The Fable

is a manga written and illustrated by Minami Katsuhisa. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from November 2014 to November 2019, with its chapters collected in 22 tankōbon volumes. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan in June 2019 and a sequel premiered in June 2021. As of January 2021, the manga had 8 million copies in circulation. In 2017, The Fable won the 41st Kodansha Manga Award for the General category.

Plot
A fabled genius at killing resides somewhere hidden in Osaka. Taught since childhood to obey the orders of his boss, he is ordered to live in Osaka as a normal person for one year in order for the boss to lay low.

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