Sakamoto Days runs on one idea, executed well. Taro Sakamoto, feared as the best hitman in the business, falls in love, retires, gets married, gains weight, and starts running a small neighborhood store. He wants an ordinary life, and his old world keeps walking through the door. Yuto Suzuki has been drawing it in Weekly Shonen Jump since November 2020.
The joke is the premise, but the fights are staged seriously. Sakamoto disarms opponents mid-swing and improvises with whatever is on the shelves, so the action rarely repeats itself. As the cast grew, characters like Shin Asakura and Nagumo turned a gag manga into an ensemble with real stakes.
That story is now closing. Issue 34 of Weekly Shonen Jump in 2026 confirmed the series has entered its climax, with Sakamoto and Uzuki finally colliding head-on. If you have been reading since the early volumes, this is the stretch to keep up with.
TMS Entertainment animated two cours in January and July 2025, and a second season is scheduled for January 2027. Netflix carries the show.
