The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 01 by Aneko Yusagi

Because of this, he turns into a snarky, somewhat amoral, young man whose main goal is to survive and protect himself. He is accused of a horrific crime, had his name run through the mud, tricked and stolen from, and stripped of everything but the bare necessities needed to perform his role as a hero. Then the fantasy world stomps on him mercilessly. This reason is the unique turn this tale takes.Īs a story begins, the two words to describe Naofumi are 'idealistic' and 'geeky'. He has a valid reason for how this happens, though not for why he does some of the things he does. Meanwhile the main character is one who begins kindly but becomes - at least on the surface - kinda mean. Beyond this, the other three heroes are complete man children. Our protagonist, Naofumi Iwatani, however, does not. Three of these heroes have something special in their backgrounds that can help them succeed. It is about young men taken and sent to be the heroes of a land in danger. The Rising of the Shield Hero is no different in the notion of having a different approach to this scenario. Also, the story has other dark turns by deconstructing many of the elements from this type of genre. Such an effort have produced some unique twists on the premise.įor instance, in the story Re:Zero, the protagonist is sent to another world with very little fantasy world capabilities beyond his intelligence and the power to die and start over from a save point. I don't agree with this attitude, mind you, but it is prevalent enough too have caused some writers to try to be creative. It's almost something that is no originality at times, like a 'ho-hum' premise. There are a great many stories out there with the premise of the protagonist being transported to another world.

The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 01 by Aneko Yusagi