THAT'S RIGHT.

RISING OF THE SHIELD HERO. GO WATCH OR READ IT NOW BECAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT TO HIT SPOILER CITY.

WE GOOD?
GOOD.

LET ME GET THIS OFF MY CHEST :

PINK HAIRED PRINCESS WOMAN IS A B#TCH.
I apologize for screaming and cursing, bUT SHE IS.

I saw the scene where the pope rained down HOLY smite on them in subbed and my brother personally made a point on how much he despises her.

Of course, not knowing what she did, I stood up for her and said she seems nice. My brother made a face in response and just patted my shoulder in pity.

I didn't understand why at the time,  BUT HOLY.CRAP.

WHY

OH MY GOD, JUST

THIS WOMAN.

LITERALLY EPISODE ONE, I COULD SENSE IT.

SENSE IT.

I JUST

MMMMMMMMMMM

EVERYONE KEPT ASKING IF I WAS OKAY BECAUSE I WAS SCREAMING AT HER THE ENTIRE TIME.

AAAAAAA

Anyways, that aside, I deeply enjoyed the anime. I stopped at Episode 24 because I believe that's all that there is at the moment. This was truly a gem to dive into and I love/hate the characters I'm supposed to (which is honestly impressive because i always am attracted to the 'full of themselves, cocky' characters since they are the most fun to watch!)!

Going into this, I thought it would be another adventure anime where a guy goes with all of his new friends and picks a weird weapon. Little did I realize the true drama and storytelling it has!

Literally, things that I thought irrelevant to the plot were actually EXTREMELY relevant and dealt with accordingly!! This pleases me to NO END!

Examples would be when he talked with the merchant about his knowledge. When they started to share all the rumors about th e other heroes, I simply thought it was just to buff up their status and such.

HOWEVER, they dealt with it in a completely different and honestly great way!
They emphasized the importance in long term goals instead of short term victories (planting the seed, killing the Dragon, liberating that country (ok, sorry archer, but even I knew that was a horrible idea)).

It's an important lesson to learn and kind of pulls you a little bit back to make you think.

Plot was enjoyable! Seeing as words can bring a reputation to dirt so quickly and watching the amount of time and work invested in rebuilding it was intriguing.
The shield hero had to literally work from the ground up while the others were stuck in fantasy land.

Warms my heart on how he actually took this seriously but not at the same time uwu

Anyways, on to characters!
(Keep in mind, I know their names but am simply too lazy to spell them. Plus, it's really late XD)

Shield dude: ABSOLUTELY LOVED HIM. He's reasonable and has a good heart. Plus, he actually THINKS. Idk, just salty. His attitude and mannerisms are what I like about a character (things come at a cost and actions have consequences). I truly admired him and cheered him on in every fight (especially every verbal fight where the smacked down some doods-- loopy 5am brain XD)

Raccoon-Fox girl person: Hmm. I liked her a lot. She was kind hearted but also strong willed. She would sacrifice herself for those she loves and will fight for what is right.  A truly admirable hero.

Filo: YES, BIG CHUB CHICKEN IS ALWAYS A WIN. SHE WAS AMAZING--

Spear guy: I expected to like him as I do with other cocky characters, but I absolutely resented him. Well, I don't haaaaate him but DANG DUDE, YOU'RE 21 AND YOU'RE THAT DENSE??? Don't let a pretty face confuse you man, you trusted her so easily. He didn't even CARE to listen to both sides of the argument before he decided to kill shield dude. :/ Still, he is a good character and does what he thinks is right u_u

Sword man: What is up with you. First you act like a  snooty mc snooterman and next you're all "I work alone and I wear dark clothing and look, I have a sword so i can kill big stuff! I'm the new kirito guys-" I MEAN
I'm just making so much fun out of you. You were also an okay character but DANG. I can't decide what you are owo

Bow bro: you were okay. I mean, you seemed okay and stuff, Idk.

Blacksmith: YOU, MY DUDE, ARE THE REAL MVP. HE'S SO NIIICE.

Seamstress: yes. Whatever you do, YES.

Witchy lady: She was a kind elder uwu

Princess stupid pink haired face: (Sorry, but there are no words to describe how much I dislike her. Hmm. Possibly on par with Kendra, Pepethehuman uwu)

Princess purple: Okay, the way you hAndled yourself in that scene with the sister, king, and you always just- I cried proud tears on how much you pissed her off.

Queen: yo, I really like you. Uwu

King: Man dude, I don't hate you as much as I should. You really did just want to protect your family, but pride got in your way.

Slave Merchant: DUDE YOU ARE SHADY AS FRICK BUT DANG DO YOU FASCINATE ME XDDD

Jewelry merchant: I like you. Business is a cruel world and you're surviving uwu

Lord dude of the animal peeps: yo. I like u too uwu

Basically all animal peeps: YOU ALL ARE FRICKIJG PRECIOUS AND I WANNA PROTECC--

Big chicken queen: I have an odd interest in you because you remind me of someone.

Glass: literally #. Every time she appeared, I cackled.

Kungfu grandma: YOOOO, TEACH ME HOW TO FRICKIJG THROW DOWN LIKE THAT--

Undead Dragon: rip

Scary dino: pressed f

And I don't think I can remember anything else.
I'm practically falling asleep while writing and have been relying on autocorrect to fix anything so
Sorry if it's messy.

Anyways, it's a good anime uwu