#queen mirelia

[shieldherostuffs]

The Four Heroes: *Screaming*

The Queen: Sir Iwatani, what's the problem?!

Motoyasu: Hey! Why do you only ask Naofumi when Me, Itsuki, and Ren are also screaming?

Naofumi: Because I only scream when necessary. You guys scream at any given chance.

#the rising of the shield hero #rising of the shield hero #naofumi iwatani #incorrect rising of the shield hero #chat post #incorrect quotes #the four heroes #queen mirelia

[bismuthwisdom]

Umineko no naku koro ni Shared VAs - Golden Land

Other:

Main Three

Cousins

Adult Siblings

Spouses

Servants

'98 Squad

Heavenly Court

Stakes

Ronove - Tomokazu Sugita

Katakuri Charlotte (One Piece)

Rudeus Greyrat (Mushoku Tensei)

Hidenori Tabata (Daily life of high school boys)

Joseph Joestar (Jojo)

Escanor (Seven Deadly Sins)

Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)

Jack the Ripper (Shuumatsu no Walküre)

Kyon (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

Virgilia - Kikuko Inoue

Sanae Furukawa (Clannad)

Mirelia Q. Melromarc (Rising of the Shield Hero)

Yukari Yakumo (Touhou)

Mizuho Kazami (Onegai Teacher)

Miria (Claymore)

Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Eucliwood Hellscythe (Is this a zombie)

Belldandy (Ah my goddess)

Gaap - Yuki Kaida

Kurapika (HxH)

Homura (Sekirei)

Abe no Masahiro (Shounen Onmyouji)

China (Hetalia)

Kohaku (In Another World with my Smartphone )

Kotarou Katsura (Gintama)

Shuusuke Fuji (Prince of Tennis)

Echidna (Queens Blade)

Sakutarou - Minori Chihara

Mitsuki Nase (Kyoukai no kanata)

Anastasia Nasuhara (Oniichan dakedo ai)

Minami Iwasaki (Lucky Star)

Miku Izayoi (Date a live)

Kagura Tsuchimiya (Ga Rei)

Yuki Nagato (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

Aya Natsume (Tenjou Tenge)

Chiaki Minami (Minami-ke)

#umineko #wtc #when they cry

[my-anime-list]

The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2

The second installment of Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari finds Naofumi Iwatani and his companions racing against time as another Wave looms on the horizon. However, their plans are upended when Lurolona Village is besieged by bat familiars and the Wave countdown suddenly stalls. In the midst of the chaos, the Four Cardinal Heroes join forces with Queen Mirelia Q Melromarc to investigate the strange events. It soon becomes clear that the Spirit Tortoise, a fearsome creature roused from its slumber, is at the heart of the troubling situation. Despite the danger, a plan to vanquish the Spirit Tortoise is hatched, though only the cursed Shield Hero is willing to offer his assistance.

#the rising of the shield hero #anime online #anime #r

[lerizard]

#tate no yuusha no nariagari #the rising of the shield hero #Mirelia Q Melromarc #iwatani naofumi #Aultcray Melromarc XXXII #Melty Melromarc #Raphtalia #Firo #Amaki Ren #kitamura motoyasu #kawasumi itsuki #the queen is a boss

[rot-shield-hero]

Hey a writing/heacanon suggestion but what if unlike in canon, the four Cardinal Hero can and is encouraged to travel together?

Hope you like this!! :)

The king was annoyed. He hated the shield hero, yet his wife’s shadows decided to step in. He had the plan of separating the heroes and having them travel alone. This way, they could frame him for a crime. Of course, he should have seen this coming. “Queen Mirelia wishes the heroes to travel together and train together.”

The king murmured something under his breath but didn’t attempt to argue. His wife’s word was law if anyone hears. The heroes looked at each other, wondering just what would happen. Myne agreed to show them around and tell them about their world. Naofumi was the one she latched onto, unknowing how uncomfortable he became. As they headed to the inn, Naofumi was sharing a room with the sword hero—Ren? Ren Amaki. He looked through his shield stats and wondered about the different things there were. Different shields needing to be unlocked.

“What are your thoughts about Myne?”

“Uh? I don’t have any. She just makes me uncomfortable with how touchy she is.” Naofumi shrugged as he laid back. “Why? What do you think about her?”

“I feel like she’ll get in the way, especially since Motoyasu is too distracted by her.”

“Yeah. I guess.” He sighed and rubbed his eyes. “Hey, want to come with me? I found a clearing which the locals say will be cool to see at night.”

Ren blinked, wondering why he was asking this of him. He was trying to be a loner but that wasn’t going to happen. Naofumi was way too excited about this. With a sigh, he agreed. He was sure that the other was going to bother him until he said yes. The two left, heading to the clearing.

