To Be Hero LEAF (also known as “To Be Heroine” in the Japanese localization) is a donghua [1] that sucked me into its world as soon as I first encountered it. It is packed full of allusions, metaphors, puns, and powerful messages, many of which I found to be very masterfully done from a storytelling perspective, and this is coming from somebody is a total guru obsessed with “surreal-type” anime like Mawaru Penguindrum, Tatami Galaxy, and Flip Flappers.
This is the type of story that deserves to have essays picking it apart.
And indeed, while the show was airing, I found myself greedily trying to pick up on the subliminal messages and hints that the creators had left lying around.
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