• The Rising of the Shield Hero, Volume 1

  • By: Aneko Yusagi
  • Narrated by: Kurt Kanazawa
  • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (532 ratings)

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The Rising of the Shield Hero, Volume 1

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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Excellent story, questionable excecution

love the story, enjoyed the audio format. young raphtalia voice however was....rough and very much took me out of the story with how jarring it was. please get a female reader for these parts moving forward.

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Hire a female voice actor for the female characters

The voice of female characters such as Raphtalia is NOT a good voice to have for them. They need to hire a second voice actor for the female characters.

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Honestly a great story…

To be perfectly honest I am writing this in hope that another volume gets written because the amount of detail put into this book feels like the guy is reading from a dnd setting and it is amazing! It absolutely sucks that it’s been 6 months with no follow up at all! Kurt, if you’re reading this, you started out great but it definitely sounded like you did long and drawn out reading sections. When I got to the part where Naofumi was accused the emotion sounds like you just read for 5 hours already! I don’t blame being tired and reading, I get it, but take shorter session, don’t be afraid of multiple takes and all of a chapter. I hope all of our honestly doesn’t drive you away but instead helps you pursue and endure.

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Very interesting Isekai concept.

The concept definitely hooks you in very well and keeps you hooked with the first major conflict. From there the relationship with the hero and his new companion was done very well. definitely a good choice for Isekai fans.

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Great story

But I just can't get past the narrator's voice. I really wanted to see how the books were different from the anime, though it doesn't seem I'll be able to this way. I guess my poor decision on not selecting the sample.

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excellent story narration is lacking

Glad the story came to audio book, the narrator cannot do female voices. Don't let that detract from the story though.

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wanting the next book

After having already read the anime, I want more. I understand some of the comments about the VA not being the best with female voices but it's only with 1 character and with good reason imo.

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Great story

What a great way to enjoy further details to the anime that I really enjoy. It goes just like a book and has the characters that I love.

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Loved the story

The story for season one of shield hero is great, and although the narrators narration of the story is sub par at most especially the range of voicing other characters it's still better then Monica rial.

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Needs one more voice

Story is good and I will buy more IF they get a female to voice the parts of the girls. Right now they kind of sound like Ms Piggy

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