Sakamoto Days Part 2 Episode 8 Discussion

Fun episode, been liking this arc so far, new characters are cool, Akira is cool. Curious on who the "new blood" is that Uzuki mentioned. Could be the 3 new participants, could be the germophobe who is in Shin's team, could even be Akari as a twist.

I'm tempted to believe it will be the case, as Mafuyu would be the more obvious option.



I have to agree that whole section didn't make a lot of sense, and it really seems the author just wanted an excuse to show this turn-up mode in Akira.

The switch up with Akira there was interesting. Makes me curious as to why she wants to become an assassin when she doesn't like hurting people. Seems like it is related to this woman she is related to that worked with Sakamoto in the order, but that's still quite the contradiction.

So, Sakamoto's apron is explosion proof now? And after saying he cannot remove the trap (kind of BS imo given his previously shown abilities) he suddenly can magically remove it to stop Akira from killing more people? Also, why are these guys walking towards the group, including the person that escaped their trap, when the leader JUST talked about killing them safely at range?

It's like they're purposefully TRYING to create plot holes/convenience for this series! Seems as though the author wanted to create a scenario for Sakamoto to witness Akira's abilities which required the extras to be near her, and for him to be restrained from intervening earlier, but then decided that they didn't want to have Akira kill people running away in cold blood so Sakamoto still ended up magically intervening. That's just shitty writing. Unfortunate that there has been so much of that when it wouldn't be necessary with a bit more effort and forethought being put into these scenarios. Sadly that's one of the many frequent pitfalls for a weekly manga series.

Sakamoto finally figured out the connection between Akira and his former classmate, tbh the hair should have been a dead give away 💀 her attitude switch up was cool though, she has potential but her personality doesn’t suit this profession.

Those guys really said “we’ll kill them from a safe distance then collect their tails off of their dead bodies,” then they proceeded to walk slowly and menacingly toward them as they aura farmed without firing any shots at their stationary targets 💀💀💀 big brain antagonists for sure haha.

So Akira really is related to Sakamoto and Nagumo's partner (probably her sister). It was kinda dark how she turned into an assassin persona quite quickly (her voice even changed), and slashed the carotid of the guy, and if it weren't for Sakamoto she would have killed the other 2 too. I wonder if the other guy is going to survive (although he was the one that was trying to kill the group first...).
But what Akira said, it seems like something happened to Akao, or that she might even be dead... I wonder what happened to her, if that relates to Sakamoto's decision to start a family and leave the hitman business.

Also, it seems Shin's group is in a though spot with that crazy "Otaku". Funny how the other guy was trying to warn Shin and Mafuyu, but wasn't able to speak while they were bickering each other.

It was super cute how Sakamoto was depressed that Shin decided to do this challenged alone, and therefore is becoming more independent. It's like his child is leaving the nest and he isn't ready. I would have loved if the anime explored more of their relationship more in the past honestly.

Curious for the next episode!

Edit: Forgot to mention, but Slur, Gaku and the other one being at the Karaoke was really funny. I thought that was just an opening thing, but no, it
really is in the anime too. I wonder who's this young person Slur keeps talking about. I'm betting it's either Akira or Mafuyu.
Also, I'm curious to see if the new guy that is in Shin's group is going to help battling that Otaku girl, since he supposedly is as strong as her (or at least close enough).

The tag game gives me such classic battle shonen vibes I love it. Toramaru and akira the stars of this ep, the gag with shin and sakamoto was funny too lol

Just a great episode overall, no notes!!

After all that crazy shit the film director teacher just gave up after his camera broke. What did he think was gonna happen? Lol.

A tag game as another exam huh. I guess the idea's not bad. But it's such bullshit that three new participants came outta nowhere well-equipped. At least the crazy girl is kinda funny. Wonder if she's gonna want to kill Sakamoto after she finds out he has become a fatty.

So, Sakamoto finally put 2 and 2 together and realized Akira is related to one of his old friends. That's cool. I was wondering why a girl who doesn't want to hurt anyone wants to become an assassin. Then she had that switch up. That was cool too. Akira's becoming more and more interesting. But is Sakamoto's apron bulletproof or something? Lmao.

Fun episode, been liking this arc so far, new characters are cool, Akira is cool. Curious on who the "new blood" is that Uzuki mentioned. Could be the 3 new participants, could be the germophobe who is in Shin's team, could even be Akari as a twist.

Bruh, he’s literally standing right there.. the legendary assassin himself, Sakamoto. But slap on some extra kilos and suddenly the guy’s invisible lol. Honestly, I haven’t gotten sick of this running gag yet. Now, if that fangirl actually clocked who he really is in his current dad-bod form, she’d probably want him dead just for shattering her ideal bishie fantasy lmaoo.

Anyway, the tag game was fine, but the real deal was Sakamoto finally putting two and two together about Akira. She isn’t exactly another Lu-level filler character, and we’d see her around in this series but yeah, that aside, the whole Rion + backstory thing is basically the backbone of most of the stuff in this series, so yeah, looking forward now that they’ve formally introduced Akao in the mix.

@Seansy yeah it's explosion proof, that's what Sakamoto used to protect Shin in episode 16, he also has bullet proof glasses

he said it started to budge prior to Akira going crazy



yeah NPCs are dumb

I didn't like this moment in the manga either

So Akira really is related to Sakamoto and Nagumo's partner (probably her sister). It was kinda dark how she turned into an assassin persona quite quickly (her voice even changed), and slashed the carotid of the guy, and if it weren't for Sakamoto she would have killed the other 2 too. I wonder if the other guy is going to survive (although he was the one that was trying to kill the group first...).
But what Akira said, it seems like something happened to Akao, or that she might even be dead... I wonder what happened to her, if that relates to Sakamoto's decision to start a family and leave the hitman business.

