In un mondo in cui una parte del genere umano ha ottenuto delle abilità speciali c’è chi sta dalla parte della giustizia, e viene chiamato “eroe”, e chi compie dei crimini, e viene chiamato “mostro”. Chiaki, giovane disoccupato, è alla ricerca di un lavoro che gli permetta di mantenere i fratelli minori. Un giorno, mentre si sta recando a un colloquio importante, vede un maniaco che molesta una ragazza e, spinto dal suo senso di giustizia, interviene per aiutarla. Sarà proprio questo episodio che lo porterà a svolgere un certo “lavoro” a metà tra il bene e il male, la falsità e la verità, il dritto e il rovescio della medaglia...
I found out about this series when it showed up in the books list of someone I'm stalking on Goodreads. If I had paid attention to its terrible rating on the site, I would have missed a gem. This author's absurd, perverted humor is right up my alley. I don't know why I pay attention to ratings; how often do I agree with the majority on anything?
The story follows a bespectacled pretty boy in his early twenties. His parents died some time ago. He found himself responsible for taking care of his younger brother, who may be in high school, and of his other much younger brother, who's a kid. He has promised to them that he's going to get a great job that will pay well enough that they'll live in a highrise building instead of in their current hovel. His brothers dream of eating foods that most others take for granted. Anyway, no matter how many interviews our protagonist goes to, he remains unemployed.
One day he's on a train heading to another interview, but he notices that some guy wearing a suit is fingering a young woman. The protagonist's sense of justice doesn't allow him to let this pass, and he chooses to miss his interview and instead confront the molester. It turns out that the guy and the young woman were engaging in consensual mutual perversion. However, the older guy is impressed by the protagonist's earnestness and sense of justice, and he reveals that he's one of the big shots at the intelligence department of the country.
This version of Japan includes superpowered heroes as well as people that have undergone operations to become half-beast freaks. The older guy offers our protagonist a job as a spy: he'll have to infiltrate a small-time group of troublemakers who bother the government by spray painting, giving away leaflets and in general being annoying. For the most part, the government seems to want to make an example out of this group. However, its leader is a dangerous woman who goes by the stupid name of Jelly E. Fish.
The protagonist's employer is a volatile pervert severely lacking in common sense. Instead of giving his employee the suitcase with the instructions and professional-looking clothes that the protagonist should rely on to infiltrate the group, the older man gives him the wrong suitcase, that contains the skimpy costume that he intended his preferred escort to wear. The protagonist considers this a fucked up test that he has no choice but to pass in order to provide for his family. After a disastrous interview that involved receiving a facial from a half-elephant's trunk, he becomes a member of one of the propaganda wings of this shady organization.
What follows is an insane ride in which the protagonist has to pass for a woman, avoid getting found out as a spy, and resist the sexual attentions of both men and women. We meet through him an aspiring manga author in her late twenties who also lost her parents at an early age, who grew up with her grandparents in the deep country and now feels uneasy in society, and who has coped by producing romantic mangas that she aspires to publish. I found her the most relatable person in this story, the rock that provided the protagonist with a solid goal for which to endure his otherwise deranged existence.
Our guy is having a hard time: his life is becoming increasingly demented, and he needs to assert his strength and get taken seriously as a woman in the shady organization. Soon enough he finds himself crossdressing in public for no reason. He's losing the sense of his own identity, and at times he ceases to give a shit about anything.
The protagonist comes across the second most memorable secondary character of this tale: a hellishly sexy cosplayer and yandere who is also his neighbor. She immediately finds out that the protagonist is crossdressing; added to the guy's delicate genitals with which she quickly comes in contact, she becomes infatuated with our protagonist. She's also the kind that casually resorts to blackmail.
The plot is tight, the interactions between the characters are compelling and often hilarious, the women are gorgeous (half of the time, even our crossdressing protagonist), the series features lots of retarded crotch shots (even of our crossdressing protagonist), some dialogue bubbles come out of crotches.
