Saki Nikaido/Relationships

## Franchouchou

### Sakura Minamoto (Zombie #1)

In the second episode, she tends to tease and be aggressive toward Sakura because she has no respect for her being so submissive. Sakura beat her in an impromptu rap battle in which she tells her to fuck off, earning Saki's respect. Before that, Saki spent most of the episode antagonizing Sakura or treating her like easy prey. Since then, she has had to dominate at times if her attitude gets the girls in trouble, such as when she initially tried to protect Maria from Korosuke, which almost resulted in a fight. She has recognized her as a partner, and she appreciates her as a partner who will take her to the top idol. Usually, she likes to be with her and persuade her to do things that Kotaro has forbidden them to do, such as hot springs jeopardizing their identity like zombies, and she gives Sakura the nickname “egg face”.

While Sakura is the main protagonist, Saki is the one who takes on the role of Leader among the girls, due to her past experience as the captain of a bicycle gang. During the events of episode 2 of Revenge, Sakura accompanies Saki during a part of the flashback of her adolescence where she tells her what Ryu was to her in her lifetime. And she determined she is going to prevent Ryu from leaving the radio station, so she steals a bicycle and together with Sakura they go at full speed to the station. After being rejected by Ryu, Saki realizes that she will never be able to grow old and begins to cry from the clash of realities, Sakura cries with her in a comical way and calms down the situation a bit.

### Ai Mizuno (Zombie #3)

At first, neither of them established a remarkable relationship beyond being partners, however, Saki showed affection for the group she was in and tried to get along.

She of all people is the first to draw attention to Ai's hostile attitude towards Junko in episode 6. She, Lily, and Yugiri urge Ai to apologize and reconcile with Junko later on. Saki was next to her when Ai when was trembling at the memory of her death, and subsequently, she understood her determination to go back to being an idol. Since then, Saki has grown up as an idol, and has made her get along better with the other girls.

Ai, being too demanding with herself makes her body collapse, which unleashes Saki's concern for her friend, even so, Ai seems to be indifferent even with her overtraining to the point of having hallucinations. However, after Saga Rock, they both begin to get along with each other as leaders of Franchouchou and when they are near a big event, they tend to talk about it alone to plan how to act and guide their team.

### Junko Konno (Zombie #4)

Junko followed Saki's plan to go to the hot springs, and it looked like she had no regrets about it, even after almost being discovered. In the series, their relationship is almost imperceptible.

### Yugiri (Zombie #5)

She seems to have a lot of experience in life, shows a longing for her by calling her “Yugiri-san” or “big sis”. She has admiration for Yugiri and her calm way of acting despite being in tense situations.

### Lily Hoshikawa (Zombie #6)

She calls her “shrimpy” because of her size (although Saki is the second smallest of the group) which bothers her a lot. She was the first to declare that they would treat her like a girl, even though she laughed a lot in the great incident from episode 8. Moreover, there are also scenes where the two of them are talking happily for some reason. She and Lily have a playful and teasing sister dynamic, with the former being quite protective of the latter.

Despite being a criminal with the purpose of taking over the country, she shows great kindness towards children and an awareness of social norms, knowing full well that her harsh and violent attitude towards her gang will not work this time to be the idol group most beloved of the nation. She is quite gentle and kind to Franchouchou's younger audience. She also protects Lily, kicking out whom she suspected of being a kidnapper (who, of course, was actually Lily's father). Some of this may even be inherited, as Saki's Meiji-era ancestor was a nanny from Lily's ancestor.

In later episodes, she shows a fondness for Lily as if she were her younger sister, helping her when the branches for the bonfire in episode 10 even though she did not know what kind of branches she should use.

The two intersect endlessly. Saki gives Lily all sorts of degrading nicknames based on her height and age and makes fun of her absurdly masculine dead name of her. Lily often teases Saki's excessive enthusiasm and gruff demeanor, and she is usually the first to highlight Saki's over-hyped demeanor. Although everything is mostly harmless, the two clearly maintain a strong friendship despite everything.

### Tae Yamada (Zombie #0)

Because of their irresponsibility with Tae's head, they were almost discovered in the rap battle. In the manga, the two are together on the Yoshinogari site and Tae imitates Saki in almost every possible way.

