Dokyuu Hentai Hxeros manga review (with spoilers)

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After over a month working on this (on and off granted), I FINALLY completed this video review of the Dokyuu Hentai Hxeros manga. (which I recently finished) I will be releasing a "with spoilers" version in the next day or two, so if you've read it or DON'T mind spoilers, then you can see that (as well ^_^). And also keep in mind, this is a mature rated review so definitely NSFW. I hope you enjoy, "minna".

The spoiler free version: https://dai.ly/x92vrm8

The Hxeros anime review: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x86cgxo

The Momiji Fujimiya vid: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x90m4s0

Two Interesting scenes from Shimoneta vid: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8bha6q

My MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/profile/Cosplay_Joe

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00:00Konnichiwa minna-san, Cosplay Joe here, and I was indicating this in some social media
00:06posts a couple of weeks back that, oh, I might be doing a video review of this manga.
00:13But yes!
00:14I finished it up a couple of weeks back and I had some, as they say, life happens.
00:19But finally, now I'm able to do this review of the manga of DOKU HENTAI X HEROES.
00:27I previously did a review of the anime, link in the description, and so now on to the manga!
00:33And to make sure that I didn't forget any of the things I wanted to say, I wrote some
00:38notes out on this sheet of paper, so if you're wondering why I keep looking down, that's
00:43what it is.
00:44It's the only way I can keep track.
00:47Some people do flat out scripts, but I'm already busy enough as it is, so I decided just to
00:53write some notes, so that's just a quick explanation.
00:56The manga was done by Kitada Ryoma, and it was serialized in Shueisha's Junk Square in
01:08May 2017.
01:09For those of you who don't know the premise of the story, it takes place in our world,
01:16but in this world, there are these alien space bugs called the Kiseichu, have come
01:23in and they've been wreaking havoc on humanity.
01:26They've been taking people's erotic desires away, and that erotic desire is called H-Energy,
01:34and the reason why erotic desire is important is that it's literally the driving force for
01:40people to want to reproduce.
01:42And reproduction is necessary for any living organism, whether it be mammal or otherwise.
01:49But eventually Earth would set up its own Earth Defense Force, and what they do, how
01:54they're able to fight the Kiseichu, the sensor bugs as they're called, is that there are
02:01these little watch-sized devices that have a giant X on them, and what that does is that
02:11allows people to turn people's H-Energy into an energy weapon that certain fighters can
02:19use against the sensor bugs.
02:24And the specific kinds of people, it's not just any old person that can do it.
02:29In fact, the only sort of people that the Earth Defense Force recruits, really, are
02:34like young people, teenagers, really, because that's when they say that their erotic desire
02:40is at its highest.
02:41But those of you who remember your teenage years, if you're not already teenagers, should
02:45know exactly what I mean by that.
02:48In fact, the story, like in both the manga and anime, opens up with the following, it's
02:56said that Hero is written with the letter H and Ero, Ero is a Greek word for love, in
03:07this case erotic love, hence Eros.
03:11And it basically just goes on to say that there are certain heroes that use their erotic
03:16energy in defense of the world, obviously against the sensor bugs.
03:22Now on to our main characters.
03:24The story follows Enjo Reto, and if you noticed I used the last name first, that's because
03:32the Japanese say that your family name goes first rather than your spoken name.
03:38So I decided that I would do the same for each of these characters.
03:43So if the names seem kind of backwards, it's not from the Japanese perspective at least,
03:47just as an FYI.
03:49So anyway, it starts out with Enjo and this girl named Hoshino Kirara, and they're like
03:56two 11 year old kids.
03:59The girl Hoshino is all into sexual kind of stuff, and even teases Enjo about it.
04:11And Hoshino, as you'll see later on, obviously had some feelings for him back then.
04:19And I'm actually going to make two versions of this video, one with spoilers and one without
04:24spoilers.
04:26So if you're seeing the one without spoilers, obviously I'm not going to give away spoilers.
04:29This one with spoilers, be wary, but don't worry, I'll also link in the description to
04:33the one without spoilers.
04:36So anyways, Enjo and Hoshino are in a playground, but then this sensor bug comes and is right
04:43in front of them, and the sensor bug goes after Hoshino.
