Hamatora The Animation (2025)

ScarletCrystal

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“You have no business telling me that I’m strong or alone or whatever. In fact, it’s no one’s business to decide who’s weak or strong.” – Nice

Hamatora The Animation is one that will leave you excited, shocked, angry, and confused at some point. Set in the year that this anime aired, people in this world will have a power called a “Minimum”, therefore being called “Minimum Holders.” “It is an extraordinary power beyond the understanding of man that manifests whenever a specific condition is met in the form of an action.” Unfortunately, others won’t have this kind of power because they weren’t born or ...

neropepero

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The progression of my reaction to Hamatora can be summed up as the following:

"Oh this is interesting..ok..ok?...wait, WHATTT?!?!

Hamatora is a mystery/supernatural based anime with some comedy mixed in. Sounds somewhat generic but what sets it apart are the unexpected twists, the small gaps within the story in this series, and the last episode.

The artwork and music are both not outstanding in particular. Enjoyable but nothing that screams "NOTICE ME, I WANT YOUR LOVE." There isn't much character development, however, that's not to say that there aren't interesting characters...I can think of at least 4 characters whose character and ...

BlueOla

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“All human beings can only perceive the world through the filter of their values. Mediocre values may be harmless, but they are also utterly worthless.” - Moral

Story (7/10)

Hamatora is the collective name of a group of detectives, who solve various cases in order to earn a living. Sounds rather standard, doesn’t it? Well, not exactly. All the members of Hamatora poses some superhuman power, be it incredible speed, or inhuman strength. These are known as ‘minimums’, rare innate abilities which only a small percentage of humans can use. Of course, regular citizens have no idea of existence of such individuals, in order to protect the ...

xDarkrai

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Alright, first review. Anyways I felt the need to write this because this Anime is a hidden gem and it's also one of my favorites.

Story 7/10 - The plot had an interesting premise. People are born with super powers and they keep it hidden because they might get oppressed due to it. Hmm...sounds like X-Men. Anyways I don't know enough about X-Men to compare them further. The story starts out episodic with the Main Characters running a detective agency, doing whatever jobs they can to support themselves. All the while in the background the main plot slowly blooms until it matures and comes out. You ...

Keikaku2871

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Tried to keep spoilers to a minimum.

I am personally not a fan of animes with the tag "The Animation". My first was Persona4, which was a huge disappointment, followed by Devil Survivor 2 which was ok, and Danganronpa which had potential to become better but was needlessly butchered. But Hamatora The Animation is on a different league, and it probably wouldn't be good to club it with others with the same tag.

The art (not the character Art, no pun intended) was good, decent at its best, and nowadays most animes have great visuals and since it is not disturbing or anything imo Hamatora shouldn't really ...

gaysocks

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Wasn't gonna write a review for this one. Did it anyways. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Story: 9
Hamatora gets a 9 in my book. Maybe I'm a sucker for episodic animes with a hidden plot backbone (Akuma no Riddle was a personal favorite of mine in this category) but I really feel like Hamatora took its plot in the right direction. Some episodes seem fillerish or too forced, but then by the end you realize that the events of the episode connected back to the plot all along! The last episode left me needing more, and when I found Re:_Hamatora, I was incredibly disappointed in the quality of the ...

pyrogate

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STORY (7)

Hamatora the Animation takes place in a world and time similar to ours except that there are people with supernatural abilities or "minimums". The story focuses on an odd jobs / detective group composed of minimum holders called Hamatora.

The series is mostly episodic following the adventures of the main protagonist, Nice, and his partner Murasaki. Majority of the episodes follow a format where each pair of Hamatora minimum holders take separate cases and as the episode concludes, it is revealed that all the cases are related. This would've been okay for the first few of the 12 episodes just to introduce what Hamatora does ...

KatrinLouiseo24

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Synopsis:
The story revolves around "Minimum" —special hereditary powers discovered only in an extremely limited number of humans. Those who possess such powers are known as "Minimum Holders." The Hamatora is a group of freelancers that'll do anything in exchange for money and they do their jobs in pairs (Nice&Murasaki, Ratio&Birthday). The police, led by Art, usually asks help to the Hamatora.

Story:10
The story is very interesting. It leaves me hanging on every episode so I was like "I need to watch the next one!" "What will happen next?!". Everything is very awesome, It was very mind-shaking.. It'll leave you thinking. Also, added the intentions of every ...

