Do the Other Heroes Ever Git Gud? (Shield Hero SPOILERS)

[@mariokarter13]

Shield Hero: Protects himself because he doesn't want to be betrayed again. Bow Hero: Keeps himself at an emotional distance from other people. Sword Hero: Tries to do everything himself, believing he has to be one cut above the rest. Spear Hero: Hey gurl, I got something I wanna stick inside ya.

[@redacted606]

I think these trauma's are based on thsir weapins to. Noafumi is sceptical and believes that people will betray him and leave him so he puts up an emotional barrier or shield to protect himself and is unsuprized at betray as a result unless its from people who he unknowing lets into his personal bubble like raphtalia and filo. The sword hero sees him being in a party as putting them in danger and so goes it alone even more so never really wanting to do so before but definitely now that he feels his suspicions were correct. Bow hero his is the simplist as it directly relates to when a bow is most effective, at a range. Motoyasu is... Motoyasu. He trusted a woman because she was a woman and therefore his sin was lust and we'll... Dildo spear is the least of his worries I guess... Considering he also envies noafumi for having filo who he lusts over making his connection to the curse even more so holding on him. So thays why his curse weapon is a marital aid, Because he is eager to please the women he likes. Edit: yes I only know 2 heros names but that's because the other 2 serve little purpose in the anime and I'm an anime only, but I still don't care about spoilers because I'm not a reactionary person when I watch things.

[@Scardy]

Dear lord🤣🤣🤣

[@tabithaalphess2115]

I remember when my fiance and I first sat down to watch the Shield Hero we joked that the Spear Hero was driven by the spear between his legs. Apparently we were more accurate than we thought given what his curse turns his spear into

[@WildArtistsl]

I read the last part like the lemme smash meme

[@stonecianomars5838]

Haha quite funny

[@travisbergen2807]

It's a relief to know that they develop as the series goes on. I would have hated it if they only existed for Naofumi to get mad at them.

[@dream6562]

It's kinda of a negative for their world that the only reason why the other heroes besides naofumi are as hero qualitie just because the spirit in the shield gets firsts dibs

[@shyeazykoopa414]

@@dream6562 the shield 🛡 spirit didn’t get first pick, it simply acquired its first choice, while the first and second choice of the other weapons weren’t available to them so they settled on there third choice.

[@dream6562]

@@shyeazykoopa414 but I thought the vid says shield spirit gets priority

[@shyeazykoopa414]

@@dream6562 I figured that’s where you got that, but if you read the story it explains that, but she also states it a lil bit after to explain that they only got their third choice, but the shield was the only one to get its first choice while they all choose several people for just in case, third picks aren’t always a bad choice these ones just happen to be a bit worse then others

[@dream6562]

@@shyeazykoopa414 I kinda wonder what their first and 2nd choices were

[@mrm0nty550]

I like Ren's redemption arc the most. I liked seeing Naofumi playing an almost older brother type of role to Ren.

[@sjmcc13]

Ha also kind of had the easiest redemption, well started from the least bad spot. His mistakes were the most understandable, and his damage mostly carelessness and a lack of teamwork, but he never really intentionally did harm. As oppose to Mr. anything this one girl tells me it true despite all evidence to the contrary, and the "Justice" first idiot.

[@shyeazykoopa414]

But he also made the least amount of sense being that he was clearly aware of all her previous deeds and still was like “maybe 🤔 she can truly help me,” despite her actual useless and iffy ways.

[@asw654]

@@shyeazykoopa414 in fairness, he was affected by his weapon at the time, as Natalie pointed out.

[@GreyIsolet]

@@sjmcc13 Even in season 1 Ren at least had the mental capacity to listen to Naofumi about the monster corpses and Naofumi's warning about the church. The Bow and Spear guy, they don't listen to him at all.

[@sjmcc13]

@@GreyIsolet as I said, he was in the least bad spot. He also, at least in the WN, showed the most/easiest genuine remorse for rhe consequences of his actions, like when he found out about the Dragons (adopted) daughter and what they (the village who sent him after benign dragon so they could loot its treasures) did to her... Or towards the end of the WN he, Naofumi and Spear Gigolo get booted from the world, and he instantly accepted going back (as well as having improved himself in the meantime iirc) while spear gigolo had to be dragged back.

[@dragonspadeex]

If I remember correctly, the Sword Hero (can't remember his name) wasn't like the other two. When he did something wrong he apologized and attoned for it. When the whole trial thing came up against Naofumi he was one of the few that found it all... coincidental. I think he actually grows later on and is more then straight guy.

[@owengoulding7535]

Well he the best but the training ark that happens before the spirit tortoise shows he's just as entitled as the other heros

[@RedDrake110]

well, out of the three, ren is the one who is somewhat recovered the most, actually working hard and making amends Bow bitch just loses his mind completely and is just a doll with no strings Spear F--er, he just gets demoted to comic relief and a gag act.

[@Kirito843]

Spoilers: Ren becomes an actually chill dude after his arc Itsuki literally has no personality after his own arc And Motoyasu, if you thought he was a simp now, becomes even more of a simp later on, this time without any brain cells left, not to say that he had any to begin with.

[@dustgraystone9448]

That's actually the reason why Ren is my favorite of the loser squad. Even though he is still an entitled child in the beginning, he still takes the blame for his own mess ups.

[@WednesdayMan]

@@Kirito843 so Motoyasu managed to get negative brain cells

[@ShadowBlade972]

Personally I headcannon that Motoyatsu is still insane because unlike Itsuki and Ren - who were saved by the power of friendship - Motoyatsu got into the mess he was in because of the power of friendship; so the author just put his route in reverse. Also one of the greatest moments in the series for me is when Naofumi & crew are getting decimated by some especially powerful enemies and Motoyatsu Initial D's into the scene and straight up decimates. That moment was a terrifying reminder that for all the strength Naofumi has as a legendary Hero he's still the Tank. We got to see the power of a pure damage dealer at that point. And they way he got that strong still cracks me up. "If father says the other level up methods are true then they must be!"

[@mask938]

"Motoyasu Initial D's into the scene and straight up decimates" Now I'm imagining Naofumi and the others fighting a desperate battle when Motoyasu just zooms in out of nowhere with "Deja Vu" playing over it right before landing in the middle of the enemy forces and exploding on impact.🤣🤣🤣

[@maksonaladin4033]

@@mask938 it was more suitable for a moment after fight, when he rushes away with Naofumi's cart 😂

[@reflex9238]

Oh my god that scene in the light novels had me dying because of how quickly he destroys them. Another favorite would be when Naofumi is hearing massive shockwaves, and it just turns out to be Motoyasu fighting Ren because he overheard Naofumi talking about capturing Ren. I like how he went from being annoying in the beginning, to just being hilarious later on.

[@mask938]

@@reflex9238 As an anime-only Shield Hero fan, I can’t wait to see those scenes animated. In fact, I can’t wait to see the Three Cardinal Stooges with their curses in the anime. It’s gonna be awesome! Do you think it’ll be covered in season 3?

