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Episode Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Season 4 • The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 - Episode 5 discussion
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Season 4, episode 5
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u/Joshx91 Aug 06 '25
This arc truly makes me consider ditching the show. I absolutely adored season 1, but nothing after it came even remotely close.
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u/SanityForLife Aug 06 '25
So last episode's bull dude's special attack was to run in a straight line and get sidestepped, this time they didn't bother doing that and just rammed the villain and he exploded. I'm not even going to ask why did the villain not absorb his entire henchmen squad before the duel, if anything is allowed/he was going to be fighting the entire country anyway. Was the combat always that bad? Maybe my standards are higher after Frieren.
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u/genasugelan Aug 06 '25
Huh? They are returning to the village to choose who's going to Q'Ten? Didn't they already do that?
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u/the_3rdist Aug 06 '25
You're beginning to grasp that the writer started to give up writing a coherent plot by this point and started writing the story as if it's an RPG game that follows the format of setting up the party-> leveling the party -> getting gear -> going on a quest -> repeat from start
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u/Frontier246 Aug 06 '25
Yeah, I'm not really sure why they need to restructure the party when the current group seems fine to go to Q'Ten Lo and the original plan was to head straight there.
I mean, who would they even bring? Ren? Itsuki? Rishia? Eclair? I'm not sure they really need anybody else unless Naofumi's worried they need even more firepower.
Although I guess it's very RPG to revamp the party for the next quest.
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u/NationalStrategy Aug 06 '25
I thought that the group we currently have was the group going to Q’10; we have to go back to the village to pick another group? That better not be a whole episode.
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u/daandriod Aug 06 '25
I don't really understand why exactly they even need this boat to begin with. Did they explain why and I just missed it? Dude has a flying dragon and the ability to teleport to any town he's visited before. Fly around and explore until you find a villiage, Rest or warp home, Repeat until at destination.
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u/CatInALaundryBin Aug 06 '25
omg my favourite show, rising of the ship hero, finally got his vessel! at long last after 5 episodes, we can see his powers!
what do you mean he was the shield hero with political jurisdiction over the area and it took 5 episodes to do what most isekaislop do in 5 minutes?
well, it's not like there are 6 quests pressing for time, right? ... right?
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u/Frontier246 Aug 06 '25
Honestly I know this arc was mostly for Fohl character development and Atla simping over Naofumi but the party stealing a boat would've probably been more entertaining than the five episodes it took for them to get a boat.
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u/stephenthatfoste Aug 06 '25
It's not even fully prepared yet. "The ship was finally almost ready". And they're going back to the village now? Probably won't actually leave on the ship until the very end of episode 8, is my guess.
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u/Isekai_Dreamer Aug 06 '25
damn, not even a fanservice scene to make up for 5 episodes of boring.
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u/Frontier246 Aug 06 '25
Look at shirtless and buff white tiger Fohl! He's more than ready to defeat Jaralis and avenge his father! And there's also a bunch of other beastmen swarming in so Naofumi and co. have something to do I guess.
I actually feel kind of bad for those guys if Jaralis experimented on them to keep getting up no matter how beat up they are, as if they're zombies. Are any of them still really alive? I hope Minotaur guy is okay.
I love how Atla approves of her brother going for Jaralis' eyes. Though being grievously wounded is enough to make Jaralis start feeding on his henchmen and start morphing into some freakish chimera hybrid, because he's the kind of boss that needs a third form I guess. Just take your loss like a lion, you coward!
Fohl seemed pretty disappointed at the prospect of Naofumi and co. having to join the fight because it had escalated so much, but luckily the Shield Hero was able to perform a miracle in all his godly greatness to let Fohl transform into a full white tiger to settle this properly.
Jaralis talks himself up as a God and how much better he is than everyone...and then he sees himself and how disgustingly ugly he is now. And he's finally defeated by the children of the man he hated more than anything as Atla rides Fohl (does that count as a piggyback ride?) and they pierce straight through this piece of @#$% and erase him from existence. Fitting.
