Aneko Yusagi’s 2012 light novel series Rising of the Shield Hero, while not as macabre and gothic as something like Kentaru Miura’s Berserk, is nonetheless a morose story about a protagonist’s long battle for external and internal peace. The Reprise of the Spear Hero series that serves as a simultaneous sequel and reboot is a […]
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