Yuusha-kei ni Shosu: Choubatsu Yuusha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku

"Hero" is the worst punishment in the world. Those convicted of heinous crimes are sentenced to become "Heroes" and forced to enter the mandatory military service in the war against the Demon Lords. These convicts are not even allowed to die—if killed, they will be resurrected to fight another day.

Hero Xylo Forbartz, former head of the Order of the Holy Knights, leads a penal unit of deplorables fighting on the front lines. It is in these direst of circumstances that he meets Teoritta, one of the world's strongest weapons. "When every last enemy has been defeated, you are to shower me with praise and pat my head." In order to survive and to take revenge on those who wronged him, he makes a pact with the goddess and launches headfirst into a maelstrom of war and intrigue.

(Source: Official site, edited)

Teoritta Main

Iizuka, Mayu Japanese

Forbartz, Xylo Main

Azakami, Youhei Japanese

Senridge, Norgalle Main

Ueda, Youji Japanese

Kivia, Patausche Main

Ishigami, Shizuka Japanese

Leopool, Venetim Main

Toki, Shunichi Japanese

Luzulas, Dotta Main

Horie, Shun Japanese

Tsav Main

Fukushima, Jun Japanese

Tatsuya Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Partiract, Jayce Main

Chiba, Shouya Japanese

Rhyno Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Masuo, Masashi Producer

Funatsu, Tatsuya Producer

Ra, Jong-yeop Producer

Setoguchi, Naoto Producer

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Feb 25, 2026

JE_KING

Recommended

Preliminary (7/12 eps)

This is a solid anime. The visuals are absolutely stunning, and (at least for now) it isn't brainless isekai slop where the focus is completely on one character getting stronger each time with no end in sight; The premise is intriguing, there are a nice set of characters, and they've done a great job with progressing the story and overall world building so far.

While the "falsely accused MC" and "child goddess" angles have been used many times, that's fine by me as long as they're executed nicely. The only thing I'm concerned about is the waiting game we'd likely have to play for the next ... season, because if you check out the intro, you'll notice that production for this season started in 2024. You can tell that the studio put a lot of effort into this, but it's a bit disheartening to see that it's just 12 episodes, because we likely won't get a new season - if we get one at all - for a long time.

With that said, what I've seen up till now has been great and I'm interested to see how the story plays out!

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Feb 17, 2026

SpringFirework

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (6/12 eps)

The most average fantasy anime you can find.
-Most of the characters are unlikable
-The animation itself is actually really good
-Teoritta specifically PMO
-I think the catch to resurrection itself is really interesting and could be built upon better
-I think it is similar to Frieren, where it falls into the trap of just kinda roaming around, not really doing anythin,g which leads to some boredom in that category.

-They kinda just kill a random Faerie "oh my gosh wow" then just like go on to the next one(if that is your type of anime, it is completely fine but like idk it seems kinda boring)

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 26, 2026

sshvi

Not Recommended

Preliminary (8/12 eps)

Yeah...so straight away, the first episode is a stellar 9/10 episode, but everything after that is like a 5. I'd go as far as to say that it hurt more being served that one great episode and then following it up with mediocrity. I wouldn't be writing this review if it were just mid from the beginning.

While the art style did not change, the animation took a noticeable hit---the first episode had clean, fluid and full animations during fight scenes, whereas after that, we would have near-powerpoint level animation. Animations were no longer full. They would often use the trick of only animating the beginning ... and the end of each action, overrelying on stock slash and explosion effects.

The characters never feel like living, breathing humans; they’re just reskins of classic anime archetypes (His Highness was one bright point, though). Attempts to make the audience connect with the heroes fall flat because there’s nothing beneath the surface, they're cardboard cutouts. As a result, the flashbacks feel misplaced, ham‑fisted efforts to force emotional investment. There’s simply nothing about them that inspires sympathy. They don’t feel like real people; they’re caricatures, and I can’t bring myself to care.

The world-building isn't any better. The show did not make me any more interested to learn more about the demon blight the goddesses or the kingdom, I think largely because it tries to dump all of that information too early. Instead of the plot slowly unfolding as Xylo and the gang travel, the lore is shoved into flashbacks and clunky dialogue with no buildup. New characters are introduced just to keep the show going, chiefly because the core of the show is extremely weak. The MC is one-dimensionally angsty, whilst Teoritta is just praise-gimmick ad-nauseum. Their dynamic gets old fast, and so do the cardboard extras they keep introducing.

The enemies don’t even qualify as one‑dimensional. They have no presence, no aura, and generate zero narrative tension. Despite what the lore suggests about the danger they pose, demon lords die like every other episode. Yes, they kill people here and there, but they're simply not interesting nor threatening at all. They come across like generic RPG mob trash spawned in as disposable fodder for the hero to hack and slash.

It feels as though the author or studio didn’t trust the story enough to believe viewers would stick around if it were properly paced and developed. Instead, they keep dumping information and characters to make each episode feel artificially fresh. What we end up watching is the protagonists moving from checkpoint to checkpoint, which is very trash‑isekai plot in that regard. To be frank, this show only grew as big as it did because of its amazing first episode. Everything that followed it is extremely forgettable, imo.

Do not be baited by the 8.20 rating, shit is ass.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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