthermore, Ai being a “legendary idol” was through the blooming flowers on her head. Some people mistake her as a boy, despite wearing a skirt. According to the official art book, zombie girl bandages are like body tattoos, so they will never be removed. This explains why Ai can speak without any problems, despite having bandages on her mouth. However, this led to a confusion where an open mouth animation layer is used over the bandages. Ai died in 2008, only 4 months after Sakura Minamoto was struck and killed by a truck. She died in the stadium of Tosu, Tosu City. Additionally, the numbers depicted on the license plate of the truck that hits Sakura in the tenth episode are Ai’s date of death. Ai has better kinetic vision and hearing than the other girls in the group. Ai has the same cup size and body type as Junko Konno. Because of her cause of death, she has developed astraphobia alongside PTSD, in her afterlife. She overcomes her fears when performing at Saga Rock during a lightning storm. When Ai was directly struck by lightning. Her live performance was immediately canceled and Mizuno was taken to the hospital, but her burns were severe, and she had no pulse after arriving at the hospital. When asked if Ai and Junko have the possibility of developing a romantic relationship, the staff responded that they did not consider the two to be such, outside just “An idol from the Heisei Period and another from the Showa Period.” [3] As of “Episode 13”, she works part-time as an employee of the Kojima Dried Squid Factory, under the alias “Sanko Tatsumi.” The working alias Ai uses, Sanko Tatsumi, is a combination of her order in Franchouchou as Zombie #3 (San-gō) alongside the last name of Kotaro’s alias, Tatsumi. There are currently four episodes that focus on her, which she shares with Junko. The episodes are “Episode 6”, “Episode 7”, “Episode 15”, and “Episode 16”. With both “Episode 7” and “Episode 16” being direct continuations of their previous episodes. She shares the same Japanese voice actress as Erina Nakiri from Shokugeki no Soma. She shares the same English voice actress as Cyan Hijirikawa from Show By Rock!!, who is another singer that has blue hair. The flower earrings that she wears multiply when she goes on stage. Ai also seems to fear screaming people, as she always screams back when someone screams of panic in the front of her. She is the third member of Franchouchou (and overall character of the series) to get a Good Smile Company Nendoroid modeled after her. With her figure being announced on October 28, 2022, with a set release date of July 2023.

4. #4Yugiri

   Keys: Yugiri

   NAME JAPANESE ゆうぎり ROMANIZED Yūgiri ENGLISH Yugiri ALIASES Number 5 (5号) (Go-gō) Yugirin (ゆぎりん) (By Lily) Big sis (姐さん) (Nee-san) Itsuko Tatsumi (巽 五子) [1] Yugi (By Lily) [2] Gorgeous[3] (By Officer Policeman A) TITLE The Legendary Courtesan (伝説の花魁, Densetsu no Oiran) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Zombie (Active) Human (Deceased) BIRTHDATE November 23, 1863 (Bunkyū 3) October 13, 1863 (Lunar Calendar) DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1882 (Butsumetsu) December 28, 1890 (Meiji 15) DEATH CAUSE Execution by beheading AGE Physically 19 (As of 1882) 27 (As of 1890 onwards; Meiji calendar) Chronologically

   154 (2017 to “Episode 9”) 155 (As of “Episode 9”) 156 (Sometime between “Episode 21” and “Episode 22”) BLOOD TYPE Unchecked HEIGHT 165 cm (5'5") WEIGHT 48 kg B/W/H 94/62/89 (I) GENDER Female OCCUPATION Zombie #5 of Franchouchou (Currently) Courtesan (Formerly) Bartender at Chinatsu Bar (Part-time) Livestreamer (Part-time) Dance Instructor (Formerly) Swordfighter (Formerly) EYES COLOR Red (Zombie) Crimson Red (Human) BIRTHPLACE Shimabara, Kyoto RELATIONS OTHERS Kiichi Momozaki (Best friend) Shojiro Ito (Former friend;victim) Jofuku (Acquainted) Kotaro Tatsumi (Manager) Romero (Pet) Franchouchou (Co-idols) Lily Hoshikawa (Best friend) Policeman A (Acquainted) Skull and Bull (Fans) Maimai Yuzuriha (Former co-idol) INTERESTS HOBBIES Collecting fans FAVORITE FOODS Amazake DISLIKED FOODS Yuzu FAVORITE COLOR Red PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Rika Kinugawa ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Stephanie Young LESS I found that getting confused doesn’t help much, I’ll just relax and take things as they come. YUGIRI TO LILY, ABOUT THE MODERN TIMES

   Yugiri History Relationships Quotes Gallery Yugiri Yugiri Icon The erotic zombie with bewitching make-up, with her long haired tied to a knot. The legendary courtesan who was there during the Meiji's restoration from Bakumatsu era. Thanks to her open-mindedness and calm demeanor, she is neither swayed by the fact she was resurrected in a world 150 years later, her surroundings nor herself being a zombie.

   Yugiri (ゆうぎり, Yūgiri) was a high-ranking courtesan from the Meiji era who helped ignite the spark that would later lead Saga to independence after disappearing for several years.

   She is currently a member of Franchouchou, where she is titled as The Legendary Courtesan (伝説の花魁 Densetsu no Oiran).

   Appearance

   Human

   Yugiri has light-brown hair, and most of it is worn in a bow shape on her head and two long locks hanging over her shoulders. Her bangs are mostly centered, with a curved bit to the right. Yugiri also has light rusty eyes. Despite her age, Yugiri sports a very voluptuous figure that beats even those of Sakura and Tae and is only being beaten by Maimai her breasts are the biggest around 37-J cup

   Usually, Yugiri wears an outfit similar to a kimono, with a white and orange plaid pattern top, a purple collar, and a forest green skirt. She also sports dark purple leggings and dark gray boots.

   Her casual clothes consist of a kimono, hakama, stockings, and boots, in the manner of a late 1800s student, but with the hakama cut above the knee like a makeshift skirt to show more of her legs.

   Zombie

   Like the other zombies, she has blue-gray skin and red eyes; she has a scar around her neck. Her everyday clothing looks disorganized and lifeless.

   Idol

   Her idol outfit changes throughout the series: In episodes 1-6, Yugiri wears a pink T-shirt with the word “five” written on it and a red skirt with white ruffles. Using makeup, she and the other zombies make their skin look like an average human. Yugiri also wears contact lenses to achieve the red eyes that she had as a living person.

   After Saga Rock, her idol outfit changed to a red jacket with a plaid decoration, a red skirt with cotton inside it, and knee-high boots.

   Personality

   Before Death

   She was so sought after by Tokyo's wealthy elite that they ended up raising her price through the roof to the point that no one could afford to be with her, making her a deadweight to her employers. A high-ranking government official eventually buys her freedom, but it appears that he took pity on both her and her own company.

   Zombieland Saga Revenge - 08 - 17 Legendary courtesan, Yugiri After the senior government official who bought her freedom passed away, she found herself living in a city where she knew no one and no one knew her. While said official intended for her to live a normal life, she did not know how to live a normal life once she came to Saga.

   Despite taking it easy as she normally does, Yugiri felt a bit lonely after moving to Saga. While she went in exchange for her freedom, she moved to a town where no one knew her (except as a legendary courtesan), and she also didn't know the people there.

   Since, Kiichi endears himself to her. He is the first person in Saga to socialize with her for non-oiran-related reasons.

   During the events of Saga Jihen, Yugiri proves to have the courage to challenge Ito with her hidden sword in her Shamisen and finally defeat him in a 1-to-1 duel until finally assassinating him. And with the confidence that one day she could be revived, she decides to sacrifice herself for Kiichi so that he can create his new Saga.

   Yugiri gif 7 Yugiri, sacrificing herself to let Kiichi escape While it is shown that all of Franchouchou's other deaths were inopportune, accidental, and sudden, and they had no intention of dying at all; Yugiri breaks this trend because her death was a heroic sacrifice that she knew was going to happen; this shows her kind and selfless nature, as well as her mature and collected demeanor. Even when she was about to be executed, she kept her composure and smiled one last time and said goodbye before being beheaded.

   Jofuku, who was alive in her time, finds a letter written by her before she was executed, telling him that she will probably be dead by the time he reads that letter, for taking responsibility for the bloodshed and rebellion in Saga. She asks him to inform Kiichi that she got out of the Saga safely and to lead the new Saga that Kiichi would create.

   Afterlife

   Yugiri remains very calm and traditional in various situations, most likely due to the period in which she lived and in which she worked. Despite this, she seems to calmly accept and adapt to the changes in modern Japanese society. Yugiri struggles to remain calm in the face of her resurrection, so as not to be overwhelmed by a world a century ahead of her.

   Yugiri gif 11 Yugiri seeing her new makeup In reality, she has never been seen to have any questions or ask another of the girls about something, since it appears that she is capable of learning very quickly or is simply one of the people who have no doubts when doing something. Despite this characteristic, she still looks collaborative with the group, doing everything that is said without asking.

   Although she is not immune to freaking out with others, she can generally remain calm and composed in most of her outlandish situations, it is even more impressive because she is the oldest of the group. During the second season of the series, it is briefly implied that when Yugiri is nervous or afraid, she uses the comb that Kiichi Momozaki gave her in life. This is demonstrated in the second episode when she wakes up, in the seventh episode in Saga Rock and her flashback episodes.

   Her selfless nature is shown also in her afterlife, and she shares a role similar to Sakura. Despite her more reserved and collected personality, she is very kind, warm, and hospitable, and often acts motherly to the other girls, especially Lily, showing concern and acting most maturely. This makes sense given that she is the oldest at the time of death, in addition to Tae and Junko (who is the same age, only two months older).

   Smug Yugiri Yugiri realizes Kotaro and Sakura's relationship It is mentioned in her design sheets that, on her own, her personality is quite strong when the case is required, and she can take center stage when necessary. She is the most mentally mature of the girls, taking the time to analyze situations, and is also intelligent. Indeed, she discovered that Kotaro had a relationship with Sakura in the past in episode 10 of the series, realizing the deal that he had Sakura, besides being the first to wake up.

   Every time she sees someone depressed, she physically hits people to get them out of their mood. The problem is that typically they have already recovered when Yugiri slaps them and tells them exactly what they were trying to say. The only time she slaps someone in the middle of her depression is in Episode 12 when Sakura is adamant about giving up.

   She seems to be the only one that Kotaro won't scold or be a jerk to, something that even Sakura isn't immune to. Probably because Jofuku would have his head on the wall if he found out that Yugiri was injured in some way.

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   Athleticism—As shown in the fifth episode, Yugiri displays a fantastic display of acrobatic skills during the Tarzan Swing round of the Gatalympics. This is because her profession was to entertain through performances. Courtesan (Oiran)—As her title suggests, Yugiri was a courtesan in the Meiji Era while alive, specifically an Oiran, a type of Yūjo (prostitute) who are more so entertainer than physical pleasures. It is possible that since Yugiri is an Oiran, Kotaro Tatsumi resurrected her in the first place as she had experience and skills as an entertainer before. However, it seems mostly to be the influence of the bartender. Musical Talent—As a former entertainer and currently a member of Franchouchou, Yugiri's skills in being musically talented are shown throughout the series. Shamisen-playing—As evident in Episode 2, she has incredible skill on the instrument called a shamisen, able to play fast and move her fingers around the instrument's neck with high speed and skill. Swordsmanship—As hinted in the third episode, Yugiri seems to have some knowledge of “testing swords out on one another.” In “Episode 21” she is shown to have exemplary swordsmanship skills as she was able to dodge Shojiro Ito's attack while also having landed one successful blow, which was enough to kill him. Dancing—Like her musical talent, Yugiri is shown to be adept at dancing as a former entertainer. Cooking and Culinary Arts—As shown in “Episode 16”, Yugiri can prepare any meal with the ingredients given to her, and she decorates Ai Mizuno's lunch using the nori to spell out “Do your best/You'll succeed.” Hula Hooping—Yugiri and the rest of the girls can perform while twirling hoops made of electricity during their performance in “Episode 16”. Natural Abilities

   Non-senescence—Due to being a zombie, Yugiri retains her age and physical appearance at the time of her death forever and is immune against death. As she, along with the other girls, can endure circumstances that human bodies normally cannot handle. Like the lightning bolt in the seventh episode; and instead of suffering a third-degree burn, the girls end up becoming luminous and self-possessed—tuned voices. Detachable Limbs—As a zombie, Yugiri can detach and reattach parts of her body from their sockets with little to no effort, either intentionally or accidentally. However, she is one of the zombies to which no part of its body has fallen for now. Phosphorescent Vision—Yugiri's undead blood-red eyes are shown to be able to glow in the dark. Element Absorption—Their zombie bodies can accelerate the process of absorbing chemicals like those seen in Episode 4, where they instantly absorb the medicinal patches, causing their muscles to relax and not be as stiff. In addition to the fact that in their following concerts and practices, they continue to use the patches. In Episode 7, their bodies demonstrate a battery-like characteristic by receiving an electrical discharge from lightning, glowing a pale blue, and releasing laser beams with their fingers. Unique Abilities

   Deadly Hand—One of the recurring gags with Yugiri is that she has to suddenly slap a person in the middle of a talk; however, her slaps are especially powerful and capable of throwing a person through the air. Etymology

   The name Yugiri means “evening mist” (夕霧). Yugiri is also the name of a character in “The Tale of Genji”. Yugiri concept art Concept art of Yugiri Trivia

   Since her design feels like a combination of things that come out of the word “Oiran,” it was necessary to consider the times. They wanted to affirm that Yugiri, alone, could be placed in the protagonist's position; an idol with a strong personality. As revealed by Kotaro Tatsumi in the first episode, specifically the line, “The Legendary Courtesan known only as Yugiri,” that “Yugiri” is simply an alias she goes by and is not her actual name. Yugiri does not seem to know her real name, the courtesans used names based on Genji Monogatari/Genji's quantum to prevent their real names from being discovered. Yugiri died one month after her nineteenth birthday. Chronologically, Yugiri is the oldest in Franchouchou. Yugiri is second to sports the curviest figure in the group. Beating even Sakura Minamoto and Tae Yamada by three sizes, she was only beaten by Maimai Yuzuriha. The railway bridge in the Saga Jihen MV was built next to a statue of Jofuku in honor of his arrival in Morodomi town, and a cycling route also called Jofuku passes through there. Yugiri uses a dialect used in the pleasure district of Kyoto (Shimabara), and Tokyo (Yoshiwara), expressions such as “arinsu” are part of the latter's Kuruwa-kotoba. “Arinsu” is a corruption of “arimasu,” which is a formal way of saying “~ da” in Japanese (both in pre-modern and modern times), so it is not a difficult dialect to emulate. In “Episode 14”, the bar she works at, Chinatsu, is recalled as “Arinsu.” Instead of being a bar, it is referred to as a restaurant. It is currently unknown if this is an error or an intentional change. It is confirmed in this same episode that Yugiri's place of origin is Kyoto, Japan, in the red-light district of Yoshiwara. In Yugiri's time, she visited the wolves of Mibu and the Sonno Joi as part of her work. However, in the historical background, both groups had opposite ideals and were in an internal war for control of Japan. As of “Episode 13”, Yugiri works part-time as a bartender at a bar named Chinatsu. Interestingly enough, this may be a nod to how she has connections with the bartender. Yugiri stands out in her agility to play the Shamisen, as well as in being a “company” lady, the latter due to the time she was working, she would be a “prostitute”, but no further history is maintained. On April 23, 2021, the series' Twitter account announced that Yugiri would be a VTuber, having her streams at the Chinatsu bar. The stream can be found here on the Official Cygames YouTube Channel. Yugiri has two episodes centered around her so far: “Episode 20” and “Episode 21”. Additionally, it is revealed in “Episode 20” that the small red comb with the floral pattern that she uses throughout the series is gifted to her by Kiichi Momozaki. The group picture of her, Kiichi, and Ito can be seen on one of the shelves in Jofuku bar, as shown in “Episode 21”. Yugiri has connections to Saga statesmen, including Soejima Taneomi, Okuma Shigenobu, and Oki Takato. In 9:50 of Episode 21, Yugiri can be seen sending mails to Soejima Taneomi, Okuma Shigenobu, and Oki Takato. Yugiri's blood type appears as “unknown” since blood tests were not a thing until the mid-1900s. Yugiri's heart-shaped knot has a red stain on the right side that is only seen in her zombie form. When her death is finally revealed, it is clear why: the stain is part of Yugiri's blood at the time of her execution. At the time of her execution, her hair was loose and there is a lock sticking out in front of Yugiri's face that may have been soaked in her blood. [4]

5. #5Lily Hoshikawa

   Keys: Lily Hoshikawa

   NAME JAPANESE 星川 リリィ 豪 正雄 (Deadname)

   ROMANIZED Hoshikawa Ririi Gō Masao (Deadname)

   ENGLISH Lily Hoshikawa Masao Go (Deadname)

   ALIASES Number 6 (6号) (Roku-gō) Shrimpy (ちんちく) (By Saki) Mutsuko Tatsumi (巽 六子) [1] Squirt (By Saki) Lady Lily (By Yugiri) TITLE The Legendary Child Actress Prodigy (伝説の天才子役 Densetsu no Tensai Koyaku) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Zombie (Active) Human (Deceased) BIRTHDATE October 6, 1999 DATE OF DEATH November 30, 2011 (Butsumetsu) DEATH CAUSE Cardiac arrest from psychological shock and fatigue AGE Physically 12 (As of 2011 onwards) Chronologically

   18 (2017 to “Episode 9”) 19 (As of “Episode 9”) 20 (Sometime between “Episode 21” and “Episode 22”) BLOOD TYPE AB HEIGHT 130 cm (4'3") WEIGHT 31 kg (68 pounds) B/W/H 59/54/56 GENDER Female[2] OCCUPATION Zombie 6 of Franchouchou (Currently) Child actress (Formerly) Girl Scout (Formerly) Milk delivery girl (Part-time) EYES COLOR Red (Zombie) Yellow (Human) BIRTHPLACE Saga City, Saga RELATIONS FAMILY Takeo Go (Father) Sachika (Mother) Unnamed grandparents OTHERS Kotaro Tatsumi (Manager) Romero (Pet) Takeo Go (Former manager) Light Oozora (Rival) Franchouchou (Co-idols) Yugiri (Best friend) Maimai Yuzuriha (Former co-idol) Skull and Bull (Fans) Policeman A (Acquainted) INTERESTS HOBBIES Plushies Reading FAVORITE FOODS Mayonnaise Ketchup Mustard DISLIKED FOODS Mozuku Hijiki FAVORITE COLOR Yellow PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Minami Tanaka ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Sarah Wiedenheft LESS No matter what, I’m always going to twinkle and sparkle. The girls in Franchouchou will, too. We're going to shine like stars forever! That's why I'm here today, I thought if I won the contest that it would help the group stand out even more. LILY TO LIGHT OOZORA, ABOUT NOT GIVING UP,

   Lily Hoshikawa History Relationships Quotes Gallery Lily Hoshikawa Lily Icon The twintail zombie with ribbon and star ornament. The successful child prodigy who was the star of every channels' golden time. While she is the youngest, she possesses the courage to stand up on any stage. She shows her innocence on one side, but sometimes shows a dark ulterior. Thanks to multiple roles she has partaken when she was alive, she is surprisingly knowledgeable.

   Lily Hoshikawa (星川 リリィ, Hoshikawa Ririi) was a breakout star in a long-running drama show and a famous actress who starred in multiple prime-time television shows on multiple networks.

   After being resurrected from the dead, she becomes a member of the idol group Franchouchou and is titled as The Legendary Child Actress Prodigy (伝説の天才子役 Densetsu no Tensai Koyaku).

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   As a human, Lily had two bright blue pigtails with dark blue bows. She also wore a large orange star with other stars in the middle of her hair. She had orange/yellow eyes and pale skin. She wore a school uniform which consisted of a green shirt, a dark blue bow, a white skirt, and brown shoes with white socks.

   Lily had four stars on her head: the largest orange star represents Takeo; the second-largest red star represents her mother; the little yellow star behind the big orange star represents Lily's role as Masao (the obedient son behind Takeo's back); the little yellow star between the orange and red represents Lily herself; Lily kept the four stars in her head until she saw Takeo arrive at her concert in Episode 8 at the last moment, then she removed the Masao's star.

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   As a zombie, Lily has her literal heart stuck outside her body, and like the other zombies, her blue-gray skin.

   Idol

   Lily's idol outfit changes throughout the series; in episodes 1-6, Lily wears a multicolored t-shirt with light blue, pink, and yellow, with the word “six” written on it, along with a yellow skirt with white ruffles. Using makeup, she and the other zombies make their skin look like normal humans. Lily also wears contact lenses to achieve the golden eyes that she had as a living person.

   After Saga Rock, her idol outfit changed to a red jacket with a plaid decoration, a yellow skirt with cotton inside it, and knee-high boots.

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   Personality

   Before death

   Lily with her dad Lily and her father watching a rakugo show When she was alive, Lily was very close to her father, who raised her alone. Since her father loved to watch television, she, Lily, decided to become an actress in the hope that she could make him happy by appearing on television. Her father was very proud of her daughter's success, but sadly, her relationship became strained as he began to pay more attention to her career. Lily was very concerned when her body began to enter puberty because she never wanted to become an adult and develop a body that would conflict with her gender identity.

   Her death was caused by a combination of things that wore her down emotionally, including a very strained relationship with her father and being overworked. The latter of which also wore her down physically. The final straw of all this accumulated stress and depression was seeing a single facial hair begin to grow, with the shock of even her body going against her wishes. Causing her to suffer a fatal heart attack.

   Afterlife

   Despite having no experience before deciding to become an actress, she took it very quickly and every show she was on became a hit. She also proves to be a quick learner as an idol, quickly learning the skills required for song and dance.

   Once she was revived as a zombie, there was nothing in the way of her perpetually identifying as a young girl anymore (since zombies don't age). She eventually gave up her birth name “Masao Go” and dropped her accent for a “prettier” way of speaking.

   Lily is often seen with a smile, and due to her young age, she is also shown to be quite playful. She has also shown a professional aspect of her experiences before her death.

   She tends to sprinkle her speech with positive English words like “magical” and “wonderful”, which probably make her look prettier.

   Lily Manga Lily in the manga As befits her age, Lily is prone to saying exactly what she has in mind without giving it a good thought or sometimes just not caring. For example, when Kotaro reveals Franchouchou's shirts that they must wear for the Gatalympics, she immediately and cheerfully declares that they are the ugliest shirts she has ever seen in her life.

   Since she is still a child, she will cry easily if she feels threatened or hurt by others. Ai makes her cry while she is heated by her fight with Junko, and Sakura attacks her during a depressive episode, making Lily cry her to sleep.

   She also has a relationship with Yugiri and likes to be told nice things. Despite being so young, she is quite mature mentally, even more so than the other girls who are older than her, but she is still a child emotionally. Lily argues that they better do Saga Rock even if Junko doesn't come back, explaining that the event is their big chance. And even if they try to get Junko back into the group, Lily knows that won't bring her back. Yugiri shows how mature her reasoning is for Lily.

   In episode 8, a really big man appears and seems too interested in Lily. She later explains that the man was actually her real father, and while she was still alive, she spent a lot of time with him. Although she is already the smallest of the group, she is extremely small when she is standing next to him. A photo reveals that she got it from her mother, which only came up to her absurdly large husband's waist.

   For understandable reasons, Lily hates being called by her birth name Masao. Saki calls her “Chinchiku” (translated as “Shrimpy”), which initially annoys Lily, but eventually turns into a funny nickname. Saki even accidentally calls her that during a performance, but Lily is unfazed.

   The last time Lily and Takeo saw each other, they got into a big fight that ended with Lily dying of a heart attack. Years later, when the two speak to each other again (although Lily hides her identity), Takeo admits that he feels horrible about the way he treated Lily and regrets not being able to reconcile with her. Later that night, Lily, normally happy and cheerful, breaks down in tears in Sakura's arms when she realizes that her father, Takeo, truly loved her and was deeply sorry for neglecting her and that he still loves her despite their unfortunate history.

   Lily gif 11 Takeo arrives at Lily's concert Despite not having a good relationship with her father before her death, it shows that she still loves him for everything he did for her, being puzzled and nervous when he appeared in the girls' performances. After returning as a zombie and meeting her father again, Lily realizes how much he regrets what happened to her and forgives him. While she cannot tell him that she is her daughter, she writes him a song known as “To My Dearest”. She sings this song to her father, as a way of thanking him for being a part of her life, through all the good and bad parts. It is performed similar to a slow, ballad-like Broadway musical number.

   When Sakura got depressed, she was very upset to find out that she no longer remembered her and that the girl who once told her she was a star was gone. After trying to convince her to come back, she regretted Sakura's attitude and went to cry.

   She will occasionally display nasty childish behavior. Not out of malicious intent, but more because she doesn't know any better; when the girls are brainstorming their idol group names, Lily complains when she thinks a suggestion isn't cute enough for her; makes fun of the pet of Drive-In Tori as well as the Gatalympics telling Saki that she's too excited about it; she and Tae fight over a piece of dried squid during a van ride, and she tries to get the squid out of Tae's mouth.

   Zombieland Saga Revenge - 05 - 25 Lily doing a skat performance Not only does she deliver a heartwarming rakugo performance that brings much of the audience to tears, including the judges, Saki, and Sakura, but she then manages to rearrange the song she was set to perform for the finals into a scat-jazz, adapt her outfit to a new costume, and improvise an entire dance routine. All in the minutes it took for her opponent to finish his performance.

   During the talent show finale, Lily is forced to change her song routine at the last second after Light Oozora reveals that he is going to sing the same song as her. She sings the same song but makes her performance much more child-oriented, being simple, repetitive, and poppy, which delights the children who watch her. This contrasts nicely with Light's more adult-oriented performance. Towards the end of the episode, her performance is shown to have become an instant hit on the Web and is especially popular with children.

