Shounen Sakamoto Days by Suzuki Yuuto

[Demonspeed]

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This manga . Gaku, I love you but you seem to have a death wish. Always facing opponents that are too much for him. I wonder what's going to happen. Support from Uzuki? Sakamoto and Nagumo don't have any reason to go 3 VS 1, they can just escape.

 

[HereNThere]

Didn't think Sakamoto would be put on the back foot to this extent. Takamura is crazy, lol.

I wonder what Gaku is going to bring forth. The series pretty much set up this confrontation a while back when Gaku asked who would fight him and Uzuki and Kashima basically put the task on him. So I assume he's going to do decently. Given that Nagumo compared him and a young Sakamoto, I can see those two teaming up so we can potentially get Sakamoto's thoughts on Gaku's skills.

 

[Demonspeed]

Didn't think Sakamoto would be put on the back foot to this extent. Takamura is crazy, lol.

I wonder what Gaku is going to bring forth. The series pretty much set up this confrontation a while back when Gaku asked who would fight him and Uzuki and Kashima basically put the task on him. So I assume he's going to do decently. Given that Nagumo compared him and a young Sakamoto, I can see those two teaming up so we can potentially get Sakamoto's thoughts on Gaku's skills.

I don't remember this part but it feels like something they dumped on him because no one wanted to deal with him. Nagumo said that Gaku reminds him of Sakamoto but even the original wasn't doing well.

--- Double Post Merged, May 20, 2024, Original Post Date: May 14, 2024 ---

When Takamura speaks...

 

[KimCorrea]

Well he didn't create a new personality. More like he stole one or mimic one.
X is behaving just like the old man now ...

 

[Lutv]

 

[Demonspeed]

Huh... Dunno what to think about the studio, but Sugita for Sakamoto is great. I think he'd fit Shishiba more though.

--- Double Post Merged, May 29, 2024, Original Post Date: May 27, 2024 ---

Just read the recent chapter. X copied Takamura and killed the real one? It means that he could technically copy anyone. He wasn't even well acquainted with the latter.

 

[HereNThere]

Yeah, Uzuki's mental condition makes him a perfect copy cat it seems. I wonder if that "ability" has anything to do with the spy organization that we've been hearing about every once and a while. Al Kamar had been trying to make the perfect candidates for JAA and both organization seem to be closely associated, so he may have been created to be the perfect infiltrator. His lack of bloodlust may be a part of that.

Between Uzuki "absorbing" Takamura and the remaining two members of his crew that are still in the wings, Sakamoto's crew is going to need a major power up. They also have to contend with the Chariman and the whole of JAA.

--- Double Post Merged, Jun 4, 2024, Original Post Date: May 29, 2024 ---

We've now met the final member of the Order and it seems like he is the self-proclaimed leader/supervisor of the group. No one argued against his statement, so maybe he's not just puffing himself up. Despite his rather low energy introduction, we've got a strong idea of his character and how much of a stickler he is. Thinking about it now, I can't recall us ever having a "by the books" assassin. Curious to see what he brings to the table.

I like how Aoi isn't being dragged into the situation by the JAA. Most stories would have them taking her and their daughter into custody to question them, but the author just nipped that in the bud. They aren't in any danger and are basically being left to their own devices for the most part.

Someone pointed this out on Reddit, but the previous two Class-A Targets are probably the last two members of Slurs group. However, it's odd that Uzuki wasn't already considered a Class-A target given that he had the Order on his ass for most of the series. So either this is just a new fun concept, or he wasn't considered worth that designation at that point. And if that's the case for him, what did the other two Class-A targets even do to get that level of attention?

 

[Demonspeed]

That Oki guy is really crazy.

Shishiba's reaction was professional but I don't think he is willing to kill them like that. Osaragi however... .

--- Double Post Merged, Jun 16, 2024, Original Post Date: Jun 10, 2024 ---

They didn't stay hidden for long. Using Sakamoto's wife as disguise was a bad idea.

Cool action scenes as usual. Even Kamihate is hesitating.

 

[HereNThere]

Backstory was a bit quicker than I thought. On one hand, I would've liked to have seen them on the run for a bit longer and get to know each other. Maybe see their growing pains in getting to know one another. On the other hand, Rion being so accepting of Uzuki from the jump kinda made that development unnecessary. At the very least, we could've gotten a chapter where they spent time gushing over their family, letting us see how much Rion talked about Akira and give us a bit more insight on the Al-Kamar orphans.

 

[Demonspeed]

Caught up. Read 8 chapters.

Wasn't too fond of that Rion and Kei's backstory. I am glad this flashback is over and I love how Kindaka is being used.

Now Sakamoto is going to fight the Order to level up?

 

[HereNThere]

I'm a bit perplexed by Shin's trajectory. Some moments he's doing well against Order level opponents, the next he's waffling about like a newbie still. He was going toe to toe with Fat Sakamoto for a decent period before and his intercepting Haruma's javelin implied he was, at least, somewhat, competent enough to deal with an Order level opponent for a bit. Not only that, but the whole Aikido thing he learned from Satoda fell to wayside as well. He's a bit scatter shot right now.

Hopefully Kindaka teaching him brings everything together and it isn't just another new thing that he'll drop later on.

