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| just to let people know the first episode official aired today (crunchy had a preview) but the only different between the 2 is the OP at the end. which was pretty good. |
| pretty generic show tbh, all the characters seem one dimensional, the protagonist didn't get a fair trial because of course everyone are against him. It's probably gonna be as huge as SAO in the future because it's basic and easy to watch |
| Wow, for how terrible I was expecting this to be (mostly because of CR's involvement in it), it was actually pretty solid (however, I probably feel that way because I know that it gets better than this). The flame wars seem to be a lot smaller than I had initially thought, which is good (but it's probably still gonna spread pretty far). The two-year wait was 25% worth it! |
This episode in a nutshell |
| Ahahahhahahahhahahah Muahahhahahahahhahaha Hehehehhehee Why am i laughing?Because i find this "Controversy" freaking ridiculous, i never even cared about the false rape accusation before i heard some guys complaining about it online Just enjoy the damn show and critique the damn show, if you want your 5 minutes in the spotlight by saying how controversial it is please continue, this is too funny Solid first episode that was elevated by the Amazing music overall and an interesting premise that actually makes me curious about the series, i hope it doesn't have a sense of morality too, it would be amazing, a bit disappointed in how the other heroes were presented but i get the point Also this should be named :How to make everyone hateable aside from the MC in 30 minutes |
| May our sweet and Merciful Madoka be with you |
| it was a very nice intro naive heroes need this betrayal to toughen up |
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| Matriarchy with a king...something's not right here... While Myne is a bitch it doesn't look like she planned this all alone especially after seeing that opening... Cutie demi human-waifu spotted in the end HNNNNGGGG. Looking forward to seeing more of her! Should be interesting to see waifu do the fighting while Naofumi protects, unless he gets some offensive shield skills later. |
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| That was pretty good. I hope it continues to get better. At first, I was thinking it was another isekai series with a harem and disgusting otaku but turned out pretty well. Bitch thot and her fuckboy pissed me off. Don't know if the other two heroes are also in on it. Right now, everyone is a fucking idiot except for Naofumi and Jet Black. |
| 臭い- |
| I have to admit, I expected yet another generic isekai of the season, like slime is. But the setting could be interesting. Atleast it looks a bit harsher than the usual SoL moe idekai |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| Well, damn... Sucks to be this guy for sure. I guess it's a good thing they didn't try to kill him and there are still people around who believe in him, even if it's just the weapon merchant for now, or we would be watching Nidome no Yuusha instead. |
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| This was an okay first episode. Honestly, everything seems pretty generic. There wasn't anything super interesting, and I could see the "twist" coming a mile away. The animation and art are nice, at least. My Anime Blog |
| I love how some people here are being hyprocrtical, you are saying that everyone is a bastard not choosing the weakest hero but you woud have done the same in a game or in real life. |
| holy crap another yoshitsugu matsuoka anime ive come across, the coincidence. so far it just seems like a standard isekai, nothing special as of now, although interesting |
| Really enjoyed it. Read the manga and LN, and the anime definitely did the story justice. |
| I'm glad, that they decided to make a longer first episode. As a manga reader, I knew about the betrayal, but it is handled well in the anime in my opinion. Considering the circumstances, Naofumi's response was quite collected and entirely justified. As for the other heroes, Motoyasu is an idiot, Ren and Itsuki are just children. That will also create more trouble for Naofumi later. |
| You're a louse, Roger Smith. - R. Dorothy Wayneright This is my fight! No Senpai, this is our fight! - Kojou Akatsuki & Yukina Himeragi  |
| This is what the light novel deserved and I am just so happy man |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| The beginning had me worried, as it was on track to be the most horribly generic start ever. Still very average at best, but not as bad as I was expecting, esp the nothing burger false rape accusation. JC ANN, talk about snowflakes... |
| That was not only one of the worst first episodes i've watched in a long time but it was twice as long. Do they really need 50 minutes to set up such an obvious plot? I saw that gold digger betraying mc from the very first smile (the dream sequence at the start pretty much spoiled the whole episode, so that doesn't help) Now we will have mc saving his slave waifu and follow the road of every LN mc ever to become op even though they act like he's an underdog. |
| I'm pretty impressed with this show after watching its double-length first episode. Kinema Citrus has got the animation and art quality spot on, as expected, and Kevin Penkin doing the music on this show is already a win-win for me after his excellent job on Made In Abyss. Naofumi has already got it bad, the poor guy. Not fortunate to get anyone to join him at first, until Myne volunteered, but she only ended up setting him to get framed. I'm not sure what her true objective is here, but she needs a good punch to the face. Same goes to the blonde-haired hero for believing her lies so easily. After that, Naofumi goes off to grind and, rightfully, starts putting his foot down on people who try to do dodgy business with him because of the false accusations on him. I wasn't expecting him to take the slave master's offer so seriously, though, but we do find the furry girl that's on the main visual, so he'll be choosing her soon enough. Overall, this was a great start. I'm hoping that Naofumi will get his own back on Myne and anyone else who set him up soon enough. Revenge will be sweet, indeed. =P |
