History Characters / ZombieLandSagaSakuraMinamoto

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}}, technically, but in spite of the great results her hard work legitimately produced, [[CosmicPlaything something always nullified her efforts in practice]].]]

* TheAce: She's proven to be incredibly talented in many fields. As an idol she's a skilled singer, dancer, and team player. [[spoiler:In her Episode 11 flashbacks, Sakura is shown to have a great potential in sports and academics, having trained enough to be the fastest runner of her age group in preparation for a relay race (one of her friends mentions that she was quite good at sports in general), and managed to score very high grades during mock exams for the best high school in Saga.

* AscendedFangirl: Sakura was a huge fan of Iron Frill, particularly Ai, and was planning to submit an audition application on the day she died. Being an AmnesiacHero, she doesn't remember any of this even though she is now living her dream; alongside Ai herself, no less, [[spoiler:at least until the end of Episode 12.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Just because she's nice and somewhat naive doesn't mean she's a complete doormat. In Episode 2, after getting fed up with Saki, Ai, and Junko's behavior during their performance, she doesn't hesitate to slap Tae's head out of Saki's hands and verbally rips into them [[RhymesOnADime in the form of a rap]]. In [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 Episode 10]], Sakura finally loses her patience with Kotaro's insane ideas and lashes out on him after her encounter with a wild boar in the snowy outdoors and then towards her group mates for seemingly goofing off. Then in Episodes 11 and 12, [[spoiler:after she regains her pre-mortem memories at the expense of her post-mortem ones, her depression makes her so moody that she snaps at Lily and Tae for trying to help her when she just wants them to leave her be.]]

* BornUnlucky: [[spoiler:Her opinion on herself before her death due to a string of bad luck, such as rehearsing for the lead role in a school play but coming down with mumps on the day of the show, or studying to get into the best high school in the prefecture, then on the day of the exam running into ''multiple'' old ladies in trouble, getting to the exam just in time, taking her test in a panic, and failing to get into the school. The trope gets deconstructed when she remembers that her final attempt to do something with her life ended in her death and forgets what came after, sending her into a massive HeroicBSOD. Just to drive the point across in Episode 12, a mirror spontaneously cracks just from Sakura being in front of it.]]

* CornerOfWoe: Sakura is trapped in one throughout [[spoiler:Episode 11 and 12, where upon finally regaining her memories of her time when she was alive, she becomes deeply depressed over [[BornUnlucky how much misfortune her life was plagued with]] and is determined that every one of her attempts to become something greater will result in failure.]]

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After regaining her pre-mortem memories at the expense of her post-mortem ones in Episodes 10 to 12, Sakura's learned helplessness, born from a string of misfortunes that plagued her, returns, causing her to slip into a deep depression from which she only recovers after much effort from Kotaro and the other girls, as well as being forced to rejoin the group's make-or-break Arpino performance in the middle of a snowstorm.]]

* JerkassBall: From Episodes 10 to 12, Sakura becomes more selfish, irritable and impatient compared to her usual (zombie) self. In [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 Episode 10]], she unknowingly slips back into old habits and becomes so determined to continue practicing as a way to regain her memories, she falls out-of-sync with the rest of the group and thinks she's not at fault. Then zigzagged in the last two episodes, when [[spoiler:her pre-mortem memories of hardship and failure return at the expense of losing her post-mortem ones of success, causing her to become such a pessimistic shadow of her former self that not only does she refuse to participate in further practice sessions, but even lashes out at the other girls when they're simply trying to reach out to her.]]. On both incidents she apologizes in the end, when she realizes that the group isn't just goofing off during their mountain trip, and [[spoiler:after regaining her post-mortem memories.]]

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Episode 12 implies that she was an old friend of Kotaro.]]

* NeverBeHurtAgain: [[spoiler:Part of her moodiness and standoffish attitude towards her friends in Episodes 11 to 12 upon regaining her pre-mortem memories at the expense of her post-mortem ones is fueled by her fear of being struck with ill fortune yet again. Her friends uplift her by assuring her that they'd stick with her through thick and thin.]]

** [[spoiler:Episode 12 goes even further. Firstly, Tae has a display where she tries to teach Sakura a routine that Sakura had previously persistently taught to Tae. Then the rest of the girls of Franchouchou all lampshade that since Sakura had their backs the whole time, it's their turn to pay her back now that she's in trouble.]]

* TookALevelInCynic: She starts the first minute or so of the series as a typical RoseHairedSweetie, but getting killed, losing her memories, and being thrust into bizarre situations with an overbearing manager quickly makes her equal parts perplexed and resigned. Ironically, however, she still remains the most [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers vocally optimistic]] out of the zombies. [[spoiler:She takes another level in cynicism when she gets her old memories back in Episode 11 at the cost of her more recent memories, as it's revealed that a string of constant failures throughout her life actually made her quite cynical and defeatist before Iron Frill--and Ai--got her to believe in herself again. By the end of Episode 12, she appears to have lost that additional level thanks to successfully pulling off the concert and regaining her post-mortem memories.]]

