Episode 5

The Nice Bird SAGA In Your Heart is the fifth episode of Zombiland Saga.

Synopsis
After failing to establish a sponsorship from the pharmaceutical company, Kotaro forces the girls to work in a commercial for a restaurant.

Meeting
After the incident at the ureshino hot springs, kotaro mentions that they will go to Drive-in Tori, to which Saki gets up and gets excited, and then give us a flashback of her and her gang after a race going to eat at that restaurant where she is seen eating wildly and Sakura mentions that she was very wild, Saki mentions when they are going to go and kotaro says that already and they both scream with emotion.

Drive in tori
When they arrive it is seen that Saki is quite excited and then the owner of the Drive-in Tori to greet the girls And excited Saki continues screaming, so it is seen that she was a fan of that restaurant, later they are seen eating chicken and Tae in her own, Kotaro yells at them to hurry, the owner tells him that they can wait, Kotaro puts his hand on his chin and looks him in the eye as if he could control his actions, maybe he is only very attractive, the girls act in a commercial for the Drive-in Tori fried chicken restaurant, which at first for Tae does not go well but then with the help of Sakura the commercial goes well, is edited with images of Tae trying to devour the company mascot.

Gatalympics
Then the commercial is seen in different places, and a journalist appears and seems to recognize one of the girls. Later, Kotaro appears with a baguette and a French accent, he tells Ai that if it is a Saga jeune, to which she nonchalantly affirms, and kotaro hits her, but Ai returns the blow with the bread, kotaro mentions that now they will go to the gatalympics and Saki jumps again with excitement, Junko is seen with her head down, perhaps out of pity.

The girls participate in Kashima Gatalympics while wearing Franchouchou promotional t-shirts as a publicity stunt, Junko mentions that once she participated in a swimsuit contest, Tae breaks her shirt and Sakura puts another on her without knowing it was a drive in tori shirt.

The journalist appears and begins to be suspicious, because it seems that he recognized a girl, The girls participate in a bicycle race and all fall enthusiastically, mud without their shirts being washed, but they are forced to stay dirty to prevent discover their zombie appearance because the makeup fell silent which ruins their advertising.

It is seen that Kotaro participated in the same exercise but he is more shy than normal, even though the girls wanted him to shut up, he manages to pass the test without problems.

Now they participate in a rope game where the one who jumps the most and with style wins, Tae wins the first prize because the others did not achieve much, Sakura remembers giving her a spare shirt and tells her to take off her dirty clothes, just to Discovering that the clean shirt underneath is actually for Drive-In Tori.

Meanwhile, a journalist named Okoba recognizes Junko, says he remembers her because he says he remembers something, their relationship is unknown or if they had one and he decides to investigate it.

Appearances

 * Sakura Minamoto
 * Kōtarō Tatsumi
 * Saki Nikaidō
 * Ai Mizuno
 * Junko Konno
 * Yūgiri
 * Lily Hoshikawa
 * Tae Yamada
 * Romero
 * Policía A
 * Shinta Okoba
 * Reiko Amabuki (only as a flashback)

Synopsis according to Kotaro's diary
They go beyond my imagination.

The opportunity for the link with the pharmaceutical company was completely eliminated.

''However, we have been able to make commercial appearances thanks to producer Kotaro Tatsumi, a very famous company that everyone knows this time. ''

"Franchouchou" will bring his fame to Saga.

The mud-covered immortals fly skyward.

Trivia

 * Drive-in Tori, the restaurant advertised by the girls, is a real restaurant in Saga prefecture.
 * The real Drive-in Tori commercial can be found here
 * The actors in the Zombieland Saga also participated in a real-life Gatalympic, with Minami Tanaka (the voice actress for Lily) winning the bike race.
 * The journalist's name is known from the previous chapter as it was the same one that the ureshino incident artist wrote.


 * Kotaro is back on the receiving end of Saki's annoyance in Episode 5, this time with a baseball she throws at his leg HARD after he goes too far. Later, Kotaro hits Ai over the head with a baguette, after that she dissarms Kotaro (with alarming efficiency), knocks him off balance, and removes the baguette from his hands. That "iron wheel" has an iron will.


 * Kotaro has his own moment of wonder in the Kashima Gatalympics, managing to ride his bike through the mud course without leaving a chunk of dirt on his suit, and popping at the end. What makes this even more impressive is that the bikes in the real Gatalympics have no brakes and the track ends in mud, meaning they are designed so that people end up covered in mud, whether they win or lose.


 * Legendary Yamada Tae proves her worth, winning first place in the rope swinging event!
 * So did Tae's inability to speak and wear that Drive-In Tori shirt ruined Franchuuchuu's chances of advertising? Not quite. Her announcement for the dive had already been seen and seen by millions of people in the Gatalympics era, and the singing girl was probably the most memorable part. So by posing as the winner, anyone remotely familiar with the restaurant's newest ad would connect the group to that incident on the Gatalympics. We see this in a later episode when fans beg Tae to do the crow, which she does good enough to appeal to the entire audience. That's right, Tae announced to the group through the Power of memetic mutation. As expected from LA LEGENDARIA TAE YAMADA !!!!!

Funny information

 * Kotaro opens the episode by acting like a baseball fanatic. He hits a ball at Saki, pissing her off until she throws the ball directly at his knee.