Mormegil said: Ow the edge. Hope it gets better. So many shows relying on controversies to pull in viewers lately, like Goblin Slayer before this. Fortunately, Goblin Slayer got a hell of a lot better after the first episode. Maybe Shield Hero can, too. Who knows. Really, what else was this 1st episode besides the false rape accusation? How does it stand out besides that? Guy gets transported to world -> usual, dull isekai tropes abound -> FALSE RAPE ACCUSATION(this isekai is so different and spicy now!) -> MC MAD -> back to usual, dull isekai tropes -> end on slaves, because you can't have an isekai without slaves. Yawn. Thats bait right? right? goblin slayer barely held itself together and was enjoyable because it didnt seem to take itself seriously, and as far as edge goes i didnt even expect it to come up in the discussions, it genuinely surprised me that people would get pissed off by that scene but here we are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
| What I saw that it was an isekai anime, I rolled my eyes a little, but the whole betrayal aspect really spiced things up. I love cruel intentions type stories where reputations are dragged into the mud. |
| They are all so readily accepting meh... but that in turn gives a lot of content in a jam-packed episode. This is going to be a fun ride! |
PraiseTheSunfire said: MaskOfIce said: Alright, I was unable to finish this first episode because I was hating how it "characterizes" the main character by just having the world shit on him as opposed to giving him an interesting personality that makes me want to see him triumph. Should I push through these painful parts for what's to come, or if I already dislike it now, I probably won't like it down the line? While I see why you do not like the start it is important for his character and story, I would recommend to continue watching and not to take it at face value sorry for vague reply but I dont want to spoil anything If you look further down, I did end up finishing it, still kinda on the fence as to whether I'll continue. Plus I knew about the spoilers for episode 1 before I went into it, so unless something will radically change in the next few episodes, I think I have the info I need. As for "not taking it at face value", my problem wasn't that it was looking to be a traditional story, but rather that the way it was trying to get us to care about the main character was to have literally everything shit on him to such a degree it just comes across as "hey, let's torture this guy", which I don't find interesting. And even after he changes, he's not interesting enough to make me think "oh yeah, that all was worth it" |
| You have shit taste, and then I have taste so shit it makes your taste look good |
| Damn, I like the twist. Isekai are usually only as good as the world building in them and the interaction between MC and the people in it. I hope the MC stays bad-ass. |
| (|__/) Never give up, aim for the top! (='.'=) Top wo nerae! o(")(") Anime music: http://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=777199 |
| I watched this because of the hype but I'm so disappointed. For me it was quite boring during the first half. The dialogues in the whole episode were meh, and the change in the personality of the mc was kind of forced imo. I understand that he was betrayed by the only person that he trusted in this new world, but anyway it felt too sudden for me. The rest of the cast was uninteresting to me as well. I guess this isn't for me, so I'll just put it on hold for now. |
| I saw few SAO like characters and voices. Myne sure pulled one on him well I gotta thank her cause he would have been a neet for eternity. Loved the first episode, I wonder how can he be that better in one month. |
| I'm so glad I just downloaded and watched it without reading the synopsis or anything about it... I didn't even know it was going to be a isekai. I FUCKING LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| dayum this is looking good first episode and shit already went south |
| Just finished watching that ep and it's really promising, good to see an isekai anime in which hero is not a goody two shoes or op from the get go. On top of that, the false accusation theme must have ruffled more than one feather among those who rarely ever get off their high horse. |
| Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari wasn't in my plan to watch for this season. Never heard of this and didn't seems promising at all. After all the fuss I give it a try and for almost 3/4 of the episode this was bad. Kakegurui xx episode 1 level shit. The lack of world building [Emoji movie level stuff] and the writting almost killed this show for me. But I liked that [predictable] plot twist at the 3/4 of the episode and the new face of the MC. I'm gonna keep wathing this but please don't disappoint me 'cause I'll drop you without thinking twice. 5/10 |
| I know most people in mal are too young/ too new in anime to know this. But from the first 5 mins didn't anyone get heavy reference of this series from Fushigi Yûgi? |
Ventus_SJan 11, 2019 11:06 AM
