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  • The Rising of the Shield Hero, Volume 1

  • Written by: Aneko Yusagi
  • Narrated by: Kurt Kanazawa
  • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (21 ratings)

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The Rising of the Shield Hero, Volume 1

Written by: Aneko Yusagi
Narrated by: Kurt Kanazawa
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Publisher's Summary

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!

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What a total *****

honestly I've been told many times to read the Manga before I watch the anime and I couldn't do it , I had to listen to this audiobook during work so I could get the full picture and while I will say the narrator had some very hilarious choices and voice for monsters as well I did enjoy it though I loath the spear hero

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The Otaku in me is Satisfied.

The narration was how I imagined Naofumi's thought process:

A bitter young adult who knows that he's being treated unfairly and taking it out on others to make himself feel better.

I watched the anime first and the whole part in the ore mine with Raphtalia confused me. Hearing it made it make sense to me.

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great story, ok narration

the narrator is clearly still finding his feer, i dont know if it was his first time reading a light novel, but the sound cues and voice tones were all over the place.


otherwise this is a great story. this is the original work that came before the manga and the anime.

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Excellent!

loved every second of it! I love the show so it was great to have a better insight into the mind of Naofumi.

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