Small Fry Heroes - Season 1

1. Episode 1

Aired: 1/7/2026

Nagare, a part-time worker who has decided not to lie for "a certain reason," is secretly summoned by the Ministry of Defense. All seven of the people gathered, including Sae, an office worker, and Tuta, a university student, possess "certain abilities."

2. Episode 2

Aired: 1/14/2026

While Nagare and the others agree to become reserve heroes, Sae only accepts provisionally, and when Fujiwara calls out to her, she ignores him. For "certain reasons," Sae avoids interacting with people, and is an outsider both at work and in the reserves.

3. Episode 3

Aired: 1/21/2026

"Mizuno-san! Were you a criminal...?" asks Mizuno, a university researcher, who is then interrogated by Madozumi, an employee of the Ministry of Defense. He also learns from Defense Minister Kurokawa that he has a criminal record.

4. Episode 4

Aired: 1/28/2026

In the conference room, Tuta (Morinaga Yuki) is tied up with thread that was sprayed from Mizuno's (Tetsugi Shigeyuki) buttocks! Nagare (Kikuchi Fuma) and Sae (Non), who arrive late, ask what happened and learn that Tuta stole Mizuno's listening device. Tuta claims to have picked it up, but one by one, everyone's belongings begin to come out of his bag... Tuta reluctantly confesses the reason for the theft and the complex he has, but Nagare and the others look at him coldly. However, when he shows them the "power" he used to steal, everyone is shocked... Suddenly, masked men with guns burst in and take Nagare and the others captive. Held at gunpoint, the seven are in a desperate situation. Will Tuta be able to use his power to fight off the enemy and clear his name? And there was a surprising mastermind behind the attack on the reserve self-defense force...! Meanwhile, a death row inmate escapes from the detention center...

5. Episode 5

Aired: 2/4/2026

Yutani, a "hero who has lost sight of himself," uses his "fusion reincarnation" ability to fuse with Chuta! Nagare and the others are stunned when a man who looks like a cross between Yutani and Chuta appears. Everyone rushes to somehow put them back together, but when the fusion is undone, Chuta is left in a daze... The next day, Yutani confesses about his high school days when his fusion reincarnation ability awakened, and the struggles he has endured since then. "So, who will fuse with me next?" Yutani calls out, triggering one by one the members of the Self-Defense Forces to fuse with Yutani! Then, everyone is shocked by the fusion reincarnation of one of the members...! "Huh? It's XXX, right?" Meanwhile, escaped death row inmate Shirota attacks an office worker, steals his suit, and heads to the Ministry of Defense. He breaks into the sixth conference room and takes the receptionist hostage... What is the death row inmate Shirota's purpose?

6. Episode 6

Aired: 2/11/2026

7. Episode 7

Aired: 2/18/2026