Naofumi was the first to spot it. Balls of lights hung in the air. The silver snake of the moon slithered between the canopies. Animals were around. Peaceful. That was the word that Ren could describe it. Naofumi was like a child—despite being one of the older ones. He looked around and looked so mesmerized. Ren didn’t see a reason why they were there.

The Shield Hero just seemed to be enjoying himself. “I’m tired,” he said, earning the green-eyes man’s attention. “I’m going to go. Are you going to stay here?”

“Um?” He was about to answer when he found a plant blooming. With a frown, he knelt down. His scanner telling him what it was. He picked it with the root and all—Ren watching the entire time. What if it was poisonous? He watched the shield absorb the plant. “Huh?” A new shield took place of the other one.

The duo made it back by dawn, Naofumi having read and practiced with the new shield.

Upon arriving at their room, they crashed in their respective beds. The door was forced open by the knights. Ren shot awake at the sound of Naofumi’s struggling. “What’s going on?” Motoyasu was angry and at the door.

It didn’t come out until he was basically forced into trial for rape accusations. Ren was confused. Naofumi was with him the entire time. He stepped forward saying what actually happened. They had been at the clearing. Ren and him were together the night before practicing and working on their new abilities. The Sword Hero was confused and extremely frustrated with these people. Naofumi was with him all night last night, never touched alcohol, and they didn’t even get back to the room until dawn.

Istuki was on their side and Motoyasu was on Myne’s. Of course he was.

The people didn’t believe the heroes. Naofumi was silent, staring at the floor with a blank expression. “It doesn’t matter,” he whispered. He was angry but his calm voice was chilling and cold. “You all can believe what you want, I am not going to attempt to argue.” He got to his feet, the handcuffs falling to the ground. The entire time, he had been picking the locks. Ren stared at him with wide eyes. Was he really going to let them think that? “It’s not like you’re going to believe me anyway.” He turned and made his way out, ignoring everyone yelling at him.

“I knew I would find you here.” Ren’s voice came from behind him. Naofumi was sitting on the ground, petting a black wolf. A wolf. Why was there a wolf? The two other heroes looked around the clearing. They could faintly hear stream running. “A lot of the kingdom hates you.” A shrug. “You don’t care?”

“I’m used to being hated. This won’t be new. I just want to get through this and get back home. My little brother might get angry with me since he was supposed to visit and stay for a while.” He hummed softly, running his hand through the onyx fur of the sleeping animal.

“What’s with the wolf?” Itsuki asked sitting beside him and petting the canine.

“Don’t know. She was here already and—“ he pointed to his neck. There was a long gash—well, more of a scratch than anything. “My protective abilities are extremely high. So I let her just chew on my leg for a while before she got tired and laid her head in my lap.”

Motoyasu got closer. “What’s—?”

The wolf growled at him.

“I thought she was asleep!”

“She was. You woke her up.”

“Why is she growling at me though?”

“Doesn’t like you.” Naofumi faintly smiled at the blond’s misfortune of being growled at. He looked at the wolf. “Now what’s your name?” he asked as if he would get a response. The wolf whimpered and shook her head. “No name? How about Nyx? She’s the primordial of the night. Like a goddess but higher ranking.” Silver eyes looked happy at the thought and nodded.

Naofumi’s expression shifted to indifference. The wolf lifted herself up, biting his clothing and bringing him up to his feet. It was at that moment they noticed the different outfit. Green cloak which brought out his eyes and just a different attire in general. “Let’s get going, we have a lot to do to prepare for the waves.”

He wasn’t as joyful like before, and Ren knew that he rather preferred him to be happy and energized than indifferent and uncaring.

They were heroes. Ren knew it wasn’t going to be easy but everything was going to be harder with one of their members hated. Not to mention the two oldest ones were at each others’ necks. Even so, they were together to the end.

At least, Ren thought so.

Naofumi and Nyx were gone the next day.

It was Motoyasu’s fault.

But it wasn’t long until they saw him again. This time accompanied by a little girl. She was sick.

“A slave?”

“Not really a slave.” He shrugged. “She’s sick and I promised her that I would keep her safe. Once she’s strong enough, I’m going back and taking the seal off. It’s only there so that people don’t attempt to take her from me.” A dark look crossed his face.

Nyx was curled around the girl. “And Nyx likes her.”

Ren was the youngest but he was more rational than everyone here. “So you’re a father now?”

The embarrassed look was enough to make him smile.

#rising of the shield hero #tate no yuusha no nariagari #naofumi iwatani #kitamura motoyasu #kawasumi itsuki #amaki ren #au #ask

[omgspookykookie]

The Rising of the Shield Hero MBTI

Kind of iffy about this anime, but if they make a second season I would definitely still look into it.

