TV series

Hitorijime My Hero

2017 · 1 season

A gentle, sentimental romance that drifts through school days and small emotional beats, easy to sink into.

Overview: 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 Kosuke Oshiba.
How it feels: Romantic, warm, melancholic and earnest. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Love, coming-of-age, identity, found family
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: romanticstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
coming-of-age
identity
found family
loyalty
Places: school
small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: animation, comedy
Starring: Tomoaki Maeno, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Toshiki Masuda, Shinnosuke Tachibana
Length: 1 seasons, 12 episodes, 24 min each
Network: AT-X
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese