Sakamoto Days Season 2 Spoiler Discussion
When we last met, Sakamoto days. I had a really good time with it. The internet did not because they never have a good time with anything. Well, no. To be fair, the big complaint with Sakamoto Day’s season 1 was that many people felt the animation did not properly reflect the gorgeous art and action scenes of the manga. I, being an anime only, took the side of, “Yeah, this is good. I like it. It’s fun.” and I said we would check in with it after season 2 to see if there was any visible improvement and where things kind of stood from there. And well, season 2 has wrapped up almost a month ago at the time of this recording, but we’re here to talk about it today. And I am here to say that while I can’t speak for the manga because I have not read it, I still had a damn good time with Sakamoto Days season 2. This is a show that even if it will never appeal to the manga fans, and again, I understand if you feel like the series you love has not been given the care it deserves, especially at a time when so many anime sometimes go above and beyond to make the source material feel epic. Uh, I kind of I get that, but I do still feel like there is a lot to enjoy here. And I’m at the point in my life where like I’m always kind of just here for the characters and their chemistry and their shenanigans and where things go from there. And in my opinion, Sakamoto Day season 2 continues to deliver on that. So that is what we are going to talk about today. First up, let us start right where the season uh begins, which is where the last one left off with the revelation that several high-profile assassins are after our heroes. Why? Well, you’ll find that out as things go. And yeah, so we just see all these wacky, bizarre assassins who are going to fight throughout the season. And yeah, like just stuff like this is why I think this show works. The series perfectly encapsulates the idea of Bond parody villains. basically all these like assassins who are gimmicky, who are weird, but are still presented as like a level of threat and dangerous effectively. The fact that they’re as insane and wacky as they are is what makes them scary. You don’t really understand what they’re going to do next because just seeing them is so bizarre. It kind of makes you afraid of them. And I think nowhere is that better shown off than when Shin and Lou fight the one assassin uh in the I believe it was just a regular other convenience store or something. Uh but what I liked about this fight was there’s a very strong suddenenness to it. Everything just kind of happens and just like [ __ ] is on. It is up to our two heroes to fight against this [ __ ] psychopath. And what I liked about how the whole thing was handled was that there is this darkness to this. There is this seriousness to it. The show knows how to when it needs to make a fight feel more intense and like you should care more. A lot of the fights in this show are for obvious reason presented as jokes. I mean, this is a comedy, but in a fight like this, the way they make everything feel so serious and so no thrills and so no nonsense kind of does give it the intensity it needs for you to get into it. Shin and Lou are in a lot of danger right now and Shin really does need to access new powers. Now, obviously, when Lou goes into drunken martial arts master mode, there is some goofiness there, but I still feel like it felt within the scene to where that would just be kind of how anyone would perceive what was going on. But for me, the star of it is really when Shin does get his power up for the season. I love how it was presented. It really had this feeling of almost like borderline omnipotence to it. And I think the reason you want to do that is to the average person, Shin using this would seem godlike. However, we do learn later on that there’s a lot he has to master, a lot he has to learn. But by showing just the potential of this power right away, it makes us a lot more interested into seeing where it’s going from there. From then, we meet a new character. We meet this chiropractor lady. And I kind of like her. I think she’s fun. She’s a little bit of your typical older sage like exposition lady. And I feel like I’ve seen the trope of masseuse or chiropractor who after they just kind of like hit you in the right spot, you gain more strength or whatever. But again, the show has a lot of personality. So, I feel like that’s really what is always selling what’s going on. We also got around this time we got Nagamo’s I feel like first real big fight. And again, it’s just a lot of fun. I love he’s just facing this big scary monster dude who crushes [ __ ] just so that way he can convey how scary he is. And I love how Nagamo’s just relaxed, fun, goofy nature goes up against that. There’s intention here. There is purpose. We are trying to show the power of both characters and how one of them their strength kind of comes from their ability to be goofy and silly and over-the-top and how they then use that to their advantage