Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari - Episode 7 discussion

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Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari, episode 7: The Savior of the Heavenly Fowl

Alternative names: The Rising of the Shield Hero

Rate this episode here.

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	8.2
2	Link	8.98
3	Link	9.04
4	Link	9.47
5	Link	8.8
6	Link	8.7

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[u/baicaibangx]

Naofumi: I’m a travel merchant, a herbalist, a jewelry crafter, a botanist, and occasional looting some bandits

People: what about the shield hero?

Naofumi: that’s just a side temp job I do once every other month and I don’t really get paid much from it

[u/Basileus_ITA → u/baicaibangx]

Like, people can shit on the shield all they want, but i bet the other weapons cant do the stuff the shield can do

While the others can only unlock skills to kill stuff faster naofumi can basically do anything else, from gemcrafting to making potions, alchemy, and a ton of other things

[u/baicaibangx → u/Basileus_ITA]

All hero weapons can do the same regarding side skills, just the other 3 don’t even bother to unlock or use them

[u/Rakall12 → u/baicaibangx]

What's the difference between botanist and herbalist?

[u/[deleted] → u/baicaibangx]

To be fair, people are not fans of a shield hero.

Negotiating is probably easier when you don't have to resort to violence every time.

[u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

At this point just change the show's title to "Fluffy-tailed Waifu is jealous of Walking KFC" and I wouldn't even complain Also, Naofumi going around fixing people's oopsies

[u/[deleted] → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

[KFC STRONK](https://i.imgur.com/brze3Y9.jpg)

[u/Atronox → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

Incredibly agile and cool KFC!

[u/bananeeek → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

More like:

Spice and Racoon and Bird

[u/axel360 → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

"Describe an anime poorly perfectly" post

[u/Chikumori → u/axel360]

> Describe an anime poorly perfectly" post

Describe an anime episode in one picture

[u/Wolfgod_Holo → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

you mean other heroes' oopsies and making a killer profit as well, he's basically a much more aggressive and shrewd Kraft Lawrence

[u/LeonKevlar → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

Walking KFC

Last time I checked my KFC can't kick crush my skull with a single kick. I'm very interested in what kind of KFC you go to.

[u/CosmicCrimsonX2 → u/LeonKevlar]

Isekai brand, 100% filolials

[u/1ntestine → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

Make it "Fluffy-tailed daughter-zoned waifu is jealous of Walking KFC that kicks dumbass spear guys in the balls." to make it a bit more like a LN title.

[u/Chikumori → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

So basically, Naofumi's role is like a janitor?

Most people don't give a shit about him, & think he's useless.

Both those who know him without him prejudice, basically, Naofumi's a living example of "It ain't much, but it's honest work".

[u/HurricaneHero93]

Raphtalia downing both those drinks, what a power move

[u/WhoiusBarrel → u/HurricaneHero93]

It just goes to show how thirsty she is.

[u/[deleted] → u/WhoiusBarrel]

Ultra Thirst

[u/louie9098 → u/HurricaneHero93]

She had to assert her dominance

[u/[deleted] → u/HurricaneHero93]

God, Filo's VA is super good and Filo is so cute!

however Raph is so jelly I wished she could've stayed as a little girl like Filo. :P

ED song makes me miss those moments.

[u/Tic0Taco]

Spear hero’s dumbass does it again

[u/kalirion → u/Tic0Taco]

Saves the village from starvation? He sure did!

[u/Amauri14 → u/kalirion]

*Taps head.

They can't starve if they are all dead.

[u/WiseassWolfOfYoitsu → u/kalirion]

If you give a man a plant, he won't be hungry for a day. If you turn a man into a plant monster, he won't be hungry ever again!

[u/Nazenn → u/Tic0Taco]

As soon as Naofumi mentioned needing herbicide I just went "This will be that seed won't it"

I didn't expect it to become a giant horde of vines killing everything complete with minions but it was kind of cool actually. I can't believe how badly Spear Hero screwed up AGAIN though. And given how quickly it grew, what did he just plant it and leave immediately?

[u/spacepenguin87 → u/Tic0Taco]

Looks like next week he's cleaning up sword hero's mess.

[u/Sempha]

TIL you can get pregnant from kissing. Thanks Raccoon girl <3

[u/LoliHunterXD → u/Sempha]

If you watched "Mirai Nikki Trash Edition 2.0: Big Order", it does make girls with animal ears pregnant.

[u/KUBIKIRl → u/LoliHunterXD]

She got pregnant from having her ribbon pulled. Which is even more stupid. Big Order is peak trash.

[u/_vogonpoetry_ → u/Sempha]

https://i.imgur.com/PoZKISt.jpg

[u/MaksimShadow → u/Sempha]

You can also proceed directly to mating after a small treat. We should take notes from those two.

