Sakamoto Days Part 2 Episode 5 Discussion

Most casual takeover and massacre ever lol. Gaku shows up on his bike, kills a whole floor, takes a bathroom break, grabs a drink, and chats with his mole, dude just chillin. Was kinda worried he wouldn’t find a bathroom for a second there though. Holding it in ain’t healthy, but props to the mask guy for showing him the way.

Anyway, the old guy’s still a total badass, them slashes do not play as we have seen multiple times now, including now. Not surprised he ain't facing big trouble yet. On Sakamoto’s side though, things were looking rough for a second there. I mean, dude got stabbed and it wasn't looking good, but one mention of his daughter and dude locked in instantly. Dude's killing intent went next level for a second there.

Holy shit, best episode of the series thus far? This was insane.

F’s in the chat for the 170 who died in the JAA attack, but on a positive note, we now know who slur is and while he and Gaku are OP af, they don’t seem unbeatable.

“It’s a bit dismaying that an old friend has got fat” lmaoooooooooo. Taro v Slur was awesome, that might be the best animation we’ve had to this point? Until slur brought up his daughter, Taro was definitely on the back foot and then he seemed to be overpowering slur. We don’t know if that’s slur fighting at full strength though and there were obviously other factors going on around, but if you’re Sakamoto’s group you gotta feel a little confident coming out of that confrontation.

Gramps vs Gaku was so dope. Did I really just watch Gaku kick his own cut off arm as a projectile lmao?? Uda blowing himself up as a decoy for them to escape is crazy as well. Ton of action in this one

I’m really curious about uzuki/slur’s backstory, why taro tried to kill him back in the day and why he’s out to kill all hitmen? This is definitely not something taro can handle on his own so it’s going to come down to him trusting in his friends and his old comrades to come out on top.

S/O to the old lady in the hospital just watching in awe as hyo fights Taro lmao

Yeah best episode of the season easily, Death Row guys were fun but this is the real shit. Gaku went absolutely stupid on the JAA folks but the badass old guy aka Takamura showed up and shut that down real quickly, I think he’s more scary that Slur honesty lol. And we got to see Sakamoto and Slur clash after all the buildup, and it turns out they have a past together and Slur used to be known as Uzuki, but damn he made Sakamoto look like small potatoes, Sakamoto had to be provoked by bringing up Hana to get him to really measure up to Slur’s skills, but man was Sakamoto epic here anyway, being a pissed off father really brought it out of him.

And unfortunately the fight was cut short (get it, because Takamura uses a sword) but really it’s a good thing because I kinda doubt Sakamoto could win here, Takamura however probably could have, but Slur had a real one in that Uda fella, it’s tough to come by ride or dies like that lol, he probably would’ve died from his neck wound anyway but yeah that was wild. But damn what happened to Takamura? He disappeared and Slur was mumbling like him afterward, did he straight up absorb him or what? Guess that’s an answer for another day, but hey at least the main gang survived their encounter with Slur, including Apart who I thought might die here, losing an arm is tough tho. And thanks to Hyo being played like a fiddle, we know where the gang is heading next, gotta say I’m the most hyped I’ve been in a while to see where this goes. And lastly, poor Shin got an upgrade but still couldn’t do shit in that fight lol, unfortunate but Sakamoto’s moment with him at the end was wholesome, I’m not counting our boy out yet.

So what happened to Apart after his arm got blown off? They seem to have forgotten he exists after that.

@TheColonel76 Takamura's still around, I'm more shocked at how he survived the point blank explosion, it's like he has some kind of aura, though we saw his sword crack, which gives Gaku props in spite of losing fingers and an arm in the fight.

Apart is still MIA last I hear, the manga forgot about him more than the author forgot about Lu, she's barely been around overall that I remember in most arcs

@holdingnothing Wait so Apart just disappears after this? Weird, so they kept him around just have him dip right after, a shame but it is what it is.

@AvihayAnimes Last season was also fire.

@KingBaller06 Nah the last season was mid.

Honestly the most depressing part about this ep actually felt like they were trying to capture the vibes of the manga but even than the limited animation still fall short in areas compared to other Shounen seasonals
Like if this is the Staff Best efforts when it comes to the Animation than it's really not enough
Gaku slashing everyone in the office was just a still frame
The Slo mo can kill the pace a little
The Choreography still feels lacking
I give credit to the Directing, Use of Shadows, and Lighting for Takamura
And the different art changes for expressions
I can tell they wanted to get that right
But the Action still feels average looking and lacking the extra sauce to make it elevate the manga

@SoulReaper85 how about you shut tf up bud all I see from you is complaining

Such a perfect episode and this part is far better than part 1. The moment I saw him say he knows that he has a daughter, I was like kill him. Kill him until he's dead and kill him more. I do hope he doesn't target Hana because that would be insane due to Hana being innocent and cute. Seeing Sakamoto actually protect his team members is just awesome to see and you can tell he's different than most main characters. Ojiisan was a beast this episode and I can see why he's one of the top assassins in this show. Just his scenes alone are awesome and I want to see more of him.

I will say this episode and the last episode has proven TMS Entertainment that they know how to animate a good fight scene and have improve since part one. I wouldn't mind if they started animating more action anime and possibly One Punch Man since the fight scenes look like the One Punch Man manga. Plus imagine if they become as big as Mappa, Toei, and Madhouse. We need more action anime to look like this and not the generic look most anime get nowadays!!

@Camoboi1 Idk about that chief
TMS has the potential but the team they got aren't talented enough compared to the other Shounen seasonals
They are trying tho

@SoulReaper85 I've really improved from their other works like Detective Conan and especially Sonic X.

@Camoboi1 improved?

@SoulReaper85 Yes, animation wise just look at the episodes fight scenes.

@Camoboi1 it looks the same as S1 where it's limited in movement, Has a lot of obvious shortcuts and Animation tricks, Lack of good sakuga, etc

I feel like the episode ended too abruptly during a very tender moment, I would have like to see a couple more minutes. The whole episode was pretty fast to be honest. This season seems to be a lot darker than the last, and I'm not sure how to feel about that.

The way he kicks his own arm (o.o) 

And Mr. Taka's aura just WOW

@Matchappie

So DId Mr Taka die?