The Fable

Fable, an assassin who works in organized crime, has been raised to the legendary status of a ruthless killer capable of murdering any man within six seconds. Six years after his debut, his boss fears that Fable has started to attract too much attention from the legal authorities, and he orders him to hide in Osaka for a year. Accompanied by his driver who assumes the identity of his sister, Fable is bound by a special condition: he must act as a civilian and not murder anyone lest he and his partner lose their lives.

However, the seemingly well-deserved holiday soon takes a grim turn. Takeshi Ebihara, the second-in-command of the Osaka mafia that officially protects the assassin, sees Fable's presence as a threat and wants to remove him. Constantly monitored by the yakuza and regularly put in life-or-death situations, Fable has no other choice but to outwit Takeshi's schemes if he wants to stay alive.

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Satou, Akira Main

Okitsu, Kazuyuki Japanese

Satou, Youko Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Ebihara, Takeshi Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio Japanese

Jackal Tomioka Supporting

Fukushima, Jun Japanese

Shimizu, Misaki Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Kuroshio, Ryou Supporting

Iwasaki, Ryouta Japanese

Matsu Supporting

Mizuuchi, Kiyomitsu Japanese

Boss Supporting

Komura, Tetsuo Japanese

Saba, Hinako Supporting

Anzai, Chika Japanese

Kainuma, Etsuji Supporting

Asahina, Takumi Japanese

Onoue, Taiki Producer

Yoshio, Souta Producer

Wakabayashi, Hirokazu Producer

Shibata, Momo Producer

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Oct 14, 2024

Avieshek

Recommended

The amazing thing about Fable is that, there are no ups and downs in terms of delivery even with a single episode but still manages to surprise as-well-as entertain multiple times with each being different while carrying the same pace. Usually, this type of planned direction and consistent execution comes from huge projects like Attack on Titan but this is just a surprising dark horse out of nowhere that still isn't eager to attract attention and yet serving high value to those who are faithful. The thing about Fable is being original where everything makes sense than retooling used tropes to serve old wine in ... new bottle as apparent with average animés these days looking for a quick buck to make. Nothing is overused here and is carefully flavoured with an ambient balance (while not being bland) with a sprinkle of everything (action, comedy, depth, drama, plot, dialogue…) without an iota of cliché. One wouldn't honestly expect but this animé would still serve some surprising elements even that far in the story progression (Episode 20 for example) before the ending finale which just shows how much organic content it has artfully saved up without the fear to run out of originality - This is something very very rare in any story let alone in an animé that too served so delightfully, Fable truly is an underwhelming rare gem served in today's time. *claps x3

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 6, 2024

Handler-_-One

Mixed Feelings

The premise of this anime looked really good and gave me hopes that this might be "IT" to watch and enjoy it fully. But although the plan looked good, it was kinda poorly executed.
The characters never really seemed to develop from what they are and that is bad news for anime that is 25 eps... i mean it would be ok for me for they to stay the same if it was 12 eps but not acceptable for 25 ep anime.
Also if you think oh its anime about a legendary pro hitman and crime and its going to have some hot action packed and stacked.... ... well think again it has only the bare minimum.
And dont even bother with the "comedy" and "suspense" genres. i mean there is almost no comedy, at least i didnt find it funny, interesting? perhaps but not funny to make you laugh, and nothing suspenseful in this anime, since we all know how things will end every time after the first thing that happens.

In general this is an anime that had great potential but squandered it and honestly i cant fully recommend it although it is not bad, its nothing special, its interesting enough to fill your time if you dont have anything to do or any better anime to watch, but i cant say its a must watch sadly.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jun 12, 2024

prodinuyasha

Not Recommended

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Preliminary (9/25 eps)

I will start by saying I haven’t touched the manga so my review will be based solely on the anime.

The premise of the show seems really cool, a hitman that has to try to live a normal life with his fake "sister" for a year. The setup was done and explained nicely in the first episode and I genuinely enjoyed it. But it goes downhill from there.

The cast of characters is really bland, they don’t bring much to the table bar the main character which reminds me in a lot of ways of Kazuma Kiryu from the Yakuza games. The pace of the show is ... way too static and sluggish to forget how boring the characters are even if I tried to forget about that aspect and try to enjoy this anime.

After completing 9 episodes it feels like the story didn’t progress much, 5 minutes of action get interrupted with 10 of a very dry and slow dialogue that kills all the momentum of the show.

I don’t have a problem with slower paced animes, but this one seems like a wasted potential since I really like the general idea of the show.

The animation is… like the rest of the show, average. But then again, it’s hard to let the animation shine when most of the screentime is taken by very static dialogue scenes.

Would I recommend it? As of now, it’s a waste of time and for a 24 episode show not to pick up until the half of it (if it even picks up at that point) you have to ask yourself if it’s really worth your time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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