Hitorijime My Hero focusses on the romance story between two of the side characters in Hitorijime Boyfriend. Masahiro Setagawa, or Settie as he\u2019s referred to by his delinquent friends, struggles to have a normal life. Luckily Kousuke Oshiba takes him under his wing, but does this improve Masahiro\u2019s chances of living a carefree life?<\/p>\n
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Studio:\u00a0<\/strong>Encourage Films Started airing:<\/strong>\u00a08th<\/sup> of July 2017 Masahiro Setagawa\u2019s life has been far from easy, with a mother who doesn\u2019t look after him and a group of delinquents that use him as their errand boy: Masahiro is desperately in need of a hero. Enter Kousuke Oshiba, a man who is known for his fighting skills, whose reputation has earned him the title \u2018The Bear Killer\u2019. Despite his title Kousuke soon becomes the hero that Masahiro needs, someone who looks out for him. As they grow closer Masahiro can\u2019t help but get more and more involved in Kousuke\u2019s affairs.<\/p>\n Hitorijime My Hero, also known as My Very Own Hero, follows their relationship as it develops from apprenticeship to a romance.<\/p>\n Hitorijime My Hero fits very well in the Shounen Ai genre, with some clich\u00e9s but also a lot of heart-warming and funny moments. Although there are some \u2018standard\u2019 Shounen Ai parts to the story there are also some more original or unexpected turns in it. Masahiro and Kousuke\u2019s relationship is the main focus in this anime, but there is also another romantic couple whose story gets told in this 12 episode long anime. It\u2019s a fun and mostly light-hearted anime which, although somewhat recognizable in storyline, is probably a nice series to watch for any Shounen Ai fan.<\/p>\n One of the lesser point of this anime was the animation, or rather lack of consistency in animation. The quality of the animations varied quite a bit, which stood out to me a lot and was bothersome when watching. Some running sequences, for instance, were done so poorly that it took the drama away from the moment. It made it almost funny when it wasn\u2019t meant to be.<\/p>\n Want to know how this rating came together? Keep reading!<\/p>\n The main focus of Hitorijime My Hero is romance, but it doesn\u2019t dive right into that from the first second. This anime builds up to it quite a bit, as it would take time for the characters to come together and come to terms with their feelings for one another.<\/p>\n Something I didn\u2019t enjoy a lot, but is present in almost every Shounen Ai series, were the more \u2018standard\u2019 themes. For instance the age gap between the two main characters, which occurs in quite a few Shounen Ai, and the denial of having feelings for men.<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t quite mind the age gap, as it presented a challenge for them: how to keep a romance between a student and a teacher a secret. But, to my surprise, there actually weren\u2019t any real complications. No one told on them, everyone around them seemed fine with the relations, except the one friend who was temporarily disgusted, and they seemed to be more worried about it then they needed to be.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t say you\u2019ll get to know a lot about the history of the characters. You will see a little background on their relationships or rather on how they got to know one another. There is no real background for instance on how exactly Masahiro and his mother ended up in such bad conditions, or who or where Masahiro\u2019s father is. I\u2019m sure the manga elaborates on the character\u2019s backgrounds more, but the anime doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n There are quite a few characters in this series, but the story mainly focusses around the two couples, Kousuke and Masahiro and Kousuke\u2019s brother Kensuke and Asaya. Both couples have their own struggles in becoming and staying a happy couple, but they also have quite a few happy moments.<\/p>\n This series\u2019 animation and drawing style are usually okay, but lacking sometimes, for instance in episode 10 when Kousuke drives away in the car with Masahiro. As he talks to Asaya his movements are weird, as are Asaya\u2019s. There are also quite a few running sequence scenes that look poorly executed, almost hilarious even. The more zoomed in scenes, where you can\u2019t see the characters full bodies, seem better animated or at least animated in a more detailed manner.<\/p>\n The style itself, when properly executed, fits well with the manga\u2019s style even though it\u2019s not entirely identical. 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\nGenres:\u00a0<\/strong>Slice of Life, School, Shounen Ai
\nRating:<\/strong>\u00a0PG-13