Main Characters

Naofumi: INTP 5w6 sp/sx

Raphtalia: ISFJ 6w7 so/sx

Filo: ESFP 7w6 sx/so

Melty: ISFJ 2w1 so/sp

Malty/Myne: ESFJ 3w2 so/sp

Queen Mirelia: INTJ 5w4 sp/so

Minor/Side Characters

Motoyasu: ESFP 3w2 so/sx

Itsuki: ISFJ? 9w8 sp/sx

Ren: ISTJ? 8w9 sp/sx

#mbti #anime mbti #rising of the shield hero mbti #rising of the shield hero

[chantokahkol]

Voice Meme: Mirelia Mewrilah

Bold what applies to your muse, italicize situational ones.

Feel free to add your own suggestions and carry it on.

► ACCENT “country” │ “backwoods” │ “sailor” │ “noble” │ “foreign speaker” | “The Queen’s English”

► ELOQUENCE educated │ uneducated │ doesn’t use conjunctions │ shortens words │ just makes up their own words! │ old English

► TONE loud │ soft │ room volume │ high pitched │ low pitched │seductive │velvety │ speech impediment │ abrasive │ gruff │ shrill │ booming │ matter-of-fact │ toneless │ husky │gravelly │ breathy │ nasal │ barking │ chatty │ condescending │ musical │ suave │ world-weary │ brash │ authoritative

► HABITS

refers to self in third person plurals │ incorporates different languages/terms/sayings│uses gender-specific terms │ adapts to audience │ changes pitch around animals or children │ shifts tone when lying │ gives others nicknames│uses terms of respect towards others

► VOICE REFERENCE

Mire has a rather calm but uncertain way of speaking. The VA I’ve picked for her is Grey DeLisle. Voice most fitting would be Female wizard in Diablo 3

Tagged by: @nightbearers

Tagging: everyone

#Mirelia Mewrilah #Mire #Gobcatte #Mirelia #XIV #XIVRP #Balmung #Voicememe

[recentanimenews]

The Rising of the Shield Hero S2 – 04 – Part of the Gang

The night after the battle, Rishia tells the rest of the party how she and her parents lived happy unassuming lives as poor nobles until a neighboring noble abducted her as payment for debts unfairly levied against her family. She thought she was a goner, but was rescued by Itsuki, who exposed the evil noble. Ever since, Rishia has vowed to repay the Bow Hero (also, she’s probably in love with the guy…I mean look at that face.)

Naofumi’s party, along with Ost, Eclair, and Elrasla, take it upon themselves to finish off the Spirit Tortoise by traveling onto its headless body and finding its weak spot. On the way, Ost wonders why all of the soldiers are saluting and praising her when she’s technically a servant of the Tortoise. The answer is simple: because she fought alongside them, and saved their lives.

After hours of traveling through dense fog with no weak spots in sight, Naofumi decides to stop and camp for the night. While Raph and Filo sleep together, Rishia admits to Ost that she’s a little jealous of their sisterly bond as she was an only child. But throughout the episode and especially here, Ost serves as a big sister figure.

Ost assures Rishia that even though she’s no longer in the Bow Hero’s party—and maybe precisely because she isn’t—she’s able to accomplish something for his sake. The next morning, when they meet up with Queen Mirelia at a village decimated by the Tortoise awakening, Ost provides a soothing presence for Rishia, who is not used to being around such death.

After being comforted by Ost, Rishia pays it forward by telling an also-distraught Raphtalia that she doesn’t have to “get used to” death an destruction. That’s after Mirelia leads Naofumi’s gang to a large dilapidated shrine further within the Tortoise’s back, into which they all brave despite the constant risk of total collapse.

Once there, and there is an ancient language written on the wall to translate, Rishia really comes into her own, both in enthusiasm and competence. Naofumi wonders if from now on she should focus on honing her scholarly skills, but Elrasla tells Naofumi that might yet be a waste of Rishia’s potential, which remains as yet untapped. She then comes upon some writing she can’t ready easily, which Naofumi immediately identifies as Japanese.

Mirelia calls it the “hero’s alphabet”, and while some of it is worn away or obscured, he can make out something about breaking a seventh seal. When the shrine collapses, Ost finally remembers something important: the key to defeating the Tortoise is to travel within its body.

Naofumi prepares to head in with Raph, Filo, and Ost, asking Eclair and Elrasla to keep the armies together should thinkgs go sideways. He’s ready to ask Rishia to stay behind as well, but she refuses: she’s a member of his party; where he goes, she goes.

It’s a brave, bold gesture by someone who, along with Ost, have become my favorite characters in this second season. That said, when she heads into the dark and spooky “large intestine” of the Tortoise, she still needs Ost by her side to keep her wits about her.