04:47But also a note about H-energy, if too much H-energy is sucked out of a person, they die.
04:55And I say this because the sensor bug just kept trying to suck, it just kept sucking
05:00and sucking and sucking out the H-energy, but no matter how much H-energy they took,
05:05it just wasn't enough.
05:08And this is important.
05:10And then the sensor bug then says to both Enjo and Hoshino, it says, I must have sucked
05:17up enough H-energy from 10 people, no, maybe dozens of people.
05:22And Enjo then looks to Hoshino and says, you must be really perverted to have this
05:25much H-energy.
05:28And this has a big psychological effect on Hoshino, because she feels really bad, she
05:36feels really dirty, in fact, actually runs away from the situation in shame.
05:41And of course, that would be important to anyone who's read the manga or seen the anime,
05:48because after that, Hoshino would take a very big and very dark turn.
05:56Fast forward five years, they're both in high school, Enjo and Hoshino.
06:01And Enjo is like, with his friends in a classroom, they were literally, they were talking dirty,
06:09they were talking about, you know, they're all about girls, you know, teenage boys do,
06:13you know, probably natural.
06:16And of course, obviously, some of the girls were bothered by that.
06:19But hey, you know, they're guys.
06:21So they kept, and Enjo initially was like, come on, guys, I'm not, you know, going a
06:26little bit too far.
06:28And then Hoshino, who's now a teenager, as well as Enjo, obviously, steps in and says,
06:34hey, guys, can't you see that you're making these girls uncomfortable with your dirty
06:39talk?
06:40If you're gonna talk dirty, do it in the bathroom, you know, and wearing gloves and everything.
06:46And, you know, yeah, and of course, the guy's like, Oh, God, is Hoshino the Iron Maid?
06:51I know, I know that in the anime, she's also called an Ice Queen, but you know, she's called
06:55Iron Maid and Hoshino, and explains in that chapter, still the first chapter, saying that,
07:02oh, yes, you know, Iron Maid Hoshino, she does, she doesn't even, you know, touch anything
07:07that a boy possesses without wearing gloves.
07:11And there have been many boys, I confess, because of her, because she's a girl, she
07:15has a good figure and all, who have met like a really bad fate and got probably punched
07:21out or something like that.
07:24How much of an Iron Maid she's become, in the sense that she's that uptight about, you
07:28know, boys talking dirty, you know, I can totally believe that.
07:34And so anyway, Enjo, and also because of what happened with the Sensu Buff five years prior
07:39to this, there's definitely a schism, there's definitely, Enjo and Hoshino are no longer
07:46close, to put it lightly.
07:48So Enjo tries to help Hoshino, because there were some like boys notebooks that, you know,
07:53she didn't want to touch, that's how severe it is, that's how severe the trauma from the
07:56Sensu Buff, that whole encounter was, sort of treats him coldly, and that would be a
08:03big theme throughout.
08:05So anyway, long story short, they come across another Sensu Bug in a playground, probably
08:12the same playground that they were when they were kids.
08:16Enjo though, has like a special watch, you know, according to Oshii, a special watch,
08:21and long story short, he beats the Sensu Bug, you know, using their raw energy.
08:29But there's a catch, there's a catch, in exchange for being able to use H-energy, for some reason,
08:35your clothes get ripped off, you know, your clothes, it just, for anybody who saw a food
08:41war, it's sort of like the same thing, it's like those food gags, for some reason, their
08:44clothes just rip off, but apparently, to actually further explain that, clothing also contains
08:51energy apparently, and the device, you know, the X-Heroes watch, apparently has to tap
08:59from that as well, in order to get enough erotic energy to, you know, knock out the
09:02Sensu Bugs or whatever.
09:05So Hoshino, being the big prude that she is, you know, is oddly horrified by Enjo's now
09:12naked figure.
09:13And then, there are these three girls who come, and they were saying, Enjo, then they
09:20later would explain to Hoshino what this is all about, that Enjo is part of the Earth
09:25Defense Force, a part of X-Hero, people who are designed, who use their erotic desire
09:31via the special watch or whatever, to combat and defeat the Sensu Bugs.