[@reflex9238]

@@mask938 I'm confident we'll probably be able to see the curse series of most of other heroes, as where its left off now is volume 10 and we see Ren and Motoyasu's curse in volumes 11-12. There's a good amount of world building that I hope the anime really takes its time with next season which adds some gravity to the situation for Naofumi to find the others. I don't wanna say more to it as I feel like it would be going too far. We might not see Itsuki's curse series until maybe the end as there were a lot of arcs that took place before then, including Naofumi looking for the Demi humans from Raphtalia village and fighting in a tournament to get enough money to buy them. I believe it took another volume after Naofumi helped Ren recover from his curse before we see Itsuki. Of course if the anime is able to cover it all we might also be able to see Itsuki's curse series no issue. I do wanna say you don't need any special service to really get into the light novels, as there are readings of light novel volumes on KZbin you can just listen to which is what I did since I'm not much of a reader. It definitely got better after the spirit tortoise arc as that felt pretty boring even in the light novel and manga so I can understand them skipping that arc only but not the rest.

[@-kenik9629]

Fun fact; Each of the heroes is based on one of the stoicistic virtues*. Naufumi is Prudence, Itsuki is Justice, Ren is Temperance(hah), and Motoyasu is Fortitude. *The four virtues are; Prudence, the craft of adapting yourself to be correct within the world(become correct, learn the truth, and grow as a person). Justice which is paying harm with harm, and kindness with kindness. Temperance which is holding yourself back to prevent adverse results from your actions. And Fortitude is refusing to bend to that which apposes virtue. Fortitude has no meaning without Temperance, Temperance has no meaning without Justice, Justice has no meaning without Prudence, and Prudence is useful but powerless without the others. Also Naufumi Iwatani(I hope I spelled that right), means "Rock Valley", or really it's a Japanese was of using the English term "Rock Bottom". Which is exactly how this series starts.

[@mask938]

It's "Naofumi".

[@Acid8UCloud]

There was a blink and you miss it but in the anime, Naofumi did hint that maybe they had game knowledge about the situation when having the meeting.

[@rowdyjoringer612]

The problem is that they're so callous amongst themselves, they still don't even trust what the others say despite them all having proven validity at this point - but despite getting shit on by Glass and L'arx, and literally told will get sat down if they try to fight again. The problem is the core of the anime that takes place before the Isekai - essentially the "storyline arc" that has yet to or will not ever happen, has been slathered with tidbits of info implying that the other heros had "their respective hero slot blanked out of the tome because it was their story to write." Which is why the other 3 know of "the shield hero" but naofumi barely understands the lore at all. That s1 e1 scene where they all look at him like a country bumpkin at the start, kind of self proves that they weren't going to rely on him from the start regardless of what Slut/Bitch would've done.

[@Lunas2525]

That is part of the problem all 4 of the hero's are playing a different game and naofumi is rather than playing the game he is living the life as if it is all real. The other 3 seem to not grasp the gravity of the situation and they also seem to have "died" prior to summoning vs naofumi who was reading a book in the library.

[@Acid8UCloud]

@@Lunas2525 True. It's basically plot armor why they are even live now. The other 3 heroes on trash casual gamers in there world. The anime skips a lot of the game mechanics and I remember a rumor that the director doesn't understand gaming so I like to judge anime with that in mind. For example. Filo and Naofami did a combo skill in ep 3 but because it was skipped in book 5 and we only seen Raphaila do something like that. I can understand why others would be confused. Now that I think about it. Have we ever truly seen how weak the Shield Hero is without the Wrath Shield in the anime. Naofami can punch you in the face with all of his strength and you probably wouldn't feel anything.

[@alexanderzack3720]

@@Acid8UCloud i think i remember in the first episode or so that naofumi was trying to kill those biting baloons.... and it took him forever to beat one

[@Lunas2525]

@@alexanderzack3720 but they could hit him all day and not take damage so he started letting them chew on his ass covered them with a cape and brought them into town to threaten people with because without doing that nobody would do business with him or even speak to him...

[@MoNo-nm8ly]

I'm pretty sure the reason Naofumi thinks "Witch" is worse than "Bitch" is because of the connotation. He only starts calling her Witch after he sees her manipulating Ren, and realizing that she's actively quoting what Raphtalia told him after his duel with Motoyasu. Bitch, before this, was only really viewed as stupid or petty. When he starts calling her Witch, it's him saying she's outright evil and malevolent. Also the nicknaming thing is a huge part of Naofumi's characterization in the light novel. I wish they incorporated it in the anime with an inner monologue.

[@Re_V]

I thought it was because he combined Whore+Bitch=Witch

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

Plus, Witch could be seen as a combination of Whore and Bitch, at least in English.

[@BaoHadir]

Naofumi annoys Raphtalia a lot with his habit of nicknaming practically everyone he meets.

[@yyoot9790]

@@BaoHadir with only few names with just a number after it e.g trash 2, ren 2, motoyasu 2 and 3 and a couple others im sure i forgot about

[@Thoralmir]

Well, good news is that even King Trast gets fed up with her nonsense eventually.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Motoyasu's curse weapon is quite cursed indeed.

[@mugenokami2201]

Not as much as someone getting killed by it

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

@@mugenokami2201 Saints Row did something similar.

[@dylanmalone14]

Poetic considering he got F-ed at the end

[@shyeazykoopa414]

Lol 😂 no cap 🧢

[@csab8642]

Understatement

[@Zistheone2]

I’ve been calling Motoyasu by Robyn from Anime America’s nickname “Spear F Boy,” though based on his arc and his spear’s transformation I didn’t think that’s what he’d literally become

[@furionmax7824]

Nah Pedo Spear is better. He went by that nickname by the fanbase for a bit.

[@XxxX-kg2pm]

Anime America? Now that takes me back. How are they doing now?

[@GodwynDi]

@@XxxX-kg2pm Still existing. Still pretty entertaining.

[@nevermore7285]

From Spear F Boy to Spear F-ed Boy.

[@GamerFromJump]

“F*ckboi McGee”

[@joshuajohnson4431]

As an anime-only viewer of the series, I had absolutely no idea that the evolution of 3 seemingly background/comic relief characters could take such intricate and imaginative routes (holy crap Motoyasu!). Hopefully, the anime will be expansive enough to properly display the development of these characters without compromising the pace of the story.

[@tarlison2k1]

Spoiler x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Motoyasu because of this also become some sort of a psycho who has no problem or even second thought in killing women when needed because all he sees of them are pigs, sometimes even gleefully killing them, from total simp to total psychopath. the only woman he sees and treats nicely is Filo or those connected to her otherwise they are nothing but animals or even monsters for him and will kill them if he deems necessary which is not much

[@TDIdialgagirl]

I'm sure Motoyasu needs Jesus

[@dreambiscuits]

@@tarlison2k1 spoiler: also Motoyasu will have the ability to Return by Death like Subaru.

[@MaxJey2]

@@TDIdialgagirl Not even jesus could save motoyasu. Heck, not even naofumi god mode could save him.

[@kallistikaleid]

Yeah......so...those guys' Cursed Arcs are hella wild. It was a nice touch to find them at their worst, surrounded by almost nothing except consequences. Great thing is, the parts Natalie talks about here are not even CLOSE to being the craziest, most fun, most rewarding tales in Shield Bro. Two words.....Raphtalia. Development. Shite gets insane.

