Episode 19

""After hearing Sakura’s story, I have made up my mind. I thought I was the same as you all, but I was wrong. It’s not about the difference of our skin color. I’m sure you all struggled to survive your short lives in your respective times. However, your radiance will continue to glow even in the afterlife. It’s the kind of strength that says “This time, I’m going to make it through life!”. To shine brightly like you all, I have to live my best life in Saga, first. That’s why I’m going to graduate from Franchouchou and do my best to live in my era!""

"Maimai Revolution SAGA" (マイマイレボリューション SAGA Maimai Reboryūshon SAGA) is the seventh episode of the second season of Zombie Land Saga and is the nineteenth episode overall.

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

''“Kotaro is not bad. Absolutely not bad. In this Saga, something unexpected suddenly happens. They blamed me as if I had taken the demon’s neck. But I’m not a zombie, so I can’t detach my neck. And Franchouchou never ends. It rains and solidfies, and once it solidifies, dig it up. A pinch is a chance. A zombie chance.”''

Plot
TBA

Characters

 * Kotaro Tatsumi
 * Romero
 * Franchouchou
 * Sakura Minamoto
 * Saki Nikaido
 * Ai Mizuno
 * Junko Konno
 * Yugiri
 * Lily Hoshikawa
 * Tae Yamada
 * Maimai Yuzuriha (official debut)
 * Shinta Okoba
 * Takeo Go (flashback)
 * Iron Frill (flashback)
 * Death Metal fans
 * Metalhead A
 * Metalhead B

Locations

 * Saga Prefecture
 * Abandoned Mansion
 * Unnamed School
 * Class 2-3
 * Principal’s office
 * Music room
 * Cafeteria
 * Public Bathhouse
 * Tosu City Stadium (flashback)
 * Arpino Stadium (flashback)
 * Ekimae Stadium (flashback)
 * Saga Arena (flashback)
 * Geils Deathmetal Stadium (flaahback)
 * Fukuoka City (mentioned)

Songs

 * ”Mezame RETURNER”
 * ”Mezame RETURNER (Maimai’s cover)”
 * ”Virgo is a Lucky Chance”
 * ”Into the Light”
 * ”Into the Light (Maimai’s cover)”

Instrumentals

 * ”Into the Light (Extended)”

Trivia

 * Maimai is the first outsider to figure out Franchouchou’s hidden identity as zombies.
 * Additionally, she is also the first and only temporary member of the group. With her being the temporary “Zombie” #7.
 * As shown during Sakura and Maimai’s one-one-one conversation, Maimai appears to be a second year high school student belonging to Class 3.
 * This is the first time the song “Into the Light” is sung outside of just the ending theme.
 * This is also the first time an instrumental of the song is used as the ending theme for the second season, instead of “Spending the Days with a Dream and Nowhere to Call Home”.
 * It is revealed in the end-credits scene that Shinta Okoba has finally figured out the identities of the girls as well as their causes of deaths, all except for Yugiri.

Dub Differences

 * TBA

Cultural References

 * The virtual pet game Maimai has chained to her school bag is a reference to the popular Tamagotchi franchise.
 * The episode title, “Maimai Revolution SAGA”, is a reference to the popular dance-along video game franchise, Dance Dance Revolution.

Continuity

 * Another variation of ”Mezame Returner” is performed within the episode.
 * The introduction to Maimai’s character is a direct parallel of Sakura’s death from “Episode 1”.
 * Saki’s love for Tamagotchi is shown again when she sees Maimai’s.
 * Additionally, this is the first time she sees one that did not just have the standard black and white colors on the screen ever since she died.
 * Maimai recalls reading up about the girls’ performance at Saga Rock in “Episode 7”, attending the girls’ performance at Arpino Stadium in “Episode 12”, and the girls’ performance at Saga Arena in “Episode 16”.
 * Additionally, Maimai is also shown to have attended all of Franchouchou’s performances so far ever since the beginning of the second season. As shown in Sakura’s brief flashbacks, Maimai has attended their concert at Ekimae Stadium, their performance of “Do You Hate Windy Days?” at Geils Deathmetal Stadium, as well as their performance at Saga Arena during “Episode 16”.
 * The results of the girls’ failed performance at Ekimae Stadium is bought up again.
 * This is the third time Kotaro is seen using his charisma to get what he wants in a situation. This time, he attempts to seduce the principal of Maimai’s school.
 * This is the third time that the usual ending theme, “Spending the Days with a Dream and Nowhere to Call Home”, was not used during the end credits of the episode. Instead, the extended instrumental version of “Into the Light” is used.

Errors

 * When asked about Sakura’s high school life, she responds to Maimai saying she “never gave her all in doing anything” until she eventually found out about Iron Frill, which contradicts how her flashback in “Episode 11” when she was already trying her best (albeit, ultimately failing due to her terrible luck) before she even started watching the aforementioned idol group.