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Jul 9, 2:45 PM
#51
Well not really a critic here, I have watched anime almost for my entire life and always looked at everything in a good way, just enjoying everything, but, I have decided to start interacting more with the community and leaving a comment or opinion here and there with an objective in mind which will be my future content. So 1st episode of the 4th season... An ok episode, not too much to show but setting us up on something interesting to continue watching. Characters were good as in past seasons, hope that we get to see more of Atla and Fohl in this season (seems it's going to be that way), voiceactors great as ever, animation great, plot ok straight forward no deveations yet. opening solid, great animation and art style, opening song a 7/10 for me. Overall ok episode, couldn't expect more I mean it's the first episode, but it did enough to grab my attention, looking forward to next week. Stay safe, stay humble, don't be a hater, enjoy life and anime. Love - Eloso |
Jul 9, 2:58 PM
#52
It's always a pleasure to watch Naofumi and his party back, the animation seems very good and the atmosphere of the series is always charming. Queen Mirelia seems jealous of the possibility for Naofumi to own an harem of various demi-humans girls lol XD |
Jul 9, 3:03 PM
#53
Reply to Desmascarado
Now doing a more technical analysis about the episode/anime in general, the animation is great, keeping the color style and character design of the previous season, and I saw an improvement in the distant angles of the characters that were not so good in season 3 (but that may only be because this is the first ep).
The direction was consistent, showing moments where the composition and transition of the scenes was excellent, at most there were a couple of moments where the transition seemed bad to me.
About the action, we only had two great sequences; the first (Fohl vs. Atla) was very good, while the second (Naofumi defending) was just good.
About the art direction, I was bothered by the change because Kinema Citrus always had beautiful scenarios, but it seems like it was the same. Now about the photography direction, I was sad to know that Tsunetaka Ema is now only supervising the photography, but that scene from the Atla Blu-ray DVD ad doing a pirouette gives me hope.
Finally, Kevin Penkin's soundtrack continues to be the best thing, the level of the orchestra and the grandeur of the soundtracks are on another level.
The direction was consistent, showing moments where the composition and transition of the scenes was excellent, at most there were a couple of moments where the transition seemed bad to me.
About the action, we only had two great sequences; the first (Fohl vs. Atla) was very good, while the second (Naofumi defending) was just good.
About the art direction, I was bothered by the change because Kinema Citrus always had beautiful scenarios, but it seems like it was the same. Now about the photography direction, I was sad to know that Tsunetaka Ema is now only supervising the photography, but that scene from the Atla Blu-ray DVD ad doing a pirouette gives me hope.
Finally, Kevin Penkin's soundtrack continues to be the best thing, the level of the orchestra and the grandeur of the soundtracks are on another level.
Desmascarado said: Kevin Penkin's soundtrack continues to be the best thing, the level of the orchestra and the grandeur of the soundtracks are on another level. I agree the OST is always great since the 1st season, and so it is the scenery and photography. |
Jul 9, 3:27 PM
#54
Reply to Franz_Furantsu
Desmascarado said:
Kevin Penkin's soundtrack continues to be the best thing, the level of the orchestra and the grandeur of the soundtracks are on another level.
Kevin Penkin's soundtrack continues to be the best thing, the level of the orchestra and the grandeur of the soundtracks are on another level.
I agree the OST is always great since the 1st season, and so it is the scenery and photography.
@Franz_Furantsu There are two new composers this season, even though I know Kevin Penkin's style well, it will only become clear that the OST is not his if a more pop song starts playing, lol. The scenario will remain the same as long as Kinema Citrus is involved, that's their specialty. The photography has changed a lot over the seasons. For me, photography is equal to creativity. I hope for sequences as good as those in season 3. |
Jul 9, 3:42 PM
#55
they've finally put a bit of budget into this show after how disastrous s2 and s3 were. bit late for most tho. decent op ig and it looks above average. not much else to say just decent. hope they can finally save the series but Idek what's going on anymore |
Jul 9, 4:00 PM
#56
Reply to IzanaSolos
And just like that, after an almost two-year hiatus, we’re back. You seriously thought RAG was the most useless season four of the season? Well, you’d be wrong.. that is, if this season ends up being just as forgettable and useless as the last one. Because while I can tell you most of the highlights from last season, I honestly have no idea what the context was or why any of it even happened. Other than some dragon fight, I don’t remember a damn thing that went down last season.
