Review of The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4

Sometimes you have to know when to stop. Whether it's the production making new seasons or us watching this. Season 4 is like your ex who promised to change. You gave him another chance only to have him cheat on you again with your best friend. Season 4 is like an open-world RPG where you focused so much on the side quests that by the time you wanted to get back to the main story, you were already bored. Season 4 is like trying to wash a baby's diaper so he'll poop in it again, and all you have is a diaper with more poop. To say this isbad is a pretty big understatement. The most accurate way to say it was disappointing is to say it was. The last season managed to overcome the impossible, which was the disastrous second season, and this fourth season was expected to resume the good path of its predecessor. What they actually created was a soulless and charisma-less product with a script weaker than I feel after losing 50/50 in any gacha. Initially, everything pointed to it being a purely political story arc with two "important" arcs to develop the furries who accompany our shield-bearing lukewarm. The first arc focused on the tiger furries Atla and Fohl, where the politics are left rather half-baked. The villain, instead of being an important political force, decides to be a punching bag. The problem is resolved with a duel instead of a battle at the negotiating table. Despite this, they could have salvaged the little good that was there, since this wasn't the important arc.
The important arc was QTen'Lo. Not only because it's Raphtalia's homeland, a character almost on par with the protagonist. It was an arc to learn about her family ties, her homeland, and to explore the character and allow her to grow mentally and psychologically while embroiled in a civil war. Plus, this nation had a lot of information regarding the weapon heroes and how to give them power-ups and information about waves. It seemed to be that resting point before entering a major boss. All that interesting stuff I mentioned was just shoved up their asses and they decided to make the most lukewarm and half-hearted arc possible. The script is garbage. A political arc without politics where once again the final villain is defeated in a fight. Only somehow they made it worse.
When you ask yourself, "What is a Deus Ex Machina?" Well, you get to the last episode of this piece of shit and you'll have a graphic representation. The season finale makes no sense whatsoever. Suddenly, the civil war became a three-way fight where a complete stranger pulled out of the ass of who knows who arrives to defeat the bad guy and help the good guys. At this point, I'd honestly prefer the author to come up to me, spit in my face, and tell me I'm a huge idiot for having my hopes up for something she wrote while kicking me four times in the shin.

My biggest piece of advice for anyone thinking of watching this is… After the first season, stop. Don't make the same mistake I did and continue beating yourself up with subpar products out of love for the franchise. And if you're wondering, yes, I will watch season 5. Don't be like me and have some self-respect.