My only issue with this story is that the author dropped the ball with that ending. I won't go into spoilers, but the protagonist and his romantic interest should have gotten a final scene, one notorious character survived when they should have ended up as dead as they come, and one of the most compelling characters disappeared as if the author forgot that they existed. Otherwise, if you are as much of a pervert as I am and you want to have a good time, I recommend this series.
Disclosure: I watched Prison School but did not read the manga. This type of sub genre in manga/anime is not typically my cup of tea, but Prison School had such over the top humor that was unique, it compelled me.
This shows promise. Chapters 1-3 were quite hilarious and riveting. Chapters 4-5, where more action takes place, was actually the lesser part of this volume for me.
The author hits more sexual angles than most manga would ever dare. One of the first panels is upskirt. Tasteful? Arguably not. I did not even want to like Prison School at first, but the wacky humor really caught me off guard.
There is a character with a sex worker he is paying throughout all 5 volumes in various acts. This author ties off the wall stuff like that into comedy and his story. It reminds me of dark comedy like Jimmy Carr. The fact that this author goes so far is a part of the magic formula.
Not to say too much on the story events, but there are people with super powers. Apparently, the gov’t is hiding a lot of information. There is a group set on trying to liberate that information, and our protagonist (in a misunderstanding) is hired to infiltrate an anti-gov’t group.
The suit he is given to wear to an interview( by the man with the sex worker) is accidentally swapped with a fictional idol character that the sex worker was supposed to role play as. The protagonist has two younger brothers to support and is very pressured to make a lot of money, forcing him far outside his comfort zone.
I’ll check out volume 2. Not sure if I’ll stick with this or not, the next 1-2 volumes may decide that.
Definitely a very niche author/subject matter within the manga field. Trying to give it 3 stars but the stars aren’t showing on the screen properly.
You know it's a quality manga when the very first thing you see after the (arguably, hot) cover is a panty shot. The first chapter showcases a train groper like you see in those quality movies coming from Japan. I read about those somewhere... The story features superheroes and a government agency that manages them in their fight with supervillains. Of course, there would be bad guys as well. The emotional side of the story is the best thing about it so far. The main character is a young man who is caring for his younger brothers by himself. He loves them and is a principled man who wants to do the right thing. That's exactly what his first job requires of him.
Chiaki has been trying to get a job for months after his father died. He is determined to take care of two younger brothers, the upset-from-hunger Chiharu and the confident-in-his-big-brother's-ability Chinatsu. Chiaki only needs to make it to his second interview with a company's president to finally become an honest salaryman. On the train ride there he notices a groper and quickly convinces himself he must act. He forces the man and his victim to get off the train, only to find out they were roleplaying. The groper offers to explain to the company president waiting on Chiaki that the young man's being late is not his fault, but fails quite comically. Chiaki despaires for once again failing to get hired, prompting the groper, Hyouichirou Tadano of the police's justice management team (JMT) to offer him a job.
Raw Hero is one of the weirdest manga works I have ever read. It has bizarre plots, insane character motivations and backstories, extremely over the top fan service, and you're basically more than halfway done the manga before a story begins to emerge.
Raw Hero sets itself up as kind of an X-Men superhero story, before becoming a cross dressing 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 disappointing, 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.
The art is very similar to Prison School, which is to say really great. It emphasises a sense of photo-realism, 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.
The characters are polarising, since they're not very fleshed out and seem to more be tools for comedy than actual human beings with personalities. It is difficult to emotionally connect with any of the characters we meet in volume 1.
Despite having so many flaws on a technical level, the Raw Hero is so idiosyncratic that its hard not to at least have some fun with it. Hiramoto has a weirdly philosophical sense of hum or 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.