[@goldenharp5415]

From what I understand is that Ren is not only the quickest to being the best but also that in general the most competent and understandable Itsuki while can be the worst also has a stronger mind then Motoyasu therefore he makes it out While Motoyasu has a weaker mindset and just downright foolish meaning it’s not intentional but he’s just to dumb for his own good

[@jackmack4181]

The scene where nofumi confronts the two of how their lack of awareness has caused innumerable damages comes to mind. Itsuki attempted stop nofumi but Ren stopped him before asking what he did wrong and when the shield hero explained what happened to the dragon corpse you could actually see some sadness.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

@@jackmack4181 yeah, Ren mostly just didn't realise that things were different from the game but tried to learn from his mistakes, while Itsuki was unwilling to accept that anything was his fault even when he realised it was different from the game. Motoyasu was basically the worst of all 3 of the others plus had his own faults.

[@nick1wasd]

The Japanese word for 'Witch' that Naofumi uses is closer to 'Hag' in the mythological sense like Baba Yaga, the old crone in the woods casting curses on people and being generally unpleasant. So in that sense, it is worse than 'Bitch', but it is violently lost in translation going into English. Also, Itsuki got done the dirtiest with his Curse, but bless Rishia for dealing with it, the adorable cupcake she is. I do hope Motoyasu's redemption/fixing it arc is next, strictly because a less insane Motoyasu seems infinitely more helpful dealing with the Cheaters than an insane one. Like, crazy Motoyasu is funny, but it also seems unconducive to the plot going forward.

[@owengoulding7535]

Motoyasu will not change even after death which is when reprise takes place which has broken Motoyasu

[@Rikarikun]

Read The Reprise of the Spear Hero if you want his redemption arc.

[@superoakwood5513]

Subaru would be horrified if he saw Motoyasu using his own version of RBD +all those OP powers from the spear only for him to die Over and Over again because of his own stupidity with how he deals with events

[@austinwilkinson2208]

Crazy how the story book about the princess jumping from hero to hero actually foreshadows what mein does besides what she did with noafumi and motayasu

[@ShinryuZensen]

Yup. The novel is quite full of hint that become relevant in the future. Even some that seems uninteresting, like the remark Naofumi makes in the novel about the princess : "wow, this princess seems a bitch".

[@Wolf-bz6kq]

my favorite of the other hereos is ren he actually felt bad when he erred like the plague village unlike the others who brushed off thier mistakes

[@UNGGodYT]

in a short term , when they hit rock bottom, naofumi help them rise , when they listen they get better. Malty is one agent of chaos , she has two reasons to do it , but both are super spoilers.

[@justsomeguywhosstrong8071]

tell me the super spoilers please

[@NatalieXHunter]

Some of that might not actually be the case in the LN though, where the motivations of the one behind the waves and her relationship to them may well be different based on what has happened so far, so I wouldn't assume that's exactly the role and reasons she'll have in the LN/anime canon.

[@UNGGodYT]

@@NatalieXHunter might happens, but so far , aside 2 exceptions, the core of what happens and why is kept , it is just foreshadowing earlier and what was a simple explanation, is now an entire arc. exception 1 , cal mira arc on web is totally different, but i like it more , since they build up the other heroes , foreshadowing why they suck and their fall . second is the arc of "the new seven deadly sins" , it will probably be axed because what it brought to the story has been acquire somewhere else before .

[@paradox2702]

@@UNGGodYT I think the new deadly sins was changed and added to volume 21.

[@ousamadearudesuwa]

Ren got the best redemption arc, while Motoyasu got too comedic/dark(once you realize that Motoyasu just developed an even worse trauma that he'll never recover), meanwhile Itsuki got the weird one and has to continuously be improved.

[@bluelightning3948]

If motoyasu unlocked his weapon after being betrayed by women numerous times and ren after he lost his party what made itsuki unlock his cursed series and why pride?

[@paradox2702]

@@bluelightning3948 I think it was hinted that bitch gave itsuki the "justice bow"(his cursed bow, he claims bitch gave him special power.) I dont think pride fits him as a curse. It isnt explained much in LN but in WN its.. Made by a previous hero with evil intentions.(If im not mistaken, didnt read it for a long time)

[@ugan2]

@@paradox2702 I think pride does fit him as he basically he had the mindset of "I'm the best, I'm always right, I'm always heroic" and seemed to basically only.do the hero work (in the beginning) so people can give him praise. In fact, it was so bad for him that he couldn't see that his party actually respected him but just only praised to keep him happy.

[@marcello3945]

Reprise of Spear-Hero Motayasu became comedic relief

[@Bruh-fi6fl]

I liked the ren’s redemption arc and how they sealed with him recovering but bro how you bouta have 2 people in front of you sayin nah this bitch crazy and also having a whole trial being like this bitch crazy and still falling for it

[@marcelloreyes7646]

Ok. Bow hero got a little more interesting. He basically comes from the MHA universe. That’s awesome!

[@NatalieXHunter]

It's not really quite like that - the powers people have are far rarer than quirks in MHA, and not quite as far out from the sounds of it. But yeah, it would be something along those lines with people with superhuman abilities being recognized as existing and being educated in specialist schools.

[@JRawThaDon]

I’d say it’s more like “A Certain Magical Index” but yeah I’d agree it’s definitely interesting

[@uaeoaeoeoi]

If my memory is correct the funniest part of Motoyasu's warped perception filter on women is that it is entirely unrelated to his curse series, proven by his seeing those connected to Filo properly. Bitch just traumatized him that badly.

[@Lelmao33]

He got traumatized so hard it carries over to next reincarnation

[@terencepace1730]

Ren's redemption is the best out of the 3. The guy was bested by Eclair who is not a hero of any kind and downright admits he was wrong about everything and everyone

[@WorldofWarcraftfan02]

It showed Ren relied on his skill attacks then actual skills with his sword.

[@legalza0843]

@@WorldofWarcraftfan02 Is there anything more to expect from a newly arrived person in their world vs a person who dedicated her life to it?

[@jazzy-qn8ms]

I genuinely feel sorry Motoyasu. Yes it's true that he was a fool who thought more with the "spear" in his pants rather than the spear in his hands, but it was clear to see that he was a good guy with a good heart. It's sad to see him not only betrayed by everyone he genuinely cared for, and also that he's the only one of the heroes who didn't regain their sanity after the actiavion of their Cursed Series. Nobody deserves what happened to him... except Bitch

[@mikedanielespeja6128]

How dare you, the curse does not deserve to be put on the Witch. Poor curse.

[@angga442]

dont worry he got his redemption through his own series 🤣

[@nicholasbalser6901]

Man ... I can't wait for the spear of lust to be animated.

[@NatalieXHunter]

I think Raphtalia's reaction will be pretty hilarious...

[@alexhuynh1066]

@@NatalieXHunter what's Raphtalia's reaction?

[@NatalieXHunter]

Well, since women see it as it is rather than the pixelated version she gets very embarrassed...

[@AnimeFan-vo1hc]

@@NatalieXHunter Hey Naralie, have you seen this viral video of a man calling Re Zero the trashiest anime? Give it a try. It is a popular youtuber by the way. Please let me know if you read this comment kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHmsc4uud9R_m68

[@DougMcGraw186]

I like Melty's reaction to Naofumi asking what it was as all he saw was the Pixelated version and too dense to figure it out , (Melty "that Sexual Harassment"

[@azurw1936]

The moment ren talks about his backstory I think will be the turning point for this anime.

