The Reprise of the Spear Hero Vol. 10

The Reprise of the Spear Hero Vol. 10

SCB HAS SOLD 1.1 MILLION COPIES OF TITLES IN THE RISING OF THE SHIELD HERO SERIES.

“It sure has changed since the last time I was here.”

A deadly illness has spread from the dragon corpse left unburied as a tourist spectacle. The shadow of death falls over the village to the east. Following Wyndia’s wishes, Naofumi and Motoyasu head there to try to put a stop to the plague. But the attitude of the villagers, who want a scapegoat for their misfortune, push the heroes to their limit . . .

The heroes, seeking a proper burial for Gaelion and Wyndia’s father, head to the site of the corpse—only to find it transformed into a dragon zombie!

Series Overview: The comedy spin-off story focuses on the Spear Hero, Motoyasu Kitamura.

Summoned to another world to serve as the Spear Hero, Motoyasu Kitamura is a pitiful young man who eventually finds himself only able to love filolials. But after being fatally injured in battle, Motoyasu wakes up yet again in the exact circumstances of when he was first summoned. It turns out that his spear possesses an ability known as Time Reversal! With his stats unaffected by the reset, Motoyasu decides to fight once more. His motivation: to once again see the smile of Filo, the filolial that he loves more than any other! Could this be considered the start of a new game in god mode?! The long-awaited otherworldly redemption fantasy begins!

Biographical Notes:

Aneko Yusagi was born in Kanagawa. After growing interested in reading and gaming, Aneko began to write novels. Aneko wrote The Rising of the Shield Hero and began posting it online.

After updating the story daily, an unprecedented amount of readers became addicted to the rapid pace of the advancing story, and the novel became an online hit. It was first collected and published by Media Factory in Japan in August of 2013. Aneko Yusagi was recently quoted saying, “I will rise and find great success in life.”

Title Notes:

SCB has sold 913,000 copies of the Shield/Spear Hero series since 2015.

Originally a web novel, it received over 606,000,000 views, Massive fan base already exists for the series in the US.