Like a missile

BYOOM

It also kinda explains that Raphtalia is not very smart or clever, quite stupid actually. She needed explanation from Naofumi to grasp the whole seriousness of the situation. Can be seen from her reaction. Or maybe she was just too lost in a thought, being proteccted by Naofumi, explained by blush.

@@hujax you hurt her master she hurts you Simplification

Like a balloon ball monsters!

That's usually the way it works though. Old people are usually conservative and set-in-their-ways. Young people, whether it be due to a lack of life experience or just more brain elasticity, are generally more open minded. At least, as long as their mental growth isn't being stifled by their family/social group.

Thuazabi indeed

@@Thuazabi agreed.

@Pranay Talati I don't see what being white has to do with it but I agree with what u are saying

Jace prince Actually being white has a lot to do in the US it’s history. Being caucasian in the US gets people better jobs, higher wages and an overall more decent life. They are okay with their life and want to conserve it. People of colour didn’t get those privileges until (relatively) recent in history, those people would never want to go back to a time where they lived in poverty.

Ikr? It's weird that later the young knight seem to lead the knights that want to be with Naofumi, while scar-guy in the one who made them fight for him in the first place (+ being able to pary Raftalia's surprise attack like it's nothing is pretty impressive for a mere human with no blessing or power whatsoever)

Well actually during a loved and very satisfying point in the story, I'm hoping everyone who has seen it knows what I'm talking about, you actually see him again with a sort of "I knew something was off" look.

@@guifire9747 For what i remember the scar knight actualy we get to see him stand up for naofumi as well, and i think he chose more to stay with the knights because they also need to be lead and he wants to be some kind of exemple, while the others who are youngers just decided to go on a party with naofumi. But everyone's situation is settled if i remember

Hope we see some character development of him in future seasons. The fact he was appeared out of no where and was able to block her surprise attack tells me there's more to him than meets the eye.

@@guifire9747 didn't ask you

teenage demi-human Shinobi waifu

She's actually 10

That's a bigger burn.

@@the_raven199 in Racoon years?

Clearly, he got the position through familial connections rather then being good at knighting. :p

As long as we ignore that they didn’t have spears. But yes I agree it was good of him to take initiative and am only really criticizing it cause I’m a nerd and speed deprived.

Naofumi spared their lives.

Dude deserves a promotion for not being braindead and seeing that sometimes following the orders of older people isn't the way to solve problems. He understood what had to be done, and he did it. Good for him for being smarter than most.

@@John-doe955 nvm their shields aren't really large enough to lock together in a proper Phalanx.

Why wasn't he the knight captain?

They probably just spawned since the nights killed the rest

@@isdrakon9802Thats exactly why you methodically take them down a few at a time so they don’t all respawn and overwhelm you

Their good men willing to protect other unlike the other who are only looking for their own survival

Tell me this again in next episode)

USS Anime DD24 it would be cool if a knight joined him or a someone joins him in consequence to him saving him/her for save them or their village

@@jonl6091 a squad of knights joins him later on just for the 2nd or 3rd wave. i forgot which wave it was but yeah

@@holy.chase1463 yeah I think the opening gave away the idea that he'd get more recruits for his party

People who bash on supports have no idea how valuable they are. Pffft! Just look at that *beautiful* teamwork between Naofumi and Raphtalia.

@@MrDibara What about people who bash on tanks?

@@DerKopfnussritter Just as ignorant! My Mash still saves my goddamn hide plenty of times in FGO and I never regreted maxing her out!

MrDibara I was not expecting an FGO player LOL

@@MrDibara Out of curiosity, what does MGO stand for?

His chin got cut in half at some point in his life it not that he not battle ready it just he doesn't care

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Shame that we dont see much which skill he is using and what buffs he gets. But maybe is for the best: instead we see who is the True hero. Btw, that slasher smile: glorious

@@gustavoargumanis1863 True, but probably for the best yes. Specially since a lot of his shield abilities are passives or if it's active when equipped we can sort of get the idea with the scene. If they showed the stats too much I'd break the feel of some scenes like this one ~

Naitsabes Yerref from what i remember the passive effects are active no matter what shield he’s on, but he does have to change shields to use the skills,.

@@manuelkanbara Whilst it is important not to break flow for game mechanics, I still find myself pausing to read whenever the HUD appears. Like during the fight against the Spear Hero where it shows the guy is over 20 levels higher than Naofumi. He has so many cool shields, passive abilities and skills but we don't really get that nuance without the LN. Same for Raphtalia. We see her gain XP occasionally but we don't see her getting any skills.

@@manuelkanbara I think early on it explains he gets a passive effect from each shield but has to master it first. Kinda like some FF Games where you get a skill from using an item that has the skill on it and save it permanently when you get the JP for it. Last one that I knew had that skill was either a tactics or FF9.

I never would’ve noticed that... thank you

Ohhh, and scarface is the one that led the knights to help the shield hero after that O.O

i never realized that, thank you

Well not really Raph at this point is around 20 levels lower than the captain so likely it wouldn't have ever hit him or would have done little to nothing.