Also, it seems Shin's group is in a though spot with that crazy "Otaku". Funny how the other guy was trying to warn Shin and Mafuyu, but wasn't able to speak while they were bickering each other.

It was super cute how Sakamoto was depressed that Shin decided to do this challenged alone, and therefore is becoming more independent. It's like his child is leaving the nest and he isn't ready. I would have loved if the anime explored more of their relationship more in the past honestly.

Curious for the next episode!

Edit: Forgot to mention, but Slur, Gaku and the other one being at the Karaoke was really funny. I thought that was just an opening thing, but no, it
really is in the anime too. I wonder who's this young person Slur keeps talking about. I'm betting it's either Akira or Mafuyu.
Also, I'm curious to see if the new guy that is in Shin's group is going to help battling that Otaku girl, since he supposedly is as strong as her (or at least close enough).

@Trackmaster89



That's not what happened. He threw it to cover them from the debris flying towards them from the explosion. They weren't actually at the epicenter of the blast like in this episode that was a direct hit. They are not comparable situations.

Does the series ever explain what is different in this world compared to our world? If they do explain it, how long do we have to wait for said explanation? I get that this isn't a "superpower" anime like MHA, which explained quirks and their impact on society in the first episode, but all these superhuman feats feels like plot convenience/holes, especially when I'm told "explosion proof aprons" are a thing, without explanation. If Sakamoto can buy an "explosion proof apron" why doesn't every character with money use such material to protect themselves?

If it was just a comedy series not taking itself seriously, whatever, just go with the flow for the laughs, but that isn't the case here. There is a reason I don't complain about his bullet proof glasses cracking for comedic effect versus these supposedly serious situations.

Bruh, he’s literally standing right there.. the legendary assassin himself, Sakamoto. But slap on some extra kilos and suddenly the guy’s invisible lol. Honestly, I haven’t gotten sick of this running gag yet. Now, if that fangirl actually clocked who he really is in his current dad-bod form, she’d probably want him dead just for shattering her ideal bishie fantasy lmaoo.

Anyway, the tag game was fine, but the real deal was Sakamoto finally putting two and two together about Akira. She isn’t exactly another Lu-level filler character, and we’d see her around in this series but yeah, that aside, the whole Rion + backstory thing is basically the backbone of most of the stuff in this series, so yeah, looking forward now that they’ve formally introduced Akao in the mix.

Fun episode, been liking this arc so far, new characters are cool, Akira is cool. Curious on who the "new blood" is that Uzuki mentioned. Could be the 3 new participants, could be the germophobe who is in Shin's team, could even be Akari as a twist.

After all that crazy shit the film director teacher just gave up after his camera broke. What did he think was gonna happen? Lol.

A tag game as another exam huh. I guess the idea's not bad. But it's such bullshit that three new participants came outta nowhere well-equipped. At least the crazy girl is kinda funny. Wonder if she's gonna want to kill Sakamoto after she finds out he has become a fatty.

So, Sakamoto finally put 2 and 2 together and realized Akira is related to one of his old friends. That's cool. I was wondering why a girl who doesn't want to hurt anyone wants to become an assassin. Then she had that switch up. That was cool too. Akira's becoming more and more interesting. But is Sakamoto's apron bulletproof or something? Lmao.

The switch up with Akira there was interesting. Makes me curious as to why she wants to become an assassin when she doesn't like hurting people. Seems like it is related to this woman she is related to that worked with Sakamoto in the order, but that's still quite the contradiction.

So, Sakamoto's apron is explosion proof now? And after saying he cannot remove the trap (kind of BS imo given his previously shown abilities) he suddenly can magically remove it to stop Akira from killing more people? Also, why are these guys walking towards the group, including the person that escaped their trap, when the leader JUST talked about killing them safely at range?

It's like they're purposefully TRYING to create plot holes/convenience for this series! Seems as though the author wanted to create a scenario for Sakamoto to witness Akira's abilities which required the extras to be near her, and for him to be restrained from intervening earlier, but then decided that they didn't want to have Akira kill people running away in cold blood so Sakamoto still ended up magically intervening. That's just shitty writing. Unfortunate that there has been so much of that when it wouldn't be necessary with a bit more effort and forethought being put into these scenarios. Sadly that's one of the many frequent pitfalls for a weekly manga series.

So Akira really is related to Sakamoto and Nagumo's partner (probably her sister). It was kinda dark how she turned into an assassin persona quite quickly (her voice even changed), and slashed the carotid of the guy, and if it weren't for Sakamoto she would have killed the other 2 too. I wonder if the other guy is going to survive (although he was the one that was trying to kill the group first...).
But what Akira said, it seems like something happened to Akao, or that she might even be dead... I wonder what happened to her, if that relates to Sakamoto's decision to start a family and leave the hitman business.

Also, it seems Shin's group is in a though spot with that crazy "Otaku". Funny how the other guy was trying to warn Shin and Mafuyu, but wasn't able to speak while they were bickering each other.

It was super cute how Sakamoto was depressed that Shin decided to do this challenged alone, and therefore is becoming more independent. It's like his child is leaving the nest and he isn't ready. I would have loved if the anime explored more of their relationship more in the past honestly.

Curious for the next episode!

Edit: Forgot to mention, but Slur, Gaku and the other one being at the Karaoke was really funny. I thought that was just an opening thing, but no, it
really is in the anime too. I wonder who's this young person Slur keeps talking about. I'm betting it's either Akira or Mafuyu.
Also, I'm curious to see if the new guy that is in Shin's group is going to help battling that Otaku girl, since he supposedly is as strong as her (or at least close enough).