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Worst of 2016: Nanbaka

By Dustin Cabeal

Nanbaka translates to “Numbers” which is fitting because it’s about prisoners that are commonly referred to by their number. This show is stupid as fuck. I know that’s not very subjective of me, but I don’t care. Watch it for yourself; it’s fucking terrible. There’s a character that’s been in prison his entire life and the only crime he’s seemed to have committed it trying to escape from prison… what the fuck?

The cast is annoying. The creator of the manga apparently thought that having overly feminine looking dudes be mistaken for women was still funny. Because they use the gag over and over. There’s only one female character so look carefully at the cast and tell me if that’s still funny. The setup is poorly thought out, and I don’t know why I would be sympathetic to criminals in the first place.