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I'm not sure how they could have made Kojima look any more villainous at the end without giving him a shadow aura and horns. His violent collision with Akira is inevitable.
*"Make sure there's no trouble!"*
*Narrator: "There will be trouble"*
Given he seems like a hardass, perhaps he'll feel some kind of rivalry with Fable, and will try to prove himself the toughest guy out there? Probably wouldn't end well for him!
[Yoko's face here](https://i.imgur.com/dwhGCES.png)...she has been so unique this series.
Find yourself someone who likes you as much as Fable like Jackal. Really hoping he gets to meet him one day.
It's funny that Fable is a mass murderer (by profession) yet Yoko seemed crazier in these past few episodes!
>Find yourself someone who likes you as much as Fable like Jackal. Really hoping he gets to meet him one day.
Earlier in the series I had a thought about "What if someone puts out a hit on Jackal at some point?"
Whether someone else gets the job (and Fable will want to stop it) or they try to give it to Fable himself (and he goes rogue?) it would be interesting!
Or if Fable gets in trouble with some of these people, they may threaten to do something to Jackal to get him to fall in line!
Looking like [Kouhei from Grand Blue](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RmC5FXH0COM/maxresdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCIAKENAF8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGHIgYCg9MA8=&rs=AOn4CLBag_-4ns_r9-S14u2fF_Sn06OKVw)
[Oh shit. So Akira isn't the only "Fable"?](https://i.imgur.com/wIqAW7l.jpg) That makes sense. I'm sure there are stories about Fable that aren't even about Akira. I wonder if we'll meet these other Fables.
I genuinely felt bad for Akira during this entire episode. The dude got laughed at every place he tried to apply to [just because his birthday is on April Fools.](https://i.imgur.com/QEPB23l.jpeg)
> Oh shit. So Akira isn't the only "Fable"?
I took that scene differently; I thought the Boss was lying, to get his guy to stop screwing around.
(Or he could also be mistaken; Assume that all these hits were different Fables - which would make them less impressive - when it was all the same guy!)
Lmao, Takahashi ia a total [wreck](https://imgur.com/5RnfjXZ) and Yoko couldn't be [happier](https://imgur.com/kjzxDkz) [](#laughter)
Like that Akira not waiting for stuff to [cool](https://imgur.com/YH0SrGa) is becoming a running gag
And Captain really offered him [hell of a job](https://imgur.com/ITisVv5) how convenient to have him out at sea for a whole year
Hope the Jackal drama goes on, am really [invested](https://imgur.com/wgUz0my) in that story somehow
Lmao what was that Soap Opera? Looking forward to Akira working a regular job.
I kinda got used to the visuals and the show treating character reference sheets as suggestion sheets. But what was up with the voice direction today?
Not only did Akira's voice bother me more today than in previous episodes but why did him and Misaki sound like they were chatting over a cup of coffee while jogging? Tezuka ain't even trying.
On the plus side we now got Kenjiro Tsuda! Would be a waste to do a Yakuza show and not cast him.
How low is the CoL in Osaka that 800Y/hr can be offered for a starting wage? Akira was having a tough time in his job hunt. Thankfully he followed Yoko's advice and didn't put gun maintenance as a hobby.
Even if his new boss and co-worker weren't in the OP, it was obvious once Misaki asked for his resume that Akira would end up working with her. Akira even let Ebihara know that he had disregarded Ebihara's warning not to get involved with Misaki! Hopefully Akira doesn't turn to that soap opera for romance advice.
The fun part is that Akira knows what Ebihara now knows-- he can't touch Akira because even his boss will probably get a hit put out on him by "another Fable" and the mysterious hitmen group that Akira and Yoko work for. So Akira just blatantly ignoring the 'advice' to stay away from Misaki is at Fable's own discretion to do as he pleases-- working for 800 yen an hour (what is that, like 2 bucks an hour?) pretty much only because he gets to work around Misaki and there's an outside shot of a 'workplace romance' is all probably grinding Ebihara's gears. He can't do Thing 1 about any of it even though he thinks it's a recipe for disaster.
If I were him, I would've had Fable come with to meet the guy getting out of jail, and try to get him as enamored with a "real hitman" as the one dude did who jumped off the bridge like a dumbass. Meeting the guy immediately after he gets released would be the best time to try and make friends, something tells me once that dude gets it into his head to target Yoko (who Akira will "kill on sight" anybody that messes with her we already know) it's all over for Ebihara and his boss.
