ZOMBIE LAND SAGA (ゾンビランドサガ)

Good Morning, you guys.

-- Morning. -- Hey there, San!

Great weather today.

San, dear?

You do eat more than just lunch, don't you?

Yes.

Well, you always look so sickly, it concerns me.

Don't worry, honey.

I'll bring you some nori the next chance I get.

Saga's nori is so nutritious!

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Good morning to all of you!

Morning, sir!

Ah. Look at that.

Imari Bay's sparkling today!

Horseshoe crabs looking lively!

I want you ladies to cook, slice, and dry

with the kind of pride that the best,

and only dried squid maker in Kyushu ought to have!

Time for the company song!

Let's see, today our leader is you!

Get up here, Tatsumi!

Right!

I'm home.

Good to see ya!

Hey, welcome back, Ai.

I'm glad you're home.

Brought you a treat. Dried squid.

Tae, stop it!

That squid is for everybody! Calm down!

Oh, you're back.

The water's yours if you want it.

Thanks. That sounds good.

Isn't it great that nobody figured out we're zombies today?

It's easier to hide it than I expected.

We've all been working for a whole month now.

If we play it cool, we'll be fine.

Which is why I'm so worried about the two of you.

Uh. But I can play it cool, you guys.

Chew with your mouth closed!

Still, though, if you think about it.

Yugiri has a service job, so that's the riskiest.

But I'm positive she can handle it.

Yeah, she took to it so easily!

It's a great fit for her.

And if we keep up the hard work for a while,

one day, we'll be out of debt!

In the last winter of the Heisei era,

Franchouchou pulled off an awesome show

at Arpino in front of 500 people!

After that, our reputation totally skyrocketed!

Our first CD sold like hotcakes!

It was so exciting, getting to perform our music

at a bunch of new venues!

Then, a month later.

Behold! We're charging straight into our next show

at Ekimae Fudosan Stadium, EFS if you're nasty!

Here's the plan!

Get the crowd all fired up,

and encore with that new number! Yeah!

This bomb is still lit!

Soon, everyone will know Franchouchou!

And so, we took to the stage at EFS! Sadly...

We sold 500 tickets in a 30,000-seat stadium.

That's like barely over one percent!

Which means we stopped blowing up, and just bombed!

It would've been weird to do an encore after that,

so we put the new song on the shelf.

Plus, the unsold tickets put us in debt, big time!

It stunk, even for zombies!

Could this be the end?

The EFS show was a huge disaster,

but we still want to get on stage together again!

That's why we each picked up part-time jobs

to try and bring ourselves out of the red!

We're not going to give up! Oh, yeah.

And as for our fearless producer, Mr. Kotaro.

What the!

Pope's Nose!

Why is it called that?

Oh, you want me to save Saga, Your Holiness? Huh?

Sorry, it ain't happening!

This is the Sagapocalypse! No, it's Sagageddon!

I knew that.

Which is why I was hoping that I could.

This stuff's named after a nose!

Pope's Nose! Man, that's gotta feel bad!

Morning, sir! I'm Saga's new milk delivery girl!

Don't move! This stuff is tricky!

I can never seem to master the blend.

It just doesn't look, I dunno, lively enough.

Well, we are dead.

I knew it. The color is still off.

I sure wish Kotaro was here.

What the hell's the matter with that guy?

I'll go check on him one more time.

Excuse me.

Is he here?

It's me, sir. Sakura.

You okay?

Huh? Oh no!

Why's it so dark?

Because you're way overdue for a haircut.

Oh, great. It's you again.

I don't think this is good for your health.

Hey, guess what?

We worked really hard this month,

and we brought in some extra money!

Listen, sir. Yes, that show was practically

a second death sentence for us, but...

We rose from the dead once and I know that we can do it again!

And when we do, we'll be even stronger--

It's over, and that's that!

No, it isn't!

Now I'm not sure when, exactly, but we will pay off that debt!

No matter how long it might take us,

we'll keep on giving it all we've got!

I'm done. Just go.

But, sir, we're supposed to be performing at Geil's soon.

The metal spot where we debuted.

We thought if we went back there,

maybe Franchouchou could get a fresh start.

We never sang that last song you wrote us,

so we're gonna do it on that stage!

And I want you to be there, Mr. Kotaro.

Hey, What's your problem? Ya nerd!

You're all scrunched up like a Pope's Nose!

Look at yourself!

Hey, Sakura, say, "I'm a chicken butt!" Come on!

Do it! It'll be funny!

I wish I knew how to get him back

to his old self again.

Yeah, it sounds like he's been on a bender

for a solid month now.

He may be a little out there, but I think

it'll be hard to operate without him, if not impossible.

Hey, girls, I'm just spit balling here.

Hm?

But, what if this isn't about the money?

And perhaps there's something he's been hiding from all of us.

I mean, think about it.

Why did he choose that time for us to perform at EFS?

Good point.

He couldn't have thought the event would sell out.

So, like, he was in a rush maybe?

Why, though?

I don't know.

Well then, if Lady Ai is correct,

I think we should try to assist him,

though, we'd need to discern what the trouble is.

I bet we could figure it out

if we went snooping around in his office.

It's open.

Hell yeah!

Let's clean him out!

Yay!

Guys! Be careful!

Whoa, check out all this junk!

Huh.

Remember not to break anything, okay?

Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow.

Crap, I'm in trouble!

Uh...

This is the encore we never got to sing.

It must be a rough draft, huh?

No! Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-- ooh.

Yeah!

I guess this is what his songwriting process is like.

You can tell that he really cares.

Or used to, at least.

We still haven't figured out why

he was in such a hurry for us to go big.

Yeah, but now we know how he felt about the EFS show.

Next time we sing,

we have to make sure Mr. Kotaro's there.

If we can finally perform that encore song onstage,

then maybe he'll go back to his old self again.

Once he feels better, he'll explain everything!

I'm not sure it'll work, but we should definitely try!

Yeah. And at the next show,

that song will knock him right on his ass!

Right!

Here you are, milord.

Reporting in after another grueling day

of defending justice in Saga!

I swear, ma'am, the drinks you pour me

at the end of these long shifts are always so sweet!

My pleasure.

Thank you for taking such good care of Saga, brave sir.

Uh. Just doing my job, gorgeous!

I'll keep coming to see you every night!

Your eyes are so arresting--

'Kay, I'm here, where's the party?

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