My Home Hero

My Home Hero (Japanese: マイホームヒーロー, Hepburn: Mai Hōmu Hīrō) is a Japanese manga series written by Naoki Yamakawa and illustrated by Masashi Asaki. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine since May 2017, with its chapters collected in 19 tankōbon volumes as of January 2023. An anime television series adaptation by Tezuka Productions is set to premiere in April 2023.

My Home Hero
Cover of the first tankōbon volume
マイホームヒーロー
(Mai Hōmu Hīrō)
GenreCrime, suspense[1][2]
Manga
Written byNaoki Yamakawa
Illustrated byMasashi Asaki
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintYoung Magazine KC
MagazineWeekly Young Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 29, 2017 – present
Volumes19
Anime television series
Directed byTakashi Kamei
Written byKōhei Kiyasu
Music byKenji Kawai
StudioTezuka Productions
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original run April 2023 – scheduled

Characters
Tetsuo Tosu (鳥栖 哲雄, Tosu Tetsuo)
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe[3]
Kasen Tosu (鳥栖 歌仙, Tosu Kasen)
Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara[3]
Reika Tosu (鳥栖 零花, Tosu Reika)
Voiced by: Chihiro Shirata[3]
Kyōichi Majima (間島 恭一, Majima Kyōichi)
Voiced by: Kent Itō[3]
Yoshitatsu Matori (麻取 義辰, Matori Yoshitatsu)
Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki[3]
Nobuto Matori (麻取 延人, Matori Nobuto)
Voiced by: Keita Tada[3]
Hibiki (響)
Voiced by: Rumi Okubo[3]
Kubo (窪)
Voiced by: Akio Otsuka[3]
Shino (志野)
Voiced by: Koichi Yamadera[4]
Takeda (竹田)
Voiced by: Katsuhiro Tokuichi[4]
Bin Tabata (田端 敏, Tabata Bin)
Voiced by: Mitsuhiro Sakamaki[4]

Media

Manga

My Home Hero, written by Naoki Yamakawa and illustrated by Masashi Asaki, began in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine on May 29, 2017.[5][6] In February 2021, it was announced that the series would reach its climax.[7] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on September 6, 2017.[8] As of January 6, 2023, nineteen volumes have been released.[9]

The manga is licensed in France by Kurokawa,[10] in Spain by ECC Ediciones,[11] and in North America by Kodansha USA.[12]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 September 6, 2017[13]978-4-06-510139-1February 28, 2023[14]978-1-68-491382-4
2 December 6, 2017[15]978-4-06-510543-6March 28, 2023[16]978-1-68-491436-4
3 March 6, 2018[17]978-4-06-511107-9——
4 June 6, 2018[18]978-4-06-511555-8——
5 September 6, 2018[19]978-4-06-512699-8——
6 January 4, 2019[20]978-4-06-514178-6——
7 April 5, 2019[21]978-4-06-515194-5——
8 July 5, 2019[22]978-4-06-516365-8——
9 November 6, 2019[23]978-4-06-517730-3——
10 February 6, 2020[24]978-4-06-518478-3——
11 June 5, 2020[25]978-4-06-519993-0——
12 September 4, 2020[26]978-4-06-520690-4——
13 February 5, 2021[27]978-4-06-522303-1——
14 May 6, 2021[28]978-4-06-523348-1——
15 August 5, 2021[29]978-4-06-524355-8——
16 November 5, 2021[30]978-4-06-525840-8——
17 February 4, 2022[31]978-4-06-526783-7——
18 October 6, 2022[32]978-4-06-529426-0——
19 January 6, 2023[9]978-4-06-530380-1——

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 19, 2022.[33][34] The series is produced by Tezuka Productions and directed by Takashi Kamei, with scripts written by Kōhei Kiyasu, character designs by Masatsune Noguchi, and music composed by Kenji Kawai. It is set to premiere in April 2023.[3] The opening theme song is "Ai no Uta" (愛の歌, "Song of Love") by Chiai Fujikawa, while the ending theme song is "Decided" by Dizzy Sunfist.[35] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.[36]

Reception

As of June 2022, the manga had over 2 million copies in circulation.[33]

Erwan Lafleuriel of IGN France called the first volume of My Home Hero a "very effective thriller" and compared its premise to the American television series Breaking Bad.[37]

See also

References
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  3. Pineda, Rafael (September 29, 2022). "My Home Hero Anime's 1st Teaser Reveals Cast, Staff, April 2023 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  4. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 23, 2023). "My Home Hero Anime Unveils More Cast, New Visual". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
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  11. 'Batto', David J. (November 3, 2018). "ECC Ediciones licencia el manga seinen My Home Hero". Ramen Para Dos (in Spanish). Retrieved January 27, 2021.
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  35. Pineda, Rafael (February 2, 2023). "My Home Hero Anime Posts 1st Video, Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
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