 

[SharkBait]

I'm a bit perplexed by Shin's trajectory. Some moments he's doing well against Order level opponents, the next he's waffling about like a newbie still. He was going toe to toe with Fat Sakamoto for a decent period before and his intercepting Haruma's javelin implied he was, at least, somewhat, competent enough to deal with an Order level opponent for a bit. Not only that, but the whole Aikido thing he learned from Satoda fell to wayside as well. He's a bit scatter shot right now.

Hopefully Kindaka teaching him brings everything together and it isn't just another new thing that he'll drop later on.

I can't tell if he is still able to mind read.

 

[HereNThere]

I can't tell if he is still able to mind read.

I think he can as it looks like he sensed Kindaka charging at them initially, but during that scuffle, he didn't read his mind to sense that he'd dodge or attack. Like, that was one of the main benefits of his mind reading. He'd be slower than most opponents, but he'd be able to read their minds to keep up. However, in this case, since Heisuke's previous fight with Kamihate introduced his own sort of intution, the two of them are now overlapping and it feels like Shin's mind reading took a backseat for Heisuke's sake.

Truth be told, it really doesn't make sense as to why Kindaka could, somehow, intuit that Shin was about to use some sort of mind control ability on him. Shin really should've had Heisuke's feat of nearly catching Kindaka off guard due to his mind reading ability, while Heisuke should've had a variation of Shin's feat, but attacking from a distance in an unexpected way using his gun, like he was doing against Kamihate.

If, however, it turns out that Shin's mind control has taken the place of his mind reading temporarily, I'll be a bit more lenient on it, but it needs to be acknowledged.

 

[Demonspeed]

Is that guy really supposed to be stronger than Sakamoto as he is, right now? Not very convincing IMO.

 

[HereNThere]

Seems like this power scaling issue isn't just exclusive to Shin at this point in the series. With this chapter, I do think there's been a bit of a shift in regards to the strength of our protagonists.

Think about it some more, I guess this is still a bit consistent with what we've been told and what we've seen. The Acupuncture Lady did say that Sakamoto, as he was, was weaker than Nagumo at that point in the series. Then we saw that, while Sakamoto held the advantage, it didn't look like he was close to finishing Kanaguri off.

We never really saw Sakamoto go up against and dominate any one from the Order, just barely make it through. It feels like he should've developed further, but it looks like we may have been overestimating how much strength he's actually regained.

 

[Demonspeed]

I don't know... I never had the impression that Sakamoto would lose to any Order member other than Takamura and maybe Nagumo. I feel like Torres has to be stronger than most of them if he can beat Sakamoto as he is.

 

[HereNThere]

I had the same impression as well...until this chapter. Now it seems like Sakamoto was further behind than we thought. At least, that's the way it is being presented this arc, imo.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like if it was just himself Torres being crazy strong, Sakamoto would've specifically pointed that out and used Nagumo or Takamura as a point of comparision. Perhaps it'll happen in the next chapter, but as of right now, within the context of this arc and Sakamoto's realization about how he needs to train, I think Torres is being used as an example to show us that The Order as a whole is still very much a threat to Sakamoto and this is what he can expect from his training.

 

[Demonspeed]

So Shin will never be able to have physical skills comparable to Sakamoto and his peers. These guys's abilities are way superhuman anyway... IMO the mix between fantasy and reality is one of the things this series doesn't do too well.

This chapter reminded me of the earlier arcs. A fortune teller with ESP is one of the main strengths of the JAA? It's nice that they revealed that he has been making errors recently though.

Shin and Heisuke will train in prison while Sakamoto will fight the Order. Will we see him fight Nagumo? Or is it for latter? He is a former member but still. Sakamoto is apparently not here so maybe he is looking for one of them already?

 

[HereNThere]

Nagumo will probably have his own little adventure. He has Yotsumura out doing some investigations, so we'll probably see the results of that while he's on the run. Then again, him training with Nagumo could be the easiest way to get an Order Level opponent without the risk.

Not sure how I feel about the whole physical limitation thing. Feels like it runs contrary to earlier themes and moments in the series. Like, speaking of Heisuke, he had that whole mini arc with Hyo where it was revealed that Hyo pretty much did exactly what Kindaka said wasn't possible. So I guess Hyo was wrong about himself and he was also a unique monster all along? I don't know, feels like that could've been handled better if the goal was to just have Shin focus on his ESP.

That being said, a jail training arc sounds fun. We got some implications that Shin may have been at Al Kamur at some point or, at least, someone who resembled him, so we may get a follow up to that as well and learn about Shin's heritage.

As for the Fortune Teller, given the fact that they seem to have been purposefully feeding the JAA false info about Uzuki's actions, I imagine they'll be revealed to be another Al Kamar orphan. Likely one of the first successful test runs of the program.

 

[Demonspeed]

Of course the fortune teller is a girl. But I was expecting someone older.

Shin VS Hard-Boiled! Will be interesting to see what he can do against him now.

--- Double Post Merged, Sep 16, 2024, Original Post Date: Sep 8, 2024 ---

I like this policeman!!! Kinda dumb of Shin to reveal that he wants to go below like this IMO. If I were Jo I would refuse to send him there because that's what he wants.