[@Iamacardinalfan]

I'm a little on the older side of people who have watched anime. Started in the mid-80's. But I have enjoyed your channel. Your insight into the series is top notch. You are always respectful of what needs to be said, and what doesn't. I've seen other people diss this season. I kind of expected a let-down after the first season. But I've thoroughly have enjoyed the second season so far as much as the first. I almost think we are going to see some of the cut content so far show up as flashbacks. I look forward to seeing more content from you in the future. Keep up the good work!

[@echidnanation8239]

Bro you’re in your 80’s?

[@pelonio6181]

A good thing is that season 2 is this wierd most likely because the studio focused on season 3 while also having multiple covid-related problems. In short if we still get a s3 it should be back to the good Old godlike quality and air no longer than a year after s2 finishes.

[@A_itsar]

@@echidnanation8239 the guy is probably taking about the decade

[@Iamacardinalfan]

@@echidnanation8239 No, I'm in my mid 50's. But I will still be watching and enjoying anime in my 80's... Hopefully. I was in the Air Force and saw real anime in those years. I was hooked then.

[@echidnanation8239]

@@Iamacardinalfan, Yo lessss goooo

[@blackfox4138]

Thank you so much for this. I was kinda feeling like a lot of the story was going down a predictable and frankly unfun path, but hearing how it's going to end up being without you directly spoiling the specifics really helps me in picking this series back up!

[@NatalieXHunter]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ronlourie1638]

@@NatalieXHunter yeah I dropped the manga because I grew tired of the three heroes learning absolutely nothing of their mistakes so makes me want a little to pick up the ln and read for myself

[@alexhilshire8507]

So far season 2 Seems to be out of order as Naofumi seems to have a shield that isn't unlocked until afternoon the spirit tortoise and Rishia should still be wearing the Penguin costume She doesn't get the Felo costume until they go to glasses world By the looks of the opening credits they're planning to do the spirit tortoise and the arc in the other world with the hunting hero

[@qtla8801]

Your first 2 statements are both wrong, the blue Shield Naofumi is currently using a lot so far is the Whale Core Shield he got from the wave boss at the end of season 1, it does look similar to the Tortoise Shield he gets later this arc though. Also Rishia does get the Filo costume before the first encounter with the turtle and it later gets turned into pajamas while in Glass' world

[@Neomagi125]

The Shield you are speaking of that he is currently using is actually the Whale Magic Core Shield (which is shown on the cover of LN Vol 6) and not the Spirit Tortoise Heart Shield (which is shown on the cover of LN Vol 7). They look very similar, but he did in fact unlock the former from the Cal Mira Wave boss. Also the Filo Kigurumi is in use in the Art from LN6. But the Anime is definitely taking thing quite a bit out of order. Like a certain 8 Trigrams attack. Edit: Oops, didn't even notice that someone had already mentioned these thing.

[@kallistikaleid]

Correct timings or....not, as a rabid fan of the light novels, I am feeling alarmingly let down by the abrupt changes and cuts in season 2. I am a detail guy, and I am really into new important characters getting some proper space. For one, Eclair, of all people, basically got turned into Team Trainer #2(female), when she is a suoer badass swordswoman, who is torn up deeply about her father's "lackings," and what Raphtalia's village went through. It feels like the Spirit Tortoise was not liked by the studio writers, and "Get to the violence" was their thought. How......did Arifureta's season 2 improve so hard, yet Shield Hero, after a stellar season 1, shots the best in their season 2?!? Don't get me wrong: Arifureta is tied with Shield Bro and Isekai Maou are tied as my favorite light novel series, so I win regardless. I just would never have considered....this result.

[@quentincoetzee4313]

Personally, if the anime does get to the Three Heroes' Curse Weapons, I am kinda hoping that it does something similar with the colored gems that it did to Naofumi's shield (i.e. turned the gem from green to red). However, since the other Heroes suffer from other curses, I think it would work better for the Cursed Weapons' gems to take on colors other than red (or their base color). I keep imagining Ren's sword gems turning from their normal blue to a bright yellow when he unlocks Greed (since there's a bit of a parallel with Gold and wealth in general with that color). Later, when he unlocks Gluttony, I keep thinking that the gem will then turn Orange, or at least have orange bubbles constantly struggling for dominance against the Yellow of the Greed series since Greed was the base curse. Motoyasu, I think it is fairly obvious, but I think his Lust Spear will change the gem from red to Violet, and then have Green struggle for dominance once he triggers Envy. My first thought was to go for a pink gem for the Lust Curse Spear because of how often that color is used for that specific set of emotions, but that felt too close to the original red of his spear (and aside from which, Naofumi as Wrath already has red for his Cursed Shield gem,) so the next closest was a purple or Violet. With Envy, I just drew inspiration for the gem going green from the saying of people going "green with envy". Itsuki, with the Pride Curse on his bow, I imagine will have his gem go from Yellow/Orange as a base to Blue as a Curse. Inspiration for that was the phrase 'Blue-blood' which as one dictionary definition points out, refers to "membership in a noble or socially prominent family", and such families will very likely have excessive amounts of pride in their lineage, hence Itsuki's Blue Curse gem. With thinking about the colors to use, I drew inspiration from the colors of the rainbow just because of the numerical similarity with the theme of the Curse series (i.e. seven different types of Curses, seven different colors). So Naofumi's Wrath Shield has a Red gem, Ren's Greed Sword a Yellow and Gluttony an Orange, Motoyasu's Lust Spear a Violet and Envy as a Green, and finally, Itsuki's Pride Bow as a Blue. Admittedly that would leave Indigo for a Sloth curse gem, which I have no idea how I would justify, but still.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

I'd go whiteish blue for sloth, as it's too difficult to fully colour a gem, and the curse would rather just relax...

[@greenhat8978]

You are actually correct about the yellow for the greed series... in the light novel cover we see a cursed Ren wielding a sword with a yellow gem

[@superoakwood5513]

Also doesn't Ren get the wrath curse also or is it WN exclusive? (as he had unlocked it too but it didn't fully activate/manifest as he was stopped right after that)

[@bibbobella]

I feel like sloth would probably need to be the blue colour. IDK I just think that fits better for some reason...Whenever I think lazy/bored I always think blue. I feel like "Pride" needs a "stronger" colour than blue....I know the whole "blue blood" thing would work with pride in a lot of ways but I just can't associate blue with pride at all.

[@zinmaster24]

This was a great video. It's also a good thing to see that it mostly stayed the same when dealing with the other heroes when going from the web novel to the light novel. Redemption and healing is a slow process. Honestly I like how it's portrayed in a more realistic way. It takes time to grow as a person for better or worse. And in their cases for the better. The author was playing the long game with the characters and it shows.

[@therethan-family1234]

I love Itsuki's character-redemption the most. He ends up directly apologizing to Naofumi, going out of his way to say the things he should have in the first place.

[@bluelightning3948]

If motoyasu unlocked his weapon after being betrayed by women numerous times and ren after he lost his party what made itsuki unlock his cursed series and why pride?

[@bryansaldarriaga390]

@@bluelightning3948 if I'm not wrong. Itsuki woke his cursed series because he felt defeated and Bitch encouraged him more with his justice when he was bad sentimental state

[@lunararmy1624]

The best part is when motoyasu becomes super op after getting the list spear because he just starts believing naofumi's tips on on to get stronger

[@normiesalvador1854]

Motoyasu's character arc is... unique to say the least. Also, I couldn't help but laugh at the pixelated image.

