The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer
| The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer | |
 First tankōbon volume cover | |
| 拷問バイトくんの日常 (Gōmon Baito-kun no Nichijō) | |
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| Genre | Comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yawora Tsugumi |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| Imprint | Young Animal Comics |
| Magazine |
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| Original run | December 18, 2022 – present |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Fumitoshi Oizaki |
| Written by | Hitomi Amamiya |
| Music by | Kenji Fujisawa |
| Studio | Diomedéa |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, BS Asahi, TVA, ytv |
| Original run | January 4, 2026 – present |
| Episodes | 5 |
The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer (拷問バイトくんの日常, Gōmon Baito-kun no Nichijō; lit. 'The Everyday Life of Torture Part-Time Workers') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yawora Tsugumi. It began serialization on Hakusensha's Manga Park and Young Animal Web services in December 2022. It has been compiled into seven volumes as of December 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by Diomedéa premiered in January 2026.
Plot
[edit]The series takes place in a world where torture and killing are legal, and companies specialize in doing them. It follows Cero, a part-time worker at one such company, along with his coworkers Shū, Mike, and Hugh.
Characters
[edit]- Cero (セロ, Sero)
- Voiced by: Junya Enoki (PV),[2] Shun'ichi Toki (anime)[3]
- Shiu (シウ, Shū)
- Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya (PV),[2] Takuma Terashima (anime)[3]
- Mikke (ミケ, Mike)
- Voiced by: Takuma Nagatsuka (anime)[3]
- Hugh (ヒュー, Hyū)
- Voiced by: Yōhei Azakami (anime)[3]
- Hela (ヘラ, Hera)
- Voiced by: Kishō Taniyama (anime)[4]
- Noe (ノエ)
- Voiced by: Rikuya Yasuda (anime)[4]
- Berta (ベルタ, Beruta)
- Voiced by: Nozomi Yamamoto (anime)[5]
- Reu (レウ)
- Voiced by: Kozue Yūki (anime)[5]
- Nero (ネロ)
- Voiced by: Satsuki Hatori (anime)[5]
- Von (フォン, Fon)
- Voiced by: Tomohiro Ōno (anime)[5]
Media
[edit]Manga
[edit]Written and illustrated by Yawora Tsugumi, The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer began serialization on Hakusensha's Manga Park and Young Animal Web services on December 18, 2022.[6][7] Its chapters have been compiled into seven tankōbon volumes as of December 2025.[8]
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
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| 1 | April 28, 2023[9] | 978-4-592-16532-3 |
| 2 | August 29, 2023[10] | 978-4-592-16533-0 |
| 3 | December 27, 2023[11] | 978-4-592-16534-7 |
| 4 | June 28, 2024[12] | 978-4-592-16535-4 |
| 5 | December 26, 2024[13][14] | 978-4-592-16543-9 978-4-592-16804-1 (SE) |
| 6 | June 27, 2025[15] | 978-4-592-16544-6 |
| 7 | December 25, 2025[8][16] | 978-4-592-16545-3 978-4-592-16805-8 (SE) |
Anime
[edit]An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 20, 2025.[3] It is produced by Diomedéa and directed by Fumitoshi Oizaki, with series composition handled by Hitomi Amamiya, characters designed by Sake Shibuya, and music composed by Kenji Fujisawa.[17] The series premiered on January 5, 2026, on Tokyo MX and other networks.[a] The opening theme song is "GO GO PARADISE!!", performed by Granrodeo, while the ending theme song is "Ashita Tenki ni Naare", performed by Takuma Terashima.[4] Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[18] Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand) for streaming on Ani-One Asia's YouTube channel.[19]
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title [20][21] | Directed by [20] | Written by [20] | Storyboarded by [20] | Original release date [22][a] | |
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| 1 | "Part-Time Job: Day 1" Transliteration: "Baito 1 Nichi-me" (Japanese: バイト1日目) | Ageha Kochōran | Hitomi Amamiya | Fumitoshi Oizaki | January 5, 2026 | |