Saber_Princess

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Hamatora The Animation is exciting at one point and confusing at another point. Nevertheless, there are actually a number of good reasons why you can enjoy this anime. :)

Story: 7/10

This anime is centralized in a detective-mystery-investigation theme that involves super-human powers and intertwined narratives that tell us an interesting and rather complicated story. As the series goes deep, the story actually becomes crazy and confusing at a certain point, and confusing it actually ends. Nevertheless, I really liked how it was portrayed as a surreal environment and yet it actually touches realistic concepts of discrimination and social systems. I find the individual cases itself interesting, ...

Oixo

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When it comes to cliff hanger endings this should win a award.

---Story--- (7/10)
The story follows Nice and his adventures with the group of Hamatora a group of people who take up tasks for money and complete them with there Mininum powers.

---Art--- (9/10)
When it comes to the art of Hamatora it is above average and different. It is flashy and uses practially ever color in the rainbow. The fight seens are different and can get a bit gorie.

---Sound--- (6/10)
Music is nothing special the opening and ending are nothing really special or catchy.
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freemums

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Ewinaaa

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Shiroiwayagi

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Miserable_Crow

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I've read the reviews for this anime and while I mostly agree with them, there's something I think I can add, so I'll add it. Firstly though, Hamatora is that it's about super powered people in a non super powered modern world.

A lot of people have compared this to Psycho Pass and Darker Than Black, and while I can sort of see where they're coming from, at the same time, it's not right at all. Hamatora is inherently a light hearted anime with some icky stuff going on in the background. Even when it becomes darker, it has a weird light hearted, or rather, disconnected ...

blank28_

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Hamatora is one of those anime which i watched with no prior knowledge of what kind of show this is or should i say with not much expectations .Rather i just happened to find it randomly and decided to watch. Surprisingly enough I really enjoyed it .The character development throughout the series is really good if you ask me. Each character has taken its own time to develop and also the protagonist Nice has a pretty interesting ability and background story.

Many seemed to have disliked the anime , maybe because they had a lot of expectations build up,can't say for sure why, but if you ...

NalarueAni

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A minimum holder is someone who was born with a special power, making them different from everyone else. Having the power can be a good thing, but jealousy caused by it can make the entire city go into chaos.At first I didn't understand what was going on in the anime because the whole explanation of "minimum holders" was a little confusing, but I caught on real fast - as you can see - and came to love this anime.

I started this anime late one night when my eyes were barley able to stay open. So I didn't have to strain my tired brain trying to ...

Kadrian

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This is probably the only anime that I have ever wanted a second season so badly (Yes, I have watched it already). The characters are simply lovable, likable and have just the right amount of coolness in them.
And for once, the girl character in the anime can fight as well as the male. None of them are weak but none of them are OP. They all have the moment of defeat and triumph in their life and that is what I liked about this anime. It is not illogical. Unlike Fairytail, they don't always win a battle, they have loses.

The action scenes ...

Vehemor

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Hamatora was a nice anime. Nothing more. You probably won't remember it in 20 years like a legendary one, but it's still interesting and easy to watch and follow. It's a nice choice for a rainy weekend when you need to kill four hours of your time.

Story: 7/10

It's not a new story but it's still interesting, it has some dark and interesting points, and some comic reliefe when needed. It's not complicated, it's easy to understand and doesn't try to put some new complicated thing every two episodes.

Art: 4/10

Big dissapointment here. There are some things well done, but in general is mediocre, and as I ...

nemonekko

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Hamatora is one of those few anime that can get you interested right from the first episode. Unfortunately the rest of a show is a cycle of losing the viewers interest with fillers only to pick it back up with a plot twist relevant to the main story line. This anime had a lot of potential and I can’t say it lived up to it. Here’s to hoping the second season will be better. I’ll give an overall score and then delve into specifics.

Overall (7/10):

I really wanted to like this anime from the first episode, and honestly I really did, even when it started interrupting ...

Groupanimenight

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Preliminary (5/12 eps)

Tadgh: One of my recent favorites. My favorite "new anime" art style, bright colors and clean movement. I liked all the characters, particularly because they aren't overly cliched. The story was cool and really came together from all sides. A quick, fun watch that keeps you entertained.

Dr. R Dash: I really!! enjoyed watching this anime it was very exciting and beautiful, the mystery part was always a thing that threw me off, and sadly i have a lot of unanswered questions BUT!!! this will fuel me to watch the next season and i really cant wait!!!- in short I have no complaints! WATCH THIS!!

Rasanaph- WTW!!!, ...