Episode 17 – Sakamoto Days

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The good news is that it seems the comedy sketch of the series is back, with this week’s tunes surrounding our villain. Specifically, we got flashbacks from Slur and his crew, sending delivery to one of the colleagues who, on behalf of them, killed JAA unceremoniously last week. Sadly, while this might be an opportunity to have a deeper depth on these bad things, or at least whip some nice jokes, it’s not done either. The best we got was seeing Slur give the guy a really bad sketch as a gift, which was adorable, but when Gaku contrasted with Gaku, it took the whole farewell party to play him Nintendo Switch, I’m not quite sure what the expected effect is to be here, let alone.
Unfortunately, this feeling extends to much of the main plot as Sakamto and Shin try to break into JCC by posing as transfer students and taking one of their entrance exams. As always, to remember the casualness of the existence of professional assassins in the show’s universe and to learn that this assassin school has a public web page, and the chart of graduation statistics shows some excellent commitments (especially when the dropouts were pointed out that all students were “in their “study”, which is a great attitude). I also like the idea that these two people had to go through some kind of rigorous exams, because of similar settings Hunter X Hunter and Chunnin exam Naruto It is the main example of how the Shonen Battle series uses these scenes to provide its hero with problems that must be solved by ingenuity rather than just fighting. Just like I like Sakamoto’s overwhelming defeats, they do make the show’s battle flow a little repetitive, so try to come up with more scenarios with the battle.
So far, this is not everything we are getting in practice. Sakamoto and Shin’s first challenge here involves that they have to steal some bullets from the inspector while flying. While it could have been used to test their inference skills or instincts as professionals, it is primarily an excuse for more battle scenes. The most outstanding person is Shin confronting a teenager Edgelord assassin, whose head is also a biophobia, and to his credit, the movements do look good here. There is a clear attempt to make some action look like a movie with some fisheye lens photography, and smooth animations are scattered throughout the battle. Aside from that, there isn’t a lot of this game, especially since it ends as Shin, just reiterating that he’s doing better in using mind readings to predict people’s movements. It’s solid enough, but it does make me wish it had more things.
Sakamoto’s plot side is at least stronger, although it’s more important than action from comedy. While he does do what he usually does, as he overdos any attacker who may be possible through the most mundane tools, the actual laughter here stems from his dealings with a mysterious blue-haired girl. Even if shelved a clumsy, blue-haired anime girl feels out of place in a similar show, it’s obvious from her second opening of her mouth that she has no business becoming a professional assassin. She is a total wreck, and it’s interesting that even though she slammed into other assassins with a huge machine gun, she was very serious when she tried her best to pass. By far the best part is that she believes Sakamoto and Shin are a few nervous newbies like her, and that impression will not change even after watching Sakamoto blow up a few guys with a normal pen.
She did at least recognize his strength, and while this skill gap made her start thinking that she might not have everything she needed to be a professional player, Sakamoto gently assured her that it was possible. It’s a great moment on any other show, but it’s a little ridiculous here when you think he encourages her to be a contract killer (to be fair, it’s a totally considerable job of the show’s logic). It’s all fun, I hope the show can do more with this exam and choose to be more creative with the dangers facing Sakamoto and Shin rather than just defaulting on their usual brand John Wick beat. Considering that Slur might want to recruit some students to expand his rank, we might be reorganizing soon, and I hope any conflicts offered will bring something new
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Sacmato Day Currently flowing
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