My Home Hero

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Japanese: マイホームヒーロー

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 2, 2023 to Jun 18, 2023

Premiered: Spring 2023

Broadcast: Sundays at 23:30 (JST)

Producers: Dentsu, Kodansha, Nippon Columbia, KlockWorx, 81 Produce, Crunchyroll, BS NTV, AQUA ARIS, Bibury Animation CG

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Studios: Tezuka Productions

Source: Manga

Genres: Drama, Suspense

Themes: Adult Cast, Organized Crime

Demographic: Seinen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Ranked: #4237²

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Popularity: #1779

Members: 124,550

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Tetsuo Tosu never expected his daughter, Reika, to be a victim of domestic violence. Suspecting that her yakuza boyfriend, Nobuto Matori, is the perpetrator, Tetsuo decides to investigate him and his associates. But as he searches for evidence at Reika's apartment, the father learns that his daughter is not the first victim and that a worse fate awaits her.

When he is discovered by Nobuto, Tetsuo ends up killing him in the ensuing fight. Assisted by his wife, Tetsuo hides the body in fear of retaliation from the yakuza. To add to the misfortune of the Tosu family, Nobuto happens to be the son of the mafia's head. Considered to be prime suspects behind Nobuto's disappearance, Tetsuo and his wife will have to deploy all their ingenuity to protect their daughter from the yakuza and their ruthless investigation.

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My Home Hero was released on Blu-ray on August 23, 2023.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Tosu, Tetsuo

Main

Suwabe, Junichi
Japanese

Tosu, Kasen

Supporting

Ohara, Sayaka
Japanese

Majima, Kyouichi

Supporting

Ito, Kent
Japanese

Kubo

Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio
Japanese

Matori, Yoshitatsu

Supporting

Miki, Shinichiro
Japanese

Hibiki

Supporting

Ookubo, Rumi
Japanese

Tosu, Reika

Supporting

Shirata, Chihiro
Japanese

Matori, Nobuto

Supporting

Tada, Keita
Japanese

Tabata, Bin

Supporting

Sakamaki, Mitsuhiro
Japanese

Takeda

Supporting

Tokuishi, Katsuhiro
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Maruyama, Hajime

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Kurosu, Nobuhiko

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Ozawa, Fumihiro

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Udagawa, Sumio

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Opening Theme

"愛の歌" by Chiai Fujikawa

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Ending Theme

"Decided" by Dizzy Sunfist

Reviews

Jul 7, 2023

DaxtotheMax

Recommended

I literally knew nothing about this anime but I saw it in the recently updated list and thought it’d be funny to just jump on it and give it a try and I was kind of impressed. I don’t normally like explaining stuff that I went in not knowing anything about but I figure if I don’t win you over then you won’t be interested so here’s a little something.

This show features a dad, someone who's already gone through what we're used to with anime, but has lived basically a normal boring life. This is the part where you say everything's changed now or he ...

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Feb 10, 2024

TheNinthRequiem

Mixed Feelings

Anime seasons as of late have been filled with a hopeless amount of formulaic productions. Season after season of inundating slice of lifes, reincarnation fantasies, and morally binary superhero fighting shows that all seem ostensibly different. Not to say they’re individually bad, in fact, I’ve enjoyed a fair share of them. But it’s important to remember that anime is a storytelling medium. You shouldn’t have to go into a season expecting most of the shows to fit into one of those three categories. And sadly, long were the days of Death Note and Code Geass where we had characters who were manically supercilious and selfish ... but also unbelievably charismatic that made you hooked. So with the intriguing premise My Home Hero provides, it’s only natural to get excited about something that strays so far from the usual anime titles. But to answer your curiosity and the ensuing question “Does My Home Hero break the mold?” - well sort of and I’ll explain that in this review. But as a quick TLDR for those who just want to know whether they would like the show or not without having to read the whole review to come to the same conclusion. If you’re someone who appreciates methodic careful storytelling, respects strong characters with conviction, and admires hand drawn animation that flows seamlessly: you’ll hate this. If you’re someone who just wants something different from the seasonal bombardment and don’t particularly care about the finish: you might find this interesting. Or if you’ve exhausted all the anime on your plan to watch because eating without watching something seems so otherworldly in 2023 then I'd recommend you give this a shot.

