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Sakamoto Daysis a manga about a once legendary hitman who has now turned to family life. Written and illustrated by Yuto Suzuki, the series focuses on a retired hitman who has settled into a mundane life, but the world around him is unwilling to let go of his past yet.
The manga describes the life of a hitman and how deadly it can be. One wrong move and your entire existence can be eliminated. But how exactly did the author create such a dangerous world while maintaining a degree of reality? In an interview, Sosuke Ichikawa, the editor ofSakamoto Days, explains just that.
HowSakamoto Daysmaintains a balance of hitman story and realism
In an interview withManga PLUS, Sosuke Ishikawa, the editor of theSakamoto Daysmanga, opened up about the work. Depicting the world of hitmen can be incredibly tough. Making sure that the activities of the assassins stay hidden from normal people can often become a challenge.
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So, how exactly did Sakamoto Days surpass them? It is simple; the manga simply did not place any such restrictions. In the words of Ishikawa:
If you depict a battle of hitmen in the real world, where there are restrictions like “shouldn’t be seen killing” and “must keep the identity hidden,” it becomes challenging to handle them on a larger scale.
Readers would obviously want to see battle scenes because it’s a manga about assassins and deadly organizations. But trying to keep them hidden in plain sight is a huge obstacle, trying to overcome, which would lead to a wastage of time and energy. Thus, the simplest way is to eliminate the problem completely.
Additionally, the reactions of the ordinary people in the manga are also changed; if they became scared whenever a fight took place, readers won’t be able to attach themselves to the world ofSakamoto Days. That’s why their reactions have changed, and even when someone is being killed right next door, no one makes a big deal out of it.
Sakamoto Daysmutes the gore and promotes comedy
Hitmen manga are mostly all about gory scenes, but notSakamoto Days. The manga has plenty of battle scenes but nothing that will make you barf up your food. Ishikawa admitted that when powerful individuals clash, injuries are bound to occur. But they are mindful of not depicting excessively brutal scenes.
Rather than making something shocking, they aim for a cool and dramatic look. The editor consciously tries to steer the manga away from creating a sense of cruelty and pity. The mangaalso focuses on comedy,more than most hitman manga would allow.
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In the early days of the work, since the author and editor wanted to create enjoyable characters in a world that readers would like to visit, they chose comedy as their medium. It serves not only to contrast characters but also to create more appeal for enemies. Elements of humor are constantly introduced to make the manga enjoyable and more accessible to a broader audience.
TheSakamoto Daysmanga is available to read on Viz Media and Manga Plus.
Aaheli Pradhan
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Aaheli is an Anime Content Writer at FandomWire with 1300+ published articles. With five years of experience under her belt, she is a living, breathing encyclopedia for anime and manga. From Shonen and Shojo to the most niche anime, nothing escapes her radar. Her poisons of choice are Assassination Classroom, Gintama, Ouran High School Host Club and every Ghibli movie ever. She believes in living a slow life, surrounded by incomplete art projects and her beloved cats.