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In an alternate Japan torture and murder are legal activities and there are numerous companies specialising in such services. Cero is a part time employee of the Spirytus Company where he is highly rated as the specialist torturer Comet. His coworker, Shiu, is rated as the best torturer in the country, Supernova. They visit their friend Belta, who owns a torture implement shop. Shiu has a fondness for whips Cero finds creepy, whereas Belta is frustrated Cero prefers basic tools and never experiments with anything new. Spirytus hires Mikke as a trainee and at first Cero and Shui doubt he will last long, but Cero is soon impressed with his enthusiasm and skill in mental manipulation. Mikke reveals the high pay and short workday leave him time to write psychological horror novels. Next, Spirytus hires a nervous young man named Hugh who happens to have a blood phobia, so he develops skills in water-based torture and breaking bones. He eventually admits he hides his face behind a scarf because he is inhumanly beautiful, but it often attracts negative attention so he deliberately got a job where he could work alone. | ||||||
| 2 | "Part-Time Job: Day 2" Transliteration: "Baito 2 Nichi-me" (Japanese: バイト2日目) | Ageha Kochōran | Hitomi Amamiya | Fumitoshi Oizaki | January 12, 2026 | |
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Mikke and Hugh both fail to extract information from their latest victims. Shiu suggests tutoring them, surprising Cero since back during his training Shiu would have punished him instead. Hugh learns being beautiful can be an asset as the contradiction of beauty with torture makes pain more effective. Mikke learns to spot when victims are lying even if they have already been tortured. Cero and Shiu decide to come up with embarrassing torturer nicknames for them, like their instructors once did when calling them Comet and Supernova. Shiu summons Cero for an emergency, but it turns out he is with his young daughters, twins Leu and Nero, and demands Cero win them toys from arcade games, which Shiu is bad at playing. Both girls like Cero so Shiu demands Cero start attending playdates. Hugh discusses with Mikke the ways their lives have improved since they began torturing people. Hugh's parents are even proud of him for wanting to take an Advanced Torture class at university. For completing ten tortures by himself Mikke buys Hugh his first torture device, a kitty shaped watering can for his water torture. After a late night drinking party Cero is happy they finally have apprentices that didn't quit after the first day. | ||||||
| 3 | "Part-Time Job: Day 3" Transliteration: "Baito 3 Nichi-me" (Japanese: バイト3日目) | Ageha Kochōran | Hitomi Amamiya | Keizō Kusakawa | January 19, 2026 | |
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Spirytus' cross-dressing president Hela explains Spirytus only accepts jobs torturing criminals and never innocent people. Mikke asks why he cross dresses so Hela claims his beauty would be wasted dressing like a man. Cero frequently clashes with manager Noe. Shiu explains Hela took Noe in as a homeless orphan, so while he avoids torture Noe works at Spirytus to help Hela. Noe doubts he will ever get along with Cero but Hela assures him only people close to each other fight so often. Cero tries to get along with Noe, but they soon fight again, forcing Hela and Shiu to intervene. Shiu recalls when Cero first started at Spirytus and showed some promise, Shiu had him memorise the torturer's handbook in only two days. When Cero got his torturer licence on the first try Shiu rewarded him by making him his official apprentice. Cero takes a lot of time off without explanation. Mikke and Hugh worry he is planning to quit so they make sure to be nice to him when he returns. Shiu also awkwardly tries to be nice, which is terrifying. Cero explains he took time off to get his Instructor License, so now he can teach them advanced techniques. | ||||||
| 4 | "Part-Time Job: Day 4" Transliteration: "Baito 4 Nichi-me" (Japanese: バイト4日目) | Ageha Kochōran | Taruto Akamaki | Kabuto Kuwagata | January 26, 2026 | |