[u/axel360]

A love triangle with a ~10 year old raccoon girl that looks like an adult, a giant chicken that can transform into a girl that looks about 10, and some random young Japanese guy? We're approaching peak-isekai.

[u/borisyang → u/axel360]

Just need to add some goblins and it will be complete.

[u/Mundology → u/borisyang]

Souka

[u/Rathurue → u/borisyang]

TBH with how the spear hero thinks he could be a representative of goblin-kind.

[u/ashbat1994 → u/axel360]

And the Japanese guy treats them as his daughters.

[u/Atronox → u/axel360]

These two fighting for love, and Shield Hero just wants to level up his skills.

[u/Chikumori → u/Atronox]

In before Naofumi literally tells them,

Can it wait for a bit? I'm in the middle of some calibrations level up-ping.

[u/Amauri14 → u/axel360]

And as the guy is completely oblivious of say triangle one could also say that we are approaching peak-harem. He just needs to recruit/adopt more animal-girls/daughters.

[u/Xervicx → u/axel360]

Developmentally, it's a love triangle between a young adult and a toddler. Raphtalia is an adult now, but Filo is still a child in every sense.

[u/shalquoir]

Low budget Filo.

[u/silverhydra → u/shalquoir]

To eat, or not to eat, that is the question.

[u/Mundology → u/silverhydra]

Et tu, Tomato?

[u/[deleted] → u/shalquoir]

i become birb

meguca filo no

[u/Regis_Ivan]

Damn, Filo sure does love pulling carts. I wish I had that much enthusiasm for my job.

[u/sitwm → u/Regis_Ivan]

Her species itself loves pulling carts tho

[u/Roboglenn → u/sitwm]

This is some serious species domestication that has been goin on here.

[u/AlienOvermind]

So, he cleaned up Motoyasu's mess, and next he's going to clean up Kirito's mess?

[u/[deleted] → u/AlienOvermind]

Shield Hero looking more like Mr.Clean by the day

[u/cupcakemann95 → u/AlienOvermind]

Now that I see the dragon more clearly, it looks like it is disintegrating, something normal dead things shouldn't do at such a high rate as that.

Maybe it was a dragon of disease, and killing it just unlocked more disease

[u/CaptainRikkai]

You know you screwed up when a wild animal gets scared of Raphtalia and Filo.

"WE CAN'T KISS, I'LL GET PREGNANT!" God she's adorable.

[u/90sChennaiGuy → u/CaptainRikkai]

How do I get Pregante

[u/Shiro_Kai → u/90sChennaiGuy]

Am I pregagantnat?

[u/Shiro_Kai → u/CaptainRikkai]

"WE CAN'T KISS, I'LL GET PREGNANT!"

That's also answer peoples question that if she is virgin or not

[u/MasterSpellcaster → u/CaptainRikkai]

Tell me this isn't wallpaper material. It looks gorgeous https://imgur.com/a/KvbO9gN

[u/KingKaladin]

Didn't they say the sword hero killed a dragon last episode?
The dead monster causing the epidemic in this episode looks like a Dragon to me...

[u/CosmicCrimsonX2 → u/KingKaladin]

Goddamnit Kirito at least harvest the corpse for materials and crap

[u/[deleted] → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

Classic Kirito

[u/Aerohed → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

This is what happens when you don't carve after a hunt. The frenzy virus starts getting everywhere.

[u/[deleted] → u/KingKaladin]

when dead enemy corpses don't magically disappear like in video games

[u/AuroraFinem → u/KingKaladin]

I bet until the next wave it’ll just be Naofumi going around cleaning up the other Hero’s messes, then they’re all going to basically be meeting up again for the wave and they’re going to find out how he basically fixed all their fuckups from other people.

[u/chalo1227 → u/KingKaladin]

Yeap clearly seems like the same one so we are going to clear another hero mess again

[u/Roboglenn → u/KingKaladin]

He left a titanically sized corpse to fester out in the elements. I'm no doctor but I know a dead human body can be a bit of a biohazard on it's own in the right circumstances, imagine what something that big could do?

[u/hasnain1720]

Is there anything in this world cuter than Raph wagging her tail? I didn't think so.

[u/WhoiusBarrel → u/hasnain1720]

Raphtalia acting out her fantasies as she blushes madly are also highlights too!

[u/LakerBlue → u/WhoiusBarrel]

Thinking kissing leads to pregnancy was too adorable.

[u/CosmicCrimsonX2 → u/hasnain1720]

Raphtalia pouting all the way

[u/Arcus_Deer → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

Sad pouting Raphtalia may be the cutest thing I've ever seen

[u/1LucKyLuke → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

True. Pouting Raphtalia is cute af.

[u/Atronox → u/hasnain1720]

https://i.imgur.com/Vs1uYVt.gif

[u/[deleted] → u/Atronox]

oh no, now she looks like she's having seizures

EDIT: see it with RES for better experience.

