TV series
The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting
Overview
Kirishima Tooru is as vicious a yakuza as they come, to the point where he's earned the nickname "the Demon of Sakuragi." To get him under control, he's suddenly given a new mission straight from the boss—to babysit his daughter!
Details
- First air date
- 2022-07-07
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Comedy
- Network
- Tokyo MX
- Production
- feel., Gaina, bilibili, MICRO MAGAZINE, Docomo Anime Store, Pony Canyon, Bushiroad Move, Tokyo MX, MICRO HOUSE
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Toru Kirishima (voice)
- Misaki Watada as Yaeka Sakuragi (voice)
- Kaito Ishikawa as Kei Sugihara (voice)
- Ryota Takeuchi as Kazuhiko Sakuragi (voice)
- Mai Nakahara as Miyuki Sakuragi (voice)
- Misa Kobayashi as Kanami Kurisaki (voice)
- Tomoaki Maeno as Toichiro Aoi (voice)
- Wataru Hatano as Rei Hojo (voice)
- Jun Fukuyama as Masaya Hayami (voice)
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Yuri Mashiro (voice)
Creators and crew
- Yusuke Onuki - Producer
- Makoto Nishibe - Producer
- Fumitaka Kitazawa - Producer
- Kimihito Sekido - Producer
- Yang Jianli - Producer
- Taichi Yoshizawa - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting
Because of his extremely violent nature and his nickname "The Demon of the Sakuragi Family," the first lieutenant of the Sakuragi Family, Kirishima Toru, is feared by the rest of the yakuza world. One day, Kirishima is summoned by the head of the Sakuragi Family and is tasked with taking care of his only daughter, Sakuragi Yaeka. But Yaeka is very shy and doesn't really open up to him, which perplexes Kirishima. He then finds a notice about an open house that Yaeka's class is having, and it happens to be that day. Then Kirishima...
Episode 2: A Kind Person
Kirishima gradually gets used to his job as Yaeka's caretaker. They go to a fireworks festival together and that ends up bringing them closer together. Later, they plan to go see Yaeka's mother, Miyuki, who is in a coma in the hospital, but then Yaeka gets upset and says that she doesn't know her mother because she's always asleep and says she doesn't want to go. But then, Kirishima says...
Episode 3: A Visit and a Reunion
Yaeka goes to the hospital to visit her mother. Kirishima goes with her, and they both run into Aoi, Kirishima's senior and the former first lieutenant of the Sakuragi Family. On the way back from the hospital, Kirishima and Yaeka find a high school girl and an abandoned kitty. Yaeka asks Kirishima if they could take the kitty home, and...
Episode 4: Why Don't We Start Streaming?
Kirishima and his buddies become streamers and things get a little weird.
Episode 5: Kirishima's Day Off
Kirishima accompanies Sakuragi to a meeting with other heads of yakuza families. On their way home, they run into Rei, who is Kirishima's classmate from middle school. Rei is much more feminine now and Kirishima doesn't know how to react... Meanwhile, Yaeka was trying to bake a cake with Kanami. Who could be the lucky person that Yaeka is making the cake for?
Episode 6: First Friend
Kirishima tries his hand at cooking with the help of Kanami so they can celebrate Yaeka's birthday. Meanwhile, Sugihara and Takeuchi are playing in the park with Yaeka and then Yaeka becomes friends with a little foreign girl named Sara. The next day, the new neighbors to the Sakuragi household come to visit and... Now that Yaeka's birthday is here, what could the dish that Kirishima prepared for Yaeka be?
Episode 7: The Ultimate Target
Masaya has a vendetta against Kirishima, if only Kirishima can remember who he is.
Episode 8: It's Been a While
Aoi, who left the Sakuragi Family years before, comes by to visit the Sakuragi Family again. Aoi and Sakuragi have a chat and discuss how things were when Aoi was still the first lieutenant... They reminisce about the peaceful days when Miyuki was pregnant with Yaeka, and despite how much trouble Kirishima used to cause them, Aoi always took care of him. The reason that Aoi left the yakuza life and settled down is...
Episode 9: The Kirishima [ ] Plan
Yaeka seems to be acting strange. She seems to be extremely antsy like she's hiding something from Kirishima... On top of that, Sakuragi, Sugihara, and the rest of the members of the Sakuragi Family seem to be trying to keep Kirishima and Yaeka apart. What could Yaeka possibly be up to?
Episode 10: A Bad Person
A few yakuza members try to get revenge against Kirishima by using Yaeka as bait.
Episode 11: Fireworks and Promises
Kirishima tries to find the yakuza who dragged Yaeka into a yakuza quarrel and mercilessly tries to punish them. But then, Sakuragi appears, and Kirishima returns to his senses. Kirishima goes back to being Yaeka's babysitter and peaceful days returns, but... Suddenly, Sugihara gets a message from Kirishima asking him to take care of the little lady, and...
Episode 12: The Little Lady's Babysitter
Kirishima gets ready to set things right, but Yaeka has her own ideas on how he can make up for his actions.
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