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I would swipe past the Sakamoto Days tab on the Shonen Jump app all the time and think to myself "who would read this? It looks terrible." That was one of the dumbest thoughts I ever had, because Sakamoto Days is a jam and one of the most fun Shonen Manga I've read since Spy X Family (which, ironically, has a similar premise.)

Taro Sakamoto, the titular character, is a fat old man with a wife, daughter and a grocery store. He's also formerly Japan's best assassin. He's since settled down, but when a bounty is put on his head by his former colleagues, it's up ... to him and his new friends to solve the mystery of the bounty and protect Sakamoto's family.

While the story is interesting, if a bit unoriginal, it's the characters and art that really drive this manga home.

Sakamoto is a nearly invincible fighter. He can make anything around him a lethal weapon and he's as strong as most shonen battle protagonists, despite not having any powers. His laid back attitude, reluctance to speak out loud, goofy design and battle prowess make Sakamoto Days a gag manga.

While I would say this is indeed a gag manga, it's not afraid to get serious, and it's fighting art is AMAZING. I did not go into this series thinking that it would have some of the best fighting in Shonen Jump, but here it is. The panel layouts flow extremely naturally, and the art is drawn in such a way that it almost feels like you're watching an anime, not reading a manga. This art would be good for a biweekly and even a monthly, but the fact this is weekly blows my mind.


I took points off because some of the humor doesn't land and can be a bit childish, but everything else is great. Don't do what I did and pass by this manga.

This is a very generic and inoffensive manga. There's nothing impressive about this, but there's nothing atrocious either.

The story is a very standard Isekai. The setup is so generic that some kind of A.I. could have written it. The MC is a Final Fantasy superfan that lands a job in at Square Enix, but he finds himself far-removed from the games themselves. He's then hit by a truck and sent to a Final Fantasy world with his little sister. There they meet a group of adventurers and learn about the rules of this world. From then on, it's mostly a series of setpieces with ... a flimsy overarching mcguffin the characters are searching for. The M.C. does grow throughout the story, which is better thank most other throwaway wish-fulfillment Isekai manga.

The art is actually fairly well done. Kind of busy and overwhelming, but it's nice to look at and very detailed. The character designs are great. They are very reminiscent of other FF properties while maintaining a unique fantasy aesthetic. This holds true for most characters except for a few.

The villains.

The villains are just stick-figured women with two melons attached to their chests. They are LAUGHABLY bad. Like, holy hell they are goofy.

I know I ragged on this a lot, but it's a fun read for Final Fantasy fans with a lot of fanservice and FF references (especially FFXIV.) It's not something to prioritize or think too hard about, but it's a good read when you want to read manga with your brain off.

I am absolutely floored by the negative reviews in here. This is the show that got me back into anime after a decade-long hiatus.

The first few episodes may seem like setup for a generic kaiju show, but the story does enough to tweak the kaiju/toku formula and does something new. The characters are actually realistic and likable and the fight scenes are fantastic.

The animators aren't afraid to use CGI, which I know can turn some people off but it blends well with the 2D animation. The fluidity and fight choreography is eye candy. If you're a fan of action anime with a great ... soundtrack, you can't go wrong with Gridman or its sequel Dynazenon.

This is probably the worst anime movie I've seen. I haven't seen many to be fair, but this still is... not good.


It's a poor adaptation of Junji Ito's manga, and it's just overall unpleasant. It's body horror without any real message behind it. It's also just unnecessarily weird. Walking fish coming on land and turning people into green fart monsters sounds like a low-effort South Park Episode.

There is some decent characterization. The main character is likable enough and realistic, but she can't fix this movie.

If you like extreme gross outs maybe you'll get a kick out of this, but if you're a ... fan of good horror stay away.