Last time on Zombie Land Saga!
These girls were revived as zombies
and, after they regained consciousness,
it was time to get down to idol activities!
Or that was the idea, but nobody is ready to do
something like that out of the blue, zombie or not!
Nobody was on the same page,
and they didn't get how scary being a zombie really is,
and everybody gave me a really hard time!
But, maybe because of that, I was able to cut loose and spit a hot rap!
And that's how I took my first step towards being an idol...
except that's not how it works!
Hey, good morning, ladies!
G'morning!
Hey, give it a rest!
You're freaking her out!
That being the case, we jumped into the event at Saga Castle yesterday,
and I'm gonna be blunt with you.
The fact is...
You did a great job!
I'm amazed you were able to keep the lid on the whole zombie thing
in spite of playing hot potato with a head!
The kindness you used to help each other...
One for zombies! All for zombies!
So this applause goes out to you girls!
That was some nice zombie-ing!
Now, applaud each other! Go on!
That was nice zombie-ing! Very nice zombie-ing!
And you, Sakura!
Yes?!
Your raps? Yeah.
Good vibes. Uh-huh.
Good rhymes. Yeah.
Well...
Don't go getting full of yourself, dumbass!
You think this is the time for fun time happy grins now that the event's over?!
Seems to me like you've lost sight of the real objective here!
You're the little lost idols!
As it stands, you zombies could keep at it for three billion years and still not become idols!
And the task you pitiful zombies should be focusing on next...
Is this.
Guerrilla Performance!
A guerrilla performance?
He couldn't spell it.
Sakura-han...
What exactly is a guerrilla performance?
Well...
You don't tell anybody about it, and start singing and dancing in the city.
Oh, like testing a sword on someone who's passing by.
But if we do that, won't the police come after us again?
Don't worry about it.
As long as you have your makeup on, no one will guess what's up.
You'll get a slap on the wrist, at most.
Quit wussing out, Sakura!
How are we gonna run a rally if we let the pigs scare us?
You won't be able to freestyle your way out of this one, either.
This time you're going to act like a real idol group and pull off this guerrilla show!
Excuse me...
What's up, Junko?
I've performed solo before, but never as part of a group.
You loner!
L-Loner?
Yeah, because you're a loner!
The guerrilla show is tomorrow morning, in the plaza over by Karatsu Station!
Tomorrow?!
We're not going to get a song and dance number down with only one day to practice.
I guess you're not getting any sleep, then!
Though, considering you're zombies, you don't really need sleep, I guess.
Episode 3
Even if we're dead, we want to make our dreams come true...
No, even if we're dead, we will make them come true!
Is that despair? Or is it hope?
We'll overcome a harsh fate, and even if we don't have a pulse, we'll press on!
Because that is our saga!
Is this for real?
Man, you have to remember a bunch of crap when you're an idol.
It's nothing but learning new things, Saki-chan.
Hey, me, me, me!
What's all the noise about, shrimpy?
My name is not shrimpy!
I'm the shining star of the stage, Lily Hoshikawa!
You wanna die?
What is it, Lily-chan?
Before we start practicing, shouldn't we pick a leader?
Leader?
Yeah! An idol group needs one, right?
That way they can make decisions and keep things moving!
In that case...
I think we should have our experienced idols—
That is not happening.
Uh...
I'm the first captain of Dorami, a ladies' biker gang from Saga!
The name's Saki Nikaido!
Good to meet ya!
I think that the first captain of this team
oughta be me, Saki Nikaido!
Good to have ya aboard!
Wow, loud.
Anybody else wanna step up?
Doesn't look like it...
Hell yeah!
Then I've got this captain thing down!
So, what, I guess we take Kyushu over first?
The term is leader, not captain, Saki-chan.
Next I think we should settle on a name for the group!
A name for the group?
Stuff like "Death Musume" and "Green Face"...
None of Tatsumi's ideas are idol-ish at all!
That's true...
How about this?!
"Lily With Cutie Lily Magic!"
Where are the rest of us?
Damn it, shrimpy, even your ideas are kiddy as hell.
A team's gotta have a name like this!
Wicked Rage Void Slackers
How do you pronounce that?
Jeanne d'Arc!
Lame.
I think it has an impressive ring to it.
