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Enter the Hero: My Yokai Girls
After Dylan moves to Osaka, a strange interaction grants him the power to see demons and monsters from Japanese folklore. Burning with a desire to help the people being harmed by these terrible forces, Dylan finds an answer in the devastatingly beautiful and mysterious Ayane.
Through her, Dylan learns there are more sinister and deadly monsters than anyone could imagine. Evil yokai have plagued Japan for centuries and the threat is escalating.
But not all yokai are evil. Will his new-found power be enough to protect the innocents and vanquish the spawn of the abyss?
Through her, Dylan learns there are more sinister and deadly monsters than anyone could imagine. Evil yokai have plagued Japan for centuries and the threat is escalating.
But not all yokai are evil. Will his new-found power be enough to protect the innocents and vanquish the spawn of the abyss?
406 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 2025
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October 6, 2025
It’s fine, a perfectly readable and serviceable entry into the ever-growing canon of harem-lit. Most of the problems I have with it are more personal taste, but as objective as I can be: if you are looking for a solid fantasy harem adventure with some Japanese flavor, you could do a lot worse. I believe in judging a work of art by what it is attempting to be instead of complaining about what it has no ambition being, and this book has no higher ambition than to be escapist wish-fulfillment. The author has plenty of love for Japanese culture and media, and it seems to me that he has at least some familiarity with it outside of anime. If you love harem stories and supernatural ladies, it just might be your jam.
That being said, I was let down a bit reading this book. To disclose, harem literature is never my first choice in romance; I find that it tends too easily towards a “collect the whole set” mentality rather than actually developing meaningful relationships, and this story was no exception. Our first lady (who is ever so conveniently bi, presumably like the rest of the forthcoming polycule) is ready to get in our MC’s pants after the first date for no real reason, and the other yokai ladies are similarly DTF because our hero is the Chosen One destined to use their power to fight evil.
Which brings us to the plot: the MC, for reasons never really made clear, is apparently destined to collect this yokai harem to fight “The Dusk,” a supernatural force that feeds off people’s evil thoughts. If you’ve been in the harem-lit, or even anime/manga scene for any length of time, you’ve seen similar setups of harem power-ups. The execution of it is decent enough, and I did find myself drawn into the MC’s journey despite it being otherwise generic.
Our hero is a Nice Enough Guy, having sufficient personality to want to see him succeed while still being blank enough of a slate to project onto. While I did suffer some flashbacks to it, our hero (and the work as a whole, for that matter) manages to avoid the worst of the unpleasant arrogance and Mary-Sue traits that plague other wish-fulfillment stories, such as Ready Player One (a work truly the nadir of self-fellating wish-fulfillment).
The last point worth mentioning is of course the spice scenes with our cast of lovely ladies. They seemed off to me for reasons I can’t seem to articulate, and I found my eyes glazing over each time a new scene showed up, bored by the rote and flavorless description by our MC of how talented he was. It did, however, elicit a laugh when I read his confident assertion of possessing 8 inches. Truly, this man is the hero we need, and he shall solve all the world’s problems when he comes.
All told, as I said before, it’s fine and perfectly readable. I don’t find myself eager to pick up the other 2 currently available volumes, but perhaps another day I will when the ‘to read’ list runs a little dry.
That being said, I was let down a bit reading this book. To disclose, harem literature is never my first choice in romance; I find that it tends too easily towards a “collect the whole set” mentality rather than actually developing meaningful relationships, and this story was no exception. Our first lady (who is ever so conveniently bi, presumably like the rest of the forthcoming polycule) is ready to get in our MC’s pants after the first date for no real reason, and the other yokai ladies are similarly DTF because our hero is the Chosen One destined to use their power to fight evil.
Which brings us to the plot: the MC, for reasons never really made clear, is apparently destined to collect this yokai harem to fight “The Dusk,” a supernatural force that feeds off people’s evil thoughts. If you’ve been in the harem-lit, or even anime/manga scene for any length of time, you’ve seen similar setups of harem power-ups. The execution of it is decent enough, and I did find myself drawn into the MC’s journey despite it being otherwise generic.
