This show, was nuts.

The show is an adaptation of the manga of the same name and is available on Netflix with a dub available which is how I watched it. 

The opening of the first episode explains the set up perfectly.  Taro Sakamoto was one of the best assassins in the world. Beyond human in his achievements. Then one day when shopping, he fell in love, got married, had kids and got fat.

Cue Shin Asakura someone from his assassin days who has been ordered to kill him. Shin can read minds but after being very quickly outwitted by Sakamoto tells the people who hired him that he can’t do it, only for him to then over hear their plan to betray him in their minds and Sakamoto to the rescue showing despite being very chubby, he’s still inhumanly powerful and skilled. And so Shin too retires and starts working at the convenience store Sakamoto is now working and living at.

This is the primary element of the show, for the first season at least. Elements of Sakamoto’s old life try to interrupt his happy retirement with his family. Exacerbated when they find a large bounty has been put on their heads though the last few episodes are then taken by a plot involving Shin’s past.

The show is delightfully nutty. You suddenly see this fat man who is friendly to everyone just move faster than the human eye and drop a large weight on some would-be assassin only to then see them piled out outside while his adorable daughter puts plasters on them to help them feel better (his wife made him have a no kill rule). You also get the recurring joke of every mild annoyance by Shin resulting in a rather brutal imaginary kill from Mr Sakamoto, which because Shin can read minds he sees in full detail.

As said earlier, the show is up on Netflix and currently the first 12 episodes, with the second set about to hit at the start of the new season. The show does appear to be going into longer arcs after the more episodic elements of the first few episodes, larger plots beginning to form and threats emerging. Whether that will still be as enjoyable as the first few have yet to be seen since yeah only the first batch up. The manga is still ongoing so there’s still lots to adapt.

Rating: 👍👍👍👍

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