| PS: Honestly , I don't get the high rating of this series so far. It's laughable that literally EVERY SINGLE ONE of them believe in that women without raising any suspension, even those 3 other dudes who come from modern age with proper legal system. That "evidence" is laughably poor proof of anything. And no-one suspect that all his gears/ money gone with only her clothes under the bed to be awfully coincidental? No-one think that he could be set up? I find these convenient plot progression for the sake of tragedy to be abit insulting. Also people believe a single nobody over the chosen heroes they summon lolz.. Talking about some nice treatment of the hero. Do they really want their world to be saved or not? 6/10 series so far. |
papsoshea said: 10 minutes into shield hero, and already skull crushed with an avalanche of isekai clichés in addition of heteroclite plot elements combined together with no logic behind it - well so far. Well at least it's clearly just a stupid fun show, not really taking itself seriously until that whole Christine Blasey-Ford shit but you know, Light Novel authors have to write some crap in knowing it will cause fans of the show and SJWs to fight and work up some drama to create controversy for publicity purposes. Just another lazy way of writing to hook viewers into another generic fantasy. Not as bad as I thought it would be. This. Can no-one tell that the writing of this series from the very beginning not good at all? No logic in people's behavior , mc turn edgy for the sake of turning edgy, and no-one other than some side character has logical thinking. Still somewhat fun to watch how the mc becomes op in the end, as expected from those typical isekai series. (Typical mc is kinda under-dog with handicapped setup, but ended up being strongest by using gimmick or system oversight or some weird setting author created. Been there, done that for at least 10+ isekai summon hero manga adaptation I've seen so far, nothing new here) |
Ventus_SJan 11, 2019 11:09 AM
| antihero in 1st ep. been a while. |
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papsoshea said: That didn't make any sense.10 minutes into shield hero, and already skull crushed with an avalanche of isekai clichés in addition of heteroclite plot elements combined together with no logic behind it - well so far. Well at least it's clearly just a stupid fun show, not really taking itself seriously until that whole Christine Blasey-Ford shit but you know, Light Novel authors have to write some crap in knowing it will cause fans of the show and SJWs to fight and work up some drama to create controversy for publicity purposes. Just another lazy way of writing to hook viewers into another generic fantasy. Not as bad as I thought it would be. LN authors think about the SJW? |
Please learn about cel animation and its technical process. Learn how special effects and backlighting were done without computers. |
| Impressive first Episode The first 20-ish Minutes left me with an unsatisfying feeling and i think everyone else could predict what would happen, but still... great voice acting tho! |
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papsoshea said: 10 minutes into shield hero, and already skull crushed with an avalanche of isekai clichés in addition of heteroclite plot elements combined together with no logic behind it - well so far. Well at least it's clearly just a stupid fun show, not really taking itself seriously until that whole Christine Blasey-Ford shit but you know, Light Novel authors have to write some crap in knowing it will cause fans of the show and SJWs to fight and work up some drama to create controversy for publicity purposes. Just another lazy way of writing to hook viewers into another generic fantasy. Not as bad as I thought it would be. Shield Hero was written in 2012. I guess the author still somehow had the superhuman foresight to tap into the juicy well of publicity that is the Kavanaugh hearing and #MeToo. |
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| I like it. I'd say it's one of the better isekai anime. At least so far. |
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| OMG WOW! I never thought this would be this great! What a great... fantastic first episode! Glad they did a 45min episode. Damn, i feel bad for the guy :/ I can't wait for him to find how to learn how to use his shield and get badass! And show the others. I think that they didn't conspire against him, even the blonde guy was surprised when he threw his coins, i think they just believe the girl. But damn, what a rough and sad start. Wish i could already see more episodes! Totally in love with this. |
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Ventus_S said: PS: Honestly , I don't get the high rating of this series so far. It's laughable that literally EVERY SINGLE ONE of them believe in that women without raising any suspension, even those 3 other dudes who come from modern age with proper legal system. That "evidence" is laughably poor proof of anything. And no-one suspect that all his gears/ money gone with only her clothes under the bed to be awfully coincidental? No-one think that he could be set up? I find these convenient plot progression for the sake of tragedy to be abit insulting. Also people believe a single nobody over the chosen heroes they summon lolz.. Talking about some nice treatment of the hero. Do they really want their world to be saved or not? 6/10 series so far. I read the web novel to its completion. Everything you mention makes absolute sense in the context of the lore... but since it's not something you know from the beginning, even in the novel, I can see how you'd feel the way you do. If you care enough to know what I'm talking about, PM me, I'm not dropping spoilers here. |
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