Renka Misaki wrote the novel Sakamoto Days Koroshiya Blues which was released on December 4
Shueisha will release a spin-off novel from Yuuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga titled Sakamoto Days Koroshiya Blues (Sakamoto Days: Assassin Blues) on December 4. Renka Misaki is writing the novel. The spinoff novel will include exclusive episodes.
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© Yuuto Suzuki, Renka Misaki, Shueisha
© Yuuto Suzuki, Shueisha
Misaki also wrote the manga's first novel adaptation titled Sakamoto Days Koroshiya no Method (Sakamoto Days: Assassin's Method), which was released in Japan in April 2023.
Suzuki launched the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in November 2020. Shueisha will publish the manga's 19th compiled book volume on November 1. Suzuki published a one-shot titled “Sakamoto” in Jump Giga in December 2019.
Viz Media and MANGA Plus are publishing the manga in English digitally. MANGA Plus describes the manga:
Taro Sakamoto is the ultimate assassin, feared by villains and admired by assassins. But one day…he fell in love! Retirement, marriage, fatherhood and then… Sakamoto gained weight! The chubby guy who runs the neighboring store is actually a former legendary assassin! Can he protect his family from danger? Get ready to experience a new kind of action comedy!
Viz Media is also publishing the manga in print and will release the 14th compiled book volume on November 5.
The series recently resumed its one-issue hiatus due to Suzuki's poor health and returned on October 15.
A manga spinoff titled Sakamoto Holidays debuted in Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine on July 4. Tetsu Ōkawa, who worked as an assistant on the main manga series, is drawing the spinoff.
The manga is inspiring a television anime series due in January 2025 starring Tomokazu Sugita as Taro Sakamoto.
Source: Shueisha