Shikigami (chapter)

Shikigami (式神) is the seventieth chapter of The Rising of the Shield Hero manga adaptation.

Synopsis
Kizuna introduces Naofumi and Rishia to someone who might be able to find the missing Raphtalia and Filo. To aid in their search, Naofumi creates new member of their party.

Summary
As Rishia walks through Kizuna's country, she gets distracted trying to listen to the foreign language. Noticing her ostensibly spacing out in an unknown country Naofumi scolds her and they both continue in the direction indicated by Kizuna. Arriving to their destination, Kizuna gestures them inside to introduce them to her good friend, Ethnobalt.

Ethnobalt warmly welcomes the two other-worlders and humbly thanks them for rescuing Kizuna. Upon shaking hands, Naofumi immediately notices that Ethnobalt isn't quite human to which the boy transforms into his library rabbit form. After discussing briefly about different options to locate people, Ethnobalt gives Rishia a wooden ofuda which transforms into a small penguin called Chris. Chris is a shikigami, or familiar, to both Glass and Kizuna and has an invisible connection to both of them. Upon suggestion from both Kizuna and Ethnobalt, Naofumi decides to make a shikigami for himself to find Raphtalia.

At a dragon hourglass, Naofumi gives Ethnobalt Raphtalia's hair and some of his blood for the shikigami ceremony. After an unexpected explosion, Naofumi is then greeted by his own Shikigami - Raph-chan. Apparently, Raph-chan is especially strong and has formed a personality much quicker than normal. Using both Chris and Raph-chan, they find that Glass and Raphtalia are both together in the enemy country of Label.

Using his Vassal Boat, Ethnobalt transports Naofumi and his group into Label to rescue Glass, Raphtalia, and the rest. Walking through a town in the enemy country, Rishia suddenly hears a familiar language. Using Raph-chan as a guide, they investigate further to the source of the noise. To their horror, they find Filo chained up as a circus act - crying for help.

Characters

 * Rishia Ivyred
 * Naofumi Iwatani
 * Kizuna Kazayama
 * Ethnobalt (debut)
 * Fitoria (image)
 * Filo
 * Glass (mentioned)
 * Kyo Ethnina (mentioned)
 * Chris (debut)
 * Raphtalia (flashback)
 * Beloukas (flashback)
 * Raph-chan (debut)

Monsters

 * Filolial (image)
 * Library Rabbit (debut)
 * Shikigami (debut)

Weapons

 * Legendary Shield
 * Vassal Boat (debut)

Locations

 * Glass' World
 * Sickle (Vassal Scythe Country)
 * Infinite Labyrinth (mentioned)
 * Label (debut)

Differences from Light Novel
Information to be added later on.

Trivia

 * The hair that Naofumi used during the Shikigami ceremony was cut from when Raphtalia when she was a child and first became Naofumi's slave.