User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 592 - Marching Out the ZOMBIES 3/@comment-24113610-20140808065406/@comment-24113610-20140809000042

@Sternritter M, see that's the first thing I thought when I read it for the first time. I assumed she bled on him and then finished him off. The fresh cells idea would make a lot more sense then.

@ChaosLove, I already pointed that out. They were alive as well, albeit in better shape than Toshiro but their skin was normal. And I think the length of time is irrelevant because the zombies Giselle introduced in 590 had been "collected" since she first stepped foot on the battlefield. Also, if Kubo wanted to emphasize the importance of Bambi and Toshiro, he should clearly explain the difference between how those two were zombified vs how the fodder were zombified( which we already know)