Before I was summoned to another world,
I was an ordinary otaku who dabbled in a little bit of everything.
The real world is a shithole. I don't belong here.
And my games were the one thing that helped me forget that.
I spent most of my time selling items to relax,
but sometimes I'd lead clans doing high-difficulty content.
I was a genius!
I could do anything!
My experiments and inventions made me famous throughout the whole country!
Online games were just one of many things I enjoyed as an otaku.
tl;dr + don't care
Name: Nameless Vagrant
Diedie i'll kill you all die
Name: Nameless Vagrant
somebody ban this loser
Name: Nameless Vagrant
Games were all I had.
My life in those games was my reality!
I hacked your IP
My life was an ordinary one, and I thought it would last forever.
I wanted to wake up from this nightmare.
So what am I doing here?
I'm here in a totally new world, and I...
I'm just doing what they told me to!
I'm not wasting my time with that crap!
This is the second life I wanted!
So I'm gonna seize it for all its worth!
Different worlds, ruled by different laws.
Shatter their different barriers and manifest its power here!
The Wave of Calamity, Dimension Wave!
The Rising of the Shield Hero
Naofumi-san, this is...
Episode 12 Reason to Fight
Yes! That's a Wave!
Then the others...
They were sent to the Wave because they're this world's Cardinal Heroes and their followers.
No...
There was still time!
Why?
Look, Master!
Get in, everyone!
Where are the others?
They stayed to help with the Waves.
It's all Kyo's doing...
He used the power he stole from the Spirit Tortoise to create a Wave!
You knew, and you still helped him?
Naofumi-sama!
But I didn't think he'd do this!
I thought he'd use the Spirit Tortoise's power to protect this world from the Waves!
So, what are you even doing here?
Kizuna told me...
they'd handle the Waves.
And that I should help you instead.
Kizuna believed in me, even though I'm a fool.
For her sake, I will throw aside my pride and bring the Shield Hero to Kyo!
As the Wielder of the Boat Vassal Weapon, I will bring you to Kyo.
All right.
Take me to where that bastard's waiting!
Bait Lure!
Blank-Stance Rondo: Moon Break!
Thanks, Glass!
It was nothing...
They just keep coming!
How do we stop this?
We may need to defeat Kyo, the one who summoned it!
Naofumi...
This is it?
Kyo's lab.
Thank you, Ethnobalt!
We'll handle the rest!
The others have seen the Waves, but Kizuna hasn't.
She'll feel a lot better with you there.
All right.
Stay safe, everyone!
You too, Ethnobalt!
Let's go!
These are all used in Kyo's experiments, huh?
Yes, that's right.
Vengeance... Vengeance for Kazuki-sama!
These are...
Chimeras?
A fusion of a human and a Byakko copy?
Kyo!
That's...
The same sword Yomogi-san was using?
We'll defeat you...
If we defeat you, Kazuki-sama will come back!
Kyo promised us!
So he talked them into being sacrificial pawns?
Like he did with you?
Stop...
That won't bring your master back!
I'm sorry, but...
We don't have time to waste here!
It only took an instant?
I think it's because of the jewel that Therese-san gave me!
It gives you the same power as Filo's High Quick?
I'm fast, too!
Kazuki-sama...
For Kazuki-sama...
No!
Air Strike Shield!
Second Shield!
Dritte Shield!
Shield Prison!
Meteor Shield!
Are you guys okay?
Yes!
I think so...
It's so dusty!
Well, so much for this lab!
But you still screwed it up, like everybody else.
You're all useless.
Kyo!
Hey there, Shield Shithead!
I'm not happy at all to see you again.
Agreed.
But coming here was the only way to kick your ass.
Kazuki-sama! Kazuki-sama!
See! I brought him back!
That's impossible...
A mirror?
He didn't come back to life!
That's a homunculus Kyo made!
The soul that dwelled in his body during life is gone!
The body is empty!
He forced the soul of the Wielder of the Mirror Vassal Weapon into it!
What?
The Wielder of the Mirror Vassal Weapon? The one who went missing?
Spoiler warning, bitch.
No blood flows through his veins. His soul is a different person's.
That isn't the comrade they love!
No... No!
Well, there you go.
Have fun dying against a dead guy, morons!
I won't let you get away!
Raphtalia!
Naofumi-sama, I can handle this.
I can hear the voice of the Wielder of the Mirror Vassal Weapon.
He's begging to be released.
I get it...
The Vassal Weapon Wielders are resonating!
Go, Shield Hero!
And stop Kyo!
I'll help!
Okay!
Let's go, Rishia!
Um... okay!
Wow!
I can fight like I did before!
What is that?
As someone who helped Kyo,
is it my duty to put their suffering to an end?
I'll liberate you now.
Kyo!
Finally!
It's finally just the two of you!
The green-haired moron and the Shield Shithead!
You're the two that I need to kill myself!
So you caused that last Wave using Ost's power?
Of course I did!
Can't you tell?
This is all that turtle's power!
I used a lot of it,
but I can just go back to your world and get more!
Oh, but I guess the stupid turtle is dead.
So what's the other one again? Some kind of big bird?
Shut up.
I can't hear you—
Shut up!
I'm sick of you.
Sick of hearing your voice, sick of seeing that smirk on your face...
Naofumi-san?
Who the hell do you think you are?
Coming into our world and treating it like it's your toy!
Right now, you're the ones in my world.
So it's "our world" now?
Guess you really are the Shield Hero now!
Yes! That's it!
That face is what I wanted to see!
I loved what I saw when I took the demi-human girl from you!
Shame things with the bird girl didn't work out!
She was supposed to be fried chicken by the time you found her!