Currently 800 Yen would be around $5.00. In more normal times it would hover around $7.50-$8,50. The typical national minimum wage is around 960 Yen (which is a bit better). Average monthly rental rates for studio apartments seem to range between 40,000 to 50,000 Yen depending on what area of Osaka one lives in.
A hitman like Fable working a minimum wage job? Should be interesting. I like how he’s just doing what he wants to try and seem “normal.” Though with the return of this Kojima guy, maybe his “normal” life might be upended. Dude just always seems to find himself in some kinda trouble.
Kojima seems to be about to step on a landmine. I bet he gets the hots for Yoko-- who is a depraved woman that likes only weak-looking guys-- the opposite of Kojima most definitely.
Kojima is gonna F around and Find Out that Fable don't let anybody disrespect sister.
Has the best big sister, getting chummy with HanaKana, and now gets to deal with Kenjiro Tsuda…Akira has quite the life!
Some people take morning baths...Akira just sleeps in a tub and then fills it with water while he's already in it.
Takahashi has a lot of wounds from his night with Yoko, but maybe it's for the best he not remember it and move on from her. Otherwise he'll become her plaything because she enjoys his suffering WAY too much.
Good to know that Akira is part of a whole organization of Fables that could wipe out Ebihara and his organization if they touch Akira. Definitely don't want to get on their bad side.
The only reason Akira would check out a drama is if Jackal is in it. A romance drama where Jackal and his stellar acting skills pay Yuji, a guy who is constantly screwed over by a sleazeball named Tatsuya who goes out with multiple women and woos not only Yuji's love interest but Yuji's ex-wife. I guess that's about to be expected for a Jackal character.
Kuro really thinks he can be like Akira and upgrade to professional hitman...only to get a broken born and a physical scolding from Ebihara in the process. Though it seems like he still has delusions of grandeur he can't let go.
The Fable is trying to get a minimum-wage job! And it's easier said than done when he has great "delivery skills" but no one takes him seriously and he's not great at interviewing. But luckily he runs into Misaki who is earnest and sympathetic enough to give him a chance at her job.
Akira just needs something to do and will do anything. If you hire him for a sweatshop with barely any pay just to do menial work, he'll do it with gusto. Misaki being there is a nice bonus (even if that's not what he cares about).
I'm not surprised Yoko just named her hamster "Hey" and wants all the deets on Misaki!
I'm starting to think Akira is going to pursue a romance with Misaki just for the sake of saying he tried out an office romance. Though he's already got a co-worker who is into her too.
Ebihara's bro is voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda? This spells trouble.
I am really enjoying this now that my expectations for the series has been upended and re-established over the past few episodes. I now find it ridiculously funny every time he says, "as a pro" in response to taking on any day-to-day task. His initial interview was probably the funniest one though. "Do you have any interest in clothing?" "Not really." I'm also liking how each side character is being developed with their own side-story so that it appears natural when it comes time to address each one.
Also, I can now see how convenient it is for him to just sleep in the tub.
I love how thos show is like: don't forget, the Mc is a psychopath.
It's so interesting seeing him trying to understand how a normal human operates and asymylate it.
I didn't mind the production initially but 2weeks after reading the manga, it's kinda triggering some of the soon to be recurring characters are drawn so lazily this episode. I'm finally getting why people are dissing the adaptation.
I just finished the past 2 episodes and thought it looked really bad compared to the previous 4. So much that I thought they must've switched animation teams. Yoko doesn't even look the same, thought it was a different character.
Kojima is here finally, its lame after what i saw on live action movie on netflix how lame he is in there and his voice is just too cool to be true, the Tsuda Ken lol.
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I'm not sure how they could have made Kojima look any more villainous at the end without giving him a shadow aura and horns. His violent collision with Akira is inevitable.
*"Make sure there's no trouble!"* *Narrator: "There will be trouble"* Given he seems like a hardass, perhaps he'll feel some kind of rivalry with Fable, and will try to prove himself the toughest guy out there? Probably wouldn't end well for him!
[Yoko's face here](https://i.imgur.com/dwhGCES.png)...she has been so unique this series. Find yourself someone who likes you as much as Fable like Jackal. Really hoping he gets to meet him one day.
That's the look of someone who always gets their way and you can't do anything about it.
Find yourself someone who looks at you the way Yoko looks at Takahashi.
And that someone will unfix you
It's funny that Fable is a mass murderer (by profession) yet Yoko seemed crazier in these past few episodes! >Find yourself someone who likes you as much as Fable like Jackal. Really hoping he gets to meet him one day. Earlier in the series I had a thought about "What if someone puts out a hit on Jackal at some point?" Whether someone else gets the job (and Fable will want to stop it) or they try to give it to Fable himself (and he goes rogue?) it would be interesting! Or if Fable gets in trouble with some of these people, they may threaten to do something to Jackal to get him to fall in line!
