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"Minimum"— Otherwise known as "small miracles", is a special power that only manifests within a few, select humans. Those who possess this ability are called "Minimum Holders." 2014: Yokohama. The detective duo of Nice and Murasaki, otherwise known as "Hamatora," wait again today for work with their friends at a table at Cafe Nowhere that they use as their agency. Suddenly, a job they receive seems to have a weird connection with the serial killer that their police friend, Art is searching for.

2 Seasons
24 Episodes
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episode image File 03: Haves and Have-nots
8.4/10 (9 votes)

#1 File 03: Haves and Have-nots

S1:E3

Itou, the director of the Association for the Health, Protection, and Equality of Youths, comes to Hamatora. Itou asks Hamatora to investigate Facultas Academy, which existence is supposed to be classified to the general public. Meanwhile, Art pursues a lead in the Minimum Holder serial murder case involving the Association for the Health, Protection, and Equality of Youths, and encounters a certain individual...

episode image File 05: Sweat, Muscles, and Me
8.2/10 (10 votes)

#2 File 05: Sweat, Muscles, and Me

S1:E5

Hajime and Koneko win an overnight stay at a hot springs resort. They invite Honey and go on a girls' getaway. Left behind, the Hamatora duo and the handyman pair each takes on a new job...

episode image File 01: Egg of Columbus
8.1/10 (12 votes)

#3 File 01: Egg of Columbus

S1:E1

Nice and Murasaki work as a pair of private-eye detectives using a table in Cafe Nowhere as their office. Calling themselves the Hamatora, the detective duo scramble to solve various cases that come their way on a daily basis. One day, they receive two cases at once: secure a kidnapper and guard a safe...

episode image File 02: Beloved Bastard
8.1/10 (8 votes)

#4 File 02: Beloved Bastard

S1:E2

Yokohamabane High School students Theo and his friend, Rei, come to Hamatora. Their mentor, one of the teacheres, has gone missing, and they ask Hamatora to find him. Nice and Murasaki begin an undercover investigation at the school, but they are about to uncover Theo's secret...

episode image File 04: The Wandering Totem Pole
8.0/10 (8 votes)

#5 File 04: The Wandering Totem Pole

S1:E4

Art summons Honey and Three from Germany in order to hunt down the one responsible for the Minimum Holder serial murders. Upon their re-entry into Japan, the briefcase with Honey's Mighty Script is swapped at the airport with a briefcase containing totem poles...

episode image File 06: The Prophet's Torment
8.0/10 (7 votes)

#6 File 06: The Prophet's Torment

S1:E6

Chiyuu, an illustrator and a friend to Birthday and Ratio since high school days, has been kidnapped. Nashihira, Chiyuu's manager, asked Birthday and Ratio to solve the case. Based on his assertion that Chiyuu knew the kidnapper, the duo visit Misty, Chiyuu's friend...

episode image File 07: Black Cosmos
7.8/10 (7 votes)

#7 File 07: Black Cosmos

S1:E7

An unknown suspect has stolen a top secret preserved Minimum specimen--a head--from a prison for Minimum Holders. How could it have happened when only police associates with prior authorization could enter? Art refuses Nice's help and continues the investigation, alone...

episode image Advent
7.8/10 (6 votes)

#8 Advent

S2:E6

Nice and Murasaki learn from Mao that Gasuke was investigating an individual named Saikyou prior to his death. They also learn by watching a footage accidentally recorded by a taxi's dashboard cam that the group who attacked the police station were the Freemums.

episode image For Whom to Duel
7.8/10 (5 votes)

#9 For Whom to Duel

S2:E10

Birthday has been hospitalized due to a relapse. Just then, Chiyuu returns to them from the Freemums in a deranged state, along with information about a Healing Minimum Holder who might be able to cure Birthday...

episode image Resolution (Ego)
7.8/10 (6 votes)

#10 Resolution (Ego)

S2:E12

What happened to Nice, Art, and Skill during their childhood in Facultas? What will happen to all those who have lost their Minimum? What is Ego?

episode image Melancholy of Hero
7.7/10 (7 votes)

#11 Melancholy of Hero

S2:E1

Three months have passed since the Yokohama Latent Minimum Holder Riots. Murasaki has teamed up with Hajime and resumed doing private-eye work. Tasked with tracking down a stalker, the new Hamatora meets Hikaru, the Light Speed Minimum Holder.

episode image Buddy's Wishes
7.7/10 (6 votes)

#12 Buddy's Wishes

S2:E5

As Nice and Murasaki give chase to Honey's abductors, Art appears. The duo try to take Art on, but they experience ill effects when they activate their Minimum abilities. Art succeeds in making his escape, as well as his real goal: to make contact with the kidnappers.

episode image Worst Promise & Best Memory
7.7/10 (7 votes)

#13 Worst Promise & Best Memory

S2:E8

Hajime learns from Momoka that the side effects suffered by the Minimum Holders around her were caused by Hajime's own ability. Taken by Momoka to Moral's abandoned research facility, Hajime remembers her past...

episode image Flight of the Victor
7.6/10 (6 votes)

#14 Flight of the Victor

S1:E11

Now that Moral has been finally located, Nice learns the truth from Moral in Nowhere. Meanwhile, Murasaki's coaching of Hajime and Takahiro's weight loss regimen is interrupted by a belligerent group of non-innate Minimum Holders. Seeing Murasaki in action, Takahiro finds himself wanting inner strength...

