My Home Hero, a crime suspense series currently being serialized in Young Magazine, is scheduled to be aired as an anime from April 2023. The story is about an ordinary salaryman who, in a fit of rage, kills a gangster who is trying to kill his daughter, and then walks a tightrope to carry out the perfect crime. Once he decides to commit a crime, the protagonist is completely overwhelmed, but is powerless to deal with the gangsters and cult that are relentlessly pursuing him with strong measures, but he uses his imagination and courage to overcome the situation. In this article, we would like to introduce Yamakawa Naoki, the original author of My Home Hero, and Asamoto Masashi, the illustrator!
About Naoki Yamakawa, the original author of My Home Hero
He is originally from Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, and is currently active as a manga author. His representative works include My Home Hero, which is serialized in Young Magazine, and he is also the original author of I'm Standing on a Million Lives in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. As a manga, he won an honorable mention in the Magazine Grand Prix in September 2014 for "Open World/Guerrilla Serfs >> Active", and I'm Standing on a Million Lives is based on that work.
What kind of work is his representative work, I'm Standing on a Million Lives?
"I'm Standing on a Million Lives", serialized in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, is a work in which the protagonist is summoned to another world, but in reality, like GANTZ, the protagonist usually lives in the real world, and when the time comes, he is summoned to the other world and forced to complete a mission in the form of an MMORPG. In the other world, the protagonist feels almost no pain, and even if he dies, he can be revived after some time has passed. However, depending on the circumstances of his death, he cannot be revived, and he will either all die or the mission will fail and he will die in the real world. It is a work that combines MMORPG and GANTZ. The first season has been airing since October 2020, and the second season since July 2021.
Introducing the synopsis of I'm Standing on a Million Lives!
One day, the protagonist, Yusuke Yotsuya, who hates socializing, is suddenly transported to a parallel world modeled after an MMORPG with his classmates Iu Shindo and Kosue Hakozaki. There, he is unilaterally notified of a quest by a mysterious game master, and he must complete the quest with the two of them. Yotsuya, who has a rational personality and makes decisions quickly once he decides to do something, sometimes acts alone and earns the dislike of his companions, but he is an indispensable presence in order to clear the quests. Then, in order to clear the quests, he meets the next companions and gradually approaches the game.
What do I Stand on a Million Lives and My Home Hero have in common?
Since the original author is the same, the two works have some things in common. One is that the protagonist has a great personality. Although they both know in their heads that it is rational and beneficial to do so, they easily decide to do things that they would not normally be able to do. In short, the protagonists are crazy. Another thing they have in common is that they deal with the dark side of society and social issues, such as gangs and cults.
About Masashi Asaki, the illustrator of My Home Hero
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Masashi Asaki is from Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. He often works on original works, and in the past he has published works under the name Masayoshi Ochibe. He mainly works on suspense and socially conscious works, and often draws works by Yuma Ando (also known as Shin Kibayashi, etc.), and several spin-off works have been serialized for his representative work, Psychometer EIJI.
What kind of work is his representative work, Psychometer EIJI?
The genre is mystery, but the protagonist has a psychic (the ability to read the residual thoughts of things he touches), and approaches the truth of the incident and the culprit from information that cannot be reached through normal investigations. The original author's work, "The Kindaichi Case Files," was a detective mystery without the occult or supernatural powers, but this work is based on the occult, namely supernatural powers, and often involves conflicts with sadistic murderers and terrorists.
Psychometer EIJI synopsis introduction!
Asuma Eiji, a delinquent high school student, is a psychic who can read the fragmented memories left on things he touches, but he has not revealed his secret to anyone except a few people around him. However, when his younger sister Emi gets caught up in a series of rape and murder cases, Shima Ryoko, a beautiful detective from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division, discovers his ability, and they become partners and solve the case. From then on, the two continue to solve various cases with Eiji's abilities at the core.
What kind of work is his representative work, Kunimitsu no Masa?
A spin-off work starring the character Muto Kunimitsu, who appeared in Psychometer EIJI. Kunimitsu is a typical delinquent and stupid, but has a very straightforward personality, and after a certain incident, he aims to become a politician. It has also been made into a TV drama. Another spin-off work from Psychometer EIJI is "Debusen," which was serialized in Young Magazine.
Summary of Kunimitsu no Masa!
After a certain incident, Muto Kunimitsu, a yankee from Tokyo's downtown area, decides to become a politician. He is ordered by his master, Congressman Makihara, to become the secretary of Sakagami Ryoma. He is quick to fight and has no idea about politics, but with the help of his charisma, good luck, and the help of his friends, he fights through the mayoral election of Chibagasaki City.
【My Home Hero】Summary about the author
I have summarized the original author of My Home Hero, Yamakawa Naoki, and the illustrator Asamoto Masashi, who will be animated from April 2023. The original author, Yamakawa, is also the author of I'm Standing on a Million Lives, which is serialized in Bessatsu Magazine, and the illustrator, Nao Akito, was also the illustrator for Tendo Yuma (under the alias Aoki Yuya) and was an assistant to Asamoto, so it may have been through these connections that they decided to team up.
