Boy, Lupin III's zako stock is on fire this year.
(WARNING: Pachinko videos ahead. Expect lots of flashing lights and loud noises.)
First was the pachinko based on the Secret of Mamo last year where not only were there two hot female henchgirls but one of them even had her own little zako underlings. I already posted a well-focused video of it a while ago, but here's a good compilation of the story scenes (recommended timestamps: 3:55, 6:24, 17:03):
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So I thought that was the most zako a Lupin pachinko would ever get and I wouldn't need to look into this any further. Well it turns out I was very wrong!
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2000 Carat, the newest one coming out next month (the TWELFTH one, for emphasis), apparently has the gang taking on an entire troupe of hot female zako themed around a deck of cards. There's a pair of gun girls, a samurai, a pink-haired "magician", an MMA fighter, a masked lady with a huge scythe, and possibly more. Every one seems to have a story scene of them getting taken down as well as a battle mode like Mamo where a random member of the gang fights one of them. I am dreading the grind of sifting through hours of footage for these scenes but it's definitely giving me a reason to check pachinko videos again lol.
Also no screenshots yet but the latest Lupin series (part 6) had an interesting episode where Lupin was fighting against a female thief who had a whole army of women that looked exactly like her for some reason, some of which Lupin shoots down without hesitation. It hasn't been explained yet, but apparently female thieves are at the center of the current season's main arc so I'm looking forward to it.
Edit: Sorry it's actually pachinko number 12, not 13.