Xavier Lucky levels aren’t everything lol naofumi was 20 levels lower than the spear hero and was bodying him until myne cheated

Sign of progress

Baby steps

Nah it was just due to the other 3 Heros being in that direction.

@@edwardaugustus9680 But they were in the opposite direction

Gonna get fired for helping the shield hero probably lol.

With those poor tactical calls? That wasn't even a proper phalanx, not to mention the phalanx is a defensive formation and there's no reason to form one if you're then just going to charge.

@@233Deadman Considering his commanding officers isn't able to defend himself+his idea of a strategy is to rain fire on a city filled with civilians and allies, he's probably smarter by their army's standard To be fair, i don't speak Japanese, so i wonder if the soldier really don't know what a phalanx is or if the traduction is just off the mark :/

@@guifire9747 Might've been one of those weird translation issues.

@@dudebro2638 Indeed, he probably either used another term that can't translate or something like "assemble" or "in formation" i guess

I had to replay that over and over when I saw that first time

Sexy righteous fury

Still replaying that part lol

After 2 months still replaying....

That was some Clementine crazy eye going on there.

Best, and strongest girl

NO LEWDING, she is still 10 years old. Don't let her body fool you.

You have no idea

Sonia Blanche tbf beastman age and grow old faster than humans

Sonia Blanche it’s ok, by the end of the series they’re age in incalculable

You're not alone

Also the same ones who honour Naofumi later (most of them)

Probably the queen allowed only the knights who supported Naofumi. There are some knights who worked for the Three Heroes Church they would have helped Malty and the king to escape if they were the majority.

THAT explains why one of the guards was so scared at her trial lol

@@hannahprewitt4215 it's also the same knight that burnt down the forest when naofumi was framed for kidnapping melty

It got the troops back into the game. It served its purpose.

The only thing lacking is the spears. I understand the fact that not everybody knows medieval history and doesn't know that spears were the dominant weapon of the warfare but I guess the formation still serves its purpose. They're closely aligned with shields and their swords are protruding out keeping the enemy at bay and morilizing your own men to fight. So I guess it still works somewhat ?

There's a feeling of security behind a shield wall even without spears

The formation is schiltrom, not phalanx

it's a bad translation

They aren’t a couple

@@whiterose8601 oh my sweet sweet summer child. The writing is on the walls, it just needs to be read

Hello I am the FBI, just checking to make sure you know raphtalia is 10. Thank you

@@TheBritishSn0rlax Such laws only apply to humans, not to fantasy demi-humans. Moreover, Raphtalia has no age, she is a drawing and even a leftist should be able to understand this.

@@Archedgar plus she's biologically 18, demi-humans age with their level lol

that also got me confused LOL I feel like a nerd for being too nitpicking about war formations and all that but damn that was poorly thought

I suppose Phalanx formation is a formation of spear and shields in a half circle? my best guess is that he wanted his scattered knights to form up close before the charge but hell I don't know much of war formations so I would think there be a better formation to take.

@@sgtsaldl I am not an expert on my own, but I can explain it to you if you want. The " phalanx" formation is one of the most famous war tactics and it was supposedley used by the conqueror Alexander the great around 338 a.c. - 168 d.c. The phalanx is composed by a close-rank formation of heavy infantry aligned with long spears and interlocking shields as it's said by the article of the "ancient history encyclopedia" . The purpose of this tactic is to demoralize the enemy infantry without compromising defense, in which case, the territory that favored this kind of formation was mostly flat land, free from any obstacle that could break it's cohesion and ruin it's effectiveness. In case you're still reading and you haven't gone anywhere yet, I asume that you can see the main problem with the scene we were talking about. There is literally no reason for them to yell "phalanx!" Out of nowhere if they've got not enough forces to keep the enemy's strenght at bay, nor the ideal terrain to execute the formation, and most important, if they have no freaking spears!! xD

@@Ganom-ng1zt the phalanx had been around in practice long before alexander, his addition was to make even longer spears than those currently in use by his countrymen. a phalanx or shield walls of different types most likely have been around since the dawn of warfare, while some like alexander used this tactic to great effect with longer spears and tightly structured disciplined formations he is not the originator. the spear was a main part of the formation not just for the reach it provides but because spears were cheap to produce and easy to use making them perfect for larger armies of poorly trained conscripts. in practice however spears break or get disarmed quickly once the opposing force closes ground and more often than not the bulk of the fighting was done with shorter melee weapons, at least for those in the front rows. the spears allowed those farther back from the front to reach over top and assist the front lines with well timed spear strikes taken from relative safety behind a row or two of defenders. while you are right it is used to great effect on an open battle field . it has nothing to do with having superior numbers it is a defensive stance that allows a smaller disciplined force to defend itself while outnumbered. they have every reason to take this formation given the fact that they are surrounded by enemies. the lack of spears is a complete non issue due to the fact that their numbers ARE so low those near the center of formation can still reach to strike over the heads of their allies without needing the extra reach a spear provides, so while not technically a true "phalanx" and more just a shield wall the differences in the end are somewhat small and i think its more an issue with translation and the fact that the term phalanx is so widely used and recognized. this term is used often in video games as well as a stand in for any group defensive stance.