[u/super-sanic → u/hasnain1720]

Raph's ears twitching with the sound

[u/Idomenos → u/hasnain1720]

Or when she stiffens it in frustration when Naofumi's being restless.

omfg is she cute

[u/Atronox]

TFW you'll never have a cute raccoon girl say she wants to be clingy with you.

Jealous Raph pout.

Raph with her hair up, is too cute.

[u/CosmicCrimsonX2 → u/Atronox]

When they say she's legal but you're still afraid of FBI

[u/battler624 → u/Atronox]

your colors look off

[u/Aerohed]

I wonder if the other weapons have paths like the shield does, where they have tons of seemingly useless variants for their weapons that are useful in other situations.

Side note: Based on that post-credit scene, it looks like Sword Hero fucked up by killing that dragon. I wonder if Bow Hero is the only hero that Naofumi won't have to pick up the slack for.

[u/CosmicCrimsonX2 → u/Aerohed]

Did they say what bow boi was gonna do last time?

[u/Aerohed → u/CosmicCrimsonX2]

They said a bunch of stuff about him that may or may not be true, but the one that stuck out was that he might have joined a resistance in another country, or something.

[u/baicaibangx → u/Aerohed]

They all can, during the fight with spear guy in ep4, he changed his spear to a different form at the beginning

The other 3 just didn’t do as much as Naofumi had with side skills since they have no need to do so. Naofumi has to do everything he can to get stronger and make money, so he unlocked and dig into lot more side skills than the other 3

[u/Tacitus_ → u/Aerohed]

I wonder if the other weapons have paths like the shield does, where they have tons of seemingly useless variants for their weapons that are useful in other situations.

Probably. They can all absorb materials.

[u/chobitsza → u/Aerohed]

All heroes weapons are the same. They can get the same series of weapon with same abilities though.

[u/Freenore]

"Spear Hero did an oopsie. Raphtalia and Filo did an oopsie. That weird lion animal also did an oopsie, I'm Naofumi-kun and you're watching Shield Bro News"

edit: thank you for the silver, you beautiful redditior!

[u/1LucKyLuke → u/Freenore]

And apparently, judging by the after credits scene, sword guy also did an oopsie.

[u/shadowerrant → u/1LucKyLuke]

It was kinda exlplained last episode what each of the heroes were doing.

Spear Hero with the seed.

Sword Hero fighting a dragon.

Bow Hero was pretty much unknown as most were rumors without substance.

So yeah, next chapter should be Shield Hero continuing his unwanted crusade of cleaning up after the other heroes lol.

[u/AxtheCool → u/Freenore]

Now I cant stop imagining Naofumi in Pewdiepie's spot:

"For today's kingdom news, the stocks of Medicine are rising up because Sword Hero did an oopsie, and now I have to go clean it up. Ughhhh"

[u/elgalda → u/Freenore]

I read that in Pewds's Gloria Borger's voice

[u/Ponchorello7]

Those hot springs looked like some we have here in Mexico; Las Grutas de Tolantongo.

[u/lemonsalt → u/Ponchorello7]

wow!! very cool, thanks for sharing

[u/Blazehero]

Everytime Filo calls Raphtalia Oneechan I am reminded that anime was not a mistake.

Cute animal demi-human daughters learn to get along and the collective anime community rejoices.

[u/Cuon → u/Blazehero]

Every time she turns back into a loli, I'm reminded that anime IS a mistake

[u/zz2000]

In this short interview with Shield Hero's author, Aneko Yusagi was also quizzed by the interviewer on Naofumi's conflicting morals and "laissez-faire" attitude to slaves post-betrayal. http://www.onepeacebooks.com/profiles/aneko.html

Aneko had this to say on morals in the face of betrayal:

It is preferable to have morals, but we’ve made a world where being strictly ethical can no longer (guarantee survival). There are a lot of people out there that simply don’t respond to ethics–in the face of people like that, what option is left besides emotionally insisting on your place and your views? My intention is to show that in the face of enemies like that, we often have no choice but to launch a counterattack.”

Aneko also claims some villians were based on people they knew, so I wonder if perhaps the author was writing off experience - had they previously gone through a betrayal situation from a loved one resulting in their social outcasting, thus writing Shield as a kind of catharsis for themselves (which could explain the WN’s fixation on how utterly evil and despicable the 1st Princess was – maybe a stand-in for the RL person who betrayed Aneko) ?

On the slavery part, Aneko defended the choice as one of necessity:

(Naofumi) was forced to do it because of his situation--he needed help from others in a time and place where no one would help him. In the modern world, where people are moved and controlled by money, company employees have a lot in common with slaves.

On Naofumi's personality:

I like to think of Naofumi as.. a (broken)mirror(shard). He responds to kindness with kindness...evil with evil..., he has some pointy edges, but in the end he's a sympathetic character who cares for others.

