#nao toramaru

[courtesanofdeath]

✦ tiny assassins ✦

[anestefi]

[happycricketbox]

the girlies 💅

[waifubuki]

[tsutart]

Started sakamoto days her weird girl behaviors have captivated me

[hyeahgaku]

This dope asf panel is now 2 years old 🔥

[froqpi-art]

another sakamoto days art bc toramaru is so silly <3

[galaxynajma]

Btw all the Sakamoto Days posts I reblogged today are your sign to check out the series

[thisislifenao]

series i started reading :33

[animehouse-moe]

Sakamoto Days 8: Never Too Much of A Good Thing

It's the Sakamoto Days that we all know and love, there's not some hidden world to it. It's straight and to the point, and does what it loves to do best: action with a side of humor. Doesn't mean there's not some cool as hell stuff to share or talk about though. If there wasn't, I wouldn't be here.

Sakamoto Days does its best work when it's on edge, when it's finding new ways to reinvent the wheel and breath life into the slightest hint of monotony. Onto the next stage of the exam and it's just people we've already seen from on the plane? Let's add some new ones!

It's really some great awareness. We've already seen most of these people fight, so the need to shake it up and bring in new styles and personalities was apparent, and Suzuki sensei grasped that immediately and delivered on it.

Similarly, putting Sakamoto and Shin on separate teams is a great idea, and the groupings of them too. Placing each of them with the member they were with on the plane is a fun little nod to the instructors paying attention to chemistry. And to add even more to it, they add one of the recommended exam takers to Shin's team, just to mix it up that little bit more.

Anyways, the "exam" (really a violent game) starts, and we plunge into it headfirst.... after a bit of comedy from Sakamoto. The reset on the tension is nice in giving Suzuki sensei a blank slate, and they waste no time carving into it.

Suzuki's knack for creative combat and weaponry really is incredible. They always have super unique and interesting weapons, and they're always used to their maximum capacity off the bat. A combat shotgun with an axe attached to it? Sign me up!

And of course, Suzuki never misses a moment with the action. Perhaps contrary to popular believe, I'm a huge fan of the (sparing) use of these framed pages for spreads. Something about containing the action within them gives it a different vibe, like you're just absolutely honed in on what's in front of you. And it works perfectly with Toramaru here. The posing really sells the weight of their movement, and how it is that they move. The twisted torso with the heavy front planted foot, alongside the fluttering skirt and low angle. It all tells a story of just how aggressive her swing through the trees (and exam takers). That, and well, the shading and detail on the skirt is just super well done.

Of course, the new characters can't just be cool, they've got to be weird too. I love Suzuki's approach in that sense. There's not a single outright "cool" or "badass" character. All of them have flaws, drawbacks, idiosyncrasies that stop them from reaching that status. And it's a great choice from Suzuki as baking that in to all of their characters, humor and comedy never feel out of place or odd, even when it directly follows the awesome action.

You really have to give it to Suzuki for coming up with so many different styles and approaches to combat though. Every character has a unique ace up their sleeve, whether it's an intrinsic trait, a unique weapon or tool, or a special ability. Akira turns the key on the ignition of her assassin side and shows us just what it was that Sakamoto saw earlier in them.

And doing so, opens up a new story for them to explore, which I think is a great thing. Sakamoto Days does best with 2 things: what's in front of it, and what's in its peripheral vision. The whole thing about Slur and X and them is on the horizon. Their current goal is making through the exam, and now they have the side story of finding Akira's aunt. It's a great understanding of what's been working so well for Sakamoto. It has a goal, but that goal is so that Suzuki can pull off cool stuff with the story. It's the finish line that continually gets further and further away. If you want a comparison, the story is at it's best when it's like a tree. It has a strong trunk, and continues to grow upwards to reach that finishing point, but it's incomplete or scarce if it's not branching out.

Anyways, back to combat with Toramaru, the Sakamoto Otaku. Suzuki's posing and eye for action really is just something I can't get enough of.

