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	\| Aux2 = Kazuya Nakanishi		\| Aux2 = Kazuya Nakanishi
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	\| ShortSummary = The Shadow Seven separate to hunt the cult all over the world; Cid believes they simply grew up and grew bored of his game. He enrolls in the same academy as Claire where he deliberately avoids standing out, even choosing two average boys, Skel and Po, as friends. As a forfeit for doing badly on a test, Cid is forced to confess love to Princess Alexia and be publicly humiliated. Cid plays along in his role as a “typical background character” but is shocked when Alexia agrees to be his girlfriend.		\| ShortSummary = The Shadow Seven separate to hunt the cult all over the world; Cid believes they simply grew up and grew bored of his game. He enrolls in the same academy as Claire where he deliberately avoids standing out, even choosing two average boys, Skel and Po, as friends. As a forfeit for doing badly on a test, Cid is forced to confess love to Princess Alexia and be publicly humiliated. Cid plays along in his role as a “typical background character” but is shocked when Princess Alexia agrees to be his girlfriend. She invites Cid to her fencing class where he discovers Alexia is engaged to royal fencing instructor Zenon, but has no desire to marry him.

	~~Princess Alexia invites Cid to her fencing class where he discovers Alexia is engaged to royal fencing instructor Zenon, but has no desire to marry him.~~ Fully aware he is being used and Alexia is secretly spiteful and selfish, Cid agrees to continue their fake relationship in exchange for money. After two weeks Alexia admits that despite the effort she puts into sword training she is not as skilled as her sister, Iris, thus she was nicknamed “Fencer Ordinaire”. Cid admits he actually likes her sword style, which focuses on mastery of the basics. Alexia becomes angry and ends their fake relationship. The next day Zenon reveals Alexia has disappeared and has Cid arrested as a suspect in her kidnapping.		Fully aware he is being used and Princess Alexia is secretly spiteful and selfish, Cid agrees to continue their fake relationship in exchange for money. After two weeks Alexia admits that despite the effort she puts into sword training she is not as skilled as her sister, Iris, thus she was nicknamed “Fencer Ordinaire”. Cid admits he actually likes her sword style, which focuses on mastery of the basics. Alexia becomes angry and ends their fake relationship. The next day Zenon reveals Alexia has disappeared and has Cid arrested as a suspect in her kidnapping.
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	\| Aux2 = Hazuki Mizumoto		\| Aux2 = Hazuki Mizumoto
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	\| ShortSummary = In a cell next to a mutated human girl, Alexia has her blood stolen by a cult scientist who claims it contains demon DNA. Cid is tortured by knights for Alexia’s location, but having trained himself to withstand pain he pretends to be a pathetic but innocent NPC, thinking it makes him look cool. After 5 days, Princess Iris orders Cid released. Alpha reappears to Cid with news that they have continued to monitor the cult while increasing Shadow Garden's influence. Cid is impressed Alpha and her fellow Shadows still occasionally visit to carry on their role-playing game with him; unaware Shadow Garden really has become a powerful organization.		\| ShortSummary = In a cell next to a mutated human girl, Alexia has her blood stolen by a cult scientist who claims it contains demon DNA. Cid is tortured by knights for Alexia’s location, but having trained himself to withstand pain he pretends to be a pathetic but innocent NPC, thinking it makes him look cool. After five long days, Princess Iris orders Cid released. Alpha reappears to Cid with news that they have continued to monitor the cult while increasing Shadow Garden's influence. Cid is impressed Alpha and her fellow Shadows still occasionally visit to carry on their role-playing game with him; unaware Shadow Garden really has become a powerful organization.

