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[Draconic Aiur]

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Crunchyroll’s The Rising Of The Shield Hero Anime Attacked by Feminists and Social Justice Warriors!
Jorge Arenas  January 11, 2019  Anime
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No one is in doubt that the culture war has spilled into every facet of American society as humanly possible. It should come as no surprise that the social justice community would be up in arms over the use of a false rape allegation as a plot point in Crunchyroll’s The Rising of The Shield Hero anime.

The attacks and criticism came after the first episode of the show aired on Crunchyroll.


But before we get into the criticisms, here’s the synopsis for the show according to Anime News Network:

Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe. He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world.



What happened that has everyone up in arms?
In the first episode, we learn that Naofumi Iwatani, shortly after being transported to the fantasy world, is accused of rape by a female character named Myne.

Following his arrival in the fantasy world, the four heroes split into two teams. Naofumi teams up with Myne on one day and with Malty on the next.  After teaming up with Myne and sleeping in separate locations, Naofumi wakes up to find his belongings, including his gear and silver have been taken. Myne, who was supposed to be his hero partner, also accuses him of rape. The situation worsens when a torn neglige is found on Naofumi’s bed.


Though he attempts to defend himself the other three heroes don’t believe him, and he is ostracized.

In the fantasy world, the assault of a female is comparable to a capital offense, but Naofumi is only saved due to his status as being one of the four heroes.

While Naofumi continues to plead his case to Myne, she does stop her crying for a moment and sticks out her tongue as a means to confirm that she did in fact falsely accuse The Shield Bearer of rape.


The Social Justice Crowd Are Up In Arms
Unsurprising, the social justice elements of the internet weren’t happy that a false rape accusation was used as a plot point.

Anime Feminist refused to review the first episode due to its content. However, they did have a few choice words for the series:

“I have never seen a series with such a deeply held, misanthropic victim mentality.”

They also noted that “Our readers know why a series hinging on a false rape accusation and slavery apologism is wrong.”

Anime Feminist would then list off a number of organizations dealing with sexual assault like RAINN and Men Can Stop Rape.

Others such as Anime News Network had reviewers who chose to base their low ratings of the episode on the plot point they didn’t like.

For example, James Beckett even went so far as to scold the writers for using fake rape allegations, giving the episode a 1.5 out of 5 stars. This is what he had to say:

“Every trick in the book is employed to frame Myne as an exaggeration of the duplicitous, promiscuous harpy that uses her beauty to lure men to their doom, and Naofumi is the innocent everyman who’s punished for being too trusting, thus justifying the hatred and misanthropy that follows him. It’s not just a cliché, it’s a fantasy of persecution that’s frequently propagated by men in order to justify mistreatment and mistrust of women. It would be foolish to say that no person has ever falsely accused another of assault, but the fact is that society more often does not take allegations of assault seriously and often punishes victims for speaking up about it. The situation is so bad that the majority of victims choose not to report sexual violence, because it is assumed that they will be ignored or harassed further. This is why Rising of the Shield Hero’s treatment of this subject matter deserves to be discussed. The idea that men are aggrieved victims of some matriarchal conspiracy is not only an imaginary boogeyman, it’s something that has caused real harm in the world outside this work of fiction.”

Other reviewers weren’t much kinder with Nick Creamer calling to burn the episode writing, “burn it and salt the earth.“.

Creamer derided the writer of the episode writing, ” Butthis author isn’t just angry at womenâ€"his bitter paranoia extends to basically everyone around him.“

He also went after the Naofumi’s character describing him as “unlikeable in a casually misogynistic way.”

Those are pretty strong words to say the least.



Website S1E1 would also lament the false rape allegation as well.

The review specifically took issue with Naofumi’s bitterness of being falsely accused and how he becomes cold to the people of the fantasy world. This coldness is described as a “type of toxic masculine traits that just make him into an unlikable protagonist.”

It seems that the reviewer was more bothered by the allegation and wanted to attack it more than seeing how variables around Naofumi shaped his attitude towards his new home.

Here are some more of the review that attacked the plot point:

“The first and most important thing worth mentioning is that false rape accusations of this nature aren’t really a thing (think about the social consequences for women even when their accusations are extremely credible; people don’t do this kind of thing for fun). It’s as if Myne’s actions sprung fully-formed out of a misinformed, misanthropic incel fantasy; Kitamura is even depicted as some kind of an alpha male who gains women’s attractions unearned. I feel like Myne’s betrayal could have come in any number of different forms and not been half as problematic; unfortunately this choice reads to me as having been made with particular intent.