But the focus here isn't really the combat, it's Sakamoto. And I really do like it. I enjoy the commitment to the side of Sakamoto that exists on the other side of this assassination plot and Slur and X and all of it. He's given up his life of violence, and has a family at home. It's an easy thing to forget since, you know, this whole series is about action and assassins, but I like the acknowledgement of who Sakamoto really is.

So anyways, Shin ticks off the Sakamoto Superfan, and a fight ensues. Pretty standard fare with cool action, awesome posing, and a sprinkling of the shounen tropes in regards to powers and ability. It's a good fight, but nothing I feel the need to write home about... except for the end of it.

The third recommended student appears, and puts the whole island on red alert. Of course, it's not just some unhinged random that appears, but Gaku making an appearance via VR. Such an interesting idea, and I love how they use it. It imposes limitations and a handicap on him, thanks to the lag with the VR setup + limited movement space, and adds a handicap thanks to the physical limitations of the person on the other end. It's a great idea that puts team Sakamoto into combat against X and his organization to perfectly set up the scale and power gap between them.

And just as Gaku takes his mirror image past their limits, the volume comes to an end. I've said it quite a few times with these recent volumes thanks to the concerns of Volume 6, but Sakamoto and Suzuki are at their best when the carrot is dangled in front of their face. Looking too far into the horizon things get blurry, but a few yards or meters ahead? Clear as day, which makes it incredibly easy for Suzuki to deliver on. Looking at the characters and action right in front of them is where the best ideas come from, where the coolest fights and interactions appear, and where the interesting and creative side stories and personalities stem from. Sakamoto Days is a story that I almost don't want to see the end for, because it does so well with its never-ending journey towards it.

[miss-disfunctional-nerd]

[poem-to-petrichor]

[incorrectsakamotodays]

nao: okay, so maybe playing "whose family is most dysfunctional" wasn't the best idea . . . shin: amane's been crying in the bathroom for an hour and we can't get him out!

[happycricketbox]

doodles hehe

[racecarcat]

intro ??! ˚❀༉‧₊

Hiiii!!! I’m racecarcat, if you want you call me kat for short.

I just kinda wanna post stuff because I think it’d be fun. I’m unfortunately very inconsistent and everything (read: my mood) fluctuates very fast. I also, am really bad with tech, and therefore know to format nothing. Consumerism. Anyhow, here are some fandoms I’m in (or rather, have been in that if given the opportunity to talk about I can rant abt for hours):

• Jujutsu Kaisen (JJK)

• Honkai Star Rail (HSR)

• Genshin Impact (GI)

• Bungo Stray Dogs (BSD)

• Project Sekai (PJSK)

• Chainsaw Man (CSM)

• Sakamoto Days (SD)

Here are my fav characters from each, not in a specific order:

JJK: RIKO AMANAIIIII (pls someone love her as much as I do), Aoi Todo, Mai Zenin, Maki Zenin, Hiromi Higuruma, Kento Nanami, Yuki Tsukumo, Iori Utahime, Yuko Ozawa, Mei Mei and Mahito (I like them ironically I swear)

HSR: Stelle/Caelus, Jing Yuan, Welt Yang, Robin, MISHA, YUKONGG, Fu Xuan, Huohuo, Tingyun, Bailu, Ruan Mei, Jing Liu, ARGENTI, BAI HENG

GI: NAVIA, Neuvillette, FURINA, Kokomi, Shenhe, CHIORI, Jean, Lumine/Aether, GANYU, KUJOU SARA, KAVEH, Itto, Nahida, Faruzan, Yanfei

BSD: PAUL VERLAINE, Rimbaud, FUKUZAWA, SIGMA, Kunikida, Chuuya, all the flags (I LOVE STORMBRINGER), HIGUCHI, Hirotsu, ODA SAKUNOSUKE ODA SAKUNOSUKE ODA SAKUNOSUKE, H.P Lovecraft, Louisa May Alcott, EDGAR ALLEN POE, Fukuchi, TERUKO