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   Abilities

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   Musical Talent—Lily has proven her musical abilities during her time as a successful child prodigy in the music industry. Dancing—Like her musical talent, Lily is also adept at dancing. Knowledge on Survival—Because Lily previously took part in a summer camp, she remembers her workouts and helps the girls start fires and other things when she is on the mountain. Hula Hooping—Lily and the rest of the girls can perform while twirling hoops made of electricity during their performance in “Episode 16”. Scatting—Lily demonstrates this during her last-minute change of performance of her own remastered version of the song “Life” during the Japanese Got Performance talent show in “Episode 17”. Improvisation—Shown in the seventeenth episode, Lily can improvise by remastering the song “Inochi” so it would not make her performance look like a mere reenactment of Light’s. Drawing—Lily leads the morning assembly of the seventeenth episode by showing the rest of Franchouchou and Kotaro Tatsumi her plan via her drawing on the blackboard. Craftsmanship—Aside from remastering the song “Inochi”, Lily added improvements to her outfit for her performance during the last minute, all the while Light was performing onstage. Rakugo Performance—Lily has displayed her skills in Rakugo performances during her turn at the Japanese Got Performance talent show, performing one of her father’s favorite soap operas. Natural abilities

   Non-senescence—Because Lily is a zombie, she is given the ability to remain at the age at which she died forever, so upon discovering this, Lily is happy with her new life. There is also no physical change after the resurrection process, and gives Lily an immunity against death. Along with her other bandmates, Lily can endure circumstances that human bodies normally cannot handle, such as the lightning bolt in the seventh episode; instead of suffering a third-degree burn, the girls end up becoming luminous and having electronically tuned voices. Detachable Limbs—As a zombie, Lily can detach and reattach parts of her body from their sockets with little to no effort, either intentionally or accidentally. This is partially demonstrated by her heart in various episodes that, due to different circumstances, can go out of its usual place and beat quite fast. Phosphorescent Vision—Lily's undead blood-red eyes are shown to be able to glow in the dark. Element Absorption—Their zombie bodies can accelerate the process of absorbing chemicals like those seen in Episode 4 by instantly absorbing the medicinal patches, causing their muscles to relax and not be as stiff. In addition to the fact that in their following concerts and practices, they continue to use the patches. In Episode 7, their bodies demonstrate a similar capacity to batteries by receiving an electrical discharge from lightning and glowing a pale blue, as well as releasing laser beams with their fingers. ADVERTISEMENT

   Etymology

   The name Lily is a feminine first name, directly derived from the flower Lilium. Lilies are often used to represent purity, passion, and rebirth. Lily's last name, Hoshikawa, means “star” (星) (hoshi) and “river, stream” (川) (kawa), which is a possible homage to the stars she has in her hair and clothing. Birth name

   The name Masao means “right, proper” (正) (masa) and “hero, manly” (雄) (o), which literally means “righteous man” altogether. Masao's last name, Go, means “overpowering, great, powerful, excelling, Australia, fine feathers, writing brush, little” (豪). Lily concept art Lily concept art ADVERTISEMENT Trivia

   The show's staff said they were aware of the “childish” aspects of Lily's design, like the width of her shoulders. They liked designing Lily's clothes, as she is particularly important to the cuteness of the show. Lily was only 12 years old when she died in 2011. She died one month after her 12th birthday. Lily is the only zombie not shown with bandages or stitches, due to her death not being from a physical injury. However, her death was visceral: a heart attack caused by mental shock. This makes Lily the only member of the group with an exposed organ. Lily was initially considered to be a pair of twins but was later merged into just one character. This is further examined during the official Zombie Land Saga x Sanrio merch collab, wherein Lily is featured with The Little Twin Stars. Specifically, with both twins dressing up as Lily. Lily is the first (and, so far, only) official LGBT character in the series. Specifically, an otokonoko. In addition to the gender issue, Lily also died at a very young age, and that, of course, was difficult to address properly. But the show's staff wanted to make her a very strong person who stays positive no matter what and lives her afterlife to the fullest. They worked very hard to include scenes like Lily talking to her father, but at the same time, they didn't put too much emphasis on it. Since everyone is a zombie, nothing stops them anymore, least of all gender. Whether it's someone like Tae or Lily, the latter of whom was born as a boy, none of that matters to the other members of the group. They see beyond that. They had to be careful and considerate with this kind of thing; otherwise, it could become troublesome. Of course, the easiest option is to just avoid it altogether and not have to worry about a thing. But in the end, they relied on intuition, striking the right balance between funny and serious elements while asking themselves, «Will viewers understand what we’re trying to convey?» It's not something the writers could know for sure. Sometimes they were sure that doing this or that would be okay, but they were still nervous about how things would turn out until the broadcast. Due to such concerns, they did a lot of dialogue modifications during the recording sessions.[3] Fortunately, Lily's inclusion was positively received by Western and Japanese fans, so it all worked out. As the creators of the show, they didn't feel it was absolutely necessary to bring the topic of gender to an idol group. But on the other hand, they wanted to defy convention and do what other idol series didn't. Some people predicted her past secret identity. She is seen reading a book about heavy machinery. Her reaction when Kotaro Tatsumi said they were going to the hot springs. The phrase “age and gender are timeless” in the introduction of the official website. In the illustration of the swimsuit, she wears pants instead of a bikini. In the description of the relation to her, b/w/h. The name Lily itself has an alternate meaning, “a feminine man”, although this would contradict Lily's identity as a girl. Lily is the first member of Franchouchou to have her relatives be shown in the show. In her case, being Takeo Go and Sachika. Her official profile says that she doesn't like mozuku and hijiki, which are seaweed foods. Episode 8 suggests this is because she thought she had seaweed leftovers on her face before realizing it was budding facial hair. Lily shares the same English voice actor as Yuki Kusakabe from Interviews with Monster Girls and Tohru from Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. Her English voice actor also voices Ruby Kurosawa, another idol character from the anime series Love Live! Sunshine!!. As of “Episode 13”, Lily works part-time for the local milk delivery service in their area. Lily currently has two episodes centered around her, with the first being “Episode 8” and the second being “Episode 17”. Interestingly, her episodes come after the group performs Mezame RETURNER (Electric Returner). One of the interests listed on the site is heavy machinery magazines, which Lily often reads in the background. The end credits of Episode 8 reveal a flashback of Lily and her father sitting together on a bulldozer, and the last episode of Revenge shows that her father is a construction worker. Lily’s first performance at the Japanese Got Performance talent show in “Episode 17” is a pun based on “Roku-go performing Rakugo”, with her stage name as Zombie #6 (Roku-go) performing Rakugo onstage. Later in the Drama CD 1: Secret Before Christmas SAGA, it is revealed that Lily's inspiration for making the Rakugo was a Christmas book she had received from Sakura. During her flashbacks in Episode 8, a Rakugo program can be seen on television that possibly inspired Lily later. Because Lily refers to herself in the third person rather than the first-person pronoun in Japanese, she unintentionally revealed her name to Maria Amabuki by saying, 「リリィはもう永遠の小学生だも！」 (I'm/Lily's a permanent grade-schooler, though!).[4]

6. #6Tae Yamada

   Keys: Tae Yamada

   NAME JAPANESE 山田 たえ ROMANIZED Yamada Tae ENGLISH Tae Yamada ALIASES Number 0 (0号) (Zero-gō) Lady Tae (By Yugiri) Zeroko[1] TITLE The Legendary Tae Yamada (伝説の山田たえ Densetsu no Yamada Tae) (current) The Legendary Office Lady (Self-proclaimed; formerly) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Zombie (Active) Human (Deceased) BIRTHDATE 1960 DATE OF DEATH November, 1989 [2] DEATH CAUSE Fused with Magatsuhi AGE Physically 29 (As of 1989 onwards) Chronologically

   58 (As of 2018) 59 (As of 2019) 60 (As of 2020) BLOOD TYPE Unknown HEIGHT 170 cm (5'7") WEIGHT 50 kg B/W/H 91/59/89 (F) GENDER Female OCCUPATION Zombie #0 of Franchouchou (Currently) Caretaker at Suginohara Ranch (Part-time) Leader of Saga Sagako Busters[4] (Formerly) Office Lady[5] (Formerly; self-proclaimed) Chef at Karatsu Burger stand[6] (Formerly) EYES COLOR Red (Zombie) Purple (Human) BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS FAMILY Unnamed mother (Deceased) Unnamed father (Deceased) Jofuku (Adoptive father) Kiichi Momozaki (Stepbrother) Unnamed grandmother OTHERS Jofuku (Master) Saga Sagako Busters (Former leader of) Yuko Hyodo Eikichi Hyodo Franchouchou (Co-idols) Junko Konno (Idolizes) Kotaro Tatsumi (Manager) Romero (Pet;best friend) Iron Frill (Rivals) Maimai Yuzuriha (Former co-idol) Policeman A (Acquainted) Skull and Bull (Acquainted) INTERESTS HOBBIES Visiting different travel agencies Idols[3] FAVORITE FOODS Mentaiko Squid DISLIKED FOODS Takoyaki Wasabi FAVORITE COLOR Purple PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Kotono Mitsuishi ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Dawn M. Bennett LESS I am your leader…the “ultimate office lady warrior”, YAMADA TAE! TAE YAMADA TO EIKICHI HYODO,

   Tae Yamada History Relationships Quotes Gallery Tae Yamada Tae Icon The long, black-haired zombie. The only zombie out of the seven who is still not fully conscious. As such, she is the most zombie-like of the group, always trying to gnaw on something. Although Tae only speaks in groans, she seems to be able to understand what the rest of the members are saying to a certain extent. Because she is driven purely by instinct, Tae always ends up munching on Junko when close. Tae Yamada (山田 たえ, Yamada Tae) is the mysterious seventh member of the zombie idol group Franchouchou, with her title simply referring to her as The Legendary Tae Yamada (伝説の山田たえ, Densetsu no Yamada Tae).

   She was formerly the leader of the Saga Sagako Busters, a group dedicated to fighting the Sagako Curses and Saga's curse. She also worked part-time at her dad's food stand, Karatsu Burgers.

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   Megami 9-19 Tae Sakura Tae and Sakura share the same cup size and overall body type Tae has a long and straight dark plum hair with two parts that stand out slightly with her bangs. Her usually baggy clothing hides a very well-endowed curvy figure that is proportionally identical to Sakura's, with only slight differences in measurements, primarily due to Tae being much taller. Her impressive proportions are much more noticeable in her idol outfits.

   Tae's side bangs tend to react to how hot her emotions are. When she's excited, angry, or worried, she sticks out like crazy; when she is more relaxed and at peace, they relax to frame her face.

   In life, she used to wear a pale blue office outfit; her office clothes show off her rather long and shapely legs. As for her hair, she did not have the characteristic bangs and was completely straight. Her eyes were purple.

   Zombie

   From what can be seen under her clothing, everything except her face and hands are covered in bandages.

   Tae usually has bandages on her neck, chest, head, and upper leg with a loose black dress tied with white rope. She also has gray over the knee socks with black shoes.

   Idol

   Her idol outfit changes throughout the series; In episodes 1-6, Tae wears a purple T-shirt with the word “Zero” written on it and a purple skirt with white ruffles. Using makeup, she and the other zombies make their skin look like an average human. Unlike the other girls, she doesn't wear contact lenses for her eyes.

   After Saga rock, her idol outfit changed to a red jacket with a plaid decoration, a purple skirt with cotton inside it, and knee-high boots.

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   Personality

   Before Death

   When she was a girl, she was not much different from any child. She was always home alone because her parents spent their time doing their research, so she wanted to spend time with them. One day, her mother found a strange “baby” and since then, they spent even more time at the university. Tae she spent the day alone at home doing nothing, and she got upset when her parents mentioned the project they were working on because she felt that they always left her aside. Even on her birthday, when she was given a beautiful stuffed bunny, they did not stop talking about the child, which made her angry and reject their gift.

   Tae Gaiden 42 Tae is happy to see her parents Despite not getting along with her parents, deep down, she just wanted to spend time with them. On her birthday, the government found out about her parents' unauthorized investigations. And when they were about to take the child away, Sagako was born, killing her parents. After that day, Tae lives with a feeling of revenge against Sagako and will fight with her life to redeem herself and avenge the life of her parents, taken away by forces other than this world. From that moment on, she only lives to avenge her parents, which causes her to develop a much harsher and colder attitude towards other people. Since that incident, she has become mysterious and closed with others.

   She commanded the group of Sagako hunters “Saga Sagako Busters” that is responsible for dealing with Sagako's curses. As the leader of this group, she was quite a tough woman and straightforward in her missions. Tae fights Sagakos with nothing more than her strength and her own shovel, as she cannot seal curses and she has to rely on the Hyodo twins to do that. No matter who she has to deal with, she will make everyone follow her orders.

   Before Anna's arrival in the group, Tae constantly argued with Hanako about how to deal with certain troublesome Sagako, which slowed down the group's progress. When Anna arrived in the group, her good analysis of the details of her things helped them come up with more efficient strategies against Sagako. Without her on the team, it's clear that Tae still has trouble strategizing against curses.

   Tae Gaiden 16 Tae is comfortable next to Yuko Tae had a very Stoic composure and remained cool when expressing her emotions. Yuko Hyodo is one of the few people that Tae shows a kind side to. With her, she was entirely different, since Tae always felt comfortable next to her. Losing her parents because of the Sagako, she only lived with resentment and revenge in her heart until she met her, who showed Tae other feelings that she had never experienced. Yuko always showed Tae a positive side of life, and she always brought prosperity to wherever she went, even to the Sagako Busters. When Yuko Hyodo turns into an onion by using all of her energy, she literally kidnaps Eikichi Hyodo, Yuko's brother, hoping that he has inherited his sister's powers to seal Sagako through onions.

   Tae Gaiden 21 Tae punches Eikichi in one of her rage fits She also begins to show this side to Yuko's brother, Eikichi. She was very hostile towards Eikichi at first, constantly scolded him and thought that he wouldn't measure up to what her sister achieved, but also gave him the chance to leave if he felt he was unfit for the job. After his first mission, she decides on her own to train Eikichi to be a better Sagako Buster. As the missions come and go, Tae begins to understand that Eikichi and Yuko are entirely different people and there is no point in comparing them. Even if she didn't get along with Eikichi from the beginning, she manages to connect with him, showing herself to be someone understanding who wants to help her friends.

   Normally, she is quite collected, but can be just as flashy and flamboyant as her fellow Busters, particularly Hanako, all while maintaining her stern confidence. Despite being bossy at first, her relationship with Eikichi improves over time. Going from being someone cold and without feelings towards him, to someone more open and understanding of situations.

   Eikichi 53 Eikichi and Tae work together to find the Sagako Mission after mission and battle after battle, she becomes close to him. Although she at first treated him as cannon fodder for her angry moments, she begins to accept Eikichi as an essential member of the group. They both manage to start a normal conversation after a long time, being the first time that she talks normally with Eikichi, as if they both hardly knew each other. When she trusts him enough, she reveals her innermost dreams to him. Other than Sagako and Saga, Tae was a normal person with dreams and ambitions, and in this case, Tae dreamed of being an idol like Junko Konno used to be. A dream that she longed to fulfill at some point after ending the Sagako plague.

   Now that she fully trusts Eikichi, she works together with him when Anna and Hanako mysteriously disappear. They work together and even joke with each other. More than ever, Saga needs them to work together. When it is time for the final battle against the Spider Sagako, Tae is willing to fight with all her might against this curse, no matter what. Despite that, she is still willing to try to get Eikichi to communicate with the Sagako, as that is something Yuko would do.

   Magatsuhi 20 Tae understands Magatsuhi's motives In her final moments, Eikichi manages to fully connect with her, to the point where Yuko's onion passes all of her and Eikichi's combined power to Tae. Knowing what she must do, she goes up to where Magatsuhi is, to, with the power of the onions, forgive herself and accept Magatsuhi to seal the curse inside her own body. The sealing process fuses the souls of Tae and Magatsuhi in the process, killing her immediately.

   Afterlife

   She tends to bite and gnaw on anyone or anything she can get her hands on, including her own hair. However, according to Kotaro, she is completely harmless. Tae lacks the class and intellect that she had as a human, being reduced to a swaying corpse with base and instinctive behaviors. Even after the other girls besides Sakura are stimulated after the heavy metal concert in Episode 1. While she starts out by simply biting anything she can put in her mouth out of the mindless zombie habit, as her intelligence grows she starts biting things less frequently and intentionally. One reason to do so is the happiness and affection of the other girls.

   Tae anime 7 Tae does her things during a Franchouchou performance Tae is the only one of the girls who hasn't fully regained consciousness, which is why she's still a mindless zombie. As such, Tae is unpredictable and driven by pure instinct, doing things like biting the other members and launching herself into the crowd. However, she seems to have some semblance of conscience, at least being able to understand the members to some degree, and being cooperative enough to participate in practices and performances. She also seems smart enough to have a caring side to her fellow zombie idols.

   Zombieland Saga - 05 - 18 Tae attacks Cocco In Episode 5 in particular, she shows her extreme appetite, going so far as to attack a guy in a chicken suit because she thinks he's a real chicken. Not to mention consuming a whole plate of raw meat before this, and a plate of eels on a stick (including the plate) followed by five eel sticks later.

   She started as a wild animal that attacks and bites people. Little by little she becomes a bit more civilized, being able to understand human language and communicate through moans or gestures, showing curiosity about the world like a girl would and imitating the dance moves of the other girls. She can even imitate a rooster crowing for the Drive-In Tori ad. Later, she begins to mimic the other girls' expressions and speech (albeit in a rather confusing manner) and gains enough theory of mind to try to lie.

   Although she hasn't spoken, she can already imitate the girls' movements and learn to do them herself, even trying to get Sakura to repeat them with her. There is also an advance in speech because in that same episode she tries to repeat “One, two, one, two” in Japanese, a phrase that Sakura taught her when she was distracted. It is probable that in the future she will begin to formulate more concrete words.

   Maria vs Tae Tae bites Maria As the only zombie who hasn't woken up, she makes little contribution to the team and often gets in the way with her attempts to bite people or when her head falls off. On the other hand, she is surprisingly useful in a pinch, such as when she bites into one of Maria Amabuki's buns when she tries to threaten Sakura and Lily and scares a large boar after he attacks the girls.

   When she sees a squid, she will jump on top of it, even though it is not a squid itself and only has its shape. If it wasn't for Sakura, she would have eaten countless things. She is quite playful and is skilled enough to build a snow sculpture alone with Romero. Lily usually treats her like her pet and plays with her. She has very little sense of personal space around the other girls, and at times, she can be aggressive and overbearing towards them, such as chasing and biting Junko. But she also displays very puppy-like affection for those she cares for, such as playfully biting and trying to cheer up her groupmates if they're upset.

   Zombieland Saga - 12 - 02 Tae tries to cheer Sakura up In episode 11, she's emotionally aware enough that Sakura's current situation hits her hard, sending her into a corner of depression; In the next episode, she is shown that she remembers her past moments and tries to talk Sakura into remembering them.

   Tae's zombie antics and childish behavior are often sources of comedy. However, in episode 12, when Sakura, blinded by depression, vehemently pushes her away too many times, Tae reaches her breaking point in anger and proves that even if she is ultimately a harmless zombie, she can actually be quite scary when she's really mad.

   Tae gif 3 Tae happily bites Sakura She does her best to help Sakura remember her successes. Sakura had previously acted as her caretaker, so she wouldn't end up biting people, and had also taught her to pay attention and dance, earning her undying loyalty. So, when Sakura sulks in the attic, Tae goes to great lengths to storm inside the attic and drags her into the dance studio to try to jog her memories of her. Once Sakura's memories come back and mix with her past memories, Tae happily bites her head off.

   When Franchouchou makes an opening for Iron Frill, she is tasked with playing the drums. She adjusts very quickly and opens the act with a full drum solo. The episode focusing on her shows how she unknowingly becomes involved in a series of events that led to her earning enough money to pay off Franchouchou's debt.

   Tae within her universe is quite popular. In some episodes of seasons 1 and 2, Tae is shown to be extremely popular on the internet for her quirky behavior. And Franchouchou fans love the fact that Tae never sings or speaks, and more or less does her own things during the concerts. As shown in Revenge Episode 6, most outsiders familiar with Tae take her strange behavior in stride, even when it comes to things that living people normally don't do, like eating food that's still in the wrapper.

   Zombieland Saga Revenge - 10 - 21 Tae puts on makeup herself and goes shopping As a zombie, she has an adorable open-mouthed smile that shows off her cute fangs. This occurs when she is excited or enjoying a happy moment with her groupmates. In fact, if it wasn't for Tae's help, the group wouldn't have been able to start working to pay off their bankruptcy debt to the EFS. As she was the one who, on her own initiative, bought dried squid from a store by putting on her own makeup. This action of Tae motivates the other girls to find work by themselves, and pay the debt by themselves.

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   Abilities

   Skillset

   Dancing—Although Tae cannot sing, she can move her body to the beat of any song. Snowman Building—In the tenth episode, Tae has built an accurate snowman of Romero that is thrice the size of the girls. Hula Hooping—Tae and the rest of the girls can perform while twirling hoops made of electricity during their performance in Episode 16. Drumming—Tae is shown to stand on her own when she is seen playing the drums during their performance in Episode 16. Cooking—Since she worked as a cook in a sales cart, she knows how to make good hamburgers. Shrewd Leadership—Leader of the group Saga Sagako Busters, Tae carried the burden of what it involved to fight the curse physically and had to make sure each of the team members was mentally prepared for the load. When Eikichi joins, she is willing to train him to be an efficient member of the group. Curses containment—With the help of Yuko Hyodo and Eikichi Hyodo, they were able to contain Sagako in onions until they were all sealed and purified. Endurance—Despite having her own house fall on her and being knocked down by a gigantic Sagako, Tae can still stand up despite her injuries. Her resistance alone is mental, as she physically succumbs to battle injuries that she chooses to ignore in order to continue fighting. Natural Abilities

   Non-senescence—As a zombie, Tae is granted the ability to remain at the age at which she died forever without any physical change after the resurrection process, as well as immunity against death. As she, along with the other girls, can endure circumstances that human bodies normally cannot handle. Like the lightning bolt in the seventh episode; and instead of suffering a third-degree burn, the girls end up becoming luminous and self-possessed-tuned voices. Detachable Limbs—As a zombie, Tae can detach and reattach parts of her body from their sockets with little to no effort, either intentionally or accidentally. She is the zombie whose limbs fall the most, which is a potential danger if she performs a sudden act of force in public, as she can expose the secret. Phosphorescent Vision—Like the rest of the girls, Tae's undead eyes are shown to be able to glow in the dark. Element Absorption—Their zombie bodies can accelerate the process of absorbing chemicals like those seen in Episode 4 by instantly absorbing the medicinal patches, causing their muscles to relax and not be as stiff. In addition to the fact that in their following concerts and practices, they continue to use the patches. In Episode 7, their bodies demonstrate a similar capacity to batteries by receiving an electrical discharge from lightning and glowing a pale blue, as well as releasing laser beams with their fingers. Good Luck—Seemingly blessed only as a zombie, saving Franchouchou on several occasions and being of great help in an indirect way. Unique Abilities

   Monstrous Form—After having had enough of Sakura Minamoto's self-deprecation and sulking, Tae briefly morphs into a terrifying form of herself with a larger and pointer set of teeth, and her glowing eyes are more prominent. This form also makes her more agile. Superhuman Strength—As shown in the eleventh episode, Tae can drag Sakura out of the room Sakura locked herself in and into another area in the mansion just by hanging onto the collar of her pajamas with her mouth. Cross-species Communication—Tae can communicate with Romero using canine language and often howls with him at the moon. ADVERTISEMENT

   Etymology

   The name Tae is written in hiragana (たえ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (多恵), it could mean “many” (多) (ta) and “favor, blessing” (恵) (e). Tae's surname Yamada means “mountain, hill” (山) (yama) and “field, rice paddy” (田) (ta/da). Tae concept art Tae concept art ADVERTISEMENT

   Trivia

   The staff has said they wanted Tae's image to be “sexy onee-san who comes for your blood;” they wanted to give her the impression of a beautiful long-haired Japanese horror character. They thought it would be cute if the hair moved like dogs' ears and could move independently. They also enjoyed designing the clothes, choosing prisoner-style shirts and pajamas that they really liked. Tae's seiyū, Kotono Mitsuishi, said that the first emotion born in Tae's heart was familial love for Sakura and that she also found her conscience in episode 11 when Sakura suffered amnesia. All this in an interview with Kotono Mitsuishi.[7] This is later supported by the spin-off manga, as revealed in the last chapter, where Magatsuhi and Tae voluntarily merged when Tae accepted and forgave Magatsuhi. As such, the goal of this curse was to search for her mother and motherly love. Upon merging, Tae and Magatsuhi's souls did as well. Up to the third episode, Tae's voice actress was credited as “???”. This was to excite the fact that she shares the same Japanese voice actor as Sailor Moon. In “Episode 9”, Tae chews on Maria Amabuki's odango-like hair. The primary role of voice actress Kotono Mitsuishi was Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon, who wore buns in her civilian and sailor costume. It is later confirmed that she bites them because they look like onions, the fact that she takes more relevance in Gaiden. Tae is the only member of Franchouchou who does not have any lead songs, as she cannot speak properly. Tae's hair resembles the head of her favorite food, squid. By actual age at death, Tae is the oldest of the girls, as she died at the age of 29. Tae's zombie outfit closely resembles that of Buddhist Motsuke Koromo style robes. Tae is one of the four with the most curvaceous figures in the group. Sharing same cup size and body type with Sakura Minamoto and beaten only by Yugiri and Maimai Yuzuriha. As of “Episode 13”, she “works” part-time alongside Sakura for a local pasture farm. She currently has one episode centered around her, that being “Episode 18”. The episode also revealed that her family's gravestones are positioned right next to the Minamoto family gravestones. Similar to Kotaro in “Episode 13”, Tae is also hinted to be the only one of the girls to harbor good luck instead of terrible luck throughout the episode. In the last episode of Revenge, she makes a reference to Freddie Mercury with her classic sneeze that gave the group its name: “Franchouchou”. It is implied that Tae is a Queen fan, this is because her part in the song “We are FranChouChou!” starts with the same beat as the song “We Will Rock You” by Queen. Tae's biological parents were killed by Sagako years ago, leaving Tae with a great grudge towards them and the curse.[8] Jofuku raised her as his own, just like he did with Kiichi some 100 years earlier. Jofuku finds Tae wandering around town after her parents' death, causing him to adopt her and train her for a plan to combat Sagako. Plan that seems to bear the acronym: ZLS.[9] Tae's parents were responsible for an investigation into strange creatures in Saga, which later led to their deaths at the hands of the curse.[10] This is the reason why Tae hates these creatures, having taken away her parents who, because of their research, spent little time with her. The mansion, the shovels, makeup, and even the sunglasses are in Tae's possession. It is currently unknown how Kotaro managed to gain access to all of this. Tae's Sagako-hunting past also explains other little things. Among the zombies who had not awakened in the first episode, she acted much more violently compared to the rest. While the other zombies did not do much more than walk threateningly towards Sakura, Tae rushed to pounce on her. She also immediately went direct to launch herself against a death metal fan because she probably associated his hair with a Sagako. Looking closely at the list of people that Tae has chased or been aggressive towards (Zombie Sakura, Coco, and various people in costumes), the only thing they all have in common is that they could be mistaken for Sagako. This could be Tae unconsciously recalling an encounter from her past life. One of Tae's dreams in life was to be an idol together with Yuko. All inspired by the Showa idol, Junko Konno. The fact that Tae is a fan of Junko explains why, throughout the series, she is constantly chased by Tae. This is because in her life, Tae was a big fan of Junko and, even as a zombie, can recognize her. Tae is the only zombie whose death is revealed in the manga, wherein she willingly fused with Magatsuhi, leading to both of their demise. She, alongside, Yuko Hyodo, are the only humans to have been fused with Sagako. In Yuko's case, she was unintentionally fused with the Niji-no matsubara Sagako after she sealed it away in an onion whilst sacrificing her own body. After being released from the onion, she is revealed to have absorbed the antlers of the Niji-no matsubara Sagako. Since all the girls in Franchouchou died on a Butsumetsu day (unlucky day) and the chapter where Tae's death takes place occurs in early November 1989, it can be estimated that the day of Tae's death occurred in one of the following days: November 5, November 11, November 17 and November 23.

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   NAME JAPANESE 紺野 純子 ROMANIZED Konno Junko ENGLISH Junko Konno ALIASES Number 4 (4号) (Yon-gō) Tweedlefame (By Sakura) Fungus Head (By Kotaro) Lady Junko (By Yugiri) Yonko Tatsumi (巽 四子)[1] (Work alias) Miss Four[2] (By Kotaro) Sneakypants [3] (By Kotaro) Kid [4] (By Kotaro) TITLE The Legendary Showa Idol (伝説の昭和アイドル, Densetsu no Shōwa aidoru) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Zombie (Active) Human (Deceased) BIRTHDATE September 2, 1964 DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1983 (Butsumetsu) DEATH CAUSE Plane crash AGE Physically 19 (As of 1983 onwards) Chronologically

   53 (As of 2017 to “Episode 9”) 54 (As of “Episode 9”) 55 (Sometime between “Episode 21” and “Episode 22”) BLOOD TYPE A HEIGHT 155 cm (5'1") WEIGHT 40 kg B/W/H 80/55/84 (B) GENDER Female OCCUPATION Zombie 4 of Franchouchou (Currently) Solo Idol (Formerly) Ceramic Doll Painter at the Traditional Folk Arts Ozaki Doll Preservation Society (Part-time) EYES COLOR Red (Zombie) Light Blue (Human) RELATIONS OTHERS Kotaro Tatsumi (Manager) Romero (Pet) Franchouchou (Co-idols) Ai Mizuno (Best friend) Tae Yamada (Fan) Maimai Yuzuriha (Former co-idol) Skull and Bull (Fans) Iron Frill (Rivals) Policeman A (Acquainted) Yuko Hyodo (Fan) INTERESTS HOBBIES Fishing Yoga Piano FAVORITE FOODS Foods with soy Washoku DISLIKED FOODS Tomatoes Liver FAVORITE COLOR White PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Maki Kawase ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Amanda Lee LESS As for me, I always used to do things alone. That’s why the thought of being a team…doesn’t always sit well with me. With that said, if the rest of you feel really strongly about this, then maybe…I better do my part, too. Right? JUNKO TO THE REST OF THE GIRLS, ABOUT BEING AN UNDEAD IDOL GROUP,

   Junko Konno History Relationships Quotes Gallery Junko Konno Junko Icon The beautiful zombie with a sad expression. The legendary idol who ignited the idol boom during the 80s and overwhelmed the world. While she's reserved and sheltered, she has a strong conviction as an idol and is the best singer among the seven. However, she is bad at dancing.

   Tae keeps biting her on multiple occasions, and she tries to run away from her.

   Junko Konno (紺野 純子, Konno Junko) was an idol from the 80s whose popularity caused the idol boom of said decade.

   She is a member of the zombie idol group Franchouchou and is titled as The Legendary Showa Idol (伝説の昭和アイドル, Densetsu no Shōwa aidoru).

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   Human

   Junko has short white hair that wavy near the bottom with her bangs bunched in the middle, and she has ice blue eyes. Junko sports a rather very slim and slender figure which is proportionally identical to those of Ai Mizuno with only slight differences in sheer numbers.

   Normally, Junko wears a navy sailor dress with white accent lines and a white tie. She also wears white socks and black shoes.

   Zombie

   Like the others, Junko has grayish-blue skin like a zombie and stitches all over her body with different skin tones in each section, which is a homage to the Monster of Frankenstein.

   Junko's body is full of Frankenstein-style patches, the impact of the plane she was on caused a large explosion destroying her body completely and burning some parts more than others, so she has different colored patches.

   Idol

   Junko's idol outfit changes throughout the series; in episodes 1-6, Junko wears a white T-shirt with the word “Four” written on it, along with a white skirt with white ruffles. Using makeup, she and the other zombies make their skin look like normal humans. Junko also wears contact lenses to achieve the blue eyes that she had as a living person.

   After Saga rock, her idol outfit changed to a red jacket with a plaid decoration, a blue skirt with cotton inside it, and knee-high boots.

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   Personality

   Before Death

   Junko anime 2 Junko in life She was already a professional idol before her death. In her case, she was considered a pioneer of the idol genre, as it was during the 1970s and 1980s that solo idols first took off and solidified in Japan. One of her signature songs is called “50 and 4 Things Left Behind”, and it is still used today for commercials and is incredibly popular online.

   Afterlife

   Junko always seems to be calm, collected, and a bit shy of her surroundings. As the series progresses, she manages to take more security about herself, both on stage and with the group.

   Junko is quite discreet with her comments. Both she and Ai believe that the whole plan of the “undead idol singer group” is doomed to failure, but while Ai's complaints center on the lack of experience of others and the legitimate difficulties of the industry; Junko often reminds the girls that they are real zombies. With all that that entails, she remains nervous about the one member who still hasn't regained her consciousness, frequently commenting on how ridiculous the situations they are in are.

   The reality of being hunted down and rejected by the living for being a zombie leaves Junko deeply discouraged, to the point where she and Ai barely have the will to act. Like Ai, she also begins to recover after covering for Sakura when the latter changed the lyrics of their guerilla performance, deciding that she wants to try singing in a group.

   Junko does not hate the idea of ​​acting in a group, but she is not sure that she can work well in one since she had always acted alone, which compounds her reluctance to cooperate with Kotaro's plan. Defends the idea that idols should Be figures of perfection for fans to admire and showing any imperfections in front of them is unforgivable. Just the idea of ​​interacting with her fans makes her uncomfortable because they can find fault with her person offstage.

   Along with Ai, she refuses to join Franchouchou's guerilla show in Episode 3. Seeing Sakura's determination inspires them to the point that when Sakura messes up her lines, they band together to save what little they can of the performance.

   She leaves Franchouchou in Episode 6 after both Kotaro and Ai scolded her for refusing to participate in the photoshoot, feeling that the idols' expectations have changed too much for her to feel comfortable since she died.

   After being shocked by the drastic changes in the idol industry while she was dead, she barricades herself in a room (with warning signs and “no crossing” tape) and sulks in her place for weeks. Even growing mushrooms on her head.

   Junko arreglos Junko fixes the door that Tatsumi broke down After Kotaro kicks down a door by its hinges to give her a pep talk, he nonchalantly asks Junko to fix the door after him. Surprisingly, she simply picks up some power tools and puts the door back on competently.

