My Home Hero
My Home Hero is a Japanese manga series written by Naoki Yamakawa and illustrated by Masashi Asaki. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from May 2017 to July 2024, with its chapters collected in 26 volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Tezuka Productions aired from April to June 2023. A live-action television drama premiered in October 2023. A live-action film premiered in Japanese theatres in March 2024.
Plot
A normal salaryman, Tetsuo Tosu, discovers that his adult daughter Reika is being physically and emotionally abused by her new boyfriend, a young man named Nobuto. Soon after discovering that Nobuto has a history of murdering other girls that he has dated in the past and is currently trying to get money from Reika's grandparents before planning to dispose of her as well, Tetsuo murders Nobuto. He then resolves to commit "the perfect crime" and hides the body with the help of his wife, Kasen. However, Nobuto was the only son of Yoshitatsu Matori, who runs a powerful yakuza branch in the city. While Tetsuo wishes to protect his family, he must now deal with Matori's men as they threaten his family to find out what happened to Nobuto.Characters
;Tetsuo Tosu;Kasen Tosu
;Reika Tosu
;Kyōichi Majima
;Nobuto Matori
;Yoshitatsu Matori
;Hibiki
;Kubo
;Shino
;Takeda
;Bin Tabata
Media
Manga
Written by Naoki Yamakawa and illustrated by Masashi Asaki, My Home Hero was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from May 29, 2017, to July 29, 2024. Kodansha collected its chapters in 26 volumes, released from September 6, 2017, to October 4, 2024.The manga is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. The first volume was released on February 28, 2023.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 19, 2022. 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 aired from April 2 to June 18, 2023, on Tokyo MX and BS NTV. The opening theme song is "Ai no Uta" by Chiai Fujikawa, while the ending theme song is "Decided" by Dizzy Sunfist.Crunchyroll licensed the series for streaming outside of Asia, and the namesake company released it on a Blu-ray Disc set on May 28, 2024. Medialink licensed the series in South, Southeast Asia and Oceania, streaming it on its Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.
Live-action
A live-action television drama and live-action film was announced on August 21, 2023. Both adaptations are directed by Takahiro Aoyama. The ten-episode television drama was broadcast on MBS and TBS' Dramaism programming block from October 25 to December 20, 2023. The live-action film premiered in Japanese theatres on March 8, 2024.Reception
By June 2022, the manga had over 2 million copies in circulation.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.