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The Rising of the Shield Hero, Volume 1

By: Aneko Yusagi
Narrated by: Kurt Kanazawa
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Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!

©2015 One Peace Books (P)2021 One Peace Books Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction
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It was a great story with an interesting world and characters, but the biggest problem was the narrator can't do female voices.

It was down right painful to listen to Raphtalia parts but other than the performance is generally good not the best as you don't really feel much emotion but otherwise a good listen.

Looking forward to hearing from the rest of the shield hero series.

Overhaul a great listen with just a few problems

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love the story and the male voice actor is good but really can't pull off a good female's voice. this really takes you out of the story

needs a female voice actor

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Kurt's performance was good, especially for the MC, however the female parts especially raphtallia and maine were very difficult to listen to. Looking forward to the next release though and will be purchasing it immediately either way

Great story, but needs a female VA

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I like this book, its what got me back into writing. neofumi is the best main lead character I've seen in a while. the story is well put together. my only demand is can we have more voice actors playing different rolls. I think it would help alot

storytelling

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The narrator wasn't the best at points, but was still very enjoyable and suited the main character.

Overall very good

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