[@awesomeswifter1138]

I actually really like the reprise of the spear hero, watching Motoyasu in this broken obsession state looking forever for something he cant have, while also trying to keep naofumi alive in another timeline, and slowly having to adapt and become less annoying

[@leonielson7138]

I will only ever believe that Motoyasu was the spear's 3rd choice if Ren and Itsuki were their weapon's 2nd choice. The dude is a bag of character defects from day one.

[@superoakwood5513]

Like the video stated being the 2nd or 3nd choice of your weapon doesn't mean anything at all as the weapons choices works just like a list (IE from best to worse)it just means that this time the spear weapon's choices were alot worse compared to the other spirit weapons

[@bibbobella]

@@superoakwood5513 I can't help but imagine that choice A and B were some of the most amazing people you could ever imagine. Powerful, calculating, able to read people and heroic but not in a sacrificial way since that isn't neesesarily seen as a positive trait. They were some of the best and strongest people imagineable!....and then there was Motoyasu but the spear didn't worry about it because what was the chances it wouldnt get first or second choice this time around!....

[@superoakwood5513]

@@bibbobella basically the dream teammates,would be fun if the author makes a what if where all 4 cardinal weapon got their 1st choice would be great to see bitch get possibly humiliated by them

[@bibbobella]

@@superoakwood5513 my biggest question is still... How can't they get their first choice?!... I mean they can literally bring back DEAD people! So what exactly is stopping them from getting their first choice I wonder. I saw someone else talk about it being because their other choices were Isekaid away before they could get them and I freaking love that Idea! Imagine if they had tried to get someone like Subaru but they couldnt because he got taken by the witch of envy and they dont wanna fucking with that crazy women.

[@superoakwood5513]

@@bibbobella i heard it because the summonings sometimes fails and it kills the summoned characters due to the villains behind the waves interfering with the weapons like you would with electronic devices or something like that the only holy weapon who's immune or at least resistant to that is the shield which is why it nearly always gets it first choice and why it is the most stigmatized/hated because the villains behind the waves try to impede it in every possible way (which fail miserably because the shield has a cult following of nearly all demis which guarantees some allies for it)

[@Prich319]

So their curses are basically: Naofumi: fiery angry boi Ren: bandit murderhobo for whom anything valuable crumbles to dust in his hands. Itsuki: actual brain-washing bow Motoyasu: Acquires the power of Sir John Phallustiff.

[@user_anthony]

Thank you for this video. Honestly season 2 currently has me underwhelmed and i was thinking that this series will drop off (which it still could depending on how well the remaining eps are directed). But hearing these plot points and details gives me hope that theres good stuff coming ahead, just gotta get thru this small grind first. I really enjoyed s1 and hope that s2 lives up and gets us viewers emotionally going.

[@toypreme3308]

right now i just took a moment to actually appreciate the work and variety content creators like you put out, there is barely anyone making content about the rising of the shield hero

[@JoshuaHenelyThornhill]

All the curses are WILD especially the Motoyasu one just bonkers. Naofumi is really the father of them all.

[@rognartvedte7906]

Well Naofumi's unofficial double meaning title is "Daddy".

[@joaocisne556]

but in the webnovels, well, let just say, the bitch is a lot worst, but at least Naofumi does break the curse on the WN

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yeah, the web novel is a whole separate canon and I've only read bits of it so I don't know enough to fully compare them. I did read the bit where she gets killed though, and actually that *would* have happened in the LNs too, but the king she was sent to was killed by another antagonist before that could happen. So, the brutal stuff still happens to other people, she just avoids it...

[@joaocisne556]

@@NatalieXHunter that happened on the web novel, two, she was killed then resurected, she deis for good afterwords tough

[@Nakama4Forever]

Omgosh! I can't believe how Motoyasu's story goes. That is just too great 😂

[@ZekeChanguris]

I love Glass. The arc in her world lets us see a more casual side of her. I think she's down right cute when she's like that.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yeah, I'm writing a video about her right now actually - Glass gap moe is great!

[@lukejackson2354]

Itsuki’s super ability is considered inferior cause another ability called “deadly aim” is considered an improved version. So basically Itsuki can know how to hit a target or how do a cool rickochet instantly by instinct alone while a person with “deadly aim” basically creates a homing projectile that will always hit the intended target though it was not revealed if it causes extra strain in the user was to make the throw ever more incongruous with the laws of physics(like throwing at a completely opposite direction or with no force in the throw). He also reveals that Naofumi would be considered a rarity in his world as he not only has one but 2 esper powers. 1st is an immunity to intoxication proven when he ate a highly alcoholic grape in Calmira island that was only in the pub they were eating as decoration and supposedly needed to be distilled in a full barrel of water for consumption and Motayasu proved it was indeed that scary by eating and instantly going in alcoholic coma. The 2nd is an animal affinity that reveals why true animals and terianthropes like him(with Naofumi remembering that he once encountered a bear and forgot how one was supposed to deal with their encounter and tried to play dead which the bear proceeded to lick his face).

[@ok-bm5hy]

In the anime of season 2 naofumi's shield wrath nearly kills Rishia and what cursed naofumi says is just amazing as in it's what we was all thinking how "she only joined naofumi for another chance to get into the bow heros pants" I don't think that's exact words but it's close I thought that was both funny and it was on my mind since the end of season 1

[@TheBitishDragon]

So in one of the later novels it was confirmed that Malty was a favoured soul of the "One who takes the name of God" and works for them as sort of a chaos bringer.

[@owengoulding7535]

This is wrong. This is web novel info which is no longer cannon as told by the author. The web novel is missing characters like l'ark and Therese and the other world ark

[@TheBitishDragon]

@@owengoulding7535 no I am quoting the light novels I have not read the Web novel as of yet, the info I gave has been stated in the light novels just not overtly so

[@FusionTM_REDRUM]

@@owengoulding7535 I've only checked the webnovel a bit, and read some stuff from Wiki. So I wanna ask. Is Goddess Medea still a thing in the light novel?. Or we haven't gotten there yet?.

[@primadansaripudin9269]

@@TheBitishDragon with how they've handling multiverse and time travel stuff I'd just believe that both are canon

[@TheBitishDragon]

@@FusionTM_REDRUM Not as of yet, currently in the LN we have seen 2 "Gods" of those who follow "The one who takes the name of god" who is what Goddess Medea is a world eater, we have had info that when 2 worlds of the waves collide enough times they are devoured by said "God" but most of the enemy's post spirit turtle hard have been harbingers of the waves/other isekai people who are strickly in it for power and harems.

[@vinny8589]

I'm curious about something If all three heroes died, and they get sent back after the waves have been completed, Wouldn't that just mean they get sent back to die again? Also I mean this as a compliment, but I find your voice very calming, witty, and lovely. Also ty for these information videos it's nice to learn more about the backstories and lore for these types of series.

[@NatalieXHunter]

This question is actually answered in the light novels - if the heroes were to choose to be sent back to their old world once they have completed what they are there for, the spirits of their weapons do have some influence in those worlds, and will 'undo' their deaths. We learn this when Naofumi gets to kind of 'talk' to the shield, when he is close to death, and the choices the heroes would get as rewards are explained to him.

