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The Rising of the Shield Hero, Volume 1

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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 Fantasy Epic Fantasy Fiction Epic
Engaging Storyline • Detailed Worldbuilding • Energetic Narration • Fantasy Elements • Compelling Concept • Complex Hero

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The only real negative about this is any time the narrator tries to do a female voice. It took me out of the experience. I know I couldn’t do one myself so I don’t blame him for this at all. He’s great as Naofumi & Erhard the shopkeeper though. And I do enjoy his Naofumi much more then his dubbed counterpart.

Copy vertical’s genius approach to light novel audio books and do a version with a partial cast. Even if it’s only two people the experience with be a thousand fold better.

So Close!

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I picked up this book for the express purpose of showing there is a market for light novels to be made into audio books.

I hope the narrator gets some more practice, the female line came out really rough.

To the future

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The single person reading the lines gets annoyingly distracting especially when he does the female voices, it felt like a chore to listen to. Would have rated it higher if they did dedicate voices for the other characters

Distracting

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Rising of the Shield Hero is a great sorry, but the narrator wasn't amazing

Amazing story, narration needs work

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There needs to be an actress to voice the female roles. His portrayal of Raphtalia was insulting.

Good narration, poor character voicing

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