Something something about Raphtalia’s family wanting her dead because she wore some kimono, so now it’s a hunt for her family or whatever. The show’s gotten so unserious that even the Queen is talking about Naofumi forming a harem, like what lol. Anyway, back to the place that houses the ship or whatever to get to Raphtalia’s home, and Naofumi gets thrown into the lamest of lame sidequests with these buffoons wanting him to rule the place or something. Like bro, just let him get his ship and go already.
Already back and starting off with the most nothingburger of a premier... the fall-off of this series needs to be studied. Even the OP was a downgrade from last season’s. Though, tbf, that one was always going to be hard to top.
Something something about Raphtalia’s family wanting her dead because she wore some kimono, so now it’s a hunt for her family or whatever. The show’s gotten so unserious that even the Queen is talking about Naofumi forming a harem, like what lol. Anyway, back to the place that houses the ship or whatever to get to Raphtalia’s home, and Naofumi gets thrown into the lamest of lame sidequests with these buffoons wanting him to rule the place or something. Like bro, just let him get his ship and go already.
Already back and starting off with the most nothingburger of a premier... the fall-off of this series needs to be studied. Even the OP was a downgrade from last season’s. Though, tbf, that one was always going to be hard to top.
@IzanaSolos sybau lil bro |
Jul 9, 4:12 PM
#57
hypexleaks said: LC_Aqua said: they've finally put a bit of budget into this show after how disastrous s2 and s3 were. bit late for most tho. decent op ig and it looks above average. not much else to say just decent. hope they can finally save the series but Idek what's going on anymore you're retarded, s3 looked magnificent compared to this, and the core staff from season 3 is on season 4 WITH LESS TIME WORKED ON IT budget doesn't matter, educate yourself wow you result to baseless insults when someone doesn't agree with you. calling someone slurs for a fucking mal comment. go outside, get a life and allow others to have an opinion its never that deep. s3 was mid. go back and watch the cgi for the dragon fight and compare it to this dragon. the animation wasn't the worst in s3 but they still fucked up the show and what was s1. |
LC_AquaJul 9, 4:20 PM
Jul 9, 4:16 PM
#58
hypexleaks said: LC_Aqua said: they've finally put a bit of budget into this show after how disastrous s2 and s3 were. bit late for most tho. decent op ig and it looks above average. not much else to say just decent. hope they can finally save the series but Idek what's going on anymore you're retarded, s3 looked magnificent compared to this, and the core staff from season 3 is on season 4 WITH LESS TIME WORKED ON IT budget doesn't matter, educate yourself and abt the budget its a figure of speech. I have no idea how much they spent on both seasons or who worked on it. nor do I give two fucks. from my untrained eye it looks better. how it looks to the majority of the audience is all that matters for a show. People seem to roughly agree with me based on the reviews. |
Jul 9, 4:30 PM
#59
hypexleaks said: LC_Aqua said: hypexleaks said: LC_Aqua said: they've finally put a bit of budget into this show after how disastrous s2 and s3 were. bit late for most tho. decent op ig and it looks above average. not much else to say just decent. hope they can finally save the series but Idek what's going on anymore you're retarded, s3 looked magnificent compared to this, and the core staff from season 3 is on season 4 WITH LESS TIME WORKED ON IT budget doesn't matter, educate yourself and abt the budget its a figure of speech. I have no idea how much they spent on both seasons or who worked on it. nor do I give two fucks. from my untrained eye it looks better. how it looks to the majority of the audience is all that matters for a show. People seem to roughly agree with me based on the reviews. because the art director swapped you retard, and the person is from jjk/dandadan. s3 wasn't anywhere near disastrous, it was still miles better than s2&s1. if you're this far into the series and still hate the previous seasons then drop it idiot. i hate people criticizing this shit when they have zero idea what they're talking about. I'll be honest mate the vast majority of people don't give a shit and thats all that matters. I have no idea what I'm talking about in terms of the actual team behind it. but your opinion is no more valid than mine. s3 wasn't disastrous I was overexagerrating. but it wasn't special like s1. it repeated the same trope with malty 3 times (whole plot of s1) with mediocre animation filled with shitty cgi (that dragon fight is basically all i can remember). its an anime forum post for fucks sake. everyone's allowed an opinion. and I can guarantee you 99% of the audience doesn't care about who is behind it. move on with your life and let people judge your favourite show. I don't hate shield hero I'm just criticising it from what I can remember. if you can't stand that ignore my post. only mal users will whine about subjective opinions then call the others slurs, uneducated and wrong for it. grow up |
Jul 9, 4:50 PM
#61
Reply to LC_Aqua
hypexleaks said:
because the art director swapped you retard, and the person is from jjk/dandadan. s3 wasn't anywhere near disastrous, it was still miles better than s2&s1. if you're this far into the series and still hate the previous seasons then drop it idiot.
i hate people criticizing this shit when they have zero idea what they're talking about.