PJSK: ENA SHINOME, Mafuyu Asahina, Ichika Hoshino, Honami Mochizuki, Minori Hanasato, Shizuoka Hinomori, KOHANE AZUSAWA

CSM: Denji, ASA MITAKAAA, Aki Hayakawa, KISHIBE, QUANXI, Angel, Kobeni, Reze, Madoka, Nomo, Santa Claus, PINGSTI, NAYUTA, Himeno

SD: Taro Sakamoto, LU XIAOTANG, OSARAGI, Shin Asakura, Nagumo, GAKU, Rion Akao, AKIRA AKAO, Natsuki Seba, Nao Toramaru, Obiguro, Heisuke, SHISHIBE, AMANE

And for funsies, here are some ships I like! Fair warning, I LOVE rarepairs and multi shipping:

JJK: Satosugu, Itafushi, NobaMaki, Hakari/Kirara, Choso/Yuki, Yuji/Yuko, MECHAMIWA, Nanami/Bakery Lady, Yuta/Maki, Yuta/Inumaki

HSR: Stelle/March 7th, Caelus/Dan Heng, Gepard/Sampo, Blade/Kafka, DAN FENG/YINGXING, Jing Yuan/Blade, Pela/Lynx, Bronya/Seele, JING LIU/BAIHENG, Himeko/Kafka, Cocolia/Serval, ASTA/ARLAN, Jing Yuan/Fu Xuan, Tingyun/Jing Yuan

GI: Jean/Diluc, Qingxiu/Chongyun, Beidou/Nigguang, Neuvillette/Focalors, Ganyu/Xiao, Lumine/Amber, Arlecchino/Columbina, Yae/Layla, truly too many to count.

BSD: Kunizai, AtsuLucy, Fyozai, FukuFuku, Shin Soukoku, RIMLAINE, Chuuya/Albatross, KuniBram, OdaAngo, Ranpoe, Shirachuu, KuniChuu, Yosano/Koyou, Kyouka/Kenji, SIGZAI etc.

PJSK: Ena/Mafuyu, Toya/Kohane, Rui/Shizuku, RuiNene

CSM: Denji/Asa, AkiAngel, Aki/Himeno, Denji/Yoshida, Violence/Kobeni, Denji/Reze, Asa/Yuko, Quanxi/her gfs

SD: None, surprisingly!

I’m probably use this blog for writing, talking about said fandoms, obsessively thinking about my ocs for each said fandom, and making very politically(/j) incorrect analysis about characters. And, more! I’m sorry this is so long, really just ask me abt anything and it’ll eventually happen.

Last thing: I might post about my own stories that are… painfully unfinished, so here’s a brief intro about each (they’re all heavily inspired by my respective fandoms, we don’t talk abt that):

*Insert Dramatic Title* (IDT): A robot by the name of Edis is asked to save humanity from a prophecy stating that, from five years from now, the world will end.

Slaughterhouse (SH): A pair of twins live in a “Haven Town” where there outside world was shrouded into an apocalypse. They learn how to truly survive in such a restrictive environment and find out the subtle corruption of their system.

‘Vest of the ‘Usual (VOU): A young boy has unusual abilities that leads him to work in the government, which depicts him having to do the unthinkable: go to school. And, do his job, that too.

Act I (A1): Olesia Lexina has had one dream all her life: protect humanity from the evil that is godlyhood! This follows her journey through the ideal of becoming on of the top members of the “Guardians of Humanity”.

Project: New World (P:NW): The government has allowed a project and organization by the name of “New World” to attempt to “purify humanity of all of its wrongdoings” and it has taken the world by storm; unfortunately, Chara has absolutely no interest in any of it.

The Eight Tragedies (T8T): An Angel has come to earth to ultimately destroy everyone on it, in which a humanities major named Reminiscence gives the world (her two friends) a chance to fix their problems before it can do so—by going into the past eight times to fix mistakes that should’ve never happened.