Honestly.. I wasn’t a fan of the first few chapters, the artwork and funny characters are partially what kept me around. I found the manga to be a fun read, definitely made me laugh out loud a few times. The plot was decent, and there are a few minor plot holes, nothing detrimental. Raw Hero is written by the same mangaka that made Prison School. The artwork, line details, it’s all very well done. In my opinion it ties things together and makes this an enjoyable read. I also shamelessly enjoyed how the ecchi was incorporated, and all the “scenes”. The banana video was my favorite, it was freaking hilarious.
My favorite character so far is definitely Mariko, she’s really mvp of the manga for sure, shes been carrying it on her back.
I recently just finished volume 5, and things are definitely picking up and getting good. I still wish we got more history on the modifications that people can have done on their bodies, and how this lead to powers etc. That little plot hole doesn’t take away from the story though in my opinion.
Wow, what an incredible world they've created. Super-heroes. Super-villians. Cross-dressing grunts from evil organizations. And who's the blonde with no knickers??? Hmm, interesting, to be sure. I look forward to volume 2. Art, very good. It really draws you in. Dialogue, silly at times, but isn't that the way it goes with the capes & tights crowds? Posturing & monologing lol. Characters, believable, likeable, relatable & rather interesting.
Una serie muy divertida y delirante si entrás en la onda. El fan service es un poco molesto, al menos cuando no tiene algún sentido cómico o referido a la historia (si no tuviera tanto probablemente se llevaría 5 estrellas) pero el nivel de ridiculeces y humor que tiene le gana lejos. Se disfruta más si conocés un poco los códigos del super sentai, de donde parodia un montón. No es para todo el mundo.
Although RaW Hero is not the worst manga ever, I am not at all sold. While the premiss is interesting - young man with no money and a family to take cafe of embarks on a spy journey as an undercover woman - the rest cannot be said about character development and plot points. I agree there might be a targeted demografic for this on. But I am not it. Points for some laughs, though.
Alors, je vous avoue que je ne m’attendais absolument pas à ça lorsque j’ai lu ce manga. En lisant le résumé je m’attendais à quelque chose bien particulier. Mais finalement c’est tout autre chose! Mais je vous rassure, j’ai été surprise dans le bon sens. Ce premier tome fut une excellente découverte. J’ai passé un moment plus qu’agréable et surtout, j’ai énormément ris. Sincèrement, j’ai rarement autant ris devant un manga. C’était excellent, il me tarde d’avoir la suite entre les mains! Pour moi, ce premier tome est une grande réussite et nous promet une série palpitante.
On va se retrouver dans un monde où certaines personnes naissent avec des super-pouvoirs et les mettent à disposition de la justice. Nous allons suivre le personnage de Chiaki, un jeune homme qui doit subvenir aux besoins de ses frères dont il a la charge suite au décès de ses parents. Pauvre et résigné, il prendrait n’importe quel boulot qu’on lui propose. Alors qu’il se rend à un énième entretien d’embauche, il surprend un homme en train d’agresser sexuellement une jeune femme dans le métro. Il aimerait intervenir mais si il intervient il peut dire au revoir à son entretien d’embauche, or il a absolument besoin de ce travail. Mais il finit tout de même par intervenir. Cette décision, il aura eu raison de la prendre puisque l’agresseur en personne lui propose un travail hyper bien payé! C’est une nouvelle aventure qui s’offre à lui désormais…
Une des choses que je retiens de ce premier tome c’est que c’était tellement drôle! Au début, j’ai eu beaucoup de peine pour Chiaki. Il s’occupe de ses deux frères seuls et doit subvenir à leurs besoins. Mais sans travail c’es très compliqué. Leurs histoires est vraiment touchante. Mais lorsque l’agresseur qu’il arrête dans le métro lui propose un travail hyper bien payé, là les choses deviennent plus intéressantes. Le pauvre Chiaki se retrouve dans une situation pour le moins dérangeante lors de son entretien pour son nouveau travail. Le pire c’est que de base ce n’était pas censé se passer de cette manière. Mais alors pour nous, lecteurs, c’est un moment particulièrement épique qui m’a fait mourir de rire littéralement. Je ne peux pas trop vous en dire sinon je vais devoir vous spoiler mais vraiment le moment de son entretien m’a fait partir en fou rire.