[@vinny8589]

@@NatalieXHunter h-huh, I actually wasn't aware of that.. I didn't realize the author thought that far ahead, I'm kind of surprised the author noticed that loop hole and found a way to close it so efficiently. That's good story telling & planning there. That makes me look forwards to the rest of the story now ^____^ ty for the heads up. Also the comment about your voice being calming and pleasant was meant as a compliment try not to take it in a weird way kay, I was more or less stating you seem like a nice person and I appreciate nice people. I do look forward to more of these information narratives they've been filling in a lot blanks in the anime for myself and many others. So on that Thank you for your hard work!

[@NatalieXHunter]

Awww, thank you - I didn't take it as weird at all, don't worry!

[@vinny8589]

@@NatalieXHunter YaY. ^__^

[@loganpoe5125]

It’s glad to know that this story is going to get alot better. Noafumi is carrying the season of this anime on his back and it feels sore jarring now but hopefully. HOPEFULLY. The rest of the story gets animated and in hindsight this won’t feel as bad/slow.

[@loganpoe5125]

There’s also nothing funnier than the Spear calling the Shield daddy

[@gemrock]

I'm thankful for KZbin channels that are explaining what's going on. As a anime only I was so very confused.

[@corinnebowyer6786]

wonder how all the characters in the series would react to learning that the hero weapons are really spirits that get to chose who they summon, the order the weapon spirits get to pick a hero, & the position of the hero picked. the cardinal stooges were all 3rd picks but nofumi was a first pick. wonder if the 3 cardinal stooges will ever become lords if they aren't already lords. the sword cardinal stooge was somewhat more resbonsible acting/behaveing then the other 2 were & did his best to make up for his mistakes. the cardinal bow stooge if i recall nofumi correctly was insecure & didn't think things through very well. he kicked someone out of his party on a accusation that he didn't bother investigating in full. the cardinal spear stooge was the most like a stooge considering how thick headed & stubborn he was. he was not even willing to listen to what naofumi had to say or believe that a lot of the disgraced princess's claims were false without a slave crest forcing the truth to be revealed. would be nice to see the cardinal stooges tapping into the sin class version of their cardinal weapons. bet that the sword will shape up sooner then the bow & long before the spear as heroes. wonder who naofumi will marry from that world & if he will have 1 or several wives. the cardinal spear stooge clearly has a harem. there is a possibility that the sword & bow may at some point possible towards the end possibly having wives of their own as well

[@patrickbailey2799]

Wow, thanks for letting us know about the additional background information regarding the others heroes. I'd heard about Motoyasu's background before but not Ren or Itsuki's.

[@zacwicht3189]

oh that is the line i want Naofumi to end the table talk of trying to bring out the full potential of everyone after its devolved and they are all about to storm off and he states "why don't you three try to git gud ?" as the final insult to really grind their gears

[@kamuikadet6538]

I think that it's funny that itsuki has a brainwashing ability after all the stuff about noufumi having a brainwashing shield

[@Rammsoldat]

I recently wrapped up volume 11 and motoyasu was great at the end. With how much Naofumi has struggled to beat enemies it was a bit gobsmacking to see how easily one of the other 3 could handle shit if they just stopped being arseholes. Looking forward to some more.

[@DoubleDrastik]

Great vid. Good explanation without to much spoilers. And also a nice voice 👌🏾

[@MaverickhunterXZero]

Having Malty be the key that unlocked all their curses just kind of shows Naofumi was right about her when he first say her likeness in that book. I'm going on a limb and saying Ren's curse weapon will be link to Pride for the obvious reasons, and Itsuki will be sloth. Greed and gluttony could go to any of the three, maybe even Naofume, but highly unlikely. .... I was so wrong.

[@Twilightiger96]

Yep. Ren: Greed and Gluttony; Which at first surprised the hell outta me, but makes sense for his character, and the fact that these two sins are very similar to one another. Motoyasu: Envy and Lust; Not so much here given his womanizing tendencies and obsession over Naofumi (Envy) and Filo (Lust) Itsuki: Pride and Sloth; You wouldn't think these two would go together, but again it makes sense given how much of a gloryhog Itsuki is.

[@MILD676]

@@Twilightiger96 itsuki actually dont have the sloth series. He only had pride. The sloth will be obtain by someone else later in the story

[@shrap3d]

@@MILD676 in the book it was more like vain glory than pride. A different take on that sin. I dorget the difference, just that naofumi did some long mental diatribe on it.

[@shrap3d]

@@Twilightiger96 itsuki indeed did not have sloth. That was another character... one who is not one of the four heros.

[@MILD676]

@@shrap3d it was ren that Naofumi though he got vainglory. Its in volume 11

[@Savagewolver]

You know, I feel bad for Ren. Unlike the other two, he’s never really ridden a high horse, nor has he been particularly negative towards Naofumi, even acknowledging his own faults when Naofumi brought them up rather than make excuses like itsuki. He’s also the youngest, from what I understand

[@whitefox6274]

Ren 100% is my favorite, honestly even where im at itsuki and motoyasu I still don't care for. Ren is just a cool dude now and is some what reliable.

[@badcake4915]

In the shield hero spin-off, featuring the spear hero, it's good. If you hate/dislike him in the main anime/manga, you will love him in the spin-off. He's a savage.

[@owengoulding7535]

Yeah but for both the anime only and manga readers will be majorly confused by things mentioned as this takes place after the most recent volume but the mentions require at least light novel 20

[@yakudde]

@@owengoulding7535 you are right I was confused, but it was fun

[@jakethesnake4040]

Bruh, your telling me myne was homie hopping the whole squad, and after Naofumi and motoyasu the other two didn't think, "Aye I think Bitch is bad news, I mean we literally watched her go on trial and prove she screwed naofumi over from the start, and now motoyasu is in a bad way too. Yeah let's stay away from her."

[@damiansaturday6788]

To be fair, ren and itsuki were under the effects of their respective curses, meaning Bitch effectively roofied/ date r*ped them while they were under the curse induced influenced

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

@@damiansaturday6788 let's add that to the list of crimes she needs to be tried for after all is said and done, and let all the heroes and companions except Naofumi decide her fate (Naofumi would be too lenient). Kinda hope Motoyasu proposes spit roasting the filthy pig.

[@ShinryuZensen]

myne was a master manipulator, she uses her body a lot. Do that to a couple of virgin outcast ( Itsuki ) and teenager ( Ren ) and you can get why they fall for a moment, until she awakens their curse.

[@PKRockin7]

I've never seen Shield Hero, but I stumbled on this video by chance on your description of the heroes is super intriguing Might give it a go as a result

[@Xenobears]

IIRC, Naofumi was the first choice for all the weapons. The other weapon spirits were slightly salty (but not too much, they still respect the shield) about it picking him. Been a while since I read that LN.

[@ShinryuZensen]

True.

[@broEye1]

One thing I don't get SPOILERS AHEAD We have Fitoria saying that if one Hero dies she's going to kill the rest so that new heroes can be summoned. At the same time, from what I hear, Kizuna ends up becoming the only living Hero in Glass' realm, and she has to be kept alive at all costs because if she dies the whole world will be destroyed. So, which is it? Can new heroes be summoned if the existing ones are killed, or will the death of the last hero spell the death of their world? Again, I haven't read that far, that's why I'm so confused. Could someone please enlighten me?

[@worldweaver2691]

I think its a matter of timing, so if there isn't a wave going on then you can kill the heroes and summon a new batch (if you are quick enough). if a wave impacts then the world is destroyed.

