Shin settles into life at the Sakamoto family store, only for a hijacked bus to put the household's strict no-killing code to the test. The second chapter of Sakamoto Days introduces the family rules through a chaotic roadside rescue.
China Invasion! is the fourth chapter of Sakamoto Days, an Amusement Park Arc installment collected in Volume 1. A supply run drops Taro Sakamoto and Shin into a violent chase when Lu Shaotang and her pursuers crash into their errand.
Nagumo is the sixth chapter of Yuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga and part of the Amusement Park Arc collected in the first volume. It introduces Taro's old hitman associate Nagumo, reveals a massive bounty on Taro's head, and sets up the…
Welcome to Sugar Park! is the seventh chapter of Sakamoto Days and part of the Amusement Park Arc. A family trip to the theme park turns into a quiet gauntlet as two assassins test whether the retired Taro Sakamoto is really the legend…
Showtime is the eighth chapter of Sakamoto Days, part of the Amusement Park Arc and collected in Volume 2. It carries the running duel between Shin and the poison-throwing Tatsu off the coaster rails and onto a mascot stage.
The ninth chapter wrings a confession out of the beaten assassin Tatsu, lets the family enjoy the amusement park, and closes on the arrival of a deadly Dondenkai pair who set their sights on Taro and Shin.
Sakamoto vs. Boiled is the eleventh chapter of Sakamoto Days, part of the Amusement Park Arc and collected in Volume 2. The bomb wielding Boiled batters a heavier Taro over their shared past until Sakamoto slims into fighting form and…
Two duels reach their climax at the amusement park, and both hinge on what a fighter is truly fighting for. Lu refuses to kill in the name of her adopted family, while Sakamoto reveals that the people he loves, not the harm he could cause,…
A rare quiet day at the amusement park turns tense when Aoi discovers the bounty on Sakamoto. After coming clean to his family, Sakamoto hunts for a way to clear his name and finds a video rental shop that secretly sells information,…
Chapter 14, titled Stealth Mission, sends Sakamoto and Shin creeping through the Dondenkai headquarters. A movie inspired infiltration runs parallel to a flashback introducing the Order, before the team finds Nagumo waiting amid a pile of…
Initiation, the fifteenth chapter of Sakamoto Days, has Nagumo brief Sakamoto and Shin on a serial killer erasing the assassin industry, introducing the marker-leaving figure known as X, or Slur, and revealing that Sakamoto once served…
The eighteenth chapter, Versus Sniper, closes out the airsoft tournament as the marksman Heisuke Mashimo turns on Sakamoto and Shin for the bounty. His deadly triple-rebound bullets nearly swing the match, but Shin's encouragement and…
A quarrel between Shin and Lu turns dangerous when a squad from a hidden laboratory mistakes the wrong clerk for a long-lost test subject. Chapter 19 of Sakamoto Days drops the shop's newest hires into a kidnapping while Taro races to…
Invisible Highway is the twentieth chapter of Sakamoto Days and part of the Lab Arc. Sakamoto and Shin fight off pursuers from the Okutabi Lab during a high-speed chase, but Lu is taken captive, sending the pair toward the facility…
The twenty-first installment of Sakamoto Days sends Taro Sakamoto and Shin Asakura undercover into a science museum to reach a hidden laboratory, while their captured ally Lu falls into the hands of the assassins occupying the facility.…
In the twenty-second chapter of Sakamoto Days, Sakamoto tears through a robotic dinosaur guarding the hidden lab, then stumbles onto a floor of exhausted, mistreated scientists. Below them, a captive Lu meets a bound stranger who claims he…
Science Bastard is the twenty-fifth chapter of Sakamoto Days, part of the Lab Arc and gathered into Volume 3. Trapped in Mad Horiguchi's signal-scrambling experiment, Sakamoto and Shin have to outthink a weapon that turns their own strikes…
Order is the 26th chapter of Sakamoto Days and a Lab Arc installment collected in Volume 4. It introduces the terrifying reach of the Order as Shishiba and Osaragi tear through Kashima's underground operation.
