Sakamoto Days Part 2

The legendary former hitman Tarou Sakamoto has thwarted numerous assassins after an enormous bounty on his head was issued. But he cannot seem to catch a break and simply take it easy with his beloved family. A mysterious and infamous figure known as Slur has brought a group of insane death row inmates to Japan, who hold back from nothing to eliminate their targets.

Sakamoto is not the only target—the criminals have been assigned to kill various other people, including the new hires at Sakamoto's convenience store, Shin Asakura and Lu Shaotang. The situation escalates even further when the Order, a group of the most skilled Japanese assassins, becomes involved. As the inmates begin wreaking havoc, Sakamoto and his allies must remain vigilant for the sake of everything they hold dear.

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Sakamoto, Tarou Main

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Asakura, Shin Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Lu, Shaotang Main

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Nagumo, Yoichi Supporting

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Osaragi Supporting

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Takamura Supporting

Ootsuka, Houchuu Japanese

Mashimo, Heisuke Supporting

Suzuki, Ryouta Japanese

Gaku Supporting

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Akao, Rion Supporting

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Uzuki, Kei Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Watanabe, Masaki Director

Aketagawa, Jin Sound Director

Hirakawa, Tetsuo Storyboard

Kroi Theme Song Performance

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Sep 15, 2025

KANLen09

Recommended

Sakamoto Days's "To Be Continued" part-cour — Is the anime equivalent to John Wick finally good now? It's certainly better, but figures tell the entire story in a nutshell.

It's fair to say that as much as the hardcore fans like to hype up the series that they love, not all manga translated into anime are going to hit the same, for better or for worse. This was certainly the case for mangaka Yuuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days, premiering the first of its split seasons early this year, and as far as the love-hate relationship goes, the consensus is that it didn't do much to elevate over ... its hype-deserved Weekly Shonen Jump battle-Shonen counterpart. To be even more frank, my score for Part 1's review should've been lower from the very start.

But if there's a silver lining, Part 2 of Sakamoto Days here is the classic case of "a little too late," as is the case for shows now being given the split-cour/season treatment, where the former will be a foretaste of what's to come, and the latter is where the true meat lies to give its hype. Still, is it really worth a total of about 20 episodes-ish just to get to the good parts? Your answer or guess...is honestly as good as mine.

Continuing where the anime left off with the adaptation at the middle of Volume 5 of the manga, if Part 1 was like the appetizer course in a full meal, Part 2 would be the main course itself. With more villains and its head organization fully known, it's up to the fatty of Taro Sakamoto and his rag-tag gang to reluctantly join forces with the Order, a group of well-famed assassins serving the JAA a.k.a Japan Assassin Association, as well as the people whom the gang must infiltrate the starting point of all assassins, the Japan Clear Creation a.k.a JCC academy, in order to get more intel on their target: serial killer Kei Uzuki, better known as "X" or "Slur". This ups the ante on unpredictability for what the series has to give going forward, given the level of danger dealing with someone who's just as dangerous and can produce a knockback that renders one near unconscious.

The deep dive into the workings of X / Slur, like the never-ending battle of good vs. evil, does expose the ever-so-cliche story plot that thinks they have a better solution than the JAA, but never ever underestimate the lengths of how far Uzuki and his subordinates (like the cyborg deer figure Kashima and the organization's introduction of his right-hand man Gaku) would go to develop a level of fear that even rivals the best of what the Order has to offer, now that its leader Yoichi Nagumo is working together with Sakamoto. It's a bloody battle of fists and weapons to show who has the chops (i.e. the most formidable assassin of Grandpa Takamura) against their enemies, of which Slur has no shortage of people that can do the job better. Think in the sense of Boku no Hero Academia a.k.a My Hero Academia's main antagonist, Tomura Shigaraki, with Gaku being the Hero Killer Stain. And like how the overall cast started its foundations, Shin, Lu and Heisuke may have grown indefinitely after coming under Sakamoto's wing, but it's Shin who clearly gets much of the spotlight for Part 2, even if he's still a work in progress.

