Sakamoto Days Episode 6 Review: Snipers and Paintball
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It continues to be an assassin’s parade at Taro Sakamoto’s store due to the insane bounty on his head. The latest in the long line of killers hoping to take down Mr. Sakamoto is a goofball sniper with a pet bird named Piisuke.
Titled Heisuke Mashimo, episode 6 of Sakamoto Days is named after the newest supporting character in the series and opens with his introduction. Heisuke is a homeless hitman, living in a tent with his bird, hoping to kill Taro Sakamoto for the 1 billion yen bounty on his head. He shows up at Sakamoto’s store and asks for Taro while Shin, Lu, and Taro are present. Heisuke, of course, has an old photo of Taro, so he doesn’t recognize the chubby version running the shop.
“This is the dumbest assassin I’ve ever met” is Shin’s first evaluation of Heisuke. The rest of the episode follows Heisuke’s attempt to find and murder Sakamoto, while the main characters decide to participate in a paintball competition to win prize money and fix the convenience store that’s constantly attacked by hitmen. In a comical twist, Heisuke ends up being part of the same paintball tournament, leading to an exciting showdown between the men. The action is exaggerated and totally engaging.
The episode provides some background on who Heisuke is, and the tone is largely comedic, with a pretty entertaining soundtrack this time around. Honestly, it washed away some of the disappointment from the last two episodes, which were slow-paced, not too hilarious, and deviated from the show’s primary focus – the chubby version of Sakamoto.
That said, some of us were hoping for more follow-up on the legendary hitman squad, ORDER, introduced in episode 5 and tasked with tracking down a notorious serial killer. It seems viewers will have to wait a bit longer for that subplot to unfold. In the meantime, Heisuke proves to be an amusing addition to the cast.
Watch ‘Sakamoto Days’ on Netflix.
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