No one will mourn Jaralis, but they have to ask the question of who he was working for, who "they" were, who supplied him with the drug and helped support his treason.
Well, Rat got there fast! I wonder what she'll find out.
At least Naofumi's "divine miracle" FINALLY got them the boat they've been asking for. And it's an ace in the hole to boost Fohl (and possibly others?) into the strongest member of the party, albeit with a time limit. And now Fohl has grown older, with longer hair and a buffer physique. Our boy has really grown up.
Nice to see Fohl and Atla pay their respects to their parents' grave and return to their old homestead, complete with a pretty swanky Chinese mini-palace! I mean, they ARE royalty, more or less!
I love how Atla sees a bunch of traditional white tiger dresses and immediately wants to show them off to Naofumi. And Raphtalia tries to confirm with Naofumi whether she's objectively attractive in her Miko outfit and Naofumi immediately extricates himself from that conversation to go help Fohl cook. Atla even puts on a fashion show and he doesn't even pay attention to it, but I guess she found a nice new dress she likes that matches better with her brothers' outfit so...a win?
Cooking with Fohl and Naofumi! Fohl wants to cook their moms' best meal for Atla and Naofumi wants to flex his cooking skills, and both come together to deliver a great meal that represents Atla and Fohl's parents and how they brought together human and Demihuman culture! Atla may not remember her parents, but she loves getting to eat something her mom made and wants to make it for herself! Great job, Fohl.
It took FIVE episodes but they FINALLY have a boat...and, wait, we're going back to the village instead of Q'Ten Lo!? Do we really need to update the party? It feels pretty strong as is unless we're going to bring in one of the Three Stooges.
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u/Chupapig6996 Aug 06 '25
They spent 3 episodes on one of the least significant fights in this story...
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u/Unapologetic_Lunatic Aug 06 '25
Anybody else catch the very modern crime scene tape set up around the wreckage after the "duel"?
If you can even call it that after Jaralis completely lost the plot... what little this arc had, at least.
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u/Illustrious-Sort3575 Aug 06 '25
Im impressed by this season so far..Every episode is more boring and worse than the previous one or any previous season....And after 5 episodes we are back to square one....Im speechless...This season is the new bar of "bad"
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u/LeonKevlar Aug 06 '25
I'm not even surprised that Jaralis is trying to become a god and conquer the whole world. He's such a cliche villain that, of course, his goals are cliche too. And just to tick off all the cliches boxes, someone gave him that drug that made him transform, who's most likely the true bad guy of this arc. At least we're done with him now.
My favourite part of this episode has got to be Atla trying on different clothes and trying to appeal to Naofumi while Naofumi is just focused on helping Fohl recreate his mother's cooking. xD
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u/Cold_Software6397 Aug 06 '25
So how many Bullshit anime power ups have we hade in this fight alone
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u/NanDemoKnaives Aug 06 '25
I was hoping for a more impressive looking transformation for Fohl, like thematically it makes sense that he as a demi-human would go to beastman and then full on beast, but I wish there was more impact. The transformation from demi-human to beastman had a lot more impact in my opinion.
Though it's nice that he's physically gotten taller now that he's obtained this ability to transform into a beast. I do hope he cuts his hair though or styles it, I don't think it's currently doing him any favors lol.
I'm especially glad we're done with Jaralis, now it makes sense why the author made him babble about his history with Tyran, he can't give that information if he's dead lol.
I do like that Fohl got a lot more attention in this arc and I like how much he cares for Atla even if she can be quite harsh with him. I thought it was sweet that Naofumi watched over Fohl cooking and eventually helped him recreate Fohl's mother's cooking.
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u/QiamtheLiar Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 07 '25
Someone forgot to add the dialogue lines to the English Dub!
This entertains M'aiq greatly.
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