Original Title : 盾の勇者の成り上がり
Alternative Title: The Rising of the Shield Hero
Author : Aneko Yusagi (アネコユサギ)
Illustrator : Minami Seira (弥南 せいら)
Publisher : MF Books
Status : 3 volumes, publication still ongoing.
Summary : Iwatani Naofumi is summoned to another world to become one of the 4 heroes, namely the Shield Hero. Starting out with poor popularity and labeled as the weakest, Naofumi found himself betrayed on the 3rd day of his adventure. Losing faith and money, all that left is just his shield... vowing to exact revenge to those who had betrayed him, Naofumi path is......
News from the Author said this will start serialization in comic flapper later, with Aiya Kyuu as illustrator.
This is a good read, and I really really liked this, as it is similar to The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor with a little spice of Ubel Blatt, though not as dark as the latter.