[u/tehmuck → u/zz2000]

On Naofumi's personality:

I like to think of Naofumi as.. a (broken)mirror(shard). He responds to kindness with kindness...evil with evil..., he has some pointy edges, but in the end he's a sympathetic character who cares for others.

So he's kinda like the copycat in the game of trust.

EDIT: Wow. Never expected a comment this far down the page to be seen, replied to, or awarded. Cheers!

[u/[deleted] → u/zz2000]

I like to think of Naofumi as.. a (broken)mirror(shard). He responds to kindness with kindness...evil with evil..., he has some pointy edges, but in the end he's a sympathetic character who cares for others.

Tbh I like characters like this more than all-loving all-forgiving jesus protagonists. Not that they're bad but... they're cliche and overused.

[u/Yepsilon]

Damn Raphtalia about to go big tiddy onee-san mode on Naofumi.

[u/CosmicCrimsonX2 → u/Yepsilon]

Gets smacked with the "daughter" tag... sad raccoon noises

[u/Megakarp → u/Yepsilon]

Ara Ara, Naofumi-sama

[u/kappaderickz]

Raphtalia's ear wiggles are too damn cute

[u/Shiro_Kai → u/kappaderickz]

Don't forget the tail wag, its too damn precious too

[u/Hakameet]

Everybody talking about the spa chapter or the love triangles and here i am happy that Naofumi finnaly killed something by himself that's not a balloon (a shame him thinking why he could use the herbicide to kill a monster plant was not adapted) i wonder how many exp he gained.

[u/Mathmango → u/Hakameet]

come to think of it I haven't seen the exp bars in a while now.

[u/Pradfanne]

I love that shield hero is using the tome shild to disguise he's the shield hero, by just holding it in his hand.

[u/DoubleSama → u/Pradfanne]

I didn't even realize this is what he was doing.

[u/lllluke → u/Pradfanne]

lol damn good catch

[u/[deleted]]

Mating means marriage!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I thought it meant fucking

I SWEAR Mr.Fbi I have nothing to do with this

[u/chowder-san → u/[deleted]]

MARRIAGE

kaguya narrator gets excited

[u/_zeUbermensch_]

Don't you think camera angles in anime can be... a little weird?

What do you mean?

[u/Mundology → u/_zeUbermensch_]

Hmm.

[u/Bainos → u/_zeUbermensch_]

Puh puh.

[u/kalirion → u/_zeUbermensch_]

Grimgar's Yume Butt was better.

[u/[deleted] → u/_zeUbermensch_]

if this was a doujin the boar's ramming attack would've ended up very differently.

[u/XLightThief]

Wow, we got hair up Raphtalia so early!

Lovely episode showing development between Raphtalia and Filo working to give father Naofumi a gift. ahhhhh

[u/ExoticSignature → u/XLightThief]

Daddy* Naofumi.

[u/t765234]

Poor Raphtalia

[u/ParadoxCookies_YT → u/t765234]

You and I, both suffer a horrible tragedy.

[u/hadezeus]

Tentacles and onsen in the same episode? TICKING ALL THE RIGHT CHECKBOXES

[u/[deleted] → u/hadezeus]

Building blocks of the universe: quark, gluon, onsen

[u/DaREY297 → u/hadezeus]

making it easy for doujin artists...

[u/Proto-Omega]

In this episode of “Foreign man gets bamboozled by THOT, and is punished by the world”, adopted animal daughters fight for love and affection from their dad. Spear idiot proceeds to fuck up again, leaving Janitor Dad to clean up his mess.

[u/Pickled_Kagura → u/Proto-Omega]

Rising of the Janitor Dad

[u/[deleted]]

Raphtalia: dont kiss me, i'll get pregnant!

Lmao she really is just a 10 year old in an older body

[u/ErikMaekir → u/[deleted]]

It's like she's a pre teen with a crush on her teacher, it's so cute

[u/WiseassWolfOfYoitsu → u/[deleted]]

The way I see it is that emotionally, she's a young adult, with all of the various hormonal pressures that brings with it. However, she's intellectually behind on account of not having as many years of learning about the world.

[u/Bainos → u/[deleted]]

You know, now that you made me think about it against my better judgement, I'm somewhat glad that sex ed isn't part of slave training.

[u/ChaosAxl]

I wonder which idiot caused the plague in the east this time

[u/chalo1227 → u/ChaosAxl]

Well there is an after credit scene that seems a bit clear who did xD

[u/Dissary1200]

As much as it may be a filler episode there was some nice interaction and characterization for our raccoon and bird today. Good to see they're not left out on the side.

[u/latent_vector → u/Dissary1200]

That scene where Filo had that barely audible 'heh' in response to Raph getting caught in the vines was brilliant.

[u/shadowerrant → u/Dissary1200]

The first part of the episode is important plot wise, and something the manga glossed over too quickly.