\nBased on eponymous manga by Memeco Arii.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nNumber of episodes:<\/strong>\u00a012
\nEpisode duration:<\/strong>\u00a024 minutes<\/p>\nRating:\u00a060\/100<\/h4>\n
The story<\/h4>\n
The characters<\/h4>\n
The animation<\/h4>\n
The intro & outro<\/h4>\n
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![\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\nRating:\u00a060\/100<\/h4>\nHitorijime My Hero fits very well in the Shounen Ai genre, with some clich\u00e9s but also a lot of heart-warming and funny moments. Although there are some \u2018standard\u2019 Shounen Ai parts to the story there are also some more original or unexpected turns in it. Masahiro and Kousuke\u2019s relationship is the main focus in this anime, but there is also another romantic couple whose story gets told in this 12 episode long anime. It\u2019s a fun and mostly light-hearted anime which, although somewhat recognizable in storyline, is probably a nice series to watch for any Shounen Ai fan.<\/p>\nOne of the lesser point of this anime was the animation, or rather lack of consistency in animation. The quality of the animations varied quite a bit, which stood out to me a lot and was bothersome when watching. Some running sequences, for instance, were done so poorly that it took the drama away from the moment. It made it almost funny when it wasn\u2019t meant to be.<\/p>\nWant to know how this rating came together? Keep reading!<\/p>\nThe story<\/h4>\nThe main focus of Hitorijime My Hero is romance, but it doesn\u2019t dive right into that from the first second. This anime builds up to it quite a bit, as it would take time for the characters to come together and come to terms with their feelings for one another.<\/p>\nSomething I didn\u2019t enjoy a lot, but is present in almost every Shounen Ai series, were the more \u2018standard\u2019 themes. For instance the age gap between the two main characters, which occurs in quite a few Shounen Ai, and the denial of having feelings for men.<\/p>\nI didn\u2019t quite mind the age gap, as it presented a challenge for them: how to keep a romance between a student and a teacher a secret. But, to my surprise, there actually weren\u2019t any real complications. No one told on them, everyone around them seemed fine with the relations, except the one friend who was temporarily disgusted, and they seemed to be more worried about it then they needed to be.<\/p>\nThe characters<\/h4>\nI can\u2019t say you\u2019ll get to know a lot about the history of the characters. You will see a little background on their relationships or rather on how they got to know one another. There is no real background for instance on how exactly Masahiro and his mother ended up in such bad conditions, or who or where Masahiro\u2019s father is. I\u2019m sure the manga elaborates on the character\u2019s backgrounds more, but the anime doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\nThere are quite a few characters in this series, but the story mainly focusses around the two couples, Kousuke and Masahiro and Kousuke\u2019s brother Kensuke and Asaya. Both couples have their own struggles in becoming and staying a happy couple, but they also have quite a few happy moments.<\/p>\nThe animation<\/h4>\nThis series\u2019 animation and drawing style are usually okay, but lacking sometimes, for instance in episode 10 when Kousuke drives away in the car with Masahiro. As he talks to Asaya his movements are weird, as are Asaya\u2019s. There are also quite a few running sequence scenes that look poorly executed, almost hilarious even. The more zoomed in scenes, where you can\u2019t see the characters full bodies, seem better animated or at least animated in a more detailed manner.<\/p>\nThe style itself, when properly executed, fits well with the manga\u2019s style even though it\u2019s not entirely identical. The studios hasn\u2019t produced a lot of anime yet, about 9 at this point, so this might explain the lack in consistency mentioned above.<\/p>\nThe intro & outro<\/h4>\nHitorijime My Hero\u2019s intro song, \u2018Heart Signal (\u30cf\u30fc\u30c8\u30b7\u30b0\u30ca\u30eb)\u2019 by Wataru Hatano, has a pretty upbeat rhythm. Despite the images and animations shown being pretty calm it still fits well together. The characters are introduced in a fun way.<\/p>\nThe outro song, \u2018TRUE LOVE\u2019, is sung by different people in different episodes, the actors portraying the main characters take turns singing the song. It\u2019s very clearly an outro, as it is a very calm song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hitorijime My Hero focusses on the romance story between two of the side characters in Hitorijime Boyfriend. Masahiro Setagawa, or Settie as he\u2019s referred to by his delinquent friends, struggles to have a normal life. 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