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“A man discovers his samurai destiny, armed only with a dull sword, questioning his survival in the world.”
Dekobou Shingachou: Meian no Shippai
凸坊新画帳 名案の失敗
5.84
11,496 rank · 1,804 viewers · 13 favorites
Comedy
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Synopsis
A man discovers his samurai destiny, armed only with a dull sword, questioning his survival in the world.
A man first realizes he's born to be a samurai, but is it possible for him to make in the world with only a newly gained dull sword?
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Derived from 7 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 7 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.85
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.85 · split reception
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · May 2020 → May 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This is the first (and maybe the last) review I've ever written so don't expect it to be written well. Story: 7/10 The story feels pretty original. Samurai buys sword, tries to beat up people, gets...”
- 10 “This is the oldest anime known to man, im honored to be the first to review it. This anime is about Homer Simpson and his adventures swinging around a sword at blind monks. After that, we get a...”
- 7 “At the first part of the film where the main character showed up with his sword, it was hard to understand a thing because there was no audio, just the background music at the back. Then, in the...”
Verbosity
Short · 86%
Medium · 14%
Long · 0%
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A Movie Production
- Format 1 × 5′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 05m all episodes
- Aired Feb 1917 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-8830 catalog