   She is very reserved and soft-spoken and is deeply intimidated by Tae. She is also very uncomfortable with the idea of ​​fan photoshoots, both because of her shy nature and because idols didn't interact as much directly with her fans when she was alive. The group decides to circumvent this and start marketing by simply handing over signed “candid” photos of her as “The Shy One” of the group, instead of doing meet and greets. Junko's soft, meek voice turns into a hoarse alto when she sings. She is frequently shown to get nervous when it comes to heights. The fact that she died in a plane crash probably contributed to this fear.

   It is mentioned repeatedly that Junko is not a very good dancer, but actually, she only appears once in practice, and she is on par with everyone else in every performance. Even more evident is the fact that Junko can dance perfectly at Saga Rock after not practicing for two weeks.

   Although she ultimately doesn't catch anything, she seems to have solid knowledge of fishing, putting together a fishing pole and looking for suitable bait on her own. At the same time, she gives Sakura a surprisingly philosophical lecture that would not be expected from a girl who has spent much of the series in an abysmal spirit. Fishing is even listed as one of her hobbies.

   She is very prone to blushing, either from embarrassment or from the rude comments of others. When she saw Yugiri in her Oiran outfit, she blushed in amazement at seeing someone so elegant.

   In the last episodes of the series, Junko can be seen with a quite calm and collaborative personality with the other girls, in addition to advising Sakura about looking at what happens around her. The change in her personality upon realizing the new age and accepting it causes her to bond more with Sakura. When Sakura loses her memory, she goes to talk to her, but her shy personality won't let her, and she just gives up and starts crying. At the end of Arpino's concert, she looks happy because Sakura finally recovered her memories.

   Don't be fooled by her shyness. She is an experienced performer who will go out of her way to help her friends and bandmates.

   Zombieland Saga Revenge - 03 - 21 Junko sings to herself Whenever she feels depressed, she will pick up a guitar and sing to herself. When Sakura hears it, she reveals that she sings it to reassure herself. The song itself was one of her hit singles when she was alive.

   When Iron Frill arrives at Saga, she cares a lot about the group and says that she is useless, belittling herself for not knowing how to guide the girls. After they witness Shiori trying to recruit Ai, Junko looks nervous and sad because she thinks that Franchouchou is not the best for her.

   Junko Smash Junko takes things literally When she believes that Ai plans to leave her and Franchouchou to meet with Iron Frill, Junko tries to pressure the former for an honest answer and gets an answer that only reaffirms her fears. She then runs to a nearby beach and cries with all her heart.

   Kotaro later encourages her to break everything in her path and get Ai back by breaking everything. Words that she takes very literally since she later breaks her electric guitar, but now Junko is determined to get what she wants by giving a great impact and realizing that her time and her way of being must change to have what she wants. Leaving aside once and for all her shy personality and becoming determined. She takes Kotaro's expression “Break it all, Junko!” in the sense of literally smashing his guitar, which she does at the end of her solo concert.

   Once she realizes that she needs to take over the opening of Iron Frill; she and the others put on an absolutely mind-blowing metal performance with her as guitarist and vocalist and confront Shiori as the latter makes one last attempt to get Ai to leave Franchouchou.

   In episode 11 of Revenge, when Franchouchou's mansion is washed away by a flood, Junko rescues a set of tools for making Ozaki dolls. After the mansion collapses and is destroyed, it is noted that all the group's costumes, instruments, and makeup were inside. Junko apologizes for not rescuing them, but none of the other zombies reproach her.

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   Abilities

   Skillset

   Musical Talent—Similar to Ai Mizuno, being a former pop idol, Junko is gifted with amazing musical talent. According to her flashbacks, she was capable of playing the piano and doing incredible solos. Dancing—On top of her musical talent, Junko can also move fluidly to the beat of any music. But unlike the other girls, she is not as talented as Ai or Lily Hoshikawa because she acted more alone, which does not seem to be a problem throughout the series. Fishing—In the tenth episode, Junko reveals that she loves hobbies that involved being alone and concentrating, thus showing that she loved to fish as well. In addition to that, it helps Junko see things from different points of view. Carpentry—Junko has not only fixed the door Kotaro Tatsumi kicked down in the seventh episode, but she has also re-enhanced it so that even Tae Yamada can not knock it down. Lock-picking—As shown in Episode 13, Junko can successfully pick the lock to Kotaro’s room. Guitar-playing—As shown in Episode 15, Junko can play the guitar as a backup to her vocals. Hula Hooping—Junko and the rest of the girls can perform while twirling hoops made of electricity during their performance in Episode 16. Natural Abilities

   Non-senescence—Due to being a zombie, Junko is granted the ability to remain at the age at which she died forever without any physical changes after the resurrection process, as well as immunity against death. As she, along with the other girls, can endure circumstances that human bodies normally cannot handle. Like the lightning bolt in the seventh episode; and instead of suffering a third-degree burn, the girls end up becoming luminous and self-possessed—tuned voices. Detachable Limbs—As a zombie, Junko can detach and reattach parts of her body from their sockets with little to no effort, either intentionally or accidentally. However, she is one of the zombies to which no part of its body has fallen for now. Phosphorescent Vision—Junko's dark red eyes that can glow in the dark after being resurrected into a zombie. Element Absorption—Their zombie bodies can accelerate the process of absorbing chemicals like those seen in Episode 4 by instantly absorbing the medicinal patches, causing their muscles to relax and not be as stiff. In addition to the fact that in their following concerts and practices, they continue to use the patches. In Episode 7, their bodies demonstrate a similar capacity to batteries by receiving an electrical discharge from lightning and glowing a pale blue, as well as releasing laser beams with their fingers. Plantlife Fertilization—As shown in Episode 7, being a zombie gives Junko the ability to grow mushrooms out of her head without her intentionally doing so. Though, this feat may only be triggered if said zombie were to not move around as often and stay stagnated in the appropriate environment. In the mushrooms’ case, in a cool, dry area like an attic. ADVERTISEMENT

   Etymology

   The name Junko means “pure, clean, simple” (純) (jun) and “child” (子) (ko). Junko's surname Konno means “navy blue” (紺) (kon) and “field, wilderness” (野) (no). Junko concept art Junko concept art ADVERTISEMENT

   Trivia

   Junko is the revived representation of the “Showa” idols of the 70s and 80s. Calm, reserved, and fearful, Junko is the image of what the artists showed the public on the small screen. Junko's primary cause of death was the plane crash. The Ookoba article that appears in the post-credits scene of “Episode 19” details the following about her death: Sudden farewell due to a plane crash

   Junko Konno (19). I Miss Her "Singing Voice"

   Around three o'clock on December 9th, a plane crashed off the coast of Saga Prefecture. One part of the plane was on fire, while the rest was debris along the coast. According to the report, of the passengers on board, half were killed or injured.

   The downed plane is DSN Airlines Flight 842. The Japanese Coast Guard was responsible for recovery efforts the night after the crash. Junko's body is full of stitched patches, as the impact of the plane where she was caused by a great explosion completely destroyed her body and gave her serious burns, which is why she has patches of different colors. Junko's death was probably even more painful, especially when it comes to her zombie mindset and personality. Considering that Junko was trapped in a plane that fell directly to the ground, she was forced to hear the painful screams of many, many passengers who succumbed to her sudden death alongside Junko. While Junko was much more confident when she was human, the whole-death experience she went through literally broke her mindset. This explains why Junko is the most cowardly, the shyest, and the quietest of the group. Because she never got over her traumatic death. Junko died three months after her nineteenth birthday. Based on the timeline, Junko's actual age is 54 as she remarked in Episode 6 that she would have been a grandmother if she was still alive. Her age is indirectly mentioned in her solo “50 and 4 Things Left Behind”. Junko's fate is similar to that of a singer Kyu Sakamoto, who died in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123. Junko has the same cup size and body type as Ai Mizuno, both of them having two of the slimmest figures in the group. Junko shares the same English voice actor as Ai Hayasaka from the series Kaguya-sama: Love is War. Junko shares the same date of death as Romero. Her name might be a reference to other Japanese singers of that time, such as Junko Oashi or Junko Yagami. Initially, she addresses her friends by their last names, such as referring to Sakura as “Minamoto-san”. In Episode 10, she has changed by calling Sakura “Sakura-san”. According to the events of the Drama CD 1: Secret Before Christmas SAGA, Junko has a Christmas song. Despite being the most soft-spoken member of the group, Junko has the deepest vocals during her performances in the original dub. When asked if Junko and Ai have the possibility of developing a romantic relationship, the staff responded that they did not consider the two to be such, outside of just “An idol from the Showa Period and another from the Heisei Period.” [5] As of Episode 13, Junko works part-time as someone who retouches the paint of ceramic figurines at an unnamed establishment. There are currently four episodes that focus on Junko, which she shares with Ai. The episodes being Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 15 and Episode 16. With both Episode 7 and Episode 16 being direct continuations of their previous episodes. Like a girl from the 80s, her dialogue is peppered with slang from that period. She calls television “the tube”, compares digital photography to Polaroids, and at one point she calls Sakura a fool for not knowing what Polaroids are. Since she's from a time before things like desktops and social media were a part of everyday life. She has a hard time typing words into a search engine, for example. Shyness aside, she has been shown to have some trouble reading certain social situations. She compulsively lampshades any time the girls make a joke or reference about them being dead, as if the others had somehow forgotten themselves. She has a creepy habit of eavesdropping on conversations from behind a corner; once when Saki and Sakura plan to sneak out to some hot springs, and again when Saki and Ai are chatting privately on the balcony of the mansion. Her literal mindset of hers towards Kotaro's way of speaking in Revenge, causes her to break his guitar on stage. Rather than being scared that the audience will see the girls without makeup, she is annoyed with herself for rushing to make the mask. There are several indications that Junko cannot tie her tie properly, even being helped by Lily to tie it properly. She was the second of Franchouchou (and overall character from the series) to get a Good Smile Company Nendoroid modeled after her. With hers being announced on May 15, 2020, and being released in October of that same year. She is revealed to be the idol of Tae Yamada and the reason why the former wanted to become idols alongside Yuko Hyodo as revealed in the thirteenth chapter of the spin-off manga.

8. #8Saki Nikaido

   Keys: Saki Nikaido

   NAME JAPANESE 二階堂 サキ ROMANIZED Nikaidō Saki ENGLISH Saki Nikaido ALIASES Number 2 (2号) (Ni-gō) Boss (By Kotaro) Leader/Captain (By Franchouchou) Lady Saki (By Yugiri) Niko Tatsumi (巽 二子)[1] TITLE The Legendary Kamikaze Squad Leader (伝説の特攻隊長, Densetsu no Tokkō Taichō) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Zombie (Active) Human (Deceased) BIRTHDATE May 15, 1979 DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1997 (Butsumetsu) DEATH CAUSE Failed motorcycle stunt AGE Physically 10 (As of 1989) 18 (As of 1997 onwards) Chronologically

   38 (As of 2017) 39 (As of “Episode 4”) 40 (As of “Episode 14”) BLOOD TYPE O HEIGHT 153 cm (5'0") WEIGHT 45 kg B/W/H 77/54/82 (C) GENDER Female OCCUPATION Franchouchou (Currently) Zombie 2 Leader Construction Worker (Part-Time) Radio Host in Saga FM (Part-Time) Student (Formerly) Dorami Biker Gang Member (Formerly) Leader for a Day (Temporarily) EYES COLOR Red (Zombie) Orange (Human) BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS OTHERS Amabuki Family Reiko Amabuki (Best friend;former fellow gang member) Maria Amabuki (Friend) Franchouchou (Co-idols) Kotaro Tatsumi (manager) Romero (Pet) White Ryu (Crush;idol) Policeman A (Acquainted) Iron Frill (Rivals) Cocco (Acquainted;idol) Maimai Yuzuriha (Friend;former co-idol) Skull and Bull (Fans) Eikichi Hyodo (Acquainted) INTERESTS HOBBIES Visiting Gaming Centers Playing with her Tamagotchi FAVORITE FOODS Chicken DISLIKED FOODS Sweets FAVORITE COLOR Orange PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Asami Tano ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Caitlin Glass LESS There’s nothing legendary about throwing your whole life away, I’ve found something way more badass to work towards. I’m here to show you a taste of what it means to be a real legend! SAKI TO THE TWO BIKER GANGS,

   Saki Nikaido History Relationships Quotes Gallery Saki Nikaido Saki Icon The golden ponytail zombie with a sharp glare. She's the kamikaze leader of Dorami, the legendary biker gang team that conquered Kyushu. A self-respecting delinquent who threatens others with “you wanna die?”, but will befriend anyone with guts. When she was alive, she was addicted to “Tamagotchi”, but it always became “Oyajitchi”.

   Saki Nikaido (二階堂サキ, Nikaidō Saki) was a motorcyclist in life who, together with her best friend, Reiko Amabuki, and the rest of the Dorami Biker Gang, conquered the entire island of Kyushu (九州, Kyūshū).

   She is currently the leader of Franchouchou where she is titled as The Legendary Chief Biker (Densetsu no Tokkō Taichō).

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   Human

   Saki has thigh-length blonde hair that has orange and green highlights tucked into a high ponytail with bangs mostly swept to the left where it has a single orange highlight and orange eyes.

   Her casual outfit consists of a brown and white jacket over a white blouse and a blue knee skirt. She also wears her shirt with a dark orange necktie.

   In the second season, it is evident that her natural hair color is blonde and that the orange and green colors in her hair are dyes that she made while she was a gang member.

   Zombie

   Like the other zombies, Saki has grayish-blue skin and red eyes, along with scars on her left cheek, left arm, and right leg, as well as bandages that cover her torso, upper-left arm, right arm, and left leg. As a zombie, her hair is noticeably messier and duller in color. She lets go of her hair while she sleeps.

   Idol

   Her idol outfit changes throughout the series; in episodes 1-6, Saki wears a gold T-shirt with the word “弐” (“two”) written on it, along with an orange skirt with white ruffles. Using makeup, she and the other zombies make their skin look like normal humans. Saki also wears contact lenses to achieve the golden eyes that she had as a living person.

   After Saga Rock, her idol outfit changed to a red jacket with a plaid decoration, an orange skirt with cotton inside it, and knee-high boots.

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   Personality

   Before Death

   Although in her life as a gang member she was rude, in reality, Saki was fragile in the past which caused her companions to mess with her and made her come back strong. She was a friendless and even more rebellious girl before joining Dorami, unsure of the direction she was taking; until she heard the White Ryu radio broadcast that inspired her to do something with her life, leading her to befriend Reiko and Dorami in life.

   Zombieland Saga Revenge - 02 - 21 Saki finds Reiko and realizes that she is not alone In life, she used to hang out with her gang at “Drive-In Tori”, a popular chicken restaurant, and grew up watching the Kashima Gatalympics. Her modus operandi is to be badass. She was an unfettered thrill seeker who often sought challenges, a trait that eventually cost her life.

   She certainly was impetuous and courageous, but this trait of hers ended up being her fatal flaw because she was so determined to win the chicken game against the rival gang that she kept speeding up and was mortally wounded by the resulting crash.

   Afterlife

   Saki has a tough and rebellious attitude, she calls Sakura a brat and openly declares that she has no respect for those who have no guts. However, after a successful performance, Saki takes being an idol very seriously and becomes the leader of Franchouchou.

   Sakura bested her in an impromptu rap battle, where she basically shows some guts and earns Saki's respect. Before that, Saki spent most of the episode antagonizing Sakura or treating her like easy prey.

   Normally, she is just as upset with Kotaro as the rest of the girls, and she didn't hesitate to look down on them. In Episode 5, she becomes much nicer to him when she discovers that he has booked appearances for them on Drive-In Tori and Gatalympics, both of them screaming at their shared enthusiasm.

   Zombieland Saga - 05 - 17 Saki in the Drive in Tori commercial She goes into fangirl mode upon meeting Cocco, she turns into a complete emotional nerd when she's around him and gets upset when she feels like others can't live up to his acting standards.

   Among girls who have trauma about their own cause of death and who often panic when reminded, Saki does not have trauma about her own cause of death, but rather an accident in which she died to help her companions. Even in the bike race at the Gatalympics in episode 5, she took the lead as a special attack captain and was confident that she would win that event.

   Despite being a rude criminal with the purpose of taking over the country, she shows great kindness towards children and an awareness of social norms. Knowing full well that her harsh and violent attitude towards her gang will not work for them to be the largest idol group in the country. Saki also occasionally shows a soft side to her, as seen in episode 6, where she comforts Ai after she tells her how she died.

   Dead or alive, Saki has never had a clue what it's supposed to be “normal”, and she has never understood what other people see in it. She struggled to relate to Reiko's desire to leave the gang and start a family one day, and at first, she had trouble connecting with the other girls due to her radical nature.

   She gets a second chance as a zombie and does the exact same thing again. She survives this time thanks to her undead nature, even though she had no guarantee that she would have survived the accident intact enough to continue functioning.

   When she was taken to the mountains, she showed a rather reckless attitude in adding wet wood to the fire that Lily was making; however, she was quite cooperative with the group in collecting dry wood after the incident. When Sakura got depressed, she went to look for her in person with the excuse that she was going to wash her face, but when she arrived, she couldn't convince her and used her non-dominant hand to slap her. Showing that she didn't really want to hurt Sakura. She was visibly affected by this and began to cry on the way down. But she showed great appreciation and understanding for Sakura after she regained her memories.

   Saki is equally ecstatic when Kotaro says they will work with White Ryu, her icon from her whole life. Unlike other characters, she accepts his old-fashioned tendencies one hundred percent. Justified given that White Ryu's work helped her get out of a difficult place in her life, and she is grateful that he allowed her to continue his work by broadcasting his radio show to her.

   After White Ryu appoints Franchouchou to succeed him on his radio show, Saki confesses her feelings for him. However, he tells Saki to try again when she is a grown woman. Saki regretfully admits to Sakura that she knows she never will be since zombies don't age, and she bursts into tears when reality hits her once and for all. Ironically, for someone who lived fast and died young, she finds a reason to grow up only after she's already dead, and now she never will.

   Zombieland Saga Revenge - 12 - 16 Saki speaks on the radio with the citizens of Saga After the disaster that happened in Saga in Revenge episodes 10 and 11, she is still worried about attending her radio show on the current day and gets angry with Sakura for missing the date. When they finally can give their radio program, Saki is the one who talks to the citizens of Saga about the disaster that occurred and as being united, they will all be able to overcome it. Speaking from the heart, she asks everyone who listens to her to go to the benefit concert in Franchouchou to help recover Saga.

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   Skillset

   Cycling Proficiency—As the former leader of The Dorami Biker Gang, it is to be expected that she can ride her motorcycle with more proficiency than an average cyclist. This is demonstrated in episode 9 with the race with Reiko at the beginning of the episode and by performing a jump with her motorcycle. She can also pedal a bike so fast that it creates a sonic boom. Expert Fighter—She is one of the most physically abled of all the girls. Able to knock down Takeo, an 8-foot-tall giant of a man, and in the past fought off twenty or so rival bikers alongside Reiko without much of a scratch. She also has a really good fastball, as seen when she throws a baseball at Kotaro when he provokes her. Proficiency in Kanji—Saki can fluently write difficult Kanji[2]. Contrary and almost ironically, Saki is one of the most educated (if not the only one) because she has an excellent command of kanji; something that is only seen in senior years. Rapping—Saki and Sakura showcased their never-before-seen rapping skills.[3] Hula Hooping—Saki and the rest of the girls can perform while twirling hoops made of electricity during their performance in “Episode 16”. Natural Abilities

   Non-senescence—As a zombie, Saki is granted the ability to remain at the age at which she died forever without any physical change after the resurrection process, as well as immunity against death. Saki, along with the other girls, is capable of enduring circumstances that human bodies cannot normally handle. This is shown when she performs the trick that killed her a second time, but instead of dying again, she returns with nothing but mild scratches. Detachable Limbs—As a zombie, she also can detach and reattach parts of her body from their sockets with little to no effort, either intentionally or accidentally. So far, we've not seen any part of her body fall off yet, but we've seen that it can perform contortions that are not humanly possible. Phosphorescent Vision—Dark red eyes that can glow in the dark after being resurrected into a zombie. Element Absorption—Their zombie bodies can accelerate the process of absorbing chemicals like those seen in Episode 4 by instantly absorbing the medicinal patches, causing their muscles to relax and not be as stiff. In addition to the fact that in their following concerts and practices, they continue to use the patches. In Episode 7, their bodies demonstrate a similar capacity to batteries by receiving an electrical discharge from lightning and glowing a pale blue, as well as releasing laser beams with their fingers. ADVERTISEMENT Etymology

   The name Saki is written in katakana (サキ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (咲, 咲希, 沙紀 or 早紀), it could possibly mean: 咲—“blossom”. 咲希—“blossom” (咲) (sa) and “hope” (希) (ki). 沙紀—“sand” (沙) (sa) and “chronicle” (紀) (ki). 早紀—“already, now, fast, early” (早) (sa) and “chronicle” (紀) (ki). Saki's surname Nikaido (2) means “upstairs, two-storied” (二階) (nikai) and “hall” (堂) (do). Nikaido is a name of a clan of Japanese samurai that ruled the Iwase District of Mutsu Province during the Sengoku period during the Kamakura era. The founder was Nikaido Yukimasa, and they lived in the Sukagawa Castle. Trivia

   Saki concept art Saki concept art Saki was designed to be “pretty”, and unlike the usual outfit, one of Saki's charms is that she likes to wear things that are easy to wear. In the Saki era, there were no people with hair colors like this, but since it's an anime, they used the “fusion of modern and nostalgia.” Saki's primary cause of death was injuries sustained from the motorcycle accident. The Ookoba article that appears in the post-credits scene of “Episode 19” details the following about her death: High School Student Dies in Motorcycle Accident

   Around midnight on the 30th, the Karatsu Police Station received a call from a local resident reporting that an explosion had been heard coming from the direction of Kagamiyama and that a building was on fire. Firefighters responded to the scene and discovered a seriously injured woman near the scene of the fire, who was taken to the hospital. However, due to severe burns and lacerations caused by the fall, she was confirmed dead at the hospital approximately two hours later.

   The deceased Nikaido belonged to a girls' team that participated in dangerous activities such as motorcycle riding. Police are currently questioning the girls' team members involved in the accident, as it is believed the accident was caused by a "chicken game" with a rival team.

   The person confirmed dead was Saki Nikaido (18), a resident of Karatsu City. According to an investigation by the Karatsu Police, the guardrail of the Kagamiyama Observatory parking lot was damaged, and the cause of the fire is believed to have been a motorcycle that fell off the road. Saki’s last Tamagotchi is still with Reiko, as a memento. Saki's Tamagotchi was based on an actual Tamagotchi Gen1 design. It was exclusive to Japan and among the very first Tamagotchi to come out in November 1996. In Episode 19, while holding Maimai's modern Tamagotchi, Saki asks if “Oyajitchi” is obtainable. This is because she would always end up with that character when she played with her own original Tamagotchi. In the flashback in Episode 9, Saki also mentions to Reiko getting Maskutchi on her original Tamagotchi. Oyajitchi is a secret character on the original Gen1 Tamagotchi. It is obtainable by not giving any discipline to the Tamagotchi until it evolves to Maskutchi. Then, the player needs to give perfect care to Maskutchi, and after a few days it should evolve into Oyajitchi. Saki probably sports the most athletic figure in a group. Showing great agility several times during the course of the show. At the end of episode 9, Saki wore “Captain-for-a-day” (“1日特攻隊長”) which hinted “旧特攻隊長” (ex-captain) “1日” = one day “旧” = old; past; ex The chicken game Saki plays consists of the one who stops first before reaching one of the many cliffs in Japan, loses and is considered a “chicken”, losing prestige to both the bozosoku and her gang. The gangs until the '90s were extremely violent. If you stared at them for more than a minute, you'd probably end up in the hospital with blunt force injuries. In their quest for adrenaline, they fought other gangs, ran races like these, and clogged up traffic while smashing cars that honked at them. They disappeared due to the cost of acquiring and modifying a motorcycle, the series of laws that gave the police more tools to arrest them, and the fact that parents let their children play video games all day to keep them away from bad influences. Saki's English voice actress Caitlin Glass also voices Maki Nishikino, another idol character from the anime series Love Live! School Idol Project. As of “Episode 13”, Saki works part-time as a construction worker. In “Episode 14”, it is revealed that Saki has a crush on her childhood idol, White Ryu. And as of that episode, she and the rest of Franchouchou were delegated ownership of his radio show. It is also revealed that the full version of Tokkou DANCE ~DAWN OF THE BAD~ had White Ryu's motivational speech included. Saki has two episodes centered around her so far, Episode 9 and Episode 14. Coincidentally, these episodes are the only ones, so far, wherein Kotaro does not play a major role. As shown in chapter 11 of the Gaiden manga. Since she was a child, Saki does not know how to break any type of two-wheeled vehicle, and this behavior was later what cost her life in an accident. Although even after death, she is shown that she just doesn't know how to use the brakes. Even though Saki is 18 years old and was the leader of a biker gang, she still believed in Santa Claus[4], as revealed in Drama CD 1, which occurred at Christmas. An illusion that was broken by Ai when she told her the truth.

9. #9Anna Shuri

   Keys: Anna Shuri

   NAME JAPANESE 朱里 アンナ ROMANIZED Shuri Anna ENGLISH Anna Shuri ALIASES Phantom Thief (Formerly) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human BIRTHDATE Sometime in 1970 AGE Around 19 years GENDER Female OCCUPATION Part-time jobs Member of Saga Sagako Busters Member of the Club Maryina Martial artist Police in Tokyo (As of 1989) EYES COLOR Orange BIRTHPLACE Tokyo, Japan RELATIONS FAMILY Unnamed parents OTHERS Keiji Higashino (Assigned detective) LESS Anna Shuri History Relationships Gallery Anna Shuri (朱里 アンナ, Shuri Anna) is the ultimate part-time beauty. She is a martial artist who will not let her prey escape.

   She is one of the main characters of the Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie spin-off manga series.

   Appearance

   Youth

   In her youth, she could afford to dress however she wanted, being from a wealthy family. Following her escape, she had to use as little as she could while living on the street. Homeless and in danger of being recognized, she wore a jacket with a hood over her head until her hair grew long enough not to be recognized with the naked eye.

   Present

   Her casual attire consists of a purple suit with a beige jacket over it. She also wears pantyhose that covers her upper legs.

   Physically, she is the third-tallest member of the team and has a short brown hairstyle. As Sagako Buster, she wears a pink uniform and some tools to fight Sagakos, including black gloves for hitting.

   Personality

   Youth

   Fleeing from the criminal life of her family, she had no choice but to resort to theft to survive on the streets, where she realized the inequality of the world. Although she came from a wealthy family, Anna always wanted to have a normal life and live in the world that she always saw from the top.

   She worked with the police in exchange for her identity not being made public after she was caught. But in her last collaboration, one of the police raids ended up causing the death of several people when the situation got out of control. With the weight of knowing that it was her fault that people died, she fled to a place where no one could recognize her.

   Present

   She is responsible for the daily needs of the mansion, such as cleaning and other household chores. But she's also a monstrously powerful fighter in her own right. She doesn't seem to have exorcism skills like Yuko, instead relying on her brute strength and fighting prowess.

   Anna tends to have a calm and laid-back personality. Her part-time job keeps her busy with her clients most of the day, and when she works for the Busters, she is Tae's right-hand woman, helping her as the team's labor. Anna is serious about getting things done, and she doesn't lose sight of her goals when she is working.

   Although she is one of the less vocal members, she is a vital part of the group, as she is the glue that holds them together. Her abilities to carefully observe and analyze things have benefited the Busters. Without Anna, neither of the girls would come to an agreement on how to defeat the troublesome Sagakos, thus making Tae even more angry.

   However, it turns out that the part-time jobs Anna had were in case something went wrong with Sagako Busters, she would run away. As such, she described herself as a coward who would run when the slightest thing went wrong. It isn't until Eikichi makes her reconsider her stay in the group that she realizes that dealing with problems with her peers is the “normal.” Thanks to this, she realizes that she does not want to lose the place that allowed her to be herself and be on the side of justice.

   As such, after fleeing Tokyo out of guilt, Anna now decides what she will make of her life in the path of justice. Starting with Sagako Busters, she is always willing to give her life for the sake of Saga and other people. Even years later, she can return to her family to apologize and pursue a new career as a police officer.

   Abilities

   Skillset

   Proficiency in Martial Arts—Anna defends herself quite well physically, as she is strong and serves as the workforce of the Buster’s team. She also knows a lot about martial arts, so her strength and skill are quite balanced. Hostess—She possesses party host skills and dance skills to entertain customers wherever she is. Natural Abilities

   Enhanced Reflexes—As a fighter, she has good reflexes when fighting Sagakos, being an essential part of the group by being one of the pillars of the fight against curses. Logistics—Like her reflexes, she is an excellent observer that can coordinate or find solutions to problems that require attention to detail. Hawkeye—Inherited from her family, she is exceptional at detecting places where robberies can occur and alerting the police. She actually uses that ability to detect a Sagako's weaknesses. Unique Abilities

   Curses containment—As a mainstay of the group, help Eikichi and the Busters in their fight against Saga's curse. She even initially showed that she was open-minded when Jofuku told her about supernatural beings that threatened Saga. Adaptability—Probably due to her past, but she is very agile in handling tools and elements. Etymology

   The name Anna means “full of grace, favor”/“Gracious, Merciful” in Hebrew. Anna's surname Shuri means “vermilion red” (朱) (shu) and “village” (里) (ri). Trivia

   She is known as the Queen of Saga in various clubs in the prefecture. As a result, she also has many VIP passes for these clubs. It is revealed by Hanako that she is the Buster with the most part-time jobs[1] and that her other jobs were a front to escape in case something went wrong. In her youth, she lived together with elite thieves, but left that life to know what was normal for other people in the world. Her family is known under the name “phantom thieves”. The name hints that they are so good with their escapism and theatrical skills that they have never been caught

10. #10Announcer Girl

    Keys: Announcer Girl

    NAME JAPANESE アナウンサーガール ROMANIZED Anaunsāgāru ENGLISH Announcer Girl CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE Around 20 years GENDER Female OCCUPATION Interviewer (Episode 5) Anchor (Episode 15) Moderator (Episode 18) EYES COLOR Brown BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Maria Fujino ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Kristi Kang LESS Announcer Girl (アナウンサーガール, Anaunsāgāru) is a recurring minor character in both seasons of Zombie Land Saga.

