Raphtalia, also known as the Katana Hero, is the deuteragonist of The Rising of the Shield Hero light novel series, as well as its anime and manga adaptions. Raphtalia was a demi-human slave girl purchased by Naofumi Iwatani, the Shield Hero.
~ Raphtalia to Naofumi. Raphtalia, also known as the Katana Hero, is the deuteragonist of The Rising of the Shield Hero light novel series, as well as its anime and manga adaptions. Raphtalia was a demi-human slave girl purchased by Naofumi Iwatani, the Shield Hero.
Raphtalia (ラフタリア Rafutaria?) is the main heroine of The Rising of the Shield Hero series. She is the first real companion of the Shield Hero. Although she was originally bought as a slave, she was never treated badly and forged a strong bond with her master.
Raphtalia (ラフタリア, Rafutaria?) is the main heroine of The Rising of the Shield Hero series. She is the first real companion of the Shield Hero. Although she was originally bought as a slave, she was never treated badly and forged a strong bond with her master. She later travels to another world...
Raphtalia (ラフタリア, Rafutaria?) is the fifteenth episode of The Rising of the Shield Hero anime.
Technically a 10 year old girl, being a demi-human, Raphtalia's body is able to age to that of a young woman as her levels increase.
isekaiThe 25-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Kinema Citrus aired from January to June 2019....The Rising of the Shield Hero.盾の勇者の成り上がり (Tate no Yūsha no Nariagari)GenreDark fantasy, isekaiNovel seriesWritten byAneko YusagiPublished byShōsetsuka ni Narō66 more rows
Appearance. Raphtalia is a young girl with long brown hair and reddish eyes. Being a demi-human with racoon and tanuki ancestry, she has fluffy red tanuki ears and a bushy tail.
This causes Naofumi to truly open up to Raphtalia, who becomes one of his greatest pillars of support. Naofumi is constantly thinking of what would make Raphtalia happy. For most of their relationship, Naofumi considers himself a fatherly figure to Raphtalia while she has developed romantic feelings for him.
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Raphtalia may not be the leading character in The Rising of the Shield Hero but she certainly steals the show with her cute and kind demeanor. She's easily a fan-favorite among the many characters in the isekai anime, and for good reason -- she's a half-human, half-Tanuki hybrid who accompanies Naofumi throughout his journeys and, though she was initially purchased as a slave, she has been ...
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As a tanuki-like demi-human, Raphtalia has several tanuki-like features that distinguish her from regular humans. Instead of human ears, Raphtalia has a pair of tanuki ears on the top of her head that occasionally twitch when experiencing some kind of sensory stimulation. She also has a fluffy tanuki tail protruding out of her backside, which often makes motions based on Raphtalia's emotional state, such as when her tail stands on its own, which conveys anger. She has tea-red eyes and has been described as incredibly beautiful for a demi-human. Raphtalia has a purple slave mark imprinted on her chest.
One day, at the age of 10 years old, Raphtalia was purchased by a man named Naofumi Iwatani for thirty silver coins. She was given a slave crest on her chest, meaning she couldn't disobey any of Naofumi's orders or lie to him.
Raphtalia was purchased for thirty-one silver coins with a commission. After some time with Naofumi, she was worth thirty gold coins. And since she hadn't lost her virginity, she was worth thirty-five gold coins.
In keeping with her destitute appearance, Raphtalia only wore torn rags and chain buckles around her neck and wrists.
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Instead of human ears, Raphtalia has a pair of tanuki ears on the top of her head that occasionally twitch when experiencing some kind of sensory stimulation.
She has tea-red eyes and has been described as incredibly beautiful for a demi-human.
Hengen Musou is a fighting style that augments the rest of her abilities and makes her pretty much unbeatable, which is why anime is kind of hard to take at times since those that have power are usually so insanely powerful that they seem without peer.
