Last time on Zombie Land Saga!
We visited a park so that we could win the hearts of some old folks,
but then a bunch of punks had us dancing between a rock and a hard place!
Did I stand out too much by being a babe or something?
Plus, this particular punk was the daughter of Saki-chan's gal pal, which was really crazy!
The head of Franchouchou went on an explosive chicken run for the sake of her old bestie's family!
Then we ended up getting a bunch of rowdy new fans, and we were glad to have them!
Okay, that's good.
Nice, nice!
I can see us taking over already!
Don't get too carried away.
I'm just saying, hypothetically!
You're too strict, Ai-chan!
Saki-chan seems really happy that one of her friends is a fan now.
You say that, but half the time you're the one giving her trouble!
Lily-chan's been full of a lot more energy since her dad started coming to our shows, too.
Ai-chan and Junko-chan have both been a lot more relaxed since summer and Saga Rock...
And I... still don't remember anything.
What could've happened in my past?
Episode 10
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!
Huh?!
A concert for five hundred people?!
That's right. The time has come.
What? Is that a lot?
I mean... it's five hundred people!
I think the timing is about right.
This won't be like the photo ops, business gigs, or shows
where you share the ticket with other acts...
Will you girls be able to fill five hundred seats?
Well, will you, Sakura?!
Okay! Well said!
And so, that said, our venue for this concert...
Karatsu's Furusato Exhibition Hall, Arpino!
Ar... pino?
Where's that?
Well, you see...
It's right here!
Huge!
So much room!
Feels like we're finally staking our own claim.
It's a different kind of tension you get than performing under an open sky.
This takes me back...
This is where my first show in Saga was.
I feel like I recognize this place, too...
Maybe I came here before as well...
In recent years, this multi-purpose hall has not served as a venue for many musical events.
But Franchouchou will change that perception.
You're going to have people recognize Arpino as a venue,
which will be your first step in saving Saga.
That feeling!
I'm so excited for some reason!
Maybe there's something about that place that connects to my past?!
And maybe when we do the show, I'll be able to figure it out!
Nope! Can't sleep at all!
Guess I better go practice!
Days Until the Arpino Show
Sakura!
What is it?
You're rushing too far ahead.
Try and match everyone else's pace.
Oh, sorry!
You need a break?
Why, of course not!
Heck, I'm ready for a lot more practice, to be honest!
This is a whole show just for us!
Have to make sure it's a proper performance, wouldn't you say?
You sound really weird.
Whatever do you mean?
Oh, by the way, I was practicing at night and came up with an idea...
During the hook, maybe we could add an additional step?
Shouldn't we be focusing on trying to get the basic pattern down first?
I know what you mean, but just... Check this out real quick.
Okay? You'll think it's super cute!
We can take a look, but...
Oh, wait!
Since the weather is so nice today, maybe we should practice outdoors!
Yeah! Maybe on the roof!
This place don't even have roof access.
You wanna die?
Days Until the Arpino show
Good mornindle-lay-hee-hoo!
Anyway, today,
I've got a special training menu to set you all up for the concert!
A special menu...?
Starting today, you're all gonna be staying in the mountains!
The... mountains?
Now?
It's gotta be now!
Whenever a big thing happens, there's always a training sequence in the mountains!
Then you get all banged up... and much stronger...
And return!
Nobody is allowed off the mountain until I come and get you-dle-ay-hee-hoo!
Mount Tenzan: 1046.2 meters above sea level
Same Location: Around 800 meters
Do you think there's any real point to this?
Hell if I know.
But if he's just making crap up, I'm gonna smash shady's shades.
Saga City
Somewhere around here, I think
Tenzan
Karatsu
Nanamagari Pass
This looks like the spot.
Well, there really isn't a single thing up here, is there?
I'm not sure I can spend long up here...
I know I can't!
This is looking pretty rough.
What do we do?
We can't practice in a place like this!
What do you think happens if a zombie freezes?
Hard to say.
You'll probably be able to move again after thawing out.
Assuming you don't get eaten by wild animals...
E-Eat—?!
We'd better not freeze, then!
Someone already did. Tae.
Tae-chan!
Wish we had a fire or something...
I can start one!
For real?
I was the star of Girl Scout Mania Case Files 3, y'know!
Never heard of it.
In that case, I'll try to find something for us to eat.