[@bravobird9435]

Wow I did not know that the weapons chose the heroes that's really cool to know

[@creeperizak8971]

I can only hope that they're skimming through the season 2 stuff so that they can get to the juicy character arcs for the other 3 heroes.

[@mixstardust429]

Honestly an amazing insight into the Shield Hero franchise, as usual this is an amazing video

[@Wilsontripplets]

To me Ren seems like a 2nd choice as of the sword/spear/bow heroes he seems the most balanced, yes he has his flaws his solo problem and treats his companions worse then they should but he does want them to get stronger. He needs someone to help point out his flaws.

[@richardnalbandyan]

I'll drop a like because you made the effort to make a video about a topic that is touched on quite a bit especially in the r/shieldbro subreddit (also because I enjoyed the video you made about Rishia) , but I've only read up to vol 10 so I don't want to be spoiled. Maybe I'll come back and watch it after finishing the books ;)

[@jonathanturull8508]

Thank you for the video even though some other anime KZbinrs are wondering if the series will pick up honestly I'm just happy that there is a season two and that it's not bad, it could be better, but most shows don't always get a season 2

[@Acquiredtype]

Poor ren dude lost everyone I want to give him a hug

[@phantom9831]

8:50 Man...Arrrg how am i supposed to react after such an information... I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WANA WATCH IT HAPPENING, OR EVEN IF I HAVE TO LAUGH HOW CRY 10:10 ...gonna puke and die

[@QuiksilverX7]

Great Vid! I needed to watch this even if there was spoilers. The heroes in this series seem to only be there to make naofumi seem great. So I am happy they each go through a unique curse stage and redemption. Now I wonder If there would be more development for Naofumi ? Because even though his weakness is trust issues. It never seems to be a weakness. When he does trust someone like larc berg he gets betrayed. So is he supposed to learn to not trust someone or what? At this point naofumi seems to be the only person with a brain and the others feel more like NPC. If any novel reader knows more about potential development for the main or side characters i would like to know more!

[@PenPinappleApplePen]

Motoyasu CHANGES A LOT.... the point is, there is manga ; spin-off : The reprise of the spear hero.... There shows his spear has also ability to make a automatic time loop if one of heroes d*es... (only he has memories no one else💀) He gets teleported back when they were 1st summoned into the world... He tries his best to save the world and gets ties with shield hero.... well ... he still calls him father.... but bc it is past, Filo isn't born yet but he still has obsession with her.... In her word and promise he levels up and makes Sheild hero strong and will try to save world in Filos name ... its rlly interesting and he looks more better person in this manga...

[@kodytiffany5686]

Since its not a spoiler I will state in the WN the reason the 3 baka heroes loose is directly because of them failing to accept the world there currently in as reality. Thanks to that They each one party at a time atk the Tortoise; each as a result have an "oh shit" moment after its to late to back out. Its Motoyasu that has it worst since his gaggle of women basically peace out on him revealing their utter lack of faith in him. Rens Team shows off their inexperience and fail to provide an adequate amount of support. Itsukis group... well lets just say they were the least appropriate level of skill and leave it at that. Each had a different theory of how to stop the Tortoise, and all made things worse at each fail. Then yeah Witch does her mind games BS to each and so the Delusions of Grandeur Hero; the exibitionist hero; and the Pedo hero are born.

[@bluelightning3948]

I wanna know about itsuki I don't understand how he ended up unlocking the pride bow

[@ally3417]

Sorry i just love Motoyasu, he became my favorite character and it's just because of how "Not ordinary" his character arc goes, as someone that's been reading/watching weeb stuff since i was a kid seeing a "Hero" go full Saints row like that is just amazing, also his love of filololias is very wholesome (If you ignore the filo obcession) and his fear of women is understandable and funny (even if its the result of his own dumbness). I think i also would have a flock of filolials as a party kaka they are so cute and competent.

[@xzaratulx]

9:33 so the whole perception shifts for the heroes when something "tragic" happens That really sounds awesome .. cant wait to get all these arcs !

[@ShinryuZensen]

Well, when Naofumi was accused of assaulting Myne , the people literally though of him as Trash and Criminal hero. So, it's obvious that perception shift a lot, and the heroes themselves are "damaged" people, unable to deal with suffering.

[@slateGray5649]

Other Heroes: accuse Naofumi of using a brainwashing shield. Bow Hero: Proceeds to use a brainwashing arrow.

[@solaceixinera4015]

First video i have ever seen of yours, and it was a good one. I love your succinct description of the developers path for Motoyasu's future.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Thank you so much!

[@Junkyardproduxtions]

Hearing the explanation on WHY the characters are insufferable still feels a little contrived. I won't be too harsh but to over explain it just highlights the issue to me and tries to lampshade it. That being said I am anime only, but I don't imagine reading or hearing that would make me more charitable in context.

[@shinkaiatsuya950]

Well the heroes are pretty low to begin with. I was thinking only way forward is up or evil but these seriously were unexpected. Ren definitely sounding more like Kirito but with worse luck. Itsuki sounds like a bad path early Midoriya, living in a world of specials and not being one. Motoyasu... oh Motoyasu just when I thought he couldn't get worse. He becomes either a crazy simp or a shmentai protagonist, just missing the haircut in his cursed state. Since the curse states represent the seven deadly sins and the 2 heros have 2 different ones wonder if Naofumi and Itsuki will unlock a second curse series. Yes I know 4 × 2 is 8 but like in Re: Zero there are 9 witches represting there was at one point 9 deadly sins, other two being vainglory and melancholy. I do wonder if after being branded with the slave crest maybe a secret villain yet to be shown made a deal with Witch to ruin the other heros in exchange for what she wants, kinda like deal with the devil. That or she had enough of the heros not doing what she told and having revenge. Either way goes to show that like Rachel from Tower of God her OTP is a guillotine.

[@NatalieXHunter]

There is another hero who gets sloth - she is a holy hero from Glass' world, the Hunting Hero. She is likely to appear this season based on the OP (she is in the next arc after the Spirit Tortoise). She isn't actually a jerk to start with, she's actually nice, but she gets the curse activated in a later arc. As for Vainglory, Naofumi does speculate about it and isn't sure if Itsuki had that too, but it is never really confirmed or explored as yet.

[@DragonmanX90]

Damn, the curse effects Ren and Itsuki suffer from are devastating! I wonder if that has more to do with Ren unlocking and using more than one curse series, or if Itsuki's Curse of Pride could be related to the Sin of Pride being the one punished at the lowest level of Hell in Dante's Inferno? Lust, Gluttony, and Envy are pretty close to the top of that list while Wrath and Greed are somewhat in the middle I think.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Pride is seen as 'the father of the other sins', as in they all relate to pride and it is the biggest one. So that would make sense. And yes, Ren and Motoyasu both got two. I don't think Ren's was really worse than Naofumi's though in terms of severity.

[@DragonmanX90]

@@NatalieXHunter Remind me, what was Naofumi's curse effect? The not tasting anything was psychosomatic; didn't using the Wrath Shield set his defense stats and magic use back a lot? It's been a while since I watched, so I can't remember if the anime covered that or if it was manga/light novel only.

[@NatalieXHunter]

It cut all his stats by about a third.

[@DragonmanX90]

@@NatalieXHunter Ah; thank God Naofumi didn't unlock the Greed curse series too. Imagine how much his life would suck if something like that messed with his mercantile endeavors early on.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Yeah, though you know, I think if things had been different and nothing had happened to make Naofumi as angry as he was early on in the story, he would have been the shoe-in for getting the greed curse series - it's really the sin that fits his actual personality best.

