KEY POINTS

  • "The Rising of the Shield Hero" Season 2, Episode 12 is airing Wednesday
  • The episode will stream on Crunchyroll
  • The series is based on Yusagi Aneko and Seira Minami's original work

A Calamity Wave suddenly occurs without any sort of warning in "The Rising of the Shield Hero" Season 2, Episode 12. The new episode is titled "Reason to Fight."

The official website has released the synopsis and spoiler stills of Episode 12. Kyo has created a Calamity Wave in his lab. Naofumi and his friends take Ethnobalt's ship to Kyo's lab.

At the lab, Naofumi and the others witness Kyo's malicious works as he conducts some horrifying experiments.

In Episode 11 of the anime, Yomogi and Romina debuted as new characters. Romina upgraded the equipment of Naofumi's team. She created a new Barbarian Armor for Naofumi, a pajama for Filo and a sheath for Raphtalia's Vassal Katana.

They were getting ready for the next Wave to hit but there was something wrong with the Wave countdown meter.

"Naofumi's party is overjoyed to be reunited with Raphtalia. Kizuna criticizes Glass for invading another world. Glass and L’Arc swear they won’t fight Naofumi anymore, and instead find another way to solve their problem. Meanwhile, Kyo’s plot proceeds…," read the official synopsis of "The Rising of the Shield Hero" Season 2, Episode 11, as per Crunchyroll.

The cast of the anime includes Asami Seto as Raphtalia, Kaito Ishikawa as Naofumi, Maki Kawase as Yomogi Emarl, Rika Kinugawa as Romina, Jun Fukuyama as L'Arc Berg, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Ren Amaki, Yoshitaka Yamaya as Itsuki Kawasumi, Rina Hidaka as Filo, Kana Hanazawa as Ost Horai, Kikuko Inoue as Mirellia Q. Melromarc, Maaya Uchida as Melty Q. Melromarc, Makoto Takahashi as Motoyasu Kitamura, Megumi Han as Glass, Kengo Kawanishi as Ethnobalt, Miyu Tomita as Kizuna Kazayama, Shinnosuke Tachibana as Kazuki, Saori Hayami as Therese Alexanderite and Natsuko Hara as Rishia Ivyred.

The series is based on the original work of Yusagi Aneko and Seira Minami. The opening theme of "The Rising of the Shield Hero" Season 2, titled "Bring Back," is performed by MADKID. The ending theme, called "Yuzurenai," is by Chiai Fujikawa.

"The Rising of the Shield Hero" Season 2, Episode 12 is slated to air Wednesday. Fans in the U.S. can watch the second season on Crunchyroll. The new episode will stream in Japanese with English subtitles.

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