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* TheScapegoat: Naofumi is ''repeatedly'' blamed for things either outside his control or others being incapable of doing so. As bad as this is, it's made worse by the fact that there are serious problems being ignored by others who could have done something about it themselves but only Naofumi himself bothers, from the individual disasters caused by each of the heroes to the assassination attempt on Melty. This ''really'' doesn't adhere him to the country he was summoned to protect and makes his job even harder since his own "allies" are the ones who keep getting in the way until the Queen makes it clear to the public who the true troublemakers in her country are.
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* ChronicBackstabbingSyndrome: Malty betrays everyone she gets close to, always for her own benefit. Not too soon, she ends up in a situation she cannot escape because she's betrayed ''everyone'' that could have helped her.
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* ChronicBackstabbingSyndrome: ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Malty betrays everyone she gets close to, always for her own benefit. Not too soon, she ends up in a situation she cannot escape because she's betrayed ''everyone'' that could have helped her.
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* ChronicBackstabbingSyndrome: Malty betrays everyone she gets close to, always for her own benefit. Not too soon, she ends up in a situation she cannot escape because she's betrayed ''everyone'' that could have helped her.
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* IWorkAlone: Ren is TheAloner, and as such prone to go off on his own to {{Level Grind|ing}} while leaving his party to do their thing. This causes them to be dangerously underleveled and unable to learn how to coordinate with their purported leader in a fight, which becomes an important factor in their TotalPartyKill when fighting the Spirit Tortoise.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: People can tolerate only so much of it before they stop taking that individual seriously, no matter how famous they are or how much political clout they have. When Ren, Motoyasu and Itsuki double down on their screwed-up game logic to justify their actions/beliefs, the whole kingdom starts to see them as incompetent idiots who they cannot rely on to protect them anymore. This makes several citizens and nobles very wary of trusting them with quests and drives Motoyasu and Itsuki's parties to the brink of abandoning their leaders. Naofumi, the Queen and even Fitoria give up on trying to talk to them when it becomes clear they will not drop the video-game ideology. People start solely relying on the Shield Hero to get anything done, which pushes the trio to take extreme measures to prove themselves.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: InsaneTrollLogic:
** People can tolerate only so much of it before they stop taking that individual seriously, no matter how famous they are or how much political clout they have. When Ren, Motoyasu and Itsuki double down on their screwed-up game logic to justify their actions/beliefs, the whole kingdom starts to see them as incompetent idiots who they cannot rely on to protect them anymore. This makes several citizens and nobles very wary of trusting them with quests and drives Motoyasu and Itsuki's parties to the brink of abandoning their leaders. Naofumi, the Queen and even Fitoria give up on trying to talk to them when it becomes clear they will not drop the video-game ideology. People start solely relying on the Shield Hero to get anything done, which pushes the trio to take extreme measures to prove themselves.
** People can tolerate only so much of it before they stop taking that individual seriously, no matter how famous they are or how much political clout they have. When Ren, Motoyasu and Itsuki double down on their screwed-up game logic to justify their actions/beliefs, the whole kingdom starts to see them as incompetent idiots who they cannot rely on to protect them anymore. This makes several citizens and nobles very wary of trusting them with quests and drives Motoyasu and Itsuki's parties to the brink of abandoning their leaders. Naofumi, the Queen and even Fitoria give up on trying to talk to them when it becomes clear they will not drop the video-game ideology. People start solely relying on the Shield Hero to get anything done, which pushes the trio to take extreme measures to prove themselves.
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* ThePowerOfHate: Naofumi's seething anger at the world for screwing him over helps him unlock the Wrath Shield, a Curse Series variant that allows him to attack enemies at the cost of his health and stats. Despite its incredible power, it does nothing to help him against Glass in the Third Wave. A power boost from getting angry or more determined does not guarantee a victory and serves as a reminder to Naofumi that he must continue to train and get stronger the hard way, or that some situations can't simply be solved via brute force. Additionally, the Wrath Sheild is only pulled out in dire moments given [[BlindedByRage his rage completely consumes him]] to the point of detriment as he cannot tell friend or foe apart if he doesn't control his emotions in time.
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* ThePowerOfHate: Naofumi's seething anger at the world for screwing him over helps him unlock the Wrath Shield, a Curse Series variant that allows him to attack enemies at the cost of his health and stats. Despite its incredible power, it does nothing to help him against Glass in the Third Wave. A power boost from getting angry or more determined does not guarantee a victory and serves as a reminder to Naofumi that he must continue to train and get stronger the hard way, or that some situations can't simply be solved via brute force. Additionally, the Wrath Sheild Shield is only pulled out in dire moments given [[BlindedByRage his rage completely consumes him]] to the point of detriment as he cannot tell friend or foe apart if he doesn't control his emotions in time.
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* The [[{{Revenge}} Revenge Fantasy]] is downplayed since even when Naofumi understandably wants revenge over having his life ruined, he never ''actively'' pursues it over fulfilling his (essentially forced) hero duties. Even after he gets the Wrath Shield and there's nothing physically stopping him from simply burning Malty, King Aultclay, and others to death the first chance he gets for either screwing him over, leaving him in a mess he has to dig himself out of, or trying to bury him deeper into it for some petty reason, he refrains from doing so for the pragmatic reasons of making his reputation way worse and becoming the very "Devil of the Sheild" they accused him of and settles with rubbing it in their faces that he's too powerful to restrain until LaserGuidedKarma comes for them. When he finally ''does'' get his chance for revenge against Malty and Aultcray, courtesy of an equally pissed-off Queen, he allows them to be given a lighter punishment since he had time to mature and mostly moved on from his anger and resentment and then when Malty eventually does get the horrific punishment that's coming to her, it's ''so'' terrible that [[EveryoneHasStandards even Naofumi gets no joy from it]].
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* The [[{{Revenge}} Revenge Fantasy]] is downplayed since even when Naofumi understandably wants revenge over having his life ruined, he never ''actively'' pursues it over fulfilling his (essentially forced) hero duties. Even after he gets the Wrath Shield and there's nothing physically stopping him from simply burning Malty, King Aultclay, and others to death the first chance he gets for either screwing him over, leaving him in a mess he has to dig himself out of, or trying to bury him deeper into it for some petty reason, he refrains from doing so for the pragmatic reasons of making his reputation way worse and becoming the very "Devil of the Sheild" Shield" they accused him of being, and settles with rubbing it in their faces that he's too powerful to restrain until LaserGuidedKarma comes for them. When he finally ''does'' get his chance for revenge against Malty and Aultcray, courtesy of an equally pissed-off Queen, he allows them to be given a lighter punishment since he had time to mature and mostly moved on from his anger and resentment and resentment. And then when Malty eventually does get the horrific punishment that's coming to her, it's ''so'' terrible that [[EveryoneHasStandards even Naofumi gets no joy from it]]. it]].