That’s when the party suddenly encounters what appear to be three adventurers who claim to have been sent by the queen. Nobody buys that, and when Raph uses anti-mirage magic to nullify their disguises, they’re revealed to be Naofumi’s old pals L’Arc, Therese…and Glass. Now they’re not a trio you come across any ol’ day in a giant turtle colon!

By: magicalchurlsukui

#Anime #News #RABUJOI – An Anime Blog

[aros001]

First time read through light novel vol. 17. Random thoughts.

Alright, from Shield Hero to Goblin Slayer to Re:Zero and now back again.

“As of this day, you shall lead our nation as the queen of Melromarc. You shall henceforth be known as Melty Q. Melromarc.”

Wait, that's what the Q stands for? I always just thought Mirelia had a weird middle name. So what was Melty's middle initial before this? The wiki says Malty's is S but what does that stand for? Second-in-line? Spare?

Right off the bat I love Naofumi and Melty's back and forth. He really does feel like the older sibling she never got to have. It's a reason I don't think they should be married (beyond the fact that she's a literal child and he's a grown man). She can act her age around him because Naofumi genuinely makes her feel safe enough to.

“If you don’t desire to marry Hero Iwatani, I have someone else I might like to suggest to you, Queen Melty.” The old man was looking at Fohl as he spoke.

Wait, Fohl? What?

“Huh?!” Fohl froze as though his spine had turned to ice with Trash’s eye upon him, and then he visibly recoiled. So he wasn’t up for it. I could understand that.

Wait...hasn't the implication been that Fohl and Atla might be the children of Trash's sister? I mean, I get that incest wasn't exactly uncommon in old royal families but he jumped on trying to set up his daughter with her cousin pretty quickly. You'd think he'd be a lot more protective over his youngest daughter but I suppose maybe his mentality is that a husband could help ease some of the burden off Melty and give her someone who could definitely protect her like Fohl or Naofumi. ...Doesn't make it that much less creepy. Again, Melty's, like, 12.

“No need to worry about that,” Trash responded. “Melty is quite capable of carrying a child.” So she was quite an early bloomer . . . Trash, hold on!

“Why do you know that?!” I retorted.

“There was much about Melty written in my wife’s diaries,” he explained. He almost made it sound like a good thing, whimsical and sweet. The queen had known about Witch’s virginity, after all, so I guess she would know about Melty too.

Mirellia: "Dear diary, I had a bit of false excitement today. My shadows informed me they witnessed Melty disrobing while she and the Shield Hero's party slept around the campfire. I thought my dear little girl had finally awoken an attraction for the opposite sex and was about to make her move. But alas, it was merely to sleep inside the feathers of his pet Filolial (Note to self: Once I clear Mr. Iwatani's name, find a way to bring up casually that I would like to try sleeping inside the Filolial also). Oh well. I suppose there is still plenty of time for that later. Still, it is the one and only area I feel she could stand to take note from her sister. The shadow I have assigned to the Spear Hero's party is very descriptive. I think I should consider switching in another shadow to replace her for a bit. She may be a little too into her job."

Back to reality, while I get why she would do that and why Trash would check, that was still more than I needed to know about any of that family. NOBODY GO HAVING SEX WITH MELTY!

I was now basically engaged to Melty. That might look like a Lolita complex from the outside. There were lots of women around me with adult bodies but who were actually quite young too—Raphtalia, Filo, Shildina, Keel, even Atla. From that perspective, it did start to make me feel a bit strange.

Wait, when did Filo get an adult body?! I thought part of Motoyasu's obsession was because she was going to be a near eternal loli. Or does adult body to Naofumi just mean Fitoria-sized?

“What? I mean, Naofumi, don’t you play for both—” Ren started.

“That’s enough. Say no more!” I cut him off. I really needed to nip this in the bud. It was true I tried to sleep with Fohl—just once—but there were all sorts of context to that encounter.

Raphtalia: "Was I the only one he didn't try and sleep with?!?"

“Ren,” I said.

“What?” he eventually replied.

“She’s not the sharpest when it comes to matters of the heart. If such a situation actually came about, she might change her mind. If you get lucky, the one you confess to may then start to take notice of you. It’s too soon to give up,” I told him.

“Okay, okay. I get it,” he said.

“But you also need to read the room a little. If you confess to her right now, I don’t think she’ll give you the nod. You need to get closer to her first and then let her know how you feel. Maybe even get the elation right after we save the world to give things a push,” I advised.

Raphtalia: "...F**k you, Mr. Naofumi. I love you but f**k you, you observant yet oblivious walking paradox."

In all seriousness, I like that Naofumi and Ren have been becoming good friends. I don't think Naofumi would have asked Motoyasu or Itsuki in the same way what they planned on doing after the waves.

