Tag Archives: Rising of the Shield Hero

Slimes, Slaves, and Sexy Maids: The New Wave of Tropes?

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Merlin

It’s no secret whatsoever: when something new and unusual gets any sort of success, it gets copycatted out the freaking wazoo. Hollywood’s scramble to imitate the Marvel Cinematic Universe is but one outstanding example of that. There’s also all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Anime-ted Living, Discussion | Tagged Black Summoner, By the Grace of the Gods, My Isekai Life, One Piece, Overlord, Redo of Healer, Rising of the Shield Hero, Skeleton Knight in Another World, Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World, So I’m a Spider So What, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Devil is a Part-Timer, The Duke of Death and His Maid, The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated, The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious | 4 Comments

The Many Methods of Summoning in Anime

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Merlin

There is one form of magic that has always puzzled me a bit. I say that as… well, a fantasy-loving geek who has thought a lot about magic and how it works in any story I find it in. Elemental … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Anime-ted Living, Books, Discussion, Games | Tagged Arifureta, By the Grace of the Gods, Cardcaptor Sakura, Dog Days, Fairy Tail, Familiar of Zero, FInal Fantasy, Grimnoir Chronicles, Hellsing Ultimate, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord, Kamitachi, Magi: Labyrinth of Magic, Magic Knight Rayearth, Medabots, Mon-Colle Knights, Naruto, Pokemon, Rising of the Shield Hero, To Love-Ru, Welcome to Demon School Iruma, Yu-Gi-Oh | 5 Comments

The Most Important Question for an Isekai

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Merlin

“There is nothing more elusive than an obvious fact,” said Sherlock Holmes. And how true is it? So many times there are so many things, so many connections and ideas and truths, which are so obvious, and yet we miss … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Anime-ted Living, Discussion | Tagged Arifureta, By the Grace of the Gods, Death March to a Parallel World Rhapsody, Didn't I Say Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life, Digimon, Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks, Dog Days, Familiar of Zero, Gate, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord, InuYasha, Isekai Cheat Magician, Kamitachi, Magic Knight Rayearth, Master of Ragnarok Blesser of the Einherjar, Monster Rancher, No Game No Life, Overlord, Restaurant to Another World, Rising of the Shield Hero, Saga of Tanya the Evil, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Vision of EscaFlowne | 2 Comments

Anime Review: Rising of the Shield Hero

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Merlin

The first thing I heard about Rising of the Shield Hero was the controversy surrounding the events of the first episode. The previous season had sparked outrage with the graphic depiction of all things horrible in Goblin Slayer, and now this season … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Tuesday Review | Tagged Rising of the Shield Hero | 9 Comments

The Power(ing) of Isekai Protagonists

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Merlin

A humble, average person gets whisked away from our normal world and into a more fantastic one. Here, in this other world filled with strange and wondrous and dangerous things, the humble native of our world is no average person, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime and Cartoons, Discussion, Miscellaneous | Tagged Digimon, Dragonball Z, Gate, InuYasha, Monster Rancher, Overlord, Rising of the Shield Hero, Saga of Tanya the Evil, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Vision of EscaFlowne | 6 Comments