the rising of the shield hero light novel

My parents know this about me, and so they gave up on me early on. Ever since I first became interested in video games and anime and other Otaku past-times, I’ve given them more of my time than I give my actual studies.

I’m also aware that I am more of a nerd than the rest of my classmates. My name is Naofumi Iwatani, and I’m a sophomore in college. Often arcs are shared between volumes which is not captured in the table below.Chapter One: A Royal Summons “Huh?” I’d gone to the library to do a bit of reading. Note that below is a rough match-up between the arcs and volumes. List of Volumes and Arcs Main article: List of Light Novel Volumes For example, in the light novel Naofumi's personality is less sadistic and grows during the course of the story. Key characters like Kyo and Ost do not exist in the web novel while others like Medea do not exist in the light novel.īesides the general story-line, the characters within the story are also noticeably changed. Even within shared arcs, the details of the story are quite different. Anything after Volume 16 of the Light Novel does not exist within the Web Novel.

The most notable is that it is missing multiple web novel arcs (Like Counterattack of the Fluffy-Tailed Waifu or The New Seven Sins arcs) and has a few light-novel exclusive arcs.

The Reprise of the Spear Hero Light NovelĪfter the light novel was created, a few notable changes were made from the web novel.

The Rising of the Shield Hero Light Novel.

The works which are contained within the Light Novel universe includes: What occurs in the web novel does not necessarily predict what will occur in the Light Novel and vice versa. Since the Web Novel and Light Novel are meant to be considered separate works, they are considered to have independent canons. In 2017, the spin-off series The Reprise of the Spear Hero was released in light novel and manga form. Light Novel Volume 8 and Volume 9 appear exclusively in the light novel story and as of Volume 16, the two stories have diverged completely. While the two stories start similar, the differences between the Web Novel and Light Novel grow as they develop. The Web Novel is commonly believed and treated as a rough draft of the series, however, the author of the series, Aneko Yusagi, noted that the Web Novel and Light novel should be considered two separate works. As of 2021, twenty-three volumes will be released in both Japanese and English translation. However, due to its popularity, it was picked up in 2013 by Media Factory for distribution in Japanese and in 2015, it was picked up by One Peace Books for distribution in English. The Rising of the Shield Hero was first imagined by Aneko Yusagi as a web novel on a fan-generated site.

The rising of the shield hero light novel