The Rising of the Shield Hero, Volume 1
Aneko Yusagi
Language: English
Pages: 133
ISBN: 2:00325764
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!
and he seemed to be a king of some sort. “Now then, I shall begin with an explanation. This country, no, this whole world is on the brink of destruction.” Seems like a rather regal introduction. The other guys with me spoke up. “Well, I guess that makes sense, considering you’d call for us from another world.” “Yeah, figures.” I’ll try to summarize the king’s story: There was a prophecy about the end of the world. Many waves would appear, and they would wash over the world, again and
light-hearted and kind, something like an older brother. His face was at least as well kept as Ren’s, the type of guy who was sure to have a girlfriend or two. He was probably around 170 centimeters. His hair was pulled back into a ponytail. I normally don’t like ponytails on men, but it seemed to suit him. Overall he seemed like a caring, older brother. “Ok, my turn. I’m Itsuki Kawasumi. I’m 17, and still in high school.” The Bow Hero, Itsuki Kawasumi. He looked like the calm, piano-playing
to hold the line. Finally, a giant, three-headed dog appeared, some kind of monster. The people weren’t able to stand up to it at all, and they were trampled. The village couldn’t fight anymore, so they ran from the monsters. But the monsters wouldn’t let them flee. Acting like it was a sport, they hunted down the remaining people and killed them. Raphtalia’s family, like the rest of the villagers, ran from the monsters. Soon enough, they came to a cliff overlooking the ocean and found
not the sort of person to go out of his way to participate in a festival, but my parents rent a room for us near the festival grounds to encourage his participation. Well whatever, they have their own lives to live so they can’t give me all that much money. They try to help cover tuition and rent, so that’s plenty. So whenever I need to save money, when I don’t have all that much, I go to used bookstores or to the library to read. If I have free time, I like to play games online, but if you
become a slave, no one had treated me this way. “I already told you. You looked like you wanted to eat that.” “But…” “Just eat it. I need you to be healthy. If you stay skinny like that, you’re just going to die.” Die…? I would die. I was sure to die… Just like Rifana. I’d die of the same disease. “Here you are.” The waitress set a big, elaborate meal in front of me. There was a flag sticking out of it. What I had been envious of, only minutes before, I now had for my own. I hesitated. I