The story and preview images for Episode 1 of the TV anime Scum of the Brave (JP: 勇者のクズ) have been revealed. This episode is scheduled to air on Saturday, January 11 at 12:55 AM (JST), and will later be available on various international streaming platforms.

Episode 1

Freelance hero known as “Shinigami” Yashiro comes to the aid of Aki Jogamine, a high school girl training to become a hero, when she is targeted by local thugs. Later that day, Yashiro is drinking at his usual bar when Aki arrives alongside her classmate, Yukine Indo.

As Yashiro listens to Aki’s story, she desperately begs him to help rescue her friend, who has been taken by the Demon Lord known as Lord Amber Thorns.

Introduction

“Being a hero is a job for the lowest kind of scum.”

In the mid-21st century, Tokyo’s criminal underworld is ruled by mafias who have become “Demon Kings” through ether (magical power) enhancement surgery. The bounty hunters who take down these Demon Kings are known as “heroes.”

Heroes enhance their ether abilities with a drug called E3 in order to stand against the Demon Kings. Killing is legalized for them, turning the role of a hero into a profession that is, quite literally, one of murder.

Amid this, a self-proclaimed “disciple” suddenly shows up at the door of Yashiro, a freelance hero known as the “Grim Reaper.” She is Jōgamine, a high school girl training to become a hero. Though reluctant, Yashiro takes her in, only to find himself dragged into a series of thoroughly rotten incidents.

A scum-of-the-earth “mentor” and a self-proclaimed “disciple”—
a heavyweight modern supernatural action story begins!

Source : Scum of the Brave Official