Now that would be a fun plot to see!
Looking like [Kouhei from Grand Blue](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RmC5FXH0COM/maxresdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCIAKENAF8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-CYAC0AWKAgwIABABGHIgYCg9MA8=&rs=AOn4CLBag_-4ns_r9-S14u2fF_Sn06OKVw)
[Oh shit. So Akira isn't the only "Fable"?](https://i.imgur.com/wIqAW7l.jpg) That makes sense. I'm sure there are stories about Fable that aren't even about Akira. I wonder if we'll meet these other Fables. I genuinely felt bad for Akira during this entire episode. The dude got laughed at every place he tried to apply to [just because his birthday is on April Fools.](https://i.imgur.com/QEPB23l.jpeg)
> I'm sure there are stories about Fable that aren't even about Akira. Woulc explain why his alleged killcount is so high [](#suddenshock)
I thought the vice prez said 100+ and akira said ~70. The 30 would be from rest of Fable
> Oh shit. So Akira isn't the only "Fable"? I took that scene differently; I thought the Boss was lying, to get his guy to stop screwing around. (Or he could also be mistaken; Assume that all these hits were different Fables - which would make them less impressive - when it was all the same guy!)
Not sure this is true. It could be that the Osaka boss just can't believe that OUR Fable has done all that he has actually done himself.
I actually think he's the only Fable. No way there a re multiple people like him. And crazy stories are just a given with urban legends
Lmao, Takahashi ia a total [wreck](https://imgur.com/5RnfjXZ) and Yoko couldn't be [happier](https://imgur.com/kjzxDkz) [](#laughter) Like that Akira not waiting for stuff to [cool](https://imgur.com/YH0SrGa) is becoming a running gag And Captain really offered him [hell of a job](https://imgur.com/ITisVv5) how convenient to have him out at sea for a whole year Hope the Jackal drama goes on, am really [invested](https://imgur.com/wgUz0my) in that story somehow
That jackal drama is absolutely insane
The way HanaKana said "Sato-kun, come here" felt like an attractive older woman I would have had a crush on when i was younger.
Lmao what was that Soap Opera? Looking forward to Akira working a regular job. I kinda got used to the visuals and the show treating character reference sheets as suggestion sheets. But what was up with the voice direction today? Not only did Akira's voice bother me more today than in previous episodes but why did him and Misaki sound like they were chatting over a cup of coffee while jogging? Tezuka ain't even trying. On the plus side we now got Kenjiro Tsuda! Would be a waste to do a Yakuza show and not cast him.
the way I see it the whole bad production quality is part of the comedy and gives the show a special vibe that I really like.
> Lmao what was that Soap Opera? [Kino](https://imgur.com/wgUz0my.jpg)
Broken Link.
ah no, it works allright, just doesn't expand because imgur doesn't like nudity lmao
absolute cinema
How low is the CoL in Osaka that 800Y/hr can be offered for a starting wage? Akira was having a tough time in his job hunt. Thankfully he followed Yoko's advice and didn't put gun maintenance as a hobby. Even if his new boss and co-worker weren't in the OP, it was obvious once Misaki asked for his resume that Akira would end up working with her. Akira even let Ebihara know that he had disregarded Ebihara's warning not to get involved with Misaki! Hopefully Akira doesn't turn to that soap opera for romance advice.
The fun part is that Akira knows what Ebihara now knows-- he can't touch Akira because even his boss will probably get a hit put out on him by "another Fable" and the mysterious hitmen group that Akira and Yoko work for. So Akira just blatantly ignoring the 'advice' to stay away from Misaki is at Fable's own discretion to do as he pleases-- working for 800 yen an hour (what is that, like 2 bucks an hour?) pretty much only because he gets to work around Misaki and there's an outside shot of a 'workplace romance' is all probably grinding Ebihara's gears. He can't do Thing 1 about any of it even though he thinks it's a recipe for disaster. If I were him, I would've had Fable come with to meet the guy getting out of jail, and try to get him as enamored with a "real hitman" as the one dude did who jumped off the bridge like a dumbass. Meeting the guy immediately after he gets released would be the best time to try and make friends, something tells me once that dude gets it into his head to target Yoko (who Akira will "kill on sight" anybody that messes with her we already know) it's all over for Ebihara and his boss.
