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, Seinen

Authors: Hiramoto, Akira (Story & Art)

Serialization: Evening

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Score: 6.34¹ (scored by 1,748 users)

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Ranked: #12858²

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Popularity: #2481

Members: 5,144

Favorites: 26

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Ranked #12858Popularity #2481Members 5,144

MangaEveningHiramoto, Akira (Story & Art)

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Synopsis

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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Characters

Miura, Chiaki

Main

Atsumi, Mariko

Main

Cobain

Supporting

E. Fish, Jelly

Supporting

Mihono, Jun

Supporting

Hoshi, Ryuu

Supporting

Asahiyama, Pao

Supporting

Tadano, Hyoichirou

Supporting

Miura, Chiharu

Supporting

Miura, Chinatsu

Supporting

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Aug 20, 2020

41 of 41 chapters read

Overall Rating: 5

Cloneable (All reviews)

4 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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May 2, 2019

12 of 41 chapters read

Overall Rating: 7

SiriusTimeKeeper (All reviews)

7 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

Softcore Porn / Cross-Dresser/ ECCHI/ Dark Humor/ ECCCCCCHI/ Hero... not...

Honestly, this Mangaka, Akira san, is still on something after completing "Prison School". After scanning through the first chapter of this manga (and eventually 9 chapters), I want to use multiple “confused Nick Young” or (◉◇◉) ? as my emoji signs. But!... WHO CARES??? THIS SH*T IS FUNNY ¯\_ (◉ω◉)_/¯

!!!!! (Please read this before my categorical review)
If you are wondering what is going to be like for this new Manga, please proceed to the Main Cover for Chapter 4. WAIT! If you are scarred by what you will see, I don’t think read more

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Sep 20, 2019

21 of 41 chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

Vico (All reviews)

5 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

If dark humor, ecchi/borderline hentai, twisted story setting is something you can't get over don't bother yourself with reading this manga you are not going to enjoy this. But if you like Prison School or similar shows where your common sense becomes bizzare and what is bizzare to you is a common sense here then get reading because it's a joyous and amazing experience.

(Note: Just relax, chill out, I'm afraid this manga is not exactly a piece for you if you value morals too high and too seriously.)

Story - polarizing, dark brilliant humor skirmishing with seriousness are the main horses pulling this manga ahead (together read more

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Feb 7, 2020

30 of 41 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

Tomslist (All reviews)

4 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

-SUPER SHORT REVIEW-

It's good. And weird. It has to be your cup of tea for you to enjoy it. Lots of nonsense humor. The protagonist ends up becoming a cross dresser. The art is just great. The characters are unique and the story is funny with a couple of serious moments that will make you think.
This is the same author as Prison School, but I think the pacing is way better and the drawings have a lot more detail to them, so it's a lot easier to understand what's going on.
If it sounds like you might like it, it's sure to make you laugh read more

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