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Well, here we go again, I suppose.

Yet another anime featuring magic, kingdoms, and demon army that is a let-down.

This anime strikes all the boxes of the shallow anime tropes that you expect in recent years.

Nicey-nice MC? Check
Almost zero character back ground? Check
Lacking character development? Check
A LACK of fluidity in action scenes requiring good animation? Check
... A predictable and shallow plot? Check
An overly cutesy "mascot"? Check


I suppose what makes this worse then the typical anime of it's genre is that it's just so boring. I'm not a battle junkie. I can watch many episodes without any action and be perfectly content IF there's something actually interesting being done or spoken on. However, that's not the case in this anime.

That being said, it's not a horrendous anime.....but it's certainly not even a good "time-waster".

I was having some doubts after finishing the first episode, not because of anything really critical, but rather ....well, a running joke that was repeated many times, even before you really knew the characters well.

Thankfully, the episodes after that are much better.

I legit laughed out loud several times watching this show. Maybe not as hard or as often as I would when watching Gintama, but it definitely amuses me.

If there is a main character in the show, it would be Akane and she pretty much serves as the "straight-man" whenever Nozomu acts up. There's a difference between being a good "straight-man" and ... being boring/bland. Thankfully Akane falls into the former category. She's not amused with the antics of Nozomu, but she does have a pulse and her character does show throughout the episodes.

If there is a "face" to represent the show, it's probably Nozomu. She doesn't have a filter, high energy, and can be short-sighted. Those things if not handled well could make a character annoying to watch. However, the writer did a great job handling her character. While she is all those things listed above, she's not annoying, but rather entertaining in her antics.

Shirori completes the trifecta group. She's very quiet, but not so much that she doesn't show you, the viewer, things about her that will make you curious on who she is. You will want to know more about her.


All the other characters are worth their salt as well. This isn't about some grand story or anything. It is a time-killer anime, but it's a good one. Fyi, Saku(Loli) is adorable, especially her relationship with her grandma. She's the "must protect" girl.

I understand that not all manga is suited for 24-minute episodes. I'm fine with that. I really enjoyed some anime that had episodes that are only about 10 minutes or less, such as "Daily Lives of High School Boys" or "Tsuredure Children".

However, this show....while "relaxing" and "comfortable" feels empty, without charm, and boring.

I mean, "a character mixes up his socks colors".......and now he has to "play it cool". Amazing, right? That's the type of overlooked mistakes that gets beaten to death and the whole basis of the show. Not funny mistakes, mind you, just mistakes.

There's no real comedy, romance, entertainment, story, or really anything. ... So, I honestly don't understand the appeal on why so many people like this show.

If you happened to listen to two random people make small uninteresting/non-eventful chit-chat....that would be just as entertaining as this show.

I put off seeing this show mainly due to my favored genres being comedy, romance, or action. However, I could kick myself for doing it.
I'm on episode 5 and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. The characters, especially the MC, are likeable and believable. The story is relaxing but not boring. Just as importantly, I look forward to each new episode.

I find the MC to often have a mindset that would mirror our own if we were in her situation.
It's kind of hard to pinpoint one thing that it excels at over everything else, but when everything is combined it just sets it ... apart as being better than most anime that I've watched.

I really wanted to like this anime. It has a cool visual aesthetic and characters that feel genuine in their motivations. However, the biggest problem is not that it's another "get revenge" anime, but it just feels like it tries to do too much, and ironically too little for other things, and too soon.




1. The scenes and situations change so fast that it might give you whiplash. I understand the allure of teasing you about a character's backstory, but wants to unveil more later.....but when you have 5 or 6 people all in that category at the same time...........it feels like the anime is ... rushing the overall plot further then actually digging it's roots into why you should actually care.

2 The anime suggests that there is world-building, but gives you no real sense to immerse yourself in it. There will be plenty of references to different people, wars, battles, and heroes.............and you're thinking "what?" with steam coming out of your ears trying to remember everything that supposedly happened, but is never seen. It gives more "word vomit" rather then actually showing you.

This truly is a missed opportunity to make one of the rare good "revenge" animes.

This is how a fun anime/manga that doesn't take itself so seriously is supposed to be done. There is a difference between being light-hearted, like this show is, and something that goes off the rails........like that deer-girl anime.

Each episode and more importantly, each character, is worth watching. Are the characters completely unique? No, but what screen time they do have is still enjoyable.

I've said many times that in order for an anime to be good that they can't give a lazy effort to it's side-characters, and thankfully Sakamoto Days does give each character their own charm where you feel their presence in the ... show.

I think some people are overly harsh on the show critiquing it for something it was never meant to be, rather than what it is meant to be. It's like they think this anime is supposed to be some deep riveting drama or something. It's not and never was meant to be that. Believe it or not, not every anime needs to be written as if a case study was going to be done on it. Frankly, some of the critics just come off as wanting to be more enlightened than they actually are. If they had their way all anime would be put into a box with little originality.

An anime can just be fun, and I think some reviewers have forgotten that.

1. The FMC has a one-track of mind of wanting to be adored by everybody. The male protagonist doesn't bow down to her and this causes her to make it her mission to make him adore her as well. There's really not anything else or deeper about her character. It's just a egotistical girl that has an unhealthy obsession for validation. The MC is just as one-dimensional. He's a guy that is stand-offish but secretly a huge simp for the FMC, like everybody else.

2. There is nothing that has any resemblance of humor, so don't expect comedy to pick up the slack.

3. ... One of my biggest pet peeves in anime is when a character walks down a street and all the random characters, young and old, male and female, are so bedazzled by this character that they stop what they are doing, stare, and even blush. This show has that and it fuels the FMC's ego. Of course, unfortunately, this anime does the stereotypical thing that a lot of low-budget anime does.....it gives random panty shots here and there, even without reason.

