Sakamoto Days Part 2 Episode 2 Discussion

@PokefanPT What makes you think Yoichi (Nagumo's first name; you can see it in the English credits) is gonna appear?

By the vibes I got only xD
Maybe is just me manifesting his appearance, because I'm quite curious to see him in a fight. Also, since they hinted that Sakamoto is at the hospital (and Shin and Lu are out too), 3 members of the Order also took care of a Death Row inmates too, which doesn't leave much space for many people to fight with him.

@PokefanPT What do you they hinted Taro is at the hospital? From what I recall, he didn't appear at all in the present time of this episode (the ending scene and the beginning are both likely flashbacks).

I might have read the subtitles wrong, but at the end Sakamoto's wife was talking to him on the phone, and he said something along the lines that Shin and Lu are fine, so it seems he was there with them (maybe not on the hospital though, I'm misremembering that, but still, it seems he was not near the store at the moment). Or was that not Taro? It seemed to be by what she was replying.
But since you're mentioning that, I'm thinking I might have just read the subtitles wrong or something, I'll need to rewatch that now.

@PokefanPT Oh you watch the Sub. I was watching the Dub and knew that Aoi was likely talking to Taro, but couldn't hear what they said.

If you rewatch, please let me know if it's said that Taro is at the hospital.

Just went to check, and my bad, I just misremembering that Aoi was saying that Taro went to check on Shin in the hospital, but she only said "I'm glad that Shin is going to be fine", so there's no mention of a hospital, he could have checked Shin on the store, I just assumed they took him to a hospital, because he wasn't in great shape. But Aoi really does say "We haven't had any customers yet. Yep! I'll be fine on my own.", so Taro really isn't near her, and with the "we" it seems she really is talking to him (since the store is theirs).

Sorry for the confusion though, she never said he was at the hospital! He only went to check on Shin (somewhere not specified)
The point is that he isn't near to protect her, at least right away, so that's why I was thinking Yoichi might be the one helping her!

Netflix JP again dropped the first two episodes, just like the first part.

That definitely wasn’t Lu, like no chance at all lol. It really kinda amazes me how Lu used to be such a regular, with all sorts of her tricks and methods and then all of a sudden, the author forgot he wrote one such character. Though that’s rather part of history now, so we move. We’ll see her in this adaptation, so that’s all that matters.

The sequence with Osaragi was fucking metal btw, that one female character I’m glad the author didn’t forget about xD

Welp, Dump met her perfectly ironic end, at the hands of The Order's rookie, Osaragi. I'm glad she realized herself that it was a fitting end by her own "pretty" standards. Saw got absolutely wrecked by Shaotang, fled to a cab, only to get obliterated by Minimalist.

And now, Minimalist is standing in front of Aoi, searching for Tarō, but he’s nowhere to be found. Why is Aoi alone at the store? Why haven’t Shin and Shaotang headed to Tarō’s store yet, even though they’ve already dealt with Saw? Where is Tarō & Hana? Guess we'll find out in the next episode, can't wait!

Honestly shin and Lu just getting these random bs power ups is definitely kinda boring I don't mind it with characters like Tarou since he is just overpowered anyways. But I mean so far these death row inmates have been really dull but I suppose the first two fell victim to bad matchups the first one being plot armour and the second one been Osaragi's badass absolute queen she was in that fight

@Skuvan That wasn't Minimalist, though they both are hulking brutes of men. Minimalist is black for one and doesn't have the metal accessories Hyo here has.

He's kind of minor in the Order, so you'd be forgiven for not remembering him versus Shishiba, Osaragi and even Takamura, who hasn't even spoken yet. Hyo will get a bit more later, don't worry, though I forget the fate of some of these serial killers, mostly because this arc is fairly short

@holdingnothing Oh my god, I just rewatched the scene, and you're absolutely right. Thanks for pointing that out. I was so confused when I thought Minimalist obliterated Saw, because I know they're supposedly on the same side. But now that I know it was a member of the order after all, then it all makes sense. That said though, I do not remember this Hyo guy at all. He looked pretty cool, though.

