Episode 7

"After all, you girls are zombies, not robots."

But It's Zombiemental SAGA is the seventh episode of Zombieland Saga.

Synopsis
Junko continues to refuse to participate in Saga Rock, jeopardizing the group's plans and future.

Duet
The episode begins with the group discussing Junko's lack, since it takes two weeks isolated from the rest, although they give ideas to be able to float, in all Junko and the group itself would be affected shortly. Sakura goes to Kotaro asking for help but this is done saying that they solve it themselves.

With Saga Rock around the corner, the group is running out of ideas, but because in the presentation, Junko is essential in the duet with Ai.

Interceding
Kotaro, fed up with the situation, violently intercedes on the subject, taking out the door and knocking out Junko in the process, who after coming back to herself, talks to Kotaro, who makes her see that the image of Idols 80's no longer applied in the Currently, but at the same time it was good that she defended her principles and that she looked for the way in which she could bring her way of being with her way of being. Also at this point Kotaro reveals the way Ai died and the effort she is making to carry the situation forward. Before leaving, Kotaro leaves her a small but significant gift.

Being the day of the Saga Rock, the girls cannot continue waiting for Junko and decide to leave, after a few seconds Junko appears determined to go, surprisingly, she is run over by Kotaro. She stands up even more determined, saying ''"I'm ... going ... because ... I'm an idol, I'm the idol Showa ... Junko Konno!". The girls run to hug her and congratulate her.''

Saga Rock
FranChouChou is waiting for her turn for the show, at the same time the weather turns against her, a small storm started, anyway the girls go up on stage with a reduced audience due to the weather. Saki begins the presentation of the group followed by the song Atsuku Nare but at the beginning Ai begins to hesitate due to her fear of lightning, Junko helps her by getting her to regain her confidence and continue with the show.

At the end of the song the stage is struck by lightning, the FranChouChou appear to be unharmed but take on a peculiar bluish glow in addition to a synthesized tone of voice (apparently thanks to the lightning), the performance continues as the audience stares in awe, the performance concludes with " Mezame Returner" (Lightning Version). Saga Rock concludes with the FranChouChou being acclaimed by the public.

Characters

 * Sakura Minamoto
 * Saki Nikaido
 * Ai Mizuno
 * Junko Konno
 * Yugiri
 * Lily Hoshikawa
 * Tae Yamada
 * Romero
 * Shiori
 * Shinta Okoba
 * Kotaro Tatsumi

Synopsis according to Kotaro's diary
The appearance in an outdoor musical event "Saga Rock" has been decided .

But as always, Junko looks like a slug.

It is not because the sunglasses cover me.

''The members seem restless, the pressure on Ai is getting stronger ... Rock Saga Is the weather forecast for storms this day? The clouds have literally become suspicious.''

First of all, I don't want to get wet, so I'm going to bed today ~.

Trivia

 * Junko grows "mushrooms" on her head during her isolated time, referring to her low mood.
 * Saga Rock is a real event, held every year in Saga.


 * After being hit by a truck by Kotaro, Junko finally lets go of the trauma and stands up alone while having a display of greatness.


 * During her performance at the Saga Rock Festival, the stage is struck by lightning in the middle of her performance, destroying almost the entire stage in the process and electrifying the girls, giving them an unnatural glow that somehow also allows them to shoot lightning bolts laser from the fingers and autotuning the voices. Yes, it is as amazing as it sounds.
 * The CG was very stiff, boring, and low-resolution in the performances of episodes 3 and 4; but why has the CG suddenly become brighter and smoother in this one? It's an empathetic CG! This is the first time that the girls (minus Tae) have performed in tune with each other as professional idols where they had been a fragmented scene and in internal conflict. The level of detail in their performances coincides with the group's progress as idols.