LC_Aqua said:
and abt the budget its a figure of speech. I have no idea how much they spent on both seasons or who worked on it. nor do I give two fucks. from my untrained eye it looks better. how it looks to the majority of the audience is all that matters for a show. People seem to roughly agree with me based on the reviews.
hypexleaks said:
you're retarded, s3 looked magnificent compared to this, and the core staff from season 3 is on season 4 WITH LESS TIME WORKED ON IT
budget doesn't matter, educate yourself
LC_Aqua said:
they've finally put a bit of budget into this show after how disastrous s2 and s3 were. bit late for most tho. decent op ig and it looks above average. not much else to say just decent. hope they can finally save the series but Idek what's going on anymore
they've finally put a bit of budget into this show after how disastrous s2 and s3 were. bit late for most tho. decent op ig and it looks above average. not much else to say just decent. hope they can finally save the series but Idek what's going on anymore
you're retarded, s3 looked magnificent compared to this, and the core staff from season 3 is on season 4 WITH LESS TIME WORKED ON IT
budget doesn't matter, educate yourself
and abt the budget its a figure of speech. I have no idea how much they spent on both seasons or who worked on it. nor do I give two fucks. from my untrained eye it looks better. how it looks to the majority of the audience is all that matters for a show. People seem to roughly agree with me based on the reviews.
because the art director swapped you retard, and the person is from jjk/dandadan. s3 wasn't anywhere near disastrous, it was still miles better than s2&s1. if you're this far into the series and still hate the previous seasons then drop it idiot.
i hate people criticizing this shit when they have zero idea what they're talking about.
I'll be honest mate the vast majority of people don't give a shit and thats all that matters. I have no idea what I'm talking about in terms of the actual team behind it. but your opinion is no more valid than mine. s3 wasn't disastrous I was overexagerrating. but it wasn't special like s1. it repeated the same trope with malty 3 times (whole plot of s1) with mediocre animation filled with shitty cgi (that dragon fight is basically all i can remember). its an anime forum post for fucks sake. everyone's allowed an opinion. and I can guarantee you 99% of the audience doesn't care about who is behind it. move on with your life and let people judge your favourite show. I don't hate shield hero I'm just criticising it from what I can remember. if you can't stand that ignore my post. only mal users will whine about subjective opinions then call the others slurs, uneducated and wrong for it. grow up
@LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3. Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero. The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3. |
Jul 9, 4:57 PM
#62
I knew this season was coming soon, but I didn’t know Episode 1 would come out today, and that the Sub and Dub are releasing on the same day, just like with My Hero Academia: Vigilantes and Re:Monster for example. Either way, let’s get into it. For once Naofumi goes to a place where they respect the Shield Hero. We know from Season 1 that the people of Siltvelt, which is composed of Demi Humans, worship the Shield Hero. However, these dudes go way too far to the point where they’re confining Naofumi to the palace. All Naofumi is trying to do is help Raphtalia given the attacks from the assassins of Q’tan Lo from last season. He doesn’t care for the postering. We get to meet Werner, representative of the Shusaku Race, Solea of the Genmu Race, and Tsuaron of the Aotatsu Race. These three greet Naofumi at the audience, but then we meet a lion Demi Human Jaralis of the Raio race who offers to prepare a ship for Naofumi. Everyone is suspicious of him since he wasn’t at the audience, so now the group of Naofumi, Raphtalia, Filo, Fohl, Atla, and Sadeena have to figure out what to do next. Let’s see how this season will play out… |
Jul 9, 4:57 PM
#63
hypexleaks said: LC_Aqua said: hypexleaks said: LC_Aqua said: hypexleaks said: LC_Aqua said: they've finally put a bit of budget into this show after how disastrous s2 and s3 were. bit late for most tho. decent op ig and it looks above average. not much else to say just decent. hope they can finally save the series but Idek what's going on anymore you're retarded, s3 looked magnificent compared to this, and the core staff from season 3 is on season 4 WITH LESS TIME WORKED ON IT budget doesn't matter, educate yourself and abt the budget its a figure of speech. I have no idea how much they spent on both seasons or who worked on it. nor do I give two fucks. from my untrained eye it looks better. how it looks to the majority of the audience is all that matters for a show. People seem to roughly agree with me based on the reviews. because the art director swapped you retard, and the person is from jjk/dandadan. s3 wasn't anywhere near disastrous, it was still miles better than s2&s1. if you're this far into the series and still hate the