Say what you want about the overall production, but TMS Entertainment was clearly waiting for its moment to strike, and director Masaki Watanabe and his staff team are now punching their weight into the meat of Sakamoto Days, which Part 2 shows no signs of slowing down its hype into well-choreographed fights that blow their punches and kicks with considerable damage. And while the OST (in terms of theme songs) may be just so-so (IMO it feels similar to Part 1) with Kroi's OP and Go!Go!Vanilla's ED, Yuki Hayashi's musical composition is a man of style, and Part 2 certainly shows his work of flair much better.

It's safe to say that for fans of Sakamoto Days, there are 2 paths you could take: follow the naysayer and believe that the anime overall is inferior to the manga, or take the risk to see that intentionality plays a huge part in swinging the pendulum of better source quality towards the anime (provided you can get at least about 3 quarters of the way through all 22 episodes of Season 1). It's also just too bad that the current AniManga industry sees consecutive 2-cour shows as degrading quality for quantity, so it's also hindsight and a testament to how good shows like Sakamoto Days can be if given the proper schedule and treatment it deserves.

Daddy Sakamoto, you're finally in good hands. So go punch above your obesity and prove to the world that you still got it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 26, 2025

imquotable

Mixed Feelings

This season feels like a downgrade from what made the first season charming. Yes, the fight scenes are cleaner and flashier, and the animation is undeniably better, but that’s pretty much where the improvements end. The show seems unsure of what it wants to be now. Instead of embracing the comedy-first, wholesome slice-of-life rhythm that defined Season 1, this season shifts toward being a more serious, standard shonen action series. The tone is constantly clashing with itself, one minute the show wants you to take the danger seriously, and the next it throws in a forced gag that isn’t even funny.

The comedy used to be ... natural, tied to the characters and their daily life. Now the jokes feel like they exist just to remind you that this was once a comedy. Sakamoto blocking bullets with an apron or Akira sewing a parachute mid-air aren’t clever, they’re lazy exaggerations that break immersion instead of enhancing it. Even worse, those over-the-top comedic moments are often followed immediately by serious scenes, making the emotional tone feel messy and inconsistent. Instead of blending genres, it feels like the show is switching masks every few minutes.

Season 1 worked because it was simple, warm, funny, and character-driven, family, daily routine, absurd problems, then action. Season 2 loses that identity, and without that heart, the improved animation can’t carry it alone. It looks better, sure, but it feels worse.

A cool-looking season with no idea what it wants to be, entertaining in moments, but directionless and tonally confused.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Sep 25, 2025

Seansy

Not Recommended

Funny

Maybe I had misplaced expectations, but going into this series I was expecting something akin to the family dynamic of Spy x Family with wholesome slice of life family moments mixed in with action/comedy using an OP protagonist that doesn't look like one akin to One Punch Man.

Boy howdy was I wrong.

The wholesome slice of life moments from part 1 are now almost completely absent as the family has been relegated to little more than a plot device to justify moving characters from 1 meaningless action set piece to another. The comedy technically still exists, but it's misplaced with how seriously the series wants to ... take itself with writing that can best be described as "Everything is made up and the points don't matter".

Usually, you have to wait much further along in a series to get writing as bad as Sakamoto Days accomplished in their first season, but between the constant Deus Ex Machina and plot holes for miles they're well ahead of schedule. It would be forgivable if the series wasn't taking itself seriously, a la One Punch Man, but instead we're supposed to take the story seriously as it introduces the main antagonist and his evil plans that don't even directly impact Sakamoto's family...

It was all just so incredibly stupid that it ruined whatever little enjoyment I was getting from the show itself.

Add in the fact that the production quality itself is subpar, so there's hardly even any sakuga to distract from the writing, and you get a very bad anime series overall.

The only relative strength of the series is the side characters, which are for the most part likeable, unfortunately the main character being a near mute strong silent type results in a MC that is pretty meh too.

Story/Plot - 1
Characters - 5
Art/Animation - 3
Music - 3
Enjoyment - 3

Thank you for reading.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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