You've got a good eye, Sis!
Why not something along these lines, then?
The Mibu Wolves
The Mibu Wolves?
Hey, that might work!
Hell no.
They'd visit me all the time when I was in Shimabara...
Come on, come on, I want something cuter!
Well, it is an idol group...
Hey, damn it!
Tae-chan! We're talking about something important!
You can't suck on that! It's really bad for you!
Oh, come on! Stop!
We're zombies already, though.
Tae-chan!
This is getting to be a pain in the ass.
Sakura, figure it out.
Wait, me?!
You've got something in mind, right?
Well... how about Framboise?
Oh, that's kind of cute!
Fu Ran what now?
Rotten Chaos
You don't need to write it in kanji...
Kinda seems dull to me...
The way she wrote it makes it sound stinky. I don't like it anymore.
Well, since we are zombies, it wouldn't surprise me if we did stink.
A-Anyway, let's pick that group name!
We need to decide!
You got anything else, Sakura?
Uh, well...
Fra... fran... chise? No, not that...
Fre... French Bread?
French... Cream Puffs?
What's that?
Ew! The ink from before!
Was that Tae-chan sneezing?
You think she's okay?
Hang on...
What is it, Lily-chan?
You know what? I don't think she was sneezing.
It was, but not just that!
That's it!
That's our name now that we've been reborn!
Franchouchou!
That's our new name!
Franchouchou?
Yeah! Franchouchou!
Franchouchou...
Franchouchou?
That might actually work.
Yes! It has a lovely sound to it.
It's super cute!
Way better than any of Tatsumi's!
Franchouchou...
It's like the more you say it, the cuter it sounds!
That was amazing, Tae-chan!
Fu Ran Shu Shu....
Rotten Chaos Stank Gang
What? It's fine!
No kanji...
Franchouchou
I guess we're doing this.
Starting today, the seven of us are team Franchouchou!
We just need to get the song and dance down now!
Yeah!
Hell yeah! All right, Franchouchou!
We're practicing our asses off now!
Let's do it!
I don't think we can pull this off...
I guess we need more than guts.
I thought I understood, but... dancing and singing are so hard.
We're screwed if we don't get it together...
We won't make it in time, anyway.
No one has any experience, other than Ai-chan and Junko-chan.
Tae-chan?
We've never been able to pull it off in practice,
and tomorrow we have to do it in front of people?
Whoa, hold up! That's dangerous!
Nope, nope, nope, nope!
If you think about it logically, there's no way it'll work...
I mean, the idea of zombies being idols in itself is...
Sakura-chan!
Hey, Sakura, get off, quick!
But I need to know...
I need to know what I felt when I went up on stage for the first time!
Sakura!
Sakura-chan!
I'm going back and practicing some more!
Hey...
Saki-chan! Lily-chan! Tae-chan!
Even us... Even zombies... If we work hard...
If we don't give up, I know we can—
Sakura-han.
What happened to practicing?
Even us... Even zombies... If we work hard,
if we don't give up, I'm sure we can manage!
Yeah, I was about to—
No, Sakura. Big Sis Yugiri is right.
I think Yugirin snapped me out of my funk, too!
They're taking a while.
Yugiri-san went to get them and hasn't come back, either.
Did they give up?
I think that might be for the best.
An idol act isn't something that can be pulled off overnight.
And...
I don't think a hastily put together show is what an audience wants to see.
Even if it's a rush job, I think a crowd will appreciate it if it's sincere.
But that's if it's sincere.
All right, let's get cracking!
We're gonna get this down by tomorrow!
Yeah!
One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
Ow!
One, two—
Lily-chan! Are you okay?
The movement in this part is way too hard!
You gotta put more guts into it!
I tried that already!
No fighting, now.
I'm sorry.
Sakura.
Even if we're the only ones who wanna try, we should keep at it.
Let's start over from the beginning!
I'm gonna roll the music!
What do you want?
A zombie that doesn't dance is just a regular zombie.
Being an idol isn't as simple as you're thinking.
What difference does that make?
I'm saying this can't possibly work!
Do you seriously think that?
Of course I do...
Then why were you two idols?
The others are zombies, but they're trying to live.
How long do you two intend to just rot?