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    A young-looking girl with a slim build. Her hair is brown with two pigtails, and brown eyes. Whenever she appears, she wears a pink shirt and shorts along with a red top hat. Personality

    She is excited to host public events in Saga, and she is willing to do it quite energetically whenever she appears. She usually tends to narrate in real time what is happening to the present audience. History

    Episode 5

    She makes her debut in this episode as a presenter at the Kashima Gatalympics events, in which Franchouchou participates, and where Tae ends up winning. She successfully tries to make Tae speak something coherent, but unsuccessfully in this.

    Episode 15

    She makes a small cameo at an onion festival where Ai is participating.

    Episode 18

    She returns as a moderator in a public dance contest where various groups participate, narrating the events that occur and the dance battle between Cocco and Tae.

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    Natural abilities

    TBA Skilled

    Speech—Being in front of large crowds, she can narrate events in real-time to a large audience. Unique abilities

    TBA Gatalympics 2017 Trivia

    She is based on a real host in Saga, who also hosts the events of the Gatalympics in real life. The voice actor Maria Fujino[1] is the dialect supervisor for Zombie Land Saga to ensure the accuracy of Saga’s dialect, and she became close friends with the voice actor of Misa Higashitsuru while working on the series.

11. #11Araki

    Keys: Araki

    NAME JAPANESE 荒木 ROMANIZED Araki ENGLISH Araki CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE ~20s GENDER Male OCCUPATION Detective of Karatsu Police Station BIRTHPLACE Karatsu City, Saga RELATIONS FAMILY Policeman A (Relative) OTHERS Keiji Higashino (Head Detective) Araki History Gallery Araki (荒木, Araki) is a rookie detective of the Karatsu Police Station. He is introduced in the Chapter 9 of the spin-off manga, Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie.

    Appearance

    He is an average young adult who is always seen wearing a Japanese police uniform that consists of a white collared shirt, dark blue shoulder pads, and dark blue pants. His physical appearance is the same as Policeman A except that his hair color is lighter. Personality

    He is somewhat nervous and unsure of himself. As a rookie cop, he tries to keep order in Saga despite being assigned minor traffic duties. Despite being someone who is very fearful or clumsy as a policeman, he shows that he is capable of being effective when faced with real danger and showing some courage when it comes to protecting other people.

    He will always follow the orders that his boss tells him so as not to receive any punishment for not enforcing them. This same commissioned him to watch Higashino and goes after him when he leaves the police station. He is very submissive and easy to manipulate when he hangs out with Higashino, going along with what he says without questioning or berating his actions.

    After Higashino's death at the hands of a giant Sagako, he decides to forget about the incident and everything related to supernatural activity in Saga. Emphasizing that the death of his companion affected him greatly. Abilities

    Skillset

    Use of firearms—Having police training, he knows how to use firearms, with which he can easily defend himself and attack. He uses a shotgun to defend the people he is evacuating from the danger of a Sagako. Etymology

    TBA Trivia

    The mention of his parents being policemen would confirm that much of his family, both past and future, are destined to become policemen or carry on the family tradition. With the appearance of the Police Officer seen in both episodes of the Saga incident and Police Officer A, who is still a child in this manga, it appears that this family tradition continues. It is still unknown what kind of ties he has with Policeman A. According to his own words, his vision is 2.0

12. #12Arata Ookoba

    Keys: Arata Ookoba

    NAME JAPANESE 大古場 新太 ROMANIZED Ōkoba Arata ENGLISH Arata Ookoba CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE ~50 years HEIGHT 167 cm GENDER Male OCCUPATION Journalist EYES COLOR Dark gray BIRTHPLACE Kyushu PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Tōru Nara ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Kent Williams LESS Arata Ookoba History Gallery Arata Ookoba (大古場 新太, Ōkoba Arata) is a chief reporter who works alongside his photographer, Inubashiri. He and Inubashiri are part of the major supporting cast of characters.

    His initial goal was to reveal Franchouchou's secret identities as zombies to the public after gathering enough evidence. His perspective changed after the events of Episode 23.

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    Ookoba wears a casual appearance; beige pants and a blue-gray shirt and a turquoise shirt underneath. When he goes out, he carries his bag with a camera to take photos and some documents that may be important. Personality

    As a reporter and magazine editor, Ookoba is a very serious man who always seeks to keep Saga informed with new news but without falling into unfounded rumors. When he begins to notice that some girls from Franchouchou look like famous people from the past, he starts a silent investigation, following them to all the places where they are presented.

    After the failure of the group in the EFS he paused his research for a while, but now he is taking it up again together with Inubashiri, who helps him with the information about the concerts and presentations. He is quite respectful with the space of other people and avoids contacting them if he is following them. Ookoba is not the type of journalist who would publish something that could cause mass chaos, and he decides to investigate further about the girls before making a publication about it. ADVERTISEMENT

    Abilities

    Natural Abilities

    TBA Skillset

    Reporting—As a professional, Ookoba is good at writing newspaper articles. Investigation—Ookoba is excellent at seeking information about people and places, which is why after discovering that the girls are zombies, he manages to find the identity of six of them except Yugiri, whose past was erased from history. Etymology

    The name Arata means “fresh, new” (新) (ara) and “thick, big” (太) (ta). Arata's surname Ookoba means “ancient” (大古) (oko) and “field, place” (場) (ba). Trivia

    Ookoba is from Kyushu, as it is shown by his accent. Ookoba mentions that he used to live in Tokyo

13. #13Cocco

    Keys: Cocco

    NAME JAPANESE コッコくん ROMANIZED Kokko-kun ENGLISH Cocco ALIASES Cocco-kun CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE Unknown HEIGHT 158 cm GENDER Male OCCUPATION Drive-In Tori mascot EYES COLOR Brown (In suit) BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture INTERESTS HOBBIES Dancing PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Kenji Konno ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Kyle Phillips LESS Coco (コッコくん, Kokko-kun) is a recurring character in Zombie Land Saga. He is the mascot of the Drive-In Tori, a real-life fried chicken chain in Saga Prefecture, and wears an anthropomorphic chicken suit all the time.

    Appearance

    Cocco is a person with a white anthropomorphic chicken suit and a Drive-in Tori t-shirt. Being a chicken suit, it has the classic characteristics of a chicken but is caricatured. Personality

    Very elegant and classy, if a bit silly, he dances lightly at random intervals and loves to show off to the audience about him. He is possibly the dumbest resident of Saga, being a person in a chicken suit who does nothing but dance. History

    Episode 5

    He shows up to give a commercial together with Franchouchou at the Drive-in Tori, but is repeatedly chased by Tae. In the end, thanks to Tae, they manage to film the perfect commercial.

    Episode 18

    He reappears at a dance contest where he is well known and agrees to let Tae enter the duel even though she wasn't registered. Even though his dance didn't stand a chance with Tae's, as a good contestant, he accepts his defeat against Tae and gives her the set prize.

    Episode 24

    He makes a cameo flying into the Ekimae Fudosan.

    Abilities

    Natural abilities

    Dancing—He seems to love Michael Jackson's dancing, performing several of his moves in the dance contest in episode 18. Skillset

    Facial Expression—His appearance and proportions are too strange for a person in costume, and his face is too emotional for a mask. Unique abilities

    Fly—He is so into the character that he can fly and land like a superhero. Trivia

    Coco’s name is spelled as Cuckoo in the official Muse Asia subtitles, but it is currently unknown if this was a permanent name change for the character or if the subtitles spelled his name wrong. His Muse Asia name is a reference to the crowing of a chicken in the early morning, namely the “Cock-a-doodle-doo

14. #14Dorami Biker Gang

    Keys: Dorami Biker Gang

    NAME JAPANESE 怒羅美 ENGLISH Dorami Biker Gang ROMANIZED Dorami CHARACTERISTICS MEMBERS Inactive Maria Amabuki (Former leader) Mikigawa Sayama Reiko Amabuki (Former leader; retired) Saki Nikaido (Deceased) CREATION DATE Sometime prior to 1997 ZONE Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan

    The Dorami Biker Gang (怒羅美, Dorami) was a fugitive tribe that conquered the Kyushu region in the late 20th century.

    As of “Episode 18”, the group was rebranded as the Dorami Dance Team by Maria Amabuki.

    Description

    Reiko Amabuki was their first leader and Saki Nikaido was their second-in-command. There is a legend saying they managed to conquer Kyushu.

    As of 2018, Reiko's daughter Maria is headed as the eighth leader, but even with the leader, there are three members, and their motorcycles have been downgraded to a moped scooter with some decals.

    They had a rivalry with Korosuke's team, from the time of her first leader and the current leader of the group, Misa, but she still kept minor roses with the gang.

    Both teams finally settled down due to Saki's efforts and became fans of Franchouchou after leaving their disputes. Members

    Former Members

    Reiko Kirishima (Leader) Saki Nikaido (Kamikaze squad leader) Maria Amabuki (Leader) Migikawa Sayama Trivia

    The kanji that make up Dorami's gang name are: 怒 (do) meaning rage. 羅 (ra) meaning demon. 美 (mi) meaning beauty. Dorami could be a reference to a character of the same name from the popular children's series Doraemon.

15. #15Dorami Dance Team

    Keys: Dorami Dance Team

    NAME JAPANESE ダンスチーム怒羅美 ENGLISH Dorami Dance Team ROMANIZED Dansuchīmu Dorami CHARACTERISTICS MEMBERS Maria Amabuki (Leader) Migikawa Sayama CREATION DATE 2018 ACTIVE MEMBERS Maria Amabuki (Leader) Migikawa Sayama PRODUCER Maria Amabuki ZONE Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan

    The Dorami Dance Team (ダンスチーム怒羅美, Dansuchīmu Dorami) is the newly rebranded Dorami Biker Gang led by the latest members of the group, Maria Amabuki and her two friends, Mikigawa and Sayama.

    The former biker gang was rebranded into a dance group after witnessing Saki Nikaido’s performance of “Tokkou DANCE ~DAWN OF THE BAD~” in Episode 9.

    Description

    This is the team founded by Maria and her friends to be inspired by Franchouchou's Number 2. They aspire to reach high in dance competitions, but they are still novices on the subject. Members

    Maria Amabuki (Leader) Migikawa Sayama Trivia

    Similar to their parent group, the kanji that make up Dorami's dance group name are: 怒 (do) meaning rage. 羅 (ra) meaning demon. 美 (mi) meaning beauty.

16. #16Drive-In Tori President

    Keys: Drive-In Tori President

    NAME JAPANESE ドライブイン鳥社長 ROMANIZED Doraibuin tori shachō ENGLISH Drive-In Tori President CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE Around 50 years old GENDER Male OCCUPATION President of the Drive In Tori fast food chain EYES COLOR Dark BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Sadayuki Ariura ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Chuck Huber LESS The Drive-In Tori President (ドライブイン鳥社長, Doraibuin tori shachō) is a minor character who runs the Drive-In Tori fast food joint in Saga.

    He is based on the actual president of the fast food chain.

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    He is a middle-aged adult wearing a pink t-shirt with gray cloth pants with a dark gray apron on the front. When he goes on formal trips, he wears a black business suit with a tie. Personality

    He is a somewhat calm man and worried about keeping his place afloat in Saga. He is willing to shoot a commercial together with the new Saga idols since, apparently, he likes the idol theme. History

    Anime

    Episode 5

    Kotaro makes Franchouchou show up at the Drive-In Tori to get them to do a joint commercial that increases the popularity of the place. Which they end up doing thanks to Tae and Cocco.

    Episode 24

    He cameo on the premises after the floods as he listens to the radio broadcast.

    Manga

    Chapter 7 He appears shortly after Kotaro returned to the restaurant after a day of hanging out with a mysterious man who he thought was the president of the Drive-In Tori.

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    Abilities

    Natural abilities

    TBA Skilled

    TBA Unique abilities

    TBA Trivia

    Just like the governor of Saga and the Announcer Girl, his character is based on the real-life president of Drive-In Tori.

17. #17Eikichi Hyodo

    Keys: Eikichi Hyodo

    NAME JAPANESE 兵動栄吉 ROMANIZED Hyōdō Eikichi ENGLISH Eikichi Hyodo CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human BIRTHDATE Sometime in 1973 AGE 16 (1989) 21 (1994) HEIGHT 165 cm (5'5") (In 1989) 1.70 (Approximately; in 1994) GENDER Male OCCUPATION High school student Farmhand at Hyodo Family Farm Member of Sagako Busters (Formerly) EYES COLOR Dark gray BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS FAMILY Yuko Hyodo (Younger sister) Yasuko Hyodo (Mother) Mr. Hyodo (Father) Unnamed niece Unnamed brother-in-law OTHERS Saga Sagako Busters Tae Yamada (Leader) Skull and Bull (Classmates) INTERESTS HOBBIES Playing baseball LESS Eikichi Hyodo History Relationships Gallery

    Eikichi Hyodo (兵動栄吉, Hyōdō Eikichi) is a young onion farmer leading a normal life. In order to save his sister, he has to fight Sagako.

    He is the main character and was introduced in the spin-off manga Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie.

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    Eikichi wears a red shirt with a black leather jacket over it, black pants, and black shoes as well. As for his appearance, he is the eldest son of his family and shares height and physique with his younger sister. He doesn't possess great strength, but thanks to his training as a baseball player, he is quite flexible and skilled at throwing things. His eyes are dull green, while his hair is black.

    By the end of 1989, he now notes that he is much older than his sister in height due to his training as in Sagako Busters and the fact that his sister was preserved in an onion. Personality

    Eikichi was a teenager searching for new emotions. Previously, he loved to play baseball until he injured his shoulder. The accident left him out of his team and without motivation to live, feeling like a mediocre man who would never amount to anything. Eikichi was somewhat clumsy and constantly tried to follow the fashion or what others are doing at his school. He was also rebellious by trying to smoke and do things to get his mother's attention.

    In his first confrontation with a Sagako, he makes the quick decision to save the old people who were under his influence. Here, he also begins to understand how much his sister risked endeavoring to protect him and his family. He decides that it is his turn to step up and fight as well, defeating the Sagako with his baseball bat and onions. Unfortunately, his power is insufficient and the Sagako runs away.

    Yuko 10 Yuko never let Eikichi be clouded by his negative thoughts and encouraged him to move on with his life He always got along with his sister, even when she was better than him in every way. He was never envious of her, but he always put himself down. Despite everything, he still appreciates her very much and appreciates everything that Yuko was always worrying about him, encouraging him to move on. As such, he would not allow anyone to sully his sister's legacy like Sagako Buster, even going so far as to take on a police officer who was insulting his sister's dream.

    He was weak in terms of physique and did not have much of a cognitive level. As the Busters mention, he is technically the opposite of his sister in terms of personality. When he discovered that he could also seal the Sagako, he realized that his power was still very weak and needed training. Both Eikichi's physique and intellect took great strides thanks to the Sagako Busters. Little by little, he becomes more and more confident in himself when he discovers that he can be like his sister and be someone useful for once in his life. Which motivates him to continue fighting side by side with the Busters.

    Eikichi 37 Eikichi confronts Higashino for insulting his sister's legacy by killing the Sagako Although he is always willing to help others despite their situation, he also has downtimes where he feels quite depressed and overwhelmed by what is happening around him. After being hit by Higashino in a forest, Eikichi enters a state of negativity for more than a week. Despite the efforts of the Busters, he cannot get out of it. All he needed at that moment was a “We need you” from the girls for him to feel like a part of the group. It doesn't take long for him to realize his mistake in running into a young Saki, who accidentally runs him over with her bike. Saki tells Eikichi to stop thinking others need him and start acting for himself and decide what he wants to do with his life.

    Eikichi 66 MJ encourages Eikichi not to get stuck. Also, he has his back covered, so he needs to worry Eikichi from the beginning was always willing to continue with the Sagako Busters, even if he was not well treated by Tae. The Busters were the place where he was able to embody himself and find the motivation that took him out of his ordinary farm life that he had. Saving his sister was always what he had in mind, ever since he understood what she was doing for the people of Saga and her family in secret. As his Misogi's power increases, he also begins to understand curses and onions, getting to the point of worrying that they are well sealed. Little by little, he begins to look like her sister and to have the same thoughts as her. Now that he understands the Sagako better, he tries to communicate with one of them, even if it seems impossible.

    When the last of the Sagako is sealed away by Tae, Yuko is finally freed from her onion and is proud of her older brother. All the struggles and battles of her brother, she had heard and seen from her onion. Even though Saga was saved, he feels that he couldn't save Tae that day. Jofuku, on the other hand, tells him that he should put the past in the past and not blame other people for something that is his problem. He also tells Eikichi that he's got his back covered, so he doesn't have to worry about anything else. ADVERTISEMENT

    Abilities

    Skillset

    Baseball-playing—Since he practiced baseball and aspired to be a professional, he has excellent bat skills, which allows him to hit hard hits or throw objects at high speed to hit his targets. He faces off against a Sagako with nothing more than a baseball bat. His exorcism abilities are performed through tools passed down from his sister, though he slowly begins to harness his supernatural abilities as well. Unique Abilities

    Misogi—Power that he gains by purifying the Sagakos that appear in Saga. Exorcisms—Like his sister, he possesses the ability to seal curses using onions. According to Jofuku, his Misogi power increases with each training. Only the Hyodo twins have access to this ability, being able to seal the Sagako using special shields made of Onions. Eikichi has to gradually learn how to use this ability when he first joins. Etymology

    The name Eikichi means “flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor” (栄) (ei) and “lucky, good” (吉) (kichi), which can can be translated as “extremely happy”. Eikichi's surname Hyodo means “soldier, warrior” (兵) (hyo) and “dynamic, motion, change, confusion” (動) (do). Trivia

    Eikichi was also a victim of Saga's curse, which caused his shoulder accident so that he was not a successful baseball player. Eikichi is revealed to have been classmates with the Death Metal fans since before they became metalheads. Although Eikichi is somewhat careless, he cares for Yuko Hyodo when she sees the number of bandages that she always wore at school. Hanako and Anna start calling him “little brother” due to his relationship with Yuko. Thanks to Hanako, he is now 1.80 and much more flexible thanks to his “Del Height”. This quality only lasted one chapter of the manga. He has a strong similarity to Sakura Minamoto, not only is he just as clumsy and acts similarly, but they also get depressed in the same way and tend to be very expressive at times

18. #18Franchouchou

    Keys: Franchouchou

    NAME JAPANESE フランシュシュ ENGLISH Franchouchou (Currently) Death Musume (Formerly) Green Face (Formerly) ROMANIZED Furanshushu CHARACTERISTICS MEMBERS Tae Yamada (Zombie #0) Center: Sakura Minamoto (Zombie #1) Leader: Saki Nikaido (Zombie #2) Ai Mizuno (Zombie #3) Junko Konno (Zombie #4) Yugiri (Zombie #5) Lily Hoshikawa (Zombie #6) Temporary: Maimai Yuzuriha (Member #7) CREATION DATE April 30, 2018 PRODUCER Kotaro Tatsumi ZONE Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan LESS Each girl is a unique and shining star I’ve hand-selected for the mission of saving the Saga prefecture. And with you, we’ve finally assembled the perfect group. KOTARO TO SAKURA, ABOUT FORMING AN IDOL GROUP,

    Franchouchou History Gallery

    Franchouchou (フランシュシュ, Furanshushu) — formerly known as Death Musume, then Green Face — is an idol group made up of seven legendary zombie girls resurrected by Kotaro Tatsumi.

    His goal is to save the Saga Prefecture and revive the trend of local idols in the process, via the Zombie Land Saga Project.

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    Because they can be persecuted when their real identities are exposed, they are presented with their aliases in public. Because they do not all come from the same era and some are unaware of the contemporary, they tend to show a conservative and old-fashioned stance. Tatsumi's original idea is to “support everyone's feelings beyond the ages” as a reason to collect members of different ages together.

    Franchouchou logo Franchouchou group logo Sakura was the first to awaken her senses; then the others awakened their senses after the first presentation, except Tae Yamada. The group's provisional names were “Death Musume” and “Green Face” respectively for the first two performances, but they decided to change it to “Franchouchou”.

    All of them can eat and drink normally like a living human being. But because they are zombies, their bodies have injuries, scratches, and stitches wrapped in bandages that reveal the cause of death of each one, in addition to having red pupils. When their bodies are put under too much pressure, it causes their joints to pop and loosen, causing their eyeballs to open, and limbs, torso, and head to detach from their bodies.

    When they appear as normal idols, Kotaro's abilities allow them to take on the appearance of normal people, but as it is make-up, it is easily washed off by water or rain. Also, in their current state, they can survive serious and fatal injuries such as gunshots, lightning or traffic accidents.

    The work that Tatsumi offers them always wears them down by rehearsing daily, and two of the seven maintain a relaxed attitude. They practice singing and dancing in a studio located in a Western-style house. Goal

    After being revived, the girls become idols under the pretext of making Saga popular. However, the group's true goal is to defeat the curse of Saga, which also killed the girls when they were about to bring prosperity to Saga. By making Saga have something that cannot be forgotten and cannot die, the curse attempts are ineffective against them, and thus they can be safe on their way to save Saga.

    Real Life

    The seiyū of the girls (Kaede Hondo, Asami Tano, Risa Taneda, Maki Kawase, Rika Kinugawa and Minami Tanaka) have made various presentations at various anime events in Japan, in which they stand out by wearing the clothes and things used by their alter egos in anime.[1]

    Tourism in Saga Prefecture actually saw a surge during the anime's run, with the Abandoned Mansion in real life attracting a thousand visitors in a single day, more than triple the number of staff expectations!

    The fact that it came out of nowhere to become one of the best anime of fall 2018 was something that no one expected. The first week since the first Blu-ray went on sale, it sold around 12,500 copies, easily putting it ahead of the other Fall 2018 Blu-ray anime released alongside SSSS.GRIDMAN in second place with roughly, 8000 copies.

    The success of the second season positively affects Saga and its economy. It is not only popular among the Saga population and fans, but Saga companies have collaborated with the anime and their products sell out quickly as soon as they are promoted in the anime.

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    Members

    Sakura Minamoto (Zombie #1)—The first zombie to wake up among the group of girls. She was confused as to Kotaro's plan, but she has accepted it and is currently following Kotaro in hopes of becoming an idol and finally living her dream in the afterlife. Saki Nikaido (Zombie #2)—A former member of the girls-only motorcycle gang located in Saga named Dorami. After accepting her death and resurrection, she decides that taking over Japan by becoming a famous idol group is not as bad as it seems. She becomes the leader of the group and with the help of Ai, guides the group toward a new future. Ai Mizuno (Zombie #3)—The former lead singer of Sakura's favorite pop idol group, Iron Frill. At first, she was against Kotaro's plan, and she wanted nothing to do with him, but since then, she relented and decided that she is now willing to start her career from scratch. After the failure of EFS, Ai is more willing to have her revenge in the same stadium where she died 12 years ago. Junko Konno (Zombie #4)—Similar to Ai, she was also a pop idol in her time and was against Kotaro's idea of reviving Saga. After her eyes were opened to the reality of her current situation, she finally gives his plan a chance and becomes an essential member of the group when Ai is away. Yugiri (Zombie #5)—A former courtesan from the 19th century who has been resurrected in modern Japan. She has decided that being confused about everything would not help matters and has simply agreed to go with the flow of the group. In the past, she made a promise to Kiichi Momozaki that she would see the Saga that Kiichi would create. Lily Hoshikawa (Zombie #6)—Formerly a child prodigy, she got into television for her father's happiness. Unlike Ai and Junko, she is not against Kotaro's idea and happily follows his plans to enjoy her immortal status and that she will never grow old. Tae Yamada (Zombie #0)—The only legendary girl whose title and cause of death have not been revealed. Despite not having the ability to communicate properly, Kotaro and the others still invite her to her group activities with welcoming arms. In the past, she owned the girls' house and belonged to the Saga Sagako Busters group that fought against Saga's curse. Allies/Companions

    Kotaro Tatsumi—The energetic founder and producer of the group and Sakura's former high school classmate. He is also the one who provides the girls with a place to stay and acts as their escort. Another reason he started the project was to help Sakura live her dream of becoming an idol and making Saga popular by fighting the curse. Romero—Kotaro's pet zombie poodle and the group's pet. He gets along quite well with the group and is constantly on the lookout for the girls' safety. Jofuku—The bartender and the one who revived the girls in the first place for Kotaro's plan. He knows that they were killed by the curse and calls the idol plan completely insane. But since he has no more time to save Saga, he reluctantly accepted this way of saving Saga. Maimai Yuzuriha (Number #7; temporarily)—The temporary eighth member of Franchouchou, who asked to join after Kotaro indirectly knocks her unconscious and takes her to the mansion to revive her. She resigns from the group days later after she realized that she does not belong, and she still has a life ahead of her. ADVERTISEMENT

    Supporters and Rivals

    Notable Supporters

    Skull and Bull—The first group of fans of the group that since then has attended all their concerts and defends Franchouchou from any danger. Drive-In Tori President—Can be seen attending their concerts following their successful commercial shoot for his business. Takeo Go—Like the president of Drive-In Tori, he can be seen attending the group's concerts following the time Lily sings him a song they wrote for him, which gets him back to watching television without any regrets. Dorami Biker Gang and Korosuke's Female Assassin Gang—The two rival biker gangs have started to become fans of Franchouchou after the biker gang feud with which Saki intervenes to save Maria from risking her life for a bet. Reiko Amabuki—After Reiko witnesses Saki's intervention with the two biker gangs, she joins them in becoming new additions to Franchouchou's growing fan base. Little Girl and her Mother—The little girl was the only one who stuck until the end of the girls' guerrilla performance in Episode 3. She and her mother continue to support Franchouchou by attending their concerts from their debut episode onward. Arata Ookoba—Although at first, he was against Kotaro's plan to use the dead as entertainment, he realized that he was wrong and agreed to help Kotaro to do a benefit concert in Saga but still mistrusts him. Temporary Supporters

    P.R. manager of the Hisanaka Pharmaceutical Company—She was excited to have the girls help advertise her product. She became traumatized and had her memories wiped due to shock from witnessing the actual identities of the idol group. Notable Rivals

    Iron Frill—As of Episode 15, Iron Frill has been classified as Franchouchou's main rival group during their concert at Saga Arena. After the event, both groups are on hand, and it was Iron Frill who assisted in the Ekimae Fudosan concert to help Franchouchou. Light Oozora—Lily becomes a new rival to Oozora during her performance in the talent show, Japanese Got Performance in Episode 17. At the end of the episode, the two become friends, and Light supports Franchouchou at their revenge concert. ADVERTISEMENT

    Property

    Living Space

    Kotaro and the girls live in an old, abandoned mansion located outside Karatsu. In the past, this mansion was the headquarters of Saga Sagako Busters to fight Sagako. The mansion is quite spacious and although it is old, it can still be used without problems for their practices. Unfortunately, the house was destroyed by a storm, but in the prologue of the last episode, it is being rebuilt by the people of Saga in gratitude for the help of the girls.

    Kotaro van anime Kotaro's truck is black and has tinted windows Transport

    Their only mode of transportation is Kotaro’s van, which transports the girls to their concerts and helps them bring their props and other equipment. The van is a 5th generation Toyota HiAce Commuter with a low-roof and second facelift model, released in 2014. The taillights, door handles, wheels, headlight location, and back mirror are modeled accurately. Even the curves of the windows were replicated. The light bus versions also have 1-2 seat configurations, as shown in the show.

    Legendary Fanbook (32) Franchouchou Activity Schedule Merchandise

    Their first article of merchandise is revealed to be, according to Lily, “the ugliest T-shirt (she) has ever seen,” as shown in Episode 5. Despite making the girls wear it during the Gatalympics, Kotaro himself does not wear it during his turn in the mud biking round. Their next wave of merchandise is shown in Episode 6, which includes a custom-tailored face towel with a chibified Romero on it. It is also revealed that Kotaro designed and wrote all their merchandise and songs, as he is responsible for their budget.

    Among more products shown in the second season, it shows the album “Franchouchou The Best” which was recorded at the end of 2019 in real life, but in the anime, it was recorded at the beginning of 2019. It also showed that there are also keychains of Romero that Ai uses for her work.

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    Trivia

    Their first temporary name, Death Musume, literally translates to “Daughters of Death”, whereas their second temporary name, Green Face, refers to the color of their skins without their human make-up. In Episode 3, Sakura insists on a group name that starts with “Fran-,” then adds Tae's sound effect while sneezing. “Fran” is likely a reference to Frankenstein, as the girls share physical characteristics with the movie's appearance of the iconic monster, especially Junko, who appears to have been stitched again. Additionally, the “chouchou” part of their group name is pronounced the same as the Japanese onomatopoeia for the kissing sound. The name is also a play on the Japanese phrase Furanshūshū (腐乱臭衆), meaning “Decomposing Smelly Group.” Tae's seiyū was credited as “???” During the first two episodes. Kotono Mitsuishi was subsequently credited in Episode 3. In addition, Kotono is the only one who does not appear during live performances. Tae, at 29 years, would be the oldest among the girls in terms of their ages of death. In comparison, Lily would be the youngest, at 12 years. Conversely, Yugiri would be the oldest in terms of the girls’ chronological ages, with Lily still being the youngest, at 19 years. Franchouchou’s most performed song is “Mezame RETURNER”, with the song currently having four variants, with the first being “Mezame RETURNER (Electric Returner)”, the second being Ai’s solo from Episode 15, the third being “Electric Returner (Type “R”)” from Episode 16 and the fourth being Maimai’s cover from Episode 19. Both of Franchouchou’s rivals so far all hail from Tokyo. As of Episode 19, the group has a total of eight members. With Maimai Yuzuriha being their latest, albeit temporary, addition who went by Number 7. Throughout the series, we are given a few songs that focus on particular characters. Some characters like Saki and Ai get their songs based on the type of music they enjoy the most (Saki favors the punk-rock genre; Ai is part of a J-Pop idol band). However, Lily and Yugiri's own songs have two genres that are more like who they were, rather than their own favorable music genres. Lily's song is performed in the style of a Broadway-style ballad number (like the song “Tomorrow” from the Annie musical) as it fits who Lily was as a child prodigy actress, working on many hit dramas before she passed away. Naturally, her connections to her work on drama shows and the way she performs as an idol show that her genre of choice is “show-tunes” rather than anything else. Yugiri's song begins with an intro that matches the traditional folk music of 19th century Japan, which would fit Yugiri, but follows the main genre of her choice: jazz. While Yugiri died shortly before jazz was invented, she particularly prefers this genre as she fits into her original lifestyle of being an adult artist (i.e., an Oiran) and how her human life of her was scandalous. Thus, this song works in tandem with Yugiri's upbeat, dark, and secretive personality. The members died in the following order: Yugiri (1882) – Junko (1983) – Tae (1989) – Saki (1997) – Sakura (April 2008) – Ai (August 2008) – Lily (2011).

