To Be Hero

To Be Hero is a very interesting anime. A lot of people will be turned off from this show because of the flavor of the humor, the extremely weird/out there plot/premise, and the unattractiveness of many of the character designs. I truly believe there's something special here though.

Even though this show is a comedy, and I would agree comedy is the best genre to put it in, the comedy is not the reason I think so highly of this show and the comedy is not the reason I would recommend this show. You will know pretty quickly if the humor in this show is for ... you or not, however it's hard to nail down what's good about the humor because the reasons I'm sure some people dislike the humor are the same reasons some people like the humor.

The art, sound, and animation in this show are all great, not incredible or otherwise mindblowing or outsanding, but defintely great. Every character's design is unique, the animation is never low quality (in fact there's some very high quality animation at the end of the show), and the music fits everything perfectly although no one track besides maybe the ending theme really stands out or is overly memorable.

The story and characters are the highlight of this show, and are the reason I enjoyed it so much I'm sitting here still thinking about the show and writing a review for it days after finishing it. While the plot can be hard to follow at times, it is never so out there that you can't follow it. The story is a lot more about Ossan's relationship with and protection of his daughter than the synopsis would have you believe. Underneath the humor is a great story about a father and his daughter and the interesting people around them every day. The main cast in this show all do a great job of making you care about them. I never thought I'd care so much about a creepy pervert neighbor or a computer alien that has access to all the knowledge in the universe. I was always on Ossan's side and wanted to see him succeed in everything he attempted, I wanted Min-chan to be happy, i wanted the alien prince to be happy, I liked everyone a ton and even in all the absurdity the show made sure everyone in the main cast developed and were believable in their actions.

As I end off this review, I should say that the number 1 thing this show did right and that it does better than almost any other anime is endings. The end of almost every episode was a very well done cliffhanger that both made you really want to see what was going to happen next and was immediately resolved/addressed next episode. The ending of the entire show was fantastic as well, everything wrapped up in a way that was satisfying and really concluded the story. The final episodes of this show reminded me a lot of why I like anime, and the ending tied everything up perfectly in my eyes.

If you've read everything up to now you might have forgotten this show was a comedy for a split second during my gushing, but that's the beauty of it. I was laughing the whole way through, but by the end I was truly invested in this story and it could not have ended more perfectly. Episodes are only roughly 10 minutes long each, which means at 12 episodes the full run time of this show is only about 2 hours. If you watch this show I highly recommend you treat it like a movie and watch it all in 1 sitting, and if you can manage I also recommend watching it with friends who can get caught up in this masterpiece with you.

*** General Points ***
At 11 minutes an episode for 12 episodes, this show ends up being roughly the length of a movie.

From the audacious (and perverse) characters and sometimes immature humor it isn't a show for everyone, but if by episode 4 you haven't been repulsed, then you will most likely continue to enjoy the show.

By far, the greatest part about this show is the ending theme song, which is infinitely catchy. I would recommend spending the 1 minute of life on youtubing it. Even if you have no intention of watching the show it would be a pity to pass up that ... catchy tune.


*** Story ***
I found that the story was, in many places, metaphorical after you strip away the ridiculousness. For example, everyone has read in the synopsis that the main character is a toilet seat designer. This would otherwise be completely ridiculous, however, if you say, "He is a businessman and in the eyes of his family whom he neglects due to overwork, he might as well be selling toilet seats," things can make more sense. Another example is his drinking and chasing after women is a coping strategy for his stress and not his aloof nature portrayed humorously.

This story is all about the depressed main character fighting to protect his daughter and his love for her.


*** Animation ***
This feels like a budget project. Things seem hastily drawn and there will be no scenes that truly scream, "Beautiful." Rather, this show really focuses on it's core, which is humour. The animation is a mere medium used to only convey the story.

So if you watch shows mainly for good graphics like "Attack on Titan" this will leave you disappointed. On the other hand, if you like shows like "Kaiba" then this show seems to embody the concept of ... story > animation ... it will leave you satisfied.

There are many places throughout the entire show where I couldn't help, but think, "Ah, the animators are breaking the fourth wall and trying to pass off their animator insider jokes to their colleagues."


*** Characters ***
The main character is a very loving and protective father placed in a desperate and depressing situation.

The only character that isn't stupid, gross, perverted, depressing, or otherwise bizarre is Min-chan, the daughter of our main character.

All the antagonists are gag characters, but they serve their purposes. Chicken, shrimp, monkey, "the wife", prince, demon king.


