List of Sakamoto Days episodes

Sakamoto Days is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name by Yuto Suzuki [ja]. In May 2024, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment. It is directed by Masaki Watanabe [ja], with scripts by Taku Kishimoto, character designs by Yō Moriyama, and music composed by Yuki Hayashi. The series is running in two split season cours, with the first cours aired from January 11 to March 22, 2025, and the second cours premiered on July 15 of the same year, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates.^{[1][2][3][4][5][a]} The first two episodes of the second cours received an advanced screening in Japan on June 15.^[5] Netflix licensed the series for a worldwide streaming release, which releases simultaneously with its televised broadcast in Japan.^[7][8]

Key visual for the series

The first opening theme song is "Hashire Sakamoto" (走れSAKAMOTO; lit. 'Run, Sakamoto'), performed by Vaundy,^[4] while the first ending theme song is "Futsū" (普通; lit. 'Normal'), performed by Conton Candy [ja].^[9] The special ending theme song "Somebody Help Us", performed by Vaundy, is used for episode 7.^[10] The second opening theme song is "Method", performed by Kroi [ja],^[5] while the second ending theme song is "Dandelion" (ダンデライオン), performed by Go!Go!Vanillas [ja].^[11]

Episodes

No.	Title [12][13]	Directed by [b]	Storyboarded by [b]	Chief animation directed by [b]	Original release date [14][c]
Part 1
1	"The Legendary Hit Man" Transliteration: "Densetsu no Koroshiya" (Japanese: 伝説の殺し屋)	Masaki Watanabe [ja]	Masaki Watanabe	Masaki Hinata [ja]	January 11, 2025 (2025-01-11)
Taro Sakamoto was once the most feared hitman in the criminal underworld, being practically unstoppable no matter how difficult the job was. However, after encountering Aoi, a convenience store clerk, he fell in love at first sight and left the underworld to marry her. Many years later, Sakamoto has opened his own convenience store which he operates alongside Aoi and their daughter Hana, and grew overweight. One day, clairvoyant hitman Shin Asakura tracks down Sakamoto to his store, having been ordered by a gang boss to convince him to return to the underworld or kill him. Shin attacks Sakamoto but quickly realizes that despite Sakamoto's physical appearance, his hitman skills are still as sharp as ever. Sakamoto defeats him but spares his life, letting him go after treating him to a family meal. Seeing that Sakamoto is happy with his family life, Shin returns to the gang boss and turns down the job. Sakamoto, who had been secretly tracking Shin, intervenes and helps Shin defeat the gang. Afterwards, Sakamoto hires Shin to be a clerk at his store.
2	"Vs. Son Hee and Bacho" Transliteration: "Bāsasu Sonhi・Bachō" (Japanese: VSソンヒ・バチョウ)	Akihiro Saitō, Masaki Watanabe & Yoshihiro Nishio	Masaki Watanabe	Yukiko Ban [ja], Masaru Shindō & Masaki Hinata	January 18, 2025 (2025-01-18)
Shin excels as a clerk by using his clairvoyance to meet customers' needs. Shin also learns that Aoi, Sakamoto's wife, strongly disapproves of his former life as a hitman and has warned she will leave him if he ever returns to that path. While visiting Chinatown to buy meat buns, Sakamoto and Shin witness a girl named Lu Xiaotang fighting off thugs. Helping her escape, Lu reveals she is the sole survivor of her mafia clan, which was massacred by a rival group seeking the key to her clan's treasure room. Sakamoto agrees to help her in exchange for her baking meat buns at his store. Suddenly, two assassins hired by the rival clan attack. During the battle, Shin reads Sakamoto's thoughts and learns he swore to Aoi to never kill again, instead choosing to atone by helping others. Sakamoto defeats the assassins and dismantles the rival clan. When Lu opens the treasure room she discovers a bottle of sake, her father's treasured item, meant to be shared with her upon adulthood. With nowhere else to go, Lu is hired as the store's meat bun cook. Meanwhile, the Japan Assassins Association (JAA) places a one billion yen bounty on Sakamoto.
