Best Anime Like Sakamoto Days

Sakamoto Days has always been a sensation in the manga community, and with its anime adaptation, it has garnered even more attention. The series navigates the life of Taro Sakamoto, the greatest hitman of all time turned family man, as he tries to keep his family safe while getting dragged back into the action-packed life of assassination.

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Sakamoto Days combines dangerous action with comedy in perfect symphony, with the troubles of living a double life that Sakamoto has to constantly go through. For fans of this masterpiece, be it from the anime or the manga, there are several anime that would definitely be worth the watch.

1 The Way Of The Househusband

Retired Mobster Trying To Live A Peaceful Life

When it comes to badass characters willing to abandon their rough lifestyles for the sake of their loved ones, both Sakamoto Days and The Way Of The Househusband handle this trope in a chef's kiss manner. Just as Taro Sakamoto chose to abandon his lifestyle as one of the greatest hitmen in history, Tatsu also abandoned his yakuza lifestyle to become a househusband.

He dedicates himself to a simple lifestyle filled with house chores, cooking, stocking up on supplies, and every other duty required to maintain a home. This anime leans more toward comedy, with epic voice acting and comedic portrayal of characters that provide its viewers with more than enough satisfaction.

2 Buddy Daddies

Balancing Assassin Life With Personal Connections

Taro Sakamoto often finds himself in skirmishes with The Order, Slur Group, and other organizations after him for various reasons. He tries to balance his former dangerous lifestyle and his new peaceful one, a balance that the two assassins in Buddy Daddies are also trying to maintain.

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Even though it might have happened by chance, Kazuki Kurusu and Rei Suwa, the two assassins, take young Miri Unasaka in their custody after she somehow appeared in the middle of an operation. They try to balance their lifestyle of assassination and newly found parenting, determined to give the obnoxious, playful, and unpredictable Miri a normal childhood.

3 Spy x Family

Found Family And Secret Lives

Both Sakamoto Days and Spy x Family revolve around characters who form families while trying to conceal their activities from them. Just as Sakamoto tries his best to keep his assassination lifestyle hidden from his family, both Loid and Yor, parents of Anya in Spy x Family, keep their occupations hidden from each other.

One of them a spy and the other an assassin, try to secretly carry out their missions while maintaining a family. Both series navigate the troubles of living two separate lives humorously, combined with the action expected of an assassin-themed anime.

4 Great Pretender

Team Of Misfits

Although the story starts with Taro Sakamoto and his former student-turned-employee Shin Asakura, several oddballs join the team as the series progresses, working for Sakamoto in his store and some as undercover assassins. The team in Great Pretender also contains oddballs of different origins, coming together to carry out well-elaborated and dangerous con schemes.

Both series show the chaos involved when oddballs work as a team while captivating their viewers with their action and comedy. The improvisation of the characters in Great Pretender is also similar to that of Sakamoto Days, where the action occurs in everyday settings more often than not.

5 Gintama

Absurd Comedy Mixed With Action

The subversion of the action in both Sakamoto Days and Gintama is very similar. They intertwine extreme comedy and serious action scenes with a hint of drama. The action often occurs in everyday settings, with comedic misunderstandings and improvisations that do not fail to leave its viewers out of breath.

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The protagonists also share a lot of similarities. Both Gintoki and Sakamoto have the same laid-back yet incredibly skilled characteristics, leaving their past behind for a simple life. It gets even more entertaining when their anime adaptations are voiced by the same person, Sugita Tomokazu.

6 The Fable

Legendary Hitmen Forced Into Action

Now that Sakamoto is trying to live an ordinary life after his legendary history, the people from his past seem to seek him out for one reason or another, and he tries to stay out of trouble. Although not willingly retired, Fable also faces his fair share of problems while trying to live normally.

With the condition of not killing anyone, he has to carefully navigate around those who are after his life. Both main characters are the best in their fields, and they are constantly made to display their professional skills while dampening them enough to win without killing their target.

7 World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated As An Aristocrat

Strategic Action And Assassin Skills

Strength is not the only major factor when it comes to skill as an assassin. They often rely on their quick wit, impeccable strategies, and their ability to improvise on the fly, traits that both Sakamoto Days and this anime display in their main characters.

They both focus on protagonists who are highly skilled assassins, although the latter is set in a fantasy world. Both before and after his reincarnation, the protagonist in World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated As An Aristocrat picks the life of assassination, utilizing his skills and acquiring more refined methods to save the world from destruction in his second life.

8 Gangsta

Underworld Dealings

Although Gangsta takes a much darker approach, both anime dive deep into the life of the underworld, and the actions and dealings that happen within it. While the protagonists in Sakamoto Days left that lifestyle and are often being dragged back by their former companions and enemies alike, the protagonists in Gangsta are still active.

In fact, they maintain the balance of the underworld in their own way despite not belonging to or controlling any faction or organization. Both series also contain intense action scenes and violence, although the violence in Gangsta is heavier with activities such as drug dealing and prostitution.

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Sakamoto Days

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2025 - 2025-00-00

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TMS Entertainment

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Yuto Suzuki

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1

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