Raw Hero

Raw Hero
First tankōbon volume cover
Genre
Manga
Written byAkira Hiramoto
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineEvening
Original runSeptember 25, 2018 – August 11, 2020
Volumes6
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Raw Hero (stylized as RaW HERO) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Hiramoto. It was serialized in Kodansha's Evening from September 2018 to August 2020, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Yen Press.

Plot

Chiaki is an unemployed young adult desperately job hunting to support his two brothers. On the way to an interview he stops a man from groping a woman. The assault was actually a consensual role-play by a government agent named Tadano who offers Chiaki a job with the Justice Management Team (JMT). The agency combats super-powered villians with an ultimate goal to dismantle the criminal organization Special Abilities Liberation Front (SALF). Desperate for cash, Chiaki accepts the job and is tasked with becoming a double-agent in SALF. Chiaki enters a SALF recruitment event where he mistakenly cross-dresses when he grabs a suitcase that was intended for one of Tadano's role-play sessions. The leaders of SALF take pity on Chiaki and let him join as a foot soldier in a low-level operations team with the cowardly Ryuu Hoshi, a man named Cobain who does not speak Japanese, and their dog Possan.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Akira Hiramoto, Raw Hero was serialized in Kodansha's Evening from September 25, 2018, to August 11, 2020. Kodansha collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from February 22, 2019, to September 23, 2020.

In North America, the series is licensed for English release by Yen Press.

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1February 22, 2019978-4-06-514552-4February 25, 2020978-1-97-539924-5
2June 21, 2019978-4-06-516076-3July 21, 2020978-1-97-531284-8
3September 19, 2019978-4-06-517257-5October 20, 2020978-1-97-531459-0
4January 23, 2020978-4-06-518282-6April 20, 2021978-1-97-532338-7
5May 22, 2020978-4-06-519584-0July 27, 2021978-1-97-532429-2
6September 23, 2020978-4-06-520715-4February 22, 2022978-1-97-533568-7

References

  1. 1 2 3 "RaW Hero, Vol. 1". Yen Press. Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  2. ↑ Ressler, Karen (September 11, 2018). "Prison School's Akira Hiramoto Launches New Manga on September 25". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  3. ↑ 「監獄学園」平本アキラの新作「RaW HERO」がイブニングで連載開始. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 25, 2018. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  4. ↑ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 15, 2020). "Prison School's Akira Hiramoto Ends RaW Hero Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  5. ↑ "撃墜王"菅野直の活躍を描く本格戦記、イブニング新連載「紫電改343」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 11, 2020. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  6. 1 2 【2月22日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. February 22, 2019. Archived from the original on November 24, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  7. 1 2 【9月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 23, 2020. Archived from the original on January 4, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  8. ↑ Sherman, Jennifer (July 4, 2019). "Yen Press Adds The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious, 13 More Manga/Novels (Updated)". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  9. ↑ 【6月21日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. June 21, 2019. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  10. ↑ "RaW Hero, Vol. 2". Yen Press. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  11. ↑ 【9月19日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. September 19, 2019. Archived from the original on August 22, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  12. ↑ "RaW Hero, Vol. 3". Yen Press. Archived from the original on June 2, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  13. ↑ 【1月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 23, 2020. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  14. ↑ "RaW Hero, Vol. 4". Yen Press. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  15. ↑ 【5月22日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 22, 2020. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2026.
  16. ↑ "RaW Hero, Vol. 5". Yen Press. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  17. ↑ "RaW Hero, Vol. 6". Yen Press. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.