@@pattygreen8064 Alexander was the most recent and recognizable example that crossed my mind at the moment, and I don't think I ever stated that he was the first user of such tactic, but that's not important now. Thank you for sharing this information, as I said, I'm not pretending to be an expert at the topic, though it still doesn't change the idea that the anime didn't really do a great job at explaining itself about that speciffic dialogue and it immediatly became, well, silly in my eyes. Because of how weirdly portrayed it was..

She is blushing because of him. I'm not sure if it's obvious or not, but she has a crush on him, or rather, she is in love with him.

James Schulte maybe we’ll get lucky and the anime will pull another direction...

@James Schulte He better get that both ways. The wrath of the weeaboo army is far worse than any of those waves

@James Schulte This is incorrect. As evidenced when people were giving Raphtalia free things and saying "You grew up to be very beautiful", Naofumi only saw her as how he got her. He proves this by calling everyone lolicons. In ep 4 when she finally brings him back from his despair he comments on not even recognizing her, showing he had no concept of the fact that she, let alone the world around him had evolved beyond what it was when he got her. Right now Naofumi needs someone he can trust. Raphtalia gave him a reason to fight, a reason to care. That kind of character development though? It takes time.

I think they’re wife and husband on the WN

0:46 'guy in the back' It was at this moment he knew...he fucked up

@@travelleroftheatlas4680 Considering he's murdered later in the series then yeah...

@@digstrememcdingus1463 really? Damn

The knights would have probably killed more people at that village then the wave did. THey were bombarding the entire area...

Nah, the other heroes scale to Naofumi by this point and wouldve tanked it just as easily.

It’s a joke

"Raphtalia, I choose you!" XD

@@ElemenTerra1 that was a good one ngl

SpeeedwagggoOoooooN

To be frank, this kind of wear feels a lot more attractive and beautiful then the overly exaggerated or exposing outfits most fantasy settings make women wear. I feel that kind of trend is good for maybe one or two characters at most, same for the "Conan, the Barbarian" look, but not as a standart for everyone else. Raphtalia's costume actually looks pretty medieval-like, despite her legs showing (the only "scanty" side of her outfit). Heck, those sleeves almost look like gambesons from a certain perspective! She looks like she's actually wearing light armor. I think that's really neat. EDIT: Okay, correction, maybe not at this point yet. But later on, Raphtalia's costume really gets an upgrade and actually looks like light armor. But yeah, even here, I'm glad her clothes aren't the stereotypical *almost nude "armor"* that's so overly used, sometimes. XP Like I said, when that becomes a standart, it stops being cool and just becomes ridiculous. Well, I'm my personal opinion, at least.

@@MrDibara If you don't wear armour you would NEED a good shield

@@unwithering5313 rapiers and armour piercing weapons be like

Nah, it's not the same: This one is the Second Wave of Calamity, The scene from the trailer is the Third Wave, with Filo and the Rage Shield

"Oh wow I wish he'd hold me like this all the ti- WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST TRY TO DO?!"

She made a tanya face

@@moinmahmud6265 Damn you, Being X!

He's badass everytime.

They did think they burned all the zombies.

@@Plusle843 that's true, but the sky is practically crapping out more monsters.

Was the TOP manga in most manga reader sites at one point.

This is in even more of a stark contrast as we can see that typically she acts as Naofumi's compass. Talking him out of doing things to hurt the people that betrayed him, or staying his hand (like in episode 5) from lashing out in general.

In what regard? Asking in the FBI’s stead

Depends on the wisdom modifier, then again lets be honest that man was never wise to begin with.

daniel beck nor intelligent, charismatic, or have high constitution.

Not all of them are like that. Melty's cool, and the scar-faced knight clearly knows the score too.

Then this is the only one you have ever seen.

@@thegk-verse4216 tbf, while it may have been more common back in the middle ages (which is largely what this setting mimics), it would still be rather rare to see such blatant hostility towards someone that is ostensibly an ally of the state, on the battlefield especially. Not showing even a modicum of respect or restraint in situations like that were a great way to either incite a rebellion or die from a dagger in the back. That's the whole reason the Queen didn't play a major role until the last few episodes - she was doing major damage control to prevent a world war. If she hadn't done that, Melromarc would have been summarily destroyed by the other nations. No amount of Heroic or Holy weapons would've saved them. The queen even said as much.

@@Thuazabi Yes,Siltvelt and Shieldfreden almost declared war on Melromarc

Looks like France before French Revolution

This show came out at the peak of "believe all women", so a whole lot of people criticized it for DARING to suggest that women are capable of lying.

"Hesitation is defeat."

shoaib ahmed put those overconfident children in their place.

I guess you can say some enemies will be *glasscannons* by how strong...

Dudu Carballo Lmao that’s an awesome pun

Dudu Carballo Lol u low-key spoiling but they won't know it anyways haha