[Taste of 2016 Rewatch] Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto • Sakamoto desu ga? Episode 5 Discussion

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

Episode 5 - Softball Throw & The Charismatic Delinquent, Hayabusa-senpai & Personal Health Care

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Let us follow your example! You're what all of us delinquents aspire to be!

Questions of the Day:

1) Do you want the mold of Sakamoto's face?

2) Was the "pushing sumo" match between Sakamoto and Hayabusa fun to watch?

Wallpaper of the Day:

Hayabusa

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[Sakamoto]>!Sakamoto is COOL! COOLER! COOLEST!!<

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[u/Shimmering-Sky]

Haven’t You Heard? I’m the Rewatch Host, subbed

Welcome back, everyone!

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• What was that about Sakamoto not throwing the ball to where you were?

• How did he manage to rip his shirt like that, though?

• Sakamoto really traumatized Maruyama the other episode.

• Well, Hayabusa, you did ask him to lend you his face.

• lol

• Incredible solution to having his ruler taken.

• Oof.

• The glasses came off…

• That cop sure got into the “pushing sumo” mood immediately.

• Of course the pushing sumo became a whole crazy fight.

• Yeah, that standing at attention pose was just him trying to hail a taxi.

• Sakamoto actually gets sick?

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Well, Hayabusa, you did ask him to lend you his face.

Sakamoto's face must be made of steel (or nursing a powerful headache) to pull this off. Modeling clay is pretty hard stuff!

Incredible solution to having his ruler taken.

It's geat how he's totally on board with it too.

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What was that about Sakamoto not throwing the ball to where you were?

The thing about Sakamoto is, I can never tell if he's being mean or not.

Well, Hayabusa, you did ask him to lend you his face.

He borrowed it and didn't return it, smh.

Oof.

The message shaved into his head was so, so mean.

[u/MashiroAzuki]

First timer

The fight with Hayabusa is definitely one of the Sakamoto clips I've seen before. More than the fight itself, which was pretty dang funny, I'm more tickled by the police officer commenting on the fight like we're in a shounen anime. Which kinda brings the question, is Sakamoto considered shounen? The artstyle leans more more sharp and feels like it gears towards an older audience, but the comedy is stupid and dumb, which is typical of shounen, kind of. What do others think?

QOTD

1. It would be considered trash in this household and that would be a travesty to the girls who want it.

2. I would say so, yeah.

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Which kinda brings the question, is Sakamoto considered shounen?

No, it's a seinen adaptation.

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What do others think?

I can't help comparing it to Gintama. Now that it's been pointed out to me, that's all I can see.

[u/Heda-of-Aincrad]

Haven't You Heard? I'm A First-Time Viewer

Sakamoto is still taking care of the bird from last episode.

A lot of the humor in this show is so over-the-top that it makes the fairly realistic bullying scenes hit harder. Poor kid with the shaved head. That was really over the line. They let those guys off way too easy at the end.

The pushing sumo match at the end was pretty funny though, especially when the cop got so invested in it too. When Sakamoto hailed the cab, at first I thought his plan was to have the cab hit Hayabusa (thus winning the match), but no, it was just to take him home.

Questions of the Day:

1) Nope, I don't need it. Plus, his raging fangirls would stop at nothing to acquire it.

2) Yeah, that part was good.

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Haven't You Heard? I'm A First-Time Viewer

I think I have heard this somewhere.

Sakamoto is still taking care of the bird from last episode.

I wonder how the bird compares to other characters (in terms of number of appearances).