The Rising of the Shield Hero
Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and fighting the Waves of Catastrophe as the Shield Hero. Excited by the prospect of a grand adventure, Naofumi sets off with his party. However, merely a few days later, he is betrayed and loses all his money, dignity, and respect. Unable to trust anyone anymore, he employs a slave named Raphtalia and takes on the Waves and the world. But will he really find a way to overturn this desperate situation?
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College student Iwatani Naofumi is reading a book titled "The Records of the Four Cardinal Weapons" in the library when he is suddenly summoned to ano...
Naofumi follows the slave merchant to his store, where he looks for a partner to act as his sword. But all he has the money to buy is a diseased demi-...
Naofumi has obtained a whole load of abilities and skills, and his teamwork with Raphtalia is reaching perfection, too. To prepare for the incoming Wa...
The Wave is gone, but Naofumi's relief is short-lived as Motoyasu challenges him to a duel in the middle of the celebratory banquet held in Melromarc...
After Aultcray reluctantly offers Naofumi a paltry reward, he heads to the slave merchant to redo the slave crest as per Raphtalia's wishes. He also b...
The mysterious girl that showed up out of nowhere was actually Filo. She's a filolial queen with an advanced transformation ability, and she can even...
After hearing of a village that's in immediate need of herbicide, Naofumi and his party head there to do business. The village has been overrun by pla...
After hearing of a village in the East that's being ravaged by an epidemic, Naofumi and his party head there to deliver medicine. The epidemic was cau...
In the Eastern village, Naofumi meets a girl named Melty. She instantly becomes friends with Filo and then requests to accompany the party on their jo...
After refusing to hear Melty out, Naofumi switches to planning for the next Wave. When a bunch of young soldiers ask to join his party, he agrees, but...
Naofumi faces another Wave, this time in a remote village. With the help of the soldiers who volunteered to join him, he's able to secure the safety o...
A mysterious woman showed up out of nowhere and destroyed the second Soul Eater in a single blow. She then proclaimed the start of the "true battle of...
Naofumi foils the attempt to take Melty's life and fights off the royal knights, but he's then framed for abducting Melty and killing several knights,...
Due to Myne recklessly starting a forest fire, Naofumi and his party are forced to flee to a village at the base of the mountain. However, it won't be...
Raphtalia corners Idol with vengeance in her eyes, her bloodthirsty blade reaching for his throat. Naofumi's words bring her back to her senses moment...
As Naofumi and his party try to get the weakened kids to safety, Tyrant attacks them. Once Naofumi realizes that he's actually after Filo, he hatches...
Fitoria tells Naofumi that she'll kill all Four Cardinal Heroes if they don't get back on the same page. She even takes Melty hostage, but Naofumi con...
Naofumi decides to go straight up to the checkpost in order to talk it out with the other heroes. But there, he finds the one guy least likely to list...
The Pope holds in his hands the ultimate weapon, which possesses the properties of all four cardinal weapons. Faced with its attack skill, "Judgment,"...
Naofumi and gang stay on the attack despite being trapped in the Pope's Great Cathedral, but its sacred subspace nullifies his Curse Shield, leaving t...
After Naofumi survives thanks to Mirelia's help, she comes to visit him and tells him the truth behind the summoning of the heroes and the discriminat...
After being unable to for so long, Naofumi finally gets to upgrade his party's classes. He then takes part in a meeting of the Four Cardinal Heroes, h...
On the ship to Cal Mira, Naofumi once again runs into L'arc, who keeps throwing him off. However, the strange man's friendly nature shines through, an...
Melromarc brings a large fleet to fight the Wave out at sea. While the queen takes charge and leads the operation well, the other three heroes prove u...
It turns out that Glass, like L'arc, is also a hero from other world. Naofumi barely fights off their combo attacks and then corners Glass in a one-on...
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4 years ago
This animation The Rising of the Shield Hero (Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari) is in the isekai genre; meaning modern day person transported (usually by magic) to another plain of reality or another world; typically fantasy based.
This series is exceptionally good. While there is some liberal based ideas in the series, there isn't a saturation to point of poisoning the audience or putting off the fan base. The development of the protagonists throughout the series is pretty good and reminded me a lot of another isekai anime called Log Horizon. Though instead of following a dozen characters, this anime follows five to six to include the main protagonist, the Shield Hero.
I wish I could go into detail on how well this series was written but I would mainly be repeating myself. The pacing, character development, drama, and trauma of all the characters is spot on, and the consistency is flawless. You will not be wasting your time watching this series; it is well worth a look-see.
9.5 out of 10 stars, simply because I like a little more fan service to my anime. Ex. Yuuna and the Haunted Bath House lol
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TMDB2 years ago
I would say this anime show is great, but the most cringe part is that daughter of " Melromarc Malty S" let Iwatani Naofumi's friends blaming on him that he r**pe Malty aka "Bitch" but, it was a lied Naofumi never do that he wanted a team mate to partnership able like but, Naofumi have to buy a salve's that he meet up with Raphtalia.
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TMDB4 weeks ago
(note4me: copied from letterboxd) - 5 October 2025
Some SPOILERS, beware
Nah y'all weird for liking this.. I watched this like what, years ago? Maybe the first episode, then dropped it because I lost interest, and I made the mistake of rewatching it, because why not? Let's give it a try! I watched as much as I could stomach, that fateful October morning.. And the first few episodes? I was chilling with it. My star and a half (edit: 10%) goes to the whole game/wordbuilding of the anime, it is genuinely nice. The premise was interesting. But.. a Slave? SLAVES?????? And the MC was just down with it? Being in the modern day? Like I get that the world they were transported to was a medieval sort of age, where slavery was much more common, but c'mon. Have some sense. And I decided, maybe it'll get better, and I stuck around for a few more episodes. But it only got worse. The father-daughter or maybe older sibling-younger sibling bond that I was hoping for crumbled.. Why is she a romantic interest for the MC? Grooming much?? And she goes to the slave owner (SLAVE OWNER!!!) to get her mark that binds her to him back, after it was broke, WHAT? It's just a poorly disguised fetish. It's so so gross and I dropped it because of that. And last I checked he got with atleast 2 more loli looking children in his circle??? This is why people hate anime, this is just plain weird. Genuinely an anime only degenerates would like.
(AND! Another gripe - the fact that literally every other person hated the MC? Why? Just because he has a shield as a weapon? Like, I might understand the King/Princess/Townsfolk's viewpoint on it because it's ingrained into their own like world and they have preconceived notions about what the shield hero is like, but the other weapon users? Why do they even hate him? It just feels lousy.)