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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..
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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
Just brilliant, masterpiece

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 ... this manga is for you... xP
!!!!!


Story: 1-5
I can’t tell if this mangaka is making an effort or not making an effort on creating the plot. Even if he IS making the effort, this story is extremely weak. Basically, if you take this plot seriously, you lose. Thus, 1 for potential no effort or 5 for potential effort.


Art: 8
This is a very controversial category. If I say 10, some readers will say I disrespect female audiences (the drawing angles of some characters can be uncomfortable from time to time). Yet, if I say 5, I will be lying to myself (in my opinion, Akira san excels in drawing female figures and face expressions.) Eventually, I decided a 7.51 will do. This makes the rounding easier to an 8...


Characters: 5
So far, the character setups seem to make sense... So far... 5 because there will be too many unpredictable factors in the future chapters.


Enjoyment: 1 or 10
When I read any manga, i switch between two different kinds of brains: one with brain cells and one without brain cells. As you can tell, the one without brain cells gives me the most enjoyment while scanning through this manga. Thus, an easy 10 for simply “PURE” brainless laughs. (1 for using my brain xP )


Overall: 7
For someone who read manga to relieve stress, this can be rated pretty high (more than 6 is pretty high imo). Yet, for someone who simply wants to gain knowledge and find its intrinsic value, this is definitely worth 0. As a simple man who just want some good laugh, I will give this a 7 (-3 for not using my brain cells). I want to see where and how extreme Akira san will take us... LMAO....

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 ... with first-rate art)
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Here it can go from nothing much to ridiculously great it depends on a sort of person you are, it's difficult to judge this as there is generally not much serious happening but also a lot. Humor and grotesque situation switching mood with serious scenes can suddenly appear and disappear from panel to panel, it's wholesome.

I find this humor and setting and how the author creates contrast and depth even at a completely banal occasion such as putting on clothes exhilarating but I fully understand there will be people who won't like this at all and give a low score here that's how different this manga is.


Art - amazing, dynamic
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There's not much to say here just watch and experience pure joy.
The artist is highly skilled, his figure drawing skills are superb, I want to mainly highlight these areas:

1. Dynamic camera work and depth (skill to work with camera is very often the weakest part of manga authors/artists but not in this case, author can work with a camera like a seasoned professional pushing angles that you won't see in majority (if at all) of manga or anime you ever see, great perspective and action.

2. Figures. Author's skill at drawing figures is something extraodinary. It's so entrancing. He can pull a serious casual state as well as very sexy pose perfectly.

3. Facial expressions, here the author excels and goes beyond again. You won't see this in majority of manga out there so if this style compels you and you are a fellow budding artist I highly suggest studying this mangaka and his previous work, it's worth it I can promise you that. Suggesting an artist worth to be studied from hopefully says enough even to you as a reader of mangas about how alluring it is.

4. Form and depth, simplification of forms and structure as you see in anime, manga and other comic styles results in the lack of form, the artists does a great job at pushing out of this trap to deliver lively drawings while keeping true to manga style. The author is not the only one out there with this amazing skill and it certainly takes tremendous amount of work to create a piece like this but it's always a great experience for anyone seeing this.
Again just go and check for yourself to see, if nothing else just for the artwork it's worth it to at least check covers and some panels to see something less generic and expand your brain's visual library.


Characters - hillarious, solid
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There will be more depth to characters than you would expect, there will aso be times when you expect more depth and nothing else comes.

Overall characters are great to follow, I enjoy watching them and can't wait to learn more. There are certainly some very obvious parts from the beginning as the author let's us see it through his art but here comes the catch - a big one - the author is not known for following your usual anime/manga plot lines and character developments and you can bet that it's not going to be any different here so overall nobody but the author can tell what is actually going to happen to the main characters. This is certainly a driving force behind the development throughout the story (I personally find Prison School's ending pretty hillarious as it's the kidn of humor and development I like and find entertaining but there is a huge number of people who don't like it and find it BS so be aware you have been warned).

Situations characters are put at, how they are artistically and humorously portraited and how they react and overcome (or well just get through) them is a satisfying and a great ride.


Enjoyment - top notch
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I'd be repeating myself here, previous points I believe put the pieces together to see how well I enjoy this manga. So just a few maybe negative points for you potential readers.

The manga heavily depends on sexy art form, silly banal scenes with a serious look (difficult to explain but imagine Prison School, Grand Blue, Gintama, ...), dark and sometimes very dry humor (it's amazing but it really has to click with you otherwise you really won't like it), dynamics of development and camera, expressive art (especially emotionally).

