#Motoyasu Kitamura

[shieldherostuffs]

Older Naofumi AU

I like the idea of Older!Naofumi (think maybe mid-40s, and i wanna say he's got multiple tattoos and piercings, after getting his own life away from his parents) who's finally gotten his life stable, and then gets summoned, so now he's just done with everyone's shit.

This also means he has more life experience (+game and manga/anime/all-that-stuff knowledge.)

Naofumi, at the trial: "I'm abstinent, you dumb fucks! Have been for years, and I'm not gonna break it for a girl who looks half my age. I have standards."

He somehow ends up parenting the other Heroes as well, because they're all young and in an unfamiliar world, thinking they're immortal, two of them aren't even legal adults yet and Motoyasu acts like he never got attention as a child. They need parental guiding and support, and a reality check.

When the Queen comes back, Naofumi gives both her and her husband a lesson in parenting, despite the fact that he's only been doing it for a few months (technically most of his life because he basically raised his little brother as well), and they've got a whole teen with parental and self-issues and child who was forced to mature too quickly. But let's be honest, he's already doing better than the two of them.

At some point, during cal Mira, Naofumi waltzes into the room where the other three are chatting, and proudly announces "I am proud to announce that I am no longer abstinent." for the sole reason of embarrassing them.

Motoyasu: Was it Therese? Itsuki: Or was it L'Arc? We're having a bet and we wanna know. Naofumi: Yes. Ren: Fuck yeah. I win. >:)

[eli-elien]

YES MA'AM

[thepaleunicorn]

Still working on those big kazurei illustrations, but due to some… stuff going on… It takes me to draw them a bit longer, sorry

Anyway, today I present to you my recent obsession - those four hero dorks. I don’t remember the plot much as I was reading the light novel for the last time in like 2017??? Still exited

So a huge brainrot has been festering in my head for the past week about some angsty au, because there’s not a lot of works around with them (at least that I’m aware of)… It got to a point that I’m now prepping to write my first ever fanfic with ✨da bois✨, yeah

Here are some snippets of what I’m currently thinking. You know, some basic queer/angst stuff (@_@)

Enjoy my struggles in filling out my sketchbook

[jamsofdeath0]

I think the biggest issue with shield hero is the author accidentally wrote motoyasu into being in the right. this wouldn't have been an issue if they decided to address it instead of tripling down on him "being an idiot" instead of a morally upright dude who believed a woman when she claimed to be raped.

Naofumi for all intensive purposes looks like the most reprehensible motherfucker on the planet from the outside. I wouldn't take his goddamn side. but the story NEEDS you to be with him. so they thoroughly make him sympathetic before he buys the child slave. now don't get me wrong I love this plot point. I think "protagonist buys a child slave" could have been a fucking awesome story. but the author didnt actually want to go into how fucked up that is. they just wanted to write isekai wish fulfillment about a guy at the bottom revenge plotting his way to the top. this is fine to. this can be a perfectly serviceable or even good plot. the problem is the second sheild hero stops being a dark fantasy (episode 5) it gets obscenely boring. like so fucking dull.

this is because they didn't know how to get you onto naofumis (the man who owns a child slave) side without making the antagonist needlessly over the toply cruel (myne) or the most annoying performtive idiot on the planet (motoyasu)

lets examine motoyasu. hes a womanizer. not very bright. believes myne when she claims to be raped. duels naofumi to free a slave.

none of these things are bad. his attempt at free raphtalia (the slave) is maybe a tad performative, naofumi calls this out himself when he brings up slavery being legal, but its not evil. it GOOD. even if its a little to do with his personal beef with naofumi that to could just be interesting writing.

hes FLAWED (being gullible) yes but thats just being a well written character. (he isnt)

so the shows written a well meaning but flawed antagonist. hes against the protagonist bc he rightfully believes him an irredeemable monster who raped women and own slaves.

what will be done with this charater? nothing interesting i assure you. the episode after the duel instead of having him question why the slave girl actually liked naofumi at all (the man they at this point belive to BE A RAPIST (he isnt but they dont know that)) he shows up at a village to become a figure head lord. mynes calling all the shots. and she says the first decree will be that anyone who enters the village will have to pay a toll of FIFTY SILVER. FIFTY! Naofumi then says a night a board AND food is only 2. Thats above cartoonishly evil. thats just stupid. youre not going to make any money that way no one's going to be able to afford the fee. your just killing a village to kill it.

What does motoyasu do when this VERY CLEAR EVIL is happening right in front of him by HIS SIDE? look stupid and double down bc he doesnt like naofumi. he shows hes willing to fuck over a TON of people just to get a go at one guy.

this is the second their whole dynamic becomes so boring. it becomes "naofumi right"; "motoyasu stupid". when motoyasu loses his assumed moral high ground. when hes no longer fighting for what he believes is right.

whereas before their clashes had been moral and even nuanced to a degree now its just a postering idiot and a guy who can inly be bothered bc hes LITERALLY GENUINELY being forced to.

