Chapter 12: Reminiscence, What I Should Really Do

Chapter 12: Reminiscence, What I Should Really Do (追憶. 私が本当にすべきこと.  Tsuioku. Watashi ga hontōni subeki koto) is the twelfth chapter of the spin-off manga series of Zombie Land Saga, titled “Zombie Land Saga Side Story: The First Zombie”.

Manga Link
https://cubari.moe/read/gist/cmF3L2pwczEyMjYvWm9tYmllbGFuZFNhZ2FHYWlkZW4vbWFpbi9DdWJhcmlDb2RlLmpzb24/12/1/

Sypnosis
An old and well-known Sagako endangers the city, Tae is willing to exact her revenge for what happened that day.

Plot
In the middle of a storm and with Keiji's body on the pavement, Tae prepares to fight with a piece of rubble from her mansion, her look expresses revenge before such a creature. The fight between them is intense and both Tae and Sagako are seriously injured as a result, Sagako manages to free Tae from her by throwing her quite far against a post, an action that leaves her immobilized and much more injured. Anna helps her and takes her to a park so they can heal their wounds and be protected from the rain, Tae refuses to go to a hospital because she doesn't consider it necessary, Hanako also reminds them that they don't have health insurance and that they stayed homeless, which means they will have to find a place to stay temporarily.

Eikichi takes the team to his parents' house where they can rest and eat quietly, Eikichi's parents serve the group a large welcome meal and casually talk about the state of Yuko and the team. Already at night the Sagako Busters prepare to sleep, Tae highlights the fact that she would have wanted to have a family that worried about her, since she couldn't have one because of the Sagako, who murdered her parents. Around a decade ago, Tae's parents worked as folklorists and were busy almost all day, Tae's grandmother took care of her until the day she died. She spent all day alone at home, which she quite hated. One day her mother found a strange creature, something that resembled a baby, which caused a lot of problems for Tae's parents since they were raising it in the laboratory of their university, all this while Tae spent the days alone at home.

On Tae's birthday, her parents come home early to bring her birthday present and Tae is excited because they remembered that day, excitedly asking when they will finish their project so that the three of them can spend time together. Tae's gift is a stuffed rabbit that her parents found in a store and that they recorded to the child they were raising, a comment that makes Tae angry, who is already tired of hearing about that strange creature that her parents are raising and she explodes in anger against her parents wanting them to abandon that project. That was Tae's request, that her parents abandon that project, but her parents returned to the labs in anger in response. Later that same day, several people from the health department arrive at her house from the government looking for a strange organism in Tae's parents' house, Tae manages to hide a photo that her parents have with that baby and evades the health workers, whom she hears going to the university where her parents work. Realizing what's going on, Tae quickly runs off to tell her parents about them as she hears more details about the investigation they're conducting. When she arrives at the university there are already several guards trying to take the baby from Mrs. Yamada, who tells them that this creature is just a baby. In a matter of a few seconds the baby transforms into a huge spider-like Sagako, killing Tae's parents in the process.

Without a return to the past and with Tae's parents dead, Tae regrets everything that happened. Several days later she is found by Jofuku while wandering the city in dirty and torn clothes, Jofuku adopts her as his daughter and trains her to fight against the growing number of curses in Saga. Now she is the one who must take responsibility for Sagako and its aftermath. This is Tae's redemption.

Humans

 * Saga Sagako Busters
 * Tae Yamada
 * Jofuku
 * Eikichi Hyōdo
 * Anna Shuri
 * Hanako Hakase
 * Keiji Higashino
 * Yasuko Hyōdo
 * Mr Yamada
 * Mrs Yamada

Sagako

 * Giant Spider Sagako

Locations

 * Saga Prefecture
 * Hyodo's House
 * Yamada's House
 * Saga university
 * ZLS offices

Trivia

 * It is the first time that the birth of a Sagako can be seen, specifically the Giant Spider Sagako.
 * Tae is the 2nd Franchouchou character with known parents, appearing in this chapter.

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