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For me it's about balance.  I don't want to know everything about the zako, like their kids or their personal lives, but names are great.  Like Amazon Shark I love it when the Zako lay motionless as the action goes on around them, especially if there is one body that the camera keeps returning to.  I also love it when the main character rifles through the defeated zakos belongings or searches her body for something.  Najica Blitz and Agent Aika (especially the live action short, I really wish they made more of those) is great because of this.  Other than that it's pretty rare which annoys me because it seems to happen a lot to male characters in movies.

An even greater bonus is when the main character hides or carries one of the defeated zako over his or her shoulder and you get a full view of their butt.  This only happens in some of the Aika anime but it's glorious when it does.