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The Rising of the Shield Hero (Light Novel) #11
盾の勇者の成り上がり 11
村に帰った尚文の元に、消息不明だった槍の勇者・元康の生存情報が伝えられる。彼の捜索に向かった尚文たちが行き先で目撃したのは、剣・元康・ビッチの修羅場!? 勇者二人に向かって尚文はついにキレる！
232 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2012
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148 books186 followersAneko Yusagi (アネコユサギ; Yusagi Aneko) is a japanese creator.
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November 13, 2018
In the web novel the story is different from the light novels starting from LN's vol 5.
The fan-translation is available here: http://swordandgame.blogspot.com/p/bl...
Novel updates entry: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/t...
Opinion on the WN: now I'm on volume 4 end, I can say this reads as a very rough draft, more akin to a screenplay because the dialogues are just Name: dialogue and the descriptions and story is a bit glossed over and told. The compensation is that it reads fast, since there isn't much descriptions, but also misses a bit of characterization. At least for the other characters that aren't Naofumi.
I'm sure the LN deepens that and also the world. But who knows? Maybe it's the same and just got some cleaned and tagged dialogue. I haven't read far into the LN to compare. But of course it would've have to since it's published by an actual book publisher, and it went through an editor.
All in all? It's fun and nice, especially to read beyond the manga, which has been rather slow for my tastes since I'm hooked to it haha. I'll be curious to see how my opinion changes when I read the LN's, which are also professionally translated. Not that garantees good translation, as seen by the shoddy translation of No Game No Life LN.
The fan-translation is available here: http://swordandgame.blogspot.com/p/bl...
Novel updates entry: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/t...
Opinion on the WN: now I'm on volume 4 end, I can say this reads as a very rough draft, more akin to a screenplay because the dialogues are just Name: dialogue and the descriptions and story is a bit glossed over and told. The compensation is that it reads fast, since there isn't much descriptions, but also misses a bit of characterization. At least for the other characters that aren't Naofumi.
I'm sure the LN deepens that and also the world. But who knows? Maybe it's the same and just got some cleaned and tagged dialogue. I haven't read far into the LN to compare. But of course it would've have to since it's published by an actual book publisher, and it went through an editor.
All in all? It's fun and nice, especially to read beyond the manga, which has been rather slow for my tastes since I'm hooked to it haha. I'll be curious to see how my opinion changes when I read the LN's, which are also professionally translated. Not that garantees good translation, as seen by the shoddy translation of No Game No Life LN.
January 20, 2022
Okay, so Naofumi has to go get the band back together. Not that they were ever really together to begin with. I love that Myne has cursed all of the other heroes now too. Just, like, what the hell is even up with that psycho? What is her deal? Why is she such a hideous excuse for a human being?
October 21, 2015
It was a nice novel (Web LN) I spent the whole Ramadan month reading it (378 chapters).
The story of it was marvelous, it discussed the human consciousness, religion, love, sadness, betrayal and how the self reacted with that.
It truly wroth 5 stars
The story of it was marvelous, it discussed the human consciousness, religion, love, sadness, betrayal and how the self reacted with that.
It truly wroth 5 stars
February 18, 2020
Aneko Yusagi’s ‘The Rising of The Shield Hero’ is an Isekai light novel which follows the misadventures of the protagonist, Naofumi. Isekai translates to ‘different world’ in Japanese and typically involves a character being transported to a parallel universe that comprises of fantasy elements. In this case, Naofumi and three others were thrust into a game-like realm where they must fulfil the quest of saving the game world from damnation. This is a review of Volume 11 of the series. It is strongly advised that readers read the previous volumes.
What initially drew me to this series was the concept. Having watched animes such as ‘Sword Art Online’ and read manhwas like ‘1/2 Prince’, I decided to give this light novel a try. I must confess that I have not read the previous volumes and so I have massive gaps in the storyline and how this world operated. This greatly contributed to my lacklustre reading experience and so readers of this review should take this into account when considering whether to pursue this series.
Perhaps it is because I am not accustomed to reading light novels, but I sadly did not find this story nor its writing moving. In fact, I find it difficult to pick out anything that really stood out.
The story is told from Naofumi’s narrative with a conversational tone, somewhat allowing the reader a sense of closeness to the protagonist. Nothing is censored when it came to Naofumi’s opinions of other characters and the constant ‘anyways’ were obvious indicators of infodumps that were painfully tedious to read.