3	"Welcome to Sugar Park" Transliteration: "Shugā Pāku e Yōkoso!" (Japanese: シュガーパークへようこそ！)	Yoshihiro Nishio	Masaki Watanabe & Akihiro Saitō	Masaki Hinata, Yukiko Ban & Yoshinori Deno	January 25, 2025 (2025-01-25)
As Shin and Lu start getting used to working together. Nagumo, one of Sakamoto's old hitman acquaintances and master of disguise, enters the store to warn Sakamoto about the JAA's one billion yen bounty on him. Pizza deliveryman hitman Pizza Nakajima attempts to attack Sakamoto but is easily defeated, while the Dondenkai hitman office spies on the ordeal. Sakamoto reveals he is aware of their hidden camera and warns them against coming after him before destroying the camera. However, despite his wishes to lay low, Sakamoto remembers that he promised to spend the day with Aoi and Hana at the Sugar Park amusement park. Shin and Lu take it upon themselves to protect Sakamoto so he can focus on his family, and working together are able to thwart janitor hitman Kurii Ning. However, another hitman, Tatsu, is able to evade Shin's clairvoyance and gets within striking distance of Sakamoto on a roller coaster before Shin realizes his mistake and throws both himself and Tatsu off the ride. Shin ends up being temporarily blinded by Tatsu's poison, but he is able to successfully fight back and defeat Tatsu by reading Sakamoto's mind as he observes the fight and mentally guides Shin.
4	"Hard-Boiled" Transliteration: "Hādo-Boirudo" (Japanese: ハードボイルド)	Yoshihide Ibata	Yoshihide Ibata	Yoshinori Deno & Miyako Kamiya	February 1, 2025 (2025-02-01)
Sakamoto interrogates Tatsu, who confirms that the billion yen bounty was issued by the JAA. Tatsu asks if Sakamoto was once a member of the Order, a legendary and mythical group of elite assassins. Though Sakamoto doesn't directly answer the question, his silence suggests he was a member. Surprisingly, Sakamoto lets Tatsu go free. Tatsu eventually crosses paths with Boiled and Obiguro, two assassins also hunting down Sakamoto for the bounty. Sakamoto, Shin, and Lu spend a peaceful rest of the day at the park with Aoi and Hana, ending their outing at a haunted house attraction, unaware it's actually a trap set by Boiled and Obiguro. Boiled separates Sakamoto from the group, while Obiguro captures Shin, Lu, Aoi, and Hana. Boiled attacks Sakamoto viciously with a rocket-powered gauntlet and explosive balls, ranting about their shared past at the JCC assassin school. Boiled reveals he once admired Sakamoto and saw him as a friend, but feels betrayed after learning that Sakamoto doesn't remembered him. Initially overwhelmed, Sakamoto remembers Boiled after recalling a moment when he taught him about gunpowder composition. This reignites Sakamoto's resolve and he sheds his weight, returning to his original deadly assassin form to face off Boiled.
5	"Source of Strength" Transliteration: "Tsuyosa no Wake" (Japanese: 強さの理由（わけ）)	Takatoshi Suzuki	Masaki Watanabe	Masaki Hinata & Yoshinori Deno	February 8, 2025 (2025-02-08)
Sakamoto's speed and strength is greatly enhanced in thin form and he manages to beat Boiled into submission, stating that even though he is no longer a hitman, he remains strong due to his desire to protect his family. Meanwhile, Obiguro becomes extremely impressed with Lu's drunken fighting style that allows her be evenly matched against her and lets everybody go out of respect. Witnessing Sakamoto's true strength, Boiled's respect for Sakamoto is restored and he agrees to stop pursuing him. Aoi learns about the bounty and angrily reminds Sakamoto that one of their family rules is to not keep secrets from each other, telling him to put the matter at rest. Sakamoto, Shin, and Lu head to Dondenkai's headquarters, where they find the entire office has been wiped out. They also find Nagumo, who explains that the Order, the JAA's special squad of the most elite assassins, has been tasked with investigating a string of hitmen murders by a mysterious individual known as "X". He also implies that X responsible for Sakamoto's bounty, given the murders started around the same time. Sakamoto begins training again to regain his strength, while Shin and Lu fend off hitmen looking for him.
