Chapter 8: Tell Me Your True Feelings!

Chapter 8: Tell Me Your True Feelings! (教えて！あなたのホントの気持ち！, Oshiete! Anata no Honto no Kimochi!) is the eighth chapter of the spin-off manga series of Zombie Land Saga, titled “Zombie Land Saga Side Story: The First Zombie”.

Synopsis
The group desperately searches for Anna. What happened to her?

Plot
After the failed mission to seal Sagako, the Busters return to the mansion, where MJ scolds them for their ineptitude in fighting Sagako and letting them free. Even without Anna, they should have done something. Eikichi asks MJ why he isn't accompanying them, to which he replies that the human world should only be shaped by humans. Despite everything, he still has doubts that Anna left for money, as Hakase suggests. Even though whether or not to stay in the group is Anna's decision, Eikichi tells them that it's better not to make assumptions and look at the circumstances that led to it.

Eikichi goes out looking for Anna through Saga, until he finally runs into her by surprise. She, however, wants nothing to do with the Busters now and tries to get away from him. Eikichi knows that something is wrong with her, and stops her so that both of them can speak more clearly about the situation.



Anna finally relents, and they both sit down to talk. Anna's parents and family were elite thieves (phantom thieves) and Anna was their only daughter. There was nothing she couldn't get. A life without problems. What she considered normal was different for others. One day, she leaves that life to find what was “normal” for the rest of the world.

When escaping, she realizes the reality of the world away from her; beneath the people who lived in prosperity and boom, there were people who struggled with poverty. Without any kind of protection, Anna was just another child on the street, so she took advantage of her family's gifts to survive. She lived like this for a while until she was apprehended by Keiji Higashino.

During the interrogation, Keiji talks to Anna about her family, and how she, her only daughter, was disinherited from her family. Anna thinks that her family was contacted, but the detective tells her that he is the only who knows. Keiji could send her to a prosecutor to look into her case, but to him, that's low level. So, instead, he offers Anna to work for together. With Anna's thief skills, she would detect places where robberies would occur and inform Higashino to make arrests in exchange for him keeping her identity a secret. A collaboration between thief and police. But living such a life has its consequences.

One day, Anna smelled a grand plan made by a group of thieves and when it was time, she told Higashino about it. The operation was so big that he had to call in reinforcements. Obviously, the criminals didn't see it coming, and it was pure chaos. Many lives lost many lives that day because of Anna. Guilt for her actions over running away from home and working with Higashino, she ran as far as she could. Running and escaping to get to a place where no one would recognize her. Thus, she arrives at Saga, where no one would distrust her and no one would betray her.

She worked with the Busters and started a new life. But she was a weakling, so she was prepared to escape in case something happened. Until Higashino appeared and Anna's peace disappeared. Keiji is planning something with Sagako, and that's why Anna wants to leave the team so as not to cause trouble with him. Eikichi is not willing to let her go and tries to convince her that together with the Busters, she will be able to face the problem and not carry all of her on her back. After all, that is what “normal” is.

Eikichi receives a notification that Sagako has appeared, so he tells Anna what she will do from now on. On the shoreline, Tae and Hanako battle the Eel Sagako, but can do little, as they regenerate their heads when one is cut off. Eikichi and Anna appear, and immediately she doesn't hesitate and attacks Sagako with all her might. Motivated not to lose the place that let her be herself and where she belongs, she won't run away this time; she will face the problem. The view that she had from her privilege is now the “normal” world that she wanted to know.



With the Sagako defeated, Eikichi can easily seal them with an onion. Anna apologizes for missing, as she had been chased by a detective who had caused her trouble. Without Anna, the team would not be what it is today. She is going to tell them everything from the beginning, but not before saying that she might be interested in Eikichi.

Meanwhile, Keiji tracks down the Sagako he had attacked earlier, shooting him multiple times before he disappears. After all, Sagako's body can only withstand five bullets.

Characters

 * Saga Sagako Busters
 * Tae Yamada
 * Jofuku
 * Eikichi Hyodo
 * Anna Shuri
 * Hanako Hakase
 * Keiji Higashino
 * Anna's parents (debut)
 * Sagako Curses
 * Spider Egg Sagako
 * Goby Eel Sagako

Locations

 * Tokyo
 * Saga Prefecture
 * Saga Coast
 * Saga Sagako Busters' Mansion

External Link

 * Gaiden Chapter 8 Unofficial English Translation

Trivia

 * When Anna talks about her family, she refers to them as phantom thieves. A “phantom thief” a person with excellent theatrical and escape skills, as well as stealing for their own pleasure beyond financial gain.

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