Zombie Land Saga
Everyone ready?
From this moment on, you're a guerrilla squadron prowling the concrete jungle.
Here at the battlefield in front of this train station, you're launching an ambush
on passersby to throw them into confusion
so you can seize victory!
Okay, go, go, go, go, go, go, everybody go!
Okay, go, go, go, go! Okay, go. Okay, go, go! Okay, go!
Let's do it!
Okay, go!
Go.
Ai-chan... Junko-chan...
Sakura.
We'll have to go on without them, for now.
Okay, let's put that practice to use.
Uh, we're Franchouchou!
We're gonna give this song our all, so thanks for listening!
Awaken returner! You just have to want it.
A miracle that you're longing to feel!
Awaken returner! You just wish for it.
What's that all about?
Hey, look there! Is she singing with squid in her mouth?
Excitement until you hit the limit and want more, more, more, and more!
Oh, man, she is! Why, though?
When were my dreams filled with that yearning?
Was it all just a story hidden in my heart?
With reality getting vivid and even scary,
those thoughts seemed like they might vanish!
I awake in the light!
Wanna succeed so gotta get it right!
Never gonna stop, so gotta proceed!
Giving my all to walk this way!
Heading straight down the path to a gentle future!
I'm not sure if I can keep walking...
That can't be true, and you know it!
Just take a look around and around and around and around...
Ow!
Lily-chan!
Idiot! Keep singing!
Can you get up?
I'm sorry. I bumped into you again...
Awaken returner! You just have to think it...
I guess one night really isn't enough...
Sorry!
Aim for it! Reach for it! The greatest! The highest!
E-Everyone, let's stay calm!
There's not a thing to fear, not a single one!
Let it reach all the way out, our passionate feelings!
For now, right now, we just have to try our hardest!
With our souls singing free!
Cut in!
Just like we practiced... Just like we practiced...
No way! I forgot the lyrics!
What now?! What do I do now?!
What are they doing?
Lyrics, come back! Please come back!
But I'm a little scared...
That can't be true, and you know it!
You'll be okay, so just...
Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight!
Awaken returner! You just have to rise up!
And your unstoppable wish will grow, grow, grow,
and never, ever, ever die!
Awaken returner! You just have to want it!
A miracle...
...that you're longing to feel!
Awaken returner! Just hope for it!
A lovely...
...type of new thrill.
Now give!
It!
To!
Me!
Call for it, call for it, the best and the highest,
and there's not a thing you can't get, not a single one!
This girl... She's having so much fun...
Let it reach all the way out, our passionate feelings!
She's smiling!
With our tender souls!
Cut in!
Are we done...?
What about signing off?
Uh, we're Franchouchou!
Next time we're gonna pull that off better, okay?
Glad to have ya!
What are you doing?
Come on.
Glad to have ya!
Well, that didn't work out too good.
Come on now, girls!
What're you doing?
You can't just put on a show without asking!
Where are your permits, huh?
You wanna get arrested?
I can arrest you, y'know!
You got some kinda problem?!
Saki-han! Now's not the time!
You're our leader, remember!
Sorry! We'll be gone in a second!
Do I know you?
Uh, well...
We're pulling out!
Come on, go, go, go, go!
Man, he scared me.
Go, go, go!
Okay, go! Okay, go!
On the way!
Okay, go! Okay, go!
That gal's reaction...
I must've poured on too much charm!
We ended up joining in, didn't we?
Ai-chan. Junko-chan.
Thank you for today.
If it hadn't been for you two... no one would've watched us finish.
And?
You two were just so amazing...
The rest of us might not be able to be idols...
But that just makes me want to practice more!
It might just be pretending for now...
And we're zombies... so that doesn't help...
But I'm going to work hard, and together,
I want to make sure Franchouchou can be a real idol group!
I'm sure they all think the same.
Goodnight.
That really was a mess of a concert today.
But not performing alone... felt better than I imagined.
Thank you for helping.
Starting over from scratch...
Franchouchou, huh?
Next Episode Preview
This is Junko. I really do love singing.
Will I really be able to return to the bright lights of the stage?
Next time on Zombie Land Saga Episode 4: Warming Dead Saga.
Episode 4: Warming Dead SAGA
I hope you enjoy it.