Nobody talks about this one. It's a two-episode OVA that treats the job of being a hero like a corporate recruitment pitch, finding the absurd comedy in turning world-saving into a career path with benefits. The show knows the joke is funny because it's true: heroism sounds noble until you're filling out paperwork, choosing between transformation powers and robot piloting in an interview, working as a squad because solo heroics don't scale. It's bite-sized enough that you can watch both episodes and immediately wish there were ten more, the kind of comedy that works because it commits completely to the premise without ever winking at the camera.

Hero Company offers a job listing straight out of a fantasy: staff may transform, operate a huge robot, or battle as part of a squad. The company is an enormous corporation that protects people worldwide from disasters and other emergencies. When duty calls, its workers become Dessert Five, a team whose members include Parfait Pink, Choco Red, Soft Ice Cream Yellow, Macaron Navy and Langue de Chat White. Across two episodes, the OVA plays superhero work as a corporate job for laughs. It came bundled with the eighth volume of the manga.