The Fable
ザ・ファブル
“Legendary assassin Fable must live peacefully in Osaka for a year or face death.”
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Synopsis
Legendary assassin Fable must live peacefully in Osaka for a year or face death.
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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Community consensus
Derived from 44 sampled reviews
8.2/10
Score distribution
Agreement
MixedMostly aligned
σ 1.79 · some divergence
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4.9 ptsRecommenders 8.9 · others 4.0
Score over time
0.18Verbosity
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10/10 “This show is criminally underrated, standing out as a superior watch compared to current hits like Kaiju No. 8 thanks to its excellent comedy and engaging characters. While the adaptation is only...”
- 9/10 “This anime is a hidden gem that delivers an amazing story and top-tier comic timing, finally giving the source material the full-course adaptation it deserves. While the animation is decent and...”
- 8/10 “I found the characters, particularly the protagonist with his engaging personality and odd mannerisms as well as his surprisingly capable sister, to be the highlight of this pleasantly surprising...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — The Fable begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-24539
- Format
- 25 × 22′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 9h 10m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Apr 2024 – Sep 2024
- Spring 2024
- Source
- Tv
- media type
- Rated
- R
- 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref.
- BS-24539
- catalog