using the opponent’s own anger and aggression against them. I think that is always a very smart way to show off your powers. And then next we get our next big fight where we meet slashy dad murdery guy. Yeah, that’s his name. Dad Murray guy. Oh god, this character is [ __ ] insane. Like just this complete lunatic who was just obsessed with death and murder as a child. And right where you think where is going of, well, he had a loving father, so therefore he had something good in his life. No. When his dad found out how crazy he was, he was like, “Oh, my son got problems. We got to bring him to a doctor. And when the son is just like, “See, dad, I opened your head and we’re the same. What the [ __ ] is going on?” A part of me feels like I should have a tone issue with this show. The way it goes from just like the absolute shenanigans, bonkers humor into the more sort of like serious dark [ __ ] A part of me feels like it should be a problem, but I feel like that’s almost kind of like the point. It’s sort of like Jojo’s where you’re trotting the line between absolute silliness and absolute insane badassness to the point where it becomes its own weird unique thing. And that’s part of the fun of it. Like the fact of the matter is that this is the kind of show where like you could go from the most insane silly nonsense to the most badass thing you’ve ever seen and you will not know when it’s coming. Speaking of which, we then move on to our two new bad guys making their big assault on the assassins guild headquarters thing. No one get on me for remembering names. This is a silly show. You don’t have to try that arc. And this is just straight up badass. Watching just these two go and just [ __ ] wreck [ __ ] And then when our heroes show up, they’re not really a match. Sakamoto can’t really keep up with this guy. Neither can Shin. Again, showing the difference in power level and the danger of the threat, in my opinion, is one of the most important things in action scenes. It really conveys the strength of these guys, and it conveys also the mystery, and it makes you want to know more. Afterwards, we then move on to what becomes the majority of the rest of the season, which is basically a big like training camp, like sort of like they got to go after their assassin’s license. So, they get on a plane, which is part of the test where they got to kill each other for bullets. We meet just this fun, cute girl character right here. I enjoy her for just more than I should. She’s a lot of fun. And then it just turns into like Sakamoto and Shin just trying to go on this thing and like become assassins. They can get more information. But things get derailed very quickly, which is good because I was wondering how long this whole thing would go as our main bad guys, i.e. Mr. Big Deer Head, that’s what I like to call him. Uh, they send a dude who is under, I guess, hypnotic suggestion to go kill them. And again, the show does a perfectly good job of showing this guy’s power. It shows his strength. It shows his threat level. I also like the way it takes advantage of the fact that he is not conscious. So therefore, Shin can’t read his thoughts. So our heroes are down one of their strengths. Also the fact that again because we saw how strong those two bad guys were when they attacked the headquarters. We know their threat. So we know the danger of one of them using their strength and as well as taking someone’s free will away to make for the perfect combination that perfectly counters our heroes. But they of course get through this bad guy. I really like the bit where the Sakamoto simp lady learned that was Sakamoto and then lost her entire desire to simp for him. Uh I thought that was just really funny. The fat jokes in this show can get a little old at times, but this was one I really thought worked. And then it ends with it is time to infiltrate the school, which Sakamoto is not allowed to do. So, he is given one of Naga Nagamo’s magic disguises or whatever you want to call it to look like his wife. And seeing his wife being all serious, badass, and stoic for the little bit we see before we cut to the end of the season, it’s kind of turning me on a little that woman is hot. There is a reason Sakamoto gave up Assassination for her. So, yeah, that was Sakamoto Day season 2. This was not an intelligent, in-depth discussion. This was just me uh having fun with a show that I have fun fun with. I feel like I did more than a good enough job in the first season and video of saying what I like and what I don’t like. So, I am allowed to just sit here and enjoy the anime and share with you all what I thought. But in the comment section below, give me your thoughts on Sakamoto Day season 2. Did you not like it? Did you not like it? All that good stuff. And as always, click to like, click to subscribe, and join me when season 3 eventually comes out so I continue to want to goon for Sakamoto’s wife, who is actually Sakamoto. This This is a weird
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