A review by alivegurl
The Rising of the Shield Hero, Volume 6 by Aneko Yusagi

2.0

It's taken me almost a month to finish this—and that is saying something. Umm...yeah...not sure what else to say about this series by this point. There are new characters introduced in this book—both of whom appear on the cover, but neither of whom have a prominent role in the story almost at all. The story drags on for way too long. Not a conflict is resolved—in fact, the everlasting feud with the other three heroes just get stronger. For a conflict that looks almost as if it was on the way to being resolved back in book 3, the step back to not being able to get along with one another is infuriating. Hmm...what do you call the opposite of character development?

The translation is still subpar, the story ends up introducing new elements, instead of moving forward in trying to solve the puzzles already introduced. The character development is nil, if not going backward. And the conflicts just don't have any substance to the main plot.

After reading 5 books straight of this, being promised of some real progress occasionally, it gets really old and tiring of having to flip through 200ish pages only to be told that nothing has really changed. It mentally drains me more than it excites me to find out what happens next. Not to mention, yes, the whole harem business just keeps getting more obvious—umm, more decent male characters, please?!

Long story short, I've decided to no longer continue the series. It's just not worth it.