With that being said, My Home Hero is the most disappointing anime of the spring 2023 season for me. Not because of how the show ended up, but what it could have been with its premise and source material. While it does try to adapt something unique in anime. It also shows why anime producers have gravitated to the limited show archetypes they produce within; it’s because they don’t know how to make shows of this kind and using a working formula is so much easier. My Home Hero as a suspenseful cat-and-mouse crime thriller fails in appalling fashion and ends up a weird amalgamation of anime triteness and imitated seriousness that misses what makes other shows of this nature gripping and exciting. While it’s unfortunate that this review will have to address these serious problems of the show, I’ll also explain why it’s good in some other aspects.

Tetsuo, the dad, is a frustrating character and detracts from any potential sympathy you may feel for him. On one hand, he’s an admirable family man that continuously shows his love for his family. but on the other hand, he’s just this goofball that feels so alien in the show my home hero is trying to be. He’s constantly getting caught in these shameful predicaments that every storyteller knows not to include because it damages the main character's respectability. Worse than that, he makes these high pitched squeals in the slightest discomfort and makes these embarrassing facial expressions in scenes where he’s just conversing with people that feels so unnatural. He also unironically fist pumps the air every time something goes his way which feels extremely forced. Who the hell does that? It’s this lack of composure and this unnaturalness only seen in anime that makes him seem so pathetic in a setting like this. The sad part is he does some intelligent stuff and is somewhat calculating. But it’s completely overshadowed because his plans are always foiled by variables he hasn’t accounted for or other people outsmarting him. Only for him to somehow weasel out of it by sheer happenstance or submission. That’s bad, not bad for the story per se even with the questionable overindulgence of deus ex machina. But bad if you want to make a main character people can root for because it makes him feel powerless and unassertive. Those wimpy self-deprecating characters might work in a more light-hearted story. But when you place a timid salaryman in a crime thriller, you best give that character some redeeming qualities so he becomes somewhat respectable and competitive in the dog-eat-dog world you place him in. Or make him start off not fit for this world, but slowly and unbeknownst to the characters themselves, morph into someone who does like Rock from Black Lagoon. That’s bona fide development and it makes characters feel more three-dimensional. But these come from a complete lack of understanding of what makes a suspenseful enthralling story. And this lack of understanding is even more apparent in the animation, or more precisely, lack of.

To classify something as animation, the things on the screen have to move. In which the characters and background of My Home Hero do very little of if at all. That's bad in just about any show. But especially bad in a crime thriller because you want a lot of subtle facial expressions to accompany dialogue that exemplifies intentions, inner feelings, and the mind games at play that sometimes tells more than the actual dialogue. The characters in My Home Hero just don’t react to the things they’re hearing or react so slowly and obviously telegraphed that you’d think everyone else would catch on to whatever fib they’re trying to hide. But this rigidity becomes so much worse when you look at the beading sweat on their face to convey nervousness. The sweat doesn’t actually pour down their face, it just stays there as the character it’s supposedly beading down mouths whatever they’re trying to say in real-time. It’s this lack of even trying to make the animation look somewhat lifelike that’s so ire-inducing. There’s a point in the show where Tetsuo needs to wear some bandages from a head injury he sustained. They made the bandages into this plastic see-through film that looks like he just put a glass bowl on his head that only propagates the goofy narrative. It’s these things that show a lack of effort or care of the production that makes it so much harder to watch for anyone with eyes.

In a surprising turnaround, the opening is actually gorgeously woven to fit the narrative with imagery that plays into the show really well. The difference between the opening and the rest of the show is night and day. You’re shown scenes As Tetsuo walks across puddles and in the snow alone. Representative of the hardships he endures to ensure his family remains safe as he reminisces of the times they were happy. Of a time when his family was happy as he willingly takes this journey of self-destruction for a daughter who shows infinitesimally less affection for him. With scenes of his family together vague enough to be relatable to many but specific enough to feel realistic and heartfelt. As Chiai Fujikawa belts her heart out about a love so profound yet fleeting in an octave high enough to blow Ariana Grande with all the autotune she can muster out of the water. This lethal combination will make even the most hardened anime viewers shed a tear. But the real kicker; the main reason as to why I enjoy and would go so far as to recommend this show to some?