And all of that's what you get for playing the hero and ruining my plan!
Naofumi-san?
How do you feel right now?
Angry? Pissed off?
Ready to rip me in half?
I bet you do, don't you?
Don't you? Don't you?!
Yeah, that's right!
You messed with my friends!
Now shut up, so I can kill you!
Just try it!
Naofumi-san! You can't use that!
Foolish sinner, I sentence you to cast your screams unto the heavens!
Within the dragon's jaws born from my flesh,
become an offering to the gods as you howl!
Naofumi-san!
So you chose to use it.
You chose to call me, Iwatani Naofumi!
Now I will become one with you!
Haha! Look at this loser!
Wrath Shield
He got so mad he let his shield take him over!
"Friends"? You expect me to believe that bullshit?
You control them with the Slave Crest and Monster Crest.
If they really were your "friends," you wouldn't need to enslave them!
No!
Naofumi-san is...
The fact that you helped your slaves get a bit stronger doesn't change a thing, you idiot!
Naofumi-san, stay in control!
So what?
Naofumi-san?
Both Raphtalia and Filo were useless at first!
But now they're useful!
That's why I keep them around!
What's wrong with that?
But what the hell are you?
You disgusting slut!
You pissed me off just as much as Kyo!
Why am I stuck taking care of a girl whose life goal was to get into the Bow Hero's pants?
Ugly whore!
I'll kill you first!
I finally heard what you really think.
I always wondered what you thought about me.
I'm okay with that.
But... Raphtalia-san and Filo-chan are different, right?
Sure, maybe you were using them at first.
But who could blame you?
There were things you had to do, even if it meant making them your slaves!
They understand that!
And they know that it's different now!
That you think of us as treasured friends.
So Ost-san also...
I don't know who you are, but get out of Naofumi-san!
What are you doing?
You're ruining my show!
Forget it.
I'll just kill him while he's in crazy mode.
But of course, you'll die first!
Again? Damn it!
So even after all this, you're still relying on the Spirit Tortoise's power?
You're weak!
What... What are you?
Naofumi-san!
Wake up! Naofumi-san!
You bitch!
Naofumi-san!
What's wrong?
Don't let that woman's words deceive you!
No, you're the one trying to deceive me!
I'm making you an offer!
As a Cardinal Hero, it's your task to fight the Waves!
My task?
And for that, you need my power!
My power, which burns everything!
Burns everything...
Yes. That's right...
I told you, didn't I, Shield Hero?
You don't need these flames.
Ost?
Do you intend to use those flames to kill my friends?
You decide what your task is.
Now stand up.
Everybody's waiting!
Raphtalia... Filo?
Rishia!
What?
Damn it!
I'll burn you all to ash!
Forbidden Tome: Revelation!
Die!
I bet I can keep this up longer than you can!
Naofumi-sama!
Master!
Thanks, Raphtalia! Filo!
Naofumi-san!
You too, Rishia!
You stopped the Wrath Shield, and my anger, from taking me over!
But this anger, this pain, this sorrow...
I have to accept it and move forward!
The Mirror Vassal Weapon?
Ost was right!
I'll decide my task!
Kyo Ethnina!
Sorry for playing hero and ruining your plans.
I'm sure you had your reasons for thinking this was right...
So I'm not doing this for the sake of some great task or for what's right!
I'm doing it for myself! Of my own free will!
I will defeat you!
Great!
Enjoy your victory!
Guys like you always end up looking like fools in the end!
As you'll find out soon!
This is...
Ost-san?
Shield Hero... and his followers!
Thank you... for defeating Kyo!
Hey! Hey!
I see.
So Kyo's dead, huh?
We found the missing Mirror Vassal Weapon, too.
We won't have to worry about the war for now.
Now it's time for the king to show us what he can do, huh, L'Arc?
Good luck with that, young master.
Stop calling me that, lad!
What will you do now, Naofumi?
I don't know.
I thought that I had to ride the Wave home, the same way you did.
But now it's gone.
And there's about... a month until the next one.
Why not relax here a little until it comes?
I guess I don't have a choice.
Sounds great!
Let's head back to the castle and have a banquet!
Sounds great!
Let's go fishing, too!
I was hoping we could—
Naofumi?
Mission Complete Retrieved the Spirit Tortoise's power
Looks like we can go home after all.
There's not even a minute left.
Thank you for everything!
Um, let's meet again!
Bye!
Wait!
What about the fishing? And the banquet?
Don't be ridiculous, Kizuna.
No...
Well, I kind of saw it coming.
Naofumi, you jerk!
I haven't even thanked you!
Thank you.
Thank you, Naofumi!
As one of the Cardinal Heroes, I'll do my best here!
Yeah.
Can I come see you sometimes?
I mean, I don't know if I even can.
Yeah. You're welcome, as long as you're not coming to kill me.
Dummy... You know I wouldn't...
See you around, Kizuna.
Up until the last minute, Naofumi was...
After I returned home,
I was given a medal by the queen for defeating the Spirit Tortoise,
and the title of viscount.
I heard later that at the time the Wave appeared in Kizuna's world,
another appeared here.
While we were gone, Motoyasu, Ren, and Itsuki worked hard to defeat it.
Maybe they just wanted to restore their names
after how useless they were against the Spirit Tortoise.
But the Waves, the other world... there are more and more problems to deal with.
And then there's the Phoenix, the next Guardian Beast to awaken.
It's hard to stay positive with so many challenges awaiting us.
But I know that as long as I have my friends, I can keep this world safe.
At least, that's how it feels.
Because I'm...
The Rising of the Shield Hero
The Shield Hero!