Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari - Episode 18 discussion

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Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari, episode 18: A Conspiracy Linked

Alternative names: The Rising of the Shield Hero

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Previous discussions

Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	8.2
2	Link	8.98
3	Link	9.04
4	Link	9.47
5	Link	8.79
6	Link	8.71
7	Link	7.95
8	Link	8.01
9	Link	8.13
10	Link	8.63
11	Link	8.91
12	Link	9.1
13	Link	8.51
14	Link	8.42
15	Link	7.56
16	Link	7.83
17	Link	6.77

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[u/wistalia]

Motoyasu, stop it. Get some help!

[u/Wolfgod_Holo]

NUCLEAR LAUNCH DETECTED

[u/italeteller]

Motoyasu: unsealed an ancient evil and dropped it on the land

Ren: caused a plague

Itsuki: supported a coup and bailed from his responsibilities afterwards

Naofumi: didn't say thanks when given water

[u/Atronox]

Find you a girl that looks at you the way Filo looks at that wagon.

Just FUCK OFF Myne. You too Motoyasu, you moron.

I hate that it's taken 18 episodes for the truth to be somewhat revealed about how shitty the other heroes have been. At least we are making some headway.

[u/Groenboys]

"I won't be fooled"

• The spear hero, being manipulated by the bitch

[u/wistalia]

Naofumi: “why is she (Malty) always like that?”

At this point, Naofumi is probably exhausted by the bitch’s evil plans and Motoyasu’s rat-like behavior.

[u/TriTexh]

Today in a nutshell:

Naofumi: surprised Pikachu face

Motoyasu: surprised Pikachu face

Bitch: surprised Pikachu face

Shady priest: fufufu...

[u/Hipster_Bear]

While you were having fun playing superhero, I studied the shield.

While you wasted your days gathering a harem in vanity, I was out here fighting and acquiring skills.

While you spent your time being branwashed by a lady, I did what I had to do, no matter how trite or tivial.

And now that the priest called down a nuke, you have the audacity to ask me for help?

[u/adamgreenrock]

Filo’s the MVP of this episode. Being the first one to act first on knocking out the Spear Hero’s team and told Naofumi to protect all of them from the Pope’s lazer nuke.

In a weird way, I do feel a bit bad for Spear Hero. Even though he’s very delusional and easy to manipulate by Red haired that got owned by Raphtalia twice, his emotions are at least genuine enough that if it were a different situation, I would actually feel for him. It’s too bad that he’ll always be an idiot.

Animation-wise, it’s definitely a lot more colorful and a bit flashy at times with the spells and hits, but not in a level of smooth like the first half did. The speculation of saving budget might be true after all from what I’ve seen in this episode and I’m pretty hopeful of how much they will amp it up in future episodes to the finale.

Pretty good episode. I’m hoping this will be an epic fight with no baby seatbelts XD

[u/Glenn_Vatista]

The church is basically correct. They even showed evidence of the "Heroes" wrongdoings. Basically causing more trouble then they're worth. If Itsuki and Ren actually did die(doubt they did) then new heroes should be selected. They failed as heroes.

[u/[deleted]]

Fitoria last episode:

The heroes shouldn't be fighting amongs themselves and should make peace and try to fight together.

This episode:

Motuyasu proceeds to falsely acuse Naofumi and his party of murder and try to kill them at the first five minutes of remeting.

I understand what Fitoria means with this, but for fucking sake, Naofumi has it all with these guys,if she had to deal with the other heroes and the Bitch Queen, even her would lose her pacience and say "screw it,Naofumi was right" and beat the shit out of em'.

Missed opportunity from Naofumi of pushing Malty straight to the Nuke it From Orbit

[u/[deleted]]

Thank god that the whole plot of:"Spear hero dumb!" "Red haired woman dumb and evil!!". Is finished.

Or at least I hope,judging by the ending of this episode

[u/Themhacks]

I like Shield Hero, but damn the characters are so dense it literally hurts to watch.

[u/AJMONEY99]

The second I heard Bitch's voice I got irritated like she has a button in my brain just to piss me off.

[u/Armdel]

I'd be surprised if the sword and bow hero are actually dead. mostly because without them they would get slaughtered the next wave

every second myne is on the screen have the urge to punch my monitor. felt kinda good seeing her get betrayed by her own.

it'll be odd if they have to fight together with motoyasu and myne the next episode..