09:37Even though, Hoshino, despite being the extreme prude that she is, she was managed to be talked
09:46into becoming an X-Hero herself, you know, I know, definitely a bit surprising, you know.
09:53And so they join, and apparently, they have their own house, like each prefecture has
09:59a branch.
10:00In each branch, like there's houses that each of the X-Heroes, they stay in, I guess, to
10:06coordinate and also to collect H-energy by doing various things.
10:12Not like intercourse, that's like the one condition that's like strictly banned is like
10:17no sexual intercourse, but other than that, pretty much anything else goes.
10:25And so you can obviously imagine it's going to make for some pretty interesting fucking
10:30things.
10:31I mean, this video is mature-rated, and with some of the stuff that I'm about to show you,
10:35some of the clips, some of the screenshots from the manga, you'll understand what the
10:39hell I'm talking about.
10:41Anyways, not only is Enjo a part of like the Saitama branch of the Earth Defense Force
10:47for the X-Hero branch, but you know, the person who's running the branch, and who's also the
10:54master technician of the X-Hero watches?
10:59His uncle, Anojo, again, names for himself.
11:05And it's not just the fact that it's his uncle that is there, but he also dresses very weirdly,
11:12like he doesn't have clothing on over, but I mean, he's definitely dressed, but the outfit
11:16that he has is really kind of weird.
11:17The shirt only goes down to here or whatever.
11:22You know, he's got like a ponytail and glasses and stuff like that.
11:28Oh, here's a pic, here's a pic, you can see it for yourself.
11:33And since we're doing pics, here's a picture of Hoshino in her teenage forms.
11:38You can see why a whole bunch of boys would ask her out, so here's a pic of that.
11:44So yeah, there are these five kids that are staying, teenagers that are staying in a house.
11:51There's four girls and one boy, so it's definitely kind of like a harem, actually.
11:57And they are actively encouraged to do things that would increase their erotic desire.
12:05And so they can go out and fight the Kiseichu, the alien censor bugs.
12:11Of course, it's not just Saitama that has a branch, like I said, there's branches all
12:16over Japan, including Tokyo.
12:19There's actually quite a few characters in the Tokyo branch as well.
12:23The main one, the main person here would be Murasame Shiko, again, name's reversed.
12:28But she's a girl that has like tan skin and also has an eye patch.
12:34And it's also quite, you know, quite the teasing type.
12:38In fact, here's actually a few clips from one of the chapters in the manga which illustrates
12:43what it's all about.
12:49God, I'm so envious of those boys, you know, I never would have thought, you know, like,
13:03oh, you're just standing out of the way, right near like a city, like a vent to see Outsider
13:09Shows.
13:10Oh, God, God, you just got, just got all of that.
13:15Hey, it's much better than what we've got going on here, you know.
13:19Oh, and speaking of which, and this is the reason why I'm glad I have the notes.
13:24That upskirts, as I was making these notes, I actually got reminded, and I'll actually
13:28show you a clip right here.
13:30Yep, that's right.
13:32It's Momiji Fujimiya from Blue Seed having the same thing done to her in an episode of
13:37Blue Seed.
13:38Though the boys in question would obviously be sorely disappointed with her, well, animal
13:45print panties.
13:46And actually, I made a video of making fun of that, and here's like a screenshot link
13:50in the description of that below as well.
13:52Oh, oh, Momiji, come the fuck on.
13:56And basically, as I say in that, in the video, the point I was trying to make is you're never
14:01going to get, get a man, like a real tough guy, a mature guy, if you keep wearing like
14:09little kid stuff, especially animal print panties.
14:13And as you would imagine, there are interactions with the Tokyo branch and the Saitama branch,
14:18and Murasame would eventually meet Enjo, and she would like it, she would develop feelings
14:25for him and try to win him over.
14:28Now I said that Hoshino was kind of cold, but still, there's still some inner feelings
14:34that Hoshino does have for Enjo.
14:36In fact, as you can see there, even her erotic desires are entirely gone.
14:42There's this quote, dark Kirara caricature that follows around, which basically represents
14:48how she was before the Censored Buckets Act five years back.
14:53And that would come into play as well later on, I'm not going to get too much into it,
14:57but you know, the whole tug of war, and as the story goes on, you know, there would be
15:02very interesting changes between the dark Kirara and the regular Kirara.