@0451 nah the fights need to be Mappa level
You got Tougen Aiki and Gachiakuta hitting it out of the park

@SoulReaper85 Gachiakuta? Lol. Haven't watched Tougen Aiki but Sakamoto Days season 1 part 1 has better animation than Gachiakuta, let alone part 2.

Osaragi is easily my favorite character in this show. That fight scene was very well done. After this episode anyone who thinks Sakamoto Days has bad animation needs to get their eyes checked.

@Skuvan Hyo is almost forgettable, which probably saddens some in a similar way that might be the case for me in people forgetting Ryuuken exist in Bleach, since he's barely acknowledged 95% of the series. And I cosplayed him, only being recognized a few times at most.

I forget if both Hyo and Minimalist have dreads, that may have been a confusing factor. Hyo looks more like one of Erza's old friends from early Fairy Tail, guy with a metal jaw. At least that's the first character that comes to mind

This series is not beyond in fighting of groups, though I think it's more common for the villain group, as is common in shounen series: antagonists ally and then decide, "Nah, I don't like you,"

@The_Spectre_01 Gachiakuta has the Bones Passione team and Sakamoto has the C tier production team it's a night and day quality difference
A lot of the Animation doesn't look cheap and limited compared to Sakamoto

She's better when drunk. Looks like Genji XD

@YudiYusantoS

Mafia drunk was coolest drunk by far.

@PokefanPT Fair enough. The Order is hunting each serial killer down and we did hear Yoichi mention that he's about to confront one now. We know now that the one he couldn't have been talking about Dump, since Osaragi was fighting her or Saw, who Hyo killed in the taxi. So that leaves either Apart or Minimalist (the one confronting Aoi at the end of the episode), so there's a 50/50 shot that you're right.

Oh damn, just when I thought it was just Shin getting an upgrade, Lu goes and gets one too when she somehow unlocked the “mafia drunk” mode, it doesn’t make a lot of sense but neither does being able to see the future lol, and hey this version of Lu is a different kind of hot so I can’t complain at all. But yeah Saw got absolutely wrecked once Shin and Lu leveled up, honestly they made him look like a jobber rather than a Death Row inmate lol, and although he managed to walk away, he was ended very quickly when he hopped in the same car as Hyou, I’d say RIP but bro’s thoughts as he was about to die were “I don’t wanna die so I can kill more people!”, yeah so long buster lol.

This wasn’t the only Death Row fight in this one, we also got to see Osaragi versus Dump, and I’m ngl this was pretty much a one-sided beatdown lol, Dump got one good hit in and I think it was one Osaragi meant to take, hell I thought the fight was over after Osaragi’s opening attack so I’m thankful they had a scuffle at all lol. Dump sure was an odd one tho (and that’s not even counting her name), she had an obsession with love to the point she would kill if she wasn’t in her loved one’s mind at all times, that paired with her freaky spikes that come out of her body made her quite the psycho, but at least Osaragi gave her a satisfying death, not that she deserved a satisfying one but cool I guess lol. So far tho, these Death Row fellas haven’t been all that, in the face of a truly skilled hitman they go down like all the others, but they basically are a distraction anyways so I guess they’re doing their jobs, unfortunate for them but they’re all terrible people so fuck ‘em lol.

. It is because the Order's assassins are so powerful that these individuals are easily defeated. (Hyo killed him with one punch, when Shin and Lu struggled a bit, and Osaragi defeated her with ease.) What I mean is that these two fights are here to showcase the order's assassin powers.

@AmirKazeXD So the Death Row guys are simply fodder to showcase the strength of The Order, unfortunate for them but at least we get to see The Order being cool lol.

Just when I thought Shin was getting better, Lu says hold my beer and busts out the Drunken Kung Fu. Well well ...

All this paled in comparison to the sakuga we saw in the Osaragi fight. Hot damn, how is this episode already better than most of season 1? I want to see more Osaragi.

They better not touch Sakamoto's wife, or he's going to go full John Wick.