Our hero is a Nice Enough Guy, having sufficient personality to want to see him succeed while still being blank enough of a slate to project onto. While I did suffer some flashbacks to it, our hero (and the work as a whole, for that matter) manages to avoid the worst of the unpleasant arrogance and Mary-Sue traits that plague other wish-fulfillment stories, such as Ready Player One (a work truly the nadir of self-fellating wish-fulfillment).
The last point worth mentioning is of course the spice scenes with our cast of lovely ladies. They seemed off to me for reasons I can’t seem to articulate, and I found my eyes glazing over each time a new scene showed up, bored by the rote and flavorless description by our MC of how talented he was. It did, however, elicit a laugh when I read his confident assertion of possessing 8 inches. Truly, this man is the hero we need, and he shall solve all the world’s problems when he comes.
All told, as I said before, it’s fine and perfectly readable. I don’t find myself eager to pick up the other 2 currently available volumes, but perhaps another day I will when the ‘to read’ list runs a little dry.
March 1, 2025
a throbbing good time!
*Enter the Hero: My Yokai Girls* is a surprisingly fun read. Dylan, a nerdy guy obsessed with Japanese culture, gets pulled into a supernatural world when he meets Ayane and the other yokai girls. Their chemistry is great, and the romance is steamy without feeling over the top. It strikes a good balance between humor, heart, and just enough spice to keep things interesting. Overall, it’s a unique and enjoyable mix of fantasy and romance that keeps you hooked.
I hope this author gives another book a shot! I would love to see what else Dylan has in store for the future!
*Enter the Hero: My Yokai Girls* is a surprisingly fun read. Dylan, a nerdy guy obsessed with Japanese culture, gets pulled into a supernatural world when he meets Ayane and the other yokai girls. Their chemistry is great, and the romance is steamy without feeling over the top. It strikes a good balance between humor, heart, and just enough spice to keep things interesting. Overall, it’s a unique and enjoyable mix of fantasy and romance that keeps you hooked.
I hope this author gives another book a shot! I would love to see what else Dylan has in store for the future!
April 10, 2025
There is a reason people get infatuated with Japan and its culture
April 12, 2025
Good Read 👍
I thoroughly enjoyed it. I sincerely hope that the rest of you out there enjoy it as much as I did.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. I sincerely hope that the rest of you out there enjoy it as much as I did.
March 12, 2025
For a first time author in the genre, the book was pretty good, but not great. The author fell into a few of the traps I've seen from new authors.
The MC moves from the U.S. to Japan to teach English. He's got some otaku in him, but otherwise is pretty normal. He touches a hair in a shop and suddenly starts to see purple goop around people acting hostile. This begins his journey into the world of Yokai and other Japanese lore.
The MC is decent, but things come pretty easy for him, especially with the women. The first woman he meets is interested in him, and she's from the society that fights the Yokai incursions. He's obviously the "destined one", though nobody is calling him that. That trope is common with new authors.
The harem is 2 women by the end of the book, and the third is going to join probably in the first 25-50 pages of the next book. The woman from the society that fights the Yokai, and that is a fairly normal romance start. The Yokai women, however, need to have sex to recharge. So they are very forward and up front about getting their recharge done. I am not a fan on this type of thing, because it feels more like the MC is a battery to the women, and not someone they truly love. Even if they do consider him their "mate" after the first time.
I'm hesitant on the next book in this series, since things are being telegraphed so much. We already know to expect 7 total women in the harem.
The MC moves from the U.S. to Japan to teach English. He's got some otaku in him, but otherwise is pretty normal. He touches a hair in a shop and suddenly starts to see purple goop around people acting hostile. This begins his journey into the world of Yokai and other Japanese lore.
The MC is decent, but things come pretty easy for him, especially with the women. The first woman he meets is interested in him, and she's from the society that fights the Yokai incursions. He's obviously the "destined one", though nobody is calling him that. That trope is common with new authors.
The harem is 2 women by the end of the book, and the third is going to join probably in the first 25-50 pages of the next book. The woman from the society that fights the Yokai, and that is a fairly normal romance start. The Yokai women, however, need to have sex to recharge. So they are very forward and up front about getting their recharge done. I am not a fan on this type of thing, because it feels more like the MC is a battery to the women, and not someone they truly love. Even if they do consider him their "mate" after the first time.
I'm hesitant on the next book in this series, since things are being telegraphed so much. We already know to expect 7 total women in the harem.
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