** [[CryCute Near the end of Episode 7, she cries TearsOfJoy at the end of their first major outing in a public concert, with Ai and Junko comforting her.]]

* AmnesiacHero: Has no recollection of her past life prior to her death and reanimation as a zombie. [[spoiler:She gets it back in Episode 10, but then loses all of her recent memories as a zombie. By the end of the season, she finally gets all of her memories back.]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:She spends the entire series trying to get her memories back and finally does so at the end of Episode 10 after getting hit by a truck. However, she loses all her ''recent'' memories with Franchouchou, and worse, it makes her resume her deep depression over her constant misfortune. She manages to come out of it with a lot of help from Kotaro and her bandmates, finally getting ''all'' of her memories back both pre- and post-mortem.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Just because she's nice and somewhat naive doesn't mean she's a complete doormat. In Episode 2, after getting fed up with Saki, Ai, and Junko's behavior during their performance, she doesn't hesitate to slap Tae's head out of Saki's hands and verbally rips into them [[RhymesOnADime in the form of a rap]]. In Episode 10, Sakura finally loses her patience with Kotaro's insane ideas and lashes out on him after her encounter with a wild boar in the snowy outdoors and then towards her group mates for seemingly goofing off. Then in Episodes 11 and 12, [[spoiler:after she regains her pre-mortem memories at the expense of her post-mortem ones, her depression makes her so moody that she snaps at Lily and Tae for trying to help her when she just wants them to leave her be.]]

* CraniumChase: In Episode 10, Sakura gets decapitated by a wild boar and her head ends up being caught by Saki while her body flung elsewhere. Later on however, her now headless body walks over and retrieves her head.

** Episode 10 [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype shows how it becomes a flaw when working in a group]]: she gets so enthusiastic about something, she races ahead without stopping to consider anybody else, and if she can't see how what the others are doing is directly relevant to what she's doing, she thinks they're goofing off, missing any hidden lessons there might be.

* ExtremeDoormat: Unlike the other girls who get fed up with Kotaro's treatment, Sakura tends to submit and let him yell at her while remaining polite to him. Sakura [[TheDogBitesBack is shown to have her limits]], though, finally snapping at Kotaro in Episode 10 after he forces them to spend days camped out on a mountain.

** Less literally, when she gets focused on a goal she forgets to pace herself and loses track of her surroundings, including the others' efforts. Her impatience in Episode 10 develops due to wanting to regain her memories, causing her to rush through practice and conflict with the rest of Franchouchou when [[StealthMentor Kotaro]] sends them to the mountain to clear their heads. [[spoiler:Her reminiscing about her life in the next episode reveals that she'd stay up late practicing, both for the school play and for the relay team, only for [[RealityEnsues the health consequences of going weeks without enough sleep]] to invalidate her efforts.]]

** [[spoiler:The series opens with her meeting her demise by [[LookBothWays getting struck by a truck]] and later being revived as a zombie with GhostAmnesia. Episode 10 has her repeating almost the exact same scene, walking out of the mansion and getting struck by yet another truck, only this time it restores the memories of her past life but gives her amnesia on her time as a zombie.]]

* JerkassBall: From Episodes 10 to 12, Sakura becomes more selfish, irritable and impatient compared to her usual (zombie) self. In Episode 10, she unknowingly slips back into old habits and becomes so determined to continue practicing as a way to regain her memories, she falls out-of-sync with the rest of the group and thinks she's not at fault. Then zigzagged in the last two episodes, when [[spoiler:her pre-mortem memories of hardship and failure return at the expense of losing her post-mortem ones of success, causing her to become such a pessimistic shadow of her former self that not only does she refuse to participate in further practice sessions, but even lashes out at the other girls when they're simply trying to reach out to her.]]. On both incidents she apologizes in the end, when she realizes that the group isn't just goofing off during their mountain trip, and [[spoiler:after regaining her post-mortem memories.]]

* LookBothWays: Her manner of death at the start of the very first episode, where a truck slams into her as she runs out for school. [[spoiler:It happens ''again'' at the end of Episode 10.]]

* NeverMyFault: In Episode 10, after she ends up getting out of sync with the rest of the group, she sullenly says that she's not at fault, but ''they are'' for not practicing while in the wilderness. After she watches the others practice without her and realizes the purpose behind the trip, she apologizes.

* ActionSurvivor: Before the rest of the girls (sans Tae) awaken in Episode 1, she is able to fend for herself against them well enough to make an experienced ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' protagonist proud. Indeed, if OurZombiesAreDifferent was not so heavily at work, then she would have actually [[RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain re-killed Ai]].

