History Characters / ZombieLandSagaSakuraMinamoto

* BuffySpeak: Whenever Sakura does the PreviouslyOn segments, she turns to a rather ineloquent mess that just rambles on.

* 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, at least until the end of [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 Episode 12]].

** She's the most normal out of all the zombies, being an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent rather than a LivingLegend at the time of her death. The first episode also has her just as confused as the audience over the ridiculous premise of the series, so she spends a time asking a lot of questions, making her an audience surrogate for those who don't know much about the idol industry.

* BigWhat: Her reaction in the dub after finding out Lily's true nature.

* 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]]. 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.

* TheDefroster: She plays this role to [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaFranchouchou Franchouchou]]'s DefrostingIceQueen, Ai Mizuno. Ai begins the series in a deep state of cynicism over her death and revival as a zombie, and being expected to perform in an idol group for a prefecture with little to no impact compared to her home in Tokyo. Seeing Sakura's determination to become an idol, after having been denied the chance in life, spurns Ai to return to her performer roots and help coach the other girls in becoming better idols themselves.

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* TaughtByExperience: Played for laughs, but as Episode 6 of ''Revenge'' shows, after being involved in two different [[LookBothWays vehicle on pedestrian accidents]], she finally learns to watch for oncoming traffic.

* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: She's spontaneously hit by a truck with no warning mere moments after running out the door for school.

* GuestFighter: Along with Ai and Junko, she's a playable character in VideoGame/IllusionConnect.

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

** She continues it in [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaRevengeE05 episode 5]] of ''Revenge'' as she does her best to support Lily during her talent show performance.

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

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

!Sakura Minamoto -- #1

* AmbiguousSituation: There’s been little to nothing revealed about her family or her life at home, despite being a citizen of Saga. 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. She doesn't even mention her family after regaining her memories.

* AmbiguousSituation: There’s been little to nothing revealed about her family or her life at home, despite being a citizen of Saga. 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.

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

* DiesWideOpen: How she expires at the beginning of the very first episode.

* 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/ZombieLandSagaE10 Episode 10]] after he forces them to spend days camped out on a mountain.

* HeroWorshipper: Sakura adored Iron Frill, and particularly Ai, in life. Episode 11 reveals that this is because Ai's [[{{Determinator}} never-say-die attitude]] as well as her performances snapped Sakura out of her learned helplessness when life kept getting her down. When that same helplessness returns with a vengeance in the season finale, Ai's words prove critical in getting Sakura back on her feet.

* HiddenDepths: Despite being a RoseHairedSweetie, she proves to be a natural rapper.

* InnocentBlueEyes: Her usual eye color is blue, and she's extremely pure-hearted and clumsy.

** 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.]]
** With Tae as well, who is a decade older than her and the other girls. Sakura frequently acts as TheCaretaker to her.

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:[[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 Episode 12]] implies that she was an old friend of Kotaro.]]

* MurphysLaw: She nearly has it as bad as [[WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw Milo Murphy]], minus his optimism. Being BornUnlucky made her rather pessimistic. Kotaro seems to weaponize this since whenever the girls perform under bad weather, it ''often'' destroys their stage, but he's ready to get them going again and have them incorporate whatever happens into the show.

* NiceGirl: Besides being the emotional anchor of the group, and despite having grown slightly world-weary over her situation, Sakura is also the most openly kind-hearted member of the group, often trying her best to be nice to everyone and play peacemaker whenever tension simmers between them (such as Ai and Junko).
* OddFriendship:
** With the hot-blooded Saki. Their friendship was borne from Saki witnessing firsthand Sakura's competitive side, not to mention the fact that they're both natives of Kyushu. While Saki does tend to drag her into a lot of her mischief, the two have a strong emotional trust in each other through it all.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: What she originally was before being killed and revived as a zombie for an idol group.

** When Tae gets hungry in their second concert, she tries to control the situation by telling the (rather old) audience that it's AllPartOfTheShow. Saki however makes the situation worse by repeatedly taking off Tae's head, to which she ''absolutely loses her shit'' to the point of tuning her inner Kotaro:
--->"Could you ''try'' to hide the fact that we're zombies!? You're not even trying to hide it! What kind of idol's head comes off?! How could we possibly be human!? What kind of human can do that?! Is your brain rotting too, ''you stupid zombie!?''"

* RedOniBlueOni: She hits many notes of the Red Oni in her dichotomy with Blue Oni, Ai.

* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite her outward naivete and general lack of a backbone, Sakura immediately recognizes Kotaro as a shady fellow who has her wrapped around his finger, only following along with his ridiculous demands as a way to regain her memories.

* SweetTooth: Her profile lists her favorite food as "All types of sweets", and also mentions she was fond of making desserts as a hobby.

