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SAKAMOTO DAYS

2025, ONA, 11 eps, 76%, TMS Entertainment

Both have Family Life, Urban, Super Power.

When Sakamoto meets Aoi, the convenience store clerk, it’s love at first sight — and just like that, he retires. Sakamoto gets married, has a daughter, opens a mom-and-pop store in a quiet town, and completely transforms … into a plus-size man. To ensure a peaceful life with…

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    2022, TV, 12 eps, 83%

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  11. Cover of The Seven Deadly Sins
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    2014, TV, 24 eps, 72%

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About TO BE HERO

2016, ONA, 12 eps, 65%, Studio LAN

Handsome, divorced and with a teen daughter living with him, our hero is a “bad father” who works as a toilet seat designer. One day, as he was in the toilet, he founds himself sucked into the toilet seat and he is given the important task to save the planet. The price for being a super hero is quite huge: This Good-looking guy is transformed into an Ugly Dude…with Super Power! To protect the Earth and his daughter Min, his fight is about to begin…

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