Motoyasu Kitamura

Motoyasu was a university student before he was stabbed to death by one of his girlfriends for cheating on her in his old world. He is generally a nice person however he is easily fooled by women which causes him anguish. He will listen to anything a woman says. He is the leader of the party Malty Melromarc is in. He is a skirt chaser who asks both Raphtalia and Firo to leave Naofumi and join his party the instant he meets each of them. He is the oldest hero.

Personality
Motoyasu had a yandere trauma, due to his murder.

Motoyasu is likely the friendliest of the four Legendary Heroes, however, he is incredibly naive and gullible. When Malty framed Naofumi for rape, despite the fact that she had stolen his money and clothes and given both to Motoyasu, he completely believed her claims and became openly hostile towards Naofumi in her defence. He later acts the same for Raphtalia and Firo, trying, without her permission, to free the former from being Naofumi's slave, and doing the same again with the latter. Raphtalia is quick to point out the hypocracy of his actions here, telling him that Naofumi never touched her, treated and fed her well and restored her health, and ultimately saved her from a horrible fate, she outright asks him why he hasn't done the same for slaves like her.

He acts like Naofumi's rival early on in the story almost always because of Malty manipulating his naivety.

He is also quite a flirt, but quick to admit Raphtalia was right to scold him for flirting with her when they were doing a party exchange. He likes most kinds of women, and is easily manipulated by them due to his naivety, but apparently has a fetish for angels, thus his attraction towards Firo above most other women he meets due to her human form being a winged girl with a very angelic appearance.

He seems to be incapable of believing any woman capable of doing wrong or being evil, heartless or manipulative, and was shocked when the Queen of Melromark cleared Naofumi's name and presented evidence that proved that he had been given stollen goods by Malty, yet he still denied the reality. It took Ellena actually saying all of his faults to his face, and Malty betraying him, like she does everyone, for him to finally realise the kinds of women he's surrounded himself with. The only girl to show him kindness here, Firo, thus becomes the sole object of his affections.

As a result of women betraying him, he was swallowed by the lust curse series, Motoyasu can only see women, except Firo, as pigs; this has also affected his hearing so he only hear women say "oink."

Motoyasu becomes incapable of perceiving all women except Firo, Philorilo Queens, and close companions of Firo(eventually), as pigs, literally, as in when he sees them he can't actually even tell that they're human beings anymore and when he hears them talk he only hears squeeling. Naofumi describes him at this point as being quite broken, he's become obsessed with Firo, calls Naofumi "Father in Law" and obeys the pair with strong loyalty. His lust for Firo and envy towards Naofumi for being so close to her awoke his Curse Series weapon, but it doesn't appear to alter his personality at all, either because he's permanently under its influence already or because he can't possibly be more corrupted by lust and envy then he already is. He's also become totally obsessed with Philorilos and has raised an entire farm of them in Naofumi's territory, which includes several Queen and King Philorilo as well.

His greatest wish is for everyone to just get along with each other, ironically this made him indecisive when dealing with the women in his life, and eventually led to him being killed by two Yandere in his room, which is how he ended up in the present world to begin with. This has instilled in him a trauma towards women who fit that criteria, and while he will try to help them he is quick to break down when in their pressence, or what he percieves as such. His wish for everyone to get along is the entire basis for his activities in the Spin-off "the Throwing of Spear Hero" in which he goes back in time frequently to try and change events to bring about this future.

Abilities
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Magic
Motoyasu specializes in fire and recovery magic. He can use support magic with my fire spells.
 * Zweite Absorb: It cancels Zweite-class magic and absorbs it. The problem is that Motoyasu can’t move after casting it. So this magic can’t be cast in advance. It’s range is around 5 meters.

Legendary Spear Skills

 * Meteor Spear (流星槍)
 * Portal Spear (ポータルスピア) allows one to teleport away
 * Inazuma Spear (イナズマスピアー) a long range attack
 * Envy Spear (ラストエンヴィースピア)
 * Buryunaku (ブリューナク)
 * Instant Javelin (エアストジャベリン)
 * Second Javelin (セカンドジャベリン)
 * Shining Lance (シャイニングランス)
 * Gungnir (グングニル)
 * Aiming Lancer (エイミングランサー)
 * Triaina: A move used by "weapon copying" Sadina's Spear. A single bolt of Lightning flies at his opponent, and shockwaves course throughout the target.
 * Brionac: A spear of light.

