Sakamoto Days Part 2 Episode 4 Discussion

Apparently Sakamoto Days is also one of the anime where the most dangerous guys always have white hair. Slur, Gaku, Takamura, and of course Sakamoto himself. Not sure if this trend starts from Zoldyck family of HxH or earlier.

Really weird decision to try to reform a serial killing psychopath... Talk-no-jutsu works when the psychopath has a tragic backstory that explains their behavior and makes you sympathize with them like Gaara in Naruto, but this kid got some minor bullying then decided to kill a cat and then murder his Dad over it... This ain't it.

The worldbuilding was already really sketchy after season 1 and so far season 2 only leaves me more concerned over how all these superhuman people are kept hidden from the rest of society, let alone a giant assassin corporation!

Feels like the family slice-of-life stuff is getting sidelined in favor of more action so there is less opportunity for comedy. There was a nice bit at the end to cap the episode off, but it seems like the family is just a plot device to be saved/protected than actual people with agency or personality beyond their surface level characteristics. They've been left behind in favor of this Slur arc which is understandable, but they could have used more development before jumping into it imo.

At least the fights are somewhat entertaining. It's been enough for me to stick around thus far but this is getting borderline droppable. If any manga readers have any honest feedback regarding how worthwhile it is sticking with I'd appreciate it.

Apart's sad backstory is kinda weird. I think the dude would be a psychopath even if he had friends. His dad should've taken him to therapy. But it's weird how the kids rejected him even tho he didn't have anything suspicious about him.

Ah so these assassins were just distractions after all—no wonder they got taken down so easily. They were just fodder for their actual plan which was to take down the JAA. Sakamoto still seems to have strong connection for it so Ig he'll go after Slur to save it.

The post-credits scene was wholesome. Seems like everyone likes Heisuke. He's that unemployed friend.

the next ep is the highlight of the season, but man this episode is the worst this season in terms of production, the last ones where okay but this on is so bad, and they are saving everything to the next episode.
the directing and backgrounds are so bad since season 1 so i'll not talk about this.

Not like anybody asked for that weirdo’s backstory, but hey, if someone is going on and on without caring about what others want and don’t want, there’s so much that can be done lol. Guy was a lunatic since he was a kid, but most importantly, why would any parent name their kid, “Apart”?!?! Lmaooo. Anyway, the guy got cleaned up. Not like it was going to end up any other way, so yeah xD

Friendly reminder btw just how GOATed Takamura is. All of this aside though, it was pretty obvious this wasn’t what Slur was after. I mean we heard a couple of episodes back too, but yeah, the guy is actually planning to clean the entire JAA on his own… and that’s pretty bonkers. Looking forward to the next one now that Gaku is here as well.

Loved the episode. Tarō versus Apart was really well animated and entertaining. With that, I think the death row inmate arc is officially concluded, since Apart is the only one left alive out of the original four. Let’s see if Tarō and the gang make it to the JAA in time or not.

That aside, I can't believe we finally saw Slur’s face, dude’s been making phone calls like some CEO since season one. I’m also super curious about that Gaku guy. He just punched a JAA security guard and erased half his abdomen? Even Tarō’s punches don’t do that, man. The heck?

@Skuvan Yeah, they didn't mention that part on purpose, I imagine. One guy got probably smashed into paste, the gal got nearly bisected at the waist and Minimalist lost a head worth of height.

the next ep is the highlight of the season, but man this episode is the worst this season in terms of production, the last ones where okay but this on is so bad, and they are saving everything to the next episode.
the directing and backgrounds are so bad since season 1 so i'll not talk about this.

I mean we dont get the best animation but for tms im liking it so far with these episodes. Yes there are some cuts that are still bad but even good ones now :)

Loved the episode. Tarō versus Apart was really well animated and entertaining. With that, I think the death row inmate arc is officially concluded, since Apart is the only one left alive out of the original four. Let’s see if Tarō and the gang make it to the JAA in time or not.

That aside, I can't believe we finally saw Slur’s face, dude’s been making phone calls like some CEO since season one. I’m also super curious about that Gaku guy. He just punched a JAA security guard and erased half his abdomen? Even Tarō’s punches don’t do that, man. The heck?

Really weird decision to try to reform a serial killing psychopath... Talk-no-jutsu works when the psychopath has a tragic backstory that explains their behavior and makes you sympathize with them like Gaara in Naruto, but this kid got some minor bullying then decided to kill a cat and then murder his Dad over it... This ain't it.

The worldbuilding was already really sketchy after season 1 and so far season 2 only leaves me more concerned over how all these superhuman people are kept hidden from the rest of society, let alone a giant assassin corporation!

Feels like the family slice-of-life stuff is getting sidelined in favor of more action so there is less opportunity for comedy. There was a nice bit at the end to cap the episode off, but it seems like the family is just a plot device to be saved/protected than actual people with agency or personality beyond their surface level characteristics. They've been left behind in favor of this Slur arc which is understandable, but they could have used more development before jumping into it imo.

At least the fights are somewhat entertaining. It's been enough for me to stick around thus far but this is getting borderline droppable. If any manga readers have any honest feedback regarding how worthwhile it is sticking with I'd appreciate it.

now this was a banger adaptation of an episode. they did uzuki and gaku's introduction so right, the whole color scheme with the dusk sunlight looked so good and the villains pulling up on a bicycle is just hilarious. my only wish is that the narrator waiting for a few seconds for gaku and uzuki to be in-frame before dropping the line about the ''unprecedented even in JAA's history'', still glad to hear takamura's VA narrate though. speaking of takamura, i did NOT expect that samurai ost for him but it was very cool. sakamoto's ass whooping on apart went hard as well and apart is just a psychopath who happens to be useful, there's no justification of his actions here.

also the JAA building being a reference to the continental hotel from john wick was a neat touch.

@Seansy this is where the Manga transitions to top tier battle shounen with the best action
Not sure how well TMS will adapt those given how this Director delivered sub par quality

@holdingnothing They didn’t mention what happened to the row inmates, but it was shown. As you said, Minimalist lost a head’s worth of height thanks to Nagumo, Dump got bisected at the waist by Osaragi, and the one who got smashed into paste was Saw, by Hyō, haha.

Yeah but I don't remember Naruto becoming a psychopath assassin. He was still kind even after going through worse shit. People in the Naruto world hated him because they knew who he was or at least some part of it. Apart came from a relatively normal family.