episode image Madness Flower
7.6/10 (7 votes)

#15 Madness Flower

S2:E3

Art is rounding up Minimum abilities around Yokohama. Minimum Holders robbed of their abilities by Art have all undergone a strange personality change. Meanwhile, the Yokohama Police has arranged a prison transport for the Crazed Minimum Holder, Samura...

episode image Resolve (Ego)
7.5/10 (8 votes)

#16 Resolve (Ego)

S1:E12

Yokohama city has been plunged into chaos by Minimum Holders and people wanting Minimum powers. Nice and Murasaki confront Moral, the source of it all. Meanwhile, inspired by Takahiro's bravery, Honey, Three, Ratio, and Birthday move to defend Yokohama.

episode image Art Returns
7.5/10 (6 votes)

#17 Art Returns

S2:E2

Ratio has been looking for Chiyuu, who vanished from a hospital. Ratio and Birthday track her down to a club based on Mao's information. There, they meet a group of Minimum Holders called Freemum, led by a man named Ishigami.

episode image Symphony in the Moonlight
7.5/10 (6 votes)

#18 Symphony in the Moonlight

S2:E9

Honey declares to the Nowhere crew that they will all participate in a play for a festival hosted by their local shopping district. As the crew engage in rehearsals, the Freemum continues their expansion by recruiting more stray Minimum Holders...

episode image End of Yokohama
7.5/10 (6 votes)

#19 End of Yokohama

S2:E11

As the Freemums expand, almost all the Minimum Holders in Japan have gathered in Yokohama. They request that Yokohama become a special district for Minimum Holders and threaten the government with their abilities. Meanwhile, Nice and Murasaki learn about Boss and Koneko's shared past with Hajime.

episode image File 09: Little Beauty and the Beast
7.4/10 (6 votes)

#20 File 09: Little Beauty and the Beast

S1:E9

Nice shows up at the police station with presents from Okinawa, but is told that Art is too busy to see him. Meanwhile, Honey and Three are told by Art to go on standby because the team on the Minimum Holder Serial Murder case is being reorganized. Just then, a job comes in for the Hamatora, and it concerns Three...

episode image File 10: March of the Weak
7.4/10 (6 votes)

#21 File 10: March of the Weak

S1:E10

Non-innate Minimum Holders are suddenly running rampant. As Yokohama descends into chaos, the public becomes aware of the Minimum's existence. Then the Outsider, Takahiro, gets out of prison and shows up before the Hamatora, asking them to find a way for him to go back to what he looked like before...

episode image File 08: The Blood-Soaked Bitter Melon
7.3/10 (7 votes)

#22 File 08: The Blood-Soaked Bitter Melon

S1:E8

Hiiragi Shuuji, a ministry of health, labour, and welfare worker, asks the Hamatora to bring in a man manufacturing Ideal in Okinawa. Nice and Murasaki resume going undercover in Yokohamabane High School and go to Okinawa, where they are dragged into a rivalry between the school and a local high school...

episode image Emergency Room 24hours
7.3/10 (6 votes)

#23 Emergency Room 24hours

S2:E7

The Cafe Nowhere group has come to visit Murasaki after he'd been critically injured. Their efforts to help Murasaki all backfire, but Murasaki nonetheless appreciates their attempts. Meanwhile, Art begins to plan his next move with Ishigami's Freemum members...

episode image For Whom Talent
7.2/10 (6 votes)

#24 For Whom Talent

S2:E4

Shocked that she now undergoes a regression right after using her Minimum Ability, Honey leaves Cafe Nowhere. She receives a bodyguard request for the Minimum Agency's medical consultant, Doktor, who is a vocal proponent of stray Minimum Holder surveillance and also Honey's father.

Cast & Chracters

character image Art

Art

Actor: Hiroshi Kamiya
character image Murasaki

Murasaki

Actor: Wataru Hatano
character image Nice

Nice

Actor: Ryota Osaka
character image Azusa

Azusa

Actor: Yuki Takao
character image Birthday

Birthday

Actor: Jun Fukuyama
character image Ratio

Ratio

Actor: Sanae Kobayashi
character image Three

Three

Actor: Katsuki Murase
character image Moral

Moral

Actor: Yuki Ono

The highest rated episode of Hamatora is "File 03: Haves and Have-nots" (S1E3) with a rating of 8.40.

This episode received 9 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "For Whom Talent" (S2E4) with a rating of 7.20.

This episode received 6 votes.

The highest rated episode is "File 03: Haves and Have-nots" (S1E3) with a rating of 8.40.

This episode received 9 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "File 08: The Blood-Soaked Bitter Melon" (S1E8) with a rating of 7.30.

This episode received 7 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Advent" (S2E6) with a rating of 7.80.

This episode received 6 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "For Whom Talent" (S2E4) with a rating of 7.20.

This episode received 6 votes.

Name Department Job
Tomohito Hirose Art Prop Designer
Hiroshi Kimura Directing Series Director
Seiji Kishi Directing Series Director
Makoto Yoshimori Sound Original Music Composer
Eriko Ito Visual Effects Character Designer
Yuuki Kodama Visual Effects Character Designer

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