r/SentencedToBeAHero

I recently posted in another sub and now I am curious. Without giving spoilers does anyone know the etymology of the word "hero" in the source material? My theory from watching the show (which I absolutely loved btw) is that the word "hero" didn't exist before the penal heroes came to be. The show with it's wonderful worldbuilding is literally defining the word and eventually hero will be known as the people who continued to selflessly sacrifice themselves for the sake of others.

I could be way off base and would love if someone could confirm or deny using examples from the novel? Do they ever use Yusha in a positive light? Was it never a word? Or did it evolve into something negative after the penal heroes came into existence?

This is the original post where a line in the dub bothered me for reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/Animedubs/s/fzXlY6hkrd

Looking forward to discussing with yall!

I wan xylo to end up with kivia, cuz they both are heroes now, and mannnn their chemistry is soo good, like frenci is good but nah man, kivia x xylo>>> and please for god sake i hope it doesnt turn out to be a harem, one girl is enough and its kivia

Ive seen the anime and noticed in ep11 frenci replied to kivia’s request as taking up on a second favour for her. The anime only shows the second one.

Can anyone that has read the novel please tell what the first favour was and is it in the novels ahead (LN 2 onwards) or was it omitted from the anime?

Open to spoilers

Xylo lost his family to demon blights and was taken in by his fiance's family.

He lost his squad and he is forced to kill a person who is like a daughter to him so she won't turn into demon blight and everyone denied Xylo's claim of goddess becoming a demon blight.

He was falsely accused and infamously known and hated as Goddess killer.

The people he doesn't want to lose is his friends in the hero platoon and most importantly, Teoritta, Teoritta is the goddess and a daughter he never want to lose again.

I can see him going insane if something happen to Teoritta.

One day, he might break down and cried and his friends and Teoritta will see him cry for the first time.

He is in the end, a human.