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Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens - Hit Men on Parade [message #360791] Sun, 14 January 2018 15:50
Dave Baranyi is currently offline  Dave Baranyi
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“Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens” is an adaptation of a light novel series and a couple of manga series about a corrupt city in Japan that is full of hit men. Since everybody is corrupt there is no problem with companies of hit men setting up and doing business.

The first episode feels a lot like a “Durarara”-type story. There is a big ensemble cast, lots of things are going on simultaneously, many of the characters are wise-asses, and there is sort of an “honour amongst thieves” thing going on between many of the characters.

The story starts out with a cross-dressing hit man wandering around from job-to-job, while a detective attempts to get some dirt on the Mayor, while a geeky newbie hit man starts his new position, while various other hit men attempt to hide scandals surrounding the Mayor, and so on. Everyone is going to run into each other at some point – the only question is when. And the ending animation already shows which folks will end up together with which others.

I'll stick around for another episode to see if we actually start to get some action in this supposed “action” anime. My initial rating is C+.

Dave Baranyi
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