Episode 16

"“Destroy your gloomy self, your reasons to give up, and all restraints that you made for yourself!If there’s something you really want, destroy everything that’s standing in your way and seize it! I don’t care whether you’re a zombie or whatever, if you shine, everyone will follow!”"

”Pure-hearted SAGA” (純情エレクトリック SAGA Junjō Erekutorikku SAGA) is the fourth episode of the second season of the Zombie Land Saga series and is the sixteenth episode overall.

Synopsis (Kotaro’s Diary)
(Note: This is an unofficial English translation of the synopsis from the website.)

''”Franchouchou can't afford to lose on the new battlefield born in Saga. However, it seems that the members of the group are having trouble with each other again. I'm going to have to come up with a plan to deal with them. How should we fight this huge enemy called Iron Frill? Let's go for an impact game that will destroy everything. That's exactly what I said. Why did it turn out the way it did?”''

Plot
TBA

Characters

 * Kotaro Tatsumi
 * Romero
 * Franchouchou
 * Sakura Minamoto
 * Saki Nikaido
 * Ai Mizuno
 * Junko Konno
 * Yugiri
 * Lily Hoshikawa
 * Tae Yamada
 * Iron Frill
 * Shiori
 * Julia
 * Yui
 * Makoto
 * Hikari
 * Takeo Go (non-speaking cameo)
 * Dorami Biker Gang (non-speaking cameo)
 * Maria Amabuki
 * Migikawa
 * Sayama
 * Journalists (non-speaking cameo)
 * Shinta Okoba
 * Inuhashi
 * Death Metal fans
 * Metalhead A
 * Metalhead B
 * Officer Suenaga
 * Little girl (Episode 3) (non-speaking cameo)
 * Little girl’s mother (Episode 3) (non-speaking cameo)

Locations

 * Saga Prefecture
 * Abandoned Mansion
 * Kotaro’s Office
 * Saga Arena
 * Ekimae Real Estate Stadium (Mentioned)
 * Unnamed Beach
 * Karatsu Station (flashback)
 * Drive-in Tori Restaurant (flashback)
 * Arpino Stadium (flashback)
 * Tosu City (flashback)
 * Tosu Stadium

Songs

 * ”Gekko Survive”
 * ”Electric Returner (Type R)”

Instrumentals

 * ”O Saga, Cry with Me!”

Trivia

 * This episode takes place in June 19, 2019 up until their performance at June 22, 2019.
 * The episode title having “electric” included in it may allude to electric guitars, the alternate to acoustic guitars, which Junko was seen playing for the majority of the previous episode.
 * Additionally, the term “acoustic” is also incorporated in the title of the previous episode.
 * The title could also be describing Junko (純子, “pure child“) during this episode, as she is considered the most pure-hearted one of the group and she is seen leading the song with Kotaro’s electric guitar, thus, “Pure-hearted Electric Saga”.
 * The “electric” part could also be a pun based on the fact that Junko and the rest of the girls used the electricity coming from Kotaro’s broken axe to power themselves up, similar to that time in “Episode 7”.
 * An instrumental version of the opening starts playing during the scene where Junko joins the rest of the girls for dinner.
 * It is revealed that Kotaro has replica wigs of the girls stored in his office.
 * It is revealed that Yugiri is an amazing cook.
 * Kotaro’s diary entry for the episode is written sometime after he has witnessed Junko’s change in behavior after Ai was sent on her solo performances.
 * It is revealed that Tae is an amazing drummer.

Dub Differences

 * TBA

Cultural References

 * TBA

Continuity

 * This episode picks up right after where the previous episode left off.
 * This is the second time wherein the ending theme of the season is not played during the credits. Instead, it is played during the girls’ performance of “Electric Returner”.
 * The first time this happened was with “Episode 8” wherein the credits played during the performance of “To My Dearest”.
 * This episode has a handful of parallels to “Episode 7”.
 * This is the fourth episode to focus on Ai and Junko, with the first being “Episode 6” and the second being “Episode 7”.
 * This is also the second time an episode followed by an Ai and Junko-centric episode continues where the previous episode has left off.
 * This is the second time the girls get powered up from the help of electricity during their performance, with the first being in “Episode 7”.
 * Franchouchou’s control over elemental absorption has gotten better compared to the first time they used it.
 * Jumko also holds out her hand to Ai similar to the way she did so in “Episode 7”.
 * The girls are seen performing “Mezame Returner” again in this episode.
 * This is the third time a different variation of “Mezame Returner” is performed, with the first being “Electric Returner” in “Episode 7”, Ai’s solo version in “Episode 15” and an improvement of “Electric Returner” in this episode.
 * Officer Suenaga sees one of the girls without their makeup again. But this time, it was with Junko rather than Sakura.
 * Junko’s flashbacks throughout the episode included multiple scenes from previous episodes.
 * Her first flashback included the following scenes: Her and Ai witnessing Sakura and Saki’s rap battle in “Episode 2”, Her and Ai looking at Sakura after she asks them for their opinion in “Episode 4”, Her and Ai meeting halfway through their escape from the Abandoned Mansion in “Episode 2”, Her and Ai after being confronted by Kotaro in “Episode 3”, Her and Ai during their guerrilla performance in “Episode 3”, Her and Ai wearing chicken costumes during their commercial shoot for Drive-in Tori in “Episode 5”, Her and Ai arguing over the former not wanting her picture taken with the fans in “Episode 6”, Her and Ai during their performance at Saga Rock in “Episode 7”, her and Ai supporting Sakura during her depression in “Episode 12” and her and Ai during their performance at Arpino Stadium in “Episode 12”.
 * Her second flashback includes the following scenes: Ai playing with her food in “Episode 13”, Ai and Junko doing warm up exercises in “Episode 14”, and Ai using Kotaro’s computer in “Episode 15”.
 * The third flashback includes the scene wherein Ai left a like on the video featuring Junko’s commercial song in the previous episode.
 * There are a handful of callbacks to “Episode 13”.
 * Junko recalls Kotaro’s spiral into depression from “Episode 13” during her one-on-one talk with Kotaro.
 * Franchouchou’s failed performance at Ekimae Real State Stadium is bought up, once again.
 * Yugiri, Lily and Saki recall how they could never match Kotaro’s skills when it comes to applying their human make-up.
 * The Death Metal fans recall the girls performing as “Death Musume” from “Episode 1”.
 * Saki recalls wanting to conquer the country by becoming well-known idols, as she did so in “Episode 2”.

Errors

 * Romero is drawn smaller than average throughout the dinner scene.