[small-spark-of-light]

cursed images: Shield Hero Edition! pt 15!!!!!

sorry  for the long wait :D the last image has the most characters in one photo of all the cursed images! featuring Elijah

[ydotome]

Filo sing is so cute! - Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari Season 3 - Episode 4

[rosesinbloom7love]

Shield Hero Shenanigans

Kizuna: Bridge the generation gap by combining old and new slang into one! Motoyasu: Tubular AF! Itsuki: Mood to the max! Naofumi: *Annoyed* Groovy, I hate it. Ren: *Just as annoyed* If she breathes, she's a square.

[sorrinslays]

Would anyone be interested in a rewriting of the Shield Hero where Naofumi is an immortal guy who has lived for millennia (think a mix of Zhongli and Alhaitham from Genshin)?

I've been entertaining the idea for quite a while in my head but I'd like to know the thoughts of others on the matter as well, which is why I'm sharing the idea.

I've been thinking that it would be really interesting to do a re-write/fix-up of the anime/manga/light novel where there's:

No underlining pedophilia because that's just disgusting and creepy

Naofumi acts a lot like a miserable mentor figure who just wishes for the sweet embrace of death

The other heroes actually develop and their beliefs and morals are challenged

MOTOYASU IS NOT A CREEPY GUY LUSTING OVER A MONSTER CHILD

Myne and The King face actual consequences for their actions appropriate for the setting and time period

It's more of a dark fantasy/ subversion of the isekai trope (how it was supposed to be from the start in my opinion)

Explores such things as growing too fast and becoming a child soldier, immortality and how it affects someone, keeping promises to the dead, accepting your death as well as obsessing over the idea of death and similar topics

If anyone has any questions/suggestions feel free to ask me!

[angiecakes1990]

Poor Filo 🤣🤣

[lilium-dragomir]

[yukitonz]

Let's be honest here- once Naofumi got his name cleared and Motoyasu stopped being in so much denial about the truth- Naofumi became his personal therapist. Aka it means the 'yep. Oh, that's sad. Uh-huh' from Naofumi, but he gets free food as his payment. Motoyasu always just talks about how he feels he's never good enough, always messes up and feels like he wears a mask (aka deep ass shit) and Naofumi's just like 'DAMN this bread GOOD. Anyway, yeah continue Motoyasu.' I think it is their entire dynamic. (Then they end up together. Naofumi actually starts listening. But he don't give a shit in the beginning of it all. He just wants BREAD.)

Anyway have a good day 😎👍

[shieldherostuffs]

Naofumi: I wish there was something between us.

Motoyasu: Like what?

Naofumi: A wall.

[naofumiisbabey]

Motoyasu: you can't just leave me out here!

Naofumi: why not?

Motoyasu: because what if someone tries to take me!?

Naofumi: who would want you?

Motoyasu: what-?

Motoyasu: ...

Motoyasu: people want me :(

[cryptid-called-ash]

From my countless jokes in the tags of my posts.

Naofumi and Motoyasu are actually divorced. They’re just pretending not to know each other. Ren is Naofumi’s actual son, his mother wasn’t in the picture. Motoyasu was his step dad.

The divorce happened over motoyasu cheating with multiple women and drinking heavily.

He sobers up after the divorce, but is murdered by one of the women he was having an affair with. Motoyasu views coming to this world as a second chance. He just wishes his bitter ex husband wasn’t here.

Naofumi is reading the records of the holy heroes to Ren, as reading to him eases his son’s anxiety. He’s understandably quite upset at being summoned, especially when his cheating ex husband is also here. But at least he’s able to keep looking after his son (Ren is only 13, three years younger than he is in canon)

The only one who is a stranger is Itsuki.

Ren sides with his dad immediately during the accusations, being very resentful of his stepfather after the divorce and seeing it as a way for motoyasu to get back at Naofumi for divorcing him (this is not actually the case, however Ren is young and angry so he’s inclined to think the worst of the man who cheated on his dad).

He straight up calls Naofumi dad and rushes back to him when Nao is brought before the king, they having been separated in order to keep up appearances for safety reasons.

They very quickly decide “yeah screw that noise” and Ren goes back to using the same last name as his dad (Amaki was his mother’s last name, which is why he uses it on the first night)

Kieka and Orkian are absolutely willing to accommodate the father and son wishing to remain together.

Everything is relatively the same, with the exception of the ex-husbands getting into extreme arguments much more frequently and Ren being super protective of his new baby sisters.

Itsuki is 100% under the impression that none of these weirdos, save the obvious father and son, know each other and is horribly confused.

It’s takes a really long time for him to realize what’s actually happening. Rip Itsuki’s sanity.

[pwdr00]

Malty S Melromarc (Eps 42 y 48)

[small-spark-of-light]

some cursed images: Shield Hero edition!!!!

i feel bad for leaving Itsuki out XD