Is This Hero for Real?

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If this does not get another chapter to tie lose ends, I will commit many crimes. Is This Hero For Real starts out as a typical 'revenge isekai' where Kang Hansoo gets sent into the wilderness of another world when he asks to go home. However, when you expect him to get revenge on those who had betrayed him, he doesn't, he stands out as (at most times) a morally righteous person. Side characters also get their time in the spotlight without feeling like they take up too much of the story, where you get to see the side characters' perspectives and what they see ... in the world. Is This Hero For Real takes its time building the surroundings of the world, and fleshing out the characters' personalities and powers. The art style is phenomenal for this type of story, and is very good even in the most mundane situations, to intense battles. Those who are looking for a fun read which is very easy to get into should read this.


-------------------------- SPOILERS FOR THE ENDING AND LAST COUPLE CHAPTER OF IS THIS HERO FOR REAL -----------------------------


HOWEVER, the last chapter feels unjustifiable in what it does. When people say endings matter, this is incredibly true for Is This Hero For Real. During the last couple of chapters of the story, Kang Hansoo gains a powerup which can only be described as plot armor while facing the demon king. The last few chapters felt incredibly underwhelming and confusing. When the demon king is defeated on chapter 101, Hanwoo does get his body back and faces ZERO consequences for his actions. The ending felt like there should be more for the side characters, and also gives zero explanations for why Diaroka is on Earth with Hansoo. Not only this, but also no mentions of the leveling / power system are mentioned when they are back on Earth.


Is This Hero For Real should have had a better ending, it also feels like there is much more to add onto the story past its manhwa ending. There is a high probability that the ending was rushed, because the series was axed, but we can only hope for more.

To begin with I would say that the manhwa does a lot of things well enough that has led me to enjoy it throughout its run, though the same thing couldn't be said about its ending that was very clear how abrupt it was. It is actually quite saddening that it had to end this abruptly as according to those who read the novel (not me) it gets even deeper and more interesting.

Plot:
The plot may at first seem fairly cringy as personally it reminds me of other isekai stories that begin like such (getting seperated from class when summoned to another world), that leads mc ... to become edgy and recluse. In this story mc doesn't become that annoying and cringe. One thing it does though that follows its predecessors in this type of subset of isekai is spending too much time with the other perspective (idk what to call it), which could have been used instead to develop the main character.

Characters:
The main sidecast that follows the mc is fairly interesting as they serve as guides to the mc in this foreign world, but are also made in a way that shows their individual personalities. Each character evokes different characteristics from mc thus bringing to us a more rounded mc from which we can see his good and bad. I do have qualms though with the characters of his original class as they are all very one sided characters, which barely have any development in character. And the character that gets the most character building from them is the worst one.

Art:
The art is something that is fairly basic I feel. Nothing to praise yet nothing to complain about either. The art is consistent at least in my eyes which is something that I commend that they kept even nearing the end where the story got axxed.

Overall:
It is an enjoyable series which gives a goofy little twist to isekai that I feel is yet to be overdone but is not revolutionary. If you ask if I would recommend it I would say no, but if you ask if I would advise you against reading it I wouldn't say so as well. It is an ok series but the ending is very disappointing. It could probably be used as a starting point for reading the novel though (that is what I'm gonna do).

Be warned, this series has the most pathetic and lazy ending I've ever read. There is ZERO payoff to anything happens within the story. So many characters are introduced and then forgotten about within minutes. So many different subplots are established with no conclusion whatsoever. They spend so much time on these elaborate character introductions and then...nothing, as if the author couldn't even be bothered. A hundred chapters and we still don't even know who the bad guys are, or even who the good guys are. It was such a bizarre ending I had to double check to make sure it really ended. This series ... is just a complete mess.