“4 Cut Hero” is what happens when You want to speedrun ¾ of a normal fantasy anime. Imagine a world that is a wacky amalgamation of a standard, medieval fantasy setting and today’s world. Now imagine a hero that is a similar amalgamation, a OP AF powerhouse with NEET lifestyle and little to no aspirations. You got it. That’s the setup for this show. One day a Young hero defeats the Dark Lord. Driven not by altruism, not by a higher calling but by… greed. Our hero - Zeed wanted to be rich and to marry a princess after a drunk sage filled with head withsome “peek of your life” nonsense. So he did. Now he’s out of the job and lives his life like a proper NEET. Playing games and visiting maid cafes. That is until shit hits the fan and he’s dragged into a series of weird events.

There is little to say about the characters. Except Zeed all have very little screen time so we don’t get full backstories. My OCD hates it’s not as annoying as I was expecting it to be.

The whole parody vibe of the show is pretty solid. Not great but I’ll give them a B+ in the subverting expectations department. A lot of tropes You find in a fantasy anime are turned upside down just for a cheap laugh and I liked it. I’m honestly not sure if the show is self aware or the satire is a fluke and I don’t care. It got a laugh out of me a few times. Something that most “comedy” shows aren’t capable of.

So yeah. If You want to see Your favourite fantasy trope gutted and laugh about it. Watch this. Totally worth it, even if the episodes are very, very short.