19. #19Hanako Hakase

    Keys: Hanako Hakase

    NAME JAPANESE 葉加瀬 華子 ROMANIZED Hakase Hanako ENGLISH Hanako Hakase CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human BIRTHDATE 1969 AGE Around 20 years (1989) GENDER Female OCCUPATION Scientist Weapons Specialist of Saga Sagako Busters EYES COLOR Navy blue INTERESTS HOBBIES Creation of articles against Sagako LESS Hanako Hakase History Relationships Gallery Hanako Hakase (葉加瀬 華子, Hakase Hanako) is the ultimate scientific beauty. She dedicates her life to research and is the brains of the Busters.

    She is a character introduced in the spin-off manga Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie.

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    Hanako wears a red dress and a lab coat over it. Her hair is voluminous and pink with a streak of purple. Her eyes are blue. She also wears various accessories such as heart-shaped earrings and welding glasses made of copper. Personality

    Her introduction of the Busters to Eikichi is incredibly extravagant and colorful, with “legendary” titles for all of them. She is the friendliest of the Busters towards Eikichi, almost the opposite of Tae's stern demeanor.

    She is very cheerful, cutesy, and prefers more of a supporting role for the Busters. She always supports the others and especially Eikichi, whom she considers as her “little brother”. Hanako is cheerful and likes to show off some of her inventions to the other team members. Her eccentricity shows up in the form of excitement when she tells them about how a certain invention works and does something. She is also very proud of her work and is attentive to how the group works. Thanks to her intellect, she detects when something is not right. She's jovial, awkward, and has a hard time picking up on Tae's frustrations, but she's a brilliant inventor nonetheless.

    As an inventor, she can create “wacky” inventions for the Busters, and they serve her purpose in the group. Furthermore, she is a very intelligent person which always does experiments and research that brings the group forward. She also likes to do experiments on humans or use them as guinea pigs. ADVERTISEMENT

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    Skillset

    Inventing—She is very fanatical about creating many things, like the Del-Height that she used with Eikichi to stretch it 20 centimeters more or the love potion that she was still developing. She was also delighted when Anna quickly adapted to her inventions. Weapon creation—With her abilities, she can create useful items to fight against Sagako. Natural Abilities

    Wide Intellect—Thanks to her extensive knowledge in science and machinery, she is responsible for the group's weapons and creating inventions that are useful for battles against the Sagakos. In addition to guiding the team with useful tools to track down Sagakos, she also does research on her own. Unique Abilities

    Curses containment—With her weapons and inventions, she helps the Busters contain the curses before the sealing process. Etymology

    The name Hanako means “flower” (華) (hana) and “child” (子) (ko). Hanako's surname Hakase means “leaf” (葉) (ha), “add, increase” (加) (ka) and “swift current, rapids” (瀬) (se). Trivia

    Without Anna in the group, she was prone to fighting with Tae over some decisions because she's a bit of an extremist with her “simple solutions” against Sagako. Her eye color varies between pink and navy blue. She tends to see Sagakos as cute pets that she can collect, somewhat similar to Pokémon. After being a member of Sagako Busters, she now focuses on her research and is a world-famous scientist. She has even won awards for her research and inventions. [1] It is also revealed in the last chapter of the manga that she is studying a mysterious silhouette reminiscent of Mew from Pokémon. References

    Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie Chapter 17, page

20. #20Inubashiri

    Keys: Inubashiri

    NAME JAPANESE 犬走 ROMANIZED Inubashiri ENGLISH Inubashiri CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human HEIGHT 168 cm GENDER Male OCCUPATION Journalist PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Ryōhei Kimura ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Aaron Dismuke Inubashiri Gallery Inubashiri (犬走, Inubashiri) is Arata Ookoba’s colleague and a fellow journalist working for the local news station at Saga. He and Ookoba are part of the cast of major supporting characters.

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    He wears a collared shirt with a green vest on top of it. He wears jeans and his camera almost always accompanies him. Personality

    Inubashiri is the young journalist who is in charge of accompanying Ookoba and taking photos together with him. He is somewhat gullible, but at the same time quite intelligent when it comes to gathering information from the internet. This was seen when he told Ookoba what most people on the internet thought about Franchouchou and how they could be zombies as a joke, while talking of their similarities to the dead girls. Abilities

    Natural Abilities

    TBA Skillset

    Reporting—TBA Photographic Skills—TBA

21. #21Iron Frill

    Keys: Iron Frill

    NAME JAPANESE アイアンフリル ENGLISH Iron Frill ROMANIZED Aian furiru CHARACTERISTICS MEMBERS 2018 Shiori Baba Yui Makoto Hikari Julia 2008 (INACTIVE)

    Ai Mizuno (Deceased) Kaoru Nono Nina Miyu ZONE Tokyo LESS

    Iron Frill (アイアンフリル, Aian furiru) is an all-female pop group that happens to be Sakura’s favorite. They are present in both the Zombie Land Saga universe and in real life.

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    Founded around 2003, the first known generation held their first concert at Budokan Live in 2007, shortly after releasing their first album “FANTASTIC LOVERS” and behind-the-scenes training for the concert.

    Shortly after this event, in mid-2007 they released their second album and the national tour began, one of these places is Arpino in the city of Karatsu, Saga. Sakura attends this first concert and thanks to Ai she decides to be an idol too. On an unknown date, they release the “FANTASTIC IRON” tour DVD, which Sakura would awkwardly throw at Inui's feet in her senior year of high school.

    In 2008, they released the third album “MAJESTIC ROAD”, and with this began a new national tour. On August 4, 2008, Ai Mizuno died in Tosu Stadium after being hit by a bolt of lightning that only hit her. Iron Frill goes into hiatus for several months and years later new generations enter. They had a concert in Saga to commemorate Ai on June 22, 2019, presentation at the Saga Arena stadium where the girls from Franchouchou were their opening act. ADVERTISEMENT

    Description

    A fictional idol group that Ai Mizuno belonged to during her lifetime. CD sales were the highest in Japan in 2008. According to Tatsumi, Iron Frill continued to reign at the top in the era of idol groups since 2000, and Ai Mizuno was a core member called “The Center of the Group”. The sudden death during Ai's life became a negative publicity effect that affected the group for several years, but its activities have recently resumed. The generations of Iron Frill constantly change and as of 2018, it is celebrating its 15th anniversary.

    In the twelfth episode, the scene where Inui (Tatsumi) picks up the CD with Iron frill released by Sakura is drawn as a memory of Tatsumi. And the live in Arpino concert was seen by all the members through the live video in AbemaTV. News Article on Ai's Death

    Legendary Idol Iron Frill Center Mizuno Ai: What comes to mind when you say “Idol”? The answer that anyone would reply to that question with would be “Iron Frill”. Carrying the title of the Nation's Idol along with their name, a tragedy that no one could predict fell upon them. The death of one of the members that was referred to as the “Immovable center”, Mizuno Ai.

    Although it was purely an incident, the death of the girl who made being an idol her entire purpose has turned her into a “Legend” among the fans. In regard to Mizuno Ai personally as an idol, she might not have been such a special existence. Looks, vocals, dance, and performance, all of these traits along with her perseverance. She's also naturally good at looking after others…doing the first one as well.

    Ai gif 3 Ai Mizuno is struck by lightning Overcoming the past…In the name of promoting the third album named “Majestic Road” a nationwide tour was held. Closing in on the last live day, on the third day of the Kyushu live tour in Saga, a tragedy struck. The live stage was designed in a way in which a part of the stage extended into the audience to liven things up, and when the song entered its climax, the members jumped out in their performance. One of the girls who stood out on the stage, Mizuno Ai, was struck directly by lightning. The live was canceled immediately, and Mizuno was brought to the hospital, but her burns were severe, and she had no pulse after she arrived at the hospital.

    Incidents involving lightning doesn't seem to be that rare, in my humble view, when near high places or buildings or any construction that would serve as a lightning rod, it seemed that it wouldn't be a surprise if lightning struck, but after conducting some research, it turned out that it was indeed really rare for lightning incidents to happen. There are roughly 20 lightning incidents per year and most of them occur in open ground areas, and among them, 70% of the incidents result in death. It is important to note any high constructs near the area that are made of metal, but considering the circumstances of her death, it wouldn't have been strange for nearby audiences to have been struck as well. But even then, she was the only casualty. A rumor spread among the fans that it was she who protected the fans and took the lightning all by herself. It would be impossible to know the truth, as it is inappropriate to probe further into the minds of the deceased.

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    Members

    Current (2018 onwards)

    Shiori Baba (central performer) Yui Makoto Hikari Juria Former (2008)

    Ai Mizuno (central performer) Kaoru Nono Nina Miyu Songs

    “FANTASTIC LOVERS” “Jellyfish” “NOPE!!!” Trivia

    The group made a brief but notorious appearance at the concert of Franchouchou in Arpino, where they went out in public, wearing their costumes and performing their song “Jellyfish”. In episode 7, where they sing Jellyfish at Saga Rock, their dancing performance animation mirrors the dance animation Franchouchou performed in their first season PV while singing Sensei! Alive Sensation. The stadium where Iron Frill is presented in Saga in June 2019 is still under construction. The Saga Arena stadium will be ready in the year 2023, but in the anime, already by 2019, it is built and inaugurated. Thanks to the group and the broadcast of Franchouchou on national television, Saga gets big sponsors for the Ekimae Fudosan event and thus helps to rebuild Saga.

22. #22Jofuku

    Keys: Jofuku

    NAME JAPANESE 徐福 ROMANIZED Jofuku ENGLISH Xu Fu ALIASES MJ (By Saga Sagako Busters) Dad (By Tae) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human (Immortal) BIRTHDATE 255 AC AGE CHRONOLOGICALLY 2,275 years old PHYSICALLY (Flexible)

    Middle-aged (1989) Senior citizen (Meiji Era, 1994, and present) HEIGHT 197 cm GENDER Male OCCUPATION Bartender at Bar New Jofuku (From 1990s onwards) Founder of Saga Sagako Busters Owner of Karatsu Burgers stall (Formerly) Alchemist of the Qin Dynasty (Formerly) EYES COLOR Light blue BIRTHPLACE East China RELATIONS FAMILY Tae Yamada (Adoptive daughter) Kiichi Momozaki (Adoptive son) OTHERS Yugiri (Acquainted) Eikichi Hyodo (Acquainted) Kotaro Tatsumi (Apprentice) Romero (Pet) INTERESTS FAVORITE FOODS Dried Squid PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Hōchū Ōtsuka ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR R. Bruce Elliott LESS This world will always be shaped by the actions of man. JOFUKU, ABOUT SAGA'S FATE,

    Jofuku History Relationships Gallery Xu Fu, or Jofuku[1] (徐福, Jofuku) is the immortal bartender of the “New Jofuku” bar. He is also the surrogate father of Kiichi Momozaki and Tae Yamada, and the mentor of Kotaro Tatsumi.

    His character is based on the alchemist of the same name who served the emperor during the Qin Dynasty, who was sent to find the Elixir of Immortality.

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    Meiji Era

    In the Meiji Era, his power was reduced, and he seemed much older than usual, so he was bald and only wore a white robe and a staff to support himself because his back was weak. His voice was muffled and he could barely move. His body was so weak that he had to resort to medication to feel better.

    1989

    Because Saga was booming, his appearance is much younger than what is seen in the anime. He wears his Bartender outfit, but his body is much stockier and shows muscle. His hair is blonde and partly long. Due to the high presence in the Sagako area and the damage caused by them, he begins to age rapidly over the course of a single day, aging 10 years at a time.

    Present

    By 1994, he had recovered from the relapse he had in 1989, having the appearance with which he is seen today. He currently works at the Bar New Jofuku in the center of Saga City. He wears a waiter type suit and his hair is completely gray and has a mane that reaches below his neck. He is also partially bald.

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    Personality

    Meiji Era

    During the Meiji Era, his power was greatly reduced by the non-existence of Saga on the map, so he hysterically searched for a young man who would help him. This young man is Kiichi and with the advice of his grandfather, he tries to return Saga to the place where it was before. During his appearance in Episode 21, he is seen as a grumpy old man who appears to be crazy by shouting that he himself is Saga.

    His attitude with Yugiri is very different from the cold man he is with Kotaro, this because Yugiri was taking care of him when he was weak and took care of Kiichi, so he could create his new Saga, so he is quite kind to her. He still has trouble remembering the name of the group. As implied in the first season, Yugiri's favor towards him was because, thanks to her, he can still live because she indirectly restored Saga.

    1989

    In Gaiden's manga, his personality is further explored with his adoptive daughter, Tae, and whom he welcomed as Saga's savior in this generation to save Saga from Sagako. He likes that Tae calls him father because he feels that Tae is his daughter deep down. He is overprotective according to Tae's perspective, and that's why the two of them distanced themselves for a while and only talked on TV. Jofuku was the boss of the Karatsu Burgers chain where Tae works and is the one who helps her with the purchases to maintain the business.

    With the Sagako Busters, he is the mysterious man who tells them how their plans to save Saga are going and manifests himself through the television, vaguely telling them parts of the plan that they must carry out. After a brief reconciliation with Tae, MJ and the Busters decide to work together again to seal the Sagakos that appear in Saga.

    Jofuku is later weakened by Sagako, and the destruction of the mansion where they lived causes them to go to the Hyodo house. Jofuku, old and weak, is unable to help the group on their latest mission.

    By 1994, he has rejuvenated enough to be stable and opens a new bar in the center of Saga. Although Tae is dead, he tells Eikichi that her soul will continue to protect Saga.

    Present

    Jofuku 11 Jofuku about to engage in conversation with Yugiri From what little we know of him, he is a mature man who is not afraid to talk to people and is direct with his conversations, although he likes to play a little cryptic with them as well. During his appearances during the series, he is direct with Kotaro calling his plan crazy, but worried that Yugiri is okay. In episode 13 and the first of the second season, this attitude goes a bit further by insulting Kotaro for his homeless appearance and deliberately confusing Franchouchou's name with “Saga ettes” in reference to the stadium where they failed. This to intentionally provoke Kotaro by telling him to inform the girls that it's over for them so that he comes out of his depression and goes directly to save the group.

    Although he is somewhat cold towards Kotaro, he understands his situation and decided to help him with his zombie idol project to save Saga from The Curse of SAGA, though even he admits that the plan is totally crazy. Jofuku and Kotaro seem to have a fairly mature friendship, and he occasionally jokes about the group's name to get attention.

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    Abilities

    Skillset

    Bartending—He currently works at a bar and is supposed to have bartending skills. Natural Abilities

    Wide Intellect—With more than 2,200 years of life, Jofuku has accumulated great knowledge of Saga and the entire world, making him a good source of information. Unique Abilities

    Immortality—Because he found the Elixir of Immortality, Jofuku is now fully immortal, but this very immortality is tied to the Saga itself. When Saga is affected by the curse he becomes older and sicker, and when Saga is prosperous, he is younger and stronger. Rejuvenation and aging—This seems to be a side effect of the elixir; since it is linked to Saga's level of prosperity and collective memory, the powers wax and wane depending on the state of the prefecture. Necromancy—As mentioned in Episode 20, he can raise the dead, depending on the state of Saga Prefecture. When Saga disappeared from the map, consequently, he lost his powers and his ability to be immortal. Omnipresence (Limited)—Jofuku can see and sense Saga, as shown when Ito killed several Saga rebels and felt the retaliation for this by losing his power and falling unconscious. Clairvoyance—Jofuku can moderately see the future and predict certain events that will happen in the future of Saga. However, this power is limited to saying things vaguely or only saying a specific time, so he can't say exact things. Technology Manipulation—Jofuku can communicate through a television and be aware of the surrounding environment in some unknown way. Probably something to do with his magic that allows him to transmit a figure of himself through a hologram. Sagako Detection—Jofuku can sense when a Sagako manifests in Saga and guides the Busters towards the direction it appears. But this ability “sucks” according to Eikichi and Anna, not being able to give the exact location where Sagako came from. Saga Prosperity—Thanks to Saga's prosperity, certain areas of Saga have the power to seal curses due to the love these lands received. Weaknesses

    Saga Curse—Saga's curse continually tries to stop those who are destined to save Saga, so it will prevent it from happening in any way and try to wipe Saga off the map. As Jofuku's power comes from Saga, each altercation against the prefecture constantly weakens him. ADVERTISEMENT Trivia

    Saga and he are one in body and soul. Therefore, he is Saga. [2] His character is based on Qin Shi Huang's court magician himself, Xu Fu. Who was ordered by his boss to search for an “elixir of the immortals” on top of the mythical Mount Penglai.[3] He supposedly found the elixir whose name is “Furofuki” on top of Mount Kinryu after arriving in Saga and meeting the locals, indicating that the island he was looking for is actually Saga Prefecture. [4] The elixir was given by a leading wizard of the 8 immortals, Anqi Sheng. This place is known in Chinese mythology as the place where the fruits that give immortality and are capable of reviving the dead grow, strongly indicating that this is the reason the girls were revived. The bartender is Xu Fu or Jofuku himself, who forced immortality by becoming Saga's kami. Therefore, he says that he is Saga, and his power, appearance, and intellect decreased with Saga's removal from the map. If Yugiri helped restore Saga's name, then she saved him, and it would explain why she owes him so much. Fukagawa, the mangaka who writes Gaiden, said that Episode 9 has a connection to Zombie Land Saga Gaiden.[5] His affiliation with Yugiri is later confirmed in episode 20. The footage released at the bar foreshadowed that the association is quite intentional in this Universe, and as confirmed in the credits of Episode 20, it is about Xu Fu himself. Both images in the background of the bar belong to the Jofuku Longevity Hall, the museum and park dedicated to the legends of Xu-Fu in Saga City. In the first season and the first episode of Revenge, his name was only marked as “Master”, however that changed in Episodes 20 and 21, where speculations about his identity were confirmed when the credits officially called him “Jofuku”. The “Genkai Zombie Energy Park Project” which he purposely confuses with the Zombie Land Saga Project as in the thirteenth episode is a reference to the Genkai Energy Park, which is a kind of park in Saga that is located next to the power plant containing such exhibits and the like. Jofuku has the power of divination, as he predicted that Saga would lose its name. He also correctly predicted that some orphan he took in would eventually save Saga. Therefore, it is very likely that he chooses all the girls through divination and resurrects them. Reinforcing the Bagua Theory. It is revealed that he kept the group photo with Kiichi, Ito, and Yugiri on one of the shelves in his bar, as shown in “The SAGA Incident: Part Two”. He is the head of the Saga Sagako Busters and the one who told them that the end of Saga will mark the end of the world, so they must stop Sagako before they destroy Saga. In his own words, the outbreak of Sagakos in Saga marks the beginning of the end of the world in 1999, 10 years after where the manga takes place. Currently, more details of this are unknown. In Gaiden Chapter 4, we get to see Jofuku at his strongest and healthiest during an economic boom in Saga in the late 1980s

23. #23Keiji Higashino

    Keys: Keiji Higashino

    NAME JAPANESE 東野圭司 ROMANIZED Higashino Keiji ENGLISH Keiji Higashino CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human (Deceased) BIRTHDATE Sometime in 1949 DATE OF DEATH Late August 1989 DEATH CAUSE Impaled by Magatsuhi AGE 40 GENDER Male OCCUPATION Head Detective of Musashino Police Station BIRTHPLACE Tokyo RELATIONS OTHERS Anna Shuri (Assigned case) LESS Keiji Higashino History Gallery Keiji Higashino (東野圭司, Higashino Keiji) was a head detective and a supporting antagonist hailing from Tokyo who was demoted to Saga Prefecture after failing to track down one of his runaway cases.

    He was introduced in Chapter 7 of the spin-off manga, Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie.

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    Keiji appears to be middle-aged and of a slim build, with an unkempt appearance. His hair is short and somewhat disorganized. He wears a detective outfit made up of Lycra pants and black loafers. His jacket and shirt are disorganized, in addition to not wearing a tie. Personality

    He was a detective with malice inside. When he caught Anna stealing, he used her and her thieving skills to ambush future robberies that would take place in Tokyo. Everything was going well until a big incident that resulted in Anna escaping. His inability to track down and capture Anna after the Tokyo incident caused him to be demoted until he finally ended up in the middle of nowhere, in Saga. When he finally meets Anna again years later, he asks her for some answers and what she's doing with her life today, since she's still a fugitive. He seems unafraid of getting his hands dirty to serve “his justice” by brutally beating Eikichi when he gets in his way and insulting the Busters' work, belittling them for all they've done.

    Keiji 19 Keiji hits Eikichi Although his first encounter with Sagako ends up scaring him, he showed that he was not afraid to follow one and shoot him 5 times with his gun until he finally died. Knowing the potential that these creatures could bring to the human world, he quickly realizes that Sagakos appear in areas with very high prosperity, and therefore hunts them down. Unlike the Busters, whose goal is to purify them, Higashino seeks to use his abilities to sell them in the human industry.

    Keiji 27 Keiji gets angry with Magatsuhi He shows curiosity about the supernatural events in Saga, first calling them “unknown fauna”. Given the amount of supernatural things that happen around him, he realizes that he is dealing with unknown entities, and he will seek to know the truth behind these beings. Higashino makes a deal with Magatsuhi, a deal with which he will have to eliminate all of Saga's Sagakos so that Magatsuhi can recover her power and fulfill his wish. This shows the more selfish side of him by being driven by his own desires.

    When Magatsuhi shows disinterest in fulfilling his promise, he becomes angry with the curse and threatens her, desperately asking for his wish for power. Before firing his gun at Magatsuhi, he is brutally killed by being impaled on one of Magatsuhi's limbs. ADVERTISEMENT

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    Skillset

    Use of firearms—Having police training, he knows how to use firearms, with which he can easily defend himself and attack. Natural Abilities

    Investigation—Born from his profession as a police detective, Higashino, when showing curiosity about something, lets it get the best of him and will not rest until he knows the truth behind his concern. Etymology

    Detective in Japanese kanji and in word is entirely different. The difference is that the word (刑事, Keiji) refers to a detective who belongs to the police. While the word (探偵, Tantei) is a detective who does not belong to the police, but before called as a private detective or private investigator. Trivia

    He was assassinated by the same Sagako, responsible for the death of Tae Yamada's parents. His flashbacks before he died show that he suffered a lot of bullying from his classmates, who treated him as weird and weak, which led to Higashino resenting his classmates and wanting to eliminate those who got in his way. Higashino's idea of using the Sagako in the industry could have many negative repercussions. Not only would it be altering the curse, but by killing a Sagako without purifying it, it only makes them more powerful. His conversation with Magatsuhi about removing all of Saga's curses for a “reward” points out that while he has a good intention to remove Sagako, he does so based on his own ego.

24. #24Kiichi Momozaki

    Keys: Kiichi Momozaki

    NAME JAPANESE 百崎 喜一 ROMANIZED Momozaki Kiichi ENGLISH Kiichi Momozaki CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human (Deceased) BIRTHDATE Mid-1860s DEATH CAUSE Old age (Presumably) AGE 18–19 HEIGHT 167 cm GENDER Male EYES COLOR Orange BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS FAMILY Unnamed father (Deceased) Jofuku (Adoptive father) Tae Yamada (Stepsister) Romero (Pet;formerly) OTHERS Shojiro Ito (Best friend; formerly) Yugiri (Love interest) INTERESTS HOBBIES Visiting Yugiri PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Mamoru Miyano ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Ricco Fajardo LESS N-n-now is the time to stand up! Saga! Let’s get Saga back! KIICHI MOMOZAKI, ABOUT SAGA,

    Kiichi Momozaki History Gallery Kiichi Momozaki (百崎 喜一, Momozaki Kiichi) was the adoptive son of Jofuku and the former best friend of Shojiro Ito. He was a supporting character who made his debut in “Episode 20”.

    He dreams of restoring Saga as a suitable prefecture after it was forcibly merged with neighboring Nagasaki after the Saga Rebellion of 1874.

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    Kiichi's physical appearance is that of a young man around 17 years old, and he has orange hair and eyes of the same color. Apparently, he does not seem to have physical abilities.

    He wears a long red Yukata and wooden shoes, plus a white shirt underneath. Personality

    Kiichi is a young man with enough energy and a noble heart who wants to regain Saga's glory after the war eight years prior. His father died during the war, so Jofuku took him in as a grandson while also constantly taking care of him.

    In fact, it is thanks to Jofuku that Kiichi decides to go out into the streets of Saga to distribute pamphlets to recover Saga's former glory. Whether he is pushed in the streets or his friends take advantage of him, nothing seems to go well for him.

    When he meets Yugiri, he instantly falls in love and treats her like a lady, to the point of giving her a comb that she would later use when she was revived. According to Ito's words, they would both form a good couple because they seem to be made for each other.

    He is a rather idealistic and childish young man who is willing to fulfill his dreams. Unfortunately, he is ignored by people and everyone around him seems indifferent or opposes his efforts to restore Saga, to the point of getting into trouble with the forces of order.

    When he finally gets support for his cause to bring Saga back, he is left aside by his companions who want to go to war to recover Saga, but they are killed by Ito, who was there to stop any rebellion. Because of this, Kiichi feels useless because real people died because of him and his childhood dream.

    Yugiri manages to console him and tells Kiichi that these people will not die in vain and that his dream must be fulfilled, no matter how childish it may be. Words that motivate Kiichi to escape Saga and guide his future to make a new Saga. ADVERTISEMENT

    Abilities

    Natural Abilities

    TBA Skillset

    TBA—TBA Etymology

    The name Kiichi means “joy” (喜) (ki) and “one” (一) (ichi). Kiichi's surname Momozaki means “a hundred” (百) (momo) and “cape, peninsula” (崎) (saki/zaki). Trivia

    Kiichi shares the same voice actor as Kotaro Tatsumi in both the original and English dubs. With the two being voiced by Mamoru Miyano and Ricco Fajardo, respectively. Kiichi also shares a similar goal as Kotaro's. The former's goal is to revive Saga Prefecture, while the latter's goal is to revive Saga's idol industry. Kiichi's debut episode, as well as the episode that follows, are the first two, and so far; the only episodes not to feature an entry from Kotaro’s diary as the synopsis, but rather are taken from Kiichi’s memorandum from when he first met Yugiri and after witnessing Ito’s deception. It is also revealed in the same episode that he was the one who gifted Yugiri the small red comb with the floral pattern she can be seen using throughout the series. The group picture of him, Ito, and Yugiri can be seen resting on one of the shelves in the Jofuku Bar, as shown near the end of the twenty-first episode.

25. #25Light Oozora

    Keys: Light Oozora

    NAME JAPANESE 大空ライト ROMANIZED Ōzora Raito ENGLISH Light Oozora CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE 11-12 years old GENDER Male OCCUPATION Actor EYES COLOR Brown INTERESTS HOBBIES Performing FAVORITE FOODS Semplice Pudding Rolls PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Minami Takayama Canon Abe (Singing; original) ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Steph Garrett LESS Most child actors don't think about their futures, they only think about how cute and tiny they are right now. But no one gives a rat's ass about that stuff when you get older, and you're gonna grow up whether you like it or not, so you better have a plan. That's why I'll succeed. My acting skills are impeccable, and I've got the drive that it takes. I won't fade away as I age, I'm going to be a legendary actor someday. I'm gonna prove that to this crowd, so keep up your pathetic little act while you can and watch me blow you outta the water. LIGHT TO LILY,

    Light Oozora History Gallery Light Oozora (大空 ライト, Ōzora Raito) is a minor character who made his debut in “Episode 17”. He is a child-actor prodigy who became Lily Hoshikawa's rival at Japanese Got Performance.

    Appearance

    Light wears an elementary-school student uniform with a red tie and a light-blue jacket with a white bubble pattern. His pants are short and green. His hair is abundant, giving a great head of hair. Personality

    Light may appear to be a lovely child at first glance, but his true personality is that of someone haughty and self-important to the point of not caring how much his words affect other people. Despite his arrogance, he is pretty intelligent and able to emotionally manipulate people around him to achieve his goals, which is shown when he steals Lily's song to win over the contest judges. However, although he ended up winning, Lily managed to make a more significant impact, shattering Light's pride. Thanks to the conversation he had with Lily afterward, he managed to come to respect what she did and be able to move on, as she reminded him that he still will be able to age as a human child. Abilities

    Natural Abilities

    Charisma—Light is very charismatic, being capable of charming and inspiring his audience to cheer for his performance. Skillset

    Juggling—Light is shown to be able to perform advanced juggling tricks with five juggling balls at once. Singing—Light is very skilled at singing, even capable of defeating Lily Hoshikawa in the final round of the talent show. Acting—Light's acting skills are comparable to Lily's. He is shown to be able to put up a front much nicer than his natural, more self-absorbed personality. Unique Abilities

    TBA Etymology

    Light's surname Oozora means “big, great” (大) (ō) and “sky” (空) (sora/zora). Trivia

    Light is voiced by Minami Takayama who is known for playing another famous young man named Conan Edogawa from the eponymous series Detective Conan. Light's character is partially based on Light Yagami from Death Note. After his first successful performance, Light delivers Yagami's famous line, “Just as planned” (計画通り, keikaku-dōri), while having the same facial expression. All this may be a nod to Mamoru Miyano, who voiced both Light Yagami and Kotaro Tatsumi. Light is the second rival of (one of the members of) Franchouchou to hail from Tokyo, and their second rival overall.

26. #26Machiko

    Keys: Machiko

    NAME JAPANESE 町子 ROMANIZED Machiko ENGLISH Machiko CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE Around 60 years GENDER Female OCCUPATION Kojima Food Factory Worker Lifeguard (After the storm) EYES COLOR Black BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS OTHERS Ai Mizuno (Co-worker) PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Kozue Saito ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Cynthia Cranz LESS Machiko (町子, Machiko) is a minor supporting character who appeared in the second season of Zombie Land Saga. She is Ai's co-worker at her job at a dried squid factory.

