"This is reality. Not a game." The fact that he was the first person to not only realize that, but also to internalize that, is what ultimately made him the strongest of the heroes.

Naofumi before: "Defense is all I'm good for" Naofumi now: "So anyways, i started cursing"

0:21 i never noticed before how she flinched at his hand at first, as if expecting to be hit, then that look of bewilderment as he pets her head affectionately...

Kid Raphtalia was only present for pretty much one episode, but she left such a huge impression on me that even after she's grown into a woman, I still see her as a precious little daughter who I want to protect. :,) But, _maaan_ do I miss her early innocence! Her smiles and expressions... were just something else back then. ^_^

0:09 using his shield as a vacuum cleaner! hahahaha

Raphtalia is so precious

0:07 a little easter egg. In the novel the shield accidently absorbed raphtailias hair and the shield lets him control her stats but he never wanted to use it

0:09 Ohhhh so that's how he got that raccoon skill. If you don't know what i'm talking about one of the episodes Naofomi looked his shield skill tree thing and you can see a raccoon symbol. So he must have gathered raphtalias hair and got the skill from it.

Raphtalia asking Naofumi not to throw her away legitimately brought tears to my eyes the first time I saw the episode. I really think she's an endearing character

"While it is always best to believe in oneself, a little help from others can be a great blessing." -Iroh

MUST PROTECC

She has to learn to fight, but she really wants someone to care about her. The greatest fear a child has is being abandoned. It's a living nightmare.

Notice he never says he'll abandon her. Just that he'll get someone else. He never intended to ever let Raphtalia be alone again.

0:22 this was just adorable, Naofumi showing her affection… and boy does she need it

0:05 D'aww. 1:43 Good thing she's wearing a lot of red and dark colors.

It wasnt bad, but they could have let this part be 2 episodes to explore more on the relationship building of them along with more world building, since it missed a scene of raphtalia playing with the ball and then being bullied and almost getting its ball stolen, or a little more on detail with the scene where naofumi gives her a haircut and later when she pees the bed, which goes to show naofumi view in slaveship, where he is very much taking a business approach to it with improving the slave quality for later use, since he feed raphtalia, gave her medicine, congratulate her when does it well and make it so she understand when she fails, where he states "why would i be angry towards a repenting person that tries to listen and change?", and way later on, in the LN, which probably wont get adapted since its volume 10, goes beyond that with another kind of scenes, also, they missed when he gets the cooking skill, it comes to help out a little that one later on

Raphtalia: “look, there’s the enemy!” Naofumi: “it’s just a rabbit?” Raphtalia: “that’s no ordinary rabbit”

1:38 i love dat rabbit sound ♥

0:10, I like ya cut g

0:38 "A health bar does not show who is an enemy to you. It shows who is an enemy to themselves."

I cant believe I never actually noticed how beautiful is that first OST theme.

Shame she grew up so fast, would have been nice to have had more scenes of her as a kid before turning into a love interest.

"Defense is the only thing i'm good for"

She protecc She attacc But most importantly... She want to get kissed bacc

It was kinda sad to see Raphtalia flinch when Naofumi raised his hand, but her expression when he just gave her an understanding head pat was adorable

0:05 Raccoon got a pancake :D

We haven't seen her much. But Kid Raphtalia sure made a great impression on us.

I love Naofumi's and Rapthalia's relationship. They are like brothers.

i really wanted the rabbit to say after getting stabbed "You haven't seen the last of me i will return and make you pay for today's cruelty"

Episode 2 "oh she's like a little supporter, like Lili in DanMachi" Episode 3 "uhhh..."

Struggles and hardships will break a man. But they will only forge a hero.

Reality is not only just a game, but as follows: One only learns the functionalities of reality the hard way....

Thank you, very cool!

Literal best girl in the anime-verse. No one is more wholesome than this

The fact that this anime is 2 years now.... Well s2 comming october and here i am waiting

1:38 That little Rabbit could have had dreams, dreams it'll never accomplish.

I just noticed that he's using his shield to absorb any of Raphtalia's hair on the floor.

I shed some tears allway, when I see it

Me recordo a Sylvie cuando dijo "amo porfavor no me abandones" y "puedo comer esto" Que tierna

Amazing how they have the shield as the risk taker and the sword as the level headed one (for the most part).

I can't be the only one that thinks the entire season of Shield Hero had amazing OST's?