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Cero offers Hugh and Mikke a Korokke case; industry slang for when it doesn’t matter if the victim dies. They do so well they impress Fon, the Spirytus Ragman, whose job it is to professionally erase torture victims as though they never existed. Mikke is certain Spirytus is haunted. Hela decides they will all stay overnight in case the ghost is actually a spy. The ghost turns out to be a cat with kittens being disturbed by two spies in the air ducts, whom Shiu and Cero quickly dispose of. Paranoid about spies, Hugh and Mikke capture a suspicious teenager, but he turns out to be Cero's brother Luc. Luc is upset Cero has been spending less time at home lately and is confused why Cero chose such an unpleasant career. Shiu explains Cero's work extracting information has saved many innocent lives and put many criminals in prison. Cero worries when Luc becomes obsessed with his work. Shiu develops a fever and tries to continue working, forcing Cero to knock him out and take him home where Leu and Nero are also sick. Cero summons Hugh and Mikke as nurses. Shiu unexpectedly thanks everyone for helping when he needed it. However, the next day he beats up Cero for daring to knock him out. | ||||||
| 5 | "Part-Time Job: Day 5" Transliteration: "Baito 5 Nichi-me" (Japanese: バイト5日目) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | February 2, 2026 | |
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While studying Advanced Torture at university Hugh asks everyone at Spirytus to help him write a report, so they turn Hugh's textbook into a torture quiz. His report ends up winning a national award. Noe can't understand why Hela and Shiu like Cero so much, or why he feels inferior to him. Cero assures him not everyone is made to be a torturer and Noe is perfect for the job he currently has. Hugh and Mikke are curious if Cero was tempted to just kill a victim for their crimes. Cero assures them extracting information is too important, though some of the worst criminals did die in the end, which always annoys Noe. Spirytus take Leu and Nero to the beach followed by fireworks. Four important torture targets come in, so Shiu, Cero, Hugh and Mikke are forced to take one each. All four claim their gang boss is named Sakoru, a sure sign they agreed a fake name beforehand. Hugh and Mikke return to try advanced torture, while Shiu and Cero reveal they already extracted the real boss' name, they just wanted to give Hugh and Mikke extra practise. Hugh and Mikke end up working together to get the real name, but Cero and Shiu claim it doesn't matter as long as they got it, proving how valuable their skills have become. | ||||||
| 6 | "Part-Time Job: Day 6" Transliteration: "Baito 6 Nichi-me" (Japanese: バイト6日目) | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 9, 2026 | |
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Mikke writes a book based on Shiu and Cero. Shortly after he meets Spirytus’ cleaner Rische. Cero wonders if Rische has a crush on Mikke, but Mikke rejects the idea as he has three interfering older sisters. Rische reveals she read his book but is disappointed Mikke is a man and not a woman. Despite this they meet several times for shared interests. Mikke explains he can’t write full time as torture is what inspires his writing. Rische invites him to see her cleaning crime scenes as inspiration for another book. An assassin named Manika visits Spirytus asking to kill Cero’s latest torture target Doppel, who has contracts for both torture and kill. Cero reveals Manika is his ex. It is obvious to Mikke Manika is still attracted to Cero. She claims what broke them up was Shiu. At the time she was unaware how attached Cero was to torture, so when she got angry and criticised his torturer career Cero broke up with her. She asks if they can reconcile, then runs away when Cero refuses as he values his career over dating. Noe plans to make a website for Spirytus as they are overworked and need to attract new trainees. He takes excellent photos but his interviews with Cero, Shiu, Hugh and Mikke are useless for attracting new talent. Hela is pleased Noe is getting on with everyone. | ||||||
| 7 | "Part-Time Job: Day 7" Transliteration: "Baito 7 Nichi-me" (Japanese: バイト7日目) | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 16, 2026 | |