previous seasons then drop it idiot. i hate people criticizing this shit when they have zero idea what they're talking about. I'll be honest mate the vast majority of people don't give a shit and thats all that matters. I have no idea what I'm talking about in terms of the actual team behind it. but your opinion is no more valid than mine. s3 wasn't disastrous I was overexagerrating. but it wasn't special like s1. it repeated the same trope with malty 3 times (whole plot of s1) with mediocre animation filled with shitty cgi (that dragon fight is basically all i can remember). its an anime forum post for fucks sake. everyone's allowed an opinion. and I can guarantee you 99% of the audience doesn't care about who is behind it. move on with your life and let people judge your favourite show. I don't hate shield hero I'm just criticising it from what I can remember. if you can't stand that ignore my post. only mal users will whine about subjective opinions then call the others slurs, uneducated and wrong for it. grow up sybau and drop it then idiot, you can't even voice your true opinion. and if that's the case, then don't act like you're so educated in this and know what you're talking about cause you don't. your opinions weren't even subjective, they're just plain stupid as fuck and turn the eyes of people looking forward to this season away. mate why do you think your superior to everyone. having knowledge about who makes a show doesn't make your opinion any more correct or valid. I'm not educated in anime production. but I have watched my fair share to know if I enjoy something or not. shield hero is decent. and that's enough for me to continue especially when this season looks better. I'm wasting my time now. your trying to tell me my opinion is wrong or stupid when a large percentage of watches agree. the second half of s3 has shit imbd ratings (6s) and its barely a 7 on mal. perfectly fine to disagree with me and try to convince me otherwise but calling me stupid, retarded and wrong for an opinion just shows how childish and biased you are. not gonna reply again cause this is just going back and forth for no reason but genuinely let others criticise what you like. shield hero may be one of your favourites and that's ok. no need to attack others who disagree. have a good day/night bro 👍 |
Jul 9, 5:01 PM
#64
@hypexleaks I know how it is, man. Shield Hero is on the politically correct people's blacklist. I'm tired of having to deal with this kind of moralistic people, and usually their opinion about the anime is to say that it's criminal or that everything about it is horrible. But we have to differentiate between normal people who have criticisms or opposing opinions and people who watch the anime just to continue hating it. |
Jul 9, 5:02 PM
#65
Desmascarado said: @LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3. Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero. The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3. maybe I'm wrong abt the fight tbf I ain't watched s3 in forever. all I can remember was that the dragon had shitty cgi for most of the arc and the fight not standing out to me too much. I definitely overexaggerated with how bad s3 was but it felt like a drop in quality to me. could be because I was pissed off with the mid story of them doing the exact same malty story 3 times. |
Jul 9, 5:12 PM
#66
LC_Aqua said: Desmascarado said: @LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3. Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero. The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3. maybe I'm wrong abt the fight tbf I ain't watched s3 in forever. all I can remember was that the dragon had shitty cgi for most of the arc and the fight not standing out to me too much. I definitely overexaggerated with how bad s3 was but it felt like a drop in quality to me. could be because I was pissed off with the mid story of them doing the exact same malty story 3 times. my bad too bro cause i also do agree with you that season 3 was also the weakest part of the story. when i read the novels i did not like how overdone the trope was, i'll go ahead and delete the replies from earlier. thanks for being a champ about it season 4 is actually more of a coherent story that doesn't use malty tropes, and she isn't involved much in this seasons plot. so that's something to look forward to |
Jul 9, 5:15 PM
#67
Reply to LC_Aqua
Desmascarado said:
@LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3.
Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero.
The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3.
@LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3.
Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero.
The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3.
maybe I'm wrong abt the fight tbf I ain't watched s3 in forever. all I can remember was that the dragon had shitty cgi for most of the arc and the fight not standing out to me too much. I definitely overexaggerated with how bad s3 was but it felt like a drop in quality to me. could be because I was pissed off with the mid story of them doing the exact same malty story 3 times.
