Taro Sakamoto
Taro Sakamoto (坂本さかもと太郎たろう Sakamoto Tarō?) is the main protagonist of the series Sakamoto Days. Previously the best assassin in the world and a former member of the Order, he now runs a convenience store with his wife Aoi and daughter Hana. After a bounty is placed on his head, Sakamoto is thrust back into the world of assassins, alongside his new allies Shin, Lu, and Heisuke.
Appearance
Sakamoto is a tall, fat man with slicked back gray hair that is tied into a ponytail at the back of his head (similar to a man bun) and he has a small broom mustache. He typically wears an apron over a T-shirt and long pants. Sakamoto prefers to wear slippers, even when outside. His eyes are usually hidden by the glare of his round glasses.
In the past, Sakamoto was much leaner with no mustache. His facial features were more defined and his eyes were visible through his glasses. Through burning through his accumulated calories, Sakamoto can revert to this form for a power boost. Shin notes his transformed appearance makes him look handsome.
Personality
Sakamoto isn’t much of a talker and instead prefers to let his actions speak for themselves. He deeply loves his family, shown by the fact that he left his hitman profession just to be with them, and is very protective of them. He also has a great amount of respect for his wife Aoi. Because of his deep love for his wife and the life that he has built with her, he adheres to a “No Killing Policy”. This policy has inadvertently given him a sense of justice, as even in the presence of other assassins, he prevents them from killing if possible. This policy also extends to his enemies, even those who attempt to kill both him and his family.
Sakamoto rarely shows emotion, though he is comically scared of incurring his wife’s wrath. As the series progresses, Sakamoto begins to exhibit more of his emotions that were previously kept hidden, with him even beginning to talk frequently outside of his mind and expressing how he feels to those around him. However, he is not without fault, sometimes hiding his feelings to protect those around them or make them feel safe, as shown when Saw attacked Shin and Lu in his absence and were gravely injured. This caused Sakamoto to feel internal rage, though he kept this hidden, even trying to hide it when called out for it.
Relationships
Family
Aoi Sakamoto
Aoi is Sakamoto’s wife and the main reason he left the hitman business. He deeply loves and respects her, trying his best to protect her but also to keep from making her angry. A good example of this can be seen in how he tries to keep in line with her rules to avoid her divorcing him.
Hana Sakamoto
Hana is Sakamoto’s daughter and only child. Although they do not interact much in the manga, Sakamoto deeply loves her and will do his best to protect her as demonstrated when he took a heavy beating from multiple shoppers to obtain a special backpack Hana wanted.
Skills & Abilities
Overall Skill Level: Even among the Order, Sakamoto is known to be the strongest hitman of all time, holding both immense skill in combat and also excelling in all aspects of killing. No one can seemingly match his skill in the current storyline. To date, he has only ever been outclassed in sharpshooting by Heisuke Mashimo, an assassin who excels in that aspect. Even in his chubby form, Sakamoto is a force to be reckoned with. Granny Miya notes that present Sakamoto only has 30% of his physical abilities compared to his prime.
As a student, Sakamoto was still renowned as an exceptional talent, even Byodo the ‘database’ of the JCC stated that out of the 38,000 students he had seen go to the school Sakamoto was the greatest fighter. Alongside Nagumo and Rion Akao, he was one of the three greatest prospects to ever step foot into the JCC. He surpassed those around him in nearly every aspect imaginable, setting the record for the greatest marksman in JCC history, though that was stripped from him by Heisuke later in his life. As he continued to grow, Sakamoto further eclipsed all of his colleagues and even the very friends he once stood with as equals, even progressing so far as to join the Order. With enough power to singlehandedly wipe out branches of the JAA, his strength only continued to grow. Throughout his entire career he had never failed a mission, with the only person to have ever survived an assassination attempt by his hands being Kei Uzuki.
Equipment
Sakamoto has been described to be very strong in making the most of his surroundings and environment. However, Sakamoto still posses some items used multiple times over the series.
Bulletproof Glasses: A pair of round glasses that have been used by Sakamoto throughout his life. The lenses are bulletproof, as a bullet fired at them at point-blank range bounced off.
Apron: Sakamoto’s apron is made of an extremely durable material, able to shield people from explosions with no damage.
Hidden Weapons Arsenal: Sakamoto’s armory is hidden in the convenience store behind rotating walls, accessed by typing a code into the cash register.
It contains at least 12 handguns and 20-21 long guns of varying nature (carbines, rifles and assault rifles), at least 5 grenades, an unknown amount of ammunition (4 magazines are seen), a utility knife and a taser. The armory also contains more unusual items, such as kitchen gloves, wire cutters, rakes, a shovel, gardening spade, two wire cutters and a bolt cutter.
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