Raphtalia

In the anime, it's basically a duel between Raphtalia and Trash 2, while in the light novel, it was an entire battle involving Trash 2, his harem, and the Guardian Beast clones, against Naofumi's group and Kizuna, who had reunited with Lark's group. In the light novel, Trash Number Two is killed by Raphtalia due to his pride and self-love, as he did not listen to Raphtalia's warning not to move. In the anime, he does not move, which prolongs his life for some time until Kyo arrives. Raphtalia, along with Naofumi and Firo, appear as guest characters in the second season of the anime crossover "Alternate World Quartet". Raphtalia took third place in the MF Books 10th Anniversary Female Character Popularity Poll. The poll included female characters from works published by the publishing house.

The relationship between Raphtalia and Naofumi has reached the point where she can often tell what exactly he is thinking just by his facial expression. Raphtalia often points this out and scolds Naofumi when he thinks something very unreasonable.[18] Raphtalia has mixed feelings about Raph-chan and the Raph-likes that later appeared. Raphtalia acknowledges their usefulness and utility, but whenever Naofumi interacts with Raph-chan or any of the Raph-likes, she frowns or becomes indignant.[19] In the anime, Raphtalia is portrayed as much more naive than in the light novel, a famous example being the scene in which Raphtalia thinks that kissing Naofumi will make her pregnant.[20] The episode featuring Raphtalia's perspective when she is separated from Naofumi is exclusive to the anime and manga adaptation, while the light novel does not feature this episode. The character who helps Raphtalia and gives her the temple priestess robe in the anime appears exclusively in the anime - in the light novel and manga, this role is filled by Lark. Naofumi and Raphtalia's reunion in the anime is very different from the light novel: in the anime, Naofumi finds and protects Raphtalia after she defeats Trash Number Two, while in the light novel, Raphtalia, Lark, Teris, and Glass reunite with Naofumi, Kizuna, Rishia, Filo, and Raph-chan during a very emotional scene before the battle with Trash Number Two, his harem, and the Guardian Beast clones. The anime spent much more time on the build-up to the battle and the actual battle with Trash Number Two than the light novel. In the original, there was almost no build-up to the battle with Trash Number Two, since all the events take place from Naofumi's point of view, and there was no episode from Raphtalia's point of view at all. The battle with Scumbag Number Two itself happens completely differently in each of the sources.

Soon, Raphtalia was sold once again and soon found herself in Belloucas' tent, where she was soon purchased by the Shield Hero, Naofumi Iwatani, for thirty silver coins. This event changed Raphtalia's life forever: she became Naofumi's closest companion, his ray of light and guiding star in this dark and gloomy world, and Raphtalia herself, thanks to this fateful meeting, found the strength to move forward for the sake of those dear to her.

Raphtalia promised herself not to cry anymore and headed towards the village where she met the surviving villagers, most of whom were children. She inspired the others with her speech to rebuild the village that was dear to everyone. Each of the villagers worked hard to rebuild the village until the survivors were attacked by nearby knights and soldiers who took advantage of the death of the ruler of the land as an opportunity to make money by selling demi-human slaves. All the surviving men and old people were killed, and the women and children were captured and sold into slavery. Raphtalia was initially acquired by a nobleman who decided to use her as a servant, but she was soon returned because Raphtalia had been suffering from nightmares since the death of her parents, causing her to scream loudly at night. Raphtalia was eventually acquired by another nobleman, Idor Reivia, who had previously bought Raphtalia's friend, Lifana. Idor loved to torture the helpless demi-humans, hanging them on chains and whipping them until they were exhausted. Raphtalia did not lose hope and tried to calm Lifana down, but she already had a cold and soon died without receiving proper treatment. Raphtalia caught the disease from her, but did not pay attention to it, because she believed that she and the others still had a place to return to, her home village. At one point, the nobleman who bought her told Raphtalia that the village was completely destroyed, and the inhabitants were either dead or sold into slavery. And at that moment, something inside Raphtalia broke and she lost all hope, which caused her nightmares to worsen and the symptoms of the disease to become even worse.