“The consequence of this is that it positions Naofumi to harden his emotions, come into his anger, and embody the type of toxic masculine traits that just make him into an unlikable protagonist. He begins to violently hassle shopkeepers and threaten people by confronting them with the low-level biting monsters he keeps hidden beneath his cape. He turns into the kind of world-reviling jerk that goes on to commit mass violence, inspired by the type of event these sorts fantasize as a common truth. It’s dangerous and vile.”

Why Do They Hate Rising of the Shield Hero?
As I mentioned above much of the vitriol we see against this new anime is its use of what seems to be a sacred cow to the SJW movement. The the use of a false rape allegation undermines what some see as a political weapon used by the modern SJW movement.

We have seen this play out over the years with so-called “Mattress Girl,” as well as Chris Hardwick. Most recently this tactic debuted on a national stage during the Senate confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault with little to no evidence. These types of false allegations have been used as a means to attempt to derail the lives of people.

See how they ruin a good anime! By being a bunch of whiny little bitches!

[Munch]

ah hum.



sjw's ruin everything, they create nothing, and just break down everything else.

[pr126]

SJW = Social Justice Whiner, not a Warrior.

[PickelledEggs]

Don't you throw a tantrum every time you don't agree with something, Drac?

Although I agree that the "problem with apu"type things are beyond stupid. It's fucking annoying when someone demands that a creator creates a different way than they are. Don't like a show? make your own. Don't like a song? make your own. Don't like a game? make your own. Don't tell creators how to do what they're doing

[Draconic Aiur]

Don't you throw a tantrum every time you don't agree with something, Drac?

Although I agree that the "problem with apu"type things are beyond stupid. It's fucking annoying when someone demands that a creator creates a different way than they are. Don't like a show? make your own. Don't like a song? make your own. Don't like a game? make your own. Don't tell creators how to do what they're doing

Ah, but mine is not collassal and as stupid.

[PickelledEggs]

Ah, but mine is not collassal and as stupid.

No one ever thinks theirs is

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[Baruch]

Gamergate 2.0?  Reee, long live Pepe.

[Munch]

Don't you throw a tantrum every time you don't agree with something, Drac?

Although I agree that the "problem with apu"type things are beyond stupid. It's fucking annoying when someone demands that a creator creates a different way than they are. Don't like a show? make your own. Don't like a song? make your own. Don't like a game? make your own. Don't tell creators how to do what they're doing

see we do agree on stuff here, it is pretty stupid when people complain about stuff like that expecting it to be changed.

[PickelledEggs]

see we do agree on stuff here, it is pretty stupid when people complain about stuff like that expecting it to be changed.

I know we agree on things, you're the one that insists otherwise. I'm more in the center, compared to most people on here, despite me being a bit left leaning

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[Draconic Aiur]

No one ever thinks theirs is

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Aw but not colossal as making a fit over the internet with many people over a good plotline because of one character plays the seductress. Also if you think my anger over this is stupid you are a dick.

[Baruch]

The whole world is turning into Planet Bull Dyke.

[your_dude_james]

The military is desperate, DESPERATE, to have women join the military just so they can pump up recruitment. Nevermind that outside of Russia and maybe Northern Europe during WWII there are practically 0 instances of them killing people in combat. YOU HAD ONE JOB

[Unbeliever]

The whole world is turning into Planet Bull Dyke.

Would you prefer Planet Steer Dyke?

[your_dude_james]

Bulldykes aren't nearly as bad as femboys, femboys have all the hostility, desperation, and desire to peacock of a male and all the lack of restraint and entitlement of a typical feminist. Which is probably why there are so many trans-identifying males, fewer rules apply to them that way.

[Baruch]

The military is desperate, DESPERATE, to have women join the military just so they can pump up recruitment. Nevermind that outside of Russia and maybe Northern Europe during WWII there are practically 0 instances of them killing people in combat. YOU HAD ONE JOB

As a person currently in a support role with the US military ... I am very proud to have served with the X-gen and now the Millennials.  Like in Starship Trooper, not everyone is fit for real citizenship (thru service).  Most of us humans are petty selfish bastards/bitches.

FYI - there are quite a few non-Americans who post, and our American culture makes little sense to them.

Until a year ago, I was working closely, very closely with our resident lesbian officer, and she was pretty crack.  Not the average female, or male, at all.  She had more balls than most men.  Mind you, that is a small minority of women, but then most men are betas, not alphas, and should be left home taking care of the children.  I am not a feminist, I come from a bygone era, like quite a few elderly posters here.  But like in Captain Marvel (but not the last Star Wars movie) I like a good looking woman who not only looks like she kicks ass, but actually does kick ass.