A noticeable trait of light novels is the heavy use of dialogue and the lack of description. Often, I would find myself trying to figure out who was speaking. It is as if this light novel was written like an anime in word format as some dialogue, particularly Filo’s, used repeated letters to stretch speech to portray a cute way of speaking. Little things like this made me unintentionally cringe.
As this is my first time reading a light novel, I do not want to judge this series based on how I would normally review novels. That said, I did not really enjoy this volume that much. Perhaps it was the way the novel was written but I found the language used too plain: it read more like a list. In addition, there were not many instances in the novel which surprised me: much of what occurred were typical tropes that can be found in many animes.
Overall, I think readers of Isekai novels like ‘Sword Art Online’ or ‘Overlord’ might enjoy this series the most. While my first experience with light novels in the Isekai genre did not prove entertaining, it is not to say that this series is bad but just may not be my cup of tea.
As a standalone, I would rate this volume as 3*.
What initially drew me to this series was the concept. Having watched animes such as ‘Sword Art Online’ and read manhwas like ‘1/2 Prince’, I decided to give this light novel a try. I must confess that I have not read the previous volumes and so I have massive gaps in the storyline and how this world operated. This greatly contributed to my lacklustre reading experience and so readers of this review should take this into account when considering whether to pursue this series.
Perhaps it is because I am not accustomed to reading light novels, but I sadly did not find this story nor its writing moving. In fact, I find it difficult to pick out anything that really stood out.
The story is told from Naofumi’s narrative with a conversational tone, somewhat allowing the reader a sense of closeness to the protagonist. Nothing is censored when it came to Naofumi’s opinions of other characters and the constant ‘anyways’ were obvious indicators of infodumps that were painfully tedious to read.
A noticeable trait of light novels is the heavy use of dialogue and the lack of description. Often, I would find myself trying to figure out who was speaking. It is as if this light novel was written like an anime in word format as some dialogue, particularly Filo’s, used repeated letters to stretch speech to portray a cute way of speaking. Little things like this made me unintentionally cringe.
As this is my first time reading a light novel, I do not want to judge this series based on how I would normally review novels. That said, I did not really enjoy this volume that much. Perhaps it was the way the novel was written but I found the language used too plain: it read more like a list. In addition, there were not many instances in the novel which surprised me: much of what occurred were typical tropes that can be found in many animes.
Overall, I think readers of Isekai novels like ‘Sword Art Online’ or ‘Overlord’ might enjoy this series the most. While my first experience with light novels in the Isekai genre did not prove entertaining, it is not to say that this series is bad but just may not be my cup of tea.
As a standalone, I would rate this volume as 3*.
March 12, 2021
Volume 11 finds Naofumi on the hunt for the other heroes, in an attempt to get them to power themselves up the way he has: Using the power up methods the other heroes used. But after learning the whereabouts of the Spear Hero, and setting out to find him, once he meets up with him, what he finds isn’t at all what he expected.
Abandoned by his previous party members, Naofumi finds the Spear Hero depressed, almost dangerously so. And the Sword Hero isn’t much better off. Especially since he finds the woman who betrayed him when he was first summoned to this world, “Bitch,” polluting the Sword Hero’s mind. And this was mere moments after he’d almost talked him into joining him.
I swear, every time that woman shows up, all hell breaks loose, and this time is no different. Once she disowns the Spear Hero and sinks her hook into the Sword Hero, they both disappear. When Naofumi meets both the Spear Hero and Sword Hero next, they’ve both lost themselves to the “Curse” Series of weapons they’ve unlocked. I won’t spoil which Curse weapons they unlock, but I was surprised when I saw that they’d gone through enough to even unlock the series of weapons in the first place. I mean, they hadn’t gone through nearly as much as Naofumi.
Still, them unlocking those weapons isn’t even the worst part of this Volume, because Naofumi now has assassins after him, hell bent on killing the heroes of this world. And since he can only defend, and these assassins don’t have the same type of restraint (or morals) as Glass and company, things get really dicey for Naofumi and his growing party.
These otherworldly assassins are stronger than Naofumi and his party, so despite needing to round up the other heroes and get them stronger, he also has to fight for his life multiple times this go round. I wonder what he’d give to have at least one part of his journey not have him under attack or dealing with world-ending phenomena.