Some get them and fully enjoy the idea of each story as it’s rolled out and presented to the public. Raphtalia, a main character in The Rise of Shield Hero, is one of those that people have come to like for several reasons, not the least of which is that she has experienced a great deal of personal growth over the course of the show. Her character and her place in the program have become something that many fans have found is both endearing and enlightening since she’s the kind of character that people like to see, the one that starts out as someone you might not think much about, but becomes someone that is insanely powerful and can do just about anything she sets her mind to. In many ways Raphtalia is one among many that gives hope and inspiration to those that start with nothing and seek to gain their place in the world.
Here are a few things about Raphtalia that you might not have known. 10. She does have a royal lineage. Richard Gansey of CBR has hinted that her character does have ties to royalty but without watching the show it’s kind of hard to really get into the matter.
Raphtalia, a main character in The Rise of Shield Hero, is one of those that people have come to like for several reasons, not the least of which is that she has experienced a great deal of personal growth over the course of the show.
Anime director Takao Abo aimed to portray him as the weaker of the summoned hero due to his lack of aid relatively when fighting. Screenwriter Keigo Koyanagi described these hardships common in the isekai genre but described Naofumi as a different type of protagonist, aiming to make him across as unique.
In retrospective, Anime News Network referred to Naofumi's and Rapthalia's relationship as the worst one in anime, claiming that despite Naofumi wanted to free her from being a slave, Rapthalia decided to keep this bond with her master.
Yusagi stressed the importance of leading with your morality and the idea that of negative effects or impacts on other people in the making of the character as Naofumi accused of sex abuse.
In a review of the first light novel, Anime News Network found Naofumi's hatred towards society for accusing him of a crime as too much to follow him , based on some actions, most notably buying Raphtalia as a slave.
In regards to his fighting abilities, Naofumi was found interesting in by the anime staff for how his only weapon is a shield and thus has to rely on tactics as well as Raphtalia to fight. In order to make combats more appealing, the shield was animated to have multiple changes as well as make changes to his shield.
Nevertheless, Ishikawa tried to give the character a more positive tone in order to contrast his poor state, and especially when the protagonist trains to become a stronger fighter. As a result of his brooding personality, Ishikawa tries having a mind in regards to Naofumi to portray him properly.
In the anime version of the light novel, Naofumi is voiced by Kaito Ishikawa who expressed shock at how Myne falsely accuses Naofumi of having assaulted her.
During their travel to the Glass' World, L'Arc mentions to Naofumi that Raphtalia has reverted back to her child-self when her level is been reset to one and she has to grind to reach her adulthood in that world before reuniting with Naofumi.
Raphtalia is initially very shy, sickly, and fearful as a result of her status as a slave, as well as suffering from trauma with memories of the destruction of her village. After the encounter with the two-headed dog monster, she overcomes the trauma of her parents' death at the hands of the Cerberus and acknowledges Naofumi as a hero in her own mind.
Naofumi acknowledges the strength of her heart. Despite been through a lot for her age, from seeing her parents die, to being sold with her fellow survivors, to seeing her best friend tortured to death beside her, she manages to maintain her morals and sanity.
She hopes to reestablish her village and fight for the country that wronged her kind. This causes Naofumi to take up his role as a hero seriously and help her in the reconstruction of the village.
She has undergone some significant changes throughout the story. When Raphtalia is first introduced, she is a child with long, unmanaged hair and a dirty cloth gown.
Until the age of 10, Raphtalia lived in a small coastal village outside of Melromarc, where everyone lived in harmony until the first wave of calamity attacked. During the attack, Raphtalia and her parents fled from their home, but considering they could only dive into the sea to escape the monsters, Raphtalia's parents made the ultimate sacrifice. Her parents pushed her off a nearby cliff as the wave approached them and she watched as her parents were engulfed by the Cerberus. Raphtalia survived the fall and went back to find her parents, but was unsuccessful. Shortly thereafter, a group of Melromarc Knights came to her village and killed all the adult survivors. They captured all the young ones and sold them to the slave hunters for money.
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