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“Zero, humanity's first superhero, vanished after five years of war, leaving other heroes behind.”
Hero Return
英雄再临
6.67
15,237 rank · 3,268 readers · 23 favorites
Super Power
Action
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
Zero, humanity's first superhero, vanished after five years of war, leaving other heroes behind.
Zero was mankind's first real superhero. Under his watch, countless other superheros appeared and followed in his footsteps. However, after 5 years of war, Zero disappeared without a trace. (Source: SF Qing Xiaoshuo, translated)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
5.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 3
σ 2.05
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.05 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.67
Running avg · Jan 2022 → Jan 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Story- 6/10 The story of Yingxiong Zai Lin (Hero Return) isn't anything special with regards to how it portrays its power fantasy elements. All the arcs follow a pretty standard formula of the side...”
- 3 “At the first glance it looked interesting but I lost that feeling after 3rd chapter... Art: 4/10 The art may look bad, but after some chapters it starts to look even worse.. (I was curious what...”
- 5 “This Manhua was good, one of the better ones of the Chinese segment. I still remember being hyped up for new updates back when I was enrolled in Community College? The MC is the ideal example of a...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Hero Return begins and ends here.
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A Manhua Publication
- Format 488 ch ch × vol
- Total read 65h 04m approx
- Published Jan 2017 – Apr 2023
- Source Manhua media type
- Ref. BS-M56781 catalog