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The world knows Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise as a blockbuster movie.
Aliens. Explosions. Fireworks. A miracle wrapped in fiction.
But no one knows what happened behind the cameras.
This is not the story the audience saw.
This is the story of why the movie was made-and what it cost.
Told entirely from the perspective of Kotaro Tatsumi, manager, producer, necromancer, husband, father, and professional liar-for-a-good-cause, this behind-the-scenes account peels back the spectacle to reveal the truth hiding underneath the film set lights.
Why Tae Yamada was written as "awakening."
Why Saga had to be saved again-on screen this time.
Why some scenes were rewritten at the last minute.
And why Kotaro never once corrected the fans who thought it was real.
Set during Phase 6: Saga Expo 2025, this story explores the fragile line between legacy and exploitation, fiction and faith, memory and marketing. As Franchouchou prepares to immortalize their journey in cinema, Kotaro wrestles with guilt, love, and the responsibility of turning real pain into something safe enough for the world to consume.
Because sometimes, the greatest lies are told not to deceive-
but to protect.
This is the story of a movie that never happened...
and the people who needed it to exist.