Q 01/05

In The Rising of the Shield Hero, Raphtalia is a demi-human with the ears and tail of which animal?

A) Squirrel

B) Red panda

C) Raccoon

D) Weasel

Answer · why

C) Raccoon

Raccoon features mark Raphtalia as a tanuki-type demi-human, and that tanuki bloodline later turns out to make her an heir to a foreign throne.

Q 02/05

In The Rising of the Shield Hero, King Aultcray is spared execution but legally renamed what as punishment?

A) Coward

B) Trash

C) Fool

D) Traitor

Answer · why

B) Trash

Trash becomes the former king's legal name once he is stripped of his nobility, a lasting humiliation imposed in place of the death penalty.

Q 03/05

In The Rising of the Shield Hero, Naofumi's cursed shield is named for which of the seven deadly sins?

A) Envy

B) Pride

C) Greed

D) Wrath

Answer · why

D) Wrath

Wrath gives the shield its name, and its cursed flames burn friend and foe alike: Raphtalia is scorched trying to calm Naofumi the first time he loses...

Q 04/05

Which hero from The Rising of the Shield Hero stars in the spin-off The Reprise of the Spear Hero?

A) Itsuki Kawasumi

B) Motoyasu Kitamura

C) Ren Amaki

D) Aultcray Melromarc

Answer · why

B) Motoyasu Kitamura

Motoyasu Kitamura gets his own series, in which the lovestruck Spear Hero is killed in battle and sent back to the start of the story with his memorie...

Q 05/05

Season 2 of The Rising of the Shield Hero centres on a rampaging Guardian Beast shaped like which animal?

A) A tortoise

B) A phoenix

C) A kirin

D) A white tiger

Answer · why

A) A tortoise

A tortoise it is: the giant Spirit Tortoise was awakened early and controlled by a scientist from a parallel world, who used it to harvest souls.

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