Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Episode 11 Discussion

thevagus said:
This anime has a serious flaw. Other heroes should have atleast a little power but they are shown totally powerless compared to naofumi lmao.

I wonder how this glass girl turns out to be.

Viz said:
Solid episode. But why does other heroes are so useless, even the wave boss is not impressed. I doubt Naofumi can carry them against Glass.. so next episode gonna be interesting.

Shotttooo00_0000 said:
Ok this is not what was promised in the first few episodes, so many of the things i feared happened in this episode.

In the beginning the king, Malty, the three other heroes(or in todays episode's case, numbskulls) and literally everyone else in this world hated Naofumi and destroyed our boi. A long time passes by which consisted of Naofumi cleaning the other 'heroes' stupid mistakes and finally today they meet and fight together for the first time. They are all higher leveled than our boi...... AND HOW ARE THEY STILL FUCKING IDIOTS DOING LITERALLY NOTHING. How are they supposed to be the competition in the story for our protaganist-kun at all, Naofumi did everything today. Like I said this is not the story that was promised in the beginning.

How better would it have been if the other numbskulls were actually heroes and actively gave Naofumi a long gap to fill to be the hero everyone respects. I don't want Naofumi to be the best hero this world has ever seen, I want to see the shield hero be someone equal to all the other heroes, because if the shield hero becomes the best hero this world has ever seen the next time heroes are summoned everyone is going to hate the other three instead(They haven't told us why all the previous shield heroes were hated, so I presume it's personal preference)

Also they literally spelled out the stupidity of the other three fuck boys by making them do the same exact attack to that dimensional spirit thingy(which did nothing), all three of them used lightning(lightning is lightning, no matter the method of attack lightning is lightning). Ok at least Motoyasu could have done something else because he attacked last of the three, but no our boi Naofumi is the only one with a functioning brain to try something else like wind(which pissed the spirit off). Our chicken loli is more useful than literally the rest of the cast.

Also what does that iron maiden thing Naofumi used to kill the dimensional thingy have to do anything with a shield, Is the shield hero handicapped or not, Why does he even need Raphtalia at this point if he did it himself.(I know they are family but today she was his cheerleader, especially Malty being there)

wheeeww.... finally got all that out, now i understand their are people who genuinly enjoy this show(I am jealous of them that I can't enjoy this like them) and I respect their opinion, this is just my opinion, at least at the moment, so I would really like to know how everyone else found this episode entertaining.

By the way the art, animation and soundtrack are still amazing, kinema citrus is not disappointing us in that regard.

Interim said:
"As source of thy power, I order thee. Decipher the laws of nature and illuminate my surroundings."

Sounds like Goblin Slayer to me.

justasadguy said:
FINALLY! A nice episode :D, I have been waiting since episode 3 to see a good one again...
But this makes me mad even more because it proves that this show has
potential, but wasted a lot of time in fillers (eg. Motoyatsu race )
Let's hope it grows again :), because it has all the potential to do it

SSL443 said:
Probably the best episode so far. Well paced, hit all the right beats.

Unfortunately, the other heroes and Malty still seem like they are there and acting like they do in order to give people revenge boners, rather than having any relevance to the narrative.

Not sure what the angle on Naofumi's arc is supposed to be at this point, either. I guess the rage shield is just a powerup he can use whenever with no consequences, except he becomes even more of an insufferable edgelord.

Ponds667 said:
You can really hear kirito in the sword hero lol. The OST in this episode was great, made some nice atmosphere for the episode.

Demyx_IX said:
If I recall right, the character is based off of him, and uses the same VA.

Stark700 said:
THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Damn, this episode was tough to watch.

Even with the help of the other heroes, it looks like they had a lot of trouble trying to get through this Wave. Not to mention, Naofumi is showing signs of his berserk rage again similar to one of the previous episodes. However, it seems he is getting much better use of his shield abilities.

Plenty of action this episode.

HajimeNozomiUwU said:
damn I'm wondering if Glass is another hero or a like wave boss. either way she's interesting and this episode had Naofumi one-upping the other heroes again hooray

NothinComplexPls said:
Shieldbro's anger phase was damped down a lot. The hatred inside him felt almost non-existent. Its the only disappointing thing for me this episode. Other than that, it wasn't bad. Hopefully, the fight next episode is good.

