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Yuusha-kei ni Shosu: Choubatsu Yuusha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku
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Forced to save the world as a "hero", yet everyone in the world hates the main characters guts and sets them up with unfavorable circumstances. The main character has a deep hatered and swore to get revenge.
Both The Rising of the Shield Hero and Sentenced to Be a Hero (9004-tai) take away the "glory" of being a hero and turn it into a punishment. In both worlds, being a "Hero" is like wearing a leash: Naofumi is trapped by a kingdom that framed him, while Sion is a death-row criminal forced to fight as a "Penal Hero" to stay alive.
They share a similar dark theme where the main characters are treated like "trash" by society but used as powerful weapons in battle. Because of this, both heroes are grumpy and cynical; they aren’t fighting to be "good guys," they are just
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