My main advice is, do not expect anything, do not get serious, take it easy, relax, turn your brain off and just enjoy the ride.


Overall - definitely worth of recommendation as well as a purchase with a little but
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There is a lot to recommend here for a like minded person. If you want something unusual, something fun, something that will make you see situations from angles you would never expect, something humorous, something with extraordinary art, and something a bit lewd. This is for you.
But be aware that this manga and mangaka don't take itself, you the reader or genre in general too seriously so if you find this BS this work is just not for you, pass it aside and go for your next piece, it's perfectly fine and understandable.

Unfortunately this is also a breaking point and the biggest negative point I can find about this manga and the author, if you are not into this kind of thing you are not going to enjoy it, it's not about average it's either you really like it or you just don't. There is really nothing in the middle, some people like Gintama and some people can't stand it, it either clicks with you or not and it's the same here with Raw Hero, you either clicked with this kind of siliness or not.

I did not mention specifics of story as there is a summary but Raw Hero is certainly a raw hero, unusual, hillarious, beautiful and different.

As a purchase, art is worth studying and the manga itself worth of your collection too, that's why I can highly recommend this even if you want just something beautiful to look at or just relax and laugh at how your usual world of villains and heroes can just be so different yet so fascinating, just dont' be too serious about it.

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 ... question the author. Am I being trolled here? Is the manga bad, and the author thinks it's actually good, or is it bad on purpose? That was what the ending of Prison School felt like, the author trolling the audience. With Raw Hero I got that feeling right from the start. Certain red flags that would make me drop other manga series never made me drop Raw Hero. I felt that I was in good hands. That is what Raw Hero is as well a - troll job, a very well done and executed troll job, with great art, and a healthy pinch of insanity. I don't recommend it for everyone, but it's worth at least checking out. I am looking forward to further works from Hiramoto.

-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 ... out loud a couple of times and get you hot and bothered in some scenes.

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 ... have a happy ending?

This is a story that you will love the villains and hate the heroes

Finally Akira Hiramoto sensei came up with convincing ending even though there is more to get from the ending. Compared to his previous work Prison school, epilogue sums up some good equation and gives respective character flexible perspective. Truth to be told, I didn't like 1st few chapters of the manga, only thing that kept me through was it's drawing and belief in Mr. Hiramoto's echhi storyline. With pace, story became intense keeping echhi stuff aside. There were some good characters and some who doesn't provide value to the plot even though plot describes them to be otherwise. Protagonist was going through identity crisis as ... it shows and very pathetically written that doesn't even deserve pity. Mariko single handedly carried the plot, other just went with fate. The beginning and conclusion sequence of the plot makes it another pulp fiction.

Plot of the story in my perspective : Humans are mutating causing disturbance in society. With mutation, they are generating special abities. Those who use these ability for the wellness of society are held as hero and those who use these ability to oppose the law are viewed as villain(they don't believe). The war is going on in between Police secret agency known as JMT and SALF a known group who cause disturbance among highest societies. JMT and SALF both has ability user but I didn't notice them in whole of 41 chapaters. Neither the manga describes about ability nor the ability holder but it seems they are machinery advanced and physically durable and immune. Protagonist Chiaki Miura is jobless on the hunt of job but failing miserably to get a job. Job is needlessly needed for him as he has no parents and two siblings to take care of. On certain incident gets an opportunity to earn money. It was through JMT officer who offers her a job of spy under SALF organization. His interview to get into SALF goes miserably as well, as he goes to interview wearing a woman's costume. With circumstances favouring her, he finally joins SALF and report each activity under the nose of organization. Smoothly hee lives two lives, one as brother to his sibling and and as woman that works in SALF. In mean time after his accidental meeting with Mariko Assuming turns the table of the plot; where the love story begins and troubles along with it. With time he learns about SALF and it's most wanted Jelly E. Fish, that SALF is a good organization that raise voice against discrimination towards people with mutation. As plot proceed he learns Mariko is Jelly E. Fish, by that time he is already in a love triangle with JMT pink ranger Mihono. On further Chiaki tries to escape from love triangle but by that time SALF's secret mission is revealed by him becomes big trouble for him as after the unscripted event takes places Mariko got accused of being Jelly E. Fish and sentenced for judgement. With these Chiaki is crowned as most useless and pathetic character of a his time who does nothing more than trouble and those troubles comes back to him as well. Only thing desirable about him is, with his innocence he gets a lot of unrequired harem.