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Cero learns Luc is becoming more interested in torture and worries about encouraging him. Shiu warns Luc that being a torturer can be difficult, so they want their home lives as normal as possible, which Cero won’t get anymore if Luc becomes a torturer from a childish need to be close to Cero. This backfires as Luc decides to take torture even more seriously. Hugh’s university friend Las is glad Hugh has Mikke as another friend, since Hugh always struggled socially in high school due to his face, though their chosen careers unsettle him somewhat. Cero and Shiu attend a school recital for his daughters. Despite his stoic demeanour Shiu is somehow popular with the mothers. Afterwards they visit the grave of Shiu’s wife. The next day Shiu is grumpy since from all the pictures he took at the recital the only one his daughters wanted framed was of them smiling with Cero. Fon visits and finds Spirytus seriously overworked after three nearby torture companies closed and all their contracts transferred to Spirytus. Hela is proud of everyone for getting the extra work done anyway. Shiu is pleased no one thought of quitting either. Cero, Hugh and Mikke suspect, but can’t prove, that they actually saw Shiu smile. | ||||||
| 8 | "Part-Time Job: Day 8" Transliteration: "Baito 8 Nichi-me" (Japanese: バイト8日目) | TBA | TBA | TBA | February 23, 2026 | |
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Mikke and Hugh’s latest victim collapses before they can torture him, so Cero summons Dr Izua to treat him. It is revealed in their youth Shiu and Hela were badly injured, for which Shiu blamed himself, and Izua still treats Hela for chronic pain. Cero thinks Shiu should stop hiding his own scarred eye but accepts his pain is more emotional than physical. Mikke accidentally cuts his own hand and is treated by Merim, a nurse employed by Izua who speaks exclusively through a ventriloquist bear. Cero explains to Mikke Izua treated Merim as a child, causing her to fall in love with him, though Izua does not encourage this. Mikke’s novel Torture Bullet becomes more popular, though his publisher doubts Cero and Shiu could possibly be real people. As he is planning a second novel Mikke gets permission to read Noe’s records on Cero and Shiu’s more extreme cases. His publisher is thrilled Mikke’s new main character is a rookie torturer, based on himself. Mikke and Hugh discover the board games Cero and Shiu used to play between victims. Cero and Mikke decide to play Shiu and Hugh at several games. Cero decides they should play more games in the future, annoying Noe as Cero tries to buy them using company funds. | ||||||
Other
[edit]In commemoration of the release of the series' third volume, a promotional video was uploaded to the Young Animal YouTube channel on December 27, 2023. The video featured voice performances from Junya Enoki and Hiroshi Kamiya.[2]
Reception
[edit]The series was nominated for the ninth Next Manga Awards in 2023, and was ranked sixth out of 61 nominees.[23] The series was ranked fifth in the Web Manga General Election 2023.[24]
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ Dempsey, Liam (November 7, 2025). "Gomon Baito-kun no Nichijo Anime Reveals January 4 Premiere in New Trailer". Crunchyroll News. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (December 16, 2025). "Crunchyroll Announces Release Schedule for Winter 2026 Season". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
- ^ "❄️ #Medialink January 2026 New Anime Line-Up❄️ 👬 The Daily Life of a Part-Time Torturer is coming to Ani-One Asia!". Ani-One Asia. December 30, 2025. Retrieved December 30, 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c d "Story|Terebi Anime「Gōmon Baito-kun no Nichijō」- Kōshiki Saito" Story|TVアニメ「拷問バイトくんの日常 - 公式サイト [Story|TV Anime「The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer」- Official Site]. goumonbaitokun.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2026.
- ^ "Watch The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer - Crunchyroll". Crunchyroll. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
- ^ "OnAir|Terebi Anime「Gōmon Baito-kun no Nichijō」- Kōshiki Saito" OnAir|TVアニメ「拷問バイトくんの日常 - 公式サイト [OnAir|TV Anime「The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer」- Official Site]. goumonbaitokun.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 4, 2026.
- ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (August 31, 2023). "Seitokai ni mo Ana wa Aru!, Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta Win Next Manga Awards Print, Web Categories". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ^ 「WEBマンガ総選挙2023」1位は「みなと商事コインランドリー」 明日インタビュー公開. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 25, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Official manga website at Manga Park (in Japanese)
- Official manga website at Young Animal Web (in Japanese)
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