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    Machiko is an old lady with signs of aging on her body. She has dull purple hair with a poofy cut. Personality

    She is introduced in the first episode of Revenge at Ai's part-time job and is quite nice to Ai and her friends. When the girls' mansion collapses, she offers them a place in a nearby shelter after they became homeless. She is completely unconcerned or unfazed by Tae and his zombie behavior, including being bitten on the head, as she thinks it's a show of affection. History

    Episode 13

    She briefly appears during the opening sequence of the second season along with Ai, whom she tells that she should eat more because her face is too pale.

    Episode 23

    She then gets a larger role in episode 11, helping with the storm relief efforts by cooking along with the girls for the citizens of the shelter.

    Abilities

    Natural abilities

    Chef—She works at a dried squid factory with Ai and also helps provide food at the relief shelter. Skill

    Lifeguard—She is the one who provides support to families affected by heavy rains and one of the main members of the shelter where they were

27. #27Magatsuhi

    Keys: Magatsuhi

    NAME JAPANESE 禍津日神 巨大なクモ サガコ (As Sagako) ROMANIZED Magatsuhi Kyodaina kumo Sagako (As Sagako) ENGLISH Magatsuhi Giant Spider Sagako (As Sagako) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Sagako (Deceased; fused with Tae Yamada) Giant Spider Sagako BIRTHDATE 1969 AGE ~20 years old (Chronologically) Younger than 10 (Appearance) GENDER Female RELATIONS FAMILY Mrs. Yamada (Stepmother) Mr. Yamada (Stepfather) LESS Magatsuhi History Gallery

    Magatsuhi (マガツヒ, Magatsuhi) or also known as Giant Spider Sagako (巨大なクモ サガコ, Kyodaina kumo Sagako) was the main antagonistic curse of the Zombie Land Saga Gaiden manga, introduced in Chapter 10.

    At the end of the spinoff manga, Tae Yamada finally manages to defeat Magatsuhi by fusing with her by forgiving herself and accepting Magatsuhi.

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    She manifests as a human girl, but with a mask of different entities from Japanese folklore on her head with shaggy, disheveled hair. She wears a white robe and has nothing else to wear. Behind her multiple masks, she takes the appearance of a human girl with white hair.

    With this form, she can use the powers of her Sagako and use the spider's limbs to immobilize or damage her opponents.

    As Sagako

    Magatsuhi heart Magatsuhi's final form This Sagako was created from the Spider Egg Sagako seen in the previous chapters of the manga. Her physical appearance is inspired by a large tarantula, reaching at least 10 meters in height and 20 in length. Her limbs are quite long compared to her body, and this allows her to move quickly as well as use them as a weapon. Unlike a normal spider, this Sagako has a round head with multiple eyes and two fangs in front. In her final second stage, her eyes cover her entire body. Magatsuhi's mask can manifest on top of the Sagako's head.

    Her final form, after she was defeated with her spider form, is a giant Sagako heart-shaped like her body and torso, with multiple limbs sticking out of the main body. Her eyes are empty and white, while her mouth looks torn, and she has a sinister smile. In the middle of the heart is Magatsuhi, surrounded and held by what appears to be multiple human forms.

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    Personality

    She appears grimly in front of Higashino after he throws Doro-chan across the Saga border, vaguely explaining how Sagako works. Despite not being her intention, she makes a deal with Higashino whereby he would get a wish he wanted if he killed the Sagakos so that she could finally regain her power. Her attitude is quite frivolous, and she doesn't talk much with people, reaching the point of not caring about the lives of some humans. When the detective stands in front of her to fulfill his wish, Magatsuhi speaks telepathically with Keiji, and whatever she told him, Keiji didn't take it very well and threatened Magatsuhi to shoot her. When she no longer needs him, she ends up killing him.

    After disappearing again, she starts kidnapping women between the ages of 20 and 40 in Saga. Unlike what she was going through with Higashino, she seems to be concerned about their feelings and physical state, putting them in a sleepy state while she had them captured. However, she doesn't seem to mind separating them from their families and keeping them confined from their freedom. Her motivations; seek maternal love and be loved by a family.

    Tae death Tae merges with Magatsuhi Regardless, it's a curse based on a human girl, so it behaves like one. Her objective was to search for her mother, this being the reason for the kidnappings. Although she tries to finish off Eikichi and Tae when they enter her park, Eikichi tries to communicate with her in her Sagako form, getting an unintelligible response. In one last attempt, he shows her an onion, confusing her and causing her to freak out.

    Tae, who seeing that they are losing the battle, sacrifices herself by receiving the Misogi power from Yuko and Eikichi, climbing to the top of the Sagako. There, Tae discovers that Magatsuhi's goal was to seek motherly love and be loved, to never feel alone again. Just like Tae always wanted with her parents. Finally understanding the curse, Tae sacrifices herself, forgiving herself and accepting Magatsuhi to seal the curse within her own body. ADVERTISEMENT

    Abilities

    Natural Abilities

    Sagako Form Agility—Her body shape and long limbs allow her to maneuver around obstacles with ease and run quite fast. Limbs as a weapon—Her limbs are quite dangerous, one of the main dangers of this Sagako being to use them to easily kill whoever gets in her way. Electric powers—Like the girls from Franchouchou, this Sagako would have received electrical powers at the time of the fusion, but was later discharged. Telepathy—Through telepathy, Magatsuhi can communicate with her targets at a distance. Human Form Limb Manifestation—Magatsuhi's human form can change if she is under attack, being able to transform parts of her body into dark limbs that allow her to defend and attack. Spectral apparition—She briefly appears in front of Higashino to momentarily speak to him, only to disappear moments later. Unique Abilities

    Curse of Saga—She is the first Sagako to appear in Saga. The Sagako, although they are beings of the curse, would be taking away her energy by manifesting in Saga continuously, so she entrusts Keiji to kill them so that she can recover her power. After manifesting as a spider, Sagako's manifestations disappear because she now has all the energy that allowed them to manifest. She also seems to use Saga's prosperous places to gain power. Weaknesses

    Hyodo Farm Onions—As she is also a being of the curse, she is susceptible to the sealing with the onions and their power. In fact, it was thanks to the power that was transmitted to Tae by Eikichi and Yuko, that she was sealed inside Tae's body. ADVERTISEMENT Etymology

    Magatsuhi-no-kami (Japanese for “kami of the force of misfortune” or “God of calamities”). In Shintoism, divine beings that cause sin, pollution, disaster, and evil. Related terms are Ōmagatsuhi-no-kami, meaning “Great Magatsuhi Kami” and “Yaso-magatsuhi-no-kami”, meaning “Countless Magatsuhi Kami”. [1] Trivia

    This is the first Sagako that we see born from its early stage, this being a child raised by Tae's parents. Like every curse in Saga, her goal was to target those who brought prosperity to the prefecture. Basically, implying that if Tae's parents spent more time with her daughter, they would bring prosperity. Likewise, curses only take the form of problems underlying the area of appearance, in this case, Magatsuhi takes the form of a human girl as a reflection of Tae Yamada's parents' abandonment of their daughter. As such, Magatsuhi's goal in the final arc of the manga was to search for the maternal love that disappeared when she killed Tae's parents in her Sagako form. To fill that void, she began kidnapping women in Saga as a replacement for her mother. The masks that Magatsuhi wears refer to entities from Japanese mythology. A Demon Hannya mask is the first. The Hannya are female demons who were consumed by their high level of jealousy. According to legend, her origin was with a jilted young woman whose jealousy turned into rage and anger when she saw that the person she loved, a cleric, was not interested in her. It was because of that inside her, she began to harbor evil, becoming a demon, more specifically, a Hannya. Magatsuhi's first appearance is with this mask, which would reflect Tae's anger and rage at the abandonment of her parents for their investigation. The Fox or Kitsune mask is the second. The Kitsune or foxes are an animal that constitutes an element of singular importance in Japanese folklore, to the point where the word is traditionally used to name that spirit of the forest in the form of a fox, whose classic function is to protect forests and villages. According to Japanese mythology, the fox is an intelligent being that has magical abilities, which are increased with age and the acquisition of knowledge. The first emotion born in Tae's heart as a zombie was familial love for Sakura Minamoto, wherein she sees her as a mother figure. This was not referenced again upon until the very last chapter of the spin-off manga, where both Magatsuhi and Tae come to an agreement and willingly fused with each other over their craving for maternal affection.

28. #28Maimai Yuzuriha

    Keys: Maimai Yuzuriha

    NAME JAPANESE 楪舞々 ROMANIZED Yuzuriha Maimai ENGLISH Maimai Yuzuriha ALIASES Number #7 (Temporarily) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human BIRTHDATE August 24 AGE 16-17 HEIGHT 156cm (5'1") GENDER Female OCCUPATION Student of Class 2-3 Number #7 of Franchouchou (Temporarily) EYES COLOR Emerald Green BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS OTHERS Franchouchou (Former co-idols) Kotaro Tatsumi (Former manager) Romero (Acquainted) INTERESTS HOBBIES Attending Franchouchou’s concerts FAVORITE COLOR Green PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Kana Hanazawa ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Cherami Leigh LESS After hearing Sakura’s story, I have made up my mind. I thought I was the same as you all, but I was wrong. It’s not about the difference of our skin color. I’m sure you all struggled to survive your short lives in your respective times. However, your radiance will continue to glow even in the afterlife. It’s the kind of strength that says, “This time, I’m going to make it through life!”. To shine brightly like you all, I have to live my best life in Saga, first. That’s why I’m going to graduate from Franchouchou and do my best to live in my era! MAIMAI YUZURIHA, TO FRANCHOUCHOU AND CO. ABOUT HER SUDDEN RESIGNATION,

    Maimai Yuzuriha History Gallery Maimai Yuzuriha (楪舞々, Yuzuriha Maimai) is a supporting character who can be seen attending all of Franchouchou’s performances as early as “Episode 13”.

    She makes her official debut in “Maimai Revolution SAGA” as the only living temporary seventh member of the undead idol group before resigning by the end of the episode. She claims to be Sakura’s biggest fan.

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    Maimai wears a typical school uniform which is green, more specifically she wears a dark blue skirt that reaches up to the knees, a green jacket, and a collared shirt with a pink tie. She also wears glasses that are constantly breaking. Her hair is brown and short, but has a voluminous appearance. Maimai sports a very voluptuous figure, that overall beats even Yugiri's. During her brief stint as a member of Franchouchou, she is assigned the color green. Personality

    Maimai's personality closely resembles Sakura's and has many parallels to her, as seen in the episode. She is cheerful and extremely clumsy and quite impulsive. But once she overcomes those defects, she can act at the same level as her idols, Franchouchou. She never gives up and moves on. After joining Franchouchou she realizes that she doesn't belong there, since Franchouchou is only made up of girls who have had their lives taken and want to move on. So, upon realizing this, she decides to leave the group during her first performance as a member. Maimai's maturity is denoted by not being scared by zombie girls and by keeping their secret by not telling anyone, so she is someone the Franchouchou girls can trust.

    She acts like one for Sakura. They are both clumsy, but enthusiastic and determined to succeed, and Maimai admires Sakura and Franchouchou in the same way that Sakura once looked at Ai and Iron Frill. The difference, of course, is that Maimai is still alive; her motivation is simply to live her life to the fullest, while Sakura's (and the other zombies) motivation is to make up for the fact that their lives were shortened, and they never could develop their potential.

    Despite spending several hours practicing without doing the correct routine, Maimai refuses to finish the day, an attitude that endears herself to Ai. ADVERTISEMENT

    Abilities

    Natural Abilities

    TBA Skillset

    Leadership—Maimai is part of the student council of her school and proved to have the power, thereby convincing everyone to do a school festival where Franchouchou would participate. And this is also indicated to us in episode 24 when Maimai leads a crowd of people to the Franchouchou concert after listening to their radio broadcast. Weaknesses

    Clumsiness—As seen, or rather as she tells us, Maimai tends to be clumsy at times, which explains why her glasses are constantly breaking. Etymology

    Mai means “dance” (舞). Maimai's surname Yuzuriha means “false Daphne” (楪). Trivia

    Maimai is the first outsider to find out about Franchouchou’s hidden identities as zombies. Additionally, she is also the first human outsider to have officially joined the group, albeit, temporarily, as Number #7. Maimai's introduction in her official debut is a direct parallel to Sakura's death in “Episode 1”. During Maimai's stay as a temporary member of Franchouchou, she sports the most curvaceous build out of the girls. Beating Sakura, Tae Yamada, and even Yugiri in terms of body type. The idea that a fan of Franchouchou discovers their identity as zombies had been raised since the first season, so it was decided to take up that idea and develop the character of Maimai around it. During the first episodes, she was added as an Easter Egg to give the feeling that she was always there. Her first visible appearance is during the fight at Geils Live House in “episode 13” as a girl in the background. But as she comments in her debut episode, she has been following Franchouchou since their concert in Arpino. Maimai's Tamagotchi is an exclusive 20th birthday edition of the Tamagotchi m!x, released on November 23rd, 2016. Most characters from the original Gen1 Tamagotchi are obtainable. Maimai is an J cup, as revealed on her official settei model[1].

29. #29Manager of the Hisanaka Pharmaceutical Company

    Keys: Manager of the Hisanaka Pharmaceutical Company

    NAME JAPANESE 久中製薬株式会社 部長 ROMANIZED Hisanaka seiyaku kabushikigaisha buchō ENGLISH Manager of the Hisanaka Pharmaceutical Company CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE Between 40 and 50 years old GENDER Female OCCUPATION Hinasaka Pharmacy Manager EYES COLOR Gray BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Seiko Tamura Manager of the Hisanaka Pharmaceutical Company (久中製薬株式会社 部長, Hisanaka seiyaku kabushikigaisha buchō) is a minor character who is president of a local pharmaceutical company in Saga.

    She offers to sponsor Franchouchou's performance and helps with the promotion of the Ekimae Fudosan event.

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    She is a middle-aged lady who wears a gray-blue office suit. Her hair is gray, and it is somewhat short. Personality

    Her interactions with Kotaro are quite pleasant, and she seems genuinely interested in helping support a local idol group. Since her encounter with the zombie girls, even though she experienced trauma-induced amnesia about the incident, anything that reminds her of the incident, such as Tae crawling upside down again (albeit this time with makeup), will cause her to have post-traumatic flashbacks. History

    Episode 4

    She appears in this episode to help Kotaro with her newly born idol group promotion; however, this promotion is destroyed when the girls accidentally scare her.

    Episode 18

    She returns in Revenge as a judge for a dance competition. Tae manages to scare her once more.

    Episode 24

    She appears again in this episode to help with the promotion of Franchouchou's revenge event, speaking to news outlets about helping them.

30. #30Maria Amabuki

    Keys: Maria Amabuki

    NAME JAPANESE 天吹 万梨阿 ROMANIZED Amabuki Maria ENGLISH Maria Amabuki ALIASES Maria-chan Maria Kirishima TITLE Dorami's Eighth Boss (怒羅美 八代目総長, Dorami Hachidaime Sōchō) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE Between 16–19 years old HEIGHT 154 cm GENDER Female OCCUPATION Leader of the Dorami Dance Team (Currently) Leader of the Dorami Biker Gang (Formerly) Student Stocker at unnamed grocery store (Part-Time) EYES COLOR Reddish brown BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS FAMILY Reiko Amabuki (Mother) Naomasa Amabuki (Father) OTHERS Franchouchou (Friends) Saki Nikaido (Idol;friend) Dorami Biker Gang (Former leader of;disbanded) Dorami Dance Team (Leader of) Korosuke Biker Gang (Former rivals) INTERESTS HOBBIES Attempting to conquer Japan via her biker gang (Formerly) Attending Franchouchou’s concerts with her mom and friends (Currently) PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Aoi Koga ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Madeleine Morris LESS Maria Amabuki History Gallery Maria Amabuki (天吹 万梨阿, Amabuki Maria) is the former leader of the now disbanded Dorami Biker Gang, now rebranded as the Dorami Dance Team, which she is the current leader of. She is a supporting character who made her debut in “Episode 9”.

    She is the daughter of Reiko Amabuki, whom she was once rebellious towards, as she thought the latter was nothing but a spineless wimp for leaving the gang in favor of becoming a housewife.

    Appearance

    Casual

    Maria is a high school girl with long, wavy light-brown hair that reaches to her waist. It is often tied into two loose space buns, with a single strand dangling down from each of them. She has blunt bangs that frame her face and display her eyes, which are a reddish chestnut color.

    She usually wears a Dorami uniform, which is the standard Dorami uniform, consisting of a long red coat with her name and position written on the back in Kanji characters. Underneath, she wears a gray blouse, a black tie, and a long black skirt.

    Grocery Store Uniform

    Maria is wearing a white shirt and black pants, she has a red apron on the front.

    Personality

    Maria has a very rebellious and aggressive personality that she developed by hating her, the soft and unnecessarily apologetic attitude of her mother, Reiko Amabuki. She has proclaimed herself the leader of the Dorami motorcycle group, of which she has learned that her mother had been the leader.

    She and her gang do this to look threatening to Sakura Minamoto and Lily Hoshikawa, but all they do is make them look silly. She tries to be a tough-talking motorcyclist like her mother in the past, but she is quite inept and very insane for doing it.

    This demonstrates a brave but also very reckless side of her. An example is when she confronts the leader of a rival gang, Misa Higashitsuru despite being obviously outmatched and accepting Misa's challenge in a game of chicken. Saki Nikaido lectured Maria in both situations for this recklessness, most likely stemming from her own experience.

    After Saki's confrontation, Maria understands that there are other ways to rebel and decides to form the new group “Dorami Dance Team” with her two friends. Besides being much more worried about herself and not scaring her mother by doing crazy things like before. She is even quite nice to Tae Yamada and tries to help her as a friend that is hers. Abilities

    Natural Abilities

    TBA Skillset

    Cycling Proficiency—Maria demonstrates she can drive a moped. Unique Abilities

    TBA Etymology

    The name Maria means “ten thousand” (万) (ma), “pear” (梨) (ri) and “flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess” (阿) (a). Maria's surname Amabuki means “heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial” (天) (ama) and “blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke” (吹) (fuki/buki). Trivia

    The reason Maria prefers mopeds is that they are used by small-time modern Japanese biker gangs due to the stricter laws implemented against biker gangs after the 80~90s. Maria shares the same Japanese voice actor as Kaguya Shinomiya from Kaguya-sama: Love is War. As of “Episode 18”, Maria works part-time as a stocker for a local grocery store in hopes of saving up enough money to pay off a replacement scooter for her mother. She has also since then rebranded the Dorami Biker Gang into the Dorami Dance Team after witnessing Saki Nikaido's performance of “Tokkou DANCE ~DAWN OF THE BAD~”. As of the episode, she is also the first outsider to enter the premises of the Abandoned Mansion. While she was Dorami's 8th boss, Maria took her mother's maiden name as an alias, as she idolized her mother's past as Dorami's first boss and once aspired to be as strong as her. This is how, in episode 9, Saki understood she was Reiko's daughter, as Saki had no way of knowing Reiko's new family name

31. #31Misa Higashitsuru

    Keys: Misa Higashitsuru

    NAME JAPANESE 東鶴 美沙 ROMANIZED Higashitsuru Misa ENGLISH Misa Higashitsuru ALIASES Fallen Angel The Roaring Princess Misa the Wild Boar TITLE Leader of Korosuke Biker Gang CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE Around 20 years HEIGHT 170cm GENDER Female OCCUPATION Leader of the Korosuke's Female Assassin Gang (Current) Boatracer (Current) EYES COLOR Purple RELATIONS OTHERS Korosuke's Female Assassin Gang (Leader of) Dorami Biker Gang (Former rivals) Dorami Dance Team Reiko Amabuki (Acquainted) Franchouchou (Idols; friends) INTERESTS HOBBIES Boatracing PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Momoko Notomi ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Morgan Garrett LESS Misa Higashitsuru History Gallery Misa Higashitsuru [1] (東鶴 美沙, Higashitsuru Misa) is a minor character in Zombie Land Saga who made her debut alongside the rest of her gang in Episode 9.

    She is the current leader of the Korosuke's Female Assassin Gang and the former rival of Maria Amabuki.

    Appearance

    Korosuke Uniform

    Misa has silver hair with bangs covering the right side of her face and purple eyes.

    Her biker clothing consists of a black outfit with a pink interior showing part of her body, knee-high boots, and a long hood.

    Boat Racing Uniform

    In Revenge and with her new profession, Misa cuts her hair as a sign of change, and she wears a boat racing outfit for her racing competitions.

    Personality

    Misa is a woman who likes to impose respect on others and has the willpower and drive that encourages people to follow her. She likes to impose fear on her opponents, as she did on Maria and her gang in Episode 9.

    However, despite this, she is still willing to help the citizens of Saga after a flood left Saga destroyed.

    After Saki's intervention during the game of chicken, she is surprised by her audacity and sought to replicate her speed. This was how she began doing boat races in Karatsu. Abilities

    Natural Abilities

    TBA

    Skillset

    Cycling Proficiency—Being a member of a motorcycle gang, she has many skills when it comes to driving vehicles at high speed, primarily motorbikes. Boatracing Proficiency—Misa shows some skill in the boat race, although she always accelerates at a bad time and ends up crashing; despite this, because Maria showed up to the race, she gains the determination and manages to win the race, which makes her group happy. Unique Abilities

    TBA Etymology

    The name Misa means “beautiful” (美) (mi) and “sand” (沙) (sa). Misa's surname Higashitsuru means “east” (東) (higashi) and “crane, stork” (鶴) (tsuru). Trivia

    Misa's surname comes from the end credits of Episode 9. After the events of Episode 9, Misa has since taken up boat racing in hopes of surpassing Saki Nikaido in terms of her cycling speed, as shown in Episode 18. After witnessing Saki's speed and recklessness, she decided to cut her hair. Cutting one's hair usually symbolizes a drastic change in one's life.

32. #32Mr. Yamada

    Keys: Mr. Yamada

    NAME JAPANESE 山田さん ROMANIZED Yamada-san ENGLISH Mr. Yamada CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human (Deceased) DATE OF DEATH Sometime in 1969 DEATH CAUSE Crushed by falling debris AGE Around 30 years old GENDER Male OCCUPATION Saga University Folklorist RELATIONS FAMILY Mrs. Yamada (Wife) Tae Yamada (Daughter) Magatsuhi (Adopted daughter) Mr. Yamada (山田さん, Yamada-san) was the unnamed deceased father of Tae Yamada. He was a researcher at Saga University who is dedicated to researching the folklore of the prefecture.

    He, alongside his wife, were carrying out an investigation about a strange creature that indirectly lead to both their demise.

    Appearance

    He is a young man with short brown hair, who wears a long-sleeved white shirt when leaving the lab and black pants. He has a slim build and wears glasses. Personality

    He is a man who is very dedicated to his work, even if it means spending less time with his daughter, whom he loves very much. Due to his investigation, he spends little time at home and that frustrates Tae, who wants to see him more often. History

    Chapter 12

    He spends a lot of time in the labs at the university together with his wife, Mrs. Yamada. After encountering a strange creature, he spends more time in the labs researching and experimenting on it.

    On Tae's birthday, they both present Tae with a stuffed rabbit, saying that it reminds him of the child they work with; however, Tae gets angry because she only wants her parents to spend time with her and not in the lab. A few hours later, government employees from the health department intercept him at the university where he works.

    When they intercept him along with his wife, he tries to get in the way, so they don't take the creature they were investigating. The creature suddenly transforms into a giant spider-like Sagako, killing those around it. Including him.

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    Investigation— He is a scientist in charge of a major government investigation into strange creatures in Saga. Trivia

    The creature they were raising, unknowingly, was a Sagako that manifested as a result of their neglect to Tae. Sagako's purpose was to feed off the attention they gave her.

33. #33Mrs. Yamada

    Keys: Mrs. Yamada

    NAME JAPANESE 山田さん ROMANIZED Yamada-san ENGLISH Mrs. Yamada CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human (Deceased) DATE OF DEATH Sometime in 1969 DEATH CAUSE Crushed by falling debris AGE Around 30 years old GENDER Female OCCUPATION Saga University Folklorist RELATIONS FAMILY Mr. Yamada (Husband) Tae Yamada (Daughter) Magatsuhi (Adoptive daughter) Mrs. Yamada (山田さん, Yamada-san) is the unnamed deceased mother of Tae Yamada. She was a folklorist from Saga University who works together with her husband.

    After she finds a strange child during one of her investigations, she spends most of the day researching and raising it. Unaware of the danger it can represent.

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    She is a young-looking lady with a normal build. She is wearing a light colored sweater along with a long skirt. When she is in college, she wears a lab coat. Her black hair is long and straight, similar to Tae's as an adult. Personality

    She is a lady dedicated to her work with her husband and is almost obsessed with investigating a strange creature she found long ago. For this reason, her investigation led her to distance herself from Tae and leave her alone at home for most of the day. But this does not prevent him from forgetting about her daughter, and when they are at home they spend time with her so that she does not feel alone. History

    Chapter 12

    One day at work, she found a baby-like creature somewhere in Saga. Along with her husband, Mr. Yamada, she spends most of her time in the labs at the university researching and experimenting on the creature. It is as if they are obsessed with the child.

    On Tae's birthday, she sees a stuffed rabbit on the way home and buys it as a birthday present for Tae. They mention that the rabbit looks like the child they're working on, which makes Tae mad at them because they only think about her research and “that” creature.

    A few hours later, government employees from her health department intercept her and her husband for conducting unauthorized research on unknown creatures. She resists and tries to convince them that the creature is just a child and does not pose any risk. Seconds later, the “harmless” child transforms into a giant spider-like Sagako, ending her life, her husband's, and the people who surrounded her.

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    Folklorist—She researches the history and folklore of the prefecture together with her husband. Her studies led her to find a strange child one day, who later gave birth to a Sagako. Trivia

    The Sagako that killed her and her husband is the same one that kills Keiji Higashino later on in the manga. The creature they were raising, unknowingly, was a Sagako that manifested as a result of their neglect to Tae. Sagako's purpose was to feed off the attention they gave her.

34. #34Policeman A

    Keys: Policeman A

    NAME JAPANESE 警察官A ROMANIZED Keisatsukan A ENGLISH Policeman A ALIASES Dirty Harry of Saga PD[1] My Lord[2] (By Yugiri) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human BIRTHDATE November 14, 1982 AGE 36 (2018 to “Episode 9”) 37 (“Episode 9” onwards 38 (Sometime between “Episode 21” and “Episode 22” BLOOD TYPE A HEIGHT 167 cm (5'6") WEIGHT 65 kg GENDER Male BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS FAMILY Araki (Relative) INTERESTS HOBBIES Playing Mahjong Betting on boatracers FAVORITE FOODS Ika no shiokara Saga’s saké DISLIKED FOODS Apples PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Hiroyuki Yoshino ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Austin Tindle LESS Policeman A History Gallery Policeman A (警察官A, Keisatsukan A) is an unnamed police officer and a major recurring character in Zombie Land Saga.

    Although he is more of a threat to zombies than he realizes they are to him, his reasons for repeatedly trying to kill them on sight are perfectly understandable, as he is just an ordinary, generally affable, scared cop.

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    He is an average adult man who is always seen wearing a Japanese police uniform consisting of a white collared shirt and dark blue shoulder pads and dark blue pants. He carries an S&W Model 37 .38 caliber “Air weight” snub-nosed revolver. Personality

    When first introduced, he has a pretty casual and somewhat cheeky personality. However, he has proven to be extremely fearful and impulsive, as he instantly shot Sakura upon seeing her zombie form even though she initially called for help, and immediately attempts to shoot her again along with Ai and Junko after seeing their zombie appearances.

    He seems to think he's a big shot when it comes to getting women, and occasionally tries to flirt with them. Not only do all the girls he interacts with not react to him beyond her police work, but Sakura is also afraid to get close to him, as he reacts badly to her without makeup. In Revenge, he unsuccessfully tries to get close to Junko when she's down for Ai, though to be fair, he starts backing off when he starts to think she's underage.

    When he meets Sakura again in Episode 3 in her human form, he seems to recognize her, but can't remember where. Little does he know that she was the zombie he tried to shoot twice. After the events of the third episode, he is relegated to comedy roles and does not directly face the zombie aspect of the show until episode 11. Whenever he sees one of the zombies, he immediately goes crazy with terror and tries to shoot without good aim, although all zombies show sensitivity and have shown no signs of hurting him.

    He shoots Sakura out of fear of being a zombie, despite Sakura showing human intelligence and speech, and is then knocked out from behind her. When confronted by a motorcycle rally, despite not comically threatening them, they still scatter as he killed the mood. Again later; he braves the storm-hit flooded areas of Saga, searching for people who may be in trouble. This allows him to save Kotaro and Jofuku from the flooded bar, in which they were trapped for three days.

    His carefree attitudes lead Tae and Maria to bet on boat races, excusing his presence as a policeman's duty to “help the citizens of Saga” (spending his money and getting a small part if Tae wins more). Unsurprisingly, his superior scolds him over the radio when he's caught, and the ensuing conversation implies that he also regularly gambles on horse races while he's on duty. He has repeatedly shown himself to be a polite and friendly cop when he's not terrified, such as when he raps (kinda wrong) with a bunch of bums in Episode 2 to admonish them for staying out late and messing with the girls. ADVERTISEMENT

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    In Episode 18 it is shown that he likes to bet on regattas as a hobby. It is revealed that he is an incompetent cop, since even his boss knows that he will gamble from time to time instead of doing his job as a cop. He seems to think that he has run into a horror story every time he meets the girls, even though they can speak and never move to attack him. For someone who seems to have been traumatized every time he has an encounter with one of the zombies, he seems remarkably cheerful and mentally fine when he appears in another episode.