It’s because that stupid insolent daughter reminds me of myself. A child oblivious to any of the hardships their parents have to undergo and will complain just about any inconvenience that comes their way. The litany of offences you make that your parents can somehow umbrella under the term “rebellious teenage phase” that only a loving parent affectionately ascribed as a home hero can love. I didn’t even go into the show expecting to get so emotional over a bad daughter. It might be because I’m now a university student studying abroad or the fact that this aired on father’s day and I get to spend time with him after what felt like years. But I get really emotional when Tetsuo randomly blurts out stuff like “Let the three of us continue to live happily”. I see the potential, he’s just a father forcibly placed in shrinking confines of a situation he himself placed his family in because of his blinding love for his daughter. It reminded me of all the things my dad did for me growing up. All the things you never say but do to express love. Driving his son to 6am football practices every week for a school team he wasn’t even a starter for. Buying an insane amount of snacks for his son’s first airplane ride by himself because he was nervous his son might be hungry on the plane. Sending care packages with tons of little things I love to make me feel better during exam period. The show captured parts of that type of love a dad has for their child, in its own extreme way. It's just a shame the show didn’t know how to mix that in with the crime thriller portion of the story and made him sound like a bumbling idiot every time he did something loving or sacrificial. I think that’s something that might resonate strongly with you if you grew up with a loving dad. So that’s why, as everyone trained their sights, preparing to drop and cast this show off as more seasonal schlock. I couldn’t help but choose to fire a blank.

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Jun 18, 2023

SpRayquaza11

Not Recommended

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a let down to say the least , as many would have let you know in the forums, and as an indian i have to point out that this show has a setting that is completely the same as an indian movie by the name of 'drishyam'. if you want to not waste of your time ,and constant cliffhanger cockblockers that amount to almost NOTHING! id rather recommend this movie than my home hero which poses as an mystery thriller and fails on the thriller aspect so hard that the mystery one even if competent falls flat due to the friendly fire.

plot (6/10)
the setting was ... good , the characters alright so everything was set when we were actually treated with a fairly grotesque and dark setting and themes were represnted properly in the trailer as well, but it all suddenly fell like dominoes on poor direction simply due to the fact that HO LITTLE THE cliffhangers actually matter in this show , one example is when tetsuo almost gets caught at a place he should'nt be in and that is left as a cliffhanger for us , a week later we come back and see what? the guy JUST MISSES seeing him there , that is it , a week of hype and anticipation all gone! the rest of the plot in general is underutilized and full of holes , the daughter becomes semi irrelavant , most of the cat and mouse games are just repetations of themselves but with a slightly different situation which lead to the same outcome .

characters (6/10)
none of these characters are interesting in the slightest which makes it hard to ACTUALLY PICK A SIDE and support someone , the depth of the characters was almost enhanced when there was a small glimpse of the past of the MC and FMC (ie the father and mother) but that only amounted to a single episode , and somehow we are simply supposed to believe that they can actually go up and murder someone just cz their daughter was harmed by this one dude and the dad is a mystery fan , come on that is not how you want your story to begin if you want to go for a realistic setting! people like tetsou however noble they may seem are MURDERERS and he does not ever show any sign of violent behaviour are actions , and even pities someone he frames for said murder , do you really think some one like that is capable of doing this author?

sound and VA (4/10)
Insufferable mess , the VA of tetsou is usually a monotonous thing , the animations sometimes dont even sync with the lines spoken , the OST is just resued over and over again to the point that this one ost which signifies tetsuo's guilt is almost just stuck in my head when i think of this series! i may have been brainwashed :3.

art and animation (3/10)
please use atleast stock walking and speaking animation? i dont understand why but most of the animation is very incosistent because of this and other visible mistake i know i am no expert but i am pretty sure modern anime should not look this janky.

its a mess , I would forgive plot holes and character motivation inconsistancies if the show wasnt trying to hammer home the "realisitc mystery thriller identity" it is a show you should probably not waste your time on , but if you must , please give only the first two a shot and you will understand if it is worth following this story through.

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