Showtime (ショータイム Shōtaimu?) is the eighth chapter of the Sakamoto Days manga series.
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Shin faces Tatsu on the rails. He tries reading his mind, but is unable, making him believe Tatsu is a guy who acts before thinking. Shin realizes the rollercoaster train is coming and jumps up. Tatsu does the same, but also throws a knives at Shin. Shin knows he can't dodge both of the knives and dodges one, but the other scratches his leg. As he lands, his vision becomes blurry and he realizes the knives had poison on them. Tatsu explains is his own mix and Shin is probably going to die. Tatsu also states that Taro had the eyes of a loser and is afraid to die. When a person isn't prepared to face death and is more fixated on living, they become weaker. The fear of death dulls the ability to make instantaneous decisions. Similarly, Shin was afraid of the knives and let one of them graze him. Shin states that Tatsu is delusional. And while indeed Taro is afraid of dying, its because he is on a mission dedicating his life to protect his family, and a person who got something to protect, will fight more desperately.
Tatsu guesses that Shin no longer can see. As the train makes a full circle, Tatsu fake-jumps to throw the knives again, but sees that Shin made a low jump to get on the train. He the grabs Tatsu and gets him on the train, where they start fighting. Shin listens to what people are thinking and eventually pushes and jumps with Tatsu from the train. They fall on a scene of Sugar Park, where they are performing Sugar hero and villain show. Shin gets into the rabbit Sugar's costume and prepares for a round two. Shin then punches Tatsu, who is surprised as Shin still should be blind. Shin then proceeds dodging Tatsu's knife attacks and keeps landing punches, which surprises Tatsu that Shin moves like he can see. In the audience, Aoi and Hana are enjoying the show and think the fight is pretty realistic. Taro is also there, who reads Tatsu's moves and tells Shin, who reads Taro's mind, on how to move and act. Tatsu can't believe the poison wore off and believes Shin is moving like a completely different person. He slashes at him and cuts a hole on his face and sees that Shin is with closed eyes. Reading Taro's mind, Shin does a finishing blow on Tatsu, sending him off stage. The audience is amazed by Sugar's victory. Shin and Taro greet each other for a job well done. Meanwhile, Lu is still on the rollercoaster train, wondering where is Shin.
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