Is it weird that of all the demi-human characters, Ruft is the one I don't want to grow up too fast? I want him to stay Naofumi's raccoon son.

A weird thought occurs to me. When Naofumi and the other three first arrived in Melromarc, would their clothes have had any stats? In most games even the very basic starting clothes will give you a +1 in something. I'm just curious because, as we see in the trips to and back from Kizuna's world, certain equipment doesn't function outside of its original universe and shows up as just scrambled text in the menu. The four would have just come from a different universe with their clothes/"equipment" still on so did the same effect apply but they never noticed because there's so little protection a shirt and jeans gives?

“Up you go! Up you go!” I said, lifting her up in the air.

“Little Naofumi?” Sadeena looked at me in bemusement. Wasn’t that what you did with a child? I’d done the same thing with Raphtalia when she’d been smaller too.

When?! When the hell did broody, depressed, recently framed for attempted rape Naofumi play "Up you go!" with child Raphtalia?!

I complained in my vol. 16 post about Naofumi and Raphtalia being separated again. Again, I knew even then it was a nitpick but I am still glad how quickly they were reunited after he returned to Kizuna's world. You never want to feel like a story is playing keepaway with you.

“Actually, about that,” I said. “When I was on the verge of death, I met Atla inside something like . . . I guess you’d call it the world inside the shield. She was still very much herself, anyway.” I showed Raphtalia the shield, and the gemstone glowed. Was that Atla taunting Raphtalia from inside the shield? The light did look a bit mocking, if light could be said to do that. Raphtalia seemed to have noticed the same thing, and her brow furrowed.

Atla: "I was his first kiss AND got to be inside Lord Naofumi first. Take that, Raphtalia."

Naofumi: "I don't know what she's saying but I feel very uncomfortable all of a sudden."

“I see. That’s quite incredible. I can see the curse fading even as I watch,” Raphtalia replied.

“Even so, it seems to be rooted pretty deep. It’s going to need multiple treatments to fully heal up,” I said. After we worked out it had curse-healing properties, I had tried it on Motoyasu too, but it had done nothing at all to him. I wondered what was going on there.

Either the curse is rooted too deep because he was under its effects for so much longer than everyone else had been under theirs or Motoyasu might be resisting the curse heals because he doesn't want to change back to how he was. That or he's genuinely had a mental breakdown after all his experiences and even magic can't cure true insanity.

Takt hadn’t been worried about the waves either, I recalled. A common characteristic of these lunatics. Even Ren, Motoyasu, and Itsuki had only really considered the waves events to make them stronger for the future. I felt like I was getting to the heart of things. Now we knew that the waves weren’t a natural phenomenon. That cast suspicions on the knowledge of the heroes. When I followed that line of thought, the summoning of someone like me—someone with no knowledge of a game that played like this world—had allowed for the sharing of power-up methods to go much more smoothly. And yet they continued to summon people with game knowledge. That knowledge had proven a barrier to becoming stronger.

It was as though game knowledge itself was some kind of impediment.

Well, Motoyasu, Ren, and Itsuki were the third options for their weapons, so I suppose one theory is that they were the ones most likely to accept the situation because of their exposure to the games but would also be held back by it, so it was something of a double-edged sword. Unless the force behind the waves or at least the vanguards is throwing in some interference or influence.

Itsuki being a bit down on his musical talent or not seeing it as much special makes sense, I suppose, given he comes from a world that basically has superpowers. It's one of the (many) reason Lex Luthor hates Superman and tries to convince others they should too.. Natural talent, intelligence, body-built muscle and so on don't feel like they mean much in comparison to bulletproof skin and the ability to fly. What does it matter how good you are with an instrument when others can play music just as good with no instrument at all? It can be hard to appreciate how good you are when you're surrounded by impossible standards.

“Eight, huh? Can you tell me all of them? Just in case. You’d better tell me about the four holy heroes too,” I said. We had the seven star weapons in the other world, meaning they had one extra here. I couldn’t quite explain it, but something felt off about all this. Like, maybe there was a secret eighth seven star weapon in our world too. When I was in the shield world, I had counted the lights and seen eight, if I recalled correctly, so the possibility seemed pretty high.

Now that's curious. Perhaps the eighth has some kind of ability to hide its existence from the world or erase any traces of itself, physical or in memory. I mean, it's certainly possible Raphtalia's world has genuinely just never discovered the eighth even though it resides somewhere in their world. The vassal weapons are strong and important but there's clearly more weight to the four Holy Weapons, so those would have been the priority, and it's not like they ever had any reason to suspect there were more than seven. Naofumi only suspects there's more because he's been to another world and interacted with the Shield's spirit world; two very unique experiences.

