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

Luzulas, Dotta Main

Horie, Shun Japanese

Tatsuya Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Partiract, Jayce Main

Chiba, Shouya Japanese

Leopool, Venetim Main

Toki, Shunichi Japanese

Rhyno Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Tsav Main

Fukushima, Jun Japanese

Masuo, Masashi Producer

Setoguchi, Naoto Producer

Ra, Jong-yeop Producer

Taniguchi, Hirokuni Producer

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Feb 3, 2026

ame

Recommended

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Preliminary (3/12 eps)

"OH GOODNESS, NOT ANOTHER "THAT TIME I BECOME A HERO" FANTASY SLOP WITH EUROCENTRIC SETTING" - boy was i wrong !!!!!

this anime is so crazy and in the best way possible, the visuals are striking !!! bad day for epileptic people (RIP), it is too soon to say much about the sound design although the character design look phenomenal, its clean and neat. the plot is nothing new, its your very generic fantasy plot but with underlying secrets; which i am definitely seated for.

ALSO THE ANIME TALKS ABOUT THE HYPOCRICY AND SHADINESS OF THEOCRACY AND CLERGY ?? LESSGOOOOOO WE LOVE POLITICS WITH POW ... POW POW !!!
the main lead looks amazing *lip bite* and the female lead aka that kid who is not really kid, a loli then ? ew that word sounds nasty - let's just call her a short girl - she is cute as hell and i would love to see more of her
and hey we also have a ERWIN FROM SHEIN sorta character who is amazing in giving speeches !!! SO FUN !!!

i cannot wait to see more of these characters and the story unfold, lesssgooo !!! *praying no siscon brocon lolicon shit*

OKAY HAVE FUN !!! XOXO

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jan 22, 2026

BiPolarUzi

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

It's very mediocre honestly, like if one were to ask chatgpt to generate them an anime that the modern anime fan would enjoy, it would probably generate something like sentenced to be a hero.

Sentenced to be a hero really doesn't have any qualities that stand out, that's the issue with it. It's not necessarily a trash anime but not necessarily a great one either, the characters are extremely dull, the plot is uninteresting, the fights are too fast paced and barely comprehensible, it just doesn't have anything going for itself.

Normally I would mark this anime as not recommended, but if you're a chibi ... reviews fan or someone who only cares about pretty animation and fights, then you would probably love sentenced to be a hero and call it peak for a month until the next viral anime comes out.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jan 22, 2026

kyv3rx

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Drop Review: Sentenced to Be a Hero (after 3 episodes dropped and never looking back)

This anime is aggressively mediocre in ways that actually make you angry.

The tiny positives (because I have to be fair for five seconds):
The core concept criminals forced into endless resurrection loops as disposable (heroes) fighting demons has a faint glimmer of dark irony that could have been interesting. A couple of gore heavy fight scenes have decent splatter effects and some voice actors sell the pain convincingly enough that you feel a flicker of disgust, which is, something.

Everything else, straight demolition:
The story is painfully generic and lifeless. ... It grabs a mildly intriguing premise and then immediately smothers it under layers of predictable dark fantasy cliches, zero world building effort, and stakes that feel completely artificial.

Characters are written with the creativity of a malfunctioning AI that only knows three emotions: angry, brooding, sarcastic. The protagonist is the most generic (edgy fallen knight with trauma) template imaginable zero charm, zero surprises, zero reason to root for him.
His teammates? Walking tropes who exist to die horribly or deliver cringe one liners. The dialogue is painfully on the nose: every line feels like it was copy pasted from a bad Reddit fanfic.

Animation quality is embarrassing for 2026. Character models look like they were ripped from a 2018 mobile gacha game on low settings. Fights are choppy, backgrounds are empty gray wastelands, and the color grading is so dull it hurts the eyes.
Soundtrack? Generic royalty free orchestra that tries to sound epic and ends up sounding like stock music from a YouTube (dark souls montage) video.

Pacing is criminal three episodes in and literally nothing meaningful has happened beyond (here’s the premise, now suffer through filler fights and exposition dumps.) It’s not slow burn: it’s just slow death.

Final judgment:
Sentenced to Be a Hero is a soulless, derivative, low effort cash grab that insults both the dark fantasy genre and your intelligence. I dropped it after episode 3 because life is too short to punish myself with this level of creative bankruptcy. Avoid at all costs even if you’re desperate for something to watch, pick literally anything else.

2/10
Half a point for the premise’s faint potential, one point for a couple of okay gore frames. The rest is pure disappointment and wasted server space.

If this somehow gets a second season, I will personally apologize, but I’m not holding my breath.

Thank you for reading, I hope you have a good day full of happiness.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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