Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto (坂本ですが?, Sakamoto desu ga?, lit. "I'm Sakamoto, You Know?") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nami Sano. The manga follows a high school student named Sakamoto, who has a reputation for being the "coolest" person among the entire student body. The series has been licensed for an English release by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime television adaptation produced by Studio Deen aired between April 8 to July 5, 2016.[3][4]
The story is centered around the incredibly popular Sakamoto: a flawless boy genius who is well liked by fellow students and most of the faculty in the high school for his coolness. Despite the strange situations he often finds himself in, typically consisting of pranks set up by the envious male population of the school, Sakamoto always manages to emerge in absolute perfection and as a result makes himself seem even cooler.
The series debuted in 2011,[8] before beginning regular serialization in Enterbrain's Fellows! magazine (renamed as harta magazine in February 2013) on April 14, 2012.[9][10] The series ended its serialization on December 14, 2015.[11]
The series is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment, who released the first volume in August 2015.[12]
The series was collected into four tankōbon volumes.[11]
It was announced in the final volume of the manga that the series would get an anime television series adaptation.[3] It aired between April 8 and July 1, 2016,[a] on TBS and later on CBC, MBS, BS-TBS and TBS Channel 1.[4] The anime was animated by Studio Deen and written and directed by Shinji Takamatsu, with music composed by Yasuhiko Fukuda, character designs by Atsuko Nakajima and art direction by Masatoshi Muto. The opening theme was "COOLEST" by CustomiZ and ending theme was "Nakushita Hibi ni Sayonara" (無くした日々にさよなら, Goodbye to Lost Days) by Suneohair.[7]
The series was simulcast by Crunchyroll. Following a one-week delay due to coverage of the 2016 earthquake in Kumamoto, the thirteenth episode was not aired as part of the television broadcast. The episode was later streamed by Crunchyroll on September 27, 2016 and will be included with the series' fifth Blu-ray/DVD volume on October 26, 2016.[18][19] Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for release in North America.[20] After the acquisition of Crunchyroll by Sony Pictures Television, Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto, among several Sentai Filmworks titles, was dropped from the Crunchyroll streaming service on March 31, 2022.[21]
Envious of Sakamoto's popularity, three delinquents, Atsushi, Mario and Kenken tried multiple attempts to bully Sakamoto but failed miserably. In their recent attempt, they accidentally put on a fire on the school laboratory until Sakamoto's quick-thinking skills called Kakuta, a nearby teacher to put out the flame. With Sakamoto taking the blame for them, the three delinquents started a liking towards him.
With Kubota always lacking money due to being constantly bullied, Sakamoto helped him by getting themselves work at a fast food restaurant. Initially unable to cope with his workplace, Kubota later takes a liking to it. During his payday, the two bullies that targeted Kubota appeared again but Sakamoto's advice allowed him to stand up against them until Sakamoto arrived and the two fight back against the bullies. Before leaving, Sakamoto complimented Kubota's secret technique and advised him to sharpen it.
Maruyama and the upperclassmen delinquents bullied the first years into becoming their servants. One of the servants is Sakamoto, whom Maruyama tries to put him to use, seeing how efficient he is until Sakamoto overwhelms him.
Kakuta, the class' physical education teacher, tries multiple times to catch Sakamoto breaking school rules, but fails miserably. He finally gets his chance when he catches Sakamoto eating in health class, but it is revealed that it was all just a plot to feed an injured bird.
In cooking class, Kana-chan encounters a slug inside a cabbage, which Sakamoto skillfully gets rid of. In art class, which involves drawing each of the students' partners, Aina pairs herself with Sakamoto. As it seemed that Sakamoto sketches her as an orangutan, it is revealed that she viewed the art in the wrong way and its true form is quite beautiful. After a fire breaks out in the school, Sakamoto rescues Acchan, who was left behind in the school toilet after everyone evacuated.
When it is Sakamoto's turn to throw the softball, Kubota accidentally gets hit, causing a nosebleed. Sakamoto stops the bleeding by ripping off part of his shirt and wrapping it around Kubota's head.
