Sakamoto Days Episode 20 Review: Nao vs Shin in a Battle of Fans
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The JCC assassin exam chaos continues in ‘Sakamoto Day’! Episode 18 ended of the anime ended with an interesting revelation: the blue-haired Akira is related to Sakamoto’s old friend Rion Akao, a legendary assassin. A brief flashback shows Sakamoto, Rion and Nagumo were very close friends during their days in the JCC and JAA.
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Titled ‘Mutual Fans’, episode 20 of ‘Sakamoto Days’ kicks off with Nao Toramaru throwing a hilarious tantrum after Mafuyu ridicules her for being a Otaku. She is a hardcore fan of Taro Sakamoto, carrying a cute mini doll that looks like him. Of course, she has no clue that her idol is the chubby yellow-shirt man participating in the exams.
Nao figures out that Shin is also a fan of Sakamoto, so she battles it out with him to prove she is the “Number 1 Sakamoto fan.” The two engage in an exciting face-off, with Nao going all guns blazing (literally, with a huge gun) against Shin.
The best frame in this edition of ‘Sakamoto Days’ is Nao imagining Sakamoto as a sort of hitman-Buddha, complete with a golden halo and multiple hands holding guns and swords. Comical flashbacks reveal how she became an obsessive Sakamoto fan.
This is an action-packed, violent chapter that ironically features very little of Taro Sakamoto and much more of the other candidates. While everyone else is fighting for their lives, Team Sakamoto is happily camping away in some corner of the island.
Meanwhile, we learn that Slur has planted a minion in the JCC exams to “recruit” candidates for his own cause. There’s an interesting twist involving Slur’s representative, who unsurprisingly goes on a maniacal murder spree to weed out the weak and find those worthy of joining his side.
The JCC exam is still far from over, and it will be interesting to see who finally makes it into assassin school.
Watch ‘Sakamoto Days’ on Netflix.
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