Episode 24

""Don’t even bother asking God for help, he’s already abandoned us a damn long time ago!""

“The Greatest SAGA in History” (史上最大の SAGA Shijō Saidai no SAGA) is the twelfth and final episode of the second season of Zombie Land Saga and the twenty-fourth episode overall.

Synopsis (Kotaro’s Diary)
"Kotaro Tatsumi will never give up. I will definitely succeed at the "Franchouchou" EEF Concert. I will have them come back on stage. I don't need tears there. There is only one flame of revenge that burns to hell. This is the greatest revenge in Saga's Story This is the beginning of a long battle called "Project Zombie Land Saga".

Plot
With Okoba's help, Kotaro convinces the governor of Saga to focus repair efforts around Tosu to enable public travel to Ekimae Fudōsan Stadium, arguing that Franchouchou's charity concert will assist in unifying Saga. Meanwhile, Saki gathers Franchouchou to promote the concert over their radio show, encouraging anyone who hears it to attend. On the day of the concert, Franchouchou arrives on foot at the stadium to find it seemingly empty until people from across Japan begin filling in, the girls' broadcast having gained international attention. The concert becomes a phenomenal success, with Saga's repairs going underway afterwards; before their encore performance, Kotaro tearfully congratulates the girls while reminding them that Saga has still yet to be saved, hiding stains of blood that he coughs up while crying. Sometime later, a flying saucer appears and obliterates the landscape.

Characters

 * Kotaro Tatsumi
 * Romero
 * Franchouchou
 * Sakura Minamoto
 * Saki Nikaido
 * Ai Mizuno
 * Junko Konno
 * Yugiri
 * Lily Hoshikawa
 * Tae Yamada
 * Machiko (non-speaking cameo)
 * Arata Ookoba
 * Jofuku (non-speaking cameo)
 * Maimai Yuzuriha
 * Policeman A
 * Dorami Dance Team (cameo)
 * Maria Amabuki
 * Sayama (non-speaking cameo)
 * Migikawa (non-speaking cameo)
 * Reiko Amabuki (non-speaking cameo)
 * Karatsu Biker Gang (non-speaking cameo)
 * Misa Higashitsuru
 * Skull and Bull
 * Metalhead A
 * Metalhead B
 * Lily’s parents
 * Takeo Go
 * Sachika (mentioned)
 * Drive-in Tori staff (non-speaking cameo)
 * President of Drive-in Tori
 * Coco
 * White Ryu (cameo)
 * Kiichi Momozaki (indirectly mentioned)
 * Light Oozora (non-speaking cameo)
 * Manager Nishimura (non-speaking cameo)
 * Iron Frill (non-speaking cameo)
 * Shiori Baba

Locations

 * Saga Prefecture
 * Saga Countermeasures Headquarters (debut)
 * Disaster Information Liaison Office (mentioned)
 * Tosu City
 * Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
 * Sanjiro (mentioned)
 * Sanshin (mentioned)
 * Tokyo
 * Mainichi Newspaper Office

Songs

 * ”REVENGE”
 * ”Shine”
 * ”Oikaze Travelers”

Instrumentals

 * ”O Saga, Cry with Me!”

Trivia

 * The episode was aired with no commercial breaks during its premiere date.
 * This episode takes place on March 1st, 2020 to March 8th, 2020.
 * Shiori’s last name is revealed to be Baba.
 * This is the first time Kotaro is shown crying onscreen.
 * It is revealed during the cast commentary of the episode that it was written in the script that Sakura was drawn “30% cuter” during the kabedon scene because it was “seen through Kotaro’s perspective”.

Dub Differences

 * TBA

Cultural References

 * Tae's rally to the public is a reference to Freddy Mercury's rally on Queen's concert in the 1985 Live Aid.
 * The Saga people coming to Franchouchou's concert makes several references to the "Portals" scene in the 2019 movie, Avengers: Endgame.
 * Coco's landing is similar to Pepper's appearance in the Rescue Armor.
 * Maimai's "One, two, chouchou!" rally with her classmates and Saga's people behind her is similar to Black Panther's "Yibambe" rally with the Wakandans.
 * The ending is reminiscent of the film Independence Day.

Continuity

 * This episode continues immediately where the previous episode has left off.
 * This is the second episode to showcase blood. In this episode’s case, it was during the scene where Kotaro starts coughing up blood.
 * Saki’s hobby of collecting Tamagotchi pets is recalled during their bathing scene. Specifically when she says she could “combine an Oyajitchi and Memetchi to make a Memeoyajitchi”.
 * Saki recalls their failed performance a year prior at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium.
 * This is the second episode to not feature the opening theme of the second season.
 * This is the second episode to have the girls sing “REVENGE”.
 * Saki recalls Kotaro’s impression of a mudskipper in heat from “Episode 17”.
 * Kotaro yells out his signature catchphrase, “Go, go, go, go, go!” to the girls before their encore.
 * Yugiri indirectly mentions Kiichi Momozaki during her conversation with Lily, specifically regarding how she thinks he must be looking after them for doing their best to try and save Saga.

Errors

 * TBA