ひとりじめマイヒーロー

HITORIJIME MY HERO

ANIME

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
12
RELEASE
September 23, 2017
LENGTH
24 min

DESCRIPTION

High schooler Masahiro Setagawa is a fairly helpless delinquent, so much so that the neighborhood bullies use him to run their errands. His life changes when he meets high school teacher Kousuke Oshiba, a man whose fighting abilities have earned him a powerful reputation on the streets. Oshiba finds himself with a desire to protect Setagawa, and despite swearing that he's not interested in men, Setagawa finds himself getting more involved in Oshiba's affairs...

(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

CAST

Kousuke Ooshiba
Tomoaki Maeno
Masahiro Setagawa
Toshiki Masuda
Asaya Hasekura
Shinnosuke Tachibana
Kensuke Ooshiba
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Mitsuru Fukushige
Daiki Yamashita
Tsunehito Houjou
Takayuki Kondou
Natsuo
Wataru Hatano
Tsuyoshi Yamabe
Yuuto Adachi
Jirou Yoshida
Seiichirou Yamashita
Ayaka Houjou
Ami Koshimizu

EPISODES

Dubbed

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REVIEWS

ow9n
96/100
The best BL anime series to date.
This review does not contain spoilers.
I remember I fell in love with this anime a year ago when I first started getting into BL (boys' love) anime and manga. I made my way through the list of "Shounen Ai" anime (as they're called on MAL) starting from the highest rated ones. While I enjoyed all of them, this was the only anime that I thought was worthy of a "10." (MAL rating scale) Although it has a few flaws, I think this is a romance anime that people besides fujoshi/fudanshi can enjoy.

The first thing I love about this anime is the art style. All of the characters are very well drawn and incredibly attractive, but it is a notably different style from other popular BL anime, such as Sekaiichi Hatsukoi or other Nakamura-based works. They're drawn in a very "modern" way, so the epidemic that is "chinhands" is avoided. Every character's design is unique and well done. Here are some good (and cute) examples:
_Setagawa._ _Hasekura and Kensuke. Note - regular sized hands._ _Kousuke and Setagawa._
The side characters are similarly well done, each having their own unique/identifying feature. Aside from the characters, the backgrounds in this anime are pretty good as well! You can see a bit of that in the sky in the above photo of Setagawa and Kousuke, but it's clear to me a lot of effort went into setting the mood for this anime. The main couple (Setagawa and Kousuke) visit a mountain a few times in the anime, and the view they draw from there is pretty damn good! Although stuff like that is a bit cliche for a romance anime, I still love it.

Alright, so the guys are hot, but that doesn't make an anime good (see - Touken Ranbou anime adaptation). What really makes this anime good to me is the plot and pacing. This is not like Dakaichi, where we have the guys making out and servicing the fans in the first episode. The story starts out with an explanation from the protagonist about how he met two of the main characters, the Ooshiba brothers, Kousuke and Kensuke. From this, we get a glimpse into his troubled home life as well as his inability to find any place where he can "fit in." This leads to him hanging around thugs a lot and being their lap-dog. Then, he meets Kensuke (and his brother Kousuke, later), and his life starts to change. This character exposition is something I appreciate in any character-driven drama. If I don't know anything about them, how can I empathize with them in the future when they encounter trouble?

Kousuke and Setagawa's romantic relationship is what makes up the heart of this anime. Their relationship is a "forbidden" one -- student and teacher. Along with that, there is quite an age gap. My only complaint with this anime is the age gap -- I'm not a huge fan of age gap stories, especially when one is 17 and the other is 28 (yes - those are Setagawa and Kousuke's respective ages). That being said, I think this series handles it remarkably well. Their age gap is the overarching conflict in the anime. The series does not beat around the bush that their relationship is taboo: illegal, even. This gives a lot of stress to both Setagawa and Kousuke, especially Setagawa, who does not want to bear the mental burden of getting him in trouble if they are outed. The age gap problem is present right from the start of their relationship, but it is slowly introduced in increasingly intrusive ways throughout the latter half of the anime. This pacing is nice, because it reminds the viewers that although it seems nice, their relationship can be very fragile. The beginning of their relationship is also very well done: not too rushed, but not too much lead-up either. In my opinion, this is the best way to start a relationship in a romance anime. Anime like Love Stage!!, where their relationship waits until the very end to even start, seem somewhat unsatisfying. Although it is sweet, it's nice to have a balance between confession and actually seeing them in a relationship. I think it is much better to watch the couple go through troubles together and emerge with a stronger bond than before.