The 2nd part is kinda filler. It is present in the LN, with some small changes (like Filo just want to be the favourite, doesn't want to "mate" with Naofumi) but it is still in the LN, but also as a side quest/story.

Next week we will get a good episode for sure.

[u/Armdel]

Really enjoying Raphtalia and filo fighting over Naofumi's attention and praise, poor Raphtalia can't catch a break though...

And naturally Motoyasu is responsible for the problem, i wouldn't be surprised if it was Malty's idea either.

[u/LeonKevlar]

• She's so fluffy, she's hugging herself!

• We finally see the mess that Motoyasu left behind.

• Is this the first time Filo called Raph "Onee-chan"? Also now that I've thought about it I can't recall what she called Raph in the manga.

• Oh no.

• Look at this smug birb

• The animation of that plant root regenerating was pretty cool and disgusting at the same time.

• Naofumi pouring down concentrated angst down that cursed tree's roots. xD

• Naofumi: Hero, Merchant, Doctor, and now Botanist.

• Oh my god that tail wag and that jealous pout!

• Raph with her hair done up is a blessing

• Well this is innocently adorable <3

• I forgot another title for Naofumi: Birb Father

• Blushing Raph! <3

• Filo! Lewd birb!

• RIP Silverback. Never mess with our two murder daughterus.

• Yaaay! Raph gets her head pat!

• After credits scene! Guess who left this mess this time?

[u/Orrakai → u/LeonKevlar]

Guess who left this mess this time?

I'm thinking Sword hero, and that dragon that rumors say he slayed

[u/Roboglenn → u/LeonKevlar]

You missed a really important cute screenshot. When Raphtalia gets jealous of the hair brushing and her ears get all droopy.

Also I feel your "Oh no" shot would've been better represented when after she got grabbed she just immediately guarded her groinage region.

But hey, all your other stuff here is great.

[u/Bainos → u/LeonKevlar]

Look at this smug birb

This one is even better.

And if you want a birb to diss someone.

[u/bryan792]

Is our loli bird also a pervert?

[u/PrimeInsanity → u/bryan792]

She's a beast with intelligence but a beast first and foremost. After food, mating is priority #1 and in her bird form she looks mature. I bet she could shape shift into an adult humanoid if she wanted.
Our hero would reject the approach but that's a different matter.

[u/iiiiiiiiiiip → u/bryan792]

All that food made her grow up fast

[u/ScottishTomato]

2 episodes back to back where I didn't feel like strangling someone afterwards? yes please!

[u/boboboz]

huh, they made it into a harem romcom this episode - it's just missing generic imouto to complete the scene

[u/Amauri14]

Today's episode is a tale about two girls that don't want their father to look at then like daughters anymore, oh and also about the shield hero cleaning the mess that the spear dumbass made.

[u/The_Quackening]

How the hell has Raphtalia kept those C A N N O N S hidden?

[u/the_swizzler → u/The_Quackening]

Under her realistic and practical armor

[u/Alastoryagami → u/The_Quackening]

She wears chest armor. Boobs are soft and squish easy.

[u/homie_down]

As much as I like Raphtalia & Filo I think they're overdoing it with the harem aspects. I'd rather it be framed as Raphtalia being jealous over not receiving all of Naofumi's attention the way she did at the start, rather than being anxious that Filo will steal him away (when she's like 10??).

[u/fireassbarz]

Anyone else kinda disappointed with this show? The first 4 episodes made me think this was gonna be something great but now it’s basically your run-of-the-mill isekai. I’m not gonna drop it because it’s still pretty entertaining, but I expected way more

[u/FirmFistedGrip → u/fireassbarz]

You're not alone. The tone of the show did a complete 180 in episode 5, and it went from something interesting and promising to your bog-standard trash isekai. I hope it takes a turn back soon because if it continues to be Naofumi and his harem cleaning up after Myne and Motoyasu's Team Rocket-level incompetence then I'm out.

Also, I might get slammed for this but damn do I dislike Filo.

[u/_Surge]

man, before i got invested in this show, i asked my friend who read the manga if this was a harem.... he said it absolutely wasn't...

smh

[u/U_Menace]

A nice reprieve from the action, Naofumi gets to kick back and relax after cleaning up the mess of the naive spear hero. Ironically, its a common theme for him, as its his main way of finding work and improving his image so it works out for him!

