review for Heroes!

Heroes’ is one of my favorite American drama series. The drama is about people who suddenly realize they have superpowers, and try to save the world. It sounds like a typical hero story, but this drama is not that simple. Every character has their role or purpose, and some try to rattle the world, while the others try to stop them. Every episode has big changes, such as the bad guy turns into a hero in one episode. So you can’t miss any episodes you want to follow the story. It makes ‘Heroes’ so addictive.

Characters in this drama are really random. You see them flying, self-replicating, prognosticating, transporting through time and space… most of them are the things you have imagined when you were a child. They aroused my curiosity. There are a lot of dramas with superpowers, but one of the different points of this drama from the others is there are many ‘heroes’ with superpower in this drama. Even if you don’t like one character, you can still find your favorite one. But since there are so many characters with so many superpowers, it is really hard to follow the story. It confuses me especially when characters keep time traveling with the other characters. But it is fun to watch and think at the same time. When you can figure the connection of the past and future, you will be fully satisfied.

My favorite character is Peter. Peter is the one of the main character in this drama. He is the first one to realize his superpower. When he fell off from a high building, he accidentally realized that he could fly. After that he tries to save the world with his power without knowing what is behind…! Also, I like Hiro Nakamura, the only Japanese character in this drama. He is also one of the main characters. He can time travel to anywhere when he concentrates. He often goes back to Japan with the power, it is really interesting to see Japan from American side. Also I found that every Japanese character speaks really bad English from the beginning. But they get better and better as they time traveled more.

‘Heroes’ is not just a superpower drama. It also gives a picture of human relationships as well. Such as the relationship between a man with a superpower and his family. Some of the ‘heroes’ struggle with their power. It gives the drama reality. Since this drama is called ‘heroes’, there are a lot of action scenes, but also this is the human drama beyond the struggle to survive and escape.

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