I guess if we want to get anything done, we can't sit around.
Right.
Well, what about practicing?
We have that big show coming up.
Yeah, but we gotta figure out how to survive out here first.
Although, we're already dead.
I'm gonna go grab some branches or whatever and make firewood!
Branches from pine trees and pine cones are good!
Sakura-han, let's worry about practicing after everyone has settled in.
Days Until the Arpino Show
Check it out, shrimpy!
I got a crapload of pine branches for you!
See! Get a load of this!
Oh, no!
I told you, you have to let them dry out by the fire first!
Oh, right.
Look here.
I found some tasty-looking mushrooms.
Though, some of them may be poisonous...
We can eat 'em anyway! 'Cuz we're zombies!
Stop!
What are you doing?
Just what it looks like. I'm hunting.
Hunting?
Shh! Look at the base of that tree.
You're gonna shoot that cute little piggy?!
Shh!
Sorry...
It's okay.
I've got sharper kinetic vision than the others, so finding animals isn't a problem.
R-Really?
I'm going to find some new prey. You want to come along?
Nah. I don't think so.
Sakura-san.
You're fishing, Junko-chan?
Yes.
I think sitting still like this might be what I'm best suited to.
Really?
There seems to be a lot going on.
Where?
In your heart, Sakura-san.
Is something bothering you?
Yeah.
Well, more like I'm worried if everyone is okay...
I guess we should really practice more to make sure the actual show goes well.
Of course.
But panicking would be bad, too.
When you don't catch any fish, you start to consider a lot of things.
What depth are the fish swimming at?
Did you use the right bait?
Is the fishing spot a good one?
When you're calm and examine things from different angles,
you can figure things like that out.
Days Until the Arpino Show
We did it!
I have to make sure I've got it down before the show!
Somehow... Even if I'm by myself!
Days Until the Arpino Show
We've been up here for a while now...
I figure we've about got the wilderness thing down.
But there's one important thing we haven't taken care of yet.
Something we absolutely gotta do...
Saki-chan! What a relief!
You didn't forget after all!
'Course not!
We gotta eat some meat.
We haven't had any up here!
We're zombies, right? Gotta eat meat!
That baby boar is really cautious...
It's not your fault, Ai.
We weren't ready to tangle with wild animals.
We've gotta work together or it's not gonna happen!
All right, let's start talking about who does what.
Okay!
Understood.
Okay.
The trap should be perfectly concealed now.
All right, he should be showing up any time now...
Hang on a second!
Incoming!
Hide!
Hey, wait—
Sakura-han!
Damn it, stupid! After all we—
Wait.
Hold still!
There it is!
What the hell is that thing?!
Maybe the daddy boar?
That pit wasn't nearly big enough.
This... is probably really bad, right?
What do I do?
What do I do?! What do I do?! What do I do?!
Damn it! What do we do?!
I know!
When I was in Shimabara, one of the Joi revolutionaries mentioned something...
Sakura-han, play dead!
Try playing dead.
She's actually dead, though.
Sakura!
He ate her!
Eep!
Sakura!
And safe!
Hey! Sakura! You okay?!
This is weird.
Yeah. That thing was way too big.
Not what I meant.
This isn't right.
We should be trying to wrestle with this show, not with a boar.
We're supposed to be showered in cheers, not drool.
We've got barely any time left,
so we really shouldn't be in a place like this, doing stuff like this.
Oh, that's what you meant.
Ladies!
Good mo-mo-mornindle-lay-dee-hoo!
How'd it go? Did you figure anything out by being cooped up in the mountains-lay-dee-hoo?
Can't you tell from looking at me?
There's no way any of this nonsense would help us figure anything out.
We have a show coming up. Why are we even in the mountains?
And why a boar? I don't understand any part of this.
You don't?
Then you need to just close your eyes and open your ears.
Let the voice of Mother Gaia reach you, and remember!
The fact that you are never alone!
Seriously, I've had enough!
Huh?
I'm heading back.
Huh?
Man, now what're we gonna do?
We're pulling out!
Zombie Land Saga
What do I do...?
Things have been really awkward because of what happened yesterday.
9 Days Until the Arpino Show!
But there's hardly any time left until the big show...
Sakura.
At this rate, we're not going to get any rehearsing done...
Sakura!
You've been too far ahead the whole time.
Remember what I said before?
You need to match everyone else's pace.