Fede_5000 said:
...He seemed defeated, but thanks that he now has the love and support of his raccoon daughter Naofumi comes back to his senses, traps the boss in a giant ball with spikes on the inside, then sticks the ball in a floating Iron Maiden that he somehow managed to summon. And just like that, it almost seems like he defeated the boss by himself. I mean, sure, maybe it was weakened by the combined efforts of everyone there, but… I thought the Shield Hero wasn’t going to be OP. What’s the downside here? Like, does this have any drawbacks? Is he extremely tired or what?
Seriously, you remember that scene in Sao where Kirito, by sheer force of will, manages to "hack the system" and instead of dying, ends up defeating the villain? is exactly what happens here we should only support it simply because they mistreated him, but really there is no reason to think that it is better than other protagonists because anyway it has many advantages and abilities that others do not possess since the other heroes did nothing although they made us believe that the shield hero was more "weak".

Fede_5000 said:
...He seemed defeated, but thanks that he now has the love and support of his raccoon daughter Naofumi comes back to his senses, traps the boss in a giant ball with spikes on the inside, then sticks the ball in a floating Iron Maiden that he somehow managed to summon. And just like that, it almost seems like he defeated the boss by himself. I mean, sure, maybe it was weakened by the combined efforts of everyone there, but… I thought the Shield Hero wasn’t going to be OP. What’s the downside here? Like, does this have any drawbacks? Is he extremely tired or what?
Seriously, you remember that scene in Sao where Kirito, by sheer force of will, manages to "hack the system" and instead of dying, ends up defeating the villain? is exactly what happens here we should only support it simply because they mistreated him, but really there is no reason to think that it is better than other protagonists because anyway it has many advantages and abilities that others do not possess since the other heroes did nothing although they made us believe that the shield hero was more "weak".

Fappa said:
Sorry but at this point making the other 3 heroes and their parties this retarded is just plain writer's convenience.

I was already annoyed by how the writer turned the source of Naofumi's personal demise into a laughing stock and now on top of that they're incapable in direct combat/judgement as well. Look, I get it. It's all to make Naofumi look as competent as possible but at least try to make it seem a bit more natural. Oh jeez.

Well maybe next week is gonna work on that, we'll see.

Fappa said:
Sorry but at this point making the other 3 heroes and their parties this retarded is just plain writer's convenience.

I was already annoyed by how the writer turned the source of Naofumi's personal demise into a laughing stock and now on top of that they're incapable in direct combat/judgement as well. Look, I get it. It's all to make Naofumi look as competent as possible but at least try to make it seem a bit more natural. Oh jeez.

Well maybe next week is gonna work on that, we'll see.

DirectorK said:

It may be convenient writing, but it does shows just how incompetent the other heroes because they still got their head in the clouds and are still treating everything like a game, Lance Hero being the worst of the three due to his overbearing ego. Shield Hero ended up learning the hard way from the start and is the only one who actually takes this seriously. Glass points this out the moment she arrives and in those first words she speaks she's shown more respect to the Shield Hero than anyone else has this entire time.

OG_Gattsu said:
It’s really annoying the heroes continue to be portrayed as incompetent idiots who can’t do anything right, so Edgelord Hero can save the day! It’s just poor writing and plot convenience at this point.

The writer emphasised the stupidity of these dumbfucks by making them all use lightning attacks against the dimensional spirit. Then we have Spear Hero and the other two moaning about helping the Edgelord hero. “I’d rather die than save the world!” is what I got from them.

I really don’t like the rage shield. Not only is it a powerup that focuses on his rage boner, it defeats the purpose of him being a tank. It’s fucking bullshit that the lower level tank is doing more DPS to the enemy, it would have been better if the heroes co-operated.

There are many set backs but they will show in a future fight. As Glass said those monsters were weaklings. In this case just consumes his mana.

Demyx_IX said:

The funny thing is that they're technically stronger because of both level and

omegarabbit said:

In regards to under the spoiler:

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