Leading up through Easter Sunday, Beneath the Tangles will be running a series of posts based on a theme with the hopes that it will lead our readers to consider the meaning of this week and especially of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Our theme this year is loneliness. Episode 15 of… Read More Raphtalia and Revisiting Grace
JeskaiAngel recently wrote a post about slavery in Rise of the Shield Hero. I don’t intend to cover the same topics, in part because J-Angel clocked in at over 4,500 words, so there’s just not a whole lot left to say! What I’d like to focus on here is the scene where Raphtalia receives a… Read More Raphtalia and the Slaves of Love
Upon reading an unusual book in the library, Naofumi Iwatani finds himself one of four people from (parallel versions of) Japan summoned as the Four Cardinal Heroes for the kingdom of Melromarc. Tasked with fending off impending Waves of monstrosities, each Hero is given one “weapon”: Sword, Spear, Bow, and unfortunately for Naofumi, he gets… Read More First Impression: The Rising of the Shield Hero