* WideEyedIdealist: Her default state. After getting broken by her failure to get into the high school she sacrificed her middle school social life studying, watching an interview with Ai was able to restore her confidence. It's only after losing her memories of success that she breaks down again. This is a deep contrast to the post-zombification amnesiac Sakura after her death before Episode 11, as she's fully willing to try harder rather than give up.

* OddFriendship: With the hot-blooded Saki. Their friendship was borne from Saki witnessing firsthand Sakura's competitive side, not to mention the fact that they're both natives of Kyushu. While Saki does tend to drag her into a lot of her mischief, the two have a strong emotional trust in each other through it all.\\
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Come ''Revenge'', Sakura accompanies Saki in her pursuit to [[spoiler:keep White Ryu from retiring his show.]] She later comforts Saki [[spoiler: when the latter is heartbroken and in tears after realizing NotGrowingUpSucks, only to [[MoodWhiplash hilariously start sobbing herself.]]]].

A high school student and aspiring idol from Karatsu who got fatally hit by a truck at the start of her second year in 2008. She is the first zombie to regain her faculties, but is also the only one who can't remember anything about when she was alive. She's something of a klutz and a pushover, but does her damnedest to make the best of her situation.

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

!! Disclaimer: All spoilers for ''season 1'' will be unmarked.[[note]]Discussing the character requires knowledge of various crucial plot points, viewing the work beforehand is recommended[[/note]]

** By episode 10, she [[InvokedTrope deliberately tries]] to rush the girls' practice so they'll be prepared for the Arpino concert sooner, thinking that it'll be the final key to unlocking her memories. [[spoiler:This causes a lot of problems for her until the end of the episode.]]

** 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/ZombieLandSagaE10 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.]]

* GhostAmnesia: After coming back as a zombie, she can't remember any specific details about when she was alive apart from her familiarity with zombie movies, although she has occasional flashes from one of Iron Frill's concerts that she can't clearly recall. [[spoiler:She gets her memories back at the end of Episode 10.]]
* GivingUpTheGhost: [[spoiler:Did this after finishing the exams for her preferred high school, since she'd taken them in a panic and kept making mistakes.]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}}, technically, but in spite of the great results her hard work legitimately produced, the curse placed upon Saga [[CosmicPlaything always nullified her efforts in practice]].]]
* TheHeart: Sakura serves as the emotional anchor that keeps the group together, such as convincing the rebellious Saki to stay onboard with Kotaro's schemes despite their shared misgivings, inspiring Ai and Junko to restart their careers after seeing her determination to succeed despite her inexperience, and being a shoulder for Lily to cry on as [[spoiler:she comes to realize that her father truly loved her even after unintentionally neglecting her]]. Yugiri explicitly calls this out in Episode 12, declaring that without Sakura the others' strong wills would have made the group fall apart long before.
* HeroWorshipper: Sakura adored Iron Frill, and particularly Ai, in life. [[spoiler:Episode 11 reveals that this is because Ai's [[{{Determinator}} never-say-die attitude]] as well as her performances snapped Sakura out of her learned helplessness when life kept getting her down. When that same helplessness returns with a vengeance in the season finale, Ai's words prove critical in getting Sakura back on her feet.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After regaining her pre-mortem memories at the expense of her post-mortem ones in Episodes [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE10 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/ZombieLandSagaE10 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.]]
** [[spoiler:It continues in Episode 11. Sakura wakes up looking alive and finds herself in the mansion with no memories of how she got there. She explores the place only to be seemingly attacked by a ravenous zombie, her attempt to escape lands her in a room full of even more zombies, and she picks up a poker to defend herself as they awaken and move towards her. Upon finally leaving the mansion, she runs into the Policeman she met the first night who gets terrified of her appearance as a zombie, before Kotaro comes to her rescue by knocking him out.]]

* ItsNotYouItsMe: [[spoiler:Her standoffish attitude towards her fellow idols throughout Episodes 11 and 12 is just as motivated by her fear that her bad luck would [[TheJinx rub off on them]] as much as it is fueled by her depression and a fear of being disappointed again. The rest of the girls assure her that they'd much rather fail with her than succeed without her.]]

