Zombie Sagashitemasu Ep.06 - Takamo vs Natsuki! The battle of the ages!
Episode 6 of #Zombie Sagashitemasu returns after a week-long break, showing our main characters slowly making their way toward Tokyo Tower on their journey to find Aki's father. This time, they arrive in Ueno (famous for its zoo) and encounter an entire community of humans still living there.
It's a very organized settlement, even managing to farm and domesticate animals in a way that closely resembles modern society. It felt like a completely different world compared to what we've seen out on the streets up until now, which is also why I immediately got a bad feeling about their long-term survival. That's the classic "disaster waiting to happen" setup you see in zombie movies.
Their leader is a young woman named Takamo, Saigo's older sister, and an extremely serious, unforgiving person. Saigo mentioned that she wasn't like this in the past, but once she stepped up as leader, having to shoulder the responsibility of taking care of everyone took a heavy toll on her.
Most of the episode was cheerful and easygoing, showing how they adapted to life there and even featuring zombies kept in zoo enclosures in place of animals, seemingly ignoring humans. I don't think there's much to read into there, though; it's probably just a standard gag rather than an important plot detail.
Of course, disaster inevitably strikes, and the episode ends with a river of zombies pouring out from the underground levels of a nearby building, leaving the group no choice but to retreat into adjacent structures. At this point, the settlement has no chance of surviving there, so the real question becomes how they can possibly escape such a massive stampede, and where they can even go next.
Their primary weapons seem to be bows and arrows, which aren't going to do much against thousands of zombies charging straight at them. The only thing I can think of is replicating the explosive strategy from the first episode, though do they even have the materials to pull that off again? And how would they ensure the zombies stay clustered together?
The whole dynamic between Saigo and Takamo reeks of impending tragedy, though I'm hoping that turns out to be wrong, as I really don't want any more heartbreak in this series. I still haven't fully recovered from the Natsuki incident, and even though she survived, I still feel sad about the whole ordeal.