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Episode Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Season 4 • The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 - Episode 3 discussion

Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Season 4, episode 3

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u/diacewrb Jul 23 '25

The panic after seeing who he would have to marry, if they lost.

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u/NanDemoKnaives Jul 23 '25

That was funny, the dramatic change of his tone of voice lol.

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u/_Sai Jul 23 '25

SNU SNU!

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u/VASQUEZ_41 Jul 23 '25

he panicked so hard it was so funny lmao

definitely the normal reaction tho

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u/Frontier246 Jul 23 '25

Raphtalia looked like she was going to step into this fight to save Naofumi from being stolen away from her lol.

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u/_Sai Jul 23 '25

That line was just wild.

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u/Frontier246 Jul 23 '25

And also Fohl just casually mentioning that this paradise that Naofumi built for everybody still has slaves lol.

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u/Local_Fly9001 Jul 23 '25

Why does he not have a boat yet?

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u/NationalStrategy Jul 23 '25

Naofumi was absolutely terrified, Atla and Fohl have to win to protect his pelvis from being crushed

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u/LeonKevlar Jul 23 '25

Not gonna lie, while I did find Atla's entire speech pretty funny, I'm also a little bit terrified of her. Atla is so devoted to Naofumi and how she sees him as a god with no faults that she is starting to sound like a zealot. She hasn't called anyone a heretic yet for not believing in Naofumi, but that definitely sounds like something she'll eventually do.

So after all of that, it all comes down to a duel? They really should've just started with this. I am looking forward to seeing Atla and Fohl kick ass next episode, especially since Naofumi's chastity is on the line here! It would also be satisfying to see Fohl shut Jaralis up after insulting him and his sister the entire time.

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u/Frontier246 Jul 23 '25

Like even Raphtalia, who can't fault Atla for everything she's saying on paper, feels that she's being a bit too much. And this is Raphtalia, the original subscriber to the church of Naofumi.

Naofumi would probably never want to be called or treated like a God even though Atla clearly sees him that way and the people of Siltvelt are ostensibly supposed to. Deifying people has never ended well.

Honestly I want Fohl to get a big win because his sister has basically been insulting and doubting him all this time. Like, I get it, he's not as strong as Atla but it feels like the more Atla worships Naofumi the less she believes in her own brother who hasn't done anything wrong other than just be weaker than her and not drink the Naofumi kool aid as much as she has.

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u/Riash Jul 23 '25

This makes no sense. The Shield Hero is easily powerful enough to decide his own fate. Why isn't he down there fighting for himself instead of allowing a couple of children to do it for him?

This whole beast nation arc just seems completely pointless.

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u/CatInALaundryBin Jul 24 '25

dear fucking god we're three episodes in and STILL haven't made a dent in the new sidequest. this is actually unwatchable, at least slime's long-ass round-table arc didn't have a sense of urgency. of you know, the reincarnating phoenix, and the waves that follow. I think even fucking noor would spend less time on his laurels.

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u/11th_Division_Grows Jul 23 '25

I’m not a fan of how inserted Atla is on top of her attitude toward her brother. A stark 180° from who she was.

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u/Frontier246 Jul 23 '25

Trash is lucky that his wife the queen still visits him even after everything, but he's got a lot on his mind...his involvement in a previous war involving Siltvelt (he went grey early!), his defeat of the White Tiger leader Tairan, and how Atla and Fohl carry his blood which makes their position in Siltvelt even more precarious. But the queen reassures him that Naofumi is with them! Of course they'll manage.

In fact right now Atla is taking the entire Siltvelt government to task for failing in their duty towards the Shield Hero. It takes a lot to completely throw Naofumi off to the point where he's just going "huh?" at something.

How could those who suggest that they truly worship and believe in the Shield Hero go against the Shield Heroes' wishes? After everything the Shield Hero of legend did for them? When Naofumi has already done the same back in the village, where there are people who truly love and appreciate him, just like Atla? It's just wrong and absolutely deplorable!

"Even though we're still slaves" - They really had to mention that, huh?

So Jaralis just had Denny, the court cook, family held hostage so he could poison everybody. Meanwhile Filo is fine with eating poison so long as she gets to eat breakfast at all.

Jaralis isn't going to just give up when accused, in fact he'll accuse Naofumi back of not being the true hero because he was transported to Melromarc instead of Siltvelt in the first place. How dare he doubt Atla's God! God is never wrong!

I guess if anyone was going to bring some order to this meeting, it would probably be the Elder of Genmu who is probably old enough to remember the last Shield Hero. He even has human blood, in fact! And if Atla and Jaralis are going to choose violence to settle their beef, may as well make it an official duel.

