Sakamoto Days Part 2 Episode 1 Discussion

I know I am in the minority, but someone has to represent the other side of the argument.
I prefer how the first season looked over the second.
The textured shading especially I consider the soul of this series' visual identity, and now that they've removed it the show ends up looking more average.
If you allow me to put on my conspiracy hat for a second, I suspect that they decided to split the season only after the flood of criticism about the show's visuals, so that they can have more time to change the second half and bring it closer to what the vocal majority wanted.
I wholeheartedly disagree with that decision as they have just thrown away one of the reasons that made the series spacial.
Standing out from the norm should be celebrated, not made taboo.
Average should not be the aim, uniqueness is what brings color to the world.
And standing by your creative decision is part of that.

I know I am in the minority, but someone has to represent the other side of the argument.
I prefer how the first season looked over the second.
The textured shading especially I consider the soul of this series' visual identity, and now that they've removed it the show ends up looking more average.
If you allow me to put on my conspiracy hat for a second, I suspect that they decided to split the season only after the flood of criticism about the show's visuals, so that they can have more time to change the second half and bring it closer to what the vocal majority wanted.
I wholeheartedly disagree with that decision as they have just thrown away one of the reasons that made the series spacial.
Standing out from the norm should be celebrated, not made taboo.
Average should not be the aim, uniqueness is what brings color to the world.
And standing by your creative decision is part of that.

That was a surprisingly badass start. It's cool to see Shin get a sort of power up but honestly reading the future isn't that much different from reading their minds. Now he can get upgraded from D rank!

Well, can't believe a whole 3 months have passed already, and Sakamoto Days is back!

Honestly, they wasted no time with recaps, which honestly was for the better, I think we all remember how season 1 ended, and they jumped right at it, with the first Death Row Inmate against Lu and Shin, and things were getting ugly, until Shin developed a new skill at the end. I'm glad they are addressing how Shin's performance last arc was a bit disappointing, considering he used to work with Sakamoto at the end of the way (and how much they relied on him). Kinda funny how Lu is at a higher rank than Shin, just because of her drunk mode.
Also, Nagumo being a rank S, while Sakamoto was a rank B was not easy for him to digest.
We are getting to see the order in action this season, which is exciting!

Also, the new opening is certainly a vibe, it's good! Vaundy's opening for the 1st part was really good (it's still one of my favorites of the year), but I feel like this opening does also a great job, and I believe it will grow on me with time too! The animation for the opening this time is so much better though. Like, it doesn't even seem it comes from the same studio as the 1st part (where literal parts of the opening had bad CGI). Even the artstyle for the opening is interesting, and fits the vibe of the song. I'm a fan of this new opening.
The ending was ok, better than the last one for sure, but not too memorable, but maybe it will grow in me.

Also, is it me, or the animation for this episode was better than the usual for Part 1?

Anyways, I feel like Sakamoto Days is going with a good start, for what the series is!

Sakamoto Days is back. The new OP and ED are great. I really like the new OP. Tho the OP1 song is still stuck in my head. The new ED is a definite improvement over the last one tho.

Shin can see the future?! Well, I guess his ability evolved. That was really cool.

Idk if the animation improved or not. It doesn't look very different from Part 1 to me. This was just the episode 1. Hope it won't get worse in later episodes.

Dang ol' Megalomart, that talkin' 'bout them ol' that there boom!

After a season off between cours, we are back with the Sakamoto Gang. I love the one shot from the OP where Sakamoto grabs the credits to slash that guy. The inmates from last season look like quite the threats, though I've gotta question the quality of their intel. Lu stronger than Shin, no entry for Skinny Sakamoto (SSSSS-rank, obviously)... Despite often jobbing in these fights, Shin is holding his own against Saw the Movie Ending Guy.

i was super worried for the puppies , cant they just choose to fight outside

Biggest surprise for me this episode was how AMAZING the Cour 2 Opening looks holy cow!!! my jaw was straight up on the FLOOR with some of those cuts!!! song was pretty good too :D

The episode itself was good! nothing too amazing, pretty much on par with Cour 1's quality albeit with a couple visual upgrades. The compositing is def looking cleaner. Only complaints visually still are how bad the backgrounds look at times and how flatly some scenes are directed (the Nagumo Sakamoto talking scene having both of these issues :P). Other than that, pretty decent premiere!

As for the story, I'll be the first to admit that the serial killers are definitely the most boring Sakadays villains out there (Apart from well... Apart lol), so I'm personally just waiting till they're over and done with so that we can get to some REALLY exciting stuff later on in the season. The gags are on point with Lu and Shin as always, they're the best duo <3

Looking forward to some fun stuff this season in the weeks ahead!!




...well after longer than usual since this episode somehow leaked SUPER early LOL

i was super worried for the puppies , cant they just choose to fight outside

It’s on a Monday now, but the fat man, his mind reading side kick and the drunk Chinese girl are back! Oh yeah, and also the MLG trick shotter lol, can’t forget him. I see some folks saying this looks a bit different than the first part but it looked about the same to me, I’d probably have to pull up an older episode to compare, but even so, I was quite pleased with this first episode, they wasted no time getting us back in the action, also no one let Osaragi drive ever again lol.

And wow these Death Row fellas are wacky af, I still can’t get over that one of them is named “Dump” lol, but despite that, they are deadly enough to back up their title, that one poor dude got straight up diced like from the movie “Cube”. And the first one of these bastards the gang had to take on was Saw, he was pretty handy with that axe and nearly did Shin and Lu in, but this is where Shin evolved from simply being able to read minds, to reading the future itself, that’s pretty insane but this is definitely gonna help Shin in combat a lot, which is something he’s gonna need against the Death Row inmates. Also, was that Highway Star shirt Sakamoto was wearing a Deep Purple reference? Epic if so.

And that was a very strong OP and ED, I think the originals still win for me but these are right up there with them, and it’s nice hearing Kroi again since the last time I heard them which would have been “Under Ninja” in Fall 2023, and I’ve never heard of go!go!vanillas before but their song is very chill, I like it a lot.

Isn't it funny that Sakamoto kills Shin in his thoughts even in the OP?



We're back! Last time, some bad guys were coming for Sakamoto and the guys. Very awful assassins.

But first, priorities:

@gorkthe134th standing by a creative decision when a lot of fans express how bad it looks in Action scenes is one way to lose a lot of viewers

@Koolyaroo It was funny seeing Apart go out of his way to buy the volume to complete the set.

@TheColonel76 I feel like Punk would've worked better for her, since she punctures people, but Dump in Japanese might have a similar meaning, I forget