Lust Spear IV
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 * Temptation: It has an effect of lending power to those overcome by lust.
 * Fire Resentment: It sets a field with the effect of amplifying feelings of jealousy. It is a mind attack type. Motoyasu is able to boost himself with the power of jealousy.
 * Windmill: Motoyasu spins his spear, and creates a tornado.

Chronology
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The Rising of the Shield Hero
Devil of Shield Arc c1-78

Cal Mira Island Arc c78-114

Spirit Turtle Arc c115-130

Slave Supremacy Arc c131-203

New 7 Deadly Sins c204-357

Towards the Legend Arc c357-378

Side Stories
The Christmas of Shield Hero c379-385

The Valentine of Shield Hero c386-402

The White Day of Shield Hero c403-409

The Reset of The Spear Hero Gaiden
Loop 1 to 3 - Tutorial Arc c410-414

Motoyasu recalls the time he was killed by his girlfriends before being summoned to Melromarc. He is then returned to the moments after summoning. Although at first he believes it is just a sweet dream, he soon comes to accept that he has actually returned to the first day and he was able to retain all of his abilities and stats. He stops by the Slave Merchant and buys a Philorial egg with the hopes of Firo hatching from within. By the end of the chapter Motoyasu vows that he will eliminate everyone who stand in his way, no matter who they are in order to protect Naofumi. c410

Motoyasu leaves the palace with Naofumi after having spoken against the red pig's rape charges. He stops outside and contemplates returning to slaughter the red pig, but Naofumi stops him. They go to Elhart's shop to buy armor and Noafumi refuses to wear armor similar to the one the red pig stole. The egg hatches and to Motoyasu's disappointment it was not Firo. The new philorial was named Kuro because it's feathers were black. c411

Motoyasu explains levels Kuro in order for Iwatani Naofumi to have a reliable attacking ability. He does so by going to a mountain populated with dragons and brutally exterminates them all providing both a source of food for Kuro and experience. He believes that since Dragons are Philorial's natural enemy they are his as well. After spending the day grinding with Kuro he returns meets with Naofumi at a predetermined location in Melromarc's Castle Town. He gave Naofumi the dragon materials he collected during that day and told him to absorb them, explaining how their weapons could absorb anything and about the skill trees. He then eats Naofumi's cooking and heads to the stable to sleep with Kuro. Naofumi gives him all their gear to avoid it getting stolen again and showing Motoyasu that he is trusted. c412

Motoyasu tells Kuro to partner with Naofumi in order to help Naofumi fight and to give Kuro real battle experience. Since Kuro is registerd as Motoyasu's slavehe has to give Naofumi permission to allow Kuro to join Naofumi's party. Motoyasu goes to an adventure's guild and requests the highest paying job and although they try to deny him his request after he mentions the queen a Shadow appears and he is able to take the job. Outside the guild he is attacked by a member of the radical faction of the Three Heroes Church, but he easily takes care of them and takes their wallet as well. He then stops by the Slave Merchant's place and buys a few more philorial eggs. After completing the quest, the day is over and he returns to meet Naofumi an Kuro waiting for him. He also runs into an Emissary from Silt Welt with wolf ears. c413

Motoyasu decides that his top priority is to secure his place as Firo's master. He feels that it would be best if Naofumi were to go to Silt Welt since their movements are so limited in Melromarc. They part and Motoyasu starts hoarding philorial eggs with Kuro who is now in angel form and can speak in short phrases. After two days he has 7 philorials and Kuro is their leader, but suddenly four icons, Sword, Spear, Bow, and Shield, appear in his vision. The Shield icon flashes red then the entire world is dyed in gray and everything stops moving. His spear starts shaking and making a clattering sound then strange analog clock appears with the pointer rotating counter-clockwise. He is then transported to the time right after being summoned. After he contemplates what could have happened he kills Itsuki. The Bow icon begins to flash red and time is reset again. Once he sees that Itsuki is fine like before he was stabbed and time was reversed, he kills Ren to be sure. The Sword icon flashes red and Motoyasu is sent back to the restart point. Realizing that Naofumi was killed when he saw the Shield icon flashing, Motoyasu realizes his blunder and swears that he won't make a mistake like that again. c414

Loop 4 - Silt Welt Arc c415-455

Loop 5 - Melromarc Arc c456-574

Loop 6 - Foburei Arc c575-current }}