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Sakamoto Daysexcellently followed up its premiere with episode #2, and it left plenty to be excited about for episode #3 and beyond. The show is slowly laying the groundwork for the type of story it wants to tell, especially with episode #2’s ending, and seeing how it all comes together will surely be great.
Following theSakamoto Dayspremiere,Sakamoto Daysepisode #2 saw Sakamoto and Shin go shopping in Chinatown when they suddenly encountered a woman being accosted by thugs. As it turned out, the woman was Lu Xiaotang, the heir to a powerful Chinese mafia family, and after the murder of her parents,a rival mafia family was trying to kill Lu to get their hands on her family’s treasure, which Sakamoto and Shin ultimately stepped in to prevent. It was another episode that perfectly showed offSakamoto Days’ excellent style, and whatever happens in episode #3 will surely be even better.
What Time Sakamoto Days Episode 3 Releases
As with previous episodes,theSakamoto Daysanimestreams exclusively on Netflix, which can be accessed through the app or directly through the website. Assuming there are no delays,Sakamoto Daysepisode #3 will premiere on Saturday, January 25 at 6:00 AM Pacific Standard Time (PST), 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST), and 2:00 PM Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and it will be available for streaming in both English and Japanese as soon as the series premieres.
What Happened In Sakamoto Days Episode 2?
Produced By TMS Entertainment; Directed By Akihiro Saitō, Masaki Watanabe, & Yoshihiro Nishio
InSakamoto Daysepisode #2, “Vs. Son Hee and Bacho”, after being briefly accosted by Aoi when Shin made her think Sakamoto was killing people again, Sakamoto and Shin went to Chinatown to buy meat buns for the family. Unfortunately, the meat buns were destroyed when Sakamoto and Shin were caught up in a sudden fight between a young woman and some gangsters. The woman, for her part, could defend herself with martial arts, but nevertheless,Sakamoto and Shin subdued the gangsters and escaped the scene with the mysterious woman.
After escaping from Chinatown, the woman, Lu Xiaotang, explained that the people she was fighting were from the Danshokai, a rival mafia group who killed her parents and were now after her for the key to her family’s treasure vault. Sakamoto agreed to help Lu, but at that moment, the Danshokai’s hitmen, Son Hee and Bacho, arrived to try and kill them. At first, the two seemed to put up a good fight, but soon enough,Sakamoto and Shin defeated Son Hee and Bacho as Sakamoto remembered how Aoi taught him the importance of helping people instead of killing them.
After dealing with Son Hee and Bacho, Sakamoto and everyone took down the Danshokai and Lu reclaimed her family’s treasure vault, even discovering that Lu’s father left behind a bottle of wine he wanted to share with Lu when she was old enough to drink. The next day, Lu was given a job at Sakamoto’s convenience store, and Shin was finally let in on the family rules, the most important one being that they weren’t allowed to kill. As all that was happening, however,a mysterious group met to discuss how someone had placed a massive bounty on Sakamoto’s head.
Sakamoto Days’ Anime Skips The Manga’s Best Early Content To Get To The Plot
One thing fans of theSakamoto Daysmanga will have undoubtedly noticed about episode #2 is that it skipped chapters #2 and #3 and went straight to adapting chapter #4, with some of chapter #2’s character moments being reworked into episode #2’s story. Both chapters were from whenSakamoto Dayswas more of an episodic series, and while chapter #3 didn’t add much to the story,the absence ofSakamoto Dayschapter #2 from the anime erases a great joke satirizing manga fans who obsess over their favorite manga getting canceled.
It makes sense why those chapters were cut from the anime, of course. Not only do they not fit with the tone of the more plot-focused chapters to follow them, but chapter #3 had a rather anticlimactic reveal of Sakamoto’s gimmick of turning skinny in a fight, so this means the anime can make its more dramatic appearance its first appearance.Sakamoto Dayscutting two chapters from the anime is ultimately to the story’s benefit, and even if someone does want to see what happened in them, it’s fortunately easy enough to find those chapters online.
Sakamoto Days Is Excellently Building Up An Exciting World
Sakamoto Daysepisode #2 was mostly just setup for the rest of the story, but it was a fun episode, regardless. Between the great introduction of Lu, the incredible action and comedy in every fight scene, and the excellent cliffhanger for what’s undoubtedly the overarching plot,Sakamoto Daysepisode #2 does a great job of moving the story forward both narratively and visually.Sakamoto Dayscontinues to be one of the best anime of thewinter 2025 anime season, and hopefully, episode #3 will be even better in that regard.
Be sure to watchSakamoto Daysepisode #3 when it releases on Saturday, January 25.
Sakamoto Days
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Sakamoto Days centers on Taro Sakamoto, a former top-tier hitman who has traded his life of crime for a peaceful existence running a convenience store. Despite his attempts to leave the underworld behind, Sakamoto’s past catches up with him as old rivals and dangerous enemies reappear, threatening his newfound tranquility. Forced to defend his family and business, Sakamoto must draw on his lethal skills while navigating the humorous and unexpected challenges of balancing his ordinary daily life with the chaos of his former profession.
