The Fable

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Japanese: ザ・ファブル
English: The Fable
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Type: TV
Episodes: 25
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 7, 2024 to Sep 29, 2024
Premiered: Spring 2024
Broadcast: Sundays at 00:55 (JST)
Licensors: None found, add some
Source: Manga
Genres: ComedyComedy, SuspenseSuspense
Themes: Adult CastAdult Cast, Organized CrimeOrganized Crime
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 22 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 8.091 (scored by 2490024,900 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #5342
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2678
Members: 73,062
Favorites: 519

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Episodes: /25

Synopsis

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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Characters & Voice Actors

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

Staff

Iwasa, Naoki
Producer
Udagawa, Sumio
Producer
Yoshio, Souta
Producer
Onoue, Taiki
Producer


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Opening Theme

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1: "Professionalism" by ALI feat. Hannya (般若)
2: "Switch (スイッチ)" by UmedaCypher (梅田サイファー)
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Ending Theme

1: "Odd Numbers" by UmedaCypher (梅田サイファー)
2: "BEYOND feat. MaRI" by ALI




Reviews

Jan 13, 2025
I want to start the review by saying that I haven't read the manga but I loved the show. It is slow paced and old school but precisely because of that it presents a different atmosphere entirely compared to the anime of today.

The show is mainly about an assassin trying to lead an ordinary life for an year and his interactions with ordinary people while getting into trouble due to his past and handling it while trying to maintain his ordinary life that he comes to enjoy. I won't be spoiling the story any more than this. The characters are very interesting. Most of ...
Dec 25, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Many people have been telling me how this is an underrated gem. It has a good score in MAL, a little above 8 out of 10. Does this anime live up to that?

§ Overview

An unnamed assassin, who has gained the notorious nickname 'The Fable,' is legendary. He can kill someone quickly and efficiently.

Suddenly, his boss decides to have him stop killing people for one year. He and his partner are given false names under the pretense that they are siblings. Together, they try to live an ordinary life. That, however, doesn't go smooth as planned as they attract trouble pretty quick.


§ Notes
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Jun 12, 2024
FunnyFunny
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 ...

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