Heroine Tarumono! Kiraware Heroine to Naisho no Oshigoto

Freshly graduating middle school, energetic 15-year-old Hiyori Suzumi moves from her coastal hometown to Tokyo, pursuing her dream of being a track and field runner. Unfortunately, as soon as her first high school year begins, she faces an imminent problem that ultimately causes her to find a part-time job to cover living costs.

After searching through countless prospective workplaces, Hiyori stumbles upon a posting looking for event staff, to which she gets accepted against all odds. It is revealed that she will be working as a manager-in-training for LIPxLIP, a rising male idol group composed of Yuujirou Someya and Aizou Shibasaki—both of whom are coincidentally her classmates. Despite this shocking revelation, Hiyori is resolved to do her best with balancing her studies, her ambition, and most importantly, her role as LIPxLIP's attendant.

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Suzumi, Hiyori Main

Minase, Inori Japanese

Someya, Yuujirou Main

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Shibasaki, Aizou Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Nakamura, Chizuru Main

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Hattori, Juri Main

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Setoguchi, Hina Supporting

Asakura, Momo Japanese

Narumi, Mona Supporting

Natsukawa, Shiina Japanese

Narumi, Sena Supporting

Amamiya, Sora Japanese

Akechi, Saku Supporting

Midorikawa, Hikaru Japanese

Enomoto, Kotarou Supporting

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Saitou, Shunsuke Producer, Planning

Kananiwa, Kozue Producer

Sotokawa, Akihiro Producer

Yonai, Noritomo Producer

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Aug 19, 2024

SwissFalcon

Recommended

the main strong points are the really great music by honeyworks, the great caracter development, the great animation which will satisfy the boys and the girls, the story falls into some clichés sometimes but it's almost always the fact with this genre of anime, so i don't understand why the rating is only 7.5, really it's nonsense in my opinion. the plot is mixed with good humor, overall it's a light show to watch.
also the mc is lovely, naive, and kind hearted, watching her is like drinking a sweet coca milk and looking through your window on a winter night, she warmed my heart more ... than you can imagine, the main caracter is really well written, so much that there are also some scenes that made me sob.
if you are hesitating just watch it, you will have a great time

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Aug 16, 2024

CherriBunni

Mixed Feelings

Tldr; It was okay! Nothing spectacular but still enjoyable. There are other better idol, slice of life, romance shows out there. This one had a pretty steady pace until the end. But it was still enjoyable. A good mediocre/filler watch.

Now a breakdown:
Art- It was pleasant. The art was okay and they had some good animation. I wish for more detailed moments or fluidity to really help capture visuals but there was nothing bad nor stellar.

Music- I'm not really into idol music anime. But I actually liked the endings songs quite a lot. They were cute! There actually isn't a lot of singing in this despite ... them being idols.

Story line- The plot felt a little disconnected. There weren't clear enough goals and obstacles in the over arcbing narrative. Minor episodic ones but I thought the big Countdown Live would be a larger goal. It just felt...empty? There was nothing there that drove to further their growth as characters and what growth was had felt minute. There could have been more challenges within their work as idols, battling the other boy group, their family drama and drama amongst theirselves. There could have been further plot points for their relationship with school mates, girls and our FL.

Characters- Kinda flat? There are too many side characters that hardly get used. Which is a shame, because many of them have the potential to be rather interesting! Same with our 3 leads. There is minor growth in the way the 3 interact with each other and our FL but not enough development. If they don't want a romance then that's fine, but I need something deeper. We get shallow resolutions to "conflict" of family drama and girl issues. And the whole stalker situation was poorly handled.
I can kinda get why they want to keep her job position seceret but so many people know??? And they don't hide it well??? Plus it would avoid scandal if they *were* open about it!

It just felt...disappointing. The FL is actually pretty refreshing with wanting to fight back instead of being pushed around. The characters around her have potential. But we get only a taste of track dreams, her friends, the boys' idol work, and their relationship/friendship. All of it is just a peek with nothing more. Which is a shame!

Not a bad watch if you're in between shows. But you won't be satisfied.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Sep 4, 2024

God_Speed7700

Not Recommended

Heroine Tarumono! (Heroines Run the Show) Action Romance is an entertaining anime which first impressed me with its really appealing idea and its realisation, skillfully combining the dreams of sports with the glam of the idols’ world. The series focused on a somewhat short-haired, blunt ojou named Hiyori who, in her quest to be the best in athletics, accidentally becomes a manager of the super famous idol group LIP X LIP. She finds the role so dull that she has no intention of caring about idols; however, the economical factor makes her accept this position, thus creating the pretext for some touching, and sometimes, traumatic ... moments in the story.

Heroine Tarumono! Commencez à aspirer en tout cas From the first, boy! Taken in a little complex narrative very well. The most interesting aspect of the maiden love affair, and Hiyori and LIP X LIP, Hiyori overcame this hurdle and added warmth and cohesion to the storytelling pined for her. Early Age Considerable Changes in Personal Life Encounters with Bet TR romances fall into the category of block fencing rather than free fighting. Only the growth of Hiyori is realistically portrayed in the focused transformation.

The plot in the series especially unwinds in the later episodes after 10. Once a happy, even comforting experience, it becomes an irritating string of needless excesses. why is the crazed fangirl who stalks the idols being introduced? supposedly, to raise the dramatic stakes which were probably the intentions of the writers but came off as out of place and poorly couched, poorly placed in the story. This is not only a lazy way to develop the plot but also makes the character appear very different from what was established, which was not the intent.

The last few episodes that contain all these events happen to be the most disappointing for some reason. The whole thing feels more like a checklist and nothing got resolved in a way that provided closure, and even growth for the antagonists. However, in the final portion of the film, the conclusion which was expected is fast-tracked irritatingly. Not only are these crucial plot points unsatisfactorily addressed, but also the earlier drama that was of serious consequence is all brushed off as if it never existed, and this leaves one feeling that some potential was never realized.

What is most aggravating is how both the protagonists and the rest of the cast process that drama. Even sounded this way, the recommendation given—basically that one should look for the reasons that led a person to harass and understand them even against the background of the universal vileness—appears also completely insane, if not misplaced. The very fact that Hiyori goes on and does this makes her appear ridiculous, her character development as portrayed before getting debased, and it makes her acts seem nonsensical and forced.

To conclude, Tarumono! Hito Nari Shoujo enjoys a volatile, endearing, and promising potential only to go without making the closing chapter any sincere. Poorly executed use of melodrama and follow up misuse of certain important plot elements can be blamed for what could have been a well balanced story about career and growth milestones. It is such a great disappointment to see a well intentioned series unfortunately end with such anticlimax.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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