A gamer is magically summoned into a parallel universe, where he is chosen as one of four heroes destined to save the world from its prophesied doom. Student Naofumi opens a strange book in the library and magically reawakens in another world as the Shield Hero, alongside three other heroes. To break out of his rut, Naofumi buys Raphtalia, a half-raccoon girl, as a slave. He trains her to fight but her traumatic past causes friction. With time until the next Wave, the duo make preparations. Later, Raphtalia notices that the other heroes look down on Naofumi but doesn't know why. At a state dinner, Motoyasu challenges Naofumi to a duel for Raphtalia's freedom.

Enlarge Image. With no one to aid him, Naofumi resorts to making some tough decisions. Slaves can never disobey or betray their master when a contract is made. Naofumi teaches Raphtalia how to fight — as all Naofumi is capable of is defending. It looks bad at first but through the course of the episode, he displays his kinder side.

The Rising of the Shield Hero is an anime series adapted from the light novels of the same title written by Aneko Yusagi. The first season of the television series is produced by Kinema Citrus and directed by Takao Abo, [1] with Keigo Koyanagi handling series composition, Masahiro Suwa designing the characters and Kevin Penkin composing the music. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anime News Network.