The Rising of the Shield Hero Vol. 22: The Manga Companion
SCB HAS SOLD 1.1 MILLION COPIES OF TITLES IN THE RISING OF THE SHIELD HER0 SERIES
“I wasn’t expecting you to be in cahoots with the queen, that’s for sure.”
Having defeated Kyo and left Kizuna and the others behind, Naofumi and his friends return to Melromarc. The Spirit Tortoise has left a deep scar on the world’s nations, including their own Melromarc. Now with the objective of preparing for future struggles against the waves and the deadly Phoenix, for some reason Naofumi heads straight to the slave trader?!
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.”
Aiya Kyu is best known for being the artist of The Rising of the Shield Hero Anthology: Filo to Issho, The Rising of the Shield Hero Anthology: Raphtalia to Issho, and The Rising of the Shield Hero. Also known for being the author & artist of Mofu Danshi and Antimagia.
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SCB has sold over 1 million copies of the US English language editions.
Over 11 million copies have been sold in Japan! Has massive fan base already exists for the series in the US! and translated into eight different languages!