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! Note: - The first episode was pre-aired on December 27th, 2018. Regular broadcast began on January 9th, 2019. - The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.
Japanese study overview
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari is a Japanese anime of 96,949 characters, with 5,204 unique words and 1,329 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.0 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,204 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 様Mr×526
- 勇者hero×428
- 盾shield×327
- 俺I×275
- 私I×242
- お前you×162
- 波wave×139
- ご主人様master×105
- 言うto say×104
- 世界the world×86
- 村village×82
- 力force×80
- 尚文Shoubun×56
- 亜人Ajin×39
- 元康Genkou×33
- 教皇Pope×22
- 錬Ren×20
- 砂時計hourglass×15
- 四聖the four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)×12
- レベル上げleveling up (one's character, etc.)×11