4. I feel very confident in saying that after watching anime for over 20 years.........this anime must have a top 5 lowest budget for animation. There are MANY, and I do mean MANY, "scenes" where the characters don't move or barely move(mouth) and the camera just pans to the left or right while the characters remain motionless. There are a lot of close-ups of faces with minimal mouth movement....and I suspect it's done so that background environments and other characters don't need to be drawn.

5. The overall story is not the only thing predictable and cliche, but even the dialogue and actions. I knew the stuff that would be said or done before it happened........

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Summary -

An abundance of one-note characters, predictable/cliche story, almost non-existant animation budget, and a lack of humor..........and I really don't think this anime has any redeeming qualities. It reminds me of some stories on fanfiction.net I read when I was a teenager and written by young teens.....but worse.

This is a very cool idea, in general, but the character dialogue and individual motivation is perhaps the most "whack" I've seen in an anime in years.

Yoshino is sent to Tokyo for the sake of being engaged to yakuza by the name of Kirishima. Why? Who knows. Why does she go along with it? Who knows. All the same, Yoshino goes along with it because her grandpa wants her to do it for a year. Why a year? Who knows.

So, Yoshino meets Kirishima and is justifiably intimidated and scared of him. However, she also finds out quickly that he doesn't have a real ... interest in her. So, what does she decide to do in order to gain his favor? Sell one of her organs and stands up for herself against a school bully. For a character who calls Kirishima "crazy", her actions certainly don't seem sane or reasonable for any reason..........ESPECIALLY since she still doesn't like the guy and plans on moving back home after a year is over.

I think you really need to dwell on that. This chick sold an organ to impress a guy that she doesn't like and plans on leaving him in a year.

Another reviewer called it a "toxic relationship".....and it eventually becomes that. However, she was making these decisions within a couple days of meeting Kirishima and barely even spoke to the guy. You can't excuse her selling an organ due to being a "toxic relationship" when they've barely spoken for more than 3 minutes to each other.

Another issue is that there seems to be too much empty "dialogue in the air" by Yoshino that really serves no purpose at all. Even worse, sometimes her dialogue just doesn't make sense. For example, in episode 4, Yoshino thinks Kirishima will kill her if she goes back home, even though he's quite clearly never threatened her.

After 4 episodes in, I still know just about as much as I did in the first episode, minus a few minor details. The characters all feel very wooden and shallow, despite Yoshino being emotional at times. The general dynamic of the two MCs reminds me of a bad version of Twilight.

The worst part of all.........is that it's just boring.

How many times have we seen the "MC is done dirty by old party and now has to form a new party"? This feels like at least the 15th time by now.

Not only is it not original, but unlike many other anime/manga that fits that niche.....the MC is not likeable. After him insulting his last remaining OG party member for the 1000th time for being dumb, as if he were expected to be a mind reader, I thought "Man, stop it already. Leave the guy alone.".... His personality is just as crappy as his character design(more on that later).

Frankly, I have a low tolerance ... for needless bullying and egotistical characters.

In general, I have no problem with a MC getting revenge on people for doing him dirty. I have no problem with him being ruthless. There are several other MC in anime that fit into that category. However, let's keep it within the scope/ballpark of the "wrong" that was inflicted upon the MC. Selling off his old party members to be slaves for life just feels like overkill. He could have just turned them into the authorities, but the anime/manga wanted to try and say "look at how ruthless he is. Isn't it shocking? Doesn't it make you feel like want to watch more because of it?" .....well, no, not really. It's been done before and done better.

It overall feels like a cheap gimmick to try and "pull you in".

I know it's a minor detail, but the character designs bug me too. The MC looked like he came from a Yu-gi-oh cartoon, starched out jacket and everything. Then you have the scantly clad fan-service girl. Then you have the guy called "wolf" who just so happens to wear a think fur cut that covers most of his body. How creative(sarcasm).

Next, the "I want to be the strongest/best" as the motive for an anime story was old 20 years ago, and it certainly is just as ho-hum now.

This anime seemed to be popular, or at least a song relating to that. So, I checked out the anime see what all the hub-bub was about. Man o' man, I haven't felt the need to drop an anime as quickly as this in a long time.

I generally consider myself easily amused, even by low-effort attempts at humor. However, after watching a few episodes, I don't think I cracked a smile even once. This show attempts to be funny over and over again with barely a pause in between the next poorly thought out "funny moment". Instead of laughing I ended up having ... an expression of cringe and boredom. The deer cracker "joke" got old by the second time around and yet it's continually used even more than that. The type of humor that this anime leans heavily into is "randomness". That's a very hit-or-miss niche, and in this case it was nowhere close to being a "hit". Gintama, it ain't.

With such a flop at humor, the only thing left is the story, characters, development, and animation/visual.

This type of anime expects...even demands......for you to turn your brain off and to accept a paper-thin story. It requires you to accept something (a deer girl) without even an explanation. The characters, by and large, accept this deer-girl into their school life without even questioning how a being exists or why this deer/human creature is in school. That's pretty much it for the story.

The female MC is the sole exception and seems to have reaction of shock like any reasonable person would at such a being of a deer-girl. Nobody else raises an eyebrow. Obviously the FMC is being used to play the "Straight man" in this anime but it feels off because of how quickly she accepts the existence of the deer-girl.

The deer girl's name is Noko. She's the "whirl-wind" of randomness in the show, but none of her behavior is particularly entertaining. She flips from being a character who is reasonable with calculated thought into her "animal low intelligence" persona over and over again, even randomly. It's often done to try and make a situation "funny", but as I stated before, the humor is .....well.....not funny.

This might be one of the worst animes I've seen in a very long time. I will give it a 2 ONLY because the visual and animation isn't complete garbage, like everything else is.