Surprise is the thirty-third numbered chapter of Sakamoto Days, printed inside the fourth collected volume and set during the Death Row Prisoners Arc. It brings the Sakamoto household together with Shin and Lu Shaotang while staging the…
Wutang is the thirty-fourth chapter of Sakamoto Days, a Death Row Prisoners Arc installment collected in Volume 4. It introduces Lu Wutang and lines up Taro Sakamoto, Shin, Lu Shaotang, Heisuke Mashimo, and the bird Piisuke.
Wutang, Part 2 is the thirty-fifth chapter of Sakamoto Days and advances the Death Row Prisoners Arc. Collected in Volume 5, where it is retitled Casino Battle, it keeps Lu Wutang squared off against Taro Sakamoto and his allies.
Wutang, Part 3 is the thirty-sixth chapter of Sakamoto Days, part of the Death Row Prisoners Arc and collected in Volume 5 under the alternate title Bluff. It caps the three-part Wutang sequence pitting Lu Shaotang, Taro Sakamoto, and Shin…
Death Row Prisoner is the thirty-seventh chapter of Sakamoto Days, printed in Volume 5 as part of the Death Row Prisoners Arc. The installment opens the door on a new set of antagonists, debuting Dump, Saw, Apart, and Minimalist all at…
No Brakes is the thirty-eighth chapter of Sakamoto Days, set inside the Death Row Prisoners Arc and collected in Volume 5. It gathers the newly introduced death row assassins with the Sakamoto side and marks Takamura's first full…
Encounter is the thirty-ninth chapter of Sakamoto Days, part of the Death Row Prisoners Arc and collected in Volume 5. It reunites Heisuke Mashimo and Piisuke with Taro Sakamoto and Nagumo, and revisits Seba and Lu Wutang in flashback.
Overload is the fortieth chapter of Sakamoto Days, a Death Row Prisoners Arc installment collected in Volume 5. It places Saw against Shin, Lu Shaotang, and Taro Sakamoto, with Heisuke Mashimo also in the mix.
How to Live is the forty-first chapter of Sakamoto Days, part of the Death Row Prisoners Arc and collected in Volume 5. It keeps Shin, Saw, Lu Shaotang, and Taro Sakamoto in play while revisiting Lu Wutang in flashback.
Just Desserts is the forty-second chapter of Sakamoto Days, part of the Death Row Prisoners Arc and collected in Volume 5. It stands out as the first chapter in the series where Taro Sakamoto is absent entirely.
No Way is the fifty-third chapter of the Sakamoto Days manga by Yuto Suzuki. Placed within the Death Row Prisoners Arc and gathered into the series' seventh volume, it keeps the store crew in play beside Slur and Uda while flashbacks step…
I Got This is the fifty-fourth chapter of Yuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days. Closing out the Death Row Prisoners Arc within the seventh volume, the installment features Takamura at the front of a cast that includes Taro Sakamoto, Shin, Gaku,…
Break is the fifty-fifth chapter of the Sakamoto Days manga by Yuto Suzuki. It opens the JCC Transfer Exams Arc within the seventh volume, bringing Taro Sakamoto, Shin, Lu Shaotang, Nagumo, and Hyo into the frame while first naming Rion…
JCC is the fifty-sixth chapter of Yuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days, part of the JCC Transfer Exams Arc in the seventh volume. The installment carries a wide cast led by Shishiba and Osaragi and marks first appearances for Jay Erk, Akira Akao,…
Have a Nice Flight is the fifty-seventh chapter of the Sakamoto Days manga by Yuto Suzuki. Set in the JCC Transfer Exams Arc within the seventh volume, it centers on Shin Asakura and Taro Sakamoto and debuts Mizuno and Mafuyu Seba.
Newbies is the fifty-eighth chapter of Yuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days, part of the JCC Transfer Exams Arc in the seventh volume. It keeps Taro Sakamoto, Shin, and the recent arrivals Mizuno, Mafuyu Seba, and Akira Akao at the front of a…
Cut is the fifty-ninth chapter of the Sakamoto Days manga by Yuto Suzuki, closing the seventh volume within the JCC Transfer Exams Arc. It follows Taro Sakamoto, Shin, and Mafuyu Seba while giving Kanaguri a full on-page appearance.
