Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari

[Kraco]

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The iron maiden scene was pretty badass.

It's like they are living in a game where certain major events arrive at set intervals, but what happens between them is all up to the players (the isekai transfer folks) and the denizens of the world. And they are screwing up those periods where they should obviously be getting a lot stronger with maximum efficiency, but instead they are doing stuff incorrectly. The situation was made worse by the first wave having noob difficulty, so they could clear it no problem, giving them false confidence. Well, everyone but Naofumi who is facing unreasonable struggles with little outside support, so he possessed no illusions of grandeur.

Using an arbitrary example, it's like for the first wave they should have risen to lvl 10 and gained basic equipment, which was easy by grinding slimes, giant rats, and goblins, but for the second wave they were expected to get to lvl 20 and have advanced equipment. Yet they only got to lvl 15 due to not changing things sufficiently and only upgraded the equipment partially. If by the third wave they should be lvl 30 with expert equipment, it would be all the more difficult due to lagging behind already as it is.

The heroes also possess zilch cooperation, as expected, so they are all more or less fighting individual battles unnecessarily.

[Ryllharu]

The other three heroes are like mid to high level 60s though, based on the status screens they were showing.

They're not weak, they just suck. Endless grinding so they have a high level, but they have no idea how to actually use the abilities and system they're in.

Naofumi isn't the only one with other weapons besides his base one. Motoyasu used a different spear in their 1-on-1plusSkank duel.

[Buffalobiian]

I loved the added bit where Filo interrogates Motoyaso in her loli-form, and the dude can't retaliate cuz his dick says so.

[KrayZ33]

Awww shit man, right at the best moment.

Can't wait for next week's.

[neflight86]

For a bit now, I'm getting a little dismayed at how much things are 'turning around' for the shield hero. He's racking up too much value and is looking too good for the audience. The other three heroes are useless against boss lady even though they're twice the level? He finally gets to disrespect the king without consequence? His reputation is turned around everywhere except the court? Too much, too fast from a story telling perspective. It downplays the premise of the story (struggle against adversity when the world seems against you) and makes other characters seem like a means to an end (someone has to still give Naofumi garbage for no reason because he has no real character flaws).

My favorite part was actually the King's sheepish reaction to loli princess. He didn't seem like he feared her (though he certainly should), but rather doted on her; both of his daughters actually, and hinted at having a legitimate beef with the station of the shield hero that we'll hopefully explore further.

I predict that oldest princess set up the betrayal because she is both vain (why pass the throne over me?) and short sighted (father will surely cover this up).

[Kraco]

For a bit now, I'm getting a little dismayed at how much things are 'turning around' for the shield hero. He's racking up too much value and is looking too good for the audience. The other three heroes are useless against boss lady even though they're twice the level? He finally gets to disrespect the king without consequence? His reputation is turned around everywhere except the court? Too much, too fast from a story telling perspective. It downplays the premise of the story (struggle against adversity when the world seems against you) and makes other characters seem like a means to an end (someone has to still give Naofumi garbage for no reason because he has no real character flaws).

Naofumi's concrete value hasn't mattered from the beginning. The king & the court are against his position as the Shield Hero for historical reasons, which have nothing to do with his person or prowess. Kind of like a racist manager could avoid giving an athlete of a different race a good position/matches, even if that athlete was the best. However, now that they are faring badly, the king would still want to use him, or rather his knowledge.

Naofumi's real enemy, as far as we know, are the waves, not the king. His progress ought to be measured against that. The other heroes turned out to be paper tigers, but that's hardly surprising. In the end the heroes are obviously meant to work as a team, but sometimes it can't be helped. With those retards, it most certainly can't.

[Munsu]

All caught up, a fine series. I want to see more of episode 2 Naofumi though. He was an angry badass.

[shinta|hikari]

He is the strongest person in the kingdom, maybe the world outside of fan lady. He should've just killed the king and the bitch. Sure people wouldn't like him for that, but what's new? Just force resources out of them like you've been doing and level up as fast as possible.

[Shadow Skill]

I love how human Naofumi is towards everyone.

This fight went a little bit different from how I imagined. Still good IMO.

One of the best episodes of this series.

[Kraco]

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What can men do against such reckless hate, Naofumi must be thinking.

Good thing Malty is such a fool and couldn't keep up her acting, instead trying to kill Melty in front of all of those people.

[Buffalobiian]

How did they photoshop without photoshop?

[Buffalobiian]

How did they photoshop without photoshop?

The addition of that "recording" scene was good compared to the manga. It explains why they had to set it up in the first place.

[shinta|hikari]

Drop worthy episode. I have so many complaints I'm not even gonna start. Just trying to forget all this and move on to the next episode.

[Munsu]

Didn't care much for this episode honestly. Although absurd, I kinda like the magic editing of the event and how it was manipulated, but the whole resolution to the event missed a good opportunity, and the villain (for someone who has shown at times to be highly manipulative and at times having cleverness to her schemes) was just downright dumb in this episode.

[KrayZ33]

Dunno, I pretty much got what I expected out of this one.

I can't complain. It was pretty good although the episode felt a bit short as it didn't really advance the whole situation that much.

What I found funny though is that the church's brooch actually has this round thingy in the background, holding bow/sword/lance together, which looks like a god damn shield.

Whoever designed that is either a spy that worked for the shield hero or just seriously dumb considering its point is to leave the shield out of that symbol

[shinta|hikari]

I have a crap ton of gripes, but the one that stands out the most is Naofumi letting those guards escape with a recording device. Even if he didn't spot one, he should capture all of them to interrogate them. There is literally no reason to let them go because Filo can easily chase and incapacitate them. All this brouhaha could've been avoided.

If the goal of the author was to have this brouhaha, he could've written it better and have the person recording the whole thing be hidden. Not like Naofumi couldn't block the soldier's attack on Melty, which came from so far away, without seeing that orb.

[KrayZ33]

I wasn't under the impression that the original orb was required to have the recording altered.
I assumed it was basically streaming the whole thing and the circle of mages used magic to alter and "port" the recording onto different orbs.

[shinta|hikari]

Possible, but that doesn't change the fact that he didn't do the only logical action at that point. Those soldiers and the orb itself are perpetrators, potential witnesses, and evidence.

[KrayZ33]

But I don't understand how capturing them would do him any good then.
Wouldn't that just make him look even more evil?

And he'd have extra baggage too.

I'd honestly not have done that either.
I mean - what do I care about what they think about me, I'm about to leave that shithole of a country anyway
And it seems like a real hassle to have them around me and take them hostage when they are running away on their own, which is exactly what I want them to do anyway. I wouldn't even consider it logical to capture them *all*, because that thought didn't even occur to me when it happened in the show.

If it were me, I'd hurt them real bad of course, because I'm more of an evil man than Naofumi is (basically playing right into their hands). After questioning them - "wut yuo doin?" - however , I would've left them to rot though, which seems to be what Naofumi did to that one dude too.

[David75]

Capture, interrogate, intimidate, release.

Destroy the orb, or at least erase footage.
Naofumi knows about the orb already, it was in plain view, he should have done something about it.