| Hitorijime My Hero | |
| Ja Kanji: | ひとりじめマイヒーロー |
| Ja Romaji: | Hitoriji me Maihīrō |
| Genre: | Romance |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Memeco Arii |
| Publisher: | Ichijinsha |
| Magazine: | Gateau |
| First: | February 2012 |
| Volumes: | 15 |
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Yukina Hiiro |
| Music: | Takeshi Senoo Mitsutaka Tajiri |
| Studio: | Encourage Films |
| Network: | AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS NTV[1] |
| First: | July 8, 2017 |
| Last: | September 23, 2017 |
| Episodes: | 12 |
| Portal: | yes |
, also known as My Very Own Hero, is a Japanese yaoi[2] manga series written and illustrated by Memeco Arii about the romances between a teacher and his student, and the teacher's younger brother with his childhood friend. It has been serialized in Ichijinsha's Gateau since February 2012. An anime television series adaptation produced by Encourage Films aired from July 8, 2017 to September 23, 2017, and is licensed in English by Sentai Filmworks.[3]
Masahiro Setagawa has stopped believing in heroes as he believes that heroes do not truly exist, especially since he has been getting into a lot of trouble. He's been coerced into joining a gang and is often bullied and used as a gopher boy. However, soon an infamous street fighter named Kousuke Ooshiba, or the "Bear Killer" inadvertently saves him. This man happens to be the older brother of his best friend Kensuke Ooshiba and his current homeroom teacher. Now Kousuke has claimed Masahiro as his "underling" and promises to protect him, but the feelings seem to run far deeper for both. Meanwhile, Kensuke is reunited with an old friend Asaya Hasekura, a popular pretty boy who declares his love for Kensuke and leaves Kensuke confused and unsure.
Hitorijime My Hero began serialization in Ichijinsha's boy's love magazine Gateau in February 2012, and so far the chapters have been collected into 15 volumes. The series is a spin-off of Memeco Arii's earlier Hitorijime Boyfriend manga and currently has over 700,000 copies in print.[8] Kodansha USA's manga imprint Kodansha Comics announced during their panel at Anime Expo 2018 that they have licensed the manga.[9]
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume. They were originally serialized in Japanese in issues of Ichijinsha's Gateau since their January 2024 issue.
An anime television series adaptation directed by Yukina Hiiro and animated by Encourage Films aired from July 8, 2017 to September 23, 2017, and has been licensed for an English release by Sentai Filmworks. The opening theme song is "Heart Signal" by Wataru Hatano and the ending theme is "True Love" covered by the voice actors of the four main characters.[8] [10] The anime adaptation rearranges some plot from the manga's story, starting chronologically from Masahiro and Kousuke's meeting and then continues to the main plot of Hitorijime Boyfriend, before continuing back to the main plot of Hitorijime My Hero.