Sakamoto Days Episode 4 Review – The Butterfly Effect of Petty Teenage Angst

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There are both good parts and bad parts to a series. ForSakamoto Days,the anime is divided into parts that the fans would immediately adore and those they would otherwise be averted by. Many could criticize the still animation while others could point out how off the pacing was in this episode. My biggest complaint is the lack of an overall theme. Usually, I am good at spotting the thematic concerns of each episode, which I personally find to be the best part.

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Episode 4 somehow robbed me of that. Either I am too dense to realize what it was, or there really wasn’t one for me to break down and overthink about. Sakamoto’s daughter is perhaps the most adorable little girl I have seen in anime for a long time. It would be good to see some heartwarming moments with her and the entire family without assassins constantly trying to kill her sweet father.

Sakamoto Days’ first average episode

The previous episodes ofSakamoto Dayshave kept me hooked on the screen no matter how underwhelming the animation quality has been. The story has always been so good that I could negate the need to comment on something that didn’t really ruin the story that was being told. This episode, however, felt like it was lacking in a few departments. Lu could come into the picture, getting drunk out of fear and using that to become an unpredictable yet deadly fighter.

As a former member of the mafia, she is no stranger to intimidation tactics and so Tatsu gets a taste of his own medicine. It was a little uncanny to see just how easily he caved seeing that as a trained assassin, especially in poisons, he should have some form of immunity to it as well. The kind of idea this episode gave out was of a filler without exactly being a filler.

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It was interesting to see how desperate Sakamoto is to hide his antics from his wife yet also peculiar. The character of Aoi is caked with inconsistencies. She was shown to be this observant woman who could read Sakamoto like an open book. From the blood smeared on his face to his nervous expressions. She was regarded as the Lois Lane of the series. So the question remains, how did someone so observant and smart, living in her Y/N moment, not understand what was going on?

The impact of a teenager’s thoughtless remarks

The introduction of Hard-Boiled and Obiguro changes things. We get to see that Sakamoto isn’t the saintly assassin he was portrayed to be. He wasn’t perfect, and that meant disregarding those around him for the sake of his own superiority complex. As a 14-year-old, being basked in compliments and praises would fuel his ego to no extent. The brunt of it all was forced upon Hard-Boiled, someone who saw Sakamoto as his equal.

While his beef with the titular character could be taken for jest, as the anime does comedy rather well, it would be wrong to overlook just how impactful the most meaningless words and remarks could be in a teenager’s life.Dandadanand many other coming-of-age works put an ample amount of focus on the same, butSakamoto Daysas an adult anime put light on the aftermath of those comments in a longer time frame.

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The comedy of the episode is something that deserves focus since the action too felt a little underwhelming. From Lu’s drunken ramblings to Shin’s comedic timing; all of it was on point and felt natural, bringing more to the series than its usual gory themes. Whether it was about how naturally they could gaslight Aoi or how off the timing of the entire episode felt regardless of Skinny Sakamoto’s appearance, something just felt off.

Rating: 6/10

Sakamoto Daysis available to watch on Netflix.