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SAKAMOTO DAYS [サカモト デイズ] #23
SAKAMOTO DAYS 23
父と再会を果たすも無情な言葉をぶつけられる幼き日のシン。しかし、その言葉の裏にはある思いが隠されていて…!? 客船爆発のタイムリミットまであとわずか!! 船客を救うため坂本の常識破りの一手が炸裂する!!
184 pages, Paperback
First published August 4, 2025
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Yuto Suzuki
391 books144 followersYuto Suzuki (鈴木祐斗; Suzuki Yūto) es un mangaka japonés.
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October 15, 2025
Uzuki casually starting The Purge: Japan. Didn't see that coming, but alright. Why not.
May 17, 2026
Completely shocked and floored multiple times! I don’t have any words!!!
September 7, 2025
SHIN GETTING HIS OWN COVER?!!?!?! YES PLEASEREEE 🤭
February 21, 2026
Ugh! Osaragi has my heart :(
September 9, 2025
I hadn't been rating the volumes of this series as I caught up on MangaPlus the past few days, but I'm rating Volume 23 just to say the waterslide fight in Chapter 200 was great!
The Shin flashback kind of goes on too long at the end of another fight in the present day, and X's master plan as revealed later in the volume sounds silly in general but also redundant when a villain in Kill Blue had a similar plan. I don't remember which happened first, though. Either way, turning Japan into America by giving everyone guns is somewhat "edgy" but also... we don't kill people THAT much here. So I doubt the Japanese, who are overall kind of nicer than Americans, would (pun certainly intended) jump the gun like that.
Also, idk if I thought of this before, but Sakamoto's fighting style is kind of a lot like Jackie Chan's in his Hong Kong movies set in the "present," like Police Story. Both guys use found objects to fight, rather than rely on conventional weaponry.
The Shin flashback kind of goes on too long at the end of another fight in the present day, and X's master plan as revealed later in the volume sounds silly in general but also redundant when a villain in Kill Blue had a similar plan. I don't remember which happened first, though. Either way, turning Japan into America by giving everyone guns is somewhat "edgy" but also... we don't kill people THAT much here. So I doubt the Japanese, who are overall kind of nicer than Americans, would (pun certainly intended) jump the gun like that.
Also, idk if I thought of this before, but Sakamoto's fighting style is kind of a lot like Jackie Chan's in his Hong Kong movies set in the "present," like Police Story. Both guys use found objects to fight, rather than rely on conventional weaponry.
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May 7, 2026
I’m not sure how I feel with the queer coded character being portrayed as so sexually suggestive. There was no other personality available to pick from?
I do wonder where all Kei’s guilt will go. Right now his ability to mimic others allows him to compartmentalize but if he’s already contemplating suicide, what will be the final catalyst for him? (I’m glad he was able to at least kill Asaki.) I hope Akira will be able to assist him with a change of heart.
Shin would be another Kei if he went through with killing his mentor.
Anyway this manga is for a young audience, targeted to young boys specifically, but I still dislike the bare minimum when it comes to explaining supremacist culture. It’s not a matter of the ‘strongest’ person winning. This whole business of humans deep down are ‘violent savages’ is shallow fodder. (And the gun experiment- It’s sort of like pedaling ‘mutual abuse’ in domestic violence circumstances. Mutual abuse does not exist. There is always a clear abuser whose actions are supported by societal culture. Reacting to your abuse in self defiance with violence is not evil and cannot be considered the same as the abusive actions that led to the self defense. I hope this is eventually made more clear for the audience.)
I’m happy at least that Sakamoto remains defiant against Oki and Kei’s bloodthirst. I just hope an equal amount of time is given to counter the propaganda pedaled by X’s gang. I look forward to revisiting the metaphor of franchising Sakamoto stores nationwide as a source of retirement into civilian life for assassins that was brought up in a previous volume.
I do wonder where all Kei’s guilt will go. Right now his ability to mimic others allows him to compartmentalize but if he’s already contemplating suicide, what will be the final catalyst for him? (I’m glad he was able to at least kill Asaki.) I hope Akira will be able to assist him with a change of heart.
Shin would be another Kei if he went through with killing his mentor.
Anyway this manga is for a young audience, targeted to young boys specifically, but I still dislike the bare minimum when it comes to explaining supremacist culture. It’s not a matter of the ‘strongest’ person winning. This whole business of humans deep down are ‘violent savages’ is shallow fodder. (And the gun experiment- It’s sort of like pedaling ‘mutual abuse’ in domestic violence circumstances. Mutual abuse does not exist. There is always a clear abuser whose actions are supported by societal culture. Reacting to your abuse in self defiance with violence is not evil and cannot be considered the same as the abusive actions that led to the self defense. I hope this is eventually made more clear for the audience.)
I’m happy at least that Sakamoto remains defiant against Oki and Kei’s bloodthirst. I just hope an equal amount of time is given to counter the propaganda pedaled by X’s gang. I look forward to revisiting the metaphor of franchising Sakamoto stores nationwide as a source of retirement into civilian life for assassins that was brought up in a previous volume.
August 12, 2025
4/5 Stars (%79/100)
Things get pretty complicated in this volume. Shin and others (Sakamoto's gang) bust out of the prison and save Atari. Meanwhile, Uzuki reveals his big plan and pretty much legalizes crime. That way the age of assassins will come back. Somehow he thinks this is will of Rion whom he loved (I guess?). The Order joins up with X and Sakamoto's team also gets stronger with another addition (after my man Kindaka). It's going really well so far!