15:07So because of said feelings that Hoshino still has for Enjo, she's not particularly
15:12too happy when Murasame goes hitting on him, or whatever, and it makes for an interesting
15:18love triangle.
15:19There's a couple of other interesting characters from the Tokyo branch.
15:24There's this other one named Wakakusa Moena, and I needed to read my notes for that, Murasame's
15:31friend.
15:32And also, if you notice that she's always wearing a mask, and this manga, like initially
15:39came out in 2017, and Tokyo branch, so this was pre-COVID, this was pre-COVID, I mean,
15:46I know a thing or two, I was actually visiting Japan back in December 2019.
15:50And some people then were wearing masks, and obviously, nobody really knew anything about
15:56COVID.
15:58Not even about coronavirus, which is what it was called initially.
16:01You know, I remember making a video about coronavirus, like a month or two into the
16:05pandemic.
16:06Also, since this is a spoiler version, I can tell you guys this part.
16:13It's revealed later, and I'll show you some clips from that manga, that Moena, and one
16:17of the girls in the Saitama branch, her name is Momozona, I want to make sure I pronounce
16:25it right.
16:26They had a history, they used to be in the same school, Moena, I have to say it with
16:31her name.
16:32Moena actually refers to her, Momoka, as Breasties, instead of Besties, as Breasties.
16:40I thought that was kind of clever.
16:42And finally, before I forget, and then I'll actually go back to the Saitama branch, because
16:47I didn't, there are a couple of characters I forgot, but there's only one more for the
16:51Tokyo branch.
16:52And I figured I'll just mention, I mentioned him, forget him or her, or whatever.
16:57And I say that because of those who've read the manga should know, know that there is
17:02a boy there, his name is Taiga Toma.
17:07And I'm not kidding, he looks very effeminate.
17:09I mean, for those of us who've seen anime, we've seen quite a bit of effeminate boys.
17:12Now, in fact, when I initially, as you can see in the pictures I'm showing you, I had
17:16to do a double take.
17:17Wait, is that a girl?
17:18Girl?
17:19I first thought that it was a girl, so therefore it would make the Tokyo branch all girls.
17:24But that would mess up with the symmetry that apparently the series is going for, because
17:27like with Saitama, with Enjo being the only male there, there has to be one male there,
17:31and it has to be this Taiga guy, even though he doesn't look like much of a guy, because
17:36of how effeminate that he is, and how he acts.
17:39And he actually goes to Enjo, here's some other clips, I think I'll show from that,
17:46showing him, trying to ask him how to become tougher, or more manly, or whatever.
17:51Good advice.
17:52At least he's trying, at least he recognizes some areas that he wants to improve, and he's
17:56making strides to improve it.
17:58Okay, now back to the Saitama branch, because I want to talk about that girl, her name,
18:04again, last name first, is Momozona Momoka.
18:08She basically is a girl who's quite cheerful, and has quite a lot of energy, though she's
18:14not pleased with her figures.
18:16She was like, another one of the girls, I'll show you right here, is a Shirayuki Maihime.
18:22As you can see, she's definitely got big boobs, right there.
18:27And between that, and Hoshino, who also has big boobs, and a racist figure, I can understand
18:34why she would be jealous.
18:36So because of that, she works extra hard, you know, as an ex-hero.
18:42And also, there was that history that I talked about, especially if you're seeing the Virgin's
18:47video, with spoilers.
18:48And also, if I recall correctly, even she would, yeah, actually I do remember now, even
18:54she would start getting in the game, and hitting on Enjo, and having romantic feelings.
18:58So on to the next one, I already brought her up, Shirayuki Maihime, I already talked about
19:03her figure, she's definitely got big boobs.
19:06But despite her figure, she's not very confident in her abilities, at least.
19:10She's almost like, shy, almost quasi-motherly, strange enough.
19:15And there's this, also, there's that dog, there's a dog that's in the Saitama branch,
19:21his name is Rumba.
19:22He looks like a mop and dog born, you know, to be quite honest, you can see the pic there.