[@chickennugget115]

Not gonna lie knowing that the sheild gets to pick first makes so much more sense now in the anime cause the queen was always asking how the shield hero was being treated and had way more faith him than the others

[@adamstriebich530]

Thank you for this. I loved the first season of shield hero. Your video made the beginning of the second season much more enjoyable.

[@ernimuja6991]

This is why I like this anime. We all go in assuming it will be another anime, just like the three heroes went in assuming it was just another game, until real life shit hits. Ptsd, betrayal, suddent death... consequences.

[@QUixilver05]

The vassal weapons of glass' world seem to be very unfair, from what I understand 3 of them go to someone from naofumi's world which I'm sure if cool from a story perspective but doesn't that leave glass' world ill-equipped to deal with the waves when almost half their weapons go to their opponents world?

[@alexhilshire8507]

From what I remember the vassal weapons have the ability to summon heroes back when there needed

[@D1i1s1]

Well Glass's world is already pretty fucked, Raphtalia's world seemingly simply had the better candidates, and the weapons can summon you to their world if necessary.

[@UNGGodYT]

Vassal weapons are allmight like the cardinal weapons , they are only a little above most weapons , so they not having three isnt much , they have worst things to worry . But this was the way the author found to correct a "blunder" of the web novel, so dont think too much about it.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Vassal weapon holders are allowed to cross between worlds whereas holy weapon holders are (usually) not. Glass and L'Arc at that time believe the job of the vassal weapon holders is to invade other worlds and kill their heroes, leading to those worlds being destroyed so their own can be saved. So, they think it's actually the point of them to do that. Also, it's only 2 of them, not 3 - Therese isn't a vassal weapon holder.

[@QUixilver05]

@@NatalieXHunter ah thanks. And when I said three, there are itsuki and naofumi whom you mentioned in your video and I could have sworn I read elsewhere that raphtalia gets one of theirs as well

[@ravenouself4181]

There is something about Naofumi being the first choice of the Shield and the other three being back-ups that causes me satisfaction.

[@divinedeva84]

Great video... good thing it showed on my feed. I just got into this anime bc I was bored and I was hooked on the 1st episode. You got a new sub!

[@CakSindox]

Watching this video makes the other heroes a lot more likeable, though it is disappointing that Naofumi only get one curse-series weapon. Motoyasu's CsW is very cursed and very funny. If it is possible, can you do an in-dept video or videos about the curse-series weapons, their skills, etc?

[@NatalieXHunter]

They don't appear that much and given it's told from Naofumi's perspective we only know what he *thinks* their abilities are (other than the Shield), so I don't know if there's enough information to make a satisfying video like that, but I may do one about the weapons in general and include what we know about the curse series weapons in that.

[@skyguy713]

Didn't Shield get a second curse, the 'new' seven sins? I remember that from somewhere.

[@ShinryuZensen]

In the web novel, Naofumi unlocked Greed and he became a Mad Scientist. This is also how he originally created Raph-chan. It's hinted though, in the light novel, when there's a party after killing the phoenix: Nafumi noted that if he kept thinking about making money that much, he would unlock Greed so he stopped thinking about that immediately.

[@watertiger007]

I just wanted to say thank you. I unfortunately only have access to the anime, thus know nothing of the light novels or manga, and knowing that anime often goes astray from the original source I was sad to think of all I could be missing out on. Thankfully I found your channel and another youtuber, who goes into skipped content. So I wanted to say thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. I’m definitely going to find a way to get my hands on the manga, but that won’t be for a while

[@ohad2132]

it's amazing that what broke mentally motoyasu its not actually die by woman he cheated on her and after that she suicide but from bitch and his party that betrayad his trust. but it's really beautiful that he put trust far above from his own life

[@ShinryuZensen]

He yandered to another world.

[@cripz1436]

Your channel is unique, thanks for the shield hero 2 spoilers, it was interesting

[@NatalieXHunter]

Glad you liked it!

[@cripz1436]

@@NatalieXHunter Ofc I did!

[@otakudaikun]

The whole women as pigs thing seems WAY more interesting than what the show is currently covering lol.

[@SaitoIkari]

I'm glad I watched this, it was very informative! I just finished recovering from the aftermath of vol 15 and will be moving onto 16 soon here but I'm glad that this video explains that the heroes get better!

[@whocares0503]

The Spear Hero going that way is kind of telegraphed and a brilliant move by the author. The other 2 have okay arcs etc. But our spear hero earned his way of life. :-) I heartily approve. :-) I wonder what Fittoria thinks...

[@NatalieXHunter]

Where I'm up to in the Spear Hero spin off he has encountered Fitoria in this state and he loves her almost as much as Filo, but Fitoria thinks he's properly gross.

[@whocares0503]

@@NatalieXHunter I would expect no less, but it will be awhile before we know his true fate. Thanks as always for the vid. 😀

[@ShinryuZensen]

Fitoria is scared af.

[@Justan0therweeb]

good to see a video explaining evrything in a bit more detail since the anime so far seems to be speedruning this arc. Hope the future epsudoes get better and season 3 is shown a bit more care. if anyone wishes to read the books, as of the time of this comment, up to voulme 22 has been translated. there is also no sign of the next volume being released yet either.

[@scif121]

Is it explained why the other weapons don't get their first pick? Does the shield just not take no for an answer? Do the spear sword and bow just get desperate and clingy?

[@NatalieXHunter]

Nah, it's just that sometimes the summonings fail or sometimes the people summoned die immediately.

[@scif121]

@@NatalieXHunter wow harsh. I mean if others are summoned under the same circumstances of those three I guess it doesn't matter. But I'd probably still be pissed if i learned that.

[@NatalieXHunter]

Only Naofumi learns about this, so the other three don't necessarily know.

[@uaeoaeoeoi]

My assumed head canon is that all the weapons tried summoning Naofumi but because the shield got him(or got first pick) they had to go with the plan B of summoning a recently deceased individual. This just assumes that the weapons don't have to summon from the one specific world/timeline that their canon hero is from.

[@alexrodriguez1981]

Thank you 🙏🏻 I’ve been waiting for this video lol

[@NatalieXHunter]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@tomo8940]

Only the Spear Hero turns out likable especially in the spinoff manga.

[@caretakercat7176]

The spear hero spin-off is a cool character development of the series.

[@ycvgytgftyg3357]

its easy to understand why spear hero is easy for her to trick and make belive in what ever she says because in his last life where women kill him so hes not rock the boat with the red head i mean that happen to me i would have hard time to have standers with women as long they are not trying to kill me.

[@HeavenLeahSky]

GG! At 2:30 I regretted not listening to the spoil warning. Well done.... I want more but idk if I should wait

[@theghost6412]

As of the Manga, not too sure. But I seriously doubt they ever get to the same league as the Shield Hero. All the while the Shield Hero and his group is only getting drastically stronger currently in the other world, and his ally base is growing even more and they are equally just insanely powerful in their own rights and easily they are all equals. Raphtalia especially see's her powers grow absurdly as she joins the Hero's.

[@iamhungey12345]

They eventually did though things will get worse before it gets better. Also check out the spear hero spinoff. Oink!

[@Skullfiend]

Wyndia: *Walks in.* Did someone say ship for the sword hero?