Kotaro Tatsumi/Quotes

Episode 1
"Your vital mission is to assume this new identity as Zombie #1 and work with the rest of your team to save the Saga Prefecture."

- Kotaro to Sakura, after she gains consciousness.

"Look, as long as you follow my instructions exactly. I promise you’ll probably be fine."

- Kotaro to Sakura, about saving Saga

Episode 2
"Your job is to become pop sensations and save Saga from oblivion! Using all your legendary qualities, we can put this prefecture on the map!"

- Kotaro to Franchouchou, about their goal

Episode 3
"You girls...were absolutely wonderful! You somehow managed to keep your rotten little secret under wraps all the while playing hot potato with a disembodied head! Now that is team spirit! Why is why I will now bestow upon you my most enthusiastic clapping on each one of you, feel free to join in and applaud your fellow decaying fleshpiles on a successful zombieing endeavor! Nice zombieing!"

- Kotaro to Franchouchou, genuinely amazed at their performance

"Girl, you got the beat. Uh-huh. Those raps were neat, yeah-yuh. You bought the heat, fool!"

- Kotaro to Sakura, about her rapping.

"You’re dead, but at least the others are trying to live. Will you join them or would you rather just sit and rot?"

- Kotaro to Ai and Junko, outside their training room.

Episode 4
"Idols have a limited shelf life nowadays, ya know? And it’s not like I can work you guys to death, amirite?! We’re doing it and that’s final. Just don’t stop practicing, we have to knock their socks off! Next up, The Ureshino Hot Springs."

- Kotaro to Franchouchou, on their objective for the day.

Episode 5
"I know they’re stupid but I promise you they can do this! Please, just one more chance!"

- Kotaro, to the director of the Drive-in Tori commercial shoot.

"Nice Bird."

- Kotaro, applauding the girls.

Episode 6
"What the hell was that?! I’m so disappointed in you! Do you wanna know how disappointed I am? Well, if I had to give you a metaphor, i-it’s like...dumb zombies! God!"

- Kotaro, to the girls after Junko refused to do photo-ops.

Episode 8
"So you’ve got room for Lily in your little girly club but Masao’s not welcome?!; Right! She’s not Masao, she’s Lily. You guys are Masao, I’m Lily!"

- Kotaro to the rest of Franchouchou, about Lily.

Episode 9
"You can’t get near violence, it’s a taboo for idols. Just one of you slips up, and it could ruin everything. Don’t forget that."

- Kotaro to Saki, about her behavior.

Episode 10
"You still haven’t figured it out? Think Nijinomatsubara, a pine forest. Pine as in alpine, alpine as in the alps. Hence, the mountains? Mountain climbing, except with your issues?!"

- Kotaro to Sakura, as to why he dragged the girls to the mountaintop.

Episode 11
"I have what it takes! Whether or not you have what it takes is irrelevant because I DO! And I’m telling you this, I will never and I mean never abandon you!"

- Kotaro to Sakura, about his “big and impressive thing”.

Episode 16
"Baby, listen to your soul! That thing’s cryin’ out to you! To smash it and shred it! Shred those excuses, smash that Like Button and Subscribe to rock! Don’t limit yourself to one lane! If there’s something that you want in this life, then rise up and take what’s yours! You might be undead, but you still got a light inside you. Shine bright, and the world will follow!"

- Kotaro to Junko, about convincing Ai to stay with Franchouchou.

Episode 22
"Listen, the battle that begins now will be written in Saga’s history as the greatest event that ever happened. Even if Saga gets swallowed up in the darkness of despair at the end of a harsh fate, you will be the light that shines upon them! You are the zombies that I have chosen to save Saga! The revenge that Franchouchou achieves will be a sign of great rebellion for Saga!"

- Kotaro to Franchouchou, during the morning assembly.

Episode 23
"As long as Franchouchou exists, I will keep going, no matter what it takes! Your dream doesn’t end at EFS, your dream is to continue forward and be the best idols the world has ever seen! Until the time comes, I will...I will...be the man who will keep doing this, even if it takes forever."

- Kotaro to Sakura, responding to her gratefulness.

Kotaro Tatsumi/Frases