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MY HOME HERO

ANIME

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
12
RELEASE
June 18, 2023
LENGTH
24 min

DESCRIPTION

After killing his daughter’s abusive yakuza boyfriend to save her, ordinary salaryman Tetsuo Tosu becomes embroiled in the dark criminal underworld. The wish for a simple life he and his wife Kasen had for their daughter has been reduced to a wish for survival. Though middle-aged and weak, he’ll put his life on the line using only his wits in order to protect his family.

(Source: Crunchyroll)

CAST

Tetsuo Tosu
Junichi Suwabe
Kasen Tosu
Sayaka Oohara
Kyouichi Majima
Kento Itou
Reika Tosu
Chihiro Shirata
Kubo
Akio Ootsuka
Yoshiatsu Matori
Shinichirou Miki
Hibiki
Rumi Ookubo
Nobuto Matori
Keita Tada
Shino
Kouichi Yamadera
Takeda
Katsuhiro Tokuishi
Toshi Tabata
Mitsuhiro Sakamaki

EPISODES

Dubbed

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REVIEWS

Mcsuper
63/100
A Suspenseful Thriller Held Back By Its Production
The mystery/crime thriller genre is a difficult genre to create a masterpiece in. A tight-knit story with a high level of suspense, while keeping the contrivances and convolutions low is most definitely a tough task, and even more of a tough task to satisfy all viewers. “My Home Hero” has its fair share of suspense to keep you on the edge of your seat at times, but unfortunately, it had a very low budget to work with, making the important moments not hit as hard as they should be. However, it still did a good job at making some of the characters feel realistic to an extent.

The set up for the show is relatively simple, as it’s about a normal man, Tosu Tetsuo, doing whatever it takes to protect his family, even it means murdering someone in cold blood to save his daughter. In doing so, he gets the yakuza on his tail, and he has to attempt to diffuse the situation and cover up his murder to save his family. The idea of protecting your family is present in both the protagonist’s and antagonist’s point of view, and the story attempts to make you feel for the characters, even the villains. As with most mystery/thriller shows, there are moments that aren’t particularly well written, and you question the intelligence and consistency of some of the actions of the characters.

I suppose the most difficult thing to believe, or something that requires a degree of suspension of disbelief, is how the characters are so skilled in escaping the yakuza, despite being seemingly a normal family. Tosu Tetsuo, the protagonist, gets his skills from reading and writing mystery novels, which is quite an interesting concept, though admittedly a bit flimsy. His wife, Kasen, was quite a highlight of the show, as she was able to support her husband extremely well, and together, they made an excellent tag team. One major complaint I would have is towards the daughter, Reika, who despite being the focus of the initial conflict, didn’t play much of a role in the story, and felt a bit too oblivious to what her parents were doing.

What I did like about the characters however, is how realistic they felt at points, especially selling the point that they aren’t experts at crime, especially on the emotional side of things. One might criticize Tetsuo for not acting when he had a chance to resolve the issue, perhaps by killing another person, but you got to recognize, he’s just a normal human being with empathy. I also liked some of the fights, as they were realistically awkward and clumsy, because the characters were never trained to fight. It was a good touch for sure.

The other major issue is obviously the animation, which was extremely stiff and took away from the major moments of the show. I honestly feel a live action adaptation might have worked better than this anime. However, the soundtrack was quite decent, and had a level of a thrilling tone to it to help compliment the show.

Overall, the show’s fine, but just severely held back by the production values unfortunately. The story had its ups and downs, and requires a fair share of suspension of disbelief. It’s a fine showing of a crime thriller, but lacked the execution to make it stand out from the other shows in this anime season.
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R2R
68/100
Well written story but it has better alternatives.
https://anilist.co/anime/151189/My-Home-Hero/

I didn't exactly planned on making this so this is going to be pretty small review.

Everyday life. We got our struggles, we got our hopes. We got someone we love and someone we hate. We got something good and bad at every corner, but we have control over it. At least we believe so, but that's kind of the point. Having a belief, that tomorrow's going to be a better day. But like someone once said, "Life fucks everyone".