*** Sound ***
Once again, that ending them is just too wonderful. Besides that everything else is mediocrity.


*** Enjoyment ***
I cringed and laughed throughout this show. Sometimes the humor was hard to swallow and the characters too depressing, but overall it was a surprisingly okay story better than 6/10, but less than 8/10.

This is my first time writing a review and to be honest i enjoyed this anime it was really funny and the characters were really funny even if they had like 1 minute of screen time.However the ending to this anime was quite confusing (spoiler incoming) like when they said it was actually a other universe or something i was really confused but overall i really enjoyed this anime and looked forward to every next episode with full hype. I also think they should have added a little more episodes like 3 or 2 more but it did end with a fantastic but confusing ... ending and i loved it.

Hey folks, this will be a review for To Be Hero. This show was a ton of fun to watch. From what I watched and from what I read, this show is one of those easily misunderstood shows. People quick to judge or brush off certain types of comedy or art will drop it quickly and deploy a cunning, yet inaccurate written assault to hopefully dissuade you from watching it. I on the other hand bid you to give it a chance.

The story is a bit two fold. The first and more obvious story is Ossan becoming the superhero. A once handsome man who ... uses toilet knowledge to hit on countless women happens to fall into the toilet. This takes him to a mario esque person who bestows upon him the title of hero and sends him back to our world as a fat man. From here he must protect our world and his daughter from aliens. This side of the story is rather spoofy and though fun to watch not very interesting.

The second fold of the story is the reasons behind Ossan's actions, and his connection to his daughter. They do make this side of the story lighthearted and even treat it as a joke when the show comes to and end, however it was still pretty interesting.

The art was actually really well done. The soundtrack was alright, the ending song was super catchy.

The characters are all pretty crazy and interesting.

I enjoyed this show a lot. I was worried it was going to be one of those bad spoof shows, but instead it was a great one. Potty humor, and whether or not your too mature to enjoy the comedy aside the shows story and moral backbone is pretty decent. The art and sound both were pretty darn good and its only 11 minutes per episode which means you wouldn't even be wasting time.

The comedy seems to be the biggest issue in this show. I happen to enjoy the fast paced over the top comedy the show presents. There are poop jokes, but that's not all the show has to offer. Though honestly, I'm not really sure why people are so adverse to that type of humor. The comedy sort of comes in waves, starting small and obvious and builds into more and more higher bar. Its all pretty filthy and sometimes twisted, but overall I feel like it enhances the experience.

TLDR: Give it a shot, its short and funny. There is a hidden story, but also it can be viewed for straight comedy too.

The Holy Grail and the missing treasure of Anime 2016(though it's originally a chinese cartoon). This series need more attention and of all the super-hero themed anime I watched in my life To Be Hero is among One Punch Man and Boku No Hero Academia. Can't wait for the 2nd season.
An absolutely funny anime that can be compared to Gintama(dirty jokes and funny inappropriate moments and other media reference like Super Mario) in fact Gintoki's voice is here too with his iconic funny quotes.
This anime has literally anything from a stomach-aching commedy skits, surprising plot twist and sad moments.

Another underrated anime here! This season (Summer 2017) is full-packed with great and most awaited anime of the year and because of that, To Be Hero is not really become the attention of otakus this year. All I want to tell is, this anime is full of potential, to be honest, it reminds me of Gintama, their style of gags... quality gags are very similar from each other plus of one character of this anime is voiced by Gintoki's(Gintama). Back to "To Be Hero", as i said earlier that this anime contains good gags - the "kimoi" ones, maybe some people doesn't like this animu ... because of it's vulgar and dirty gags, but i still recommend this to those people who aren't too sensitivity about those things

This anime shows a great sense of realism in some ways, MC life is one big example of it, they show how a normal - not so i think, encounter daily problem about family, profession and bathroom rituals. I can say that the story is pretty normal, but I give it 9/10 for some reason that you need to see for yourself.

Let me tell you a glimpse about the story. (Don't worry it's Spoiler-free ^-^)
The story is about a middle-aged guy with an unusual occupation, this guy is a real problem child, he only lives with her daughter named Min-chan in an old looking apartment. Min-chan is the one who prevent his dad from doing shameful things by scolding and punching him(barbaric but 10/10 for Ms). One day MC did a very-super-ultra rare dump and gained ability which came with a very ugly consequence, this guy is forced to be a hero, meet weirdos and fight enemies with the ability he obtained. well something like that.