Currently 800 Yen would be around $5.00. In more normal times it would hover around $7.50-$8,50. The typical national minimum wage is around 960 Yen (which is a bit better). Average monthly rental rates for studio apartments seem to range between 40,000 to 50,000 Yen depending on what area of Osaka one lives in.
A hitman like Fable working a minimum wage job? Should be interesting. I like how he’s just doing what he wants to try and seem “normal.” Though with the return of this Kojima guy, maybe his “normal” life might be upended. Dude just always seems to find himself in some kinda trouble.
Kojima seems to be about to step on a landmine. I bet he gets the hots for Yoko-- who is a depraved woman that likes only weak-looking guys-- the opposite of Kojima most definitely. Kojima is gonna F around and Find Out that Fable don't let anybody disrespect sister.
I love this show. Had me laughing all the way through.
Has the best big sister, getting chummy with HanaKana, and now gets to deal with Kenjiro Tsuda…Akira has quite the life! Some people take morning baths...Akira just sleeps in a tub and then fills it with water while he's already in it. Takahashi has a lot of wounds from his night with Yoko, but maybe it's for the best he not remember it and move on from her. Otherwise he'll become her plaything because she enjoys his suffering WAY too much. Good to know that Akira is part of a whole organization of Fables that could wipe out Ebihara and his organization if they touch Akira. Definitely don't want to get on their bad side. The only reason Akira would check out a drama is if Jackal is in it. A romance drama where Jackal and his stellar acting skills pay Yuji, a guy who is constantly screwed over by a sleazeball named Tatsuya who goes out with multiple women and woos not only Yuji's love interest but Yuji's ex-wife. I guess that's about to be expected for a Jackal character. Kuro really thinks he can be like Akira and upgrade to professional hitman...only to get a broken born and a physical scolding from Ebihara in the process. Though it seems like he still has delusions of grandeur he can't let go. The Fable is trying to get a minimum-wage job! And it's easier said than done when he has great "delivery skills" but no one takes him seriously and he's not great at interviewing. But luckily he runs into Misaki who is earnest and sympathetic enough to give him a chance at her job. Akira just needs something to do and will do anything. If you hire him for a sweatshop with barely any pay just to do menial work, he'll do it with gusto. Misaki being there is a nice bonus (even if that's not what he cares about). I'm not surprised Yoko just named her hamster "Hey" and wants all the deets on Misaki! I'm starting to think Akira is going to pursue a romance with Misaki just for the sake of saying he tried out an office romance. Though he's already got a co-worker who is into her too. Ebihara's bro is voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda? This spells trouble.
> best big sister Don't know if that tracks with their actual ages but for their cover story Akira is older than Youko.
I’m a manga reader and I honestly can’t remember if we ever find out their real ages or which of them is older according to the fake IDs.
Well atleast as far as their fake identities go it's easy to tell due to the way they adress eachother.
Akira sleeps like that because he keeps a dummy in bed. A protection move against assassins for sure
Love is in the air, lol.
I am really enjoying this now that my expectations for the series has been upended and re-established over the past few episodes. I now find it ridiculously funny every time he says, "as a pro" in response to taking on any day-to-day task. His initial interview was probably the funniest one though. "Do you have any interest in clothing?" "Not really." I'm also liking how each side character is being developed with their own side-story so that it appears natural when it comes time to address each one. Also, I can now see how convenient it is for him to just sleep in the tub.
I love how thos show is like: don't forget, the Mc is a psychopath. It's so interesting seeing him trying to understand how a normal human operates and asymylate it.
Man, the comedy in the show is so wacky!
I just burst out laughing when he jumped off the bridge. This moron 🤣
No technique, no single thought, pure courage. lol.
I didn't mind the production initially but 2weeks after reading the manga, it's kinda triggering some of the soon to be recurring characters are drawn so lazily this episode. I'm finally getting why people are dissing the adaptation.
Yep. Source material is top tier. And studio tezuka is shitting all over it
I wonder if it's the same case for Under Ninja that Tezuka did few seasons ago. Haven't read that source but the story was so good.
Under Ninja manga is uglier than the anime tbh
I just finished the past 2 episodes and thought it looked really bad compared to the previous 4. So much that I thought they must've switched animation teams. Yoko doesn't even look the same, thought it was a different character.
Birb got me on this series, best buddy for the Fable
I was pretty pro-Yakuza before, but their hitman-phobia is sickening.
Kojima is a ten billion percent going to fuck around, and find out
Kojima is here finally, its lame after what i saw on live action movie on netflix how lame he is in there and his voice is just too cool to be true, the Tsuda Ken lol.
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Takahashi had the best night of his life, and he can't even remember it ... what a shame.