@LC_Aqua This is normal, experiences are different for everyone. In my case, season 3 is special in its own way because even though I really liked Shield Hero, I dropped out at the beginning of season 2 and only came back when I saw the trailers for season 3. At first, I was skeptical, but after watching the first episode, I saw for the first time an anime that fell deeply but got back up with a new season. "Nothing related to the subject, but maybe I'll see this happen again with an isekai. I don't remember the name. It's that anime that has a blue-haired girl who likes books, and after two such horrible seasons that they harmed the original material, but now it's being made by WIT studio." |
Jul 9, 5:16 PM
#68
This seems like it's leaning towards the plotline of the administrative prison. The nobles will act all respectful and polite, but though they will have a million excuses and reasons for delays and rules, the end result will be that SH's party is trapped, unable to leave either the palace or the country. There will always be another delay, until they realize that even though they're supposedly in charge they are actually prisoners and will have to escape by force or stealth if they want to leave. That said, I admit that I'm not 100% sure how that fits with SH's ability to teleport any time he wants. Of course, that won't get him the boat he needs. For that matter, I'm not 100% clear on why he couldn't just sail from Melromarc. Hell, his own town borders on the sea. |
Jul 9, 5:18 PM
#69
Reply to hypexleaks
LC_Aqua said:
maybe I'm wrong abt the fight tbf I ain't watched s3 in forever. all I can remember was that the dragon had shitty cgi for most of the arc and the fight not standing out to me too much. I definitely overexaggerated with how bad s3 was but it felt like a drop in quality to me. could be because I was pissed off with the mid story of them doing the exact same malty story 3 times.
Desmascarado said:
@LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3.
Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero.
The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3.
@LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3.
Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero.
The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3.
maybe I'm wrong abt the fight tbf I ain't watched s3 in forever. all I can remember was that the dragon had shitty cgi for most of the arc and the fight not standing out to me too much. I definitely overexaggerated with how bad s3 was but it felt like a drop in quality to me. could be because I was pissed off with the mid story of them doing the exact same malty story 3 times.
my bad too bro cause i also do agree with you that season 3 was also the weakest part of the story. when i read the novels i did not like how overdone the trope was, i'll go ahead and delete the replies from earlier. thanks for being a champ about it
season 4 is actually more of a coherent story that doesn't use malty tropes, and she isn't involved much in this seasons plot. so that's something to look forward to
@hypexleaks Don't delete it, man, you can review the discussions another day and have a laugh.🙌 |
Jul 9, 5:21 PM
#70
Desmascarado said: @hypexleaks Don't delete it, man, you can review the discussions another day and have a laugh.🙌 nah it's fine for this time cause i lowkey went very far in calling him some names |
Jul 9, 5:22 PM
#71
hypexleaks said: LC_Aqua said: Desmascarado said: @LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3. Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero. The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3. maybe I'm wrong abt the fight tbf I ain't watched s3 in forever. all I can remember was that the dragon had shitty cgi for most of the arc and the fight not standing out to me too much. I definitely overexaggerated with how bad s3 was but it felt like a drop in quality to me. could be because I was pissed off with the mid story of them doing the exact same malty story 3 times. my bad too bro cause i also do agree with you that season 3 was also the weakest part of the story. when i read the novels i did not like how overdone the trope was, i'll go ahead and delete the replies from earlier. thanks for being a champ about it season 4 is actually more of a coherent story that doesn't use malty tropes, and she isn't involved much in this seasons plot. so that's something to look forward to all good. I'm definitely too harsh on the recent seasons cause s1 was one of my favourite isekais. thanks for telling me malty won't have as much of a role cause if they did that trope again I'd crash out so fucking hard. have a good day/night bro |
Jul 9, 5:25 PM
#72
LC_Aqua said: hypexleaks said: LC_Aqua said: Desmascarado said: @LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3. Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero. The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3. maybe I'm wrong abt the fight tbf I ain't watched s3 in forever. all I can remember was that the dragon had shitty cgi for most of the arc and the fight not standing out to me too much. I definitely overexaggerated with how bad s3 was but it felt like a drop in quality to me. could be because I was pissed off with the mid story of them doing the exact same malty story 3 times. my bad too bro cause i also do agree with you that season 3 was also the weakest part of the story. when i read the novels i did not like how overdone the trope was, i'll go ahead and delete the replies from earlier. thanks for being a champ about it season 4 is actually more of a coherent story that doesn't use malty tropes, and she isn't involved much in this seasons plot. so that's something to look forward to all good. I'm definitely too harsh on the recent seasons cause s1 was one of my favourite isekais. thanks for telling me malty won't have as much of a role cause if they did that trope again I'd crash out so fucking hard. have a good day/night bro you too goat and you're opinion was completely justified, however you feel about the show is up to you. So thanks for reminding me of that perspective |
Jul 9, 5:27 PM
#73
Reply to LC_Aqua
hypexleaks said:
my bad too bro cause i also do agree with you that season 3 was also the weakest part of the story. when i read the novels i did not like how overdone the trope was, i'll go ahead and delete the replies from earlier. thanks for being a champ about it
season 4 is actually more of a coherent story that doesn't use malty tropes, and she isn't involved much in this seasons plot. so that's something to look forward to
LC_Aqua said:
maybe I'm wrong abt the fight tbf I ain't watched s3 in forever. all I can remember was that the dragon had shitty cgi for most of the arc and the fight not standing out to me too much. I definitely overexaggerated with how bad s3 was but it felt like a drop in quality to me. could be because I was pissed off with the mid story of them doing the exact same malty story 3 times.
