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Best-selling manga Japanese artist Katsuhisa Minami debuted in 2000 with the 31-volume street-racing manga Naniwa Tomoare before beginning work on the hit black comedy crime manga The Fable in 2014. The Fable, which is being published in English by Kodansha, now has more than 20 million copies in print worldwide, two live-action film adaptations, and an upcoming anime.

One hitman is feared above all in Japan: the killing machine known as “The Fable.” But is he really a tough guy or more of a…weirdo? After a particularly lucrative spree necessitates a break from his life of crime, the Fable faces his hardest assignment ever: living as a normal guy, with a cover story, an apartment, and a pet parrot!

Omnibus edition includes Vol. 7-8.

HEART FULL OF LOVE, TRUNK FULL OF YAKUZA

The mission to rescue Misaki is a resounding success, ending with Kojima tied up in the trunk and Sunagawa’s plans in shambles. But this mess needs cleaning up, and Captain Ebihara slips out of his hospital room for a secret meeting… Meanwhile, with his cast finally off, Maguro’s resident assassin wannabe Kuro shows up at Fable’s door, begging again to be taken under his wing. Solve one problem, and it&rsquo,s replaced by three more. Is this what it&rsquo,s like to be a working man?

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One hitman is feared above all in Japan: the killing machine known as “The Fable.” But is he really a tough guy or more of a…weirdo? After a particularly lucrative spree necessitates a break from his life of crime, the Fable faces his hardest assignment ever: living as a normal guy, with a cover story, an apartment, and a pet parrot!

Omnibus edition includes Vol. 3-4. Anime coming soon!

The man called The Fable is a self-proclaimed “genius at killing.” The mention of his codename strikes fear into the hearts of every yakuza in Japan. His talent has brought him everything he could want: money, respect, purpose. But this is no legend. He’s just a man–a rather irritating man who loves stupid jokes and bad TV.

After a bloody period of gang enforcement in Tokyo, the Fable’s boss advises him to lie low and enjoy his earnings for a while. So begins the Fable’s toughest mission yet: a full year living a normal life, at the other end of the bullet train, in Osaka. It’s a mission he takes on with his usual professionalism and rigor. But can the Osaka mob let this legend rest? Or will they be unable to resist pulling him back into the underworld?