I can understand her hesitation. They went from fighting slimes and basically balloons to something with an actual heartbeat.

Wonder how many folks missed/overlooked the detail where the hair he trimmed off, he fed some of it to his shield. (Basically tells you a LOT if not most/everything that can offer a material can be an ingredient for those gem's to sample.)

Lol I still feel sad for the rabbit till this day 😂😭

It breaks your heart to see her.

I didn't notice when watching the first time, but now in this clip I saw it. at 0:09 some of Raphtalia's hair must have gotten into the shield. I wonder what kind of effect that gave.

Had to rewind to make sure I caught that, but it looks like Naofumi feeds a bit of Raphtalia's hair to the Shield after he cuts it for her. Dunno if maybe that's what helped her reach through the fire so many times or if it'll come into play further down the line but it's a detail I hadn't noticed before.

shes so precious tho

if you don't want that i pay for watch, it's ok crunchyroll i can continue doing this all days

Raphtalia: Me: *PROTECC DA BABY*

interesting perspective. the distinction of game and reality is the ability to learn from death. the interface is just something eases that interpretation of the world but with permadeath in play, it might as well be reality.

She leveled up to protecc her kind

"All I am good for is defence" 3 other heroes: *visible confusion*

The rabbit when it got stabbed:😐

I'll Fight for You | The Rising of the Shield Hero

My brain every time raphtalia is on screen: protect protect protect protect protect

Gonna stack this one real good and watch it in June.

Damn that rabbit had 3 gallons of blood.

what beautiful moments ❤️

I always like the montages of this show

0:10 Bruh Nafumi really put her hair inside his shield

Naofumi is the Best Dad in the series 😊💪🏾🔥🔥

As soon as she leveled up i had asdf run through my head

You have to fight, Raph!

Season 1 really hit different man.

Ilove this anime

I felt bad for the rabbit

“That rabbit’s dynamite!”

Please dont throw me down

Awesome The Rising of the Shield Hero Video.

The fact that she wet the bed and Naofumi just dealt with it while comforting her reminds me of why it's difficult for him to see Raphtalia as anything but a daughter. It's also such a mundane thing that it gives a lot of character to their relationship as father and daughter and why i hope they stay that way.

This was a very serious and brutal rabbit attack.

This is my favorite anime

I have searched through the OST, but I haven't heard anything resembling the rabbit stab scene music. Please let me know what it is!

love the manga and love the anime

Okay, help me out. What's the name of that theme that starts playing once Raphtalia picks the dagger back up? I love that theme.

D'aw, poor her, she even wet the bed once XD

My they grow up so fast!

Anyone else wish that this anime had jettisoned the whole "game mechanic" vibe (with enemies having "levels", etc.) and just told this as a straightforward story set in a high fantasy world?

who knew rabbits could be so scary XD

Raphtalia even as a little kid understood that she needed to help Naofumi in his own adventures And now she’s a skilled swordswoman and an integral member of his party I would never imagine Atla ever being like that

they grow up so fast

"This is reality. Not a game." A reality that works on game mechanics. Role-playing game mechanics, to be exact. You see that a lot in Isekai fantasy anime. Heck, even non-Isekai fantasy anime have rpg mechanics for their worlds.

"Esto no es un juego" bien dicho Xocas

Being at the volume 18 of the light novel like me. Feels good to come back to see this moments, with just Naofumi and Raphtalia

Get those onions away from my face!

She's beautiful covered in blood

0:10 Ayo he unequipped the shield how

0:10 The shield is absorbing her hair... Don't tell me...

"...so that's why...HEY!Are you even listening to me?How that,something's distracting you?Pain?Who's "Pain"? I don't know anybody going by that name. Okay,let's start from the beginning..." "...and,as I was saying,that's why,Raphtalia....Raphtalia?Are you sleeping?"

Season 2 sooon lessgoooo

The video's title sounds like an ad on Fiverr.

I wish she was a kid for longer

You know, just because your name is "Shield Hero" that doesn't mean it's the only thing you're allowed to use. Unless it does mean that, then the place is stupid.

Is the song playing in beginning of this clip on the soundtrack for this anime? Can someone tell me its title? Thanks.

A six members of PETA hate the video xD

I miss little girl......so cute

snowgrave route be like

Poor rabbit

Any notice the shield was off in the background when the raccoon lady was looking in the mirror