6	"Heisuke Mashimo" Transliteration: "Mashimo Heisuke" (Japanese: マシモ ヘイスケ)	Yūki Taki & Tomoko Hiramuki	Susumu Nishizawa & Yūki Taki	Masaki Hinata & Yoshinori Deno	February 15, 2025 (2025-02-15)
Amateur hitman Heisuke Mashimo, struggling financially and wanting to care for his pet bird Piisuke, sets his sights on Sakamoto's bounty. Unaware of Sakamoto's current appearance, Heisuke enters his store but gets bluffed into thinking he is at the wrong place. Desperate for money, Heisuke enters a paintball competition with a one million yen prize. Coincidentally, Sakamoto also enters the competition to earn money to repair damage done to his store by bounty-hunting hitmen. When Heisuke learns that only teams can participate, Sakamoto and Shin invite him to join theirs. Once the match begins, both are stunned by Heisuke's sharpshooting skills. A drunken Lu inadvertently reveals Sakamoto's identity to Heisuke. Seizing on the opportunity, Heisuke swaps out his airsoft gun for his real rifle and prepares to take out Sakamoto. Using his clairvoyance, Shin locates Heisuke's position and Sakamoto destroys his rifle with a well-aimed rock. Accepting defeat, Heisuke is surprised when Sakamoto praises his sniping abilities. The group wins the competition but is forced to return the prize money back for property damage caused by Heisuke. Later, Aoi shares with Shin the story of how she met Sakamoto, while Sakamoto warns Shin not to use his clairvoyance on her.
7	"Jurassic Bastard" Transliteration: "Jurashikku Yarō" (Japanese: ジュラシック野郎)	Yoshihiro Nishio	Hironori Tanaka	Miyako Kamiya, Yukiko Ban & Yuko Iwaoka	February 22, 2025 (2025-02-22)
While Sakamoto and Aoi attend a school event for Hana, Shin and Lu are left to work the store. They both get into an argument about Shin's clairvoyance, which irritates Shin as he angrily leaves the store. A team of scientists arrive and kidnap Lu, mistaking her for Shin who they intended on taking back to Okutabi Lab. Shin and Sakamoto give chase but are thwarted by the hired hitman Seba, who can turn invisible. Shin leads Sakamoto to the lab, hidden inside the Okutabi Science Museum, where Shin explains he was raised but does not recall the scientists there being malicious. After defeating the lab's robotic security and entering, Shin learns from the scientists that an assassin group led by a hitman named Kashima seized control and took the lab's director hostage, forcing them to research methods of assassination. Meanwhile, Lu finds herself imprisoned with the director, Asakura, who tells her he has a plan to break out. Shin and Sakamoto defeat one of the assassins, Mad Horiguchi, and Sakamoto promises to liberate the lab and save Shin's childhood home. Outside, Order assassins Shishiba and Osaragi arrive at the museum to investigate a tip given to them by Nagumo.
8	"Sakamoto's vs. the Lab" Transliteration: "Sakamoto-shōten bāsasu Rābō" (Japanese: 坂本商店 vs LABO)	Kōki Onoue	Yukio Nishimoto	Masaki Hinata, Masaru Shindō & Yuko Iwaoka	March 1, 2025 (2025-03-01)
Heisuke finds Aoi saddened that Sakamoto and the others have left, so he sends Piisuke to find them. At the lab, Horiguchi recovers and continues his battle with Sakamoto and Shin. Asakura tells Lu about his and Shin's pasts. Around a decade ago, a friend left Shin in Asakura's care. Inspired by Asakura's research into supernatural powers, Shin volunteered to be his assistant. One night, Shin accidentally drank a chemical Asakura was working on, which gave him his psychic powers. The other scientists grew afraid of Shin and Asakura tried to create a cure for him. Offended at everybody's fear of him, Shin abandoned the lab. Learning that Shin has come to liberate the lab, Asakura unlocks the cell and escapes with Lu. Upstairs, Sakamoto and Shin are able to overcome Horiguchi's drugs and gadgets and defeat him. They head out to find Lu, but are separated by a pit trap. Meanwhile, Shishiba and Osaragi confront Kashima, asking him for information about "Slur". Sakamoto drops down from above, and Shishiba and Osaragi leave Sakamoto to handle Kashima as they pursue Slur. Elsewhere, Shin is ambushed by Seiba but is able to mark Seiba with blood, allowing Heisuke to target him.