Desmascarado said:
@LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3.
Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero.
The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3.
@LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3.
Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero.
The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3.
maybe I'm wrong abt the fight tbf I ain't watched s3 in forever. all I can remember was that the dragon had shitty cgi for most of the arc and the fight not standing out to me too much. I definitely overexaggerated with how bad s3 was but it felt like a drop in quality to me. could be because I was pissed off with the mid story of them doing the exact same malty story 3 times.
my bad too bro cause i also do agree with you that season 3 was also the weakest part of the story. when i read the novels i did not like how overdone the trope was, i'll go ahead and delete the replies from earlier. thanks for being a champ about it
season 4 is actually more of a coherent story that doesn't use malty tropes, and she isn't involved much in this seasons plot. so that's something to look forward to
all good. I'm definitely too harsh on the recent seasons cause s1 was one of my favourite isekais. thanks for telling me malty won't have as much of a role cause if they did that trope again I'd crash out so fucking hard. have a good day/night bro
@LC_Aqua the discussion was fruitful.lol but from the spoiler of the opening, b!*h, I mean, malty will still be highlighted. |
Jul 9, 5:36 PM
#74
Desmascarado said: @LC_Aqua the discussion was fruitful.lol but from the spoiler of the opening, b!*h, I mean, malty will still be highlighted. fr 😂. at least it ended well. but for fucks sake. the author must have some crazy fetish for her to somehow make a basically powerless nobody one of the main villains of the show. how can such a mid trope be overused this much. praying she isn't that major |
Jul 9, 5:40 PM
#75
Reply to LC_Aqua
Desmascarado said:
@LC_Aqua the discussion was fruitful.lol
but from the spoiler of the opening, b!*h, I mean, malty will still be highlighted.
@LC_Aqua the discussion was fruitful.lol
but from the spoiler of the opening, b!*h, I mean, malty will still be highlighted.
fr 😂. at least it ended well. but for fucks sake. the author must have some crazy fetish for her to somehow make a basically powerless nobody one of the main villains of the show. how can such a mid trope be overused this much. praying she isn't that major
@LC_Aqua I heard that she dies but is resurrected, maybe the author thinks that a good villain has to be hated in one way or another. lol |
Jul 9, 6:05 PM
#76
Reply to LC_Aqua
Desmascarado said:
@LC_Aqua the discussion was fruitful.lol
but from the spoiler of the opening, b!*h, I mean, malty will still be highlighted.
@LC_Aqua the discussion was fruitful.lol
but from the spoiler of the opening, b!*h, I mean, malty will still be highlighted.
