So the shield hero was about to become the berserk hero? So what's up guys Foxen
here. You got the latest rise of shield hero episode 4 and I really wanted to
talk about this episode since it's been massively hyped. Not too long ago I did
in my first impressions about the first episode the double length one. Keep in
mind that I am strictly anime only at least for now
but anyway originally I didn't plan to talk about this episode specifically so
I've been hearing about this all over throughout the day. It's just been hyped
up everywhere so I'm like oh no what happened this time?
Specifically to this shield hero so at the start of this episode you got their
celebration celebrating their victory over the second wave I believe
it's the second the first since the heroes have actually arrived. I was just
thinking oh this is gonna be good of course Naofumi would be there to
collect some type of reward. I mean the guy is super broke although at the start
of this episode it wasn't like I was seeing death flags but I was seeing red
flags everywhere specifically a very good chance of running into that one
specific redhead. Oh this is gonna get awkward. I do have to quickly also
mention at the beginning that the animation was just looking really rough.
I'll touch on this more a little bit later but back to that redhead bitch
this being a celebration at the castle you could just imagine her
scheming up of something but hold up it wasn't just a shield hero she was
sabotaging. I'm certainly think that the spear hero also got screwed in a way. I
mean she was just trying to keep all the other girls away from this guy which
makes the question. Isn't all of his party females? How is that working
out? As for what the shield hero was doing in this party naturally this dude
was just biding his time. I mean the guy didn't even want to eat some delicious
food and there was the thing about that that they brought up later. Was this guy
not able to taste anything up until the end of this episode or was it just him
eating super cheap McDonalds crap? Either way this gave me one of the best
moments in the series Raphtalia feeding him Oh some delicious Apple meat
pie. I mean a cat girl feeding you that's definitely gonna get everyone
jelly in this castle! As for the actual red head screw him even more I was
really just waiting since a second or third episode for the slave thing to get
brought up. Recall from episode 1 I thought an event would have been the
freaking controversy. It wasn't really what the hell moment with every
going against him. I mean he even had the king being a frickin dick
thanks pal but to be honest I can't say I was at all surprised but here's
something that did surprised me. Oh let's free the poor dog girl by tying
her up. Are you freaking serious? Can they not see how ridiculous this whole thing
was. I come on. Do these guys just get off by kicking this poor dude down? What
did the freaking previous shield hero do? Who did he kill? how many dogs did he
kick? I mean Naofumi here was just starting to gain something just
something very little compared to the other heroes. Anyway as for the match the
blonde hero versus the shield hero but forget about this guy I really want at
the redhead to get bitch-slapped by the shield hero. For the actual battle was
there any way for the shield hero to actually win I mean not only does this
guy not have any offense moves I think the spear hero was like twice his
level. I mean if the shield hero was able to drag out this battle then perhaps he
had a chance just make it a whole battle of endurance. Of course this battle
showcased one of the strengths of this anime which is really something I was
hoping from the first episode just seeing the shield hero cleverly use and
take advantage of that shield and use it as a strength. I'm kind of surprised this
guy still had those balloon monsters which honestly what was that what the
spear hero being scared of them? Aren't these things like level 1 are these
other heroes just made out of frickin paper? By the way throughout this battle I
was just waiting for it. I was thinking oh the King had to rid this battle
somehow. I'm actually not even sure if it counts but the red bitch was cheating oh
let me just use some wind magic and push this guy over come the freaking on!
I mean Naofumi had him the only way the spear hero was able to win was by
fucking cheating even the crowd seemed to be bought supposedly they couldn't say
the win magic but come on. As for the reveal of the princess red head
what the hell holy crap. Why is the princess freaking playing the hero's
assistant? At this point it really seems like she's playing everyone she's
playing the father and everyone around her. Seriously what did the previous
shield hero do to her? so far seems like the shield heroes don't like by default
although on the other hand the shield hero has protected Demi humans which is
interesting as for the Fox girl getting freed from the curse.
Did this girl just get smaller when she got freed? This part was a little confusing I
think that was just in his head I am questioning just how much of this was in
his mind though at one point he actually managed to get the shield off it still
returned to him what the hell this actually led into something very
interesting that cursed series skills. oh yes this guy's about to bring
destruction in hell upon all of them screw them
of course it's led to one of the best moments of this episode which is Raphtalia
telling everyone off including the spear hero. You just had the shield hero
at a totally then finally the squirrel girl calming the Beast. oh
that's definitely gonna be coming back. this whole moment really reminded me of
Subaru crying on Emilia's lap just happening way sooner as for the end of
this episode hey the shield hero has found his
Asuna! not only can this little lion girl attack but she could also make you
freakin sandwiches! definitely don't let go of her. Also by the way could this
guy not taste before or was it just said he was eating a bunch of cheap food that
was super bland in this world or was just now for me just that depressed.
Also there was no other thing about now for me just seeing her as a kid did he
just see her as a kid this whole time until the end of this episode? So overall
for this episode I've only got a chance to watch this at nighttime after work.
throughout the day and just some people spamming on Twitter and online how much
this episode had them in tears so let me just say this. personally I really
enjoyed this episode it just had the shield hero once again being pushed down
and then further kicked again and again it really had a similar vibe to the
Subaru broken-down moment. It only haven't been much much earlier I mean
this is only episode four or five depending on how you're counting. the
help from the neko girl was definitely needed and everybody hammered down how
Raphtalia was really there because she wants to.
now you're now left to wonder about it what if she didn't have the slave curse
contract that being said I didn't really find this at all to be a tearjerker like
I've seen others claiming. perhaps it's just due to the shield hero being
trampled on so much at this point it's almost to be expected. I mean ever seen
the first couple of episodes I was definitely expecting some type of scene
like this to happen hopefully they don't overplay that they really need to let
this guy actually rise a bit give it a sometime then you pull out the rug and
tear him down again. oh that's gonna be happening again.
As for the animation issue I brought up earlier I don't know perhaps I've been
spoiled lately by other isekai anime but this episode looks super rough
I really couldn't go maybe like 30 seconds without noticing some weird shot
or off-model characters at least right now the shield hero anime has been
confirmed for 24 episodes but the thing is you're only at episode 4 so far and
so rough I'll be really surprised if they don't have production issues down
the line by the way from my review on episode 1 what's wondering whether this
was more like konosuba or Rezero. right now is definitely any more towards rezero
if anything that spear hero might be more like konosuba what that needless
party member but we'll see. As we're going forward with the shield hero I
gotta say I would like to review this weekly but I'm already working like 70
or 80 hours a week damn Philippe dome got that time but who
knows perhaps don't sleeve half the time and put out a video every now and then I
do want to make some videos on the shooter or anime but not necessarily
weekly reviews but like I said who knows maybe I'll chime in every now and then
anyway let me toss it over to you question of the day were you crushed and
really feeling that shield hero's pain this episode? Did it move you into tears
like a lot of people are claiming? And what do you think about the shield hero
so far four episodes in? how do you rank it among other isekai anime? but
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this video and maybe I'll see if I can make more time for the shield hero anime
go ahead and check out my first impressions on the shield hero if you
haven't and check out my top 10 anime for 2018 and I'll see you guys later!