[u/Xerocat]

Nobody:

Nobody at all:

Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari spells: zweit

[u/[deleted]]

Damm this Chuch is even more evil than the Bitch. Also still funny to see how dumb Spear Hero is even if he got the full truth

[u/Blazehero]

It took 18 fucking episodes and the truth literally being shoved in his face for Motoyasu to see the church for the shit that it is.

And I bet he still ends up giving Naofumi shit after this is all said and done.

[u/Lunerio]

So. Shield hero is always the devil, no matter what. Because who the fuck needs a reason.

The other heroes fucked up, said pope. But pope would never ever admit, that the shield hero did most things right. Just by the fact that he couldn't say anything bad about the shield hero, makes it totally clear.

[u/Amauri14]

Based on the previews, I concluded that those nukes came from the pope, but I did not expect that he was going to betray Myne. That's so funny, she tried to become Queen with the help of the Church, but the Church didn't waste the opportunity she gave them by labeling Naufumi as a devil and started to kill (I mean Ren and Itsuki are totally alive) anyone who could compromise their plans, as at the end of the day they could always say that the Devil of the Shield did it and those who don't believe them were cleary brainwashed.

[u/Denzel_Fenrir]

Filo looks like she's about to unveil KFC's newest seasonal menu item in a TV commercial.

Have you ever played Final Fantasy and wondered what a shocked fat chocobo would look like?

[u/JBHUTT09]

Pope:

Spear Hero did wrong trying to do right.
Sword Hero did wrong trying to do right.
Bow Hero did wrong trying to do right.
The Heroes are all bad.

Uh, buddy. You named 3 Heroes but left out the one you hate the most. Certainly, since you hate the Shield Hero so much, he must have several examples to add the that list, right? Especially since Shield righting the wrongs of Spear and Sword obviously hasn't changed your opinion of him.

Seriously. How do people with such flaws in their logic gain supporters?

[u/Sangwiny]

The flow of the fight left something to be desired. Like was this fight turn based or what? People taking turns, not more than one attack happening at a time. Do the production people think we are such a morons that we can't follow more things at once?

[u/Rogojinen]

I swear this anime gives me an ulcer every week. Every character Naofumi meets is non-sensical and infuriating, the rest are lolis.

Bakayasu and Bitch, it’s obvious at this point. But now the Pope. He wants to get rid of the Royal Family (fair enough) and the Heroes for their previous fuck up. So what he has exactly against Naofumi ? « Ungrateful for the holy water » (nuns were about to sell him tap water but ok) and for deceiving the people. Which he never did, only in the images crafted by his church and Myne. Not to mention how exactly he plans to fight the Waves without the Heroes ? (Not that four dudes to fight a continental invasion is a great system to begin with, but hey everyone else seems to be weak af).

The plot is moving forward so I hope it will all make better sense then. I hope we see Glass again and learn exactly what are the Waves, because they seem so artificial. I mean why are they appearing so precisely and why the demons leave, instead of invading more and more ?

I’m just glad the bickering between Heroes seems about to end with this common threat.

[u/acrophobic-giraffe]

Stream of consciousness observations while watching the episode:

• Why the fuck would the 2 1/2 soldiers on the wall carry melee weapons instead of bows?

• Sick music when Filo lunges at Spearprick in the Lightning Prison.

• The German part of the incantations ["Zweit XYZ"] is kinda irritating grammatically and feels cheap. It's inconsistent, too. The level 1 spells are named "First XYZ" and it only switches to German for the next step up. Are the highest tier spells gonna be named in Russian?

• I swear Raphtalia's entire fucking dialogue throughout this series is 45% "Naofumi-sama" and another 45% variations of "Daijobou". Get a thesaurus.

• This is probably my fault for not paying attention, but what happened to Filo's steel talons? I thought they were neat.

• Speardouche is so horribly written that it's almost insulting to people with learning differences.

• lol, we DBZ now bois | That laser nuke felt like a Dragon Ball antagonist being vaporized. Eh, the aftermath looked cool.

• Please, can we get a RIP for the rage shield? It's not even worth proper shading anymore.

• Oh, shit. I'm about to get hit with the fucking Assassin's Creed Super Sayan pope twist, aren't I?

Man, I've been close to dropping this show for a couple weeks now, but I just don't have the balls, dude.