9	"All Aboard" Transliteration: "Kakekomi Jōsha" (Japanese: かけこみ乗車)	Takatoshi Suzuki	Tetsuo Hirakawa [ja]	Miyako Kamiya, Yuko Iwaoka, Yukiko Ban, Yoshinori Deno & Masaki Hinata	March 8, 2025 (2025-03-08)
Despite being wounded, Seiba is able to ambush and wound Heisuke as well. Using his last bullet, Heisuke triggers a fire sprinkler which allows Shin to see and knock out Seiba. Meanwhile, Sakamoto continues his battle with Kashima. Despite his numerous cybernetic enhancements, Kashima is still no match for Sakamoto who easily defeats him. However, with Kashima's defeat, a self destruct system in the Lab is activated, causing the entire complex to begin to collapse. Shin and Heisuke head to the lower levels and reunite with Lu and Asakura, who subsequently apologize to Shin. Shin then uses his clairvoyance to find all of the scientists still trapped in the Lab and evacuates them. Meanwhile, Shishiba and Osaragi manage to recover surveillance footage of Slur, while Shin encounters Slur himself, who requests he greet Sakamoto in his stead. After everybody is safe, Asakura thanks Sakamoto for taking care of Shin, and Sakamoto and his employees return home for a family meal.
10	"Bathhouse Roughhouse" Transliteration: "Sentō Mōdo" (Japanese: せんとうモード)	Yūki Taki	Yoko Yanai & Yūki Taki	Masaki Hinata, Yukiko Ban, Yoshinori Deno, Masaru Shindō & Yuko Iwaoka	March 15, 2025 (2025-03-15)
With everybody still weakened from their experience in the Lab, Sakamoto decides to have the whole family relax at a local bathhouse. However, the clerk at the front desk, Yutaro, is an amateur hitman who recognizes Sakamoto. He attempts to use covert traps hidden in the bathhouse to kill Sakamoto, but they all end up failing. Eventually, Yutero gives up, realizing that Sakamoto is too far out of his league. Two of Yutero's old bullies then arrive and begin harassing him, prompting Sakamoto to intervene and covertly knock out the bullies before complimenting Yutero's unique traps. Realizing Sakamoto knew he was a hitman all along, Yutero decides to quit being a hitman and focus on running the bathhouse. Later, Lu's family consigliere, a man named Lu Wutang, approaches her at a restaurant and requests that she take leadership her family's mafia clan, but she refuses, preferring her more peaceful life with Sakamoto. In order to settle matter, Wutang challenges Sakamoto, Lu, and Shin to a gambling competition in an underground casino. If Wutang wins, Lu must rejoin the mafia, but if Sakamoto wins, Wutang will give information about Sakamoto's bounty.
11	"Casino Battle" Transliteration: "Kajino Batoru" (Japanese: カジノバトル)	Yoshihide Ibata	Susumu Nishizawa	Masaki Hinata, Yukiko Ban, Yuko Iwaoka, Miyako Kamiya & Masaru Shindō	March 22, 2025 (2025-03-22)
Despite not really knowing the rules of the casino games, Sakamoto and Shin are able to respectively leverage their hitman skills and clairvoyance to win games, while Wutang relies on card counting. As he plays, Wutang recalls how Lu befriended him despite being a mafia outcast, and ever since he swore his complete devotion to her. Both sides end up in a tie with the same exact amount of chips. As a tiebreaker, Wutang has everyone participate in a match of Old Maid, with the team that gets stuck with the Joker being the loser. Shin attempts to use his clairvoyance to gain an advantage, but Wutang overloads his mind with a deluge of complicated mental calculations, knocking Shin unconscious. Despite the setback, Sakamoto is able to gain the advantage by tricking Wutang into taking the Joker. However, Wutang's guards attempt mutiny so they can take Lu by force, causing Wutang to team up with Sakamoto and Lu to defeat them. To repay them for their time away from work, Wutang becomes a temporary employee at Sakamoto's store and reveals that Slur recently freed four infamous serial killers named Dump, Saw, Apart, and Minimalist, to eliminate Sakamoto and his associates.