* JadeColoredGlasses: [[spoiler:After she regains her pre-mortem memories, it is revealed that Sakura used to be a WideEyedIdealist as a child, but a series of setbacks gradually wore down on her optimism over the years, made worse by the fact that [[HardWorkHardlyWorks her efforts to overcome said setbacks were constantly spoiled]] [[BornUnlucky by her supernaturally horrible luck]]. Hearing stories of Ai's rise to stardom briefly restored Sakura's optimism, only for her to be killed by a speeding truck on the day she was about to apply for an idol audition. As a result of regaining these memories, while losing her post-mortem memories of success, Sakura gives up all hope of trying anything at all [[NeverBeHurtAgain out of fear of being disappointed yet again]]. However, successfully managing to pull off a concert in the face of a destructive snowstorm helps restore her optimism and hope, and her more recent memories with them.]]
* JerkassBall: From Episodes [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE10 10]] to [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 12]], Sakura becomes more selfish, irritable and impatient compared to her usual (zombie) self. In [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE10 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.]]

** [[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.]]

* 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/ZombieLandSagaE10 Episode 10]].]]

* MurphysLaw: [[spoiler:She nearly has it as bad as [[WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw Milo Murphy]], minus his optimism. Being BornUnlucky made her rather pessimistic. Kotaro seems to weaponize this since whenever the girls perform under bad weather, it ''often'' destroys their stage, but he's ready to get them going again and have them incorporate whatever happens into the show.]]
* NeverBeHurtAgain: [[spoiler:Part of her moodiness and standoffish attitude towards her friends in Episodes [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE011 11]] to [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 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.]]

* 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 her life prior to the start of the series is revealed.]]

* RoseHairedSweetie: Her dark, rosy hair reflects her normally cheerful demeanor. Her cheerfulness doesn't last long after she gets turned into an amnesiac zombie, however. [[spoiler:Episode 11 reveals that during her life, she had so many of her accomplishments ruined by bad luck that she became quite cynical and depressed before being inspired again by Iron Frill.]]

** [[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.]]

* SourOutsideSadInside: [[spoiler:After remembering a life full of disappointments at the cost of her memories as a zombie, the resulting depression causes the usually cheerful Sakura to become an embittered pessimist who pushes away her forgotten friends. She gets better when she accepts her friends' support.]]

** After Sakura spends most of the series as TheHeart and helping her friends back on their feet when they're down, [[spoiler:in Episode 11 it's her turn to be consoled by each of her friends when she plunges into depression after regaining her memories.]]
** [[spoiler:[[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 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.]]

* TomatoInTheMirror: In [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE01 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.]]
* 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 [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaE012 Episode 12]], she appears to have lost that additional level thanks to successfully pulling off the concert and regaining her post-mortem memories.]]

* WhatHaveIBecome: [[spoiler:When her second round of amnesia kicks in, the discovery that she died just as things were finally looking up for her again and returned as a walking corpse cements Sakura's descent back into misery, angrily telling Kotaro that she didn't ask to be brought back as a zombie.]]
* WideEyedIdealist: Her default state. [[spoiler:After getting broken by her failure to get into the high school she sacrificed her middle school social life studying, watching an interview with Ai was able to restore her confidence. It's only after losing her memories of success that she breaks down again. This is a deep contrast to the post-zombification amnesiac Sakura after her death before Episode 11, as she's fully willing to try harder rather than give up.]]

* CuteClumsyGirl: {{Deconstructed|CharacterArchetype}}. Her self-admitted clumsiness is what leads her to run headlong into the street without regard for traffic, leading to her [[LookBothWays death by truck collision]]. [[spoiler:Episode 11 furthers the deconstruction by showing that a continued streak of misfortune all but extinguished her sense of self-esteem and motivation.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:Remembering how bad luck screwed her life again and again to culminate in her getting hit by a truck the day she was going to audition to become an idol, along with forgetting her experiences as a zombie, makes Sakura jaded, pessimistic and bitter. She absolutely refuses to participate in Franchouchou's concert because she's convinced her bad luck will ruin everything again, but her friends motivate her to not give up.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:In Episode 11 we finally get a peek into Sakura's past life, and [[BornUnlucky it's one long train of misfortune]].]]

** There is a major contrast between her life before and after death on how the plot handles this: [[spoiler:While alive, she was determined to succeed, until one bad day too many sucked what was left of her optimism and she just gave up on life in general. Once her original memories returned, it drove her into a depressive state after finding out she died and became a zombie]]. In her undead life, she refuses to give up even if she fails an outing. Once she's motivated by something, she won't let it stop her.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After being dead for at least ten years, coming back to life as a zombie, and then falling into a depression after regaining her pre-mortem memories at the expense of her post-mortem ones, at the end of the season Sakura finally realizes that she is truly living her dream of becoming an idol and that she has friends who will stick with her through thick and thin, having regained her self-esteem and confidence along with ''all'' her memories.]]
* TheEeyore: [[spoiler:Once she remembers her life and forgets her experiences as a zombie, Sakura turns into a total pessimist who believes even trying isn't worth it since it will all end in failure and disappointment so it's better to stay sulking. The support of her friends pulls her out of it.]]