An anime television series adaptation produced by TMS Entertainment premiered in January 2025, with a second cours set for release in July of the same year. By December 2024, the manga had over 7 million copies in circulation.
The story revolves around Taro Sakamoto, a retired legendary hitman who has settled into a quiet and mundane life as a family man. However, his peaceful life is disrupted when former enemies and colleagues from his hitman days come seeking revenge. To protect his family and loved ones, Sakamoto must use his exceptional combat skills to face off against a variety of adversaries while trying to maintain his ordinary facade.
Sakamoto Days is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuto Suzuki. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shonen manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump since November 2020, with its chapters collected in 20 tankobon volumes as of January 2025. It is simultaneously published in English by Viz Media and the Manga Plus online platform.