Part 2
12	"Overload"	Yoshihiro Nishio	Yukio Nishimoto	Masaki Hinata, Yukiko Ban, Yuko Iwaoka & Masaru Shindō	July 15, 2025 (2025-07-15)[a]
Dump, Apart, and Minimalist begin eliminating any assassins they find, while Saw decides to target Sakamoto. Meanwhile, Wutang takes his leave to investigate Slur while Sakamoto and his employees investigate Slur's killers. Elsewhere, Nagumo and his fellow Order members Hyo, Shishiba, Osaragi, and Takamura decide to hunt down the Slur's killers for intruding on their territory. Nagumo informs Sakamoto about the Order's intentions, but knowing the Order will outright kill Slur's killers, Sakamoto declares he will take them alive to interrogate them, though Nagumo points out Slur's killers don't consider Sakamoto a threat to them. At the hardware store, Shin and Lu are shopping for supplies when they are ambushed by Saw, who attacks them with his axe. Lu is quickly knocked out, leaving Shin to fight alone, but he has difficulty reading Saw's mind due to his singleminded obsession with killing. Frustrated as his own weakness and Saw boasting he will kill Sakamoto's family before moving on to the man himself, Shin manages to unlock a new level of clairvoyance, easily predicting Saw's movements without having to read his thoughts.
13	"Just Desserts" Transliteration: "Bachi Atari" (Japanese: ばちあたり)	Tomoko Hiramuki & Yoshihiro Nishio	Tetsuo Hirakawa	Yoshinori Deno, Miyako Kamiya, Masaru Shindō & Masaki Hinata	July 22, 2025 (2025-07-22)
In a flashback, Wutang instructs Shin about not just reading a person's conscious thoughts, but their subconscious ones as well, which can mean the difference between life and death in a fight. Using this knowledge, Shin gains the upper hand on Saw, but only temporarily since his body isn't used to his new power. Lu then intervenes, having gotten herself drunk on pure ethanol and awakening a completely new "mafia" personality. Working together, Shin and Lu defeat Saw, but fall unconscious from their wounds. Saw attempts to escape, but is intercepted and killed by Hyo. Shin and Lu later awake to find a JAA "Floater" cleanup crew repairing the damage casued from their fight with Saw. At a nearby shrine, Dump attacks Osaragi with extendable spikes hidden in her body. However, Dump is no match for Osaragi, who cuts her apart with her customized power saw. Elsewhere, Kashima is dismembered by Apart, who realizes Slur is using him. As Apart escapes, Kashima apologizes to Slur, who isn't bothered since it should still fulfill their plan of grabbing the Order's attention. At Sakamoto's store, Minimalist enters and approaches Aoi, who politely greets him.
14	"Strong Assault" Transliteration: "Kyōshū" (Japanese: 強襲)	Takatoshi Suzuki	Akira Nishimori & Kōki Onoue	Yukiko Ban, Yuko Iwaoka, Masaki Hinata & Masaru Shindō	July 29, 2025 (2025-07-29)
