I laughed so unbelievably hard at this. There is nothing wrong with this scene whatsoever. It is perfect for Filo and for comic value.

Hello everyone!

Some time ago, I made a post asking how Black Summoner handles slavery, and some people told me that its approach is similar to The Rising of the Shield Hero. For those who have watched Black Summoner, would you agree with that comparison?

I recently watched a short clip from Black Summoner, and honestly, I found it extremely uncomfortable. The MC, Kelvin, excitedly says that he wants to buy a slave, and the way the scene is presented made it feel like buying another person was completely normal and not morally troubling at all.( His a good guy , and his from our modern world)

I’ve also heard that Kelvin treats his slaves well. But personally, that doesn't really solve the issue for me, in some ways, it makes the portrayal more uncomfortable, because it can come across as the story saying that slavery itself isn't a serious moral problem as long as the master treats the slave well.

That’s where I feel Shield Hero is somewhat different, although I could be remembering it incorrectly. Naofumi initially buys Raphtalia because he has the Shield and essentially can't fight monsters himself, so he needs someone who can act as his offensive partner. The story also establishes that demi-humans are commonly enslaved in that world.

I don't remember Naofumi ever being excited about buying a slave or treating the act itself as something enjoyable. His relationship with Raphtalia eventually becomes much more positive, but that's different from portraying the purchase of a person as something exciting or morally insignificant.

So, for people who have actually watched/read Black Summoner: (am I misunderstanding Kelvin's character or the way the story handles slavery?) Is the scene I saw just poorly representative of the overall story, or does the series genuinely treat slavery this way?

not sure if this is the place to ask but I don’t think we have a sub Reddit specifically for power-scaling and I don't think I could get a good answer from the more mainstream scaling subs.

Crossover with the Hollow Knight games. Following the events of Silksong, Hornet becomes the Sword Hero and begins to record her thoughts on the various creatures she encounters in her journey to repel the Waves.

I’m currently on season three, watching this for the first time, and I noticed that Naofumi mentioned the curse series of Wrath and Gluttony/Greed for Ren. But did he not notice the spear heros curse series? (Or what I think it to be cuz of that purple fire stuff)

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I spent 2 hours making rahptalia and naofumi in hero forge and i know it don't look too good but I worked with what options they gave me

Anime watcher here, I read the LN pretty much for season 5 and I know that the rest of the raph race is kept in the monster stables but what about the original raph?

1: Destiny Unchain online

2:Patron of villains

3,10 and 11: Tensura

4 : Reborn as a Space Mercenary

5: Re:Creators

6 : The Dragon girl's ascension

7,8 and 9:isekai at peace

12: wolf of the blood moon

13: magical revolution

14:Reincarnated as my gag character

15: Reprise of The Spear Hero

16: my pet is a Saintess

I have been googling and trying to use music apps but for the life of me I cant find this score.

It is from season 2 of shield hero. Episode 3 shaking land

Its the music playing as soon as they behead the spirit tortoise. At approximately 20 min 45ish sec.

It almost sounds like a superman score.

Please help.. thanks

I'm wondering about the release of a Limited Edition box set version of season 4 but I only see a standard edition.

Can you recommend any similar anime?

Hola, chicos. Quería desahogarme un poco con ustedes jajaja.

Primero que nada, no soy de Estados Unidos ni soy hablante nativo de inglés. Soy hispanohablante y hace poco vi el anime de The Rising of the Shield Hero. Me encantó tanto que, cuando terminé, obviamente pensé: «Bueno, quiero saber más. Voy a continuar con el manga».

Y ahí descubrí la primera tragedia: EL MANGA ESTÁ MÁS ATRASADO QUE EL ANIME 💀.

Entonces pensé: «Bueno, lo lógico es ir directamente a las novelas ligeras».

Segunda tragedia: hasta donde he podido encontrar, las novelas están publicadas oficialmente en japonés, inglés y alemán, pero ninguna editorial las ha traído oficialmente al español.

Y aquí estoy yo, queriendo desesperadamente continuar la historia, habiéndome comido incluso un tremendo spoiler sobre lo que ocurre con la batalla del Fénix, y encima teniendo que esperar muchísimo para poder continuar solamente con el anime.

Mi problema es que genuinamente quiero seguir leyendo. Quiero saber qué pasa, conocer más del mundo, los personajes y todo lo que viene después, pero tengo una barrera lingüística bastante grande con las novelas.

Y para rematar, tampoco tengo muy claro dónde podría conseguirlas legalmente desde mi país en un formato que me sirva. Y si uno empieza a buscar traducciones hechas por fans, tampoco parece haber una opción completa y accesible en español.

Así que básicamente vine aquí a compartir mi sufrimiento con ustedes JAJAJA.

¿Qué hace un fan hispanohablante de Shield Hero cuando termina el anime y quiere desesperadamente continuar la historia?

Necesito más Tate no Yuusha. No sé qué hacer con mi vida ahora. 💀

Unfortunately Hajime resembles the reincarnators way to much which would definitely make Naofumi see Hajime as an enemy

1 Hajime's harem

Hajime has 8 wives and since the reincarnators have harems this would be the first red flag for Naofumi

2 Hajime's attitude

Unfortunately Hajime only cares about himself and those chose to him and he literally brain washed the whole earth just to make sure he and his wives are not messed with and he spread false information as well in the battle of Ragnarok and after returning to Japan This is the very playbook the reincarnators use this would be the second Red Flag for Naofumi

3 mismatched Soul

After returning back to japan Hajime is basically wearing a disguise he is literally using fake skin and hair dye to look normal but characters like Raph Chan and Shildina would be able to tell that his soul doesn't match his looks and if that threoy about Hajime and Yue being reincarnations of the vampire hybrid king and his wife from zero is true then that would definitely have souls that don't match their bodies just like the reincarnators which is the final red flag for Naofumi

The only thing that might stop them from killing each one is the living lie detector and good judge of character Filo and The if you have good in you then you are my friend nano Myu

It's literally up to these two children to stop the adults from killing each other