A secret life as an assassin for hire is no excuse for missing baseball practice or your favorite meal, and in this installment of "Cruising the Crunchy-Catalog", we check out Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens, a Winter 2018 TV anime with the far-out concept that some 3% of the population of a major city in Fukuoka are clandestine criminals just looking to get paid. Hit the jump to learn more.
Anime vs. Real Life – With three percent of the total population being murderous hitmen, Hakata does not really seem like the ideal destination for a family vacation. Luckily, that’s only the case in this season’s murderous crime drama, Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens. However, the locations depicted in the anime are quite true to life. Check out just how much after the jump!
A quartet of killers and criminals have joined the ranks of the underworld society in Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens, a currently airing TV anime adaptation based on the series of crime novels written by Chiaki Kisaki and illustrated by Hako Ichiiro about the seedy underbelly of the city of Fukuoka, where 3% of the population are secretly hitmen, assassins, and other professional lawbreakers. Hit the jump to learn more.
Adapted from an award-winning series of light novels that have crossed continuities with another quirky series you may know, Hakata Tonkotsu Ramen is crime drama that focuses on the professional killers in the Hakata ward of the Japanese city of Fukuoka. After one episode it's shown us a bit of mystery against a cynical but stylish landscape of killers. Hit the jump for my top 5 reasons to be excited about Hataka Tonkotsu Ramens!
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