Sakamoto Days — Chapter 2

DAYS 2 SAKAMOTO FAMILY RULES

IT'S BEEN ONE WEEK SINCE I LEFT MY LIFE AS A HIT MAN...

...AND CAME TO WORK AT SAKA- MOTO'S.

...YOU GAVE ME THE CHILLS THE OTHER DAY! STILL, THOUGH, MR. SAKA- MOTO...

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EVEN IN RETIREMENT, YOU'RE THE BEST, MR. SAKAMOTO!

PLUS YOU ICED NEARLY ALL OF THEM IN ONE BLOW...

I'VE NEVER SEEN CQC LIKE THAT BY ANY HIT MAN CURRENTLY IN THE GAME!

DO YOUR JOB.

ICED ...?

EX-HIT MAN TARO SAKAMOTO

EX-HIT MAN (CLAIRVOYANT) SHIN *CQC: Close-quarters combat

DON'T TELL ME YOU'VE GONE BACK TO KILLING ?!

HANG ON, HONEY ...

SAKAMOTO'S WIFE AOI SAKAMOTO

YEAH, BUT...WHAT ABOUT ALL THOSE GUYS YOU TOOK OUT...?

I INFLICTED NO LETHAL WOUNDS.

I KNOW YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT...

HONEY...

...THE PENALTY FOR BREAKING THE FAMILY RULES IS DIVORCE!

D-I-V- O-R- C-E!

WHAT FAMILY RULES?

HMPH!

FAMILY RULES?

NGH...

CUT THE UNNECES- SARY CHATTER...

WHY DID YOU KILL ME IN YOUR MIND?!

SHIN IS CLAIR- VOYANT. HE CAN READ MINDS!

I WISH I HADN'T COME DOWN SO HARD ON MY HUSBAND THIS MORN- ING...

OKAY, I'M GOING THIS WAY!

I DO THAT ALL THE TIME... I UNDER- STAND...

SIGH...

SEE YOU!

HM!

OUT ON PATROL?

YO, OFFICER.

AH, YOU'RE THAT YOUNG FELLOW WHO WORKS FOR SAKAMOTO ...

HAH! THIS IS THE NO. 1 SAFEST SHOP IN JAPAN!

...SO I'M ON THE LOOKOUT.

EX- HIT MEN

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ROB- BERIES AROUND HERE LATELY...

WELL, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR! HEH HEH...

LET'S HEAD OUT FOR DELIV- ERIES. HE WATCHES TOO MANY MOVIES! HA HA... I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY REAL CRIME IN THIS AREA.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY'LL STRIKE...

RIGHT!

THIS BUS BELONGS TO US NOW!

NOBODY MOVE!

ONE FUNNY MOVE, AND YOU'RE DEAD!

WHAAAT ?!

WHAT SHOULD I DO?

THE ICE CREAM I BOUGHT'S GONNA MELT...

IF I EAT IT NOW, WILL THEY GET ANGRY?

...WHAT'S THE FAMILY RULE YOUR WIFE MEN- TIONED?

TOO MUCH EFFORT TO EXPLAIN...

HEY, I KNOW I ASKED BEFORE, BUT...

YOU CAN JUST REMEM- BER! I'LL READ YOUR MIND!

Out on Deliveries -Sakamoto's

FAMILY RULES... GEE, I ENVY THAT FAMILY VIBE...

WHOA !!

WHAT'S UP?!

A BUS- JACKING...

AOI'S THERE...

YOUR WIFE ?!

SKREE

WHAT ?!

WE'RE GOING TO CRASH THIS BUS INTO THE SHUEI BUILDING!

DO YOU PEOPLE KNOW HOW TRAUMATIC IT IS WHEN YOUR FAVORITE MANGA GETS DISCON- TINUED?!

OH DEAR... I'LL BE LATE FOR DINNER.

...FOR A BETTER MANGA INDUS- TRY... YOUR LIVES WILL BE SACRI- FICED...

YOU'RE AWFULLY CALM FOR SOMEONE WHO'S ABOUT TO DIE...

HEY! YOU DON'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT MANGA, DO YOU?!

HUH?

E E E K !

BECAUSE I KNOW HE'LL ALWAYS SAVE ME!

WELL, OF COURSE!

SHE'S GONE MAD WITH FEAR.

FORGET HER. SHE'S DEAD ANYWAY!

HE?

MR. SAKA- MOTO!

... THESE ARE OUR PRIORI- TIES...

FOR THIS RESCUE MIS- SION...

1. RESCUE SECURE THE HOSTAGES 2. INCOGNITO DON'T REVEAL OUR HIT MAN IDENTITIES

NO.

NO KILLING TOO.

