The Fable, episode 1
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Honestly it took a lot to even get through the episode - it was just so boring. The animation has some major issues, including the action being a bit hard to follow at times. The main character’s voice actor appears to be giving us nothing (it looks like he’s done a lot of voice acting work before, so I have to assume it’s the direction he’s being given). Over the full episode almost nothing even happens. It looks like the manga is reasonably popular, so maybe I’ll take a peak at that, but I feel bad for the fans.
1/5
This was a setup episode, establishing that our MC is an instinctive trained assassin, speaks 5 Japanese regional accents flawlessly, trained to kill anyone within 6 seconds, but he’s being sent into the worst possible situation for him: He has to lay low and live as a normal person for a year in the unfamiliar city of Osaka without killing anyone, or he himself will be killed by the boss who sent him there.
His body and voice just yell Yakuza/criminal with his slick, near pompadour hair, gravelly deliberate voice, and soulless eyes.
Of course, before he even reaches Osaka, he gets into trouble…
If this was setup for a dark comedy, I would have expected something like a gag manga, e.g. Way Of The House Husband, but the action and direction are all done seriously, so it feels like it could also turn into a suspense “how does he get out of this” show, like My Home Hero.
There are a couple of moments that break up the seriousness with our MC’s comedic quirks that lead me to believe it won’t be entirely serious.
@rikka@ani.socialObviously I’m not familiar with the source material, so I’ll have to watch a couple more episodes to see how it develops.
I think it’s interesting so far…
Done!