35. #35Reiko Amabuki

    Keys: Reiko Amabuki

    NAME JAPANESE 天吹 麗子 霧島 麗子 (Formerly) ROMANIZED Amabuki Reiko Kirishima Reiko (Formerly) ENGLISH Reiko Amabuki Reiko Kirishima (Formerly) TITLE Dorami's First Boss (怒羅美 初代総長) (Formerly) CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE Late 30s ~ early 40s HEIGHT 167 cm GENDER Female OCCUPATION Housewife (Currently) Leader of Dorami Biker Gang (Formerly) Student (Formerly) EYES COLOR Violet BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS FAMILY Maria Amabuki (Daughter) Naomasa Amabuki (Husband) Unnamed parents OTHERS Franchouchou (Friends) Saki Nikaido (Best friend) Dorami Biker Gang (Former leader) Dorami Dance Team (Affiliated) Korosuke Biker Gang (Former rivals) INTERESTS HOBBIES Attempting to conquer Japan via her biker gang (Formerly) Taking care of Saki’s last Tamagotchi Attending Franchouchou’s concerts with her daughter FAVORITE FOODS Chicken PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Komina Matsushita ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Colleen Clinkenbeard LESS Reiko Amabuki History Gallery Reiko Amabuki (天吹 麗子, Amabuki Reiko), née Kirishima (霧島 麗子, Kirishima Reiko), is a supporting character and the first boss of the Dorami Biker Gang. She is the mother of Maria Amabuki and the best friend of the late Saki Nikaido. She made her debut in Episode 9.

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    In season two, it is revealed that Reiko's hair is actually black and not purple. Her high school clothing consisted of a pale purple sailor suit and a purple bowtie, as well as wearing heels.

    Young Adult

    In her youth, Reiko's hair was longer with two highlights of pink and different shades of purple, while the front of her hair was tied back in a long ponytail. She wore the traditional Dorami biker outfit.

    Current

    Reiko is an adult woman with purple hair that is tied in a low ponytail that hangs close to her shoulder and purple eyes. She is usually seen wearing a pink shirt under an apron in a darker shade of pink and dark gray pants.

    Personality

    Reiko is a kind, caring, and humble woman who wanted to live in a normal family. She is often concerned for her daughter's well-being and often apologizes on her daughter's behalf.

    Initially, Reiko's daughter Maria Amabuki sees her as a spineless weakling, as she is no longer the tough biker gang boss she used to be. However, when Reiko confronts Saki Nikaido after riding her motorcycle off a cliff, she shows Maria that just because she is no longer a gang boss doesn't mean she's weak.

    As a former motorcycle gang, she can display a more courageous and fierce personality that she had rarely expressed unless angered. As a former leader of a motorcycle gang, it is suggested that she also had leadership and social skills. There are still traces of the old delinquent in her, as she still has her old motorcycle and speaks harshly again when she is furious. She fondly remembers her friend Saki and misses her, thinking about how Saki would think of her now.

    Even when she commanded Dorami, she told Saki that she finally wanted to settle down and have a normal life, as her parents were divorced, and she didn't want her own children to go through it. ADVERTISEMENT

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    Cycling Proficiency—TBA Hand-to-hand Combat—Reiko used to hit dozens of thugs in the past with her friend Saki, which allowed her to develop strength and combat skills. Etymology

    The name Reiko means “beautiful, lovely” (麗) (rei) and “child” (子) (ko). Reiko's surname Amabuki means “heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial” (天) (ama) and “blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke” (吹) (fuki/buki). Her maiden name Kirishima means “fog, mist, haze” (霧) (kiri) and “island” (島) (shima). Trivia

    Reiko still has Saki's old Tamagotchi, which Saki entrusted to her shortly before the latter died in a cycling accident. In the past, she suffered from the strongest of the school, who always started fights with her. Thanks to Saki and her influence from White Ryu, they both managed to create the strongest group of gang members in Saga. Reiko's husband's name is Naomasa Amabuki. Naomasa was also the name of the final daimyō of the Saga domain, Nabeshima Naomasa.

36. #36Romero

    Keys: Romero

    NAME JAPANESE ロメロ ROMANIZED Romero ENGLISH Romero CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Zombie (Active) Poodle; dog (Deceased) BIRTHDATE November 1st DATE OF DEATH December 9th DEATH CAUSE Unknown AGE Physically 3 (Dog years) Chronologically

    28 (Human years;as of time of death) At least 200 (As of “Episode 20”) HEIGHT 33 cm WEIGHT 3 kg GENDER Male OCCUPATION Franchouchou's mascot Kotaro's pet Jofuku's pet (Formerly) INTERESTS FAVORITE FOODS Dried Squid DISLIKED FOODS Dog Food PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Yasuhiro Takato ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Alejandro Saab LESS Episode 2. AI, AFTER SEEING ROMERO THROUGH THE DOOR,

    Romero History Relationships Gallery Romero Romero Icon Kotaro Tatsumi's pet zombie dog. Supposedly a toy poodle, although according to various people, his size always seems to change. Being a zombie dog, Romero can gobble up food that would be bad for most dogs. His favorite food is dried squid. His gender is male. * Never feed dried squid to live dogs Romero (ロメロ, Romero) is the undead pet poodle of Kotaro Tatsumi and the mascot for Franchouchou. He is also the first zombie to be successfully resurrected, the first to gain consciousness, and the only known zombified animal.

    He is later revealed to once belong to the Momozaki Family in “Episode 20” before being given to Kotaro at some point, thus also becoming the animal companion of the group of girls.

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    Romero is a zombie dog with stitches and bandages over its body, it has different fur in two shades of blue, as well as what appears to be a bruise on the side of his right arm. He has a doll-like right eye and has long blood-stained fangs sticking out of its mouth.

    Monstrous Form

    In his monstrous form, Romero grows larger and appears more detailed. His only eye is shown to stick out of the socket, and the Saga-shaped scar on the right side of his body is more visible. In his monstrous form he can scare away unwanted passersby effortlessly, and whenever he is with one of the girls it is to prevent people from discovering that they are zombies.

    Personality

    He is Jofuku's zombie poodle and has accompanied him since ancient times, showing attachment to him when he shows signs of weakness. He was handed over to Kotaro Tatsumi as part of the Zombie Land Saga Project to be a fundamental part of Franchouchou and watch the girls closely, as he is also a zombie.

    Due to Romero's zombie appearance, he appears to look and act aggressively, but actually behaves like a normal dog. As he spends more time with Franchouchou, he becomes attached to them. He is very loyal to both Kotaro and the girls.

    Like Tae, he generally tries to eat things that aren't even meant to be edible. In Episode 5 he swallows a baseball whole, and in Episode 10 it is implied that he ate a grasshopper that was unlucky enough to get close to him.

    He has also proven to be friendly with Sakura; joining her on her morning jog and becoming fiercely protective of her after he is hit by a truck of hers in Episode 10.

    Tae and Romero show some form of friendship, the first being a human zombie and the second a zombie dog. They spend an entire episode of Revenge running errands and interacting with the locals together. ADVERTISEMENT

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    Enhanced Senses—As a dog, Romero has better senses compared to humans. Immortality—Similar to the girls, Romero is given the ability to not physically age and stay the same appearance as the age he died, as well as immunity to circumstances that could normally be fatal to humans and animals. Detachable Limbs—Parts of Romero's body are detachable and can easily be reattached. Phosphorescent Vision—Although Romero has not shown this feat yet, it is assumed that his eye can also glow in the dark. Wide Intellect—Romero is shown to be smarter than the average dog. Skillset

    Fishing—As shown in “Episode 10”, Romero can swiftly hunt for aquatic life in his savage form. Unique Abilities

    Monstrous Form—A feat Romero and Tae Yamada shares, they can both morph into scarier versions of themselves that highlights their aggressiveness. ADVERTISEMENT Etymology

    The surname Romero is a Spanish and Italian surname meaning: A person on a religious journey or pilgrimage from Rome (possibly to Jerusalem); procession of elevated holy items. Romero is likely a reference to George A. Romero, a film director who is well known for the cult classic zombie movie called Night of the Living Dead. Trivia

    Zombieland Saga 2nd Fanbook 075 Concept art of how zombies are made. Starting out as an amorphous mass that then takes the form of Romero Romeo's first drawings came out like this and ended up leaving the design as it is. He was pulled purely from instinct, though they weren't sure if that “instinct” was good or not. It goes along with the zombie-like Franchouchou, but it was conceived at a time when they weren't really sure what kind of image they would go with. Stories from everyday life are difficult anyway, so they followed the current form. They added the Sakura ribbon and all that to give it some distinction during the time when the other characters were zombies. Romero died one month after his third birthday. Additionally, he shares his date of death with Junko Konno. Like the girls, it is also unknown how Romero got resurrected. The only times wherein Romero does not make an appearance (excluding the previous episode recap, next episode preview and outro) is in the fourth, seventh and seventeenth episodes. Technically speaking, Romero is the first to wake up among the eight zombies Kotaro Tatsumi has resurrected. With Tae only being the first in terms of the zombie humans he has resurrected, and Sakura Minamoto being the first zombified human to gain consciousness. He is also the first zombified creature and only (conscious) zombified animal among the eight. Both Romero and the floor of the basement of the Franchouchou Mansion share markings that resemble the Saga Prefecture on them. The basement floor of the mansion has a stain in the shape of the prefecture, whereas Romero's is his bruise. In “Episode 20”, it is revealed that Romero was once the pet dog of the Momozaki Family during the late 1800s. And that, at the time, he was already living as a zombie. Despite being also being a zombie, Romero does not seem to need to hide the fact that he is undead. Whenever he joins Kotaro and the girls in public, as he can be seen without his head during the shooting for The Drive-In Tori commercial in the fifth episode. Romero also makes an appearance in the Zombie Land Saga manga Gaiden: The First Zombie, though only as a background character.

37. #37Sachika

    Keys: Sachika

    NAME JAPANESE サチカ ROMANIZED Sachika ENGLISH Sachika CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human BIRTHDATE 1972~1974 (Approximately) DATE OF DEATH ~2000 (Approximately) DEATH CAUSE Unknown AGE 15~18 (Gaiden) GENDER Female OCCUPATION Minami High School Student (Formerly) EYES COLOR Yellow BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS FAMILY Takeo Go (Husband;former classmate) Lily Hoshikawa (Daughter) Unnamed parents-in-law INTERESTS HOBBIES Gardening LESS Sachika History Gallery Sachika[1] (サチカ, Sachika) is Lily Hoshikawa's deceased mother and Takeo Go's late wife.

    She is a minor character and a former student of Saga Minami High School who was first introduced in Chapter 6 of the Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie manga.

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    She is a girl of medium height with light blue hair with two long pigtails. She describes herself as weak and small, constantly belittling herself for that. Likewise, she wears a typical high school uniform from her school.

    Personality

    Sachika is a young student who appreciates flowers very much. She is the first to see that Takeo is someone strong on the outside but kind on the inside and who cares for others. She is not afraid of Takeo, since she is not afraid of someone who takes care of the flowers. Deep down, she has a crush on him and accepts his future marriage proposal instantly, even when they were in high school.

38. #38Saga Governor

    Keys: Saga Governor

    NAME JAPANESE 佐賀知事 ROMANIZED Saga chiji ENGLISH Saga Governor CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE Around 50 years GENDER Male OCCUPATION Governor EYES COLOR Gray BIRTHPLACE Saga prefecture PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Kazuhiro Yamaji ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Phil Parsons LESS The Saga Governor (佐賀知事, Saga chiji) is a minor character introduced in episode 24. As his name suggests, he is the governor of the prefecture and the one who was in command during the prefectural floods.

    Appearance

    He is a middle-aged man with a large build. Like his real counterpart, he has gray hair. During rescue operations, he wore a blue rescue suit. Personality

    He is a serious man in his affairs and who shows an interest in the Saga prefecture. Although he was incredulous upon hearing Kotaro's plan to rebuild Tosu first, he accepted it as it was a way to connect Saga with the outside world and also to help with international aid for the Franchouchou benefit concert. History

    Episode 24

    He appears in the headquarters of the Saga special task force as part of the prefecture's response to the floods that left Saga seriously affected. When Kotaro arrives screaming about restoring Tosu to help Franchouchou, he did not say a word about it, but later seems to have acceded to the requests of this same. He was present at the Franchouchou concert, proud of all the people who came to help Saga.

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    TBA Saga Governor as Tatsumi The Governor with Kotaro cosplay Trivia

    Saga Prefectural Governor Yoshinori Yamaguchi made an appearance during a Zombie Land Saga anime-themed television program that aired on TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting. Yamaguchi's love for the show was evident as he appeared dressed as Franchouchou's manager Kotaro while he copied his attitude

39. #39Saga Sagako Busters

    Keys: Saga Sagako Busters

    NAME JAPANESE 佐賀サガコバスターズ ENGLISH Saga Sagako Busters ROMANIZED Saga Sagako Basutāzu CHARACTERISTICS MEMBERS Jofuku (Boss) Tae Yamada (Leader;deceased) Hanako Hakase (Weapons specialist) Anna Shuri (Manpower) Yuko Hyodo (Exorcist) Eikichi Hyodo (Stand-in) CREATION DATE Sometime in 1979 PRODUCER Jofuku ZONE Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan

    The Saga Sagako Busters (佐賀サガコバスターズ, Saga Sagako Basutāzu) are a group of Sagako hunters who dedicated themselves to fighting curses in Saga.

    They were first introduced in the spin-off manga, Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie.

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    They call themselves pure, beautiful and righteous. They fought against the curse that plagued Saga in the late 80s.

    Ten years before the events of the Gaiden manga, in 1979, the Sagako Busters group is founded by Jofuku. Thanks to MJ, Tae was able to form a team that is willing to give their lives for the good and prosperity of Saga.

    Without Yuko's power, the team would not be able to seal the Sagakos that appear in Saga, so she was an essential piece of the team. Thanks to the “love” the land received from years of cultivation, it made the onions at Hyodo farm special, and the Hyodo twins were given the power to seal curses with these onions. During this time, Hanako Hakase also joins.

    After the founding of the group, many applicants for that job joined, including an occultist, a self-proclaimed fortune-teller, and a medium. None of which lasted for more than 3 days within the group. One day, a mysterious girl named Anna Shuri arrives willing to help them despite how crazy it sounds to fight against supernatural beings. In addition to adapting to Hanako's inventions, she is also excellent at battle and solves problems by being very observant of small details. With her help, the group was able to defeat many Sagakos more effectively.

    However, Yuko's power weakens over time, and she reaches a point where she seals herself in an onion along with another Sagako as a sacrificial act.

    The last to join is Eikichi Hyodo, Yuko's brother, who joins against his will when his sister turns into an onion and is forced to fight the Sagakos because he also has the power to seal these curses. Along with Tae's training, Eikichi dedicated himself to fighting and learning with the Sagako Busters to defeat the curse and get his sister back.

    However, the curse grows stronger every day, generating more and more Sagakos, so the Busters must find new ways to fight this threat. During his participation in the group, Eikichi slowly shows himself to be just as effective as his sister with Sagako's seals.

    The Busters' most difficult challenge was fighting the spider Sagako, which turned out to be none other than the girl that Tae's parents found and raised. Magatsuhi splits up the group by kidnapping Anna and Hanako, leaving Tae and Eikichi on their own. The group meets again at the Takeo Ureshino Marchen Mura Village Amusement Park, where Tae and Eikichi are kidnapped by Magatsuhi and discover that the onions Eikichi put a blanket on have hatched and the Sagako inside have been released. Thanks to the purified Sagako, they fight Magatsuhi with all of their might.

    Tae, who was already wounded from the battle, makes the ultimate sacrifice by using the Misogi power of the onions to seal Magatsuhi within her body. Wiping out the Sagako and the power of the onions in the process. Yuko is freed from her onion, now with the antlers of the Sagako she fused with, and realizes that her twin brother is now bigger than her. Hanako then cuts off her antlers with an electric saw.

    By 1994, the Sagako Busters girls have moved on with their lives; Yuko gets married and is now a mother, Hanako now does scientific research, and Anna became a police officer and reconciled with her family. Jofuku has rejuvenated and opened a new adult store. The group gathers on the fifth anniversary of Tae's death for their “promised day” at the cemetery where her grave is. ADVERTISEMENT

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    Date Events Image Source 1960 Tae Yamada is born. “Chapter 5: Cheers! Wait, What's In The Shot?!” Sagako Outbreaks 1969~ Tae's parents find a strange-looking baby, a creature that later ends up killing them when it is born as a giant Sagako. Soon after, Jofuku takes care of Tae, making her his adoptive daughter. Tae parents 4 “Chapter 12: Reminiscence, What I Should Really Do” 1970~ Anna runs away from her old family of phantom thieves, searching for a “normal” life. She later meets Higashino, who takes her in exchange for helping him with his career. Anna 17 “Chapter 8: Tell Me Your True Feelings!” Late 1970s Anna escapes from Tokyo after an incident where several people die due to police brutality. She ends up in Saga Prefecture, where she manages to go unnoticed thanks to its remoteness. Anna 11 “Chapter 8: Tell Me Your True Feelings!” 1979 The Saga Sagako Busters group is founded to fight the Sagakos. Busters 6 “Chapter 5: Cheers! Wait, What's In The Shot?!” 1989 The manga “Zombie Land Saga Gaiden” takes place. Busters 15 “Chapter 1: The Guy Who Smells Like Onions is Naked and in Full Swing!” Yuko turns into an onion—Eikichi obligatorily joins Saga Sagako Busters. Early 1989 Eikichi's training begins—Eikichi seals his first Sagako. Anna 2 “Chapter 2: Delivery! Onions Straight to Your Heart!” The Busters seal a Sagako at the Maryina club. Busters 11 “Chapter 3: Aim for the Trifecta! Shining Disco Ball!” Mid-1989 Thanks to Eikichi, Tae and MJ manage to save their last food stall. Jofuku Gaiden 5 “Chapter 4: MJ Shows Up! The Order is a Squid with a Pretty Smile!” MJ tells the truth about the curse to Eikichi, and the Busters attend an alleged possession case. “Chapter 5: Cheers! Wait, What's In The Shot?!” Thanks to Saga Sagako Busters, Takeo manages to confess to Sachika. Takeo Gaiden 8 “Chapter 6: A Guy Who Never Gives Up! Good Luck Sachi-ng For Love!” August 01, 1989 Detective Keiji Higashino arrives in Saga searching for a former thief on the run. Keiji 8 “Chapter 7: What A Guy! A Man from the Past and the East!” August 02, 1989 Anna finally rejoins the group after disappearing. Keiji seems to be planning something against Sagako. “Chapter 8: Tell Me Your True Feelings!” August 03, 1989 Realizing the danger that Higashino is, the Busters split up to search for and stop him. Unfortunately, Eikichi is the one who must find him and ends up beaten by Keiji. Eikichi 38 “Chapter 9: Encounter! A Straight Left To His Face!” Mid-August 1989 The group is critical after Eikichi's situation after being beaten by Higashino; he has already been in his room for 2 weeks and shows no signs of recovering. Eikichi 39 “Chapter 10: Groping in the Dark, Completely at a Loss, Surrounded by Enemies on All Sides” With Higashino's help, Magatsuhi begins to regain her power. She manages to manifest into a gigantic Sagako, which destroys the team's mansion. Later, she kills Keiji Higashino when he is no longer useful to her. MJ is weak and old. Magatsuhi 5 “Chapter 11: Clash of Spears! What I Can Do for Someone Else!” The Sagako Busters team stays at the Hyodo's house after a Sagako destroys their mansion. Tae prepares for her revenge against Sagako. Busters 24 “Chapter 12: Reminiscence, What I Should Really Do” Late September 1989 The Busters team is ready to continue after their recovery. Cases of missing women in the Takeo region warn of dangerous supernatural activity. Eikichi 48 “Chapter 13: Chase. Unseen Destinations and Writhing Shadows” Early November 1989 Several days have passed since the disappearance of Hakase and Anna, so Eikichi and Tae set out to investigate the disappearances on their own. After meeting Magatsuhi and being kidnapped, Tae realizes that the baby that killed her parents years ago is the girl who is kidnapping women. Tae Gaiden 57 “Chapter 14: If Our Town Prospers, It Will Die. Decline, Recede Like Plants and Trees” The battle against Magatsuhi takes place. The previously sealed Sagakos join the battle, while Anna and Hanako fight with all their might. Tae dies peacefully after willingly merging with Magatsuhi. Yuko is released from her onion. Sagako Tae death “Chapter 15: Adversity! Curses! Pinches! So, What?!” “Chapter 16: Final Destination. Paving the Path for Saga’s Future” End of the Sagako Outbreaks—End of the financial bubble in Japan Early November 1994 5 years have passed since Tae's death. The Sagako have not reappeared and Yuko was freed from her onion, bearing a child. The Sagako Busters group reunites on the 5th anniversary of Tae's death. Gaiden end “Chapter 17: See You Again SAGA” ADVERTISEMENT

    Members

    Tae Yamada—The founder and leader of the group. She calls herself “Saga's Legendary OL (Office Lady)”, but in reality she works at a food stall together with her father. She performs an act of sacrifice to seal Magatsuhi away and end Sagako's curses once and for all. Later, she is revived to become a part of Franchouchou. Hanako Hakase—The weapons specialist and inventor to help her group. Anna Shuri—The self-proclaimed beauty of the group. She is a martial artist who was hired because the team lacked manpower. Yuko Hyodo—Yuko is the girl who has powers to communicate with onions, and it is she who instinctively knows where the Sagakos are and has the power to seal them. Eikichi Hyodo—Yuko's new recruit and replacement. Like his sister, he has the power to communicate with onions and seal the Sagakos. Allies/Partners

    Jofuku—He is the one who raised Tae after her parents were killed and instructed her to destroy the Sagakos. Takeo Go—A giant high school student who was helped by the Sagako Busters, so he could confess to his partner, Sachika. Yasuko Hyodo—She is the mother of the Hyodo twins and helped the team when a giant Sagako destroyed their base of operations. Enemies

    Keiji Higashino—An acquaintance of Anna's, who came to Saga when he was demoted from his position in Tokyo. He poses a risk to the Busters when he hinders their plans to seal the Sagako away. Magatsuhi—The girl who killed Tae's parents and started the Sagako outbreak. She makes a deal with Higashino to get her old power back. Afterwards, she is sealed inside Tae's body. ADVERTISEMENT

    Property

    Base of Operations

    Sagako Busters Mansion—The Sagako Busters used a mansion in Karatsu as the headquarters of their plans, training place, warehouse. It also served as Tae's house. The mansion is destroyed by the spider Sagako, but by the 90s it is rebuilt again. Hanako's Inventions—As an inventor and weapon maker, she has many inventions such as the Del-height and the love potion that are stored in the mansion's rooms. Kotaro van manga 4th generation Toyota HiAce Long Van 2.0 DX RZH112V; 1989 Mode of Transport

    Busters' Van—The model of the truck that the Sagako Busters use is Toyota HiAce (a very similar brand of truck that was driven by Kotaro). And the model of the van they drive is the fourth generation Toyota HiAce which was released in 1989 (the year Gaiden takes place) and is a very different van compared to Kotaro's HiAce. Because Kotaro's truck is actually the 5th generation Toyota HiAce Commuter, Kotaro's truck is much more luxurious and more modern compared to the HiAce of the 80s due to its much boxier design as a more futuristic and modern style than the current HiAce. ADVERTISEMENT

    Trivia

    The group and its name are a reference to the Ghost Busters. The group's base of operations is the mansion where the Franchouchou girls currently live. As well as the makeup and other items in the mansion that were used by the group when it was active. The girls' meeting room was the meeting place to alert about the new Sagako that appeared in Saga.

40. #40Shiori Baba

    Keys: Shiori Baba

    NAME JAPANESE 馬場詩織 ROMANIZED Baba Shiori ENGLISH Shiori Baba CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE 17 GENDER Female OCCUPATION Lead Singer for Iron Frill (Currently) EYES COLOR Grayish purple PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Sora Tokui ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Jad Saxton LESS Shiori History Gallery Shiori Baba [1] (馬場詩織, Baba Shiori) is the current lead singer for Iron Frill, succeeding Ai Mizuno after her death. She serves as a minor antagonist of the Zombie Land Saga series.

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    Shiori has reddish-brown hair that is tied in a relatively long ponytail and grayish-pink eyes. When she goes out in public, she wears casual clothes, a cap, and sunglasses to avoid being recognized on the street.

    Idol

    Shiori's idol outfit during the first season was pretty simple. In the Saga Arena, she wears a dress that resembles a queen, since Iron Frill is considered to be the queens of Tokyo.

    Personality

    Shiori displays a reckless personality, not afraid to say what comes to her mind and quite cocky when proposing or rejecting offers. Although she seems somewhat conceited by her attitude, actually from her perspective she wants to help Ai Mizuno get out of the old-fashioned prefecture of Saga and manage to become a great idol with Iron Frill. But the way she expresses her offer is quite selfish by belittling Franchouchou and telling them that they are nothing compared to her group. Despite this, she shows to have admiration for Ai and wants to overcome what she did to her in her life without having to go through the same fate as her.

    Later, it is shown that her attitude towards Ai is because she admired her since she was a little girl and dreamed of being like Ai. This is highlighted by Yui, who tells her to leave the past behind and focus on what is coming. ADVERTISEMENT

    Etymology

    The name Shiori means “poem” (詩) (shi) and “weave, weaving” (織) (ori). Shiori's surname Baba means “horse” (馬) (ba) and “field, place” (場) (ba). Trivia

    Shiori seems like she had admiration for Ai Mizuno in her lifetime and now wants to get over her. Shiori would be the equivalent of Sakura Minamoto if she hadn't been run over and killed by a truck. This is confirmed in episode 16 as Shiori had admired Ai since she was about 7–8 years old, which explains her attitude to include her in Iron Frill. Shiori's voice actors have both done voice work for other idol anime characters: Her Japanese voice actress voiced Nico Yazawa in Love Live! School Idol Project. Her English voice actress voiced Chika Takami in Love Live! Sunshine!!

41. #41Shojiro Ito

    Keys: Shojiro Ito

    NAME JAPANESE 伊東 正次郎 ROMANIZED Itō Shōjirō ENGLISH Shojiro Ito CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human (Deceased) DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1882 DEATH CAUSE Killed by Yugiri AGE 18-19 HEIGHT 172 cm GENDER Male OCCUPATION Government Spy EYES COLOR Grey RELATIONS OTHERS Kiichi Momozaki (Former best friend) Yugiri (Acquainted;killer) PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Koki Uchiyama ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Adam Gibbs LESS So, Kiichi. Can you tell me that you’re still not going to give up? My job is to observe the lurking rebels in Saga. As long as it ends up just being a kid’s rant, there would be no problem. But, once they’ve crossed the line… I have no other way. This country is still distorted and dangerous, and this is my only way to live. Many people can’t change choose their way of life. Answer me, Kiichi! SHOJIRO ITO TO KIICHI MOMOZAKI, ABOUT SAVING SAGA,

    Shojiro Ito History Gallery Shojiro Ito (伊東 正次郎, Itō Shōjirō) was a minor character introduced in “Episode 20”. He was the former best friend of Kiichi Momozaki before he revealed his identity to the latter as a government spy.

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    Ito seems to be already in his adulthood and knows how to defend himself very well when Yugiri attacked him, so it appears that he received some kind of training. He wears a blue Yukata throughout the episode and classic wooden shoes from the Meiji era. His physical appearance makes him look quite young. His hair is gray as well as his eyes, and he always seems to wear a serious appearance when he is not with Kiichi Momozaki. Personality

    Ito is Kiichi's friend, shown during Yugiri's past in the second season. Two years prior, he caught his attention since he heard of a madman in Saga trying to recover the old prefecture.

    He went to make fun of him, but he ended up feeling sorry for that nobody was paying attention to him. He is always following Kiichi wherever he goes and from time to time they go out to eat or to the park; however, he constantly tries to make Kiichi forget his plan to save Saga for some reason and tells him that he should become a doctor and study because he is very intelligent.

    Ito is shown as someone serious and with charisma who does not want to repeat the war of 1874 and recommends to Kiichi that if he continues like this, he will create a new uproar in Saga. Ito is serious when he realizes that Yugiri is helping him with his plan, and they are getting people from Saga to join the cause.

    He is the only one who seems to tolerate Kiichi, joking with him and fulfilling his dream of restoring Saga. But for a while, it is unknown how genuine this is since he is in Saga to eliminate the insurgents. He would eventually almost kill Kiichi if it weren't for Yugiri's intervention. However, when he dies, it is clear that he did, after all, see something in Kiichi's dream, and dies regretfully that he betrayed his friend.

    Despite assassinating several of the rebels and almost killing Kiichi, deeply Ito always wanted to see him fulfill his objective of saving Saga. But unfortunately for him, his work forced him to avoid new revolts. In the end, Ito was always noble with his actions and showed appreciation for the people he knew to the point of sacrificing himself for Kiichi to build a new Saga. The anime shows his actions as antagonistic towards Saga and Yugiri, but in reality, it was what shaped the prefecture that it is today and led to Yugiri's beheading before her resurrection a couple of centuries later. ADVERTISEMENT

    Abilities

    Natural Abilities

    Enhanced Reflexes—TBA Skillset

    Impersonification—Ito was able to mimic the police officer’s voice to scare Kiichi Momozaki into thinking he was in trouble again. Swordsmanship—As seen in Episode 21, Ito is skilled with the katana to the point of taking down several men much larger than him and assassinating them in the process. Encryption—The letter that Ito throws to the tramp at the end of the episode is encrypted and says the following: If/when the target's supporters gather… I couldn't confirm the target until now. There is a high probability that they will spread from now on. Etymology

    The name Shojiro means “right, proper” (正) (sho), “next” (次) (ji) and “son” (郎) (ro). Shojiro's surname Ito means “that one” (伊) (i) and “east” (東) (to). ADVERTISEMENT

    Trivia

    Ito appears to be a member of the Kenpeitai, the secret police of the Japanese army. Considering they were founded in 1881, just two years before the events of Saga Jihen parts One and Two, it lines up with the timeline and would also explain why Ito was able to defend himself so quickly from Yugiri's chopsticks. He also mentions that he only became friends with Kiichi Momozaki after learning of his political views. With all of this, it doesn't bode well for Kiichi or Yugiri to have attracted his attention. He is named after Kashitaro Ito, an officer of the Shinsengumi.[1] Later it is confirmed that he was part of the government and was sent to Saga to avoid new revolts. Despite murdering rebels and almost killing Kiichi and Yugiri, Ito was only doing his job to get ahead, and as his phrase “The country is corrupt and ruthless” shows some people are forced to do questionable jobs to continue with their life. His full name is known only in the credits; he is addressed solely by his last name on the show itself. The group picture of him, Ito, and Yugiri can be seen resting on one of the shelves in the Jofuku Bar near the end of “Episode 21”. He has many moments that frame him in a rather sinister tone. Yugiri nearly incapacitates him when he enters her house uninvited. He has nothing but a stern look on his face as he blocks her blow with a fan. At the end of his debut, he is seen passing a note to an informant on the streets. He is eventually revealed to be a government agent sent to subdue any attempted armed rebellion. He does it by killing a group of rebellious samurai

42. #42Skull and Bull

    Keys: Skull and Bull

    NAME JAPANESE デスおじ ROMANIZED Desu Oji ENGLISH Skull and Bull CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Humans BIRTHDATE Around 1972-1973 (Approximately) AGE ~47 years (Approximately) GENDER Males BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS OTHERS Franchouchou (Idols) Kotaro Tatsumi (Acquainted) Eikichi Hyodo (Classmate;Formerly) PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Skull: Mitsuaki Kanuka Bull: Setsuji Satō

    ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Skull: Mike McFarland Bull: Cris George

    LESS Skull and Bull History Gallery Skull and Bull[1] (デスおじ, Desu Oji) are a pair of major supporting characters and are two of Franchouchou's first-ever fans. After the girls' performance in the first episode, they are continuously seen in the audience for all their future performances.

