A new anime season another controversy! Is the rising of shield hero really
another goblin Slayer? So What's up guys foxen here! Time for
isekai number 66. here's my first impressions for rising of hero shield
episode 1. let me just mention that I did go into this anime pretty blind
everything I only know is based on a light novel which is fairly popular. it
is an isekai series that's been getting a lot of praise and I did hear about a
potential controversy like goblin slayer so oh boy. Anyway let's get
started my first impressions. At the start you have this wolf cat dog lion
girl oh yes one of those sign me right up! it is a typical isekai fantasy
world setting have you seen something like Konosuba, Rezero,
the slime isekai airing right now pretty much the same thing. the premise of this
one is that yeah 4 heroes that got summoned. that's right all these heroes
got summoned instead of freaking car smashed or killed in some other dreadful
way. this is some adventurer type of setting each of them actually got
assigned a unique weapon either a sword, spear I think a bow and the fucking
shield guess which one the main character got? As for the actual problem
of this isekai world gotta kill the demon king right? I know that's what
you're thinking but you might be a little bit off. the main issue at hand is
something they're calling the wave of the destructions that'll eventually wipe out
the whole kingdom or world. this kingdom that summon them has already
experienced the first one. the next one is coming in like a month.
good thing about the heroes is that even though they got a weapon they start at
level 1 so now all the heroes gotta leave on their journey to level up and
gain some fighting and adventurer experience. the fun little twist is then
none of these guys can work together oh that frickin sucks for shield guy
so let me actually touch on the little twist for this isekai series. first off
you have four heroes instead of one they're not overpowered at least not yet.
And specifically about that shield as expected this main character got royally
screwed over. he's got all this defense which provides some protection from pain
but without any real offense. in case you're wondering why he doesn't just get
a freaking sword your main weapon or in this case that shield prevents that. to
make matters even worse each hero gets her own party from their Kingdom
warriors which initially sounds awesome except that no one wants
to be in the freaking shield heroes party. it seems like the shield here
already got a bad reputation from the previous shield hero. it also doesn't
help that the main character doesn't know crap about videogames. he's a
self-proclaimed otaku but strictly for light novels. I mean really how does
someone have no gaming experience in this age so just looking at the initial
setup this guy's got royally screwed up with
that damn shield. I was just thinking was this guy gonna be more like Subaru
or Kazuma which I'm sure you're thinking too but anyway I did mention a goblin
Slayer at the beginning so what exactly is the controversy? What the hell is it this
time? Let me just say that I've been hearing
about this for months so I was expecting something like goblin slayer episode 1
or borderline. So get this this guy got accused by his female party member of
sexually assaulting her. now the kingdom and world thinks of this guy as a
freaking rapist. of course none of that is true before all of that happened that
redhead played him like a freakin fiddle. She got him to practically spent all his
startup gold on her armor and weapons before taking the rest. super classy. On
top of this keep in mind that they do mention in the first episode how this is
a matriarchy Kingdom in other words females are in charge. They explicitly
mentioned how sexual assault is grounds for execution. The only reason this guy
isn't killed on the spot is because he's a chosen hero. As to what exactly there's
a controversy I actually got to the end of the episode and thought it might be
the slavery thing since this world does have demi-human slaves but now it turns
out I missed it. it was the stuff that happened in the
middle of Episode which honestly I think is pretty silly. if you're still confused
let me spell it out. from what I've been looking into apparently some places
claim that this is promoting or highlighting or even putting a positive
light on false sexual assault claims. That the author's supposing putting down
females and abusing sexual assault claims from actual victims.
yeah I'm not joking. to be honest I was like are you fucking serious. I mean in
the story you have the redhead in question who accused a guy and then that
scumbag who's likely working with her. They aren't exactly painted in a good
light at all. It honestly really feels like these people and places are
screaming controversy or overreacting for the sake of i.t oh gotta get those
views and clicks but I don't know perhaps I'm the crazy one what do you
think? Is this controversy or outrage justified? and I'm
definitely curious especially from the females watching this! I think going
forward this might be a common thing like every anime season now. On the
bright side I guess this anime is gonna get a lot of free advertising. I mean
just look at what happened to freaking goblin slayer. if it wasn't for that
first episode I think people would have forgotten about it. it definitely
wouldn't have gotten as much attention which it honestly did into Japan but
anyway getting back into the actual story set up and I know they're trying
to make this shield weapon look lame but unfortunately you actually have a great
example over here oh using it with Captain America on the big screen.
there's a lot of obvious potential here. for the actual guy it seems like he
started off as this nice friendly guy and then got really screwed over
by this world so now this guy isn't friendly one bit. As for some of my
potential negatives so far this is the typically sekai fantasy world setting.
you got the kingdoms, slaves, tier ball monsters. I'm really hoping that some
purpose so far and that slowly it'll be fleshed out more as you follow this
guy's journey. The only thing that's a little different for this world is the
thing they mentioned about it being ruled by females. I'm not sure with that
only applies to the kingdom although I am sure there's a lead to the main
character getting screwed over some more. For the actual animation I honestly
didn't see anything special so far when he had the guy playing with his balls
and that even looked lower quality although I can't blame them too much
this was a longer episode that's why I'm expecting or hoping for some amazing
future action scenes. now let me actually mention something I'm liking
which is really just a very interesting setup this time in this isekai anime
you have actual other heroes. other heroes who are in a way better position
than you. Also you're just seen as a sexual assaulter. I meanted before then I
was wondering whether he was more like Kazuma or Subaru but this guy ended up
getting screwed up worse. Kazuma is just Kazuma and Subaru could screw up all he
wants sent just freaking reset. Too bad this guy can't. On top of this that
frickin shield it seems ultra lame at first but it can
actually lead to some very interesting fights. definitely something new for anime
I'm thinking if he actually goes freakin Captain America on their ass. there's
some huge potential there. As for some hopes for this series this being any
isekai series please please don't get this overpowered main character and also
please don't go the harem route. And just another fun one is that I hope
they don't abuse a cg for potential soldiers or other monsters. Overall for
the rising hero episode one I gotta say I'm definitely interested. this being a
double length episode really helps it really reminds me of what ReZero or
recently SAO Alicization did in other words showing some huge confidence right
from the beginning. I haven't actually been able to find out whether it's
officially gonna be 20 plus episodes or around 24. I do think it is right now the
series has 20 light novels so this is definitely showing a lot of potential
but anyway let me hear from you now! did you like the shield hero boy episode
one or does it seem too much like the typically isekai series? What do you
think about this guy is starting from rock bottom with the freaking shield?
Super interesting or super lame? Anyway smash a thumbs up and subscribe. I'll
definitely be following the shield hero anime closely so perhaps I'll have more
videos about it in the future. Also I did do my first impressions for the
promised neverland does it really deserve the comparisons to attack on titan? by
the way don't miss my top anime of 2018 definitely don't sleep on that and I'll
see you guys later!