While the character designs do seem to be a bit less detailed than what we’re used to from the light novel illustrations and anime, Neet’s work still captures our heroes well. The artwork is handled by mangaka Neet ( Mayo Chiki!), and I think they manage to strike a nice balance between depicting the cast in humorous and more serious scenes. Either with Motoyasu battling evildoers seeking to harm Naofumi, or simply raising his Filolial’s levels. This means that Volumes 1 and 2 of this series feature their fair share of action scenes. The manga doesn’t linger on lengthy exposition like the original does, instead opting for a show-and-tell approach to its storytelling. Having read the first volume of The Reprise of the Spear Hero light novels before I knew where the story was going in the manga adaption (of which two volumes adapt a large chunk of that first light novel). His personality is sure to rub many people the wrong way with his airheaded and stubborn nature! As a protagonist, he’s either endearing or frustrating, depending on your feelings for him in the main series. Despite his beginnings as a sort of villain, he quickly becomes someone Naofumi can rely on. If you’ve watched the popular The Rising of the Shield Hero anime or read the light novels, then you’ll be very familiar with Motoyasu as a character. His search sees him raise a lot of Filolial, but each one is equally loved by our idiot hero. Perhaps more importantly to Motoyasu is that this new start also gives him the opportunity to claim the Filolial (a bird-like creature) Filo for himself! In Motoyasu’s old timeline Filo belonged to Naofumi and was the love of Motoyasu’s life (even if she didn’t return those feelings), so this time he’s determined to find her egg and raise her himself. Should any of them die, Motoyasu is fated to travel back in time, fated to live the same days over and over until all of his friends are safe. The Spear Hero does all he can to protect Naofumi, but Motoyasu soon learns that he must be prepared to put his life on the line for his fellow heroes. However, this gives him a chance to begin anew and protect Shield Hero Naofumi from the hardships he went through in the timeline Motoyasu came from. While his stats and abilities are left intact, Motoyasu finds himself otherwise starting from square one in this world. The story begins with the Spear Hero Motoyasu being sent back in time to the moment he and the Sword, Bow and Shield Heroes were first summoned. Today I’m here to look at the first two volumes of the manga adaption of this spin-off to find out if it’s an entertaining read. The company is also releasing the spin-off series The Reprise of the Spear Hero. Publisher One Peace Books have been bringing popular light novel series The Rising of the Shield Hero to the West since 2015.
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