The Fable is a series published in Weekly Young Magazine. The story is about the strongest assassin known in the underworld as Fable, who has become too conspicuous after killing so many people that he is forced to live as an ordinary person for a year in order to gain normal human sense. However, all around Fable, nasty troubles come from the outside, threatening his life as an ordinary person. Will Fable be able to live as an ordinary person? We've put together a list of the main characters from The Fable, an underground yet humorous and entertaining work!
Legendary assassin Fable, also known as "Akira Sato (pseudonym)"
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A hitman who belongs to an unnamed organization that makes a living as an assassin. He has killed 71 targets in six years, and is the one who created the urban legend known as "Fable" in the underworld. He is trained to subdue his opponent within six seconds, and is skilled in martial arts and firearms. His skills are so outstanding that he is said to be a sure winner of a gold medal if there was a killing event in the Olympics, and his targets are basically one-shot kills. He has an outstanding nose for spotting traps and is the strongest assassin who has also mastered the technique of making himself appear weak. It is said that his skills are not the result of training, but a type of savant syndrome.
A boy who is like a five-year-old except when killing
Due to the changes in social conditions and his excessive prominence since he started his job, he was given the mission of "living as an ordinary person for one year" by the "boss" who led the organization and trained the Fable and his female partner, and was given the pseudonym Sato Akira. However, except for assassination, his senses are so off that he is said to be like a five-year-old, and he almost kills people as a conditioned reflex, is so unfazed by anything that he is calm and expressionless, which is impossible for an ordinary person, eats like a wild child, and is rude. However, even though he is an assassin, he does not like killing, does not kill unnecessarily, and is basically a gentle personality.
The legendary assassin's partner "Yoko Sato (pseudonym)"
The partner of Fable, who has the ability of instantaneous memory. After losing her parents in a fire accident 10 years ago, she was taken in by the boss and trained, and became Fable's partner one year ago. Under orders from the boss, she will live as an ordinary person for one year as Yoko Sato (pseudonym), the younger sister of Akira Sato (pseudonym). When she was a hitman, she was in charge of the car navigation and backup using her instantaneous memory ability. She is strong enough to rival her average competitors, but she has never killed anyone and hesitates when it comes to pulling the trigger, and her lack of experience can make her vulnerable.
Drunk Queen Yoko
She has more common sense than Sato Akira (pseudonym), and acts like a guardian to her brother who has no common sense, but in real life she lives a life of drinking, saying that she will find a handsome boyfriend in a year. She has a bad habit of sometimes setting honey traps for men at bars, getting them drunk to the max, and enjoying watching them collapse. She is an extremely heavy drinker, and the bar manager calls her Drunk Queen Yoko.
The "boss" of the nameless organization who raised the two and the "fable-toujou3"
The boss of the organization who raised Sato Akira (pseudonym) and Sato Yoko (pseudonym) from childhood and drilled them with the skills of a killer. He is a mysterious figure who ordered Sato Akira and Yoko to live as ordinary people for one year. He believes that the organization needs to change with the times, and seems to be planning to quit the assassination business, but at the same time, he has the goal of reducing Akira's unnecessary assassination skills as much as possible and helping him adapt to being an ordinary person. Although she is a thoughtful person, she also has an extreme side, such as abandoning a young Akira in the mountains and shooting and killing subordinates she thinks are useless.
Misaki Shimizu, Akira's colleague, often suffers terrible things.
In addition to working at a small design company called Octopus, she also works part-time jobs to pay off her parents' debts. She met the Sato siblings when she called out to Akira out of concern for him being beaten by delinquents, and introduced him to the president of Octopus and they started working together. She used to be a gravure idol and a model for sexy videos, but because of that, she was almost forced into being a call girl by a bad yakuza, was stalked by a colleague, and was the victim of a molestation. She's a girl who's had a really bad experience. But she's also a special person to the Sato siblings.
President of the design company Octopus, "Takada"
He's the president of the design company "Octopus" and a caring old man. In a work full of yakuza, con artists, and other dangerous people, he's one of the best people in the work, along with Misaki. He's a really good guy. He senses that Misaki has feelings for Akira and gets involved in her affairs, senses that Akira has a complicated situation but just watches over him without saying anything, and when Yoko gets him drunk on Christmas, he shows his fatherly side by carrying her to her futon while he sleeps on the table. But he also gets beaten up by the yakuza in a dispute involving Misaki and suffers terrible things even though he's done nothing wrong.
Hiroshi Hamada, the 4th generation boss of the Makuro-gumi
He is the boss of a gang whose territory is in Taihei City, Osaka Prefecture, and is on friendly terms with the boss. Although the size of the gang is small, he says that the reason he has been able to keep the gang going is because of his connection with the boss's organization. His favorite gun is a retro Luger P08. He loves meat and alcohol so much that he indulges in them every day, and has two mistresses.
Militant Yakuza Shinkuro-gumi's young boss "Ebiwara Takeshi"
One of the few people in the organization who knows The Fable. A militant yakuza with five convictions, he is a tough yakuza but has an old-fashioned temperament that follows the rules when they should. At first, he did not have a good feeling towards Akira, who is a hitman by profession, but he changes his attitude when he finds out that he is gentle and does not like pointless killing. In the story, he collapses from a myocardial infarction while taking a bath, and while he is unable to move, his younger brother who has just been released from prison goes on a rampage. After he asks Akira to investigate, he begins to trust him.
[The Fable] Character Summary
Here is a summary of the main characters in The Fable. There are many different characters, but there are few honest ones, such as assassins, gangsters, con artists, and stalkers. However, the story is about an assassin living the life of an ordinary person, and you can already tell from the characters that it's not going to be easy. It's gruesome, but it's also comical and fun, so please give it a read!