RaW Hero

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
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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.

Raw Hero is a work that alot of people reading it probably have an in-grained bias towards, as Akira Hiramoto lost a great deal of good will among fans after the controversial ending to Prison School. This being his first project since PS ended, readers tend to hold that ending against Raw Hero. Putting aside real life events, is Raw Hero any good? It is one of the weirdest works ive ever read, with bizarre plot plots, insane character motivations and backstories, extremely over the top fanservice, and you're basically more than halfway done the manga before the plot even starts. Point by point:

Story: Super weird. Sets itself up as kind of an X-Men superhero story, before becoming a crossdressing harem romance, with some chapters of pure sex comedy and some chapters of shonen fight scenes. I'm honestly not sure it even has a plot, given how seemingly random everything is. At the very least, the ending is extremely dissapointing, giving zero resolution to the romance, the superhero plots, and literally not mentioning what happened to a few of the major characters. The manga might be trying to make some kind of point that fixating on the larger plot is pointless and you should just have fun along the way, but it just comes off as disjointed and unsatisfying. I'd give it 4/10.

Art: Looks very similar to Prison School, which is to say really great. It emphasizes a sense of photorealism, which really highlights the clash between the insane events and the realistic visuals. Hiramoto also draws maybe the most fetishy manga women I've ever seen outside of Hentai, so if you enjoy that style you'll like this. 9/10

Character: Characters are polarizing, since they're not very fleshed out and seem to more be tools for comedy than actual human beings with personalities. I wanted to avoid making this whole review a comparison to Prison School, but the characters in PS had fleshed out personalities and were easy to become emotionally invested in, which I can't really say was the case for Raw Hero.

Enjoyment: Despite having so many flaws on a technichal level, the work is so idiosyncratic its hard not to at least have some fun with it. Hiramoto has a weirdly philosophical sense of humor and an earnest approach to life, so there are parts of it that are fun to read, but you have to get through the thick layer of bizarre crap and unexplained plot points to get to it.

Overall: 5/10. Its a work with alot of flaws, but at the very least it will stand out in your memory.

Final thoughts: Prison School's ending pissed people off because it was a manga they loved and the ending robbed them of a satisfying conclusion. While this ending was also rushed and unsatisfying (it may have been axed prematurely) I don't actually care enough about the story to be that upset by it.

Thanks to AloneScans for making it available in english

-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.