Ce premier tome est très prometteur. Je sens que l’on ne vas pas s’ennuyer le moins du monde avec cette nouvelle série. L’histoire est pleine d’humour, les personnages sont attachants et la suite est intrigante. Je me demande ce qu’il va se passer par la suite. Surtout lorsque l’on voit la fin de ce premier tome, une fin haletante qui donne envie de se jeter sur la suite immédiatement! J’ai beaucoup trop hâte de découvrir la second tome! Raw Hero est vraiment une excellente découverte pour moi!
Pour les fans de prison school, vous serez ravie de découvrir ce nouveau titre d’Akira Hiramoto, mais pour ceux qui le découvrent comme moi, cela peut être une belle mise en abyme du mangaka !
Chiaki est un jeune homme qui enchaîne les entretiens, dans le but de trouver un emploi afin de subvenir aux besoins de sa famille. En effet, il s’occupe à lui seul de ses deux petits frères et il est prêt à tout pour eux.
Un jour, alors qu’il est dans le métro pour se rendre à un rendez-vous, il surprend un homme tripotant une femme. Ni une ni deux, il prend le risque d’être en retard, pour venir en aide à cette demoiselle. Sauf qu’en réalité, cela était un jeu sexuel entre les deux jeunes gens qui sortent ensemble. Chiaki se sent confus, mais en plus, il a manqué la chance de se rendre à son entretien. C’est alors que celui qu’il avait pris pour un pervers va lui offrir une offre intéressante qu’il ne peut refuser. Devenir la taupe au sein de la SALF, une organisation qui veut décrédibiliser les super-héros.
Tout d’abord, je tiens à le rappeler même si j’ai mis un warning un peu plus haut, que ce manga est un ecchi qui contient des scènes très explicites, il n’est donc pas à mettre entre toutes les mains !
Ensuite, l’histoire m’a vraiment bien plu. C’était la première fois que je lisais ce mangaka et ce fut une belle découverte. Dès le début, j’y ai découvert une ambiance particulière qui se dégage de ce manga.
Il y a également une forme de dénonciation par moments des personnages sur le fait que certain homme profite de la naïveté de certaines femmes pour profiter d’elle et cela m’a bien plu !
Pour faire simple, dans ce manga on alterne entre scène d’humour graveleuse et salace, le tout centré sur un personnage prêt à tout pour aider sa famille.
En bref, c’est un titre vraiment intéressant et il me tarde de voir comment les choses évolueront dans les prochains tomes !
Chiaki, é un ragazzo come gli altri ma porta un grande peso sulle spalle. Dopo esser rimasto orfano ha una promessa da mantenere nei confronti del proprio defunto padre, mantenere i suoi due fratelli minori. É costretto a trovare lavoro ma i suoi colloqui non finiscono mai bene. Mentre si dirige verso il prossimo appuntamento vede sul treno un uomo palpare una ragazza ed il suo senso di giustizia lo costringe ad agire nel tentativo di placare le continue molestie, pur sapendo che così perderà la possibilità di arrivare in tempo al colloquio. Scopre invece che l'uomo non era un maniaco ma che quello era un perverso gioco che lui e la ragazza erano soliti fare, ma ormai é troppo tardi, arrabbiato con se stesso si rassegna ad aver perso un'altra possibilità di lavoro, se non fosse che il molestatore in verità è un pezzo grosso dell'Agenzia Nazionale di Polizia e che gli proporrà un lavoro ben pagato che lo porterà a lavorare come spia infiltrata nell'organizzazione malvagia.
Primo volume molto divertente e pieno di colpi di scena, con disegni molto dettagliati e ricchi di scene esplicite e sessualmente spinte che potrebbero turbare qualche lettore.