Until she was 10 years old, Raphtalia lived in a small fishing village in a country called Melromarc. Despite Melromarc having discriminated against demi-humans for decades and not hesitating to use them as slaves, Rulorona Village was a place where demi-humans and beastmen could live peacefully and without any problems. Raphtalia's peaceful life ended when the First Wave of Calamity arrived, almost completely destroying the demi-human settlement. During the first wave, Raphtalia, along with her parents and the rest of the villagers, fled, trying to find refuge in a nearby port town. At that time, all of the village's strongest fighters, including Sadina, the protector and long-time friend of the family, were at sea and could not help their fellow villagers. Cerberus, who appeared in the village, sowed panic among the inhabitants and they scattered in different directions, although in the end most of them jumped into the sea, believing that the monster would not follow them, but they were mistaken and the three-headed dog, jumping after them, tore apart most of the inhabitants. The parents and Raphtalia herself, who had fallen behind the main group, found themselves trapped: behind them was a cliff, and in front of them the path was blocked by Cerberus, who had jumped out of the water. Raphtalia's parents decided to sacrifice themselves and buy some time for the rest of the villagers. Having said goodbye to their daughter, Raphtalia's parents pushed their daughter off the cliff straight into the sea, and soon an enraged Cerberus rushed at them and tore them apart. Raphtalia managed to survive the fall and reach the nearest shore, where there were already several survivors and many corpses. She immediately went to the cliff, but found only bloody scraps and the corpse of the monster, which was already being carried away by knights and adventurers.

Raphtalia is a young girl with long reddish-brown hair and large reddish eyes. Being a half-human, she has some animal-like attributes, in this case, the round ears of a tanuki and a bushy tail. She has a moderately toned and slender body, and is similar in build to her father. As a result of a busy life, much of it involving battle, she has slightly visible muscles.

Over time, Raphtalia's appearance has changed significantly: when she first appeared, she was a skinny and sickly child dressed in rags, whose appearance and hair, including, looked extremely unkempt. However, after meeting Naofumi, he managed to restore Raphtalia's healthy appearance and dressed her in decent clothes. Under Naofumi's care, Raphtalia raised her Level and, like all demi-humans when gaining levels, quickly matured, which is why she now looks much older than her real age. Around this time, she changed her leather breastplate with a short sword to a breastplate made of magic silver with a normal sword.

Once in the world of Grass, Raphtalia's age "reset" and she became like a ten-year-old child until she leveled up again and matured. During her escape from enemy territory, she was chosen as the Clan Katana, causing Raphtalia to lose the slave seal that she had on her chest until then. At some point during her journey through the new world, Lark bought Raphtalia a temple priestess outfit, which suited her very well, as noted by both Naofumi and the others.

Please believe me. I am sure that Naofumi-sama did nothing wrong. You are the great Shield Hero who saved my life, gave me medicine, taught me how to survive and how to fight. I am your sword, and I will follow you no matter what difficulties await us.

Name: Raphtalia (Japanese: ラフタリア Rafutaria) is the main protagonist and deuteragonist of The Rising of the Shield Hero series.

Raphtalia is the first true companion of the Shield Hero, Naofumi Iwatani. Although she was originally acquired by him as a slave, thanks in large part to Naofumi's good treatment, a strong bond was formed between him and Raphtalia.

She later travels to another world where she is chosen by the Katana Clan and becomes the Katana Hero (刀の勇者, Katana no Yuusha). Raphtalia also becomes the Overlord of Kutenrou after the previous Overlord is overthrown.

Known as ・Katana Hero ・Mistress ・Shigaraki (formerly)

Nickname(s) ・Sister Raphtalia (Filo) ・Raphtalia-chan (Sadina, Keel, Lark, villagers) ・Sister (Fohl) ・Raphtalia-san (Atla, Licia, Mirelia, Grass, Melty, Kizuna) Age ・10 (Psychological) ・18 (Physiological) Race Half-human: ・Raccoon-like ・Tanuki-like

Floor Female Female

Eye color Brown

Hair color Chestnut

Personal Information

Relatives ・Unknown (Father, ) ・Unknown (Mother, ) ・Ruftomila (Cousin) ・Natalia (Ancestor)

Owner

・Naofumi Iwatani (formerly) ・Idor Reivia (temporary, formerly)

Status Alive

Activity ・Clan Hero ・Mistress of Kutenro ・Slave (formerly)

Level ・87 (Raphtalia's World) ・115 (Grass World)

Country Rulorona Village, Melromarc

Capabilities Magic of light and darkness Close and medium range combat, deception with illusions

Weapon ・Clan Katana ・Krolerin's Sword (formerly) ・Kalmian Rabbit Sword (former) ・Magic Sword (former) ・Magic Silver Sword (former) ・Magic Iron Sword (former) ・Short Iron Sword (former)