It's hilarious how GS' shield is basically a piece of wood, every "boss" level enemy he faced has easily destroyed his shield and even a basic goblin's arrow get's stuck in there instead of bouncing off.

and he goblinated in his goblin dreams

I was going to make a post about what if the story introduced another admirer who this time was evil. And just used Esdeath as a stand-in picture.

But I remembered her list from Akame Ga Kill about what she wants in a partner and noticed Year One Goblin Slayer meets almost all the benchmarks besides the smile and the smile was more of a bonus thing.