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This is one of those rare movies that parodies a genre, but is at the same time one of the best movies in that genre. Like how Kill Bill spoofs the martial arts genre, but is at the same time one of the best martial arts movies. So The Fable is a spoof of the professional assassin trope, but at the same time one of the most enjoyable and satisfying examples in the genre. Perhaps the Branded to Kill of our age? The aggressively unfunny anti-humor, especially the bits with 'Jackal Tomioka', reminded me of Norm MacDonald's legendary roast of Bob Saget, and never failed to make me laugh out loud. Would give a 10/10, but I choose to keep that spot vacant for the sequal. (I'm in an optimistic mood.)

This animation show is supposed to be for adults, but it's more childish than most kids shows I've seen. This problem is not unique to this show of course. A lot of children's animations have good character and plot development, and are just generally of high quality and entertaining. But, especially in the West, whenever an animation show is called 'adult' it become ludicrously childish in at least one of these two ways: either it's filled with 'edgy' sex & poo jokes (e.g. Sausage Party) or it's just completely over-the-top violent & gory. Neither species of nonsense is especially profound or entertaining to actual adults, maybe the stunted ones. It's really more for edgelord teenagers than any other niche.

This episode maybe even isn't the best example of what I'm trying to say, but it is exceptionally childish. It had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. No interesting characters, no original ideas, no story to speak of, it was just ... dumb. Uninspired & childish macho bs all the way down.