 * The entirety of Saki's personality enters the grand Genki Girl mode when she recognizes both Drive-in Tori and the Kashima Gatalympics. Remarkably, Saki's English dubbing actress seems to add her hamminess to the max.
 * When the girls have no idea about the above, Saki yells at them, ranting at their ignorance. But it's the second time it's been more fun, as the episode ends with "You fail at Saga, etc." since we have already heard it.
 * Despite being generally her most vocal critic, she joins the Kotaro moments, much to the girls' dismay. She even agrees with him after Kotaro gives a great lecture once they finish filming:
 * Kotaro: You have to be such a chicken! START BIG CHICKEN POWER UP TO ELEVEN! I NEED TO BE ABLE TO IMAGINE IT IN ADDITION TO THAT TABLETOP GRILL! COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO YOUR JOB!
 * Saki: For once, I think I could agree with him... we failed. * Starts crying * People want real chicken and blew it!
 * Lily in particular is not amused by her enthusiasm. When she sees Saki react with joy to work alongside the restaurant mascot, she declares "Yes, that's not cute" at all.


 * The fact that one of the main plot points of the episode was located at a REAL chicken fast food chain in Saga, also known as Drive-In Tori, is really fun. Considering that many western audiences have never heard of such an existing place in real life, this makes the entire episode even better, to the point where the location of the product is actually within this episode (like the mascot, the jingle, the restaurant and THE COMPANY PRESIDENT in that episode is based exactly on the real-life Drive-In Tori).


 * The ad's deputy director, whose job description seems to be "repeating what the director said, but much, much louder."


 * Yugiri takes a moment to say that she wishes she had her current outfit on her old job. Her old job was as a Meiji-era courtesan, and her current outfit is a chick costume. It raises some interesting questions ...


 * Romero has a lot of fun this episode as it is used for quick visual pranks that remind us, yes he is a zombie dog.


 * The second part begins with Ai being the target of Kotaro's speech antics and grumpily acknowledging him. Unfortunately, Kotaro hits her with a baguette, causing her to grab the same baguette and hit him back, which is so difficult that it breaks in half. Sakura and Saki's expressions say it all after Kotaro hits her.


 * The girls' reactions to Franchouchou's shirt: Sakura is horrified, Lily is sarcastic, Junko is having a horrified face, and Yugiri is pushing her to see if she's okay.
 * Particularly notable is Lily's response in the English dub, where she manages to deliver the following in a perfect combination of her cheesy and slightly biting cheery tone:
 * Lily: That's the ugliest shirt I've ever seen. :RE


 * Policeman A is back ... to demonstrate the events of Kashima Gatalympics. He fails completely both times.


 * After failing the bike balance competition, the girls go to wash up after being covered in mud. Then suddenly they realize that their makeup was washed too. "Oh shit!", With Lily's heart exploding. Fortunately, they find a quick fix by placing traffic cones over their heads and running back into the mud before anyone notices.
 * Speaking of bike balancing competition, who was the only one who didn't fall into the mud? Kotaro. All the girls are angry that they couldn't laugh at him. Also, after all the yelling he made to make sure they got the Idol name, he never bothers to mention them and speaks in an extremely low voice when performing at the microphone.


 * The girls enter the mud swing competition, and the results are as follows:
 * Ai goes first and falls.
 * Junko tries to sway, but she slides into place.
 * Saki makes a strong movement until she lands down.
 * Yugiri stands out, doing very difficult poses on the rope while rocking back and forth before backing off the platform, wowing the crowd and garnering enthusiastic 5's of judges very impressed ... that count for artistic value and nothing more, because the point is to land as far as you can after swinging.
 * However, Lily ties herself up, throws herself as she sways and lands in the mud, dizzy. However, she got fourth place!
 * Sakura ... is stamped.
 * Tae makes such a strong move that she splits, leading the other girls to hurry up and get her back on the ride. And it shreds "Oh shit!" The face they make makes them act like real zombies as they literally pull Tae together. Even Yugiri herself makes this face. Fortunately, the crowd doesn't notice thanks to the sun. Fortunately, Tae takes first place.


 * Speaking of Tae, she seems to show her best moments so far in this episode:
 * While the girls are amazed at the food, Tae is visibly drooling from her mouth. Instead of eating the cooked chicken, she eats it raw.
 * When the pet appears, he is scared when he sees her drooling, and she tries to lash out at him like a wild animal until Sakura prevents her from trying to eat him, reminding her that he is just a person in a suit. Later, Saki slips and says they need to "gobble up the competition," so she once again chases the chicken mascot to the point that she eats the back of the suit.
 * Tae is having trouble discovering her signals during commercial filming, which the director's assistant calls. Finally, the girls just change the beat and have her do a cock-a-doodle-doo at the end of the dance routine.
 * During cycling competition, she slides down the side of the track ... and continues to ride her bike even as she slowly sinks into the mud.
 * She is shown eating while the others participate in the mud balancing competition. She is shown drinking a glass of juice, then has a plate of takoyaki, a stick of eel meat, and five eels at the same time, terrifying poor Junko.
 * After Tae wins the swing competition, Sakura tells her to remove the muddy shirt she was wearing because she was wearing two. What Tae does, revealing ... the Drive-in Tori shirt, got even funnier when the restaurant song starts playing. Fortunately, she remembers doing the cock-a-doodle-doo.
 * Kotaro: Nice bird.

Comforting
Saki's obsession with the Drive-in Tori can be laughed at, but consider: this is something she loved in her past life, and is still present. Seeing her so happy about something so simple, one can't help but think of her own nostalgia.