Family

For Tosu Tetsuo, his family (his annoyingly oblivious daughter, to be precise) is what rises problems but it is also what grants him power, a reason to push forward. While the story tackles some other notable themes like Justice, Survival, Teamwork etc., it ultimately is about a father trying to protect what he loves, a son trying to get back what he lost, and a father trying to avenge his son. It's all about family.
The story does a great job at maintaining this suspense, and works well as a fine thriller. Though one thing that the show glosses over is the daughter. She's really left as a plot point, with her presence bringing an air of annoyance since the characters we know would be going through a lot of crap because of her flaws while she's over her room watching cat videos.
One thing I particularly like about the story is how it shows Tetsuo's weakness. For all his "all according to keikaku" planning, the show makes it point that he's still weak, makes mistakes and sometimes all he can do is pray. Though it might pull some asspulls every now and then. It also does a good job at highlighting the moral dilemma he faces, being crushed by the wait of his sins.

Production

I'm pretty sure the manga benefits from this, because this Anime really highlights it's story and writing, by having a weak production. From it's almost slideshow-ish animation, poor action scenes, bland opening song and generic sound; it's production is ultimately it's downfall. I guess the only selling point in production would be voice acting.

Similar stories

There are plenty of other movies/shows that follow a similar plotline like,
Devotion of Suspect X (Novel) and it's adaptations across multiple languages and countries.
And of course Drishyam, which is loosely based on Devotion X, which currently available in like 4 different languages, and an unnecessary but still entertaining sequel. The anime has been compared to this pretty often during the beginning of the show's airing, but it's pretty different from that, though the tone and overall themes are pretty much the same.
Or
Just read the manga :)

Conclusion

This is an engaging thriller/drama that's working with a low budget. It's watchable but there are better options.
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dihahah
70/100
A good thriller that unfortunately fell short of expectation
Plot

The overarching plot of the show is about the main character, Tetsuo, trying to cover up the murder of his daughter’s boyfriend in an attempt to protect her. This sounds fairly simple and straightforward. However, the show presented Tetsuo’s elaborate scheme to do anything to not get discovered. The show presented this in a very convoluted manner and halfway through the series it was hard to keep up (especially when you are watching one episode per week). The show cycles through the format where they present the outcome and show short flashbacks as to how Tetsuo and his wife get to the outcome. This made the flow a bit confusing and hard to follow. At the same time, the show also tried to insert backstories to explain more about the characters, adding to the confusion.

As for the methods itself, they were pretty interesting but as mentioned earlier they could have been explained in a more creative manner instead of just monologues inside Tetsuo’s head. Shows like Summertime Rendering come to mind, where there is a single end goal and the plans taken to achieve are portrayed in a creative and clear manner. Nevertheless, My Home Hero has its fair share of action and suspense. These mostly came in the last three episodes where Tetsuo carries out the final stage of his plan. Until then, there was not really much suspense. In the end, whenever Tetsuo is highly suspected, he just gets away somehow.

There is also an element of luck at play here which I do not enjoy. We never saw a moment where his plans had a major flaw and was backed into a corner with no way out. Perhaps this is to convey the message that family is important and the resilience he has to protect his daughter till the end. No man is an island and he had his wife supporting him every step of the way.

Characters

Funnily enough, I felt more sympathy for Kyoichi than for Tetsuo. At least we got to see different sides of Kyoichi: when he is vulnerable, when he is strict and when he is being loyal to the organization. For Tetsuo he never looked strong, always meek and worried as he carried out plans, which annoyed me throughout the whole show. I guess there is some juxtaposition that he may look fragile on the outside but is actually cold hearted and cynical on the inside (we did get a snippet of this at the very end). At the end of the day, he is doing it for his daughter right?

Kasen was more peculiar as when she first saw the body, she agreed to help Tetsuo without an inch of hesitation or surprise. I was honestly taken aback. The show did attempt to involve the daughter in the case but that was unfortunately short lived. They did try to bring an angle that the daughter too cared about the family and she was strong and independent. However that was shoved under the rug within one episode.

Animation

The animation generally, for most of the show, was alright. As someone who watched Human Bug University, this is not the worst animation I’ve seen. However, there were some serious moments in the show that could have been more intensified with better animation. Still frames with sketchy special effects did not cut it. There was a mismatch of voice and visuals. Voice acting was expressive but plastered on non-expressive facial expressions, it seemed odd. Nothing notable about the OP and ED either.

On the whole, My Home Hero has an interesting premise but lackluster execution. There were some emotional moments especially when it came to Tetsuo’s past and the reasons for his actions. However, we had to sit tight till the good part. The show did get a bit philosophical at the end and I wished there was more discussion throughout the show whether Tetsuo’s actions were justified or not.
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