The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 05

By: Aneko Yusagi

Narrated by: Matthew Bridges

Naofumi is off to the Cal Mira islands, where he plans to continue leveling up. Soon after arriving he meets a mysterious young man named l'Arc Berg. But how will this curious new character impact Naofumi's adventures? Surrounded by mystery and intrigue, Glass makes her second appearance. Aneko Yusagi's epic fantasy continues in volume 5!

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good book but

it's a good book however some if the name Pronunciations drive me nuts. After hearing the way they were said by the previous narrator and the anime it's kinda hard to listen to.

A Welcomed Break

After the first four books, book 5 of Shield hero provided some much needed levity.

i miss the other reader

I miss the old reader, he really made the story that much better, especially since it seemed he had a good idea of what the characters actually sounded like

Overall great

Sad that the old narrator is not performing, however I believe Matt Bridges will get the into the grove by the next volume like Kurt did going from volume one to two.

Extraordinary Improvement with Actor

When I first was listening, was extremely impressed. I thought the voice actor/reader had finally fixed his issues and improved, he even made better differentiations of characters.
Some voices were so drastic I couldn’t believe it, however every so often he would call Filo (fee low) Filoh ( figh low). So I checked and noticed they changed the actor.

He does a great job with the reading, makes it engaging and entertaining. I think he needs to check out the manga or anime though, when he gets to Erhard (the old guy) he breathes life of a crotchety old wizard into the rough and tough blacksmith. Naofumi refers to Erhard as “old guy” because of their age gap but it’s not the voice he uses. This is a good complaint as the actor can reach all types of characters.

Therese and Filo names getting mispronounced was the only other annoying thing that would pop up.

The story is great and if you haven’t been reading the light novels, they go into deeper details and have different things from the anime (such as the end battle) which is sad because some of the things they exclude would have been awesome to have seen.

Great job!