19:26There was this one scene, Shirayuki, I'm glad I wrote these notes down, Shirayuki was having
19:31problems controlling her H-energy desires, and then, long story short, an explosion of
19:37H-energy.
19:39These are some of the gags that are in the show.
19:42And finally, from the Saitama branch, is Tenguji Sora, the younger, bit by a little bit.
19:50She's smaller, she has gray hair, and oh, also, all of these guys, they have their own
19:54particular clique in how to develop H-energy.
19:58Tenjuki's clique, in terms of, is to be drawn like ecchi fan art, in fact, she even uploads
20:04some of that on the internet, because, why not, you know?
20:07We all know how popular lewd stuff is on the internet, so she gets quite a bit of hits
20:12by doing so.
20:13And I did say everyone has their certain clique, well, with the exception of Hoshino, as you
20:19can imagine why, even though she softens over time, it's not quite, you know, there.
20:25And with this version, I could, of course, give more indication as to what I mean by
20:31that, she softens.
20:32You know how I talked about that Dark Hirara character, you can see it right there, well,
20:37there were occasions where she would be very warm towards Enjo, in fact, this Dark Hirara,
20:44a couple times, you can see there, literally takes over Hoshino's body.
20:49Not only that, but of course, for being, you know, sexual, like, acts all flirty, and like,
20:55hits on him, teasing, almost like the Hoshino of old, because she is the Hoshino of old.
20:59So because of that, like, that's a big reason why Hoshino's softening up the time, because
21:04Hirara is winning more and more, I will tell you exactly how that ends up.
21:09I had to take a little break, and my battery was running low, so I had to replace it, and
21:13I realized just how much time has passed so far in the video, so I'm going to cut to the
21:18chase.
21:19Since the anime finished up at about, like, the end of the sixth volume, it doesn't cover
21:24what happens in the rest of the manga volumes, which is six more volumes of that, and I say
21:29it because in the seventh volume, as you can see there, it picks up where it left off.
21:33There's this girl who's in a maid outfit, who has the appearance of an X-Heroes, but
21:41apparently is doing the bidding of the Sentry Bugs.
21:45Very interesting.
21:46Very, you know, there's a whole bunch of, you know, side stories to there.
21:49And long story short, the daughter of the leader of the Sentry Bugs, which are all in
21:56female form for some reason, but yeah, the daughter would also get involved too.
22:02Yet, later on in the series, there was like a truce or a temporary peace or whatever done
22:08between, like, the Queen Sentry Bug and the X-Heroes, like the Earth Defense Force.
22:13This daughter, the Princess Sentry Bug, if you will, does not like that, and there's
22:17some other Sentry Bugs that don't like it too, so it's almost like a guerrilla war that
22:21they have to fight against them.
22:23And of course, this would be important, that there would be a battle.
22:27It would lead to, like, a final climax of a battle between, like, the Princess Sentry
22:35Bug and, of course, our hero, the X-Heroes.
22:39And speaking of, like, toward the end, there is one last thing that I wanted to talk about
22:44in regards to the story, and I'll give my overall opinions of this.
22:48It sort of ties in.
22:50For some reason, the last four chapters, you can see this for yourself, was censored.
22:57The first 11 volumes, there was no censorship, and then you can see some clips of itself
23:01that I'm showing you guys, so you can see what I mean, of bare boobs or whatever, just
23:05the usual center of the crotch, as you can imagine.
23:10But I don't know why the fuck they did this, but the last four chapters, the boobs were
23:16covered up, or the nipples were covered up.
23:19Again, you went through 11 chapters for us, and for some reason, these last four chapters,
23:23they feel the need to cover up.
23:25What the fuck do you think you're fooling?
23:27I'm not sure if it was just censored when it was in Shoei Ace's Jump Square, or if it
23:33was when it was released in manga, it was censored there, too.
23:35But I talked with someone about it online, and they were saying that in the US version,
23:39released by Seven Seas Entertainment, that apparently it wasn't censored, which is good.
23:44It's one of the few examples of the US outdoing Japan in terms of, you know, anime presentation.
23:53At least it wouldn't come to sexual stuff.
23:55But despite that, I really like how it ended.
23:58Towards the end, Hoshino eventually realizes who she really is, the dark Kirara, and the
24:05bottled-up version, the closed version of herself is finally broken.