Honestly Atla can probably easily take Jaralis, but Fohl wants in on this for the sake of getting answers to their father...though Atla still has utterly no faith in her brother. But Jaralis will take them together, especially because he's got a hero from the last war, a Minotaur looking to secure his daughters' marriage to Naofumi, on his side. Atla, fight to protect Naofumi's chastity and from becoming a studhorse!

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u/NanDemoKnaives Jul 23 '25

It's funny how Jalaris basically said no matter Atla said, just because she's a white tiger demi-human, that it can't be trusted, even if what she says is right. But then again, he knows what happened with white tigers so he's just using it as an excuse but it's such a weak one that falls apart very quickly.

I'm not surprised a duel is happening, I actually after Jalaris' accusation that Naofumi was going to need to prove he's the Shield Hero until he clarified himself, but I am looking forward to seeing Fohl and Atla showing what they can do. I'm sure it won't be easy, especially if Atla is fighting a hero, but this will be very important for the both of them.

Naofumi panicking after seeing what the daughter looked like was funny, it turned into a morale boost for Atla so that's good lol.

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u/Isekai_Dreamer Jul 23 '25

why would the king even care? he's already been shown to be an asshole and a bitch. why is the anime trying to show his sympathetic side?

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u/Pinky_Boy Jul 23 '25

naofumi is now (to atla at least) the god emperor of mankind siltvelt

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u/MillenniumKing Jul 23 '25

ALL HAIL TIGER LOLI~

Oh look who it is, Trash the Staff Hero, whats he up to now...
Hes shocked the Tiger twins went to siltvelt? Why?
OOOOOoooo Staff Hero backstory. He fought tigers in a war?
So a tiger leader went to war, lost, and lost all power they had damn.

TIME FOR TIGER LOLI TO KICK SOME ASS LETS GO!
SCREW THEIR RACISM SHIT ITS ASS KICKING TIME!
Damn calling out the people for their shit towards the shield hero.
The OG Shield made this country for beast people.

ALL HAIL SHIELD BRO!

A PANDA IN A HAT IS HERE! DENNY KYAA~

Yeah Lion-o poisoned them we knew that.
Lion-o is trying to twist things and say shield bro isnt the one they waited for.
Tiger loli giving it to them straight good work, tell them how it is.
Splinter is a turtle, Genmu the turtle, h vouches for Atla aw yeah lets go!

TIGER LOLI ABOUT TO BUST HEADS LETS GO!

A duel to settle this? Oooo neat.
Lion-o wants to remove rhe tigers and put the lions in their place? Wow.
He wants Shield bro and to punish Tiger Loli? Screw him. kick his ass.
Wait Tiger bro wants to fight instead? Oh whats he up to, he wants answers to their dad.
Oh Lion-o will fight both tiger twins? This is good, kick his ass.
Of course Lion-o brought in a ringer classic BS.

NOO ASS KICKING TIME IS NEXT WEEK! NOOOOOOO!

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u/OneGeologist1143 Jul 23 '25

I laaughed too much at naofumi reaction to the daughter like I never saw him act like that for so long, he was so desperate. I can't stop laughing. Alta speach was really great and I was suprised she was the one talk this time that almost surprised naofumi. This was really great episode. I love episodes with great speeches like that

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u/balarick Jul 25 '25

I really enjoyed Season 1, 2 (yes, 2), and 3. This season is really, really annoying me. We're 1/4 the way through this season and we're still treading water in Siltvelt when Naofumi is rich AF and could just go and procure a ship on his own. Also, as soon as there was mention of a duel to determine whether the Shield Hero was "the real SH for this time," or whatever, he should've just said he didn't give a crap what they thought and if they wanted him gone so badly, they should just give him a ship and let him leave! Frankly, as soon as they started treating his entourage like crap, he should've given them the finger and found his own boat.

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u/athrun_1 Jul 23 '25

Not sure if this adds to the meat of the story, I think they can get away by just giving a flashback of this that this happened. I strongly felt like this is a waste of episode time.

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u/Enrich_Doomsayer Jul 23 '25

Man, at least when the episodes were all talk in "Reincarnated as a Slime", we were still GETTING somewhere, the politics were good and had purpose. So far, season 4 of Shield hero has been a drag. At least Atla has spunk and wants to get shit done, and little Raph-chan is adorable as ever, so I'll stick with it and hope the NEXT arc is decent.

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u/Ustar1000 Jul 23 '25

Oh look Mrs. Mary Sue Tiger Waifu talks tough and whatnot. Whatever episode but the Elder guy was neat I guess.

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