fr 😂. at least it ended well. but for fucks sake. the author must have some crazy fetish for her to somehow make a basically powerless nobody one of the main villains of the show. how can such a mid trope be overused this much. praying she isn't that major
@LC_Aqua she plays 2 major big roles, but they're actually done right in the novels. from the phoenix fight onwards, i haven't read it yet. But from what I heard it didn't feel overdone at all. after that something happens to malty, but i won't spoil you |
Jul 9, 6:14 PM
#77
Nah, man. Not my beautiful Queen Mirelia warning MC about furry STDs 😭 And just like that, Naofumi came across the lamest of side quests imaginable. F in advance. |
Jul 9, 6:18 PM
#78
Very, very good beginning episode! Naofumi is back, as delicate as a rock -- this is the Shield Hero we all know being himself... Welcome back, edgelord, Raphtalia, Filo and Atla, especially! Into the story, things already stinks. |
Mene, mene, tekel, parsin |
Jul 9, 7:05 PM
#80
Jul 9, 8:00 PM
#81
no don't explain what your situation and why you're in a rush, no, just make blind demands. that'll help |
Jul 9, 8:28 PM
#82
That was a really good 1st episode. Compared to the season 2 and 3 this one sets up everything quite nicely. We get reintroduced to all the characters from season 3 as well brief on what the next adventure will be. It seems Naofumi will have to deal with more political drama in these first few episodes which is fine by me. If we don't have any stupid cartoon cutout noble villains, but rather nobles trying to use Naofumi's fame to their advantage. This could create some interesting conflict where Naofumi has to use his brain again and solve an unusual problem. As for the animation so far it looks pretty good. To be honest last season wasn't really impressive to me. Animation was lackluster in the last season, lots of still images. The story was very unimpressive in that season and I didn't like how easily all these trashy heroes had a mental breakdown and suddenly loved Naofumi. I'll be looking forward to this each week. I hope the anime can continually deliver in great episodes. |
Jul 9, 10:14 PM
#84
guizo- said: Naofumi became a doormat with an attitude problem... These people are saying they worship him while telling him when he can and can't breathe. I really hope this side quest doesn't take the whole season Don't forget. He was on another side quest when he got this new side quest xD |
Jul 9, 11:44 PM
#85
it's only the first episode of the 4th season & already the annoying characters are showing up & making things complicated for Naofumi & his crew already. everyone in siltvelt's got an agenda, and they all want to win over the shield hero's favor, but naofumi's got other priorities in mind so taking sides with anyone from there is far from his mind. |
Jul 9, 11:45 PM
#86
Less than 4 minutes in and Naofumi is already being a total ass lol, I mean he has an objective right now but he can at least listen to his party without crying over shit. Anyway, Naofumi's people rebuilt their country, they could just make a ship themselves, since he is so badass he would be better off doing that and avoiding the law like he always does, just so he can get to that country fast. Oh, or better yet, he could just have bought a ship lol Motoyasu out there commiting mass murder on the name of Filo is funny as fuck lmao |
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~ Btw, cry about it. |
Jul 10, 12:30 AM
#87
Well, that’s good to see both Ren and Itsuki are finally sane and listening to Naofumi now. Motoyasu on the other hand… he’s still crazy 🤣 12:40 HAREM?! OH BOY! Seiyuus: - Naofumi Iwatani - Kaito Ishikawa (Sakuta from Bunny Girl Senpai Season 2 and Nagi from A Couple of Cuckoos Season 2 this season too) - Raphtalia - Asami Seto (Mai from Bunny Girl Senpai Season 2 this season too). - Hidaka Rina and Maaya Uchida are in here too voicing Filo and Melty and they are also voicing some other characters this season too. Insane man 🤯 - Sword Hero Ren - Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Inosuke from Demon Slayer Movie coming out soon) Fun fact, the artist of all of the OPs, MADKID, they just had a little world tour earlier this year in the winter. I went to their concert here in Los Angeles end of January and it was 🔥🔥🔥 they of course sang the Shield Hero OPs, but I was looking most forward to Shield Hero OP 1 “Rise” of course which they sang last. I sang along the whole song (except the second rap part) and it was amazing. I got to take a picture with all of them too afterwards. I bought a Shield Hero shirt just for that concert too which I showed to all of them. My 14th Summer 2025 anime! We are so back man 🔥 Season 3 was 2 years ago in Fall 2023 as a Friday anime. I see this anime is now a Wednesday anime once again just like it was 3 years ago in Spring 2022! Time to see more of badass Naofumi 🔥🛡 |
Jul 10, 1:16 AM
#88
Jul 10, 1:23 AM
#89