But, I guess that wouldn’t really make for an entertaining read for most, so life-threatening fights it is! The other heroes have always rubbed me the wrong way, and that doesn’t really change with this Volume, though I suppose the epilogue is a step in the right direction. Still, I’m curious to see how the hero round up/recruitment will play out in the coming Volumes. It’s sure to be a hectic ride, given that Naofumi will have to keep his head on a swivel in order to be ready for the assassins coming for him and the other heroes.
Abandoned by his previous party members, Naofumi finds the Spear Hero depressed, almost dangerously so. And the Sword Hero isn’t much better off. Especially since he finds the woman who betrayed him when he was first summoned to this world, “Bitch,” polluting the Sword Hero’s mind. And this was mere moments after he’d almost talked him into joining him.
I swear, every time that woman shows up, all hell breaks loose, and this time is no different. Once she disowns the Spear Hero and sinks her hook into the Sword Hero, they both disappear. When Naofumi meets both the Spear Hero and Sword Hero next, they’ve both lost themselves to the “Curse” Series of weapons they’ve unlocked. I won’t spoil which Curse weapons they unlock, but I was surprised when I saw that they’d gone through enough to even unlock the series of weapons in the first place. I mean, they hadn’t gone through nearly as much as Naofumi.
Still, them unlocking those weapons isn’t even the worst part of this Volume, because Naofumi now has assassins after him, hell bent on killing the heroes of this world. And since he can only defend, and these assassins don’t have the same type of restraint (or morals) as Glass and company, things get really dicey for Naofumi and his growing party.
These otherworldly assassins are stronger than Naofumi and his party, so despite needing to round up the other heroes and get them stronger, he also has to fight for his life multiple times this go round. I wonder what he’d give to have at least one part of his journey not have him under attack or dealing with world-ending phenomena.
But, I guess that wouldn’t really make for an entertaining read for most, so life-threatening fights it is! The other heroes have always rubbed me the wrong way, and that doesn’t really change with this Volume, though I suppose the epilogue is a step in the right direction. Still, I’m curious to see how the hero round up/recruitment will play out in the coming Volumes. It’s sure to be a hectic ride, given that Naofumi will have to keep his head on a swivel in order to be ready for the assassins coming for him and the other heroes.
January 14, 2019
Really messy volume again where the author keeps introducing new characters while barely bothering to properly develop them or explain their motives.
The translation and localization really does not help out much either as the publisher made some really quirky decisions regarding Japanese honorifics for a new regular character that tends to make her sound condescending more than it should be.
Ironically, due to how bland the translation is at representing the characters so far, the character with the localization quirk becomes the only character I can recognise right away in the series so far....
The translation and localization really does not help out much either as the publisher made some really quirky decisions regarding Japanese honorifics for a new regular character that tends to make her sound condescending more than it should be.
Ironically, due to how bland the translation is at representing the characters so far, the character with the localization quirk becomes the only character I can recognise right away in the series so far....
August 17, 2018
Well deserving 5 star
Well deserving of the 5star rating I gave it every book in this series are on par with one another constantly leaving you on the edge of your seat craving for more until you finish the book. This installment to the series has a lot of plot placement for the next book there is action but not as much as previous installments however just because I say that I still say how this book was well put together and it never leaves you with unanswered questions well none that won't be answered in the next book.
Well deserving of the 5star rating I gave it every book in this series are on par with one another constantly leaving you on the edge of your seat craving for more until you finish the book. This installment to the series has a lot of plot placement for the next book there is action but not as much as previous installments however just because I say that I still say how this book was well put together and it never leaves you with unanswered questions well none that won't be answered in the next book.
October 4, 2018
In line with several of the past volumes in this series for me at times I just don't always click with one of the volumes. I like how Naofumi seems to be finally making progress in uniting all the heroes but I'm still kinda annoyed that after all these volumes he's still under the effects of the curse and how at times characters are added and then not developed at all like S'yne... Regardless still funny and enjoyable.
4.1
4.1
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January 19, 2021
Aww.. man, i think this is one of the funniest volumes I've read XD Naofumi's thoughts and shenanigans are just very funny, then his reaction the morning he got his new 'title' other than the Count is too much. I've skimmed over Yari no Yuusha but he's reaction here had me rereading it a lot of times hahahaha
February 14, 2019
Epic, loved the new Syne character & at least sword hero came to good terms with Shield Hero. And I pity spear hero, he wasn't a bad guy, but he trusted bad people
April 30, 2019
Great book
I love this series. My only complaint is that the story wasn't like the others this book the plot took forever to finish.
