Anime is one of the best genres when it comes to a backstory. They can change how you feel about one of the villains after a backstory. How a character chooses to live after their backstory is what often makes them the villain or the protagonist.

Naofumi had a bad backstory in Rising of the Shield Hero, but how he dealt with it is what helped him become a true hero.

Many of us have hurts and pains from our past. How we deal with them is the key to overcoming and being a hero in our own story.

On today’s show, we deal with the realities of bitterness and how to overcome it so we can become the hero in our own story.

Reduces Your World

- Constantly replaying what happened in the past will reduce our world today

- Bitterness can motivate us to “show them,” which means we are still working for them in a weird way

- Naofumi was consumed with the hurt and it often kept him from doing as much as he could

- Bitter Men are constantly replaying their pain and hurting their life today

Distorts Your Relationships

- Your past hurts define your present relationships if you don’t deal with them

- Pain can isolate us - “I’m the only one….”

- Because of his hurt, Naofumi lived with a “guilty until proven innocent mentality.”

- Bitterness can put us in a place where reconciliation and healing are impossible.

- Victim mentality blinds us to compassion.

Disfigures Your Identity

- Since the beginning of the show, Naofumi was a pretty good guy. Not perfect- but he mentioned that he helped his sister get on the right path and that was why his parents let him live at home.

- But when he got to the new world, Everyone said he was a bad guy. Everyone. and he started filling that role.

- “I’m not that good of a guy,” is something he starts thinking of himself.

- If we stay in our bitterness, it transforms our view of ourselves and everything is seen through the lens of our pain

Challenge

- Don’t fight alone! Too many men try to fight through their past pain by themselves

- Find friends or others who you can be honest with and can help you overcome your past pain

- For Naofumi, not having a sword became a blessing

- “Sometimes your greatest limitations become your greatest blessings”

- Naofumi’s team, helped him overcome his own inner pain

- Heroes overcome their backstory

- Villains stay in their backstory

Watch and Enjoy!

David & Reese Maxwell

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