Majic Girl: BOOM ★ (MG:★): this one is something I’ve been meaning to get motivation to work on properly. A young freshman girl watches her whole world turn upside down (close to literally) to as some sort of eldritch horror resurfaces the earth! And she is one of the few people making the attempt to kill it.

$1 Supermarket ($1): The economy as we know it had crashed after inflation has risen way too high to the point even the upper class finds it hard to buy anything. Thus, a brand new chain store by the name of $1 Supermarket has arisen! Where everything is exactly $1! And there’s like, a bunch of monsters everywhere, but that’s besides the point.

Okay, that’s it now I promise. Thank you for reading this far!

[hyeahgaku]

Compilation of SAKAMOTO DAYS Manga Volumes

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 1: “The Legendary Hitman”, released on April 2, 2021 (JP version) and April 5, 2022 (EN Viz version). Cover characters: Shin & Tarō Sakamoto Volume 1 covers Days 1 to Days 7.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 2: “Hard-Boiled”, released on June 4, 2021 (JP version) and June 14, 2022 (EN Viz version). Cover characters: Shin & Lu Shaotang, featuring Tarō Sakamoto Volume 2 covers Days 8 to Days 16.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 3: “Heisuke Mashimo”, released on September 3, 2021 (JP version) and August 9, 2022 (EN Viz version). Cover characters: Heisuke Mashimo & Piisuke, featuring Shin & Tarō Sakamoto Volume 3 covers Days 17 to Days 25.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 4: “Quiet on the Train”, released on November 4, 2021 (JP version) and October 11, 2022 (EN Viz version). Cover characters: Natsuki Seba, featuring Kashima, Shin & Tarō Sakamoto Volume 4 covers Days 26 to Days 34.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 5: “Death Row Prisoner”, released on January 4, 2022 (JP version) and December 13, 2022 (EN Viz version). Cover character: Osaragi Volume 5 covers Days 35 to Days 43.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 6: “Bad Luck”, released on March 4, 2022 (JP version) and February 14, 2023 (EN Viz version). Cover character: Nagumo Volume 6 covers Days 44 to Days 52.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 7: “I Got This”, released on June 3, 2022 (JP version) and April 11, 2023 (EN Viz version). Cover character: Gaku Volume 7 covers Days 53 to Days 61.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 8: “Exam, Stage Three”, released on August 4, 2022 (JP version) and June 6, 2023 (EN Viz version). Cover character: Akira Akao Volume 8 covers Days 62 to Days 70.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 9: “Hard Mode”, released on November 4, 2022 (JP version) and August 1, 2023 (EN Viz version). Cover characters: Nao Toramaru (featuring Buddha Sakamoto) Volume 9 covers Days 71 to Days 79.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 10: “Reunion”, released on February 3, 2023 (JP version) and December 5, 2023 (EN Viz version). Cover character: Slur/X (Uzuki) Volume 10 covers Days 80 to Days 88.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 11: “One Blow”, released on April 4, 2023 (JP version) and April 2, 2024 (EN Viz version). Cover character: Shishiba (featuring Yotsumura's eyes) Volume 11 covers Days 89 to Days 97.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 12: “Roll Film”, released on June 2, 2023 (JP version) and to be released on June 4, 2024 (EN Viz version). Cover character: Kanaguri Volume 12 covers Days 98 to Days 106.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 13: “Reminiscence”, released on September 4, 2023 (JP version) and to be released on September 3, 2024 (EN Viz version). Cover character: Rion Akao Volume 13 covers Days 107 to Days 115.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 14: “Bizarre Data”, released on November 2, 2023 (JP version) and to be released on November 5, 2024 (EN Viz version). Cover character: Hyō Volume 14 covers Days 116 to Days 124.

SAKAMOTO DAYS Volume 15: “The Assassin Exhibit of the Century”, released on January 4, 2024 (JP version) and to be announced for EN release at a later date. Cover character: Kumanomi Volume 15 covers Days 125 to Days 133.