This anime season saw the premiere of the long-awaited anime adaptation of Sakamoto Days, which tells the story of the best hitman of all, who after falling in love with the cashier of a store, retires from that world to be the owner of his own business, marrying his love and gaining weight. During the first episode of the already released series, an interesting topic about work was discussed, more precisely how much Sakamoto pays his employees per working day, something that left many fans surprised: from those who said that it is a good pay, to those who say that it is far from a living wage.
Sakamoto Days: How much do you earn working for Sakamoto Taro?
With the arrival of the anime Sakamoto Days, fans were fascinated with its story, characters and action scenes, but what has left many shocked in the networks is a detail that could have gone unnoticed, but that sparked a great debate: How much do you earn working for Sakamoto Taro? And is that the answer could be seen in this same first episode, when it is the protagonist of the show who offers Shin a job in his convenience store and where he gave details not only of how much he pays, but also some benefits.
“800 yen an hour”, that’s what the protagonist of Sakamoto Days pays his employees, which if we take it to other currencies, we find that it would be around about $5 dollars an hour. If Shin works 8 hours a day, his salary per day would reach $40 dollars, and if we take that as if he worked the same amount of hours in a six-day workday, he could have a total of $240 dollars a week. And while many thought it was a good number, for others it sparked a great debate.
The calculations in the different comments in social networks let us see how really if the protagonist of Sakamoto Days paid that salary and in monthly terms, this is well below the minimum wage in Japan, more considering that in that country only work 5 days a week. With that Shin would earn a total of $800 dollars a month and knowing that the minimum wage in Japan is approximately $1070 dollars, there is a more than interesting gap. Likewise, many also defend Sakamoto, since other aspects must be taken into account.
Although this salary is below the minimum wage, many comment on how Sakamoto provides housing for Shin, so a large part of his salary could be spent in this area. In addition, the protagonist of Sakamoto Days manages a small convenience store, so they also defend the salary from that part and how the earnings would not manage to cover the minimum wage. Lastly, fans in Latin America saw this salary as a very good one, especially with the economic situation in several of the countries, so from a point of view from this part of the world, Sakamoto pays his employees very well.
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