Top Popular Anime! Sakamoto Days!

In the manga world Sakamoto Days is already one of the bestsellers, selling a balanced package of action, humor and heartwarming scenes. Yuuto Suzuki created Sakamoto Days, which introduces a new approach to the world of assassins and action thrillers, and offers a totally unorthodox protagonist who trashes all the clichés. It's a story of transformation, redemption, and the chaos that erupts when the world's most feared assassin decides to live a more peaceful life-well, sort of.

The Unlikely Protagonist: Taro Sakamoto

Lying at the heart of Sakamoto Days is Taro Sakamoto, an ex-top assassin who has been living a normal life, keeping a quiet, suburban existence running a convenience store. His transformation from coldblooded assassin to sentimental and family-loving shopkeeper is hilarious and touching. Gone are the days of flying dangerous missions and having to be stoic, menacing characters. Nowadays, Sakamoto is a middle-aged, ludicrously unfit man who, all too familiarly, can barely get on with daily routines without struggles over these cute and trivial challenges in daily life in such an endearing manner.

What makes Sakamoto's character so interesting is how Suzuki combines comedy with action, revealing his change without taking away from how serious he was in the past. Maybe Sakamoto has traded in guns for an even cleaner broom, but his past will never fully disappear. We get flashes of his forsaken brilliance and how he used to think his way through scenes of hectic activity, blending action with some really weirdly comedic situations. That mix is just what makes Sakamoto Days endearing.

A Story of Redemption and Family

At its core, though literally filled with action sequences and slapstick humor, the story of Sakamoto Days is one of redemption and family. Sakamoto's decision to give up the profession of a killer is compelled by his desire to let his family be safe and live an life free from conflict. The underlying theme is strong, as Sakamoto not only seeks distance from his violent past but is fighting to create a future with his wife and daughter.

The family dynamics in the series are really very endearing. Sakamoto's interactions with his wife and daughter contrast starkly to his violent past and humanize him as a character. This gives Sakamoto Days emotional depth, in the way his dedication to keeping his family safe prevails despite the fact that his past life keeps catching up with him. Although he may be an old-fashioned assassin, this is one man living his second life, a loving husband and father just trying to cope with parenting issues and dangerous former enemies.

A Thrilling, High-Octane World of Assassins

Of course, with Sakamoto's old life, there would be that action which just completes the story. Even though he's out of the assassin world, his skills are put to test when dangerous criminals and organizations from his past start knocking on his door. Despite Sakamoto no longer being at the height of his physical best, his sharp mind, along with his past training in the military, works for him. The action sequences are exciting, kinetic, and adeptly choreographed, ranging from direct hand-to-hand combat to the devious and clever outwitting of enemies.

It is still hard for Sakamoto's old life as a murderer to just remain buried. He has to face it again and again, and just in time, it takes him back to a reality he tried to run from. Refreshingly enough, Sakamoto Days reveals through its storytelling how the one man trying to have a simple life gets pulled right back into chaos. That in itself will always present a constant tension or excitement regarding the transformation of Sakamoto and how he's always a step away from getting pulled right back into the world he's trying to leave behind in favor of one of peacefulness.