24:11This was in the last few chapters, which annoyed me even more that the breasts and nipples
24:17were censored.
24:18The fuck they did that for?
24:20So after Hoshino, this is important that she finally breaks out of the frog's eye, because
24:25they were having a hard time defeating the princess censor bug before that, but as soon
24:30as Hoshino dives in with dark Kirara, I won't explain too much because this video is already
24:34too long as it is, she breaks free and gives a whole lot of H-energy, as you can imagine,
24:42and they join together, and then they defeat the princess censor bug.
24:46So anyways, Hoshino is back to her old self in the last couple chapters, including a scene
24:52where she and Enjo have sex, and they call it H-energy, but when Jughead was drawn, it
25:01was a sex scene.
25:03It wasn't hentai, despite the title of the manga being hentai x ero, but it's a mature
25:12rated sex scene, it's basically a TV-styled sex scene, or a movie-styled sex scene, R-rated,
25:17etc. here in America.
25:19But of course, Japan doesn't have to worry about that much, they're not nearly as uptight
25:22as they are regarding sexual stuff.
25:24And while not all the censor bugs are destroyed, Hoshino and Enjo are now a team, and it ends
25:30off in this scene as you can see right there, and then it goes back to that explanation
25:34at the beginning of the manga.
25:36Hero is spelt with H and ero, and that is the end of the manga, that is the end of the
25:45story.
25:46Okay, now as I said earlier in the video, now for my impressions and opinions of the
25:52manga.
25:53I thought that it was pretty good, good actually.
25:56I mean, there were definitely moments where it was really just too much, similar to the
26:01same reason why I didn't give the anime such a big score, a good score, excuse me, is the
26:08fact that often times it was entirely too juvenile, like there was this scene which
26:12was also adapted in the anime, where a censor bug, there's this one censor bug where if
26:18you're stung by the censor bug or penetrated or whatever, it reverses your sex or whatever,
26:26it reverses your biological sex.
26:28Enjo gets stung by that, and sure enough, over time, over the course of an hour, a couple
26:35of an hour, he gradually starts turning into a woman.
26:39And in terms of this thing, like it's probably his penis, I can say it's maturated.
26:43This is how the, apparently somehow it gets turned into a ferret of some kind, I know,
26:48like his penis, like his private areas, it goes like running off.
26:53Yeah, I know, it's so juvenile.
26:54And as you can see here, yeah, this explains that, it's off the cue.
27:02So yeah, you understand, like it's very juvenile sort of stuff.
27:06And how would he be able to feel, you know, the sensations of the girls like touching
27:12him, even though it's not attached to his body?
27:14I don't understand how that works.
27:15I mean, I've heard of like Bluetooth, but this is ridiculous.
27:19Didn't realize that the censor bugs were so advanced as to make you feel sensational
27:23parts of your body and not actually attached to your fucking body.
27:26Also, on the same note, there was this training session that they went to in Okinawa, where
27:34amongst other things, they were training, like, I guess, to some sort of, it was how
27:40to be able to use your H energy without the watches.
27:42And there was some sort of, you know, control exercise that you did.
27:45But one thing in particular, which was really unadulterated, there was these slime, like
27:51monsters or creature things or whatever, tentacles, etc, that would wrap around them, including
27:58their private areas, in order to, like, increase their H energy, their ability to release H
28:06energy or something like that.
28:07And I guess I sort of understand, but this is what I mean, like, really kind of juvenile,
28:11definitely a bit over the top.
28:12And I get generally what they're saying, but as you can see with some of the pictures I
28:16just showed, it's like, come on, that's going a little bit too far.
28:20And also there was this one scene where, like, it was actually towards the end, and they
28:24went at it, but that was kind of gross.
28:27But anyway, it was an emergency situation.
28:31They basically had to have sex, to do sexual stuff with said partners.
28:35But Hoshino still being the brute that she was at the time, saying, I want all the lights
28:41turned on.
28:41I want to turn out all the lights.
28:42And they were like, fine.
28:43But because of that, they couldn't see anywhere, including Enjo, who I have to point out yours,
28:49he couldn't see.
28:50But this is the gross part.