## Others

### Kotaro Tatsumi

Although she was teased by him in the first episodes, it is shown progressively how both are changing their relationship to the point of taking Kotaro's warnings seriously.

Normally, she is just as upset with Kotaro as the rest of the girls, and she is the first to physically defend herself whenever he takes a step too far to look down on them. In episode 5, she becomes much nicer to him when she discovers that he has booked appearances for them on Drive-In Tori and Gatalympics, both of them screaming with shared enthusiasm. She shares being the target of Kotaro's acts of abuse with Sakura in season 2.

Saki would rather punch her problems in her face than come up with a plan. Kotaro had to intervene to prevent her from joining a motorcycle gang conflict, as that would tarnish their image as idols. Saki is gruff, blunt, and has no respect for the faint-hearted. However, she shows a soft side, defending her fellow zombies from Kotaro's antics.

Saki refers to Kotaro as “shades” usually, as she has her hobby of giving nicknames to everyone she meets.

### Takeo Go

Mistaking him for a kidnapper wanting to take Lily, she hits him with a kick to the head that leaves him on the ground, to later confront him with the other girls and discover that he is actually Lily's father.

### White Ryu

As revealed in the second season, Saki was a girl that everyone underestimated and was prone to abuse from her peers which forced her to defend herself, and she did quite well because she could with large groups. Thanks to Ryu's program, she started to reflect on her place in the world and seek people who were lost, which led her to meet Reiko. Years later as zombies, she is still a fan of him, and she feels bad because his radio show is about to close and does everything possible so that he does not do it. Unexpectedly, Ryu gives the program to Saki.

After White Ryu appoints Franchouchou to succeed him on his radio show, Saki confesses her feelings for him. However, he tells Saki to try again when she is a grown woman. Saki regretfully admits to Sakura that she knows she never will be since zombies don't age, and she bursts into tears when reality hits her once and for all. Ironically, for someone who lived fast and died young, she finds a reason to grow up only after she's already dead, and now she never will.

Saki and Franchouchou still preserve Ryu's legacy in Saga radio, and this radio is fundamental to making Franchouchou better known in Saga and a means of dissemination for the group to comfort the people of Saga after the flood.

## Dorami Biker Gang

### Reiko Amabuki

Saki's best friend and Dorami's leader. She was entrusted with the “Tamagotchi” that she had attached to her motorcycle key, and it had become a memento of her death. During their time together, Saki had trouble understanding Reiko's dream of having a normal family or the overall idea of what it means to be normal. Although Reiko fulfilled her dream of having a normal family, her daughter, Maria, who is now a rebel, had no respect for her. Out of concern and care for her friend, Saki was able to make Reiko reconcile with her daughter. When the two reunited, Reiko almost recognized Saki, but Saki responds in denial of Reiko's assumption.

### Maria Amabuki

Saki originally acted hostile toward Maria after she threatens Sakura and Lily. Saki expressed shock when she realized that Maria is the current leader of her old biker gang, and was able to deduce that Maria is Reiko's daughter. Saki talked down to Maria and perceived her as weak or reckless for getting into fights she can't win. When Saki realized that Maria was going to attempt the same stunt that got her killed, she immediately came to stop her and took Maria's place as “Dorami's Captain for a Day”. Maria was enamored by Saki's courage, pointing out how she has never seen someone with so many guts. It was through Saki's interventions that Maria was able to reconcile with her mother, and she soon became Saki's fan.

## Korosuke Biker Gang

### Misa Higashitsuru

Seeing Maria in trouble, she goes to help her and was willing to fight, however police officer A arrives to stop the situation and Saki only gives Maria a warning. However, later in the episode, she realizes that Maria is about to do the same trick that killed her and is going to help her, taking the position of captain for a day and performing the challenge of the chicken that killed her 30 years ago.

## Saga Sagako Busters

### Eikichi Hyodo

She accidentally runs over Eikichi while she was riding her bike, knocking them both to the ground. Their meeting is brief, with Saki scolding Eikichi for his pessimistic attitude and giving him a slap in the face, encouraging him to go ahead with his own decisions and not let others decide for him. After the incident, she angrily rides her bike to her classes.