Yuusha, Yamemasu (I'm Quitting Heroing)

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Synonyms: Yuuyame

Japanese: 勇者、辞めます

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 5, 2022 to Jun 21, 2022

Premiered: Spring 2022

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 22:30 (JST)

Producers: AT-X, flying DOG, Glovision, Kadokawa, Tencent Games

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: EMT Squared

Source: Light novel

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.04¹ (scored by 114,897 users)

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Ranked: #3922²

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Popularity: #856

Members: 255,352

Favorites: 1,613

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When Demon Queen Echidna begins her invasion of the human realm, the people turn to the hero Leo Demonheart to protect them. Blessed with insurmountable power, Leo easily repels Echidna's army, thereby saving the world. But instead of gratitude or admiration, Leo is met with disdain and scorn from his fellow humans, who fear his overwhelming strength and believe that it may eventually cause humanity's demise.

Banished from the kingdom he once called home, Leo wanders aimlessly throughout the land until, one day, he hears rumors of Echidna's efforts to rebuild her army. Hoping that demonkind might accept him as an ally, he returns to the demon queen's castle and offers Echidna his help.

Naturally, Echidna immediately rejects him. Still, not all hope is lost, as Leo manages to convince Echidna's four generals to let him secretly work under their supervision. Donning the identity of a masked dark knight named Onyx, Leo solves the demon army's problems one by one—gradually improving the quality of life around the castle. Above all else, however, Leo wants to accomplish one goal: to learn why Echidna started the war in the first place.

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Adaptation:	Yuusha, Yamemasu: Tsugi no Shokuba wa Maoujou
Side story:	Yuusha, Yamemasu: Kenshuu Ryokou wa Mokuteki wo Miushinau na, Yuusha, Yamemasu Puchi Hiroma

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Characters & Voice Actors

Demonheart, Leo

Main

Ono, Kensho
Japanese

Echidna

Main

Hondo, Kaede
Japanese

Steina

Supporting

Itou, Shizuka
Japanese

Lili

Supporting

Oowada, Hitomi
Japanese

Melnes

Supporting

Uchiyama, Yumi
Japanese

Eibrad

Supporting

Hiramatsu, Hirokazu
Japanese

Jerietta

Supporting

Matsuoka, Misato
Japanese

Edwald

Supporting

Inada, Tetsu
Japanese

Dianette

Supporting

Suzuki, Minori
Japanese

King

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Kawamoto, Sachi

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Isogai, Noritomo

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Itou, Shousei

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Teramoto, Nanshi

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Opening Theme

"BROKEN IDENTITY" by Minori Suzuki

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Ending Theme

	"Growing" by Nao Touyama (eps 1-7)
	"de messiah" by Nao Touyama (eps 8-)

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Jun 21, 2022

BowlerConspiracy

Not Recommended

"Leo, do you have any regrets?"

-- the following is a brief paragraph or two on my overall thoughts, followed by spoilers about how twists can't always save a show and/or change their predictability. reader discretion advised. --

I have a few regrets in life, I think we all do. As you rack up years and that number since your birth continues to tick upwards linearly, more and more events get stored into your brain as something that could've gone better. The little things and the big things, you can reconcile with those demons later and soften the blow, but they always exist.

My point is that ... I regret watching Yuusha, Yamemasu.

I'm Quitting Heroing is a sub-par fantasy show that continues to bore despite throwing viewers on a makeshift rollercoaster. The want to surprise and stun the audience is there, the passengers may even gasp once and a while and go "I didn't expect that", but when the carts finally stop working halfway through, everyone will remember it more as a hassle than as the experience itself. My analogy may only wring true for myself, but personally, I found I'm Quitting Heroing to be a slog that had a by-the-numbers beginning & end as well as some supposed inversions of the genre that couldn't save it.

The 'inversions' that I'm speaking of is that this is supposed to be our modern world 3000 years in the future. Leo is ACTUALLY a human scientific experiment, the last of a line of artificial human defenders, designed to uphold harmony. Easily the best episode is an exploration of that during Leo's original fight against the demon army. It's a discussion with a demon on co-existence, it sets up a reason for him to find Echidna compelling and a good leader as she reminds him of Eibrad. A quick aside: the best episode of Heroing is still not that good. It also serves as the foundation of Leo's rebirth as he quits being a hero and joins the demon army in true formula form. He resists relationships and trust in an attempt to finally end his life when... he's told to "just disable" his programming that repeats the protection of humanity order... AND IT JUST WORKS! Centuries of existence and, at some point, his 'thought masking' was disabled so he developed an ego and this was the first time this possibility was ever considered. Don't wanna be sad? This is a case where "just don't be sad bro" works. Could've done that day one and we wouldn't have to have all this jazz.

So, the majority of the show is a standard finding one's self story of Leo helping each general with their duties and a slight characterization of Leo to find out his past. He's disguised himself as 'Lord Onyx' in an attempt to show his value to Echidna without her knowing it's actually him as she holds a major distaste for the one who brought her to defeat. There feels to be countless instances of Leo about to reveal who he actually is before being interrupted by arbitrary consequence, dragging out a plot isn't something a 12 episode show should be doing at all. Then, the last few episodes are a fight that showcases each general's ability and how they get absolutely crushed by Leo followed by the turning moment for our MC where he decides to keep living which he's always wanted but that pesky off switch was ever so slightly camouflaged I guess.