All in all, To be hero is an interesting anime. RECOMMENDABLE 9/10 ^-^

I feel that this is one of those animes that only a few people will remember. This isn't an anime any regular anime watcher would really be into in my opinion. But I'm one of the few it clicked with and greatly enjoyed. It's the story of a father and his daughter with a lot of funny crazy moments. The ending even made me tear up a bit, and it's really hard for me to do that for any anime. Another great thing about the show is its animation and art style. I had just finished watching Mob Psycho 100 wondering if there were any ... other shows out atm with such great animation like Mob. I just scrolled through Crunchyroll and found this show.

Well, this anime is kind of special. However, I just can't possibly rate it higher than 6 overall and 7 for enjoyment.

It's just a gag anime, a lot of toilet humour and weird jokes. That was what I was watching this for. However, at the end they felt the need to ruin it all and suddenly make the last few episodes somewhat serious and extremely boring. What are they even trying to pull? No, we don't need a weird background story or anything else that'd make us "sympathize" with the characters or whatever. A gag anime/manga/novel needs to STAY like that to the end. ... Only someone retarded would say "hey, let's suddenly make things pseudo-serious and completely change the setting/mood for the last few episodes! What do you mean they liked it for the gags? Naaaah, surely they want what they didn't start watching this for so that they can watch it and be happy it's over because it left a bad taste in their mouths!". I mean, think a little! When the "last boss" appears around episode 10 or something like that, just stop watching and spare yourself the time and frustration.

Other than that, I actually enjoyed it a lot with quite a few laughs. Without the utterly disappointing ending, it might've been worth even an 8 in terms of enjoyment!

Well, honestly only the gags made this thing fairly good and the only thing this should be watched for. The story itself is horrible to say the least(gag anime, so that's expected, the attempt at making it deeper at the end only pisses one off). The art is subpar as well, it doesn't flow well and screams of "budget". The sound is similarly crappy, at most mediocre, although I found the ending song to be fairly catchy. As for characters, I didn't feel any of them had anything that made them particularly good, they were there just for gags and that's the limit to their depth and uniqueness.

I also feel like the short duration of the episodes was good, this isn't the type of show that should be watched for days, it's more like something you should watch in one and a half to two hours to blow off some steam and laugh a bit. It would get old quickly if you actually watched it for much longer than that, even after just several episodes, I already felt like this show had shown whatever it had to offer and was starting to be less funny. Continuing would've just been a bad decision :D

To be Hero.


You know when you just want to chill, you just return from work or your school or whatever it is of life's demanding duties and you just can't get yourself into watching something serious or couldn't be arsed about that weekly shounen anime episode you were waiting for? Then To be Hero is for you. Why? Cause it's great next to a juicy drink you're drinking to relax, or when you're eating pieces of watermelon, or when you let your imagination go wild when you're, mind you, pooping at the bathroom. I don't know about you, but I've always had my mind ... make up some stories since I was a kid during my pooping period, might sound like something bad to relate a short anime with, but (minor episode 1 spoiler)this is what happens to our Hero, a professional bathroom/bathroom seat maker when he was dropping a deuce.

This short anime is a solid 7/10, yet I found myself giving it 8/10 due to enjoyment of what seems like stuff you could daydream about during certain times on certain days.

This is a great anime. although the humor is jarring at times and may not be for everyone the humor is NOT the only aspect of this anime.

Unfortunately the reason this anime is so hard to recommend is because it has some of the fastest speaking/subtitles in any anime. it is very hard to stay on the same page as the anime, and even if you do manage to read every line it is pretty difficult to read between the lines, especially when the lines are already hidden behind a wall of constant humor.

This anime is recommended Mostly to a more mature audience, not ... because it has some very strange partial nudity or sexual-themes, but because its story is made for a more mature minded audience. understanding what is happening is one thing; understanding why is another, and it definitely deserves a re-watch for that reason alone. it contains strong and hard themes for younger audiences to understand such as divorce and parental abandonment and over-working, and lays them out in a way a single father would understand and relate.

re-watching this anime for a second time imminently after the first you will gain a new found appreciation for it, especially if you keep the ending in mind!

You know, MAL needs a negative scoring for so bad its almost worth watching because of how shitty it is, if only there was a pay off at the end

its a pretty crappy gag anime, i was hoping for the story to be a little better but the final act twist is solidly eh, toilet humor never gets any better after the second ep

the art only hits watchable around 10% of the time, otherwise its just a bunch of offensive flesh in the same 2 settings

honestly this anime was a waste of a good title, at least it thematically stays pretty consistent

if you watch ... it don't get invested, it doesn't pay off at all