Seeing Maruyama's traumatized behavior when they talk about Sakamoto, Hayabusa goes to see Sakamoto. Due to a misunderstanding, Hayabusa thought that Sakamoto orders Class 1-2 girls to assault him when they meet, and is under the impression that Sakamoto has taken control of Class 1-2 students. Hayabusa asks Sakamoto to meet him at the riverbed after school, but Sakamoto declines, as he has cleaning duty. In order to make him go, Hayabusa's underclassmen try to make him angry by stealing his indoor shoes and ruler (which he named Smith), and leaving notes to give the impression that Hayabusa is the one who did it. Finally, upon seeing a bald Kubota Yoshinobu crying, an angry Sakamoto goes to see Hayabusa. As they are about to fight, a police officer sees them, and Sakamoto gives an excuse that they are just playing 手押し相撲 (Teoshi Sumo, literally hand-pushing sumo). Despite claiming they are just playing, Sakamoto has all the intention to beat Hayabusa in pushing sumo, which results in both of them fight a rather serious match. After knowing the truth, Hayabusa and his underclassmen go to Kubota's house to apologize and gives him seaweed to make his hair grow faster, and a happy Kubota throws a seaweed party.
Several elementary school students follow Sakamoto on their way home.
Megumi, Sakamoto's stalker and Class 1-2's representative discovered a ghost infatuated to him and tries to warn him. In the end, she graduates from being a stalker to a photographer who takes Sakamoto's pictures.
In a video rental shop, Acchan and friends trick Sakamoto to help them renting adult videos. After manages to avoid being detected by Aina and friends (and Shigemi), Sakamoto face the shop manager at the counter in a bluff act, who suspects that Sakamoto is still underage. When everything is over, Acchan invites Sakamoto to watch the rented videos together, but Sakamoto escapes immediately. Realizing that it is still too early for them, Acchan returns the adult videos without watching them.
Megumi Fujita, along with Kana-chan and Mi-chan, ate their lunch outside and started recollecting on how they first met Sakamoto. Megumi met him at the entrance exam, where he warmed her trembling hands by heating up her fallen eraser with frictional force. Mi-chan met him on the day of entrance ceremony, where the storm broke her favourite umbrella. Firstly sadden, she then cheered up when Sakamoto treated his broken umbrella like a wine glass and acted like a rain sommelier. Lastly, Kana-chan met him during the day before the entrance ceremony. Since she had forgotten her bag, she held all her textbooks in her hands, and as such, was unable to see forward. When she fell down, Sakamoto caught and princess-carried the books. While the girls are smitten over Sakamoto's initiatives, Kubota on the other hand reminisce his first acquaintance to Sakamoto where his bandage on his ring finger fell and Sakamoto returns the bandage seeming like inserting a ring. Sakamoto chides Kubota's story but the girls, upon hearing Kubota's story, felt envious as his first meeting with sakamoto was the most romantic.
During Christmas Eve, Sakamoto is invited by two college guys to a group date karaoke in order to complete their number, but seeing how Sakamoto attracted the female audiences, they try to sabotage his karaoke moment until he covered it via his operatic singing of a famous poem Der Erlkönig.
As Yoshinobu walks with Sakamoto to school, he realizes that he knows almost nothing about Sakamoto, though he assure himself that he will have a lot of time to talk about it later. Hearing that it is the first time Sakamoto has seen snow, Acchan teaches Sakamoto how to play in the snow. Frustrated that Sakamoto has surpassed him in everything he taught rather easily, Fukase approaches Acchan, suggesting he fights Sakamoto in a one-on-one battle. He then decides to fight Sakamoto in a snowball fight, determining to crush him. Watching Acchan trembling in coldness, Sakamoto throws a hand warmer to him. He felt bad because despite his intentions, Sakamoto earnestly just wanted to play, and even thought about his well-being. As he walks home, Fukase approaches him again.
It won the 2013 Comic Natalie Grand Prize.[22] Volume 1 was also number one on the Book of the Year list of Male-Oriented Comics from January to June, 2013 by Da Vinci magazine.[23]
As of November 24, 2013, volume 1 has sold 930,716 copies and volume 2, 397,213.[24] Volume 1 was the 19th best-selling manga volume in the period of November 19, 2012 to May 19, 2013[25] and the 27th from November 19, 2012 to November 17, 2013.[26] Volume 2 reached the number one place on the Oricon weekly manga chart in the week of November 11 to 17, 2013. Volume 3 has sold 626,823 copies as of January 18, 2015.[27]
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