A show that I didn't find unique or enjoyable, one that I intend to forget and be reminded of whenever a friend teases me on the shows I've devoted time to.

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Jun 21, 2022

mkzxwing

Not Recommended

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*spoilers ahead*

Okay, as usual, when dealing with horrible stories i'll start off with the good, because there's not much of it... The art and sound are decent. That's LITERALLY IT.

"I quit heroing" or "How idiocy isn't cured in even 3000 years" is a story about... Well, many things. So many it completely falls apart with plot holes and lack of internal logics, and on the author/writing level fails to have a reason to focus on all the elements it has to connect together and have each of the elements be important. In other words it has a crippling identity crisis.

With the start it'd have you ...

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Jun 21, 2022

Stark700

Not Recommended

For those who has a lot of patience and tolerate the type of show with fantasy drama about humans, beasts, and demons, then maybe you've stumbled upon the right place. If not, let's just say that I'm Quitting Heroing is the type of anime that reuses many of the same elements in today's anime market, the very definition of trying the same thing over and expecting different results.

Trust me, with the amount of isekai these days, seeing a protagonist being banished from a party, kingdom, or general population is hardly a rare sight. That's what happened to Leo, the hero who gets banished from their ... kingdom after defeating the Demon Queen Echidna and her army. With the setting taking place in a futuristic timeline, you' expect the world to be celebrating peace and prosperity. No, instead, people still live in fear of another war sparking and also suspicious of Leo himself. The fear stems from an idea that he may one day rise up to become a Demon Lord. In his position, Leo would quit as a hero and ironically decides to help Echidna rebuild her army.

Watching I'm Quitting Heroing gave me the impression that the author planned this show out like a roadmap by injecting story elements related to the past, present, and future. After his exile by the king and the human kingdom, Leo made his decison to help Echidna but at the same time, also makes new alliances such as with the Heavenly Kings. These consist of a group of characters that serves at the top of echelon in Echidna's army - Steina, Lili, Melnes, and Edwald. Rebuilding an army is easier said than done so you can imagine the amount of pressure and responsibility Leo is carrying on his shoulders. The anime does it make clear that Leo is perhaps their most important asset due to the various conflicts among the Hevenly Kings themselves. From the first few episodes, Leo realizes the tremendous task at hand. The anime also makes it clear that the Heavenly Kings each have their own flaws. It's sad because it means Leo would have to carry the rebuilding job himself and he's not even an official member of Echidna's army.

Speaking of which, the Heavenly Kings are filled with nothing but character flaws. Early in the show, we see how incompetent Steina and Lili can be when their plans go wrong. Despite having some natural traits, the anime makes the two characters look like tools. Melnes also gives a unfavorable impression with his shy and introvert-like personality. There's a specific episode reveals more about Melnes' personality but let's just say that he's the lonewolf type who practically lives his role as an assassin. Finally, there's Edwald who I can describe as the 'muscle' of the group. When you combine these characters together, you get an cast of oddballs that will make you roll your eyes.

What about Leo? He quit being a hero but what's his real purpose now? That's a qood question to ask yourself because Leo himself seems to have lost a purpose in life. A main plot element of this show is Leo's personal journey to discover his new purpose. Being feared for his power by the very people he once fought took a toll on his psyche. Let's face it, Leo deserves respect and honor than being banished and feared. Similarly, Echidna herself has a reptuation, at least according to rumors. But upon watching this show and looking closely, it's shown that she's a relaxing character who enjoys food, company with her comrades, and even has a somewhat childish personality. When she later meets Leo, it's shown that the two can get along quite well, almost like friends. Unfortunately, circumstances obviously can't allow them to be best buddies. In later episodes, the anime's story hit its peak with Leo putting his plans into motion, secrets and revelations being revealed, and the story exploding with effects that changes their world forever.

As I said before, the author really seems to have a roadmap planned out from the start. Even the director seems to have known this with the anime adaptation by planning out the first and second half of this 12-episode series. From the buildup, character presentations, and story development, it's actually somewhat clever. However, the anime still falls into a pitfall of lazy writing mostly with the lack of character development and mediocre plot. I'm Quitting Heroing may have taken some risks but it didn't take those risks to reach a level on its own.

Even the animation production qualiy falls short on its feet with its average character designs. Characters looks especially generic and unoriginal with Echidna's scarlet dress and demon horns. Leo has that Kirito-esque look that you've probably seen hundreds of times from light novel adaptations. Likewise, the Heavenly Kings does have some distinctive looks but none speaks for its uniqueness. The most annoying one among the group is Lili with her childish feature and character expressions. However, I will say that one concept of the show with its timeline is mildy interesting dealing with its futuristc medieval-like setting. The anime carefully made backgrounds look like a work of art on some instances even from the beginning. If anything, I do give credit where credit is due there.

I'm Quitting Heroing feels like the type of anime that got adapted because the industry wants another fantasy drama with a banished hero. We get one practically every season now so having one in Spring 2022 is a way to continue the streak. But hey, maybe if you're new to this type of genre, it can be a sweet treat. For me, this was a sight for sore eyes.

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