

Naofumi happened to receive the Legendary Shield, the sole defensive equipment, while the other heroes received a sword, a spear, and a bow, weapons meant for attack. Each of the heroes were respectively equipped with their own legendary equipment when summoned. Naofumi Iwatani, an easygoing Japanese youth, was summoned into a parallel world along with three other young men from parallel universes to become the world's Cardinal Heroes and fight inter-dimensional hordes of monsters called Waves. See also: List of The Rising of the Shield Hero characters

Tate no yuusha no nariagari light novel summary series#
The anime series is licensed in North America by the Crunchyroll– Funimation partnership. A second season, co-produced by DR Movie, is set to premiere in April 2022. The 25-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Kinema Citrus aired from January to June 2019. Both the novel and manga series were licensed by One Peace Books and were published in North America starting in September 2015. The novel series was adapted into a manga series by Aiya Kyū and published by Media Factory, with nineteen volumes released as of September 22, 2021. As of June 25, 2019, twenty-two volumes have been published. Originally published as a web novel in the user-generated novel site Shōsetsuka ni Narō, the series has since been published by Media Factory with an expanded story-line featuring illustrations by Seira Minami. Not for those who don’t like: Any of the above.The Rising of the Shield Hero ( Japanese: 盾の勇者の成り上がり, Hepburn: Tate no Yūsha no Nariagari) is a Japanese dark fantasy isekai light novel series written by Aneko Yusagi. Overall: This is well worth a read if you enjoy stories of this type.įor those who like: Parallel World Stories, Fantasy, Great Plotlines, Amazing Cast of Characters, Excellent Artwork. The rest of the cast is great as well.Īrt: I read the Web Novel version so I didn’t get much of a look at the art, but the artwork i’ve seen is great. Naofumi himself is a bit of an ass, but if you compare him to the rest of the Heroes he’s actually quite nice. The plot itself is great, and I love what Naofumi has to go through because of the other Heroes, who are all idiots.Ĭharacters: Raphtalia is easily my favorite character, because of her earnestness towards Naofumi. That being said it’s definitely translated better than Arifureta is at the moment, and that may impact people reading it better than reading a less refined translation like Arifureta has.

Plot: It’s not nearly as light hearted as something like other series, it’s more like Arifureta than other series I’ve read.

Due to Naofumi’s lack of charisma and experience, he ended up with only a single teammate while others have several. Naofumi coincidentally received the Legendary Shield as his weapon. Plot Synopsis: Iwatani Naofumi was summoned into a parallel world along with 3 other people to become the world’s Heroes. It’s Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari, or Rising of the Shield Hero, by Aneko Yusagi! This week for Light Novel Thursday I’m covering a series that I really hope gets an anime adaptation that doesn’t suck like Campione’s did.
