Episode 8

"I miss you, I miss you. And if one day, in a dream, we meet again, please tell me the same."

- Lily, singing the chorus of her song to her father.

Go, Go, Neverland SAGA! (GoGoネバーランド SAGA, GoGo Nebārando SAGA) is the eighth episode of the first season of Zombie Land Saga and is the eighth episode overall.

Synopsis (Kotaro’s Diary)
"Saga Rock was a success. There is no rain to stop us. There is no zombie that does not revive. The name “Franchouchou” is gradually being recognized. However, if you become famous, there is a greater chance of being noticed by strangers. I wonder if that person would be the trigger and zombies learn serious facts after meeting that man. Zombies, sing for tomorrow no matter what!"

- Kotaro Tatsumi,

Plot
The episode begins with Franchouchou after the rock saga event. While they read the article about the event, it is mentioned that they are increasingly popular. Then in an office, you see a large man going out to eat since he hates TV. When he leaves, he reads the same article that the girls and recognized one of them.

Kotaro congratulates the girls on the event and rebukes Sakura out of habit. Furthermore, he annoys Lily. Kotaro mentions that it is time for Franchouchou to become more popular and start gaining more fame.

After a concert, Kotaro sells autographed photos of Junko. In the previous chapter, she refuses to take pictures with the fans, implying that they managed to reach an agreement. He also warns that they do not touch those of the group. Saki warns him that there is a problem because the big man seems to want something. It is seen that he wants a photo with Lily, and Saki says that he will indeed kidnap her. The man recognized Lily or was an acquaintance of hers. After an incident where he touches Lily, it was discovered that he knew Lily in life.

Go back to the mansion, where what happened is discussed. It is seen that working as idols endangers their zombie nature, AI and Junko are the most threatened because they were famous in life. When Sakura goes to look for Lily, she tells him that the man was her father. Sakura says that they lived alone because her mother died and that she liked TV. That is why she became an actress. She dies of a heart attack because she grew up. A hair on the chin.

After Franchouchou discovered this, Saki laughs because she thinks it was an absurd death, while Yugiri and Junko are shocked. They face Kotaro and ask if he knew about this, and he says yes. He takes them out of his room, saying that they accept her as she is. Saki says that it doesn't matter since they are zombies. Yugiri wonders what zombies are. Sakura is happy because she knows that Lily will always be here and that they will never change.

In Takeo's house, it is seen that he loved his daughter very much. Still, he focused a lot on her work as an actress and over exploited her. It is seen that the real reason for her death was the stress of her job. Lamenting her death, hurts his face and breaks the television in a fit of rage. Takeo is later seen to apologize to No. 6 for the other day without knowing that she was Lily. In the mansion, Lily sees that she loved her daddy, and she bursts into tears because she knows that it was partly her fault and knowing that her father always loved her.

Franchouchou meets again, saying how bad it was for the people who knew them. Sakura has a flashback too. An agreement is reached where Lily writes a song for her father, and Kotaro agrees. Later they send the invitation to Takeo.

After their arrival, they sing Lily's song, and scenes from both their lives are shown. Thus achieving that both are at peace, Takeo can finally watch TV again.

Characters

 * Kotaro Tatsumi
 * Romero
 * Franchouchou
 * Sakura Minamoto
 * Saki Nikaido
 * Ai Mizuno
 * Junko Konno
 * Yugiri
 * Lily Hoshikawa
 * Tae Yamada
 * Skull and Bull
 * Lily’s parents (debut)
 * Takeo Go
 * Sachika (pictured)
 * Journalists
 * Arata Ookoba
 * Inubashiri
 * Takeo’s co-workers (debut)

Locations

 * Saga Prefecture
 * Franchouchou Mansion
 * Go-Hoshikawa Residences
 * Unnamed hospital

Songs

 * “To My Dearest”
 * “Drive-In Tori Commercial Jingle”

Instrumentals

 * TBA

Trivia

 * It is revealed that Lily is a transgender girl.
 * And that she mostly takes after her mother, appearance-wise.
 * It is also revealed that Saki has enough strength to knock down someone five times her size.
 * Lily’s cause of death is shown to be from her cardiac arrest due to stress and shock.
 * Lily is the second person to have died within the vicinity of her home, with the first being Sakura.
 * This is the first episode to focus around Lily.
 * Kotaro’s diary entry for the episode is written sometime after the incident involving Lily’s father during one of their performances, and before they help write and perform Lily’s song for him.
 * Lily is the first to have her relatives be revealed, in her case, her parents.
 * This is the first and only episode so far wherein the ending song for the season, “Into the Light”, is not played during the credits. Instead, Lily’s song for her father, “To My Dearest”, is played.

Dub Differences

 * In the original, Kotaro allows Sakura to get carried away, telling her “You get in a magazine, you’re allowed to get carried away! You get to stick that Pinocchio nose of yours high in the air, so it’s the highest point of the big wave you’ve caught!”, whereas in the English dub, he tells her to “ride this high wave” and to “Surf, bro!” in a surfer’s accent.
 * Saki tells the girls it is not relevant whether what is attached or not attached to Lily (down there) in the original. This was changed to “equipment” in the dub.

Cultural References

 * The episode title, “Go, Go, Neverland SAGA!”, is a reference to The Neverlands from Peter Pan. This is a nod to how, because of Lily being a zombie now, she has gained the ability to never grow old, appearance-wise. Thus, being one of the “Neverland kids,”

Continuity

 * This is the second time the Drive-in Tori commercial jingle is played in an episode.
 * This is the fifth time the police officer does not cross paths with Sakura or anyone affiliated with Franchouchou.
 * This is the fourth time Ookoba takes suspicion in Franchouchou, this time focusing more on Lily.
 * This is the first of many times that Takeo will be seen attending Franchouchou’s performances.
 * During Lily's flashback with Takeo, it is observed that they both saw a Rakugo performance that Lily would later perform in episode 17 of Revenge.

Errors

 * The Romero pattern on Saki’s pajamas briefly overlap in-between frames when she lays down.
 * Despite Takeo being acquainted with Tae when he was a freshman in the spin-off manga, he did not seem to recognize her during his first meeting with Franchouchou despite taking note of the similarities of “Number 6” and his late daughter.

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