I love this series. My only complaint is that the story wasn't like the others this book the plot took forever to finish.
May 5, 2019
Starting to make progress
The next chaptet on Naofumi's path. And, he's found yet another threat to the world. At least he's making some progress with his goals.
The next chaptet on Naofumi's path. And, he's found yet another threat to the world. At least he's making some progress with his goals.
March 24, 2020
Lots of good action in this volume. The fight with the Sword Hero was good at the end. Maybe Ren will come around now? Looking forward to the next installment.
February 26, 2021
Read on Kindle the Light Novel
September 26, 2021
The village marches on as Ren and Motoyasu finally get dealt with (sorta)! :- )
November 15, 2023
Divertido y desde aquí ha estado abarcando la tercera temporada del anime.
January 11, 2024
Great book!
September 18, 2018
Naofumi's plans to rebuild Raphtalia's village and raise an army to fight the waves is derailed when news comes in of the missing heroes. But their failure to win against the Spirit Tortoise has left them in a terrible state. As Naofumi finds unexpected allies, he's also confronted with the fact that the waves and the Divine Beasts aren't his only enemies.
The first few chapters of this are once again pointless harem crap, but it does get more interesting later in the book. I like seeing Naofumi realize he's been neglecting his training, and that as important as it is to raise up strong allies, that won't help if he's unable to keep up with HIS strongest allies. Naofumi has been smart enough to realize that despite levels and stats there's more to this than trusting game mechanics, so I look forward to him continuing to improve his actual combat ability.
The best part of the book, for me, was the fact that the other heroes are now so broken they've started unlocking their own curse series. Which leads Naofumi, for the first time, to start thinking really hard about what the curse series is and what it means. For instance, Naofumi has a well-known love of money, yet he only unlocked the Wrath curse series, not Greed. But Naofumi's greed is a more normal greed, not the psychological break that triggered his initial Shield of Rage. And the theory that the Curse series might even be a hero suicide prevention mechanic is fascinating.
But Curse weapons are going to make recruiting the other three heroes---or even just trying to keep them safe to protect himself from stronger waves---rather more difficult. They were arrogant and stubborn before. Now they're sinking into legitimate crazy.
Overall, this is sadly bogged down with a lot of pandering and Naofumi continuing to expand his slave enterprise, but the story does still have a stronger core. I rate this book Neutral.
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The first few chapters of this are once again pointless harem crap, but it does get more interesting later in the book. I like seeing Naofumi realize he's been neglecting his training, and that as important as it is to raise up strong allies, that won't help if he's unable to keep up with HIS strongest allies. Naofumi has been smart enough to realize that despite levels and stats there's more to this than trusting game mechanics, so I look forward to him continuing to improve his actual combat ability.
The best part of the book, for me, was the fact that the other heroes are now so broken they've started unlocking their own curse series. Which leads Naofumi, for the first time, to start thinking really hard about what the curse series is and what it means. For instance, Naofumi has a well-known love of money, yet he only unlocked the Wrath curse series, not Greed. But Naofumi's greed is a more normal greed, not the psychological break that triggered his initial Shield of Rage. And the theory that the Curse series might even be a hero suicide prevention mechanic is fascinating.
But Curse weapons are going to make recruiting the other three heroes---or even just trying to keep them safe to protect himself from stronger waves---rather more difficult. They were arrogant and stubborn before. Now they're sinking into legitimate crazy.
Overall, this is sadly bogged down with a lot of pandering and Naofumi continuing to expand his slave enterprise, but the story does still have a stronger core. I rate this book Neutral.
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February 14, 2021
Awesome
I couldn't put this book down. I enjoy the action and the characters are so well written. Even though the Shield Hero has been cleared of charges it feels like he still struggles. After 11 books he finally gets one of the other heroes to trust him. I am sad that I am almost caught up in the series. I want more.
I couldn't put this book down. I enjoy the action and the characters are so well written. Even though the Shield Hero has been cleared of charges it feels like he still struggles. After 11 books he finally gets one of the other heroes to trust him. I am sad that I am almost caught up in the series. I want more.
July 15, 2019
I read the web novel, it was quite dry description wise. But I had no option left to see the ending
December 8, 2019
I like the new hunting hero, it's just starting to drag a little bit.
March 20, 2022
I was really enjoying the series, but it's starting to feel like the author lost track of Neofumi's purpose. Like his job and goals have been forgotten without being resolved.
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