The Rising of the Shield Hero

So ANN hates this show:

So far, on ep 4, what I like: (This is how you do allegories without hitting people over the head with CURRENT YEAR politics.)

Glad its getting a 2nd and 3rd season ANN.

• Protag is a sweetheart and those 3 other people that call themselves heroes, well Booster Gold has more integrity then they do.
• The Darn Redheaded Lady: Lets Steal the Noob's stuff
• Due to pretty much a ploy from Spear Head Blond "Charming" Snake. How much you want to bet he just collects "girls" and will drop them....yup! Ep 3, already trying to sweet talk Raphtalia. 
• Naofumi is the real hero, plus the shield isn't useless, DPS is plentiful but how many are true tanks?
• He takes what's given and makes lemon-aid out of it. Way to go hero :D Plus I have a feeling his party makeup will be of characters this society ignores or devalues.
• Spearman: Asshat, Bowman: Little shit that goes along to get along, Swordman: I'm so better then everyone! (I dont care about their names.) 
• This land is the land of Hypocrites. The king is one of the biggest. Plus they all had it out for Naofumi from the start. Like damn.
• So you have all sorts of allegories but its totally based in this setting. No one is a stand in for something in our world. What a relief.
• Spear Butthead wants to honor duel to free Raphtalia, even though he's just doing it for "SEE? ME AM HERO!" points. LMFAO.

Guess I should thank that ANN reviewer guy for complaining about this show. It lead me to something fun to watch. Will do further updates as I go along. At ep 5 now.

• Holy shit: Episode 5: even though he's been hurt badly, sometimes just having that one spark, can keep a good heart kind and empathetic.
• Spear Idiot is getting a slight clue along with the other 2. Maybe....just maybe you are fighting for the wrong people huh. God, that princess is all the tropes I hate in one package. She's the Karen of this universe.  
• Yea, they actually are starting to realize that they have been jerks. 
• His efforts with the village have paid off in spades, see? Sometimes doing the right thing leads to the best kind of karma. 
• Bird is cute.
• FUCK THAT PRINCESS! She's the biggest cunt ever. 

Looks like her mom isnt too keen on what her kid is doing. Ha! Plus the bird ko'd spear blonde's nuts. Nice. Frack that dude. He's still a stuck up snob. Hasnt quite gotten the memo that princess is not good for his health. 

• This is gonna be a theme isnt it? Bitch ass princess gonna cheat a whole lot. Frack you. Just get thrown in a pit and rot.  
• At the end of Ep 6 now. Yea, this guy is gonna beat everyone else because he's making actual connections so far. Plus he has a ninja chicken kid. Yup. 

 Episode 7: Raphtailia is doing some serious woman plotting. XD 

Its hilarious how he's fixing all the derp that spear dipwit is "accomplishing."  Plus it looks like he's going to have to clean up more messes from the other two "heroes" also. I do like how this series showcases how important support skills are. 

As for Episode 9: Wham episode. In more ways then one.