The hunting tool, the jewels, the blunt instrument, and the ofuda (cards?) are the Holy Weapons of Kizuna's world. I'm trying to think if there's any similarity to the Shield, Bow, Spear, and Sword. Maybe it's just a difference in culture, since Kizuna's world is more Japanese themed while Raphtalia is more old England, but KW's weapons feel a lot more random than RW's. RW's are a very basic collection of standard weapons you'd find in any old battlefield. But three out of four of KW's weapons seem very indirect in terms of fighting. The best theme I could guess that they have going for them is that maybe there's a wider variety of things they can turn into, while the Shield, Bow, Spear, and Sword can only be...well, those specific things. Then again the bow can turn into a gun so that theory is shaky at best. Maybe that KW's have a more openly spiritual side to them.

Kizuna's world has more labyrinths and Raphtalia's world has more dungeons. Maybe that's a factor in the weapon spread. Objects that'd help more in puzzle solving and exploration vs. more beat-em-up focus.

This

freakin' d-bag looks like a Batman villain. Like a New 52 "hip and edgy" Music Meister; not as memorable as the original. On topic, I really like Naofumi's words to Miyaji. Diplomatic but still with strength to them. It's good to show that Naofumi isn't just completely lacking in patience when it comes to people he doesn't like (which is a consistently growing list).

“They were trash, so I killed them!” he replied. That didn’t sound good.

“But why were they trash? Were they trying to take over the world or something?” I tried anyway.

“They were getting all full of themselves, thinking they were so strong. So I had to put them right.” He wasn’t making a convincing case.

...I kind of miss when Glass was the antagonist. The Demon Dragon Emperor too.

Oh well, at least there's a chance we'll see Witch finally get killed, since she's here too for some reason.

“Mald, that person standing at your side is the very one who took in that megalomaniac Takt and attempted to use him for her own ends. There’s no justice on your side,” Itsuki said.

“Takt? He was just a sacrifice to form the foundation of our justice. His violence was purely intended to prove that we are just. We had every intention of swinging that justice hammer, but then you stepped in,” Mald replied.

Those are some impressive mental gymnastics right there. "We aided and abetted this monster of a man to murder, torture, and take over a country in order to prove how just we are and it's okay because we were eventually going to betray him and take him down once we no longer had use for him." I mean, a thing that's been made all too clear in recent years is about the two types of people who support bad causes. One type genuinely believes the bullsh*t justifications they give or that have been fed to them, while the other type knows it's bullsh*t, they just don't care so long as they get what they want. Witch is definitely the latter. Mald I could see being either but I'm leaning towards the latter again.

Also, Shield Demon King. You'd think rule #1 of fighting an enemy you despise would be to not give them an awesome title like that, even if you are trying to make yourself look like an even bigger bigshot by taking them down.

“Seriously . . . you could have just let that excitable womanizer kill you. You made things so inconvenient for me. You are so persistent, so annoyingly persistent! Just seeing you makes me want to throw up,” Witch said.

“Right back at you . . . In fact, due to my hatred of your very existence, I can comfortably claim to dislike you more than you dislike me. We have to stop meeting like this—and I intend to make this the last time. So be ready to die,” I told her. Her very existence disgusted me to the extent I could be sure my hatred for her face exceeded any malice she bore toward me. I was going to eradicate her from this world as painfully and horribly as possible . . . No, I was going to shred her very soul.

That was the only way to avenge the queen.

“Do you know these two?” Glass asked.

WHAT THE F**K DO YOU THINK, GLASS? I guess that old saying about couples starting to resemble each other holds some truth because that feels like something Kizuna would say.

“You must have grasped that we have suppressed your holy weapons. But you don’t understand how, do you? To put it plainly, we have captured all of the holy weapons in this world and used a technique to suppress the power of any opposing holy weapons—nullifying the holy weapons and techniques from other worlds,” she patronizingly explained. She had distinctively said “our.” That suggested this wasn’t something Miyaji had come to on his own, but something he had been provided with in order to contain us.

“The medium is the dragon hourglass. It suppresses the holy weapons. This was apparently a defensive mechanism for this world, created by the spirits of the holy weapons. It was to be activated if holy weapons were ever used in an invasion. Of course, it only works on holy weapons, magic, and techniques. It wouldn’t be worth using if it stopped us as well,” she continued.

I've noted it a few times throughout the series but I like how this was kind of set-up prior, so it doesn't feel like a Deus ex Machina that the villains can just shut down the Shield and Bow. We already knew that the Holy Weapons typically couldn't cross over into other worlds and that the worlds had precautions taken against each others' weapons. Witch and crew are merely exploiting a system that was already in place. While it doesn't do it as often as Goblin Slayer, I really like how often RoTSH sets things up and has them come back in major ways, like the Rucolu Fruits or defense rating attacks, making it feel more stratifying.