Things get pretty complicated in this volume. Shin and others (Sakamoto's gang) bust out of the prison and save Atari. Meanwhile, Uzuki reveals his big plan and pretty much legalizes crime. That way the age of assassins will come back. Somehow he thinks this is will of Rion whom he loved (I guess?). The Order joins up with X and Sakamoto's team also gets stronger with another addition (after my man Kindaka). It's going really well so far!
August 24, 2025
OH SHIN. OH TARO. OMG. shin's backstory was so good and how things concluded with his father and how sakamoto was there for him. like it has been THEIR STORY and i love how it was progressed so much. sakamoto coming to save him like UGH. outside of the emotional core of the volume... THE SHIT THE ORDER AND UZUKI'S GROUP IS DOING IS WILD. like dawg what does sakamoto doooooo
September 11, 2025
So we finally get X's big plan and it reminds me a lot of Joker's plan from the Dark Knight as he like the Joker in the movie wants to prove how vile the world really is. And it is pretty effective and I was shocked about what the Order does as I want not expecting that kind of thing happening. This I hope sets up the final arc as it feels that is where the series is going next.
April 19, 2026
this volume is insane. shin, kingie, you are appreciated and loved. omg a merge of x & the order. WHAT IN THE SHIT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS NEW JAA BRO AS AN ELECTIVE SOCIETY OMG. SAKAMOTO’S, YOU’RE LYING. kindaka yuhhhhh. the death toll in the first couple of days omg. yes, let’s stop this immediately my goodness.
days 200-208. volume 8/30 30in30 reading challenge.
days 200-208. volume 8/30 30in30 reading challenge.
February 19, 2026
Si antes decía que todo se está yendo al carajo, ahora sí están en el carajo. BRO, qué está pasando??? Honestamente, estoy engancha mal con esto, quiero seguir leyendo.
Sakamoto la salvación para el corazón herido de Shin<33
September 6, 2025
love the Shin / Sakamoto backstory ♡
it seems like we're gearing up for the final arc... 👀
it seems like we're gearing up for the final arc... 👀
September 16, 2025
5 stars for shin cover + preemptive osaragi/shishiba content
November 25, 2025
Shin deserves everything right and good in this world🥲🫶
November 27, 2025
Oh my gosh i love this series
Read
December 2, 2025má thằng loz X này nữa
December 18, 2025
Absolute MASTERPIECE !!!!!
December 18, 2025
hey what 🩷
February 2, 2026
shin bro what are we doin
March 20, 2026
A partir del próximo tomo inicia el arco final. Qué bueno. Los verdaderos temas que le importaban al lector ya se cerraron, no hay necesidad de seguir alargando la historia.
April 9, 2026
bro made it everyones problem
February 7, 2026
7/10
Chapter 201: You sure got big...
Son of a... Why? Why couldn't you say it out loud? Now it's too late! Stupid old jerk...
Chapter 202: Live.
Chapter 202:
Chapter 203:
Chapter 204:
Chapter 204: We considered our options and decided that The Order is best off teaming up with X.
Chapter 205: Once upon a time, there were multiple assasin organizations in Japan. The JAA emerged as the most powerful thanks to government collusion. Journalists, scholars, and activists who criticized the government, powerful opposition candidates, members of the ruling party who stirred up controversy, and bureaucrats and law enforcement officers who learned too much about state secrets... the government used the JAA to disopose of those elements. In exchange, the JAA received exorbitant subsidies and privileges. They were funded by defense money, classified public security spending, funds transferred under the guise of official development assistance, and dark money from corporations in bed with the government. Thus, the JAA evolved into a legal, government-sanctioned assassination organization. But killing begets dependency. At first, the government used the JAA for its own purposes, but before long it become dependent on the JAA and ended up bending to the JAA's will.
Chapter 205: They say that on average, people have a serious desire to kill another person three times over the course of their lives. I'll provide every citizen of this country with a gun and three bullets. Use them however you wish. There will be no criminal penalties.
Chapter 205: Article 23 of the JAA bylaws says the killing of bystanders is prohibited. In the new JAA regime, that's a thing of the past. Do you understand what that means?
Chapter 201: You sure got big...
Son of a... Why? Why couldn't you say it out loud? Now it's too late! Stupid old jerk...
Chapter 202: Live.
Chapter 202:
Chapter 203:
Chapter 204:
Chapter 204: We considered our options and decided that The Order is best off teaming up with X.
Chapter 205: Once upon a time, there were multiple assasin organizations in Japan. The JAA emerged as the most powerful thanks to government collusion. Journalists, scholars, and activists who criticized the government, powerful opposition candidates, members of the ruling party who stirred up controversy, and bureaucrats and law enforcement officers who learned too much about state secrets... the government used the JAA to disopose of those elements. In exchange, the JAA received exorbitant subsidies and privileges. They were funded by defense money, classified public security spending, funds transferred under the guise of official development assistance, and dark money from corporations in bed with the government. Thus, the JAA evolved into a legal, government-sanctioned assassination organization. But killing begets dependency. At first, the government used the JAA for its own purposes, but before long it become dependent on the JAA and ended up bending to the JAA's will.
Chapter 205: They say that on average, people have a serious desire to kill another person three times over the course of their lives. I'll provide every citizen of this country with a gun and three bullets. Use them however you wish. There will be no criminal penalties.
Chapter 205: Article 23 of the JAA bylaws says the killing of bystanders is prohibited. In the new JAA regime, that's a thing of the past. Do you understand what that means?
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