* BoobsOfSteel: Has a very visible bust (in fact, Episode 1 even shows [[{{Gainaxing}} a little bounce]]) and has proven herself to be a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, fending off the other zombie girls as an ActionSurvivor in Episode 1 and then laying one down on Saki by BattleRapping.
* BoomHeadshot: Thinking she was fighting for her life, she scored one on Ai in Episode 1 that would make a seasoned zombie-hunter proud.

* TomatoInTheMirror: In Episode 1, she thinks she is a normal girl trapped in a mansion full of zombies (and the animation depicts her as the normal girl she thinks she is). Once she escapes, she finds out that she is one of the zombies herself. [[spoiler:It happens again in Episode 11, except this time it's Ai who tells her what she is.]]

!!Sakura Minamoto- #1

!!Sakura Minamoto

* TheAce: She's proven to be incredibly talented in many fields. As an idol she's a skilled singer, dancer, and team player. [[spoiler:In her Episode 11 flashbacks, Sakura is shown to have a great potential in sports and academics, having trained enough to be the fastest runner in her age group in preparation for a relay race (one of her friends mentions that she was quite good at sports in general) and managed to score very high grades during mock exams for the best high school in Saga. This unfortunately had its [[BrokenAce downsides]] though]].

* AmbiguousSituation: There’s been little to nothing revealed about her family or her life at home, despite having lived in Saga before dying. In the first episode there are three other pairs of shoes next to her’s, implying she was living with her parents and possibly a sibling.

* OddFriendship: With the hot-blooded Saki, by way of proving to the latter her competitive side and the fact that they're both natives of Saga.

* ProneToTears: She's one of the most openly emotional members of Franchouchou, often the first to break into tears in very emotional events

* CryCute: She's one of the most openly emotional members of Franchouchou, often the first to break into tears in very emotional events
** Near the end of Episode 7, she cries TearsOfJoy at the end of their first major outing in a public concert, with Ai and Junko comforting her.
** [[spoiler: Seeing Saki cry in ''Revenge'' leaves her absolutely sobbing. [[SubvertedTrope But then her body shrivels up from dehydration]]]].

[[center: [- [[Characters/ZombieLandSaga Main Page]]| [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaFranchouchou Franchouchou]] ('''Sakura Minamoto''') | [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaTheLivingAndOthers The Living & Others]] ([[Characters/ZombieLandSagaKotaroTatsumi Kotaro Tatsumi]])]]-]

* CryCute: Near the end of Episode 7, she cries TearsOfJoy at the end of their first major outing in a public concert, with Ai and Junko comforting her.

* CatchPhrase: [[OhCrap "What do we do, what do we do?"]] [[/note: translated from 「どやんす？どやんす？ー」]]

** BrokenAce: . [[spoiler: [[HardWorkHardlyWorks Unfortunately most of her efforts have been spoiled]] [[BornUnlucky by a series of misfortunes striking at the most inopportune moments]], leaving her jaded and apathetic about the possibility of ever realizing her dreams before Iron Frill came along.]]

* CatchPhrase: [[OhCrap "What do we do, what do we do?"]]

* BrokenAce: . [[spoiler: [[HardWorkHardlyWorks Most of her efforts have been spoiled]] [[BornUnlucky by a series of misfortunes striking at the most inopportune moments]], leaving her jaded and apathetic about the possibility of ever realizing her dreams before Iron Frill came along.]]

* BrokenAce: [[spoiler:In her Episode 11 flashbacks, Sakura is shown to have a great potential in sports and academics, having trained enough to be the fastest runner in her age group in preparation for a relay race (one of her friends mentions that she was quite good at sports in general) and managed to score very high grades during mock exams for the best high school in Saga. Unfortunately, [[HardWorkHardlyWorks her efforts have been spoiled]] [[BornUnlucky by a series of misfortunes striking at the most inopportune moments]], leaving her jaded and apathetic about the possibility of ever realizing her dreams before Iron Frill came along.]]

[[center: [- [[Characters/ZombieLandSaga Main Page]]| [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaFranchouchou Franchouchou]] ('''Sakura Minamoto''') | [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaTheLiving The Living]] ([[Characters/ZombieLandSagaKotaroTatsumi Kotaro Tatsumi]])]]-]

[[center: [- [[Characters/ZombieLandSaga Main Page]]| [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaZombies Zombies]] ('''Sakura Minamoto''') | [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaTheLiving The Living]] ([[Characters/ZombieLandSagaKotaroTatsumi Kotaro Tatsumi]])]]-]

** Episode 10 focuses on this trait of hers, particularly on [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype how it becomes a flaw when working in a group]]: she gets so enthusiastic about something, she races ahead without stopping to consider anybody else, and if she can't see how what the others are doing is directly relevant to what she's doing, she thinks they're goofing off, missing any hidden lessons there might be.