RaW Hero

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Japanese: RaW HERO

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 6

Chapters: 41

Status: Finished

Published: Sep 25, 2018 to Aug 11, 2020

Genres: Action, Comedy, Ecchi

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Evening

Authors: Hiramoto, Akira (Story & Art)

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Score: 6.33¹ (scored by 3,753 users)

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Ranked: #14259²

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Popularity: #1588

Members: 9,888

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In a world where some of humanity possesses special abilities, those who use their powers for truth and justice are called "heros," and those who use them for evil are called "fiends."

In the midst of all this, the unemployed youth Chiaki, who is taking care of his younger siblings, is looking for a job. One day, on his way to a job interview, he notices the presence of a pervert and without thinking twice, jumps in to help the victim. This sense of justice is what leads Chiaki into a battle between good and evil, truth and deceit, and light and darkness.

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RaW Hero has been published in English by Yen Press since February 25, 2020.

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Atsumi, Mariko

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Miura, Chiaki

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Mihono, Jun

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Red

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Koreeda

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Satsuki

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Yellow

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Black

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Tsujii

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Possan

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Aug 20, 2020

41 of 41 chapters read

Overall Rating: 5

Cloneable (All reviews)

18 people found this review helpful

Raw Hero is a work that alot of people reading it probably have an in-grained bias towards, as Akira Hiramoto lost a great deal of good will among fans after the controversial ending to Prison School. This being his first project since PS ended, readers tend to hold that ending against Raw Hero. Putting aside real life events, is Raw Hero any good? It is one of the weirdest works ive ever read, with bizarre plot plots, insane character motivations and backstories, extremely over the top fanservice, and you're basically more than halfway done the manga before the plot even starts. Point by point:

Story: Super weird. Sets itself up as kind of an X-Men superhero story, before becoming a crossdressing harem romance, with some chapters of pure sex comedy and some chapters of shonen fight scenes. I'm honestly not sure it even has a plot, given how seemingly random everything is. At the very least, the ending is extremely dissapointing, giving zero resolution to the romance, the superhero plots, and literally not mentioning what happened to a few of the major characters. The manga might be trying to make some kind of point that fixating on the larger plot is pointless and you should just have fun along the way, but it just comes off as disjointed and unsatisfying. I'd give it 4/10.

Art: Looks very similar to Prison School, which is to say really great. It emphasizes a sense of photorealism, which really highlights the clash between the insane events and the realistic visuals. Hiramoto also draws maybe the most fetishy manga women I've ever seen outside of Hentai, so if you enjoy that style you'll like this. 9/10

Character: Characters are polarizing, since they're not very fleshed out and seem to more be tools for comedy than actual human beings with personalities. I wanted to avoid making this whole review a comparison to Prison School, but the characters in PS had fleshed out personalities and were easy to become emotionally invested in, which I can't really say was the case for Raw Hero.

Enjoyment: Despite having so many flaws on a technichal level, the work is so idiosyncratic its hard not to at least have some fun with it. Hiramoto has a weirdly philosophical sense of humor and an earnest approach to life, so there are parts of it that are fun to read, but you have to get through the thick layer of bizarre crap and unexplained plot points to get to it.

Overall: 5/10. Its a work with alot of flaws, but at the very least it will stand out in your memory.

Final thoughts: Prison School's ending pissed people off because it was a manga they loved and the ending robbed them of a satisfying conclusion. While this ending was also rushed and unsatisfying (it may have been axed prematurely) I don't actually care enough about the story to be that upset by it.

Thanks to AloneScans for making it available in english

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Sep 1, 2021

41 of 41 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

flawds (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

HOLY SHIT
this manga is
fucking awesome as hell an ecchi, action packed, emotion masterpiece
definitely check this out if you're fans of series like gantz and gigant.

The story: 9
honestly just go into this series blind, this series is action packed and EXTREMELY ecchi, (same author as prison school, so duh) also has amazing pacing.

The Art: 10
Brilliant art, makes the story flow so well. As good as some other works like berserk, gantz vagabond etc..

The characters: 10
The characters are probably the most compelling part of this manga, the mystery of Jelly E Fish is fucking awesome.

Enjoyment: 10
WORDS CANT DESCRIBE HOW ENJOYABLE THIS SERIES IS JUST READ IT

Overall:10
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Jul 3, 2021

41 of 41 chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

PALATAN (All reviews)

1 people found this review helpful

All of the elements that usually make manga bad (over the top fan service, unexplained and inconsistent plot, bizzare character choices, off the wall progression of events and so on) somehow work brilliantly here. At moments I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt afterwards. It should not work, but it does. I guess it's necessary to read it with a certain mindset to enjoy it.

A lot of people hated the ending of Prison School, I on the other hand loved it, because I saw the whole series as a troll-job from the start. There is always a certain point that makes you read more

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Feb 11, 2022

41 of 41 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

Shini_Ikigai (All reviews)

0 people found this review helpful

It's been good until the last few chapter comes

I've been enjoying reading this but I'm honestly disappointed in the ending, maybe if they added more chapters in the end this will turn out to have a more satisfying ending. It feels like riding a roller coaster and when you are at the top there goes a brownout that even it is going upward it suddenly loose force and goes downward again.

I love the story and I hate some characters but I disappointed on how it ends, it is much better to make a conclusive ending for this rather than an open ending. Can't we just read more

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