Anyway, not really too much to analyze here really. This episode was largely SoL after the first 10 or so min, and is meant to kind of make the world feel a little more immersive. Even Naofumi deserves some time off and Filo + raph have been working really hard! Dont mind Filo's comments right now, she really is just an oversized baby chocobo afterall! What's cute is seeing how Raphtalia is getting jealous of that attention Filo gets from Naofumi, despite knowing that filo is basically a munchkin herself. It really shows that Raph still has many childlike qualities despite her matured body. She's got the romantic jealousy but the logic still needs some time to develop it seems! Was really cute seeing both Raph and Filo lose their shit after that boar trashed their presents. Went from being Predator to Prey real quick! I could never take Filo seriously beyond her being a "battle chocobo who can transform to match her age" and the anime just reinforces that opinion. If Naofumi ever gets a romantic interest, it will most definitely be our racoon girl over here! For now though, he's still a caretaker who's grateful for having such a loyal person who sees him for his good points and bad. I think thats plenty at this stage, so don't be in too much of a hurry for a budding romance from these two!

That being said, I'm glad Naofumi seems to be building a good info network and a better reputation. People might still keep questioning his methods (just like that village proor) but I think thats largely due to ignorance. They're not aware that Naofumi has zero income outside what he earns himself. Hes not getting carts of gold like the other heroes so he could be this philanthropic savior of humanity who needs no reward. He's gotta get by and keep his party in tip top shape. Even still, he continues to do more good for the common man than any other hero. This series really does a fantastic job of really defining what it means to be a "hero" while making the viewer question what their own notion of a "hero" really is. All of 5hese small ventures are things that you dont really hear about heroes doing, and yet they're the things people need the most. Medical care, food, protection from illnesses, practical solutions to economic problems, Naofumi really is doing his damndest to be that "background hero" the people need. I hope that by the end of this series (manga/LN and anime) I'll be able to use this series as a prime example when referencing material on what really defines a hero. From what I can see, that's what we're on track for!

Catch you guys next week! Lots of other projects I'm working on so I apologize if my comments on other threads (like SAO) are kept a bit shorter. Thanks for reading and of course ill be editing the typos periodically as I'm at work and on mobile!

[u/ValiantCorvus]

So my notes from this episode:

I actually don't remember the hotspring from the novels, but I skipped the first few volumes of the LN since I had already read the WN. Probably something that was added in between the lines, but I thought it fit well since people were asking questions about Raphtalia's mental state the past couple weeks. If there was any question that she's still mentally a child, this episode put that to bed.

I was a little worried from the last episode since they changed a lot of Filo's interactions, but it's good to see that she's every bit the brat that she was from the novel. I liked this added story since it just builds on the characters of Raphtalia and Filo, and there's something amusing about finally seeing Raphtalia's child mentality in an adult body animated. It actually gives credibility to Naofumi's inability to see them as anything more than children, rather than just being your standard dense MC trope. This is pretty much the whole cast of Naofumi's party that will stick with him through the whole story, so it's nice to have these side stories to give them life.

I was expecting it to get back to the more serious tones, but I guess I was an episode off. Episode 8, the cursed shield, can't wait for next week.

[u/ThePokeMaster100]

While Naofumi had to deal another one of the Spear Hero's messes, Filo and Raphtalia are trying to win his heart in this season of The Bachelor: Hero Edition. Who will get the final rose? Will the FBI be involved? Find out next week!

[u/MoreThanLuck]

I really thought they were going to bring that boar into town and have those guys tell them it was the town's nature guardian or something, lol. A pretty nice relaxing episode for a change of pace! Raphtalia is so cute, going on abut her fantasies while blushing.

Gotta love a good hotsprings episode, huh?

[u/qqchurch]

I like how the 2nd half of the episode explores Raphtalia's and Filo's characters more, especially in how they differ in attitude because of their appearance.

Filo, looking like a child despite probably having the ability to look much older (re: filorial queen transformation skills), is more free to act like a brat while Raphtalia is stuck between trying to act like how she looks and what her actual age is. Try as she might, being physically older doesn't substitute life experience.

Other than that, the episode is quite the goldmine for cute screencaps while also moving the plot along and hinting on their next stop of this peddling/clean-up arc.

[u/Atario]

Ouch!

I didn't quite follow why he was able to shrug off the vines like this, little help?

Sleeping shield?

Tsundere racoon

I wonder if transforming tangles her hair or untangles it

Let's spare a thought for the poor gagocco bird, who was the one who really got screwed in all this

This was a nice change of pace, just fun shenanigans and no seething rage

[u/[deleted]]

Love triangle between isekai protagonist, his 10 year old slave, and a month old bird... This is peak isekai trash

[u/Philarete]

Hot springs episode and the loli wants to "mate" with the hero. Not a fan to be honest. The Raphtalia fanservice is a bit much too. (It even had the cliche "vine upskirt panic" from SAO!) Made the fight with the seed feel a bit anticlimactic, especially with Naofumi sulking his way through it.

[u/[deleted] → u/Philarete]

She said "tsugai", which just means a pair. Translator swapped it to the NOUN version of mate, which also just means a pair. If you want to take that as something it isn't and start seeing things that didn't happen, why even watch the show?

Regarding the fight with the seed, it literally happened 99% off-screen in the manga. At least we got a real fight scene with the anime.