It is an interesting and realistic take on the problems of being a hero and worshipped like a god. Naofumi is just trying to prepare for the eventual rising of the Phoenix but his attention is being pulled a dozen ways at once dealing with various problems and responsibilities. Yet at the same time it doesn't make for very enthralling viewing. Right now Naofumi could do two things to advance his agenda. The first would be to establish a regent to administer Stiltvelt on his behalf which is probably what was happening anyway. If anything they probably want Naofumi to be some figurehead they can wheel out for public ceremonies but he really doesn't have time for that nonsense. He has to take them firmly in hand and put them on a war footing to prepare to support him when the Phoenix arises. The other thing he can do is have Siltvelt send an embassy to Q'ten Lo to prepare for his arrival. If he approaches them as someone of importance instead of as a iterant traveler it might save a lot trouble and time. |
Jul 10, 3:35 AM
#90
mehhh, it was good. considering the last season, it was better. I hope this season is better. Season 1 was really good, but after that it's been a disaster. |
Jul 10, 4:08 AM
#91
bruh, the animation improved vastly compared to previous seasons. I hope the story does too. |
Jul 10, 5:00 AM
#92
Set up episode. Seems like the calm before the storm. Though it's nice to see Naofumi venerated after all this time. |
Jul 10, 5:59 AM
#93
I don't know what it is about Shield Hero but I just can't quit it. |
Jul 10, 8:02 AM
#94
I mainly just watch anime for fun. I’m not a super analytical person when it comes to rating and discussing animes. If I had to decide the order of how much I enjoyed each season it would be: 1st: Season 1 2nd: Season 3 3rd: Season 2 Season 4 just started so I’m undecided on the placement. I will say though, the animations and character looks have improved tremendously in this Season. I enjoyed the first episode, but it doesn’t hit the level of Season 1. |
Jul 10, 8:08 AM
#95
yup they all mighty sus trust no one except urs kind of environment |
Jul 10, 8:39 AM
#96
Reply to donslockz
guizo- said:
Naofumi became a doormat with an attitude problem...
These people are saying they worship him while telling him when he can and can't breathe.
I really hope this side quest doesn't take the whole season
Naofumi became a doormat with an attitude problem...
These people are saying they worship him while telling him when he can and can't breathe.
I really hope this side quest doesn't take the whole season
Don't forget. He was on another side quest when he got this new side quest xD
@donslockz uuuugh, true... |
Jul 10, 10:25 AM
#97
THEY ARE BACK!!! IT WAS A GOOD EPISODE |
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Jul 10, 3:36 PM
#98
Reply to LC_Aqua
Desmascarado said:
@LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3.
Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero.
The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3.
@LC_Aqua I agree with you about the first being the best season, but I disagree in part about the 3D in season 3.
Gaelion's model looks horrible in most scenes. However, in the fight against the Dragon Emperor, he looked great. At most, there was a scene where he looked a bit robotic. But that was an episode that received a lot of focus from the team, and in my opinion, that was the best fight in Shield Hero.
The previous seasons also used 3D, but there was a change of studio responsible for the 3D from season 2 to season 3.
maybe I'm wrong abt the fight tbf I ain't watched s3 in forever. all I can remember was that the dragon had shitty cgi for most of the arc and the fight not standing out to me too much. I definitely overexaggerated with how bad s3 was but it felt like a drop in quality to me. could be because I was pissed off with the mid story of them doing the exact same malty story 3 times.
@LC_Aqua If you didn't like the 3D of the Emperor Dragon fight in episodes 8 and 9, you probably won't change your mind, as 3D is extremely subjective. Some people hate it, and others love it. I think 3D has its role, of course, since we're talking about a product, it's obvious that the producer will want to cut costs as much as possible. However, in the case of episode 9 of season 3, I see this as a reallocation of resources. For example, let's suppose the Emperor Dragon were 2D. I would have liked it, but the team would have had to put more effort and spend more resources on it, resulting in a drop in the episode's overall quality. In other words, if the Emperor Dragon were 2D, episode 9 might not have had those wonderful animation sequences, but it's clear that if the staff had more production time, we could have achieved the best possible result. |
Jul 10, 11:10 PM
#99
We are so back! Naofumi is on his way to Q'ten Lo to settle the misunderstanding with Raphtalia's "empress" outfit but is stopped on his way in Siltvelt, the nation that reveres the Shield Hero as their God/King, tho I feel like these people just want to use Naofumi as a symbol of power or something. And what's up with the hostility towards Atla and Fohl? Their race (White Tiger) is also one of the 4 Cardinals (Vermillion Bird, Azure Dragon, Black Turtle) so that makes them pretty high up in nobility right? (Something must have happened for them to be viewed as such, and if It was ever told already I don't even remember lol) I am excited for the upcoming episodes! |
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