Sakamoto takes Shin and Lu to his physical therapist Granny Miya to get their wounds healed, though Granny Miya warns Sakamoto that his retirement has reduced him to 30% of his original power. At the store, Minimalist attacks Aoi, only to be surprised when she reveals herself to be Nagumo in disguise. Nagumo easily overpowers Minimalist and upon learning he has no information about Slur, decapitates him with a customized multi-tool. Heisuke spots Apart from the Tokyo Tower and attempts to ambush him, starting a fight. Apart quickly overpowers Heisuke, but Sakamoto arrives and rescues him. Sakamoto initially has trouble fighting Apart due his use of wires, and realizes that due to Granny Miya hitting a special pressure point, he can't burn off his fat at will anymore. He then comes to realize that Granny Miya wants him to learn how to fight at full power with his current body, and manages to force a stalemate with Apart. Elsewhere, Osaragi and Shishiba go to a ramen festival but Osaragi keeps inadvertently ruining all of the ramen Shishiba orders. Shishiba's last bowl of ramen is spilled by the target they are looking for, and he angrily chases him to get revenge.
15	"Round and Round the Tower" Transliteration: "Guruguru Tawā" (Japanese: ぐるぐるタワー)	Yoshihide Ibata	Akira Nishimori & Yoshihide Ibata	Miyako Kamiya, Masaki Hinata, Yoshinori Deno & Yukiko Ban	August 5, 2025 (2025-08-05)
Nagumo and Shishiba realize that Slur intended to have his killers murder each other once they served their purpose. As Sakamoto battles Apart, the killer reveals that due his loneliness as a child, the only way he could feel connected with other people was by killing and dissecting them, starting with his own father. Disgusted by Apart's disregard for human life, Sakamoto beats Apart unconscious with some covert help from Takamura. Shocked that Sakamoto spared his life, Apart informs him that he overheard Slur telling Kashima about the second stage of his plan; with the Order busy tracking down his killers, the JAA itself is now vulnerable to attack. Meanwhile, Slur arrives at the JAA's Kanto branch with one of his men, Gaku. Concerned about Apart's intel, Sakamoto decides to head over to the JAA branch as well to investigate.
16	"Slice Slice Dance" Transliteration: "Zan Zan Mai" (Japanese: 斬斬舞)	Yūki Taki & Shūji Miyahara	Koichi Ohata	Yukiko Ban, Yuko Iwaoka, Masaki Hinata & Yoshinori Deno	August 12, 2025 (2025-08-12)
Slur meets with his undercover ally Uda and allows Gaku to wreak havoc in the JAA Kanto branch, killing many JAA assassins until Takakura arrives and gains the upper hand against Gaku. Meanwhile, Sakamoto, Shin, and Apart confront Slur himself, who Sakamoto recognizes as one of his old JCC classmates, Uzuki. Slur easily neutralizes Shin and Apart before confront Sakamoto in a duel taunting him about killing Hana. This enrages Sakamoto and he nearly attacks Slur with deadly force before Shin brings him back to his senses. Takakura arrives, while pursuing Gaku, and Slur has Uda set off a suicide bomb in order to cover their escape. In the aftermath, 176 JAA personnel have been killed in Slur's assault while Takakura has gone missing. As Sakamoto recovers in a hospital, he is visited by Nagumo and Hyo and he tells them about Slur's true identity. After a brief skirmish, Sakamoto is also able to convince Hyo to reveal that clues about Slur can be found in the JCC database. Afterwards, Shin apologizes to Sakamoto for being a burden to him in the battle against Slur, but Sakamoto assures him that he appreciates Shin reminding him of his promise to Aoi. They then prepare to infiltrate the JCC to get the information they need about Slur.

Home media release

Japanese

Avex Pictures (Japan – Region 2/A)

Vol.		Episodes	Cover character(s)	Release date	Ref.
	1	1–3	Taro Sakamoto	March 26, 2025	[15]
	2	4–7	Shin Asakura, Lu Shaotang and Heisuke Mashimo	April 30, 2025
	3	8–11	Yoichi Nagumo	May 28, 2025
	4	12–14	Shishiba and Osaragi	September 24, 2025	[16]
	5	15–18	TBA	October 29, 2025
	6	19–22	TBA	November 26, 2025

Notes

1. TV Tokyo lists the second cours premiere as airing on July 14 at 24:00, which is effectively July 15 at midnight JST.^[6]
2. Production staff information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
3. The first two episodes of each cours released simultaneously on Netflix Japan, while subsequent episodes release a week before their televised broadcast and international streaming release. As such, the episode table uses the latter dates.