Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth

Drugs have become the center of conflict in Japan, and crime involving them has been increasing at an alarming rate. Unable to control the chaos, the police department settled on creating a unit—STAND—that would include unique, specialized experts and professionals better suited to handle the pressing issue.

Rei Izumi is a novice joining the narcotics investigation unit, assigned the daunting task of recruiting the potential representatives of STAND. While recommended for her moral sense of justice and devotion to police work, Rei also has a unique aspect of her own that may have earned her the job—she has an immunity to many, if not most, kinds of drugs.

Eager to seek the possible members of STAND, Rei quickly learns that scouting the different individuals will be more difficult than she expected, as each candidate harbors their own feelings, ideologies, and willingness toward joining the team and regulating drugs as a whole. Her capability as a narcotics officer is also questioned by the many colorful personalities she meets, stirring conflict and unpredictability in Rei's daily life. However, persuading the various contenders for STAND isn't the only obstacle she faces, as becoming involved in the treacherous underworld of drugs, overflowing with deceit and secrecy, will be more hazardous than she ever imagined.

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Aoyama, Itsuki Main

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Seki, Daisuke Main

Maeno, Tomoaki Japanese

Natsume, Haru Main

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Yui, Koutarou Main

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Watabe, Satoru Main

Toriumi, Kousuke Japanese

Imaooji, Shun Main

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Izumi, Rei Main

Murai, Misato Japanese

Miyase, Gou Supporting

Umehara, Yuuichirou Japanese

Tsuzuki, Makoto Supporting

Takeuchi, Shunsuke Japanese

Ootani, Hatori Supporting

Uchida, Yuuma Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Kaneko, Hirotaka Producer

Okunaga, Yoshimasa Producer

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Mar 16, 2023

Galamcie

Recommended

I have watched all the episodes and its exciting tbh I didn't understand what are they like but at the end I did and its very interesting honestly I think the anime is good I dunno I think everything is great! I wish there will be a season 2 of this and I dunno this had a game? I know that some people expect this a reverse harem kinda genre cuz ya know many boys then one girl yep but I think this is good! Very interesting anime! But I think we deserve some a llittle cute scenes OwO! The story is definetly unique and ... its cool! The art style is very pretty as well! All of the characters personalities are so different that its interesting! I think some people will enjoy this like me and I think there are some other people who will not like it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jul 31, 2020

Balsamina

Mixed Feelings

I'm aware this thing came from a game....Never played it.

Art: 8
Most of the art is pretty decent. It's pleasant enough to look at. I won't lie that the backgrounds and a female MC in the police force reminds me heavily of Psycho-Pass, but so does the cityscape backgrounds -- the only thing missing is the MWPSB tower and the sci-fi police bots.

This is getting an 8 from me though, the food spreads and dessert pics were great, if only they were in front of me on my desk and not on a monitor screen.

Sound: 6
OP theme is decently catchy but to be honest, ... that's the only thing that stands out and what raised this from a 5 to a 6. On the other hand.... the rest of the OST doesn't stand out. The voice actors' actual voice acting is fine, as per Japan's voice acting standard, but the suitability of the voice types to each character can be called into question...

Character: 3
Every single character is clocking in as flat. This show's cast is like a set of paint or crayons with a large count of colors. There are technically variety to them in terms of looks and personality, but because there are so many colors, each color fail to be distinct enough from the rest to stand out. What makes this worse is this is a 12 episode show, not a 200+ or 500++ shounen show with the screentime to fully develop and explore each one.

Story:3
I started watching this thinking it's a police show... I would be lying if I said this resembles anything like a police show at all. Actually, more accurately, I was 1/3 of the way into the show, and I actually can't identify any mid-tier to endgame villains at all...

And, I'm sure some slice-of-life fans will tell me a villain isn't always necessary to make a story good. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut.... I beg to differ. This is explicitly labeled as a "mystery", and the PV and everything seems to be marketting this as a police show as a side classification to its roots as an otome game adaptation...

or, TL;DR -- this show is effectively plotless for a good junk of the way in.

Overall: 5
This thing is just eyecandy. Bishounen boys, lighting effects, and pretty backgrounds, That's about it. I kind of used this as an animated wallpaper on my desktop while I played MMORPGS, lul.

The show isn't horrific, I've seen anime that qualify as this. But it is nothing to write home about. Just kinda flat and boring...

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Dec 27, 2019

Fia2727

Not Recommended

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Absolute garbage,

I'm an avid reverse harem watcher, I'd honestly dare to say I've watched every reverse harem post it's initial popularity in the 1990's. I can stretch myself out to even slightly enjoy the trash that roams our streets at night, name to say Diabolik Lovers or Dance with Devils. Or even Jyuuza Engi, hypothetically I'd stretch into a yoyo.

Anyway, even saying that: I wouldn't reccomend this garbage 'Stand My Heroes' to anyone. While I was in Japan I was watching it on the telly as a meme, and would occasionally browse it's merch while I was at anime stores, but by God, by the ... time the season finale came out I wanted to march down into hell, grab Satan by the neck and beg him the answers as to why this blander-than-your-mother's-sunday-toast anime was created.

Heroine, bland. Immune to drugs? So what. It's never brought up in the anime after it's initial mention.

Men? Blander than the baby powder I had to haul over to my family in China after the asbestos poisoning of '07. Each character just looks like the same default Sim repainted over and over again with a clown's tampon.

Honestly it feels like they tried to do something different with the entire NCIS/SVU theme as well as RV, but honestly none of those themes worked as they couldn't stick to one or the other, or couldn't commit.

So TLDR, I can't believe I wasted six hours of my life watching this lifeless (as well as convoluted and boring) anime that has no place in both the crime and romance genres.

Adieu,

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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