Kanaguri is the sixtieth chapter of Yuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days, part of the JCC Transfer Exams Arc in the seventh volume. Named for its central figure, it keeps a tight cast of Kanaguri, Mafuyu Seba, Shin, Taro Sakamoto, and Akira Akao.
Pretty Decent is the sixty-first chapter of the Sakamoto Days manga by Yuto Suzuki, set in the JCC Transfer Exams Arc within the seventh volume. It keeps Kanaguri and Mafuyu Seba prominent and debuts Usami, Atou, and Noro.
Exam, Stage Three is the sixty-second chapter of Yuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days and the first entry gathered into the eighth volume. Part of the JCC Transfer Exams Arc, it carries a broad cast and debuts Joichiro Kaji, Nao Toramaru, and…
Survival is the sixty-third installment of Sakamoto Days, its Japanese title reading Sabaibaru. Placed within Volume 8 and the stretch of the story built around the JCC transfer examinations, it reached readers in the sixteenth 2022 issue…
Path, read Michi in Japanese, is the sixty-fourth chapter of Sakamoto Days. Belonging to Volume 8 and the JCC transfer examination storyline, it opened with a color spread and first appeared in the seventeenth 2022 issue, gathering Taro…
Mutual Fans, given in Japanese as Oshi Kaburi, is the sixty-fifth chapter of Sakamoto Days. Placed in Volume 8 and the JCC transfer examination arc, it first ran in the eighteenth 2022 issue and gathers Taro Sakamoto, Akira Akao, and other…
Lag, read Ragu in Japanese, is the sixty-sixth chapter of Sakamoto Days. Part of Volume 8 and the JCC transfer examination arc, it reached readers in the nineteenth 2022 issue and follows Nao Toramaru, Shin Asakura, and Mafuyu Seba among…
Remote Work, rendered Rimoto Waku in Japanese, is the sixty-seventh chapter of Sakamoto Days. Set in Volume 8 and the JCC transfer examination arc, it first ran in the twentieth 2022 issue and features Shinaya, Nao Toramaru, and Shin…
Fwollow Me, read Kureryuka in Japanese, is the sixty-eighth chapter of Sakamoto Days. Belonging to Volume 8 and the JCC transfer examination arc, it appeared in the combined twenty-first and twenty-second 2022 issue and follows Nao…
Kaji, written カジ in Japanese, is the sixty-ninth chapter of Sakamoto Days. Placed in Volume 8 and the JCC transfer examination arc, it first ran in the twenty-third 2022 issue and centers on Taro Sakamoto, Joichiro Kaji, and the exam…
Sounds vs. Gaku, read Oto Buiesu Gaku in Japanese, is the seventieth chapter of Sakamoto Days. Part of Volume 8 and the JCC transfer examination arc, it first ran in the twenty-fourth 2022 issue and follows Shin Asakura, Shinaya, and Gaku…
Hard Mode, read Hado Modo in Japanese, is the seventy-first chapter of Sakamoto Days and the opening chapter of Volume 9. Still within the JCC transfer examination arc, it carried a color spread and first ran in the twenty-fifth 2022…
So Long, read Jana in Japanese, is the seventy-second chapter of Sakamoto Days. Part of Volume 9 and the JCC transfer examination arc, it first ran in the twenty-sixth 2022 issue and carries a broad cast led by Nao Toramaru and Taro…
Killer Lotto Scratch, read Kororensukuratchi in Japanese, is the seventy-third chapter of Sakamoto Days. It opens the JCC Infiltration Arc within Volume 9, first ran in the twenty-seventh 2022 issue, and assembles a large cast including…
Undercover is the seventy-fourth chapter of Sakamoto Days and a Volume 9 entry within the JCC Infiltration Arc. Released in mid-2022, it gathers the Sakamoto household and their allies as the covert push into Japan Clear Creation takes…
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