“Curse you, Shield Demon King! Only a coward would resort to illusions!” Miyaji bellowed.

But voodoo and curses are perfectly fine.

“I’m getting a handle on this now. Things aren’t going to go your way again! Jason Murder IV!” Armor put on a hockey mask that suddenly appeared in the air and started to swing his axe wildly.

What? What? What? What? WHAT? What? ...You know, if that's a reference to Friday the 13th part 4 being "The Final Chapter", then that's actually kind of a clever name for a finishing move (especially for one Armor kept on repeating and didn't actually finish off anyone).

I'm glad Itsuki was granted the Musical Instrument weapon. It how I feel about a lot of series where I don't mind the MC being special, but they shouldn't be the only one allowed to be special. Naofumi is important because he's the Legendary Shield Hero but the other three are still supposed to be his equals. So it's good that the Book weapon passed over him while Naofumi got the Mirror, not because Itsuki was unworthy, but because the Instrument was a much better fit for him. Naofumi shouldn't be the only one who can use the vassal weapons in an emergency situation.

A statue of Kizuna, standing like some temple effigy, with a fishing rod out in front of her. Was this really Kizuna? Not just some carving? The fishing rod looked accurate, but I didn’t really like the design overall.

You think they did that because she wouldn't stop pestering to them about wanting to go fishing? I'm sure it was probably the best way for the villains to keep Kizuna from being teleported to the waves but I like to imagine her just annoying the sh*t out of Witch and Miyaji.

This was all coming from the mirror’s power-up method. I still didn’t really understand why, but eating food now increased a new level that was separate from regular levels—it might be called the “food level.” It felt a bit like the system that Itsuki had described once. Eating food I had prepared caused experience to be earned and a separate level and status to increase. It looked like the type of food that was eaten changed the status that increased, but I still wasn’t sure how that all worked either.

I think Konosuba had a similar level-up method too. I'm not a huge gamer but those I've played tended to only give EXP for cooking food, while eating it only gave health and temporary bonus effects. I can believe it does exist in other games, I've just never personally experienced it.

“To be honest . . . I didn’t have the bravery to say that I was wrong and you were right, Naofumi,” he finally told me. His pride wouldn’t let him accept me, even though inside he knew the truth.

...

“I did something really horrible to Rishia. She was struggling with her low status and wanted to become a hero . . . but I looked down on her, just like so many had looked down on me. I thought it was only natural that I be praised and respected. I saw my past weaknesses in Rishia and so I discarded her,” he muttered, his voice full of regret, eyes downcast. “I have to spend my life to make amends to Rishia and stop Mald and the others. That’s the punishment for my sin.”

...

“In the past, I would have thought anyone opposing me was evil to be defeated. I don’t know how many times I’ve judged people simply based on one-sided opinions,”

Like with Ren, and with Trash last volume, this is definitely what I needed with Itsuki to be more on his side. Not just being able to understand his situation and why he did the things he did (which is still important, don't get me wrong) but have him actually acknowledge his wrongdoings and make efforts to atone for them. It's more meaningful now that he's in his right mind as opposed to the fried, near mindless state his curse had left him in where he'd do whatever anyone told him. I've harped on it before but that's what holds Motoyasu back for me somewhat. Yes, he's funny and yes, he's helping now, but he's also out of his mind. His redemption isn't really redemption because there has been not reflect and deliberate atonement for his actions like Ren, Trash, and now Itsuki have. He's just doing better than he was because of the curses' lingering effects on his mind and because he wants to get in Filo's pants.

But back to Itsuki, I'm glad I was wrong earlier about Naofumi only being able to have the post-waves conversation with Ren. Staying in the world and travelling feels like it fits Itsuki. He's not completely different from how he was before but he is on the track that'll help him grow as a person. Having him face Armor, his former party member, and have this growth be somewhat as a result of that is a really nice touch. Just like Atla sacrificing herself showed Naofumi the pain that'd be cause to those he'd leave behind if he did the same, sometimes a person really needs to see how they look from the outside. It especially works for Itsuki since Armor was someone he'd once considered an ally and a true believer of justice, so he was having to face off against basically what he had been to others.

Original Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/shieldbro/comments/kbxwzk/first_time_read_through_light_novel_vol_17_random/

#rising of the shield hero #random thoughts #reddit repost

[incorrect-shieldhero-quotes]

Motoyasu: Greetings, fair Queen.

Motoyasu: I hear my queen, you have a daughter called Malty, fair and virtuous.

Mirelia: I have a daughter called Malty.

#the rising of the shield hero #tate no yuusha no nariagari #Motoyasu Kitamura #Mirelia Q Melromarc #source: ???