28:51I said, well, if I can't see where any of the girls are, maybe I'll try sniffing them
28:56to try to, that's what I mean, try to sniff them to try to figure out where they are.
29:01Like, come on, Enjo, you're not Inuyasha, you know, you can't figure people out just
29:06by smell, just by picking up their scent, you know, and stuff like that.
29:10That's the main, so that was my main complaint, you know, and that's the reason why, if you
29:13see on my MAL page, I gave the manga seven out of 10, it was definitely better than the
29:19anime, obviously told the whole story, whereas the anime basically stopped halfway.
29:24I mean, I guess I sort of understand why, I mean, the MAL score average is bad, you
29:29know, 5.75.
29:30I myself basically gave that six out of 10, you know, but apparently from what I was seeing,
29:36like in the MAL forums, apparently it was very popular in Japan.
29:40I mean, there was this pic that actually I showed a couple of weeks back, when I was
29:44in Japan in December 2019.
29:45This was in a store in Akihabara, as you can see, Hoshino, they're promoting X-Heroes.
29:51I'm not sure if it's the manga or if it's the anime adaptation that's been announced
29:54during that time.
29:55If it's the former, then, you know, I guess it shows just how really popular that it is.
30:00Those were the bad things, those were my complaints.
30:02Now onto the good parts, which actually goes into what I just talked about there, what
30:06I was talking about with Japan being much less popular than we are.
30:10Even though they can definitely go too far at times, if you get quite gross, it'd be
30:14quite blunt.
30:15Overall, I really did enjoy it.
30:16Like, as I said in my video review of the anime, it really does resemble Shimonetta
30:24quite a bit.
30:24I mean, case in point, the censor bugs, okay?
30:27The censor bugs is like the decency squad in Shimonetta.
30:32They're basically doing the same thing, they have different objectives, but they're
30:36using the same tactic.
30:38They're basically trying to ban eroticism, ban lewdism, and ban all that stuff in order
30:46to control the people.
30:47The decency squad in Shimonetta does the same damn thing.
30:51In fact, even going online, trying to get crackdowns, sort of like midway into Shimonetta
30:56in that morality school that Tanukichi Okuma went to.
31:01After a while, when Blue Snow and him and the rest of the staff would make it headway,
31:06the school hierarchy would crack it down.
31:08Apparently, even in that big morality school in the Shimonetta decency squad, there were
31:14still kids bringing in their raw material in their backpacks to school.
31:18I guess it just shows you the point that I would make, that those feelings are perfectly
31:21healthy.
31:22Speaking of which, this clip that I want to show you, which I actually made a video
31:26about, this is one of two clips, two interesting scenes from Shimonetta.
31:31So, yeah, it proves the point of Blue Snow, it's why I like Shimonetta, why I actually
32:01do like X-Heroes, even though it's definitely kind of gross.
32:03And actually, a larger point that I think that X-Heroes is trying to make.
32:09I know some people were saying it doesn't try to take itself seriously, but intentional
32:15or not, it was making a very good point, similar to what they were making in Shimonetta.
32:19It's depressing, it's not healthy, and you live a bland, boring life.
32:24I will show a clip of this anime from the first episode.
32:31So, yeah, this is one of two clips that I want to show you, it's why I like X-Heroes,
32:37even though it's definitely kind of gross.
32:39And actually, a larger point that I think that X-Heroes is trying to make, this is one
32:44of two clips, two interesting scenes from Shimonetta.
32:47So, yeah, this is one of two clips that I want to show you, it's why I like X-Heroes,
32:53even though it's kind of gross.
32:55And actually, a larger point that I think that X-Heroes is trying to make, this is one
33:00of two clips, two interesting scenes from Shimonetta.
33:04So, yeah, this is one of two clips that I like X-Heroes, even though it's kind of gross.
33:29Oh, just get a regular job.
33:31Don't do any cosplay stuff, because that's too sexual.
33:33For those of us in the anime community, for those of us in the nerd community, you know
33:37that that would lead to a very boring life.
33:40Again, getting back to Shimonetta, what the tagline is, a boring world where the concept
33:45of dirty jokes doesn't exist.
33:47I'm sorry, but I cannot, really hard to overemphasize the comparisons, the parallels between those
33:54two series.