    Appearance

    Skull

    He wears a black leather jacket and underneath a purple shirt, pants are made of torn black leather, and he wears black boots too. He has a short black and purple striped skirt. In terms of physical appearance, he is quite skinny, and his face is thin and pale. He wears his neck-length gray hair as part of his hairstyle.

    Despite the fact that he is lanky, he shows great physical ability and flexibility when it comes to fighting.

    Bull

    He has a red shirt that does not fit well with his physique, so he constantly shows his belly. He has a black skirt with pink stripes over gray pants and black boots, just like the other metalhead. When it comes to physical appearance, he is quite fat and chubby. On his cheeks, he has a red star tattooed on a yellow ray. His hair is brown and has the shape of a drop, in addition to wearing ray decorations on it.

    Personalities

    As they are complete outsiders to the idol fandom. They were at first they are confused and irritated when their announced metal concert turns out to be a front for an idol group, only to quickly come to love the girls and their work throughout the series.

    They have stayed with Franchouchou since the first and somewhat disastrous performance at Geils. Even by the time, the girls hit rock bottom in Revenge, these two still refuse to give them up. Taken to another level in the first episode of Revenge, where they team up with Kotaro to animate an encore by Franchouchou, despite the angry crowd that was already beginning to assault Kotaro for his tireless cheers. Even going so far as to fight alongside Kotaro as they outnumbered just so Franchouchou could perform their song without being booed off the stage.

    Bull is noted to be somewhat of a masochist, as when he sees Saki kicking Takeo, he says that this is why Number 2 is the best in his opinion and states that it must be nice for her to kick him while blushing. Trivia

    In the English dub, Skull speaks with a Birmingham accent. The only time the two were not shown together was in “Episode 6” where only Metalhead B is seen taking selfies with the girls in the crowd with Metalhead A nowhere to be found. The only episodes wherein they don’t make appearances during Franchouchou’s performances those days were in “Episode 3” and “Episode 4”. Granted, they were only absent in the third episode, since it being a guerrilla performance meant they had no idea of the event and location. It is revealed in the spin-off manga, Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie, the two are former classmates of Eikichi Hyodo. Funimation's dubbing for season two calls them “Skull and Bull” a reference to the first comedic duo of the show Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Bulk and Skull. Death Metal Fan A's social media is really called Death Metal Fan A as Chapter 28 of the manga confirmed. References

43. #43Takeo Go

    Keys: Takeo Go

    NAME JAPANESE 豪 剛雄 ROMANIZED Gō Takeo ENGLISH Takeo Go ALIASES Big Foot (By classmates) Pappy/Papa (By Lily) Pops (By Saki) Gō-san CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human BIRTHDATE 1974 (Approximately) AGE 50 (Approximately) 15~16 (Gaiden) HEIGHT 220 cm GENDER Male OCCUPATION Office Worker Construction Worker Lily’s manager (Formerly) Minami High School Student (Formerly) EYES COLOR Dark brown BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS FAMILY Sachika (Wife; former classmate) Lily Hoshikawa (Daughter; formerly manager) Unnamed parents OTHERS Franchouchou (Idols) Tae Yamada (Acquainted) Saga Sagako Busters (Friends) INTERESTS HOBBIES Spending time with Lily Watching T.V. Attending Franchouchou’s concerts PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Tsuyoshi Koyama ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Christopher Sabat LESS Takeo Go History Gallery Takeo Go (豪 剛雄, Gō Takeo) is the widowed father and former manager of Lily Hoshikawa and the husband and former classmate of Sachika. He is a supporting character who made his debut in Episode 8.

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    Takeo is a huge, burly man with very small eyes. He has a noticeable self-inflicted scar on his left eye, caused scratching his face in a moment of anger and sadness from the loss of Lily.

    When working, he dons a baby blue high collar utility shirt with a towel on his neckline and/or a hard hat. His facial hair is unshaven and eyebrows are unkempt. Outside of work, he dons a gray vest with a white-collar shirt and a blue tie, while having no facial hair and neat eyebrows.

    Teens

    Takeo's appearance in 1989 is very different from what he is today. It was revealed that he used to be a school delinquent and have dyed hair along with pompadour and was not yet bald.

    Personality

    Present

    Despite his gigantic size and intimidating appearance, Takeo is a genuinely kind and friendly guy to others, and generally a quiet and reserved man. He makes this noticeable at the Franchouchou concert in Episode 8; he remembers the time with Lily Hoshikawa and finally manages to put it behind him.

    He seems to deeply regret how his last words to Lily were derogatory about the fact that Lily was distressed about growing body hair, due to her not wanting to go through puberty. He cries hard after Lily's death, clearly blaming himself for overworking her.

    Teens

    Takeo alias “Big Foot” was the strongest student of his school and of the time. For that very reason, a gang called Q-taro decided to recruit him for his strength. The objective of this gang was to conquer the country and be the kings of the gangs of the time. However, Takeo was only looking for something more powerful, “love”.

    Despite being big and generating fear in people, he is someone with a big heart and shows a lot of affection for people who appreciate him as he really is. Although he has incidents when he tries to confess his love, he keeps trying until he succeeds. Sachika, his future wife, accepts his proposal to marry him in the future.

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    Etymology

    The name Takeo means “sturdy, strength, robust, tough” (剛) (take) and “hero, manly” (雄) (o). Takeo's surname Go means “overpowering, great, powerful, excelling, Australia, fine feathers, writing brush, little” (豪). Trivia

    When Takeo is asked about how the crew came up with his character design, they responded how they “wanted to draw ugly men for a change” which would make others question if Takeo himself is whether or not a human being.[1] As revealed by Lily Hoshikawa in Takeo’s debut episode, he wears size 5XL clothes. Takeo shares the same name as one of the cities located within the Saga Prefecture. He received a head kick from 105lb (ca. 48 kg) Saki that somehow had enough power to knock him over and instantly knock him out. According to Lily, he sang the song “Life” because his wife loved it in life. He is one of the characters that appear in the prequel manga Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie. He studied at Saga Minami High School. Which years later Maimai Yuzuriha would attend. During his stay at school, he was mistaken for a Sagako due to his large size. During Chapter 6, he has trouble confessing to Sachika because of a Sagako who avoids him every time he tries. But, he didn't give up due to his bad luck and thanks to the Saga Sagako Busters he manages to declare his love for her. When he was born, his parents mistook him for a demon because of his large size and large face; hence his parents called him Takeo, in honor of his large size. Despite being acquainted with Tae Yamada, he did not seem to recognize her during his first meeting with Franchouchou, despite noting the similarities between “Number 6” and his late daughter.

44. #44White Ryu

    Keys: White Ryu

    NAME JAPANESE ホワイト竜 ROMANIZED Howaitoryū ENGLISH White Ryu CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE Around 60s HEIGHT 178 cm GENDER Male OCCUPATION Rock Star (Retired) Radio Host in Saga FM (Retired) EYES COLOR Black BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture INTERESTS HOBBIES Radio Hosting PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Hakuryu ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Tony Oliver LESS Not knowing where you belong is rough on anyone. But, it’s times like that, you gotta keep your eyes and ears open. One day, you’ll find somebody who feels the same way you do. I’m talking to you, right now, aren’t I? That means you’re not alone. You might forget all about me after tonight, but still, connecting with you over the airwaves is something I’ll remember for life. The next time you start to feel like you’re alone in the world, you’ll have this place to come back to. WHITE RYU, DURING HIS RADIO SHOW,

    White Ryu History Gallery White Ryu (ホワイト竜, Howaitoryū) is Saki Nikaido’s childhood idol who inspired her to become the person she is today from when she was in middle school. He is a minor character who made his debut in “The SAGA of an Almost-Broken Radio”.

    Appearance

    Young

    A fairly athletic man in his 35s. He has peculiar long hair and a retro look that stands out from the rest of the artists; his pompadour is extremely long and stocky.

    Present

    Regardless of the era, White Ryu proudly sports a hairstyle with a pompadour and sunglasses. His hairstyle, straight in the 90s, falls on his face, he has to push it with his hand to show his face. With age, his hair changes from dark brown to a grayish color. In 2019, White Ryu is older than he was at the beginning of his career and his face is slightly wrinkled, Lily finds White Ryu's appearance cheesy while Saki discovers that he hasn't changed almost anything since the 90s.

    Personality

    Although at first glance he seems the typical conceited artist who thinks of himself, he is a good guy who continues to maintain his style from when he was mostly seen and constantly tries to give a message to people about finding their way and making others shine. Although his advice is out of date, he always tries to strive to find the path that leads to the truth and likes to guide and inspire others. In his debut episode, he shows his cool personality by leaving Saki his legacy of continuing on the radio because he knows that Saga needs new energy. Etymology

    White Ryu and Hakuryu literally translate to “White Dragon”, Ryu means dragon in Japanese, and Haku means white. Trivia

    His appearance and demeanor are in many ways based on satire of the Japanese youth motorcycle gangs “Bosozoku”, which were popular from the 70s to the 90s and to which female part Saki and Reiko belonged to. White Ryu's character is inspired by the real Japanese singer and actor Hakuryu. The latter interprets the character and the song “Do You Hate Windy Days?”. He also participated in the first announcement trailer for Zombie Land Saga Revenge, in July 2019, where he plays a mysterious character who wishes to take revenge. Hakuryu is quite known for his Yakuza movies and his collection of sunglasses. Hakuryu is from Imari, a city located in Saga Prefecture. In Episode 24, Ryu is seen arriving in Saga with the US military, but they carry a blue US flag, indicating that they came from international aid. For the origin of the character White Ryu, it was decided that he would not be an ordinary person, but someone who would turn out to be cool and passionate. A person who anyone would think is rare at first glance. Perfect qualities for Saki, who, like her, doesn't care what others say. Navigation

45. #45Yasuko Hyodo

    Keys: Yasuko Hyodo

    NAME JAPANESE 兵頭靖子 ROMANIZED Hyōdō Yasuko ENGLISH Yasuko Hyodo CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE Around 50 years old GENDER Female OCCUPATION Onion farmer BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS FAMILY Eikichi Hyodo (Son) Yuko Hyodo (Daughter) Unnamed son-in-law Unnamed granddaughter Unnamed husband INTERESTS HOBBIES Cooking Farming LESS Yasuko Hyodo (兵頭靖子, Hyōdō Yasuko) is the mother of the Hyodo twins and is a minor character. She tends to the family onion farm.

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    She is a lady of approximately 50 years of age. She is small. Her hair is short and white. She always wears an apron to cook and clean the onions from her farm. Personality

    She is very nice to everyone and is willing to help if needed. She worries about her children and stops Eikichi from smoking because she considers it a bad influence. Despite loving her children very much, she knows that there are things that it is better for the Busters group to intervene with.

    When Yuko turned into an onion, she knew it was best left to the group to sort it out. She also doesn't seem to have been worried about Eikichi's kidnapping and him being out of the house, living with strangers for months. Although this seems to have an explanation in the Busters' food bribe. History

    Chapter 1

    She appears at the beginning of the story to ask Eikichi where his sister is and later scold him for smoking. When the Busters arrive, she answers the door and is unopposed as Eikichi is taken away.

    Chapter 2

    The group of Sagako Busters tells her that they will teach Eikichi to behave and have manners, to which Yasuko gives them the green light.

    Chapter 12

    After a giant Sagako destroys the mansion they were in, Eikichi goes to his mother to ask to stay while they recover. Seeing the state of the group, she makes a big dinner for the new guests.

    Chapter 13

    After a month of serving the Busters team, she says goodbye to the group and her son. However, she is also worried about the news report and fears that something will happen to the group.

    Chapter 17

    Despite spending 5 years, she continues to run the farm with her husband. On Tae's anniversary day, she receives Anna and Hanako at her house to meet up with the rest of the team later. As a good mother, she has maternal instincts and worries about Anna's safety in her new job as a police officer, but she tells her that she doesn't have to worry.

46. #46Yui

    Keys: Yui

    NAME JAPANESE ゆい ROMANIZED Yui ENGLISH Yui CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human AGE 16-17 GENDER Female OCCUPATION Member of Iron Frill EYES COLOR Green PORTRAYAL VOICE ACTOR Chisa Kaneko ENGLISH VOICE ACTOR Kate Bristol Yui History Gallery Yui (ゆい, Yui) is one of the members of the famous pop group, Iron Frill and is a supporting character in Zombie Land Saga.

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    Yui has pale blonde, jaw-length hair, and pale-green eyes. Her clothing is usually simple, such as a blue dress with a single character on it that she wore in “Pure-hearted Electric SAGA”.

    Idol

    As is often the case with Japanese idol groups, she wore a simple outfit but with prominent cloth pauldrons on the shoulders in the Saga Arena.

    Personality

    Yui's personality thus far has been generally bubbly like the rest of Iron Frill, but with a suspicious streak. She questioned Shiori's motivations to unilaterally invite a new member to their group, suspecting that she was doing so purely for her nostalgia for their old center performer and admonishing Shiori that their center is in the past.

47. #47Yuko Hyodo

    Keys: Yuko Hyodo

    NAME JAPANESE 兵動 裕子 ROMANIZED Hyōdō Yūko ENGLISH Yuko Hyodo CHARACTERISTICS STATUS Human-Sagako Hybrid (Currently) Onion (Formerly) Human (Formerly) BIRTHDATE Around 1973 AGE 16 (1989) 21 (1994) HEIGHT 165 cm (5'5") (1989) GENDER Female OCCUPATION High school student Farmhand at Hyodo Family Farm Member of Saga Sagako Busters EYES COLOR Gold BIRTHPLACE Saga Prefecture RELATIONS FAMILY Eikichi Hyodo (Older twin brother) Yasuko Hyodo (Mother) Unnamed husband Unnamed daughter OTHERS Saga Sagako Busters (Co-workers) Tae Yamada (Leader) Junko Konno (Idol) Niji-no matsubara Sagako (Fused with) INTERESTS HOBBIES Growing onions Turning onions into good luck charms Idols[1] LESS Yuko Hyodo History Relationships Gallery Yuko Hyodo (兵動 裕子, Hyōdō Yūko) is Eikichi's sister and the top beauty of the high school. She is in charge of purifying Sagako's curse. As a result of being fatally injured in a battle with a Sagako, she had to be substituted by her brother as a member of the Sagako Busters.

    She is a character introduced in the Zombie Land Saga Gaiden: The First Zombie spin-off manga.

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    Yuko is a high school girl, so she wears a high school outfit consisting of a knee-length light blue skirt and a dark blue jacket with a collared shirt underneath. Her hair and eyes are golden, and her hair is quite long and straight.

    In terms of her physical appearance, Yuko is quite a weak girl in combat. When she is dressed as Sagako Buster, she wears a white uniform and some additional accessories. Her height was the same as her twin brother, Eikichi, before merging with Sagako. Already fused, she reveals huge antlers of the Sagako Niji-no matsubara, which are then cut with an electric saw. Personality

    Yuko is a pretty good girl, even winning awards at her school for attendance and having the highest grades. Unlike her brother, who was mediocre at everything, she was the ideal girl both in her school and on the farm.

    She tried to protect Saga from the curses and also her brother's life at all costs, even giving her life in exchange for it. She has something altruistic about the selfless actions she takes in trying to protect her and Saga's brother's daily lives at the expense of her own.

    Being familiar with the Sagako, she can more easily understand their motives and their emotions at the time of being sealed. Even sealed, she lovingly treats the onions with Sagako inside so that one day her feelings will pass to them, and it will be possible to communicate with Sagako.

    When she met Tae, she promised that she would not let any Sagako harm people. Even when she was a child, she showed her bravery by defending Tae from a Sagako. Thanks to this, the two started working together at Karatsu Burger when the place was about to close due to low sales, bringing prosperity and fame to the place. Tae, who only had revenge and grudge in her heart, sees in Yuko the feelings she never thought she felt, which inevitably made her become attached to Yuko.

    As the good sister that she is, she cares a lot for her older brother and always encourages him to keep going even though he usually puts himself down. She knows that he has potential and will continually try to help her brother achieve his goals. After being freed from the onion, she reveals that she has seen and heard all the struggles her brother had throughout his journey in Sagako Busters Saga, being grateful and proud of her older brother. ADVERTISEMENT

    Abilities

    Skillset

    Harvesting—In the day, Yuko was a farmer on her family farm, and she was responsible for the harvests of the onions that grew on them to sell them. Some onions she also kept as a charm. Enhanced Intelligence—Being the opposite of her brother, she was highly intelligent in school and popular with her class, which subsequently earned her several accolades. Unique Abilities

    Exorcism—She had a unique ability to permanently exorcise the Sagakos thanks to the use of onions grown on her farm. The Hyodo twins have access to this ability, being able to seal Sagako using the onions from their farm. Yuko specialized in this during her time as Sagako Buster. Etymology

    The name Yuko means “abundant” (裕) (yu) and “child” (子) (ko). Yuko's surname Hyodo means “soldier, warrior” (兵) (hyo) and “dynamic, motion, change, confusion” (動) (do). Pine Sagako Yuko Yuko now merged with Sagako ADVERTISEMENT

    Trivia

    Tae Yamada says that Yuko does the purification ritual for miko (巫女 の 禊). The reason Tae thinks it's ridiculous for a child to do it is that miko (shrine maidens) are traditionally young maidens. It's part of the Shinto tradition, and the overall story is infused with Shinto vibes. In literature, manga, and anime, miko are often portrayed as heroines who fight evil spirits, demons, and ghosts. Junko Konno is revealed to be the idol of Yuko Hyodo and the reason why the latter wanted to become idols alongside Tae, as revealed in the thirteenth chapter of the spin-off manga. She, alongside Tae, are the only humans to have been fused with Sagako. In her case, she was unintentionally fused with the Niji-no matsubara Sagako after she sealed it away in an onion whilst sacrificing her own body. After being freed from the onion, it is revealed that she absorbed the Sagako's antlers. It is revealed in the last chapter that she is now married and has a daughter, possibly a cast member of the anime.

48. #48Saga Prefecture

    Keys: Saga Prefecture

    NAME JAPANESE 佐賀県 ENGLISH Saga Prefecture ROMANIZED Saga-ken GEOGRAPHY AREA 2,440.68 km² ISLAND Kyushu REGION Kyushu SUBDIVISIONS Districts: 6, Municipalities: 20 CHARACTERISTICS GOVERNOR Yoshinori Yamaguchi POPULATION 809,248 DENSITY 330/km² CAPITAL Saga City SYMBOLS Bird: Black-billed magpie (Pica pica) Flower: Camphor blossom (Cinnamomum camphora) Tree: Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora) LESS I know Saga from top to bottom, everything there is to know. KOTARO, BLUFFING TO AI,

    The Saga Prefecture (佐賀県, Saga-ken) is located on the north side of Kyushu Island, Japan. The prefecture is the main setting for the events of the Zombie Land Saga anime series.

    Description (Real Life)

    History

    In ancient times, the area composed of Nagasaki Prefecture and Saga Prefecture was called Hizen Province. The current name dates from the Meiji Restoration. Rice farming culture has prospered here since ancient times, and vestiges can be seen at the ruins of Nabatake in Karatsu and the Yoshinogari site in Yoshinogari.

    Feudal Period

    From the Kamakura period to the Muromachi period, it is thought that over 100 feudal clans existed. Also exerting great influence during this time was a samurai clan operating along the Genkai Sea called the Matsuratō. Upon entering the Sengoku period, the Ryūzōji clan expanded their control to include all of the Hizen and Chikugo Provinces, and part of the Higo and Chikuzen Provinces. After the death of daimyō Takanobu Ryūzōji, Naoshige Nabeshima took control of the political situation, and by 1607 all of the Ryūzōji clan's domain was under the control of the Nabeshima clan.

    In the Edo period, this area was called the Saga Domain, and it included three sub-domains: the Hasunoike, Ogi, and Kashima Domains. Also within the current borders of Saga Prefecture during this time were the Karatsu Domain and two territories of the Tsushima-Fuchū Domain. Saga Domain and its sub-domains continued to be ruled by the Nabeshima clan, its various illegitimate family lineages, and members of the former Ryūzōji clan. Politically, the area was relatively stable. However, the cost of defending Nagasaki was increasing and difficult from the start. The financial situation was worsened by the great Kyōhō famine and the Siebold Typhoon of 1828. Nevertheless, due to the large area of reclaimed land from the Ariake Sea arable land was able to increase significantly and by the 1840s the annual koku of Saga Domain increased to about 670,000, twice that of 200 years before.

    Around the middle of the 19th century, Naomasa Nabeshima strove to set right the domain's financial affairs, reduce the number of government officials, and encourage local industries such as Arita porcelain, green tea, and coal. Also, thanks to the proximity of the international port of Nagasaki, new technologies were introduced from overseas, such as the reverberatory furnace and models of steam locomotives.

    After the Boshin War, many people from Saga Domain assisted in the Meiji Restoration. In the Meiji era the modernization of coal mines in Kishima and Higashimatsuura districts, among others, progressed, bolstered by the construction of railroads.

    Geography

    Kyushu's prefecture, Saga, is located on the northwest corner of the island, bordered by the Genkai Sea and the Tsushima Strait to the north and the Ariake Sea to the south. Saga's proximity to mainland Asia has made it an important gateway for the transmission of culture and trade throughout Japanese history. Largely rural outside of the two largest cities of Saga and Karatsu, agricultural and forested lands comprise over 68% of the total prefectural land area. There are six prefectural parks and one quasi-national park in Saga.

    Notable Cities and Towns

    Cities and Towns Flag of Imari Saga Flag of Kanzaki Saga Flag of Karatsu Saga Flag of Kashima Saga Imari (伊万里市, Imari-shi) Kanzaki (神埼市, Kanzaki-shi) Karatsu (唐津市, Karatsu-shi) Kashima (鹿島市, Kashima-shi) Flag of Ogi Saga Flag of Saga Saga Flag of Takeo Saga Flag of Taku Saga Ogi (小城市, Ogi-shi) Saga (佐賀市, Saga-shi) Takeo (武雄市, Takeo-shi) Taku (多久市, Taku-shi) Flag of Tosu Saga Flag of Ureshino Saga Flag of Arita Saga Tao Zuqiao 2 Tosu (サガン鳥栖, Sagan Tosu) Ureshino (嬉野市, Ureshino-shi) Arita (有田町, Arita-chō) Okawachiyama (大川内村, Ōkawachi-mura)

    Description (Zombie Land Saga Universe)

    History

    255 BC

    TBA

    1870-1883

    During the Bakumatsu, the Saga prefecture was Westernized faster than other places in Japan, so it was a key place during the reform. But after the samurai revolts in 1874 and the defeats of the wars, its glory remained in the past. By 1876 Saga Prefecture had been divided between Mizuma and Nagasaki, which completely erased it from the map. [1]

    After the war, Kiichi Momozaki was orphaned and taken in by Jofuku to restore Saga Prefecture in later years. After 10 years of attempts, Yugiri arrives in Saga and meets Kiichi in the city park. With Yugiri's help, he speaks out to take back Saga Prefecture, which attracts Saga's former ruling class, who want to take back the prefecture in a non-peaceful way. This triggers a revolt in the prefecture, which leads to its rising from the ashes In 1883.[2]

    1989-1999

    Saga succumbs to the plague of curses called Sagako, which are a manifestation of Saga's curse that wants to prevent Saga from prospering and being successful. However, a group of brave warriors are willing to fight against this scourge, giving their lives in exchange for Saga's sake. The Saga Sagako Busters are the group in charge of dealing with the manifestations of the curse, and with the help of Jofuku, They are responsible for preventing the curse from taking people's lives and making Saga prosperous.

    2018-2020

    During this time, Saga suffers from constant depopulation and threatens to become depopulated. Kotaro Tatsumi gathers a group of zombie girls to bring back attention to Saga being a group of successful idols, causing Saga to have something that people cannot forget.

    After the severe flooding in the prefecture in 2020, Franchouchou, with the help of Kotaro's promotion and Ookoba, make everyone turn their eyes to Saga and the disaster that befell. This not only helps revive the prefecture, but also helps those dignified by the floods. [3]

    2020-present

    Unknown.

    The Curse of SAGA

    The curse takes different forms over time. For example, during the Meiji era, the curse manifested itself by tricking people into leading to war and destruction. At the end of the eighties, when there was a period of relative normality, the curse was embodied by Sagako, curses with physical forms that terrified the inhabitants of Saga. Currently, the curse appears as natural disasters and/or strange accidents that point to Franchouchou's ascension.

    Franchouchou itself was created by Kotaro Tatsumi as part of his Zombie Land Saga project, designed and ultimately to defeat the curse and thus save Saga. Because the curse promises to kill any individual who can bring glory to Saga, the project is Kotaro's attempt to circumvent its power by producing an idol group made up entirely of undead zombies.

    Now, that the curse realizes it can't kill the dead, it targets the only living member. The curse already tried to kill Kotaro by attacking him near the sea and through the huge object that fell into the EFS, but in both circumstances, Kotaro survived. Now death will target the Saga itself, creating the Sagapocalypse. In episode 13, Kotaro said, “Is this hell?” which can be interpreted as “Is this the curse that is trying to stop us?”

    In the last two episodes, Kotaro will desperately attempt to keep the saga together so that the girls can finally save Saga at the EFS concert. Gallery

    Detailed map of Saga Prefecture (Anime) Detailed map of Saga Prefecture (Anime) Trivia

    The anime's title, Zombie Land Saga, refers both to the saga (story) of the idol pop group made up of zombies and to the prefecture itself. As such, each episode has the word “Saga” included somewhere in the title. In real life, Jofuku did come to Saga and found the elixir of immortality in one of the mountains of the prefecture, which caused the wrath of a Chinese demigod. During Franchouchou's concert “Zombie Land Saga LIVE ~Franchouchou Saga, come with me~!” donations were opened to help with repairs after the floods in August 2020, raising 1.8 million yen (US $16,000) [4] The Saga Prefecture emblem is pretty similar to the emblem of the fictional SCP foundation. Some users theorize that the Saga Prefecture government is some kind of organization that is aware of supernatural activity in the prefecture. However, in real life, this is nothing more than a coincidence. It is revealed in the spin-off manga that if a Sagako were to be taken outside of the prefecture's borders, it will explode, resulting to its demise. Similarly, this is also hinted to be the case for Zombies in Kotaro Tatsumi's dialogue in “The Acoustic SAGA of Love and Youth” about rejecting work for Ai Mizuno that involves going outside of Saga. References

49. #49Saga City

    Keys: Saga City

    NAME JAPANESE 佐賀市 ENGLISH Saga City ROMANIZED Saga-shi CHARACTERISTICS POPULATION 232,736 AREA 431.84 km² POPULATION DENSITY 540/km² MAYOR Toshiyuki Hideshima SYMBOLS Tree—Gingko Flower—Cherry blossom (sakura)

    Saga City (佐賀市, Saga-shi) is the capital city of Saga Prefecture, located on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Saga was the capital of the Saga domain in the Edo period and the largest city in the ancient province of Hizen.

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    In real life

    Saga is located in the southeastern part of Saga Prefecture. After the 2005 merger, the city became very long from north to south, skirting the Ariake Sea to the south and Fukuoka prefecture to the southeast and north. The northern half of the city contains the Sefuri Mountains. Saga can also be considered within the Greater Fukuoka metropolitan area and, by extension, the Fukuoka-Kitakyushu metropolitan area.

    On April 1, 1889, the modern municipal system was established and the city of Saga was founded. At the same time, the current region of the city is occupied by 21 villages from three districts.

    On October 1, 2007, the cities of Higashiyoka, Kawasoe, and Kubota (all of the Saga district) were incorporated into Saga. (population: approximately 240,000; area: 431.42 km2) The Saga district was dissolved as a result of this merger.

    In the series

    The city of Saga is one of the main cities where anime events are held, especially the GEILS death metal concerts of Franchouchou, or for its part, most of the main events of the series together with the city of Karatsu. Also, here is the New Jofuku bar that Kotaro frequently visits when he has doubts about the Zombie Land Saga Project.

50. #50Drive-In Tori

    Keys: Drive-In Tori

    NAME JAPANESE ドライブイン鳥 ENGLISH Drive-In Tori ROMANIZED Doraibuin tori CHARACTERISTICS FIRST APPARITION Episode 5 LOCATION Imari City TYPE Fast Food Chain INAUGURATION 1981

    Drive-In Tori (ドライブイン鳥, Doraibuin Tori) is a chicken joint that Saki Nikaido and her best friend, Reiko Amabuki, were big fans of when the former was alive.

    This is where Franchouchou shoot their first commercial collab.

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    Real Life

    This chicken restaurant is famous for its best yakitori menus (grilled chicken and vegetable skewers) and chicken rice. Locally grown vegetables and other ingredients are mainly used so that people can enjoy the taste of local food. It can alleviate travel fatigue and restore energy in the private room.[1]

    Anime

    Drive-In Tori is the place Franchouchou visits in Episode 5. It is a chicken restaurant that Saki and her best friend Reiko Amabuki visited with her gang when Saki was alive. The girls do a commercial here to promote the group.

    In the manga, Kotaro visits the place and accidentally mistakes a man for the president of Drive-In Tori, and he takes him for a walk through a town in Saga where they sell squid.

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