Sakura Minamoto

Sakura Minamoto (源 さくら,) is the main protagonist of Zombieland Saga. Before becoming a zombie she was an ordinary girl who faced various misfortunes. She died in 2008 getting hit by a pickup truck on her way to an idol audition. She's also a member and the center of the idol group Franchouchou and is known as Number 1 (1号).

Official biography
A high school teenager and aspiring idol who died in 2008 after being hit by a truck. She is the first of the zombies to wake up but has no memories of when she was alive. Surrounded by all those legendary zombies, every now and then she is forced to take on roles. She is a girl with an extremely cute Karatsu accent

History
She is the most normal of all zombies, being an ordinary high school student rather than a living legend at the time of her death. The first episode also has her as confused as the audience about the series' ridiculous premise, so she spends time asking lots of questions, before the rest of the girls (without Tae) wake up in Episode 1, she's able to fend for herself by defending herself from the zombies that were in the same mansion

While Sakura had forgotten her constant bad luck and the details of her death, she remembered being motivated by Ai and was just as cheerful as she was at her presentation. When Sakura regained the memories of her life and found out how it ended, she also lost the memories of later becoming a successful idol with friends who would catch her if she fell, it is also revealed that Sakura aspired to be bigger and made many attempts, But she was plagued by bad luck and had lost motivation at one point in her life. This turned Sakura into a depressed girl. Life was not easy for Sakura before her untimely death. No matter how hard she tried to achieve greatness, she would always be hit with bad luck and her attempts would end in failure.

Human appearance
Sakura has straight pink hair in a dark shade that extends past her shoulders, as well as a blue and pink ribbon. Her eyes are a crystal blue color, She normally keeps her school dress, a blue dress with white, white socks and brown shoes.

Zombie appearance
Like the other zombies, her skin color is grayish blue, she has a large scar on her face that reflects the way she died (Run over by truck sama) some bandages that cover part of her left and right leg, she also has a bandage on the left hand, keeps his usual school dress but this is more disorganized.

Idol appearance Her idol dress varies, in the first 6 episodes of the series she wore a dress with a pink t-shirt with the inscription of "number 1" in Japanese, a short pink padded skirt and blue tennis shoes with white stockings. up to his knees.

After Saga Rock, her usual clothes for big events are a red vest and plaid decoration with a pink bow and a pink padded skirt, her sneakers are now knee high black boots

Personality Sakura is shown as an energetic young woman when she was still alive. However, that spirit seemed to turn to confusion, worry, and slight fear after she regained her consciousness as a zombie. However, she becomes very passionate when she sings like an idol.

Just because it's nice and somewhat naive doesn't mean it's a punching bag either. In Episode 2, after getting tired of Saki, Ai, and Junko's behavior during their performance, she doesn't hesitate to knock Tae's head out of Saki's hands and verbally assault them in a rap form. In Episode 10, Sakura finally loses her patience with Kotaro's crazy ideas and attacks him after her encounter with a wild boar in the snow outdoors and then towards her groupmates for seemingly fooling around. Then in episodes 11 and 12, after she regains her pre-mortem memories at the expense of her post-mortem memories, her depression makes her so moody that she yells at Lily and Tae for trying to help her when she just wants him to be. go.

Sakura serves as the emotional anchor that holds the group together, such as convincing the rebellious Saki to stay aboard Kotaro's plans despite their shared misgivings, inspiring Ai and Junko to restart their careers after seeing her determination. to succeed despite your inexperience. helps Lily reconcile with her father after his death. Yugiri explicitly mentions it in Episode 12, stating that without Sakura the strong wills of the others would have caused the group to fall apart much earlier.

Skills and weaknesses Despite her outward naivety and general lack of sharpness, Sakura immediately recognizes Kotaro as a shady guy who has her wrapped around his finger, only following his ridiculous demands as a way to regain her memories.

It is revealed after the series that Kotaro knew how to awaken Sakura's potential, after Arpino's stage collapses on Franchouchou, and she finds herself in a situation of extreme pressure and is able to unleash all her hidden potential.

Whenever you focus on a goal, you forget to control your pace and lose track of your surroundings. Her impatience in Episode 10 develops due to a desire to regain her memories, causing her to rush to practice and come into conflict with the rest of Franchouchou when Kotaro sends them up the mountain to clear their minds. Her memory of her life in the following episode reveals that she was staying up practicing late, both for the school play and for the relay team, only because of the health consequences of going weeks without getting enough sleep to invalidate her efforts.

Appearance
Sakura has straight, dark rose-pink hair with a section of it brought up with a blue and pink bow and some hanging over her shoulders, her bangs are brushed to the left side, and blue eyes. Like the other zombies, she has grayish-blue skin, red eyes and a large scar across her face.

In her casual human form, Sakura still sports what would have been her school uniform: a navy-blue and white dress, white socks, and brown school-shoes. As an Idol, she wears a pale pink top with "1" written on it, along with two hearts. Sakura also wears a hot pink skirt with white frills.

Personality
Sakura is shown to be an energetic girl when she was still alive. However, that spirit seemed to turn into confusion, worry, and slight fear after she regains her consciousness as a zombie. However, she becomes very passionate whenever she is singing as an Idol.

When she regains her memories of her life but loses her memories of her Zombification, Sakura becomes very defeatist and detached due to the failures she kept facing in life no matter how hard she tried. After she regained all of her memories and with the encouragement from her friends she regains her confidence and love of performing.

Trivia

 * The name Sakura means "cherry blossom" (さくら).
 * Sakura's surname Minamoto  (源) means "source, origin".
 * Sakura's surname (Minamoto) is also one of the three most prominent clans in Japanese history. It is listed in the Shinsen shojiroku.
 * According to Sakura's horoscope, she is an Aries.
 * Sakura's forehead scar was caused by her apparent cause of death, a head concussion.
 * This is also the reason why she had an amnesia of her past memories.
 * Sakura died five days after her seventeenth birthday.
 * Sakura is the only member of Franchouchou to not have a "Legendary" title.
 * Sakura is one of three with most curvaceous figures in group. Sharing same cup size and body type with Tae Yamada and beaten only by Yugiri.

Character concept
According to Sakura's designer Kasumi Fukagawa, she said that her vision for Sakura was that everyone loved her and would be the "ideal girl for a boy."

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