Funny information

 * Junko pouts in her room to the point where mushrooms are growing on her head.
 * Saki asks the girls for advice. All of them. Including Tae, who offers a growl of wisdom.
 * Saki says that she is going to make some sense to Junko, but Sakura points out that it won't work, making Saki feel angry and says she won't. Lily asks which one it is, and Saki moans in exasperation.
 * Sakura suggests asking Kotaro to help the girls solve their problems, while Saki advises against doing so. This predictably leads to ...
 * Kotaro: find out for yourself, damn zombie.
 * Saki: I told you.
 * Romero is on the roof, howling at the moon ... and Tae is up there too, howling along with him.
 * Kotaro makes a great dynamic inning, knocking out poor Junko.
 * Kotaro: Damn mother! Zombies are supposed to be on the other side of the barricades, you idiot!
 * Or from the English dub:
 * Kotaro: Heeeeere's Kotaro! Barricades are supposed to keep zombies out, sad little sack!
 * Near the end of the practice montage, Ai literally falls apart ... and begins to gather carelessly, assuring everyone that her old practice sessions used to be just as bad. Far from screaming terror at Tae in the first episode.
 * When Junko jumps onto the road to join the gang, Kotaro almost invokes Episode 1 by hitting her with the truck, giving Sakura an involuntary déjà vu.
 * Even better is that we have a picture of Kotaro and he's going crazy to show it was a total accident. He tries to smooth it out by making Junko stand up as something like that shouldn't stop her.
 * Just before the girls start their first live concert, Kotaro sprays them with a spray that is supposed to make them waterproof. Saki tells lies when he reads it's a shoe shine spray.
 * That somehow works.
 * Lily gives us a visual indication that she's nervous with her heart beating out of her chest, which Sakura notices, and tries to hide it.
 * Saki enters the Great Ham mode with Tae following her. Tae somehow manages to apologize in zombie-speak.
 * Tae: Oh s'ry.

Comforting

 * Although everyone is understandably concerned about Junko, Saki takes a moment to ask Ai how she is. She cares for all members of her team, especially after hearing what happened to her in the past.
 * Kotaro, of all people, sits down with Junko and explains how things have changed and how she can be who and what she wants to be. It is one of the rare moments when he casts aside his usual character of being an asshole to help girls.
 * He also reveals that he knew about them using his computer without their permission. Considering that Ai mentions that she has successfully done it many times in the previous episode, it's easy to believe that Kotaro decided to let them get away with it.
 * Junko emerges in the final moment, jumping onto the mansion's iron door and being crushed by the truck. After standing up after all that to declare that she is an idol, what do girls do? Welcome her with a group hug.
 * Tae spends a bit imitating Saki, adorably. The other girls note that Saki is truly becoming a true leader.
 * For that matter, the fact that Tae is slowly but surely acting more and more human.
 * Six little words: "Don't worry, I'll back you up." And both times they are said, it is clear that everything is forgiven and the show will continue.
 * The smile that constantly grows on Ai's face throughout the performance as her fears and doubts about her death and new life are resolved.
 * Kotaro looks with genuine pride at the girls after their crowd-winning performance.
 * At the end of the episode, Franchouchou has accomplished exactly what everyone hoped for: to become the best musical sensation in the Saga. The most overwhelmed by it all is Sakura, whose lost memories don't play down the fact that she's finally living the dream she always wanted, and breaks down into Tears of Joy once her performance is done. Ai and Junko lend her shoulders with smiles and words of support.

Source of nightmares

 * Ai tries so hard that he begins to hallucinate on lightning. Bad enough for an ordinary girl, but as a zombie she has been shown to be able to endure all night. Even Saki is disturbed, trying to get her to relax a little, but, no, Ai can't focus on anything else.

You will cry?

 * Ai reveals that she died just as her group's CD became a bestseller, feeling that she died just as her career took off. Echoing Junko's words in the last episode, she became the idol she wanted to be when she died. It really shows how Ai and Junko died too young.
 * Ai, who until recently was the most resistant to the idea of ​​acting with Franchouchou, suddenly becomes the most motivated of the entire group for the Saga Rock performance to be successful. Why? She reading on Internet almost explained that her death was a deep nail in the coffin of idol popularity in her days. In essence, for her, the end result of her career was the death of the hopes and dreams of the idols represented in her time, the furthest from what she always wanted. Check the line from the previous episode "That's not the kind of legend I wanted" and you can easily conclude that the new zeal is aimed at changing the outcome of her tragedy.
 * When Iron Frill is done, we get a flashback of Ai with Iron Frill and it seems that none of the members from Ai's time are still with the group (proven in a CD brochure naming both sets of members). It is a good show of how long it has been.
 * While it's probably because real-life idol groups tend to eliminate members as they age, it's also possible that they've never made it past Ai's death. Those girls were more than her teammates, but her friends and the idea of ​​continuing to sing without Ai was too much to bear.
 * Just when Franchouchou has to act, it starts to rain. Ai trembles with fear and desperately tries to sing when lightning begins to strike.

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