[fenrirlives]

dekigame replied to your post: hollow-salaryman replied to your post: ...

Would this apply to rise of the shield hero.(I found it pretty okay but it got somewhat strange towards the end)

I should say upfront for anyone that might take issue that it’s fine to like any of those kinds of stories, just as long as we’re clear that someone’s enjoyment is not reflective of product’s quality.

Shield Hero has been toeing a very VERY fine line with its story, and I say that as someone who bought four volumes of the light novel and is caught up with the manga. I think the author always wanted Naofumi to be both an underdog and a cautionary tale about what letting bitterness take hold of you can bring, and trying to be two things at once leads to a VERY tonally confused plot that shifts in different directions at the drop of a hat. Not good, but not as bad as those stories I mentioned before.

It’s clear that the church of the 3 heroes, the Chocobo Queen, and best girl Queen Mirelia were introduced to flesh out a story that wasn’t written with a plot this huge in mind (like that shield demon stuff only gets introduced when Naofumi being framed for rape stops being a decent reason for people to hate him), but much like Seven Deadly Sins, it seems these slapdash plot developments are only means to kickass ends, so I’m not gonna hold it against him.

But compared to some of the shit I’ve read? Shield Hero is mediocre AT WORST, because for all of the 2 Dimensional villains Naofumi’s fought, the story has never portrayed his hatefulness as a good thing, just something he has to deal with and became a convenient power up. Also I will give Shield Hero a thumbs up for making our hero experiment with his powers and use them in interesting ways to strategically defeat his foes, rather than “The enemy got cocky, but didn’t even think that I’d be literally 1000 steps ahead of them this whole time thanks to the effect of this plot convenient trait or item. Too bad kiddo, but you never had a chance to begin with”. 

It’s clear that his strength lies in his versatility and ability to coordinate with other people (you know, like a TANK!) and that alone puts it a head and shoulders above most of the filth that crawls out of the web novel sites.

#dekigame #Ainz is the only one who can get away with those types of fights #and even then the shalltear fight established that he's not invincible #super pretentious opinion hour

[shieldherostuffs]

Shadow: Sir Shield Hero has informed us that he will not be able to attend today's meeting.

Mirelia: And why is that?

Motoyasu: I bet he's out using cheat codes or lazing about.

Shadow: He's reportedly stuck.

Itsuki: Stuck, how?

Shadow: The children are asleep.

Ren: What does his party members amd the Crown Princess have to do with this?

Shadow: The three fell asleep on top of Sir Shield Hero, and is currently using him as a human pillow.

Mirelia: Well, I'll have to inform you three heroes that we have to postpone this meeting to a different time.

#the rising of the shield hero #rising of the shield hero #naofumi iwatani #incorrect rising of the shield hero #chat post #incorrect quotes #dadfumi #shield dad #mirelia melromarc #queen mirelia #motoyasu kitamura #itsuki kawasumi #ren amaki

[keykidpilipili]

My brain: O-oh I see queen Mirelia and Naofumi have respectively purple and green mainly in their palette.

Me: Oy don’t do it.

My brain: ACE QUEEN MIRELIA AND ARO NAOFUMI!!!!!

Me: Can we please stop projecting?

My brain:

#tate no yuusha no nariagari #the rising of the shield hero #mirelia q melromarc #queen mirelia #naofumi iwatani #also I finally found the opportunity to use that Erika icon I made eons ago based on that Sonic 06 thing with Silver

[shieldherostuffs]

Mirelia: Sir Iwatani, I have something to speak with you about. Naofumi: Yes? Mirelia: Well, as you know, you're powers and skills has helped the people of Melromarc a great about in the past, and you and your party members are great assets to the survival of this world... Naofumi, annoyed: What bullshit do I need to save the other Heroes from this time?

#the four heroes #the rising of the shield hero #rising of the shield hero #naofumi iwatani #incorrect rising of the shield hero #chat post #incorrect quotes #queen mirelia #mirelia q melromarc

[shieldherostuffs]

Naofumi’s Party can be sorted into three camps:

Queen: What do you think would solve this problem?

Death: Naofumi

Murder: Raphtalia, Filo

...Compassion: Melty

#the rising of the shield hero #rising of the shield hero #naofumi iwatani #incorrect rising of the shield hero #chat post #incorrect quotes #filo #raphtalia #melty melromarc #queen mirelia

[shieldherostuffs]

Naofumi: Hey Raphtalia, hi Melty, hi Filo! Such nice girls, I really appreciate them! Mirellia: Say hi to your fellow Heroes, Naofumi. Naofumi: Naofumi: Hello fellow heroes.

#the rising of the shield hero #rising of the shield hero #naofumi iwatani #incorrect rising of the shield hero #chat post #incorrect quotes #queen mirelia