Wow, awesome find pigma1! These ladies seem like ideal zako: they are sexy, overconfident, completely outmatched, defeated and discarded like total cannon fodder.
I took the liberty of matching up each zako in the anime to her counterpart in the manga:
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The biggest difference seems to be the manga is more brutal and adult themed than the anime. In the manga, you can see the first zako (face in the foreground) bleeding from her nose while she lays there. The second zako (ass in the air) has her rear turned slightly more towards the audience in the manga. The third zako has blood flying from her mouth in the manga, whereas it is only saliva in the anime. The sixth and last zako is the most obvious difference. In the anime, she is simply lying defeated, without any hint as to how she came to be that way. In the manga, one of the heroes very casually and nonchalantly blasts her with his pistol. What a harsh fate for her, though it seems fitting for a zako!
I also love that we get at least a brief view of the aftermath, with the defeated zako strewn all about the place. It would be nice if more sources of zako would show the aftermath of the zakos defeat. There are plenty of excuses for doing so! For example:
In Comando Elite, the zako aftermath occurs in the background. While the heroes chat casually, the zako they just killed are dragged by support personnel to a collection point, while other captured zako are led away in handcuffs:
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In Superamigas, the defeated zako are shown frequently in the background while the heroes continue doing their heroic things:
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Other times, we catch just a fleeting glimpse of the defeated zako before the camera switches to another view:
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On rare lucky occasions, the heroes find an excuse to examine the defeated zako up close, like in KuLarb Tud Petch:
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Productions meant for a limited target audience, like the Female Combatants films and other niche productions, are more likely to show a zako aftermath:
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I hope we see more of the 3 Angels Fifth zako in the future, and more zako aftermaths as well!