MISSION PRIORITIES 1. RESCUE SECURE THE HOSTAGES 2. INCOGNITO DON’T REVEAL OUR HIT MAN IDENTITIES 3. NO KILLING DON’T INFLICT LETHAL WOUNDS

!!

I WON- DERED ABOUT THIS IN OUR BATTLE THE OTHER DAY TOO, BUT...

...WHY ARE YOU SO CAREFUL NOT TO KILL?

COVERED IN BLOOD AGAIN...

FIVE YEARS EAR- LIER...

I’M JUST DOING MY JOB...

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KILLED SOME- ONE!

TARO SAKAMOTO (22)

AOI SAKAMOTO (21)

I NEEDED TO WORK TO BUY YOU A PRESENT...

HOW CAN YOU DO SOME- THING SO AWFUL?!

I DON'T WANT IT! I DON'T WANT YOUR BLOOD- STAINED PRESENT!

...THEN I CAN'T BE WITH YOU.

IF YOU WON'T CHANGE...

I'VE HAD ENOUGH!

!!

BYE- BYE.

I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DIE!

HMPH!

FWUMP

THANK GOOD- NESS FOR THE SNOW!

SOME- ONE FELL!

SEE? JUST NOW...

EEK!

...YOU WOULD'VE BEEN SAD IF I HAD DIED, RIGHT?!

...EVERYONE OUT THERE HAS SOME- ONE THEY MATTER TO!

JUST LIKE HOW YOU WANTED TO SAVE ME...

GET IT?

SO, PROMISE ME...

YOU WON'T KILL PEOPLE ANY- MORE!

THAT'S OUR RULE!

...YOU'LL DEVOTE YOURSELF TO HELPING PEOPLE INSTEAD!

AND TO MAKE UP FOR THE PEOPLE YOU'VE KILLED...

THAT WAS PRETTY RECK- LESS OF ME...

HEH HEH...

SO, TO REVIEW. WE DON'T KILL.

GOT IT!

AS USUAL, WE'LL COMMUNICATE TELEPATHI- CALLY...

TMP

HUH?!

WHAT WAS THAT?!

MR. SAKA- MOTO! YOUR IDENTITY! COVER YOUR FACE...

HM?

3.5M

WHA- ?!

SHOOF

AA- AA- AH!

MR. SAKA- MOTO ?!

TMP

HEADING THEM OFF...

GOT IT!

WHOA! COOL!

WHA–

KRAK

GAK!

AA- AA- AA- AH!

STOP THE BUS OR I'LL BREAK YOUR ARM.

D- D...

HM?

HEY! TAKE THOSE CHAINS OFF!

I CAN'T TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS!

WHAT'S THIS?! CHAINS?!

H- HELP!

WAKE UP!

WE CAN'T STOP THE BUS!

MR. SAKA- MOTO, THIS IS BAD!

NO PROB- LEM...

I'LL BE THE TRAFFIC STOP...

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SHUP

P S H O O

Y- YIKES! WHO'S THAT ?!

AAA- UGH! RUN!

YEAH! I KNEW YOU'D COME! I WASN'T SCARED AT ALL!

ARE YOU OKAY?

HE'S NOT DEAD, RIGHT?

I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID WHAT I SAID THIS MORNING. I'M SORRY...

ALSO

FAMILY RULES, ARTICLE 12...

TREAT EACH OTHER TO A SPECIAL DINNER ON DAYS WHEN WE FIGHT!

LEAVE IT TO ME!

...YOU'LL DEVOTE YOUR- SELF TO HELPING PEOPLE INSTEAD!

FROM NOW ON...

IN YESTERDAY'S BUS-JACKING INCIDENT, THE SUSPECTS WERE OVERPOWERED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED PARTY... THE HOSTAGES ARE ALL UNINJURED... THE SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN...

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EXPERTS SPECULATE THAT THE MYSTERIOUS PERSON APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOME KIND OF MARTIAL ARTIST...

AS FOR THE MYSTERIOUS MASKED MAN WHO APPEARED ON THE SCENE—WHO ON EARTH COULD HE BE?!

HOW DID THEY GET THAT SHOT?!

WELL, AT LEAST YOU WERE WEARING A MASK. THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY YOU...

HEY, THAT MASKED MAN LOOKS LIKE YOU, DAD!

OH! BY THE WAY...

HOW DID YOU HEAR IT?

...REALLY MOVED ME, MR. SAKA- MOTO!

YOUR STORY ABOUT WHY YOU QUIT KILLING...

YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT IT WHILE CHASING DOWN THE BUS!

R- RIGHT!

IF YOU'RE A PART OF OUR HOUSEHOLD, THEY'RE YOUR RULES TOO.

Sakamoto Family Rules Notebook

BREAK 'EM AND I'LL KILL YOU.

THAT'S AGAINST THE RULES!!