The story is about a man that gets summoned into a medieval era as one of four heroes which destiny is to save the world and that way the protagonist named Naofumi becomes a hero which weapon would be the shield that way becoming the shield hero. The shield hero isn't as revered in the kingdom as the rest of the heroes and the person that leads the kingdom tries to make living a suffering for our hero eventhough he hasn't really done anything deserving of condemnation, Naofumi devastated goes through a journey that will take him to meet the adventure he had never meet before. Along the way he meets people such as Raphtalia and Filo that would be an essential help for him in order to meet his goals and expectations in his adventure.
The art is good and fits well with the story, it isn't the best art but it couldn't have been more fitting for the kind of story this series offers, the characters have a noteworthy design especially Raphtalia eventhough it is indeed simple.
The characters are well developed as every character seems to have a motivation and purpose in the story and aren't in the series for the sake of being in it but for the plan of attaining a goal and making their objectives a reality. Naofumi is a very cool protagonist and the people that accompany him help him to be better in order to be able to be at the level of the expectations put in him, Raphtalia is an awesome girl in the story because she is one of the biggest factors involved in the success and improvement of the protagonist, Filo is a lovely girl that always bring joy ad the rest if the cast is incredible in it's own way.
This series is really enjoyable and captivating making it able to get more and more people involved in it and followers of it's interesting story.
