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Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari (LN)
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Rating(3.9 / 5.0, 179 votes)
5 | 50% (89 votes) |
4 | 17% (31 votes) |
3 | 14% (25 votes) |
2 | 8% (14 votes) |
1 | 11% (20 votes) |
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22 Volumes (Ongoing)
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Weekly Rank: #9565Monthly Rank: #14174
All Time Rank: #6190
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction.
As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!
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One entry per lineThe Rising of the Shield Hero
盾の勇者の成り上がり
盾の勇者の成り上がり
Related Series
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari (WN) (Web Novel)Yari no Yuusha no Yarinaoshi (Spin-Off)In a World Without Life (Shared Universe)Dimension Wave (WN) (Shared Universe)The Rising of the Shield Hero – Side Stories (Side Story)Dimension Wave (LN) (Shared Universe)Recommendations
Nidome no Yuusha (4)Sword Art Online (1)
The Trembling World (1)
Ive never enjoyed a novel less in my life than these 2 volumes. On to volume 8 and 9, it follows said twat psychopath into the newly focused on late series plot stuff, again not a bad idea, it introduces more good new characters but again refuses to advance without fluff and a 50 page fight. But atleast there was time to relax and have fun here and unlike the last 2 volumes. 10 is the start of the best arc in the series when we get the majority of the major characters and the plot slows down, sadly it too added a conflict that took up half the volume and honestly contributed nothing. I'd have put this as the climax of volume 7 and then slowly built up to the 8-9 content more organically with the new characters involved and started that at 10 once we had most of them, instead we feel less related to these characters and delayed major events vital to already introduced characters development, who will even renember the other 3 heroes at this point when we havnt seen them since the start of volume 6? TLDR:
1. The author refuses to end a volume with new content on anything less than a 50 page fight, even if he has to write 200 pages of badly written fluff to do so.
2. The new content is placed en bulk all at once delaying vital events and characters to the series overall quality.
3. There's a pretty strong quality difference between the original content that had a framework and the new stuff that is pretty jarring due to the above.
4. The author is bad at fights and plot but the is really good at kingdom building stuff. I recommend just reading the web novel since you can pretty much read all of it in the time it takes you read these 10 volumes and although some of its better youll get more enjoyment from being farther in the series with all the development that entails.
- All done really well, with very distinct personalities. I especially love the part when Itsuki, Motoyatsu, and Ren all turned around and started to treat Naofumi as an equal. I won't spoil why that happens though. Having them stay idiotic, and being an ass to Naofumi will definitely get annoying so that's a good change.
- Naofumi I have only one problem, he tends to rely on his rage shield/shield of wrath a little too often. I get that it's his only form of offense but he's just been using it too much. He does break out of his "I'm an evil bastard" act once he gets his village, and we see how he takes care of everything.
- Fohl has a sister complex. I personally don't like him because of that, but he is definitely a good character.
- Alta, Fohl's lil sister. She's one of my favourite characters in the series. Her personality is very unique, and I love her very honest talks about wanting to be there for Naofumi.
There are others but, these are the only ones I care to talk about. Everyone else is just good, or meh. World building: It's here, and there. There isn't very strong moments. But it is good enough.