You won't be dancing by yourself, after all.
Let's take it from the top, okay?
It's not my fault we're not in sync...
While you were all goofing off in the mountains,
I was practicing by myself!
What the hell's gotten into her?
Welco— Huh?
Courtesan on the premises.
What do you want?
I'm here to dance, of course.
Why would you do that?
You know, I did some geisha training as well.
That's not a real answer.
You sent us into the mountains hoping Sakura-han would cool her head a bit, didn't you?
Am I wrong?
The strength of being in a group is the ability to make up for individual deficiencies...
Which results in greater collective strength.
If she's got blinders on and can't see around her, there's no point.
You could've just told her that.
She won't grow unless she realizes it herself.
You seem to be especially kind with Sakura-han.
I just wanna save Saga.
I've got a soft spot for people who aren't good at expressing themselves, mind you.
It's a long, harsh road to solving Saga's depopulation problem.
It feels like every time we reach one peak, an even taller one comes into sight.
We're deep in the mountains, and it's not going to be easy to make our way through.
I have faith she can do it, but—
I don't want to hear this weak-minded nonsense, Kotaro-han!
There's no mountain range Sakura-han can't make her way across!
Uh... Yeah... I was just saying—
Have some faith in her!
But I just said I do?
I did, didn't I? You saw.
Days Until the Arpino Show
What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do...?
Things keep getting more awkward!
But... I want to make sure this show is a success, no matter what.
The venue might have a connection to when I was alive...
And it's a show that could be a big opportunity for us.
We need to do everything we can!
It's okay! I'm sure I feel the right way about this!
And once everything works out, I bet they'll all understand!
Okay, you're all clear on your positions, right?
Yeah!
Okay, let's try it again from the top.
Come to think of it, I've never watched from the outside like this...
Wow!
They've all got the timing perfect...
Hey, about here...
Feels kinda like I'm standing around for too long, not enough movement.
Oh, where we're across from each other?
Yeah, that's the bit I mean!
Well, since Arpino has a lot of room,
you want to try spreading out further on the sides?
To around mark five?
Oh, I get you!
The extra space would give Junko and I more room to move...
That's right.
Hey, in that case, should Tae-chan and I switch places for that part?
It'd be like we're moving around Sakura. I think that might work.
Let's do that!
All right, I think this is shaping up!
Let's make sure we've got it down so we can pull it off easy when Sakura gets back.
They haven't been rehearsing at all, but they're in total sync...
It must be because they were all working together in those harsh conditions.
I was the only one who wasn't...
Sakura.
I'm sorry!
I... I was only thinking about myself.
Ever since I heard we'd be doing that show at Arpino, I've been too worked up...
I was so fixated on doing it right, doing a great job...
I thought less and less about the rest of you...
And I forgot I was a member of Franchouchou.
Yeah, that figures.
I thought you were a little hot under the collar.
Took you too long to notice!
Kotaro-san?
The name Arpino comes from the Nijinomatsubara pine forest...
Pine as in alpine, and alpine means the Alps!
In other words, the mountains!
Climb the mountain inside yourself!
I have no idea what you're trying to say...
but I'll do my best!
Everyone...
All right! Let's get back to work, and really give it our all!
Yeah!
All right!
I'm glad it worked out.
What are you talking about?
Days Until the Arpino Show
Good morning, Ai-chan!
I'm gonna go running!
Be careful around traffic!
Okay!
Junko
Sakura
Ai
There's one week left until our the first big show we'll be doing by ourselves!
I've got our songs and dances all memorized perfectly,
and I'm in sync with the others!
And, more than anything, I'm really looking forward to it!
Plus, if I get onto that stage, maybe I'll be able to remember something...
Then maybe I can deal with my past!
I get the feeling even more exciting days are gonna be ahead!
Come on, Romero!
I'm going now—
What the hell?! What the hell?!
You okay?! You okay—
Gotta help! Gotta do something!
Where am I...?
Next Episode Preview
Lily here!
Franchouchou has finally become a totally invincible miracle seven!
Where There's A Will, There's A Way!
I can't wait to dazzle everybody!
Ai Mizuno flawlessly performs her role as the group's center
Next time is Zombie Land Saga Episode 11:
Episode 11: A One-of-a-Kind SAGA
A One-Of-A-Kind SAGA!
Be sure to watch!