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The Fable
A manga about a legendary hitman known as 'The Fable' who is ordered by his boss to live quietly as a normal person for one year. Continue reading…
The Fable
Imagine you are a hitman so good and efficient at your job that you are suddenly forced to take a break from it because you killed too many…
The Fable - Episode 11 - The Fable Kills Gangster
Does Fable need to replace his Osaka accent to kill people again? Killing has a cadence and grammar, so why not? The Fable - Episode 11
The Fable - Episode 1 - The Fable Taps Forehead
The Fable, a professional hitman, has a method for switching between Japan's popular dialects. It looks ridiculous. The Fable - Episode 1
The Way of the Househusband, Golgo 13: The Professional, Golgo 13, The Fable
The Fable – 09
All of these people are tainted by the life they've chosen, even when they try and leave it behind.
The Fable – 10
The Fable is a living example of great manga's power to thrive with middling adaptation (but it does have to at least be middling).
The Fable – 07
The style of humor here feels appropriate for a series about gangsters, which is a rarity in anime.
The Fable – 24
What a singularly bizarre creation Akira is, but undeniably a memorable one.
The Fable – 17
I don't think you'd pick anybody in a head-to-head with Akira (or Fable), but Utsubo is clearly no one to take lightly.
The Fable – 22
None of these people have any idea what they're up against with Akira.
The Fable – 16
In thinking about it The Fable is kind of what would happen if King of the Hill and The Coen Brothers had a love child.
The Fable – 18
Boy, this is turning into a hot mess now.
The Fable – 14
I don't doubt that this subplot could turn dark, but honestly it seems like the whole Kuro arc is mostly going to be about comic relief.
The Fable – 19
What I found myself thinking a lot this week was how poignant this story can be.
The Fable – 03
I'll say this for The Fable - I've liked every episode better than the one before it.
The Fable – 08
Maybe the most dangerous thing in Osaka is a bored Youko.
The Fable – 04
It's a given that a series about people who kill for a living is going to feature not nice people.
The Fable – 11
With all these elements colliding, it would be a good time not to stand in front of the fan.
The Fable – 15
This was certainly the most linear episode of The Fable so far.
First Impressions – The Fable
In terms of pre-season expectations, The Fable is the biggest premiere of the season so far.
First Impression: The Fable
Thugs are dropping like flies in the dark, dank hallways of a sketchy apartment block. The cause? The Fable—a legendary professional hitman who has taken out 71 big…
Second Impressions – The Fable
There's clear potential in this premise, though for me it's more potential than realization at this point.
The Fable — Anime Review
While it has a slow start, I quickly found myself falling in love with The Fable. Thanks for the most part to its fascinating characters.
The Fable – 20-21
Could there be anything more Japanese than a guy coming into a house, pointing a gun at you, and saying "somebody walked into your house without taking off…
The Fable – Episode 1
Likely to fall into obscurity on Disney+, unless the casual anime viewer has been secretly dying for tongue-in-cheek deadpan homage to the aesthetics of 70s hitman manga
Anime Like The Fable
An assassin simply known as Fable has earned a legendary reputation in the underworld for ruthlessly, efficiently, and successfully carrying out hits for
Dorohedoro, GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, HINAMATSURI, The Fable, UNDER NINJA
The Fable – 25 (End) and Series Review
For the material at hand this adaptation worked very well, and probably deserves more credit than it's been getting.
The Fable - Even Legends Need a Community
A few years back, while I was browsing the Kodansha section for manga, a certain manga caught my seinen-seeking eyes. On the cover appeared to be a menacing…
The Fable - Episode 16 - Youko Drunk Queen
Youko took advantage of Sato being in the mountains to hunt for drunken victim entertainment. She found it! The Fable - Episode 16
The Fable - Episode 20 - Youko Steals Gun
Other hitmen in the underworld misunderstand the legend of The Fable. The ghost story assassin is not a man but a team. The Fable - Episode 20
The Fable - Episode 21 - Youko Drinks Liquor
Youko relaxed with a bottle of liquor after incapacitating a hitman who followed Sato home. She's not a killer like Sato. The Fable - Episode 21
The Fable Vol 1 by Katsuhisa Minami
An failed attempt at a John Wick takes a vacation comedy
The Fable #01 — Improper Ways to Store Ammo
A lot of those gun hiding places seem incredibly suspect. I'm not sure what the deal with the crow show is, but it's an NHK-only show, and…
The Fable Episodes 1-25 Anime Streaming Review
At turns utterly hilarious, before quickly becoming unbelievably tense and dramatic, I was never once bored by The Fable, even sometimes forgetting how ghastly the animation was.
Manga the Week of 8/23/23
SEAN: August is a very long month. ASH: That way even more releases can be fit in. SEAN: We start with Airship's print releases: Loner Life in Another…
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior
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The Fable: The Killer who Doesn’t Kill (2021) review [Camera Japan Festival]
“A satisfying sequel that fans of Fable’s first outing should not pass this up.”
Weekly Digest 05/12/2023 – Tonari no Youkai-san, The Fable
Being quite on the fence about both these series, I'm going to give the digest thing a try. Read more
Spring 2024 Impressions: Tonari no Youkai-san, Blue Archive the Animation, The Fable
Tonari no Youkai-san Short Synopsis: In the small town of Engamori, Yokai and humans live together as they have for generations, working together to protect their easy going…
392 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 4 – The Fable, Crocodile Baron, Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
This week dakazu and his wife have been watching SPY X FAMILY, Komi Can’t Communicate, and Black Clover! He also finds a contender for best manga of the…
Episode 23 The Faraway Paladin
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Episode 23 The Faraway Paladin
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Episode 23 The Faraway Paladin
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The Apothecary Diaries, episode 23
Rating: A The Apothecary Diaries is undeniably Maomao’s series, though Jinshi has increasingly had his viewpoint represented of late. That makes episode 23 a major aberration, since not…
Episode 23 The Faraway Paladin
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Anime Taste Testing: Tonari no Youkai-san, The Fable, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night
A bit of everything for what I can at least say is a fairly varied season so far.
Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, The Fable, Tonari no Yokai-san
Mononogatari – 23
The narrative downfall of the Bureau has been a disappointment.. Read more
Helck – 23
You can't just flip a switch and have everything go back to the way it was, but having the main trio back is certainly a start.
Plunderer – 23
「許さない」 (Yurusanai) "Unforgivable" Doan, the true antihero.