History Characters / ZombieLandSagaSakuraMinamoto

!!Sakura Minamoto -- #1

* 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. In fact, with the reveal that her death was caused by a curse killing people before they bring great recognition to Saga, she was such an ace that the curse immediately saw her as a major threat with heavy potential for revitalizing the prefecture before she ever actually tried. Even fellow aces like Yugiri and Lily took some time building up their careers before the curse saw them as a danger to its goals]].

* AmnesiacDissonance: [[spoiler:Played with. While Sakura had forgotten her constant bad luck and the specifics of her death, she remembered being motivated by Ai and was just as cheerful as she was in her introduction. When Sakura regained her memories of her life and learned how it ended, she also lost her memories of afterwards becoming a successful idol with friends who'd catch her if she fell, and her learned helplessness returned with a vengeance. By the end of the season, she regains all her post-mortem memories, giving her a full perspective on her identity.]]
* AmnesiacHero: Has no recollection of her past life prior to her death and reanimation as a zombie. [[spoiler:She gets it back in [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE10 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.]]
* 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 [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 Episode 12]].]]

** [[spoiler:After regaining her memories, it's also revealed that Sakura aspired to be greater and made many attempts but was plagued by [[BornUnlucky bad luck]] and had lost motivation at one point in her life. These made Sakura an audience surrogate for the tried-but-failed overachievers, especially those who had exprienced UsefulNotes/{{Depression}}.]]
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:She spends the entire series trying to get her memories back and finally does so at the end of [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE10 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 [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE10 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 [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE011 11]] and [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 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 [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 Episode 12]], a mirror spontaneously cracks just from Sakura being in front of it.]]

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Life was not easy for Sakura before her untimely demise. No matter how hard she tried to reach for greatness, she would always be hit with bad luck and her attempts would end in failure. Episode 11 finally has Sakura trading her recent good memories for all these bad ones and along with them her grief, making her lose the will to (un)live.]]
* BrokenAce: [[spoiler: [[HardWorkHardlyWorks Most of her efforts to achieve success 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.]]
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Episode 11 reveals that for all of her hard work, she's been down on her luck since she was a kid, and it carried all the way through high school. Despite seeing Ai as her source of inspiration, she gets hit by a truck anyway, and after she recovers her memories but forgets her experiences as part of Franchouchou, she gives up on (un)life. Seeing the others persist on with a concert in the face of a snowstorm spurs her to stand up and join them, rediscovering her hope and determination.]]
* ButtMonkey: Poor Sakura usually gets the shortest end of the stick in most of the comical scenarios, to say nothing of [[LookBothWays how she died]]. [[spoiler:And then we find out how much hardship she experienced back when she was alive, with every one of her attempts at making a name for herself backfiring due to bad luck.]]
* TheCaretaker: Sakura took the time to look after Tae, teaching her moves, dressing her up, and interacting with her the most out of the entire cast. Unusually for this trope, this has few, if any, negative implications for Sakura, [[spoiler:and Tae is shown to be extremely appreciative of Sakura's efforts in the season finale when she attempts to drag Sakura out of her own depression.]]

** They develop this dynamic in [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE08 episode 8]] [[spoiler: when the latter is going though emotional turmoil from meeting her dad for the first time in years [[YouCantGoHomeAgain as a zombie.]]]]

* CornerOfWoe: Sakura is trapped in one throughout [[spoiler:Episode [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE011 11]] and [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 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.]]

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In spite of her apparent clumsiness and pushover nature, she can ''tear'' you a new one in a rap-battle if you push her. Additionally, [[spoiler:Episode 11 shows her to have rather superlative ability in both athletics and academics when she's motivated.]]

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[[labelnote:Click to see her as a zombie]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zls_sakura_zombie.png[[/labelnote]]]]

* 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. In fact, with the reveal that her death was caused by a curse killing people before they bring great recognition to Saga, she was such an ace that the curse immediately saw her as a major threat with heavy potential for revitalizing the prefecture before she ever actually tried. Even fellow ace Ai took some time building up her career before the curse saw her as a danger to its goals]].

* 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]].

