Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens

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Japanese: 博多豚骨ラーメンズ
English: Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 12, 2018 to Mar 30, 2018
Premiered: Winter 2018
Broadcast: Fridays at 22:30 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Satelight
Source: Novel
Genres: ActionAction, MysteryMystery
Themes: Adult CastAdult Cast, CrossdressingCrossdressing, DetectiveDetective, Organized CrimeOrganized Crime
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.371 (scored by 6216962,169 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #24432
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1492
Members: 155,851
Favorites: 650

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Although the city of Fukuoka might look relatively peaceful at first glance, in actuality it houses a thriving mixture of dangerous individuals such as killers, detectives, and professional revenge seekers right beneath its surface. Among their number is Zenji Banba, a laidback and observant detective who is investigating the work of other hitmen companies in the area. However, Banba might not be the only one with a bone to pick with these organizations, as Xianming Lin, a crossdressing male hitman in the employ of one such company begins getting fed up with his lack of jobs and pay.

One day, after Lin's current target commits suicide before the hitman could reach him, his company refuses to pay him even half the amount they were originally supposed to for the assassination. Frustrated, Lin requests another mission and is offered the job of taking out Banba, whom his organization believes has been interfering with their business. However, when Banba arrives at his home and finds the hitman inside, Lin surprisingly doesn't even attempt to kill him. Instead, he offers the detective another option: to join him and form a team. With the offer on the table, exactly how will Banba respond, and just what plans does Lin have in store for the underground world of Fukuoka?

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"Stray (ストレイ)" by Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets (eps 2-11)
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1: "Stray (ストレイ)" by Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets (eps 1)
2: "DIRTY BULLET" by TRI4TH (eps 2-11)




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Nov 18, 2022
This anime is superb <3 It is not your typical "good vs. bad" shonen, its more realistic and gritty. It is decently unique while still feeling comfortable to watch. Nothing too cliche but also nothing too strange or out too far outside of reality.

Essentially everyone is the villain in their own way. It shows the complexity of actual realistic human personalities without sugarcoating what it means to exist.

The main character is a femboy with an aggressive personality, which I personally find extremely endearing. The rest of the characters are also quite well put together.

The storytelling, art, and general ambiance was really well ...
Dec 22, 2022
Mixed Feelings
The night sky is vibrantly illuminated by the mellow glow of colorful lights, emanating from each building throughout the city. More lively during the night than day, the city of Hakata radiates a deceptively alluring glow covering it entirely; masking the dangers that lurk around every corner.

Hakata is infamously known for 3% of its population being comprised of hitmen, torturers, yakuza, and worse. This percentile is further divided into agencies, gangs, and websites for freelancers; a few of them are hilariously named “Murder Inc”, “Shadeyjobs.com”, and “RedRum Inc”. A sly snap at other action crime anime that strive to be realistic with overwrought edginess. Darkly ...
Mar 30, 2018
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens is like an action movie made in todays Holywood. It doesn't make sense, it's overflowing with clichés and one could ask why the hell does it even exist. Yet, it does and I have to bear with the fact that it'll continue to exist. Because there is one reason why it does still make a lot of money. And that reason is the action, because action equals entertainment. But entertainment, like Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens perfectly shows, doesn't equal quality.

The story takes place in a city Fukuoka, which, in this fictional version, is overflowing with killers and assasins. So much infact that ...

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