33:55The overall storytelling and everything, I don't feel like it really went too fast.
34:00There was some parts that was gross and then slash outrageous, ridiculous, don't get me
34:04wrong, but I didn't feel like it was too rushed.
34:07There were a few scenes that were really fucked up, to be quite honest.
34:09Like the usual Akane bashing Ranma style scene for no apparent fucking reason, which is really
34:17annoying.
34:18The girl automatically assumed that the guys at Herbert even know that, you know, there
34:22was nothing really going on or totally unintentional.
34:25You know, there were some scenes like that.
34:27Also, just where some of the higher ups were too harsh on the main cast of characters.
34:34I'm like, jeez, you know, settle down there.
34:37I mean, I know you're an Earth Defense Force, but oh, these are teenage kids.
34:40Loosen up, be a bit more understanding.
34:42And again, since this version is with spoilers, I can say this.
34:47I really liked how Hoshino, like, despite her traumas and becoming very prudish, you
34:52know, not willing to go near boys because they thought they were gross or whatever,
34:57that she eventually starts to see through going through the Earth Defense Force and
35:03in the Saitama branch that over time that her true self, her true herby self, the dark
35:10Hirara, eventually did win out.
35:12Because there's a lot of people nowadays, you know, who never break out of that.
35:16They think that, you know, that sexual stuff is all bad and stuff like that and develop
35:21a very unhealthy mentality, that sort of stuff.
35:24Hirara, through all the adventures that she went through, especially that scene like towards
35:29the end, eventually rediscovers her true self.
35:33And because of that, that she ends up with a far better relationship with the boy that
35:38she likes, which is also very good, too.
35:40It's not just natural human desires.
35:43It also worked well for relationships, too.
35:47Also, and I'll go through very quickly because this video is way longer than I intend to
35:50as it is.
35:51I really did like the art style, like the censorship of the last few chapters aside.
35:55I did like, you know, like the art style, like typical anime sort of stuff, only with
36:01eroticism because of the nature of the stereotype.
36:04I love the general art stuff.
36:07In terms of the overall story, in terms of the overall world, it is very interesting.
36:12Like I said, it can be very juvenile, the idea of using the ride power to defeat enemies.
36:17Obviously, they seem very low-brow and juvenile and immature.
36:21But as I said, I think I might have made the case that there is a good point to all of
36:26that.
36:27If you see the inner point that I was trying to make that this series, intentional or not,
36:32was trying to show, then you might be able to look past it and be able to enjoy it.
36:37So I did enjoy it, mostly for that reason.
36:40And in terms of whether or not I would recommend this to others, well, that really depends.
36:45And even for some people that are usually open-minded to that sort of stuff, keep in
36:48mind, especially with this manga, with reading the manga, there are quite a few scenes that
36:52I told you guys to be very wary of that.
36:55If that's too extreme for you, then you might not enjoy it too much.
36:59You'll enjoy it more than people who hate, you know, sexual stuff.
37:03But, well, you get the point.
37:05If, on the other hand, you're perfectly okay with any sort of sexual stuff, then go ahead.
37:12You'll definitely enjoy it.
37:13Just be wary of those few kinds of scenes that I told you about before.
37:17It just depends on how cool you are with, you know, reading or watching sexual stuff,
37:22whether or not I would recommend this manga to you.
37:25I haven't read any other of Kitada Ryoma's works, but after reading this, I'm definitely
37:34going to want to see some of the other stuff that he created.
37:37He definitely piqued my interest.
37:39He definitely knows how to tell good stories.
37:41Obviously, I myself will show discretion going forward.
37:45Like, when I was reading the manga, I made sure, like, I was not near, like, windows
37:51or anything like that, just because of the nature of what I was reading.
37:55And obviously, at this point, we all know why.
37:59All right.
37:59That's everything.
38:00Like I said, this video was way longer than I intend to.
38:03But I wanted to make sure that I covered just about everything.
38:06I know there were some parts that I gave, but, you know, this video has to end sometime
38:12and it has to end now.
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38:49All right.
38:49With that said, arigatou gozaimasu minna-san.
38:52And jaa, madaa, ex-heroes.