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Averted. Getting to work with Ai, the idol who inspired her when alive, should be a dream come true for her. But her amnesia makes her forget the moments she spent admiring Ai. [[spoiler:PlayedStraight Once her memories return across both of her lives, and she starts reacting to Ai with the same kind of wonder she had before.]]

* PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler:Her sudden death is heavily implied to be what set Inui to take on the identity of "Kotaro Tatsumi" and create Franchouchou.]]

* ProtagonistWithoutAPast: We're introduced to her as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent aspiring to be an idol... and that's all we really know before she gets hit by a truck and killed before getting revived as a zombie. Due to the nature of her death Sakura has a case of GhostAmnesia and doesn't remember any of her past life. [[spoiler:It isn't until Episode 11 that we finally get to find out about her life prior to the start of the series.]]

* 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. Saki ''does'' tend to drag her into a lot of her mischief, but the two develop a strong emotional trust in each other through it all.
** Sakura comforts Saki in ''Revenge'' [[spoiler: when the latter is heartbroken and in tears after realizing NotGrowingUpSucks, only to [[MoodWhiplash hilariously start sobbing herself.]]]].

** 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.]]

* CoolBigSis: Develops this dynamic with Lily in episode 8 [[spoiler: when the latter is going though emotional turmoil from meeting her dad for the first time in years [[YouCantGoHomeAgain as a zombie.]]]] She continues it in episode 5 of ''Revenge'' as she does her best to support Lily during her talent show performance.

* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: She makes this plainly clear during her rap battle against Saki, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling her, Ai, and Junko "losers"]] for giving up on life and not making the most of what they have just because they're dead. She also declares that just because she's following along with Kotaro's game, that doesn't automatically make her the goodie-two-shoes tool they think she is.
** [[spoiler:Inverted later when she regains her memories of her life but loses her memories of her undeath, while everyone else is trying to motivate her again.]]

* ProneToTears: She's one of the most openly emotional members of Franchouchou, often tearing up under high stress or being the first to break into tears during very emotional scenes.
** [[CryCute Near the end of Episode 7, she cries at the end of their first major outing in a public concert, with Ai and Junko comforting her.]]

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Out of all the girls, she's the closest to Kotaro, their producer. When he's not enforcing his BadBoss persona, he's quite gentle with her and does what he can to help her achieve her idol fantasy.
** [[spoiler:PlayedWith when it's revealed that the two were close in high school, meaning Kotaro is actually chronologically in the same age group as her, even though she's still physically seventeen.]]

->''"If I follow my dreams...I know my future will be filled with happiness and excitement! [[LastWords Here I goooo-]]"''\\\

[[Characters/ZombieLandSagaFranchouchou Franchouchou]] ('''Sakura Minamoto''' | [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaTaeYamada Tae Yamada]]) | [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaTheLivingAndOthers The Living & Others]] ([[Characters/ZombieLandSagaKotaroTatsumi Kotaro Tatsumi]]) | [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaGaiden Gaiden Characters]]]]-]

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

'''Live actor:''' Sakiho Motonishi (stage play)

* 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 [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE011 11]] and [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 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 [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 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.

** [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 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 [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 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 [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 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 [[SleepDeprivation the health consequences of going weeks without enough sleep]] to invalidate her efforts.]]

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After regaining her pre-mortem memories at the expense of her post-mortem ones in Episodes [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 10]] to [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 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.]]

** [[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. [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 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 [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 10]] to [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 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.]]

* 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 [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 Episode 10]].]]

* NeverMyFault: In [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 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.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:She spends the entire series trying to get her memories back and finally does so at the end of [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 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.]]

* AmnesiacHero: Has no recollection of her past life prior to her death and reanimation as a zombie. [[spoiler:She gets it back in [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 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.]]

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

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

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

** 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 [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE010 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.]]

->''"If I follow my dreams...I know my future will be filled with happiness and excitement! [[FamousLastWords Here I goooo-]]"''\\\

** The reveal in ''Revenge'' that [[spoiler:Saga is cursed, and anyone who might bring it to prominence will suffer an untimely death]], means that Sakura really ''was'' born lucky.