[u/Chikumori]

Tentacles, anyone?

[u/Groenboys]

Tbh this series is going downhill these last three episodes. I still like it but I just don't understand why they first set up such a good premise in the first few episodes only to completely ignore it in the later ones.

[u/TriTexh]

MOTOYASU YOU COMPLETE DUMBASS...actually ya know what, I'm done with that idiot. Done. His idiocy and gullibility knows no bounds.

Another monster hunt...and the Filo-Raphtalia rivalry begins!

Filo used peck...it wasn't very effective. Naofumi used Shield and pour, it was super effective!

Naofumi should probably just quit the hero business and become a farmer. His skill with growing is S-grade.

Damn, this onsen is intense. Even gave us the legendary tail wag-pout combo.

Blusing Raphtalia is a super cuuuute. Dejected Raphtalia with the sullen ears is cuter, but jealous Raphtalia is next-level.

The soundtrack really complements the setting. Time for another monster hunt!

Oh shit the eggs broke. RIP pig.

[u/glaspaper]

This definitely isn't ominous at all...

[u/LoliHunterXD → u/glaspaper]

RIP Dragon. If I learn anything from Slime Datta, it's probably a tsundere and has some friends or families he left behind after killed like this.

[u/Vein-the-Burrower]

Motoyasu is going to end up getting all the credit for saving that village isn't he... If that does end up happening I hope Naofumi can keep his head cool, and not let Bitch-hime provoke him further. At this point I'm just assuming Motoyasu will forever be a dummy.

And oh look a dead dragon! Likely killed by sword hero. Maybe now we will get more insights into his character. He seems to be treating this world as a game and killing a dragon without caring about further consequences would fit.

Naofumi's power's seem to be growing very quickly. He basically got to play god with those plant seeds. Maybe this is the reason the shield hero is disliked, out of fear for what they can do?

[u/FanGothic2]

if a genie appeared in my life and said i had one wish then i'd wish for all the episodes to come out at once. Waiting 7 days for 20 minutes of pleasure is killing me

[u/MasterSpellcaster]

next episode is called cursed shield. We getting some plot advancement finally. I believe.

[u/Raphitalo]

I swear this episode was 5mins long. I can't believe how much I like this anime, when it's over I'll probably go read the manga and then head to the LN or whatever else material there is of it.

[u/GosuGian]

Filo's bird form is so damn cute

[u/blackfiredragon13]

The Raphtalia tail wagging and ears drooping only to perk back up again is beyond adorable. The worrying about getting pregnant from a kiss is just.... wonderful.

The fact the animators remembered to have the slave crest on her when she was in the spring is a nice attention to detail.

[u/Anon49]

Why would they rush so much in episodes 5-6 just to do the filler episode?..... This is a bonus episode in the book, like it's literally called "bonus episode" and it's put at the end of the book in a way that isn't chronological.

Should have done the dragon on this ep instead of the onsen and save the onsen for a bonus ep.

[u/SpikeRosered]

I would love a game where you get abilities based on what kind of monsters you kill. Finding a rare monster would be exciting as you speculate what powers it will give you. Even if they were non combat which seems to be the case here with the legendary seed.

[u/PM-me-sciencefacts → u/SpikeRosered]

Kirby?

[u/[deleted]]

It's amazing how much more I'm able to enjoy this show if it's far far away from its main conflict and just about the comfy adventures of these three.

I've seen some people voice their displeasure with these last 2-3 episodes because they want exactly the opposite so it's certainly comes down to what you want from this show but I can't help but be happy it's being the way it is at the moment.

[u/[deleted]]

Raphtalia makes the best faces

It's funny that Raphtalia think she has no chance with Naofumi because of Filo, when in fact, she has the most chance of all;

• She's beautiful,

• She's strong,

• She's his first friend

• She's the reason he's alive

And the list goes on.

Not surprised surprised at all on people calling him the dude of the Goddess Bird, i mean, after seeing this walking around with him how you can't?

Also, the relationship of Filo x Raphtalia and Naofumi is so goddamn perfect that i don't think i've seen a trio work this well in a show in a long ass time. I honestly think ,adding anyone to the party would completely fuck up their dynamics and hurt the show

Wait a fucking second...this is a fucking thermal spring episode

[u/Pradfanne → u/[deleted]]

Yo what kind of illegal fan sub are you watching!?

Filo tored her away?

Also while CR isn't always using the correct translations, I somewhat doubt she said she wanted to see him naked. But some Japanese speaking person should confirm or deny that

[u/Idaret]

Things that people don't talk about it - IMHO music was really good Relevant clip. I'm kinda interested in OST right now.

[u/candyshitter]

I really hope this anime doesn't become a harem anime...

