The Rising Of The Shield Hero “Flowers Offered In Recollection” Review
The Rising Of The Shield Hero “Flower Offered In Recollection” is the thirteenth episode from the second season of the Shield Hero anime. It doesn’t follow episode 12 at all, except to cement the fact that our heroes are all separated by different worlds now. Naofumi, Raphtalia, Filo, and Rishia go out to travel early one morning. While taking a rest stop to fish, Filo laments no longer being able to fly like she could in the other world. Raphtalia and Rishia proceed to reminisce about the time when Kizuna initially took them to get new outfits. Noticing Raphtalia wanted to impress Naofumi, Kizuna got Rishia to help her to try on a bunch of different clothes. After picking her choice, Raphtalia tried to ask Naofumi who has the best, but he simply said his was, causing Kizuna to note his denseness. Meanwhile in the other world, Kizuna and Yomogi are also fishing, with Kizuna telling Yomogi stories about Naofumi. Yomogi asks to tell her about her time in the Infinite Labyrinth, so Kizuna explains all she did to survive throughout the years, to fight her suicidal thoughts, until Naofumi eventually arrived. Yomogi starts to voice her concerns regarding her memories of Kyo, so Kizuna tells her to remember all the happy times they had, leading her to recall a humorous moment between them shortly before the Spirit Tortoise incident, putting her mind at ease. As Naofumi’s party continues travelling, Rishia starts to think about a conversation they had with Ost, sparking embarrassing memories out of Raphtalia, as Ost had explained to her and Filo what it meant to “get intimate” with someone. Naofumi’s party finally reach their destination, the spot of the Spirit Tortoise’s demise, where they are to pay their respects to Ost. Before leaving, Naofumi sees the spirit of Ost as the two smile to each other.
Not a filler or a set up
This episode was… fine I guess? I honestly was left wondering why it existed. Maybe to be a set up for the next season but it doesn’t really do enough for that. It can’t be seen as filler because why fill the final episode of the season? In the end the whole episode felt like a waste of time. Something that was on the cutting room floor that the editors desperately wanted to get in so they made it it’s own episode and it’s not even a good one.