It's worth mentioning the couple in the middle picture - Kensuke and Hasekura. This is easily one of my favorite relationships in all of BL anime, mainly because their relationship is well known to their friends - and they accept it! The start of their relationship was a little rocky, to be honest, but it got into some really good details about Hasekura and Kensuke's relationship in the past. What can I say? I'm a sucker for the "childhood friend" trope in romance anime/manga. Hasekura plays a meaningful part in giving Setagawa advice in his own relationship, and sometimes, providing him with unpleasant truths.

In my opinion, Hitorijime My Hero deserves more credit as a romance anime. Don't let the "age gap" tag on this anime dissuade you from watching it. It is a satisfying, entertaining, and sometimes comical ride that anyone can enjoy. Thanks for reading!

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maiv
52/100
I feel terrible after watching it _:(´ཀ`」 ∠):_
I was pushing finishing this series further and further away for a long time. And that's because it made me SO uncomfortable to keep watching...

The show presents a story of two higschoolers who are really good friends. One is an adorable little goofball with way too much energy and a good home and the other is a pityfull ~~dog~~ gangsta boy with some shady "friends" and unhealthy family.
One day, the older brother of the goofball helps the gangsta get out of the toxic enviroment and everything is fixed. All lived happily ever after and found romance after that... ( ◡‿◡ )

Except, the goofball has some creepy-ass ~~yandere~~ childhood friend who is definitely a threat to society. Before he actually manages to kill our goofball though, they talk it over and somehow become a lovey-dovey couple.

Sure. Yeah, I mean, it's weird, I give you that, BUT- Well let's just leave them to have fun together, shall we?

What about the other boy and the ACTUAL main ship of this series? Oh well, nothing wrong here. Just our gangsta boy turns out to be real wife material and he falls for the goofball-older-brother who just became a teacher at their highschool. How adorabl- Wait... WAIT WHAT

I don't want to be a party-pooper here, but that sounds hella wrong, no matter how you look at it.

A child gets saved by an older boy (at that point they were both teens, but the age gap is still kinda significant though) and starts admiring him. A child that never had a father figure in his life, a child that was looking for some affection and safety that he couldn't get from his mother. And with time that admiration "turns into" actual feelings of love later on.
Sure. Yeah... Our older brother claims this whole thing is genuine and they both love each other, but... How could an adult ever really expect that to be true? It's a teenager. The adult should have been responsible here and just kept this down and kept it hidden, at least until the boy grows a bit older. I just can't get over the fact that this show pretends he's a good teacher while this is going on.

Eh...Generally speaking, the characters were quite okay though (for the level of toxicity we usually get to see in BL). I also enjoyed the growth of friendly relationships, not only the romantic ones. There was not much of pointless mishaps or characters struggling to understand each other. It should be a very pleasant series to watch.

But I just can't... I can't really enjoy a story about an adult dating a teenager, especially a student-teacher pair!
Of course, this is a show so it can portray something dramatic and perhaps illegal or wrong. I have no problems with that and I would usually welcome it as it makes for a better story, but- They could have made the kids graduate at the start so they are at least somewhat older. Or, I don't know, make them hide this relationship until our poor baby MC graduates. It would still be very dodgy, but at least no at school shenanigans which were rather disgusting.

I really like how the author decided to deal with some of the conflicts and you can definitly feel the difference between adult-teenage way of thinking, so technically the storytelling was well done. But why, oh why- is this shown as a good end? Why are other people, ESPECIALLY other adults, supporting it?

What happened here was DEFINITELY ILLEGAL and INCREDIBLY unhealthy.

I'm just very pissed off that this kind of story is considered "actually good" by a lot of people. It's not something that should be shown in that kind of way. Besides, the plot has it's own struggles. Especially regarding our great Mister Hero with all his police connections, beating up gansters and weird superhuman strenght... (눈_눈)

All that being said, I am giving this a decent score nontheless. It hurt me to watch it, but we all came here looking for BL and this kind of crap is nothing new. I think it's pretty high on the dodgy scale, but also, not the absolute worst.

...At least they did say a few times how this IS a crime and how the MC was NOT at fault for all of it. The adult is the responsible one here and if this was real life, I doubt anyone would be cheering him on. Somehow, acknowleging this is very unique in the world of BL. (≖､≖╬)
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