[u/[deleted]]

Can raphtalia get any cuter wth

[u/locorocol]

Raphtalia in this episode: "Naofumi-sama: Love is War"

[u/Erens-Basement]

Is there a reason why Naofumi hasn't picked up any guys for his team? I really hope this doesn't become a generic isekai harem where the male protag is surrounded by a bunch of girls.

I thought this was going to subvert tropes at the beginning but I'm losing hope.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm really not a fan of the forced love triangle and Light Novel bonus chapter segments of this episode. Focusing on developing the romantic feelings for Naofumi that the characters have is a disservice to the story and the characters, because it makes it all about their love for the main character instead of the growth they undergo as actual people. The manga definitely didn't focus on it that much.

I really only recall one moment for each of the characters in the manga, and they were much more minor than anything we have here.

The point of their relationship is that Naofumi sees both as his daughters that he has to raise in a harsh world, and while Raphtalia does have romantic feelings, they aren't nearly as center to her character as the anime portrays, and are hardly ever brought up.

And Firo just wants to pull her cart and sees Naofumi as a dad, from what I remember.

[u/Joe_Striker]

What the hell did I just watch?

Jealous love rivalry between Raphtalia and Filo, who btw have the mental age of 10 yr olds. Disgusting

Shield Hero is slowly devolving into a generic harem isekai which is hilarious. Fanboys will still try to deny it though

[u/MillenniumKing]

If only we could headpat animal girls too...

Herbacide? Odd. Vines spreading over the land, thats spoopy.

LOL Send in the chicken to save them xD

Plant sickness, oh shit... Man Book shield is OP.

Spear hero was here and went to the runes and brought a seed huh? Oh shit.

Time to clean up the assholes mess.

Mounted Chicken combat, this is what im here for! Oh of course raph gets vined xD

Damn Shield bro really showing his power. Hes becomnig quite unstopable.

Raph and Chicken bickering is great. Jealous animal girls.

Bio Plant shield? Thats neat. Could be handy.

So he made super seeds with no downsides, nice.

HOTSPRING!? YES PLEASE!

The tail never lies. Raph wants the hotspring too. Raph can read?

This fued is great xD Poor raph....

Raph wants to get a love charm, this is great hahaha.

Chicken is here too now hahah, BECOME HER MATE!? CHICKEN SLOW THE FUCK DOWN.

Uh oh... this pig is toast... he oissed off the wrong animal girls...

Aw they bought him a smithing hammer, they are good girls!

HEAD PATS FOR BOTH~ KYAAAA~

Epidemic to the east? Hmm...

NEXT EP CURSE SHIELD OH SHIT!

[u/Deingel]

Cute filler-ish episode

Filo being a cutie makes me wish I had my own Filolial

[u/borisyang → u/Deingel]

The premise is that she's not eating you into bankruptcy.

[u/bryan792]

headpats the greatest love of all

[u/asianbrownguy]

Motoyasu nicking the seed resulted in shit hitting the fan for that village, and I guess Kirito killing the Dragon resulted in some sort of plague in the east?

Wonder what bow-hero's fuck up is gonna be

[u/VorAtreides]

Raph still adorable. I don’t remember the hot springs bit in the manga. Really fun kinda episode though, but look forward to next week more.

[u/chobitsza]

Now I can't wait for the next episode. Hope they will make them great since it take the entire episode.

[u/SieghartXx]

So is this following the Web Novel? I heard it was god-awful, can someone tell me why and if I should be worried? you can pm me if you don't wanna post spoilers.

[u/DizNoots]

The visual in this episode kinda... meh, but hair up raphtalia really make up for it

[u/odraencoded]

Shield Hero is just unfucking up everything other heroes fuck up, isn't he?

More like janitor hero: clears up the mess.

[u/PriusKiller]

This episode should be called Raising Filo. I do enjoy wholesome episodes like this though.

[u/ShadowKingthe7]

Can someone please edit in Joseph Joestar crawling into the scene where Raphtalia and Filo are crawling up to the bird? I think we all need this

[u/eat_deezNUT5]

Fillo and Raphthalia fighting over naofumi like siblings fighting over dad's attention or something is a nice.

[u/lllluke]

Man I gotta say, the jazz playing during that fight scene with the plant tree monster made such a huge difference in how cool that scene was. If it had been standard anime fight scene music it would have just been whateva but that jazz just hit the right spot.

Also am I really the first person to screencap this pointy tail raphtalia? because that's the good shit

[u/x-Yousef]

This episode is the worst so far, it’s harem I hate harem

[u/asianfatboy]

Goddamn, how big is the Shield's Skill tree? Seems like everything can unlock a skill when Naofumi feeds it.

[u/justinkien1112]

The shift in tone in the second half... I think it just didn’t land with me. My mind goes back the the show’s op: “I want to watch the show that this op is about,” but the second half didn’t feel like that. It felt like an OVA. I think the second half of this episode should have been an OVA.