The Rising of the Shield Hero

"I was pleasantly surprised to discover that a 2nd season of this anime has put out its first episode. "

"A great series adaptation of a dark fantasy based off the novel, then light novel and manga series of the same name about a gamer who is sent to another world and given a shield as his weapon to help save it from waves! Worth watching as his reputation is destroyed by betrayal, sending him down a dark path to survive while finding a way back home!"

"A great show, can't wait for season 2 to come out!"

"Such a good anime, I've been watching it nonstop. Love the characters and the world building."

"I like this type of revenge story line, but I didn't care for how Raphtalia was sexualixed, especially at first, kinda icky but the plot is really good so its easy to just look past or skip the weird parts "

"It's really good. It has good a character complex and isn't super bothersome like a lot of other isekai animes!"

"Starts out really frustrating, lots of emotions. The main character experiences some struggles for sure but it gets really good! "

"An interesting story with a darker tone than most isekai. I would say it's a must watch for fans of the genera."

"I wanted to like this. It is my type of show. However, they just kept dancing over the what even I would consider an offensive line and I feel I have a pretty high tolerance for people and their opinions. This show didn't leave much room for any redeeming qualities. I finished the entire first season but stopped completely midway through the first episode of the second season. ***SMALL SPOILERS*** The first season ends with the punishment for a female character being called "B***h" henceforth as her everyday name and her Adventurer/Hunter name was changed to "Wh**e". What!?! They actually carried on with that farce into the second season. Which leads me to where I stopped watching. This story relies heavily on master/slave themes. With the theory that demi-humans are less than regular humans. The main character for his harem trope has basically been acquiring slave girls(even if considered willingly). These slaves are so grateful and endlessly vie for his attention. So much so they tried to recruit another girl into magically becoming his slave so she could feel better protected and to feel better about her self. I was officially done after that. This story foundationally had a chance even with the bit of plot it had. I just couldn't make it past the unnecessary excessive use of prejudice, ignorance, masochistic and misogynistic tones with little to offer by way of counterpoint other than a few scenes and comments which I felt was always resolved with a but it's okay type resolution. DO BETTER **This show is for people who thought Fifty Shades of Grey was great.**"

"Honestly it was incredible! #anime #action "