	Alpha plans to rescue Princess Alexia with 114 loyal soldiers; Cid plays along to amuse himself as he knows Princess Alexia really has been kidnapped but mistakenly believes it was corrupt knights and the 114 soldiers are just background actors Alpha hired. In a massive attack, Cid murders the knights who tortured him while his army searches for Princess Alexia. The scientist desperately injects Alexia’s blood into the mutant girl who becomes a demon, kills the scientist, then frees Alexia. ~~Alexia~~ runs into Zenon who reveals he gave her to the cult so they would arrange for him to be promoted to a high ranking knight. Alexia attacks but Zenon easily defeats her. Cid suddenly appears.		Alpha plans to rescue Princess Alexia with 114 loyal soldiers; Cid plays along to amuse himself as he knows Princess Alexia really has been kidnapped but mistakenly believes it was corrupt knights and the 114 soldiers are just background actors Alpha hired. In a massive attack, Cid murders the knights who tortured him while his army searches for Princess Alexia. The scientist desperately injects Princess Alexia’s blood into the mutant girl who becomes a demon, kills the scientist, then frees Princess Alexia. She runs into Zenon who reveals he gave her to the cult so they would arrange for him to be promoted to a high ranking knight. Princess Alexia attacks but Zenon easily defeats her. Cid suddenly appears.
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	\| Aux2 = Kazuya Nakanishi		\| Aux2 = Kazuya Nakanishi
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	\| ShortSummary = Zenon identifies Cid as the one behind recent attacks on the cult and announces himself as one of the cult’s core members. The demon girl rampages through the city and fights Iris. Alpha reveals herself to Iris as a member of Shadow Garden, defeats the demon, then vanishes. Cid dominates Zenon in a duel. Alexia, who has no idea he is Cid under his disguise, is captivated by his sword style which expresses the heart of the style she has searched for her entire life. Zenon swallows pills that turn him demonic, but, using the principles of a nuclear explosion Cid sets off a magic bomb that dissolves everything in the blast radius to atoms, killing Zenon and destroying most of the evacuated city.		\| ShortSummary = Zenon identifies Cid as the one behind recent attacks on the cult and announces himself as one of the cult’s core members. The demon girl rampages through the city and fights Princess Iris. Alpha reveals herself to Iris as a member of Shadow Garden, defeats the demon, then vanishes. Cid dominates Zenon in a duel.Princess Alexia, who has no idea he is Cid under his disguise, is captivated by his sword style which expresses the heart of the style she has searched for her entire life. Zenon swallows pills that turn him demonic, but, using the principles of a nuclear explosion Cid sets off a magic bomb that dissolves everything in the blast radius to atoms, killing Zenon and destroying most of the evacuated city.
	Princess Alexia reunites with Iris freshly determined to master her chosen sword style. Alexia, having remembered that Cid likes her sword style, offers to be his real girlfriend now Zenon is dead, but when he abruptly rejects her she punishes him, violently. Alpha returns to investigating a group that has been masquerading as Shadow Garden while committing crimes. Iris orders a full kingdom investigation into the Cult of Diablos and Shadow Garden. Cid meets a girl with pink hair.		Princess Alexia reunites with Iris freshly determined to master her chosen sword style.Princess Alexia, having remembered that Cid likes her sword style, offers to be his real girlfriend now Zenon is dead, but when he abruptly rejects her, she punishes him violently. Alpha returns to investigating a group that has been masquerading as Shadow Garden while committing crimes. Iris orders a full kingdom investigation into the Cult of Diablos and Shadow Garden. Cid meets a girl with pink hair.
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	\| Aux2 = Daisuke Takashima		\| Aux2 = Daisuke Takashima
	\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2022\|11\|09}}		\| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2022\|11\|09}}
	\| ShortSummary = The false Shadow Garden begins committing murders. A cult relic is recovered so Princess Iris gives it to the pink haired student, Sherry, the kingdom's most brilliant researcher. Cid’s friends Po and Skel take him to a new department store where it is revealed Cid’s subordinate Gamma opened the store to fund Shadow Garden, with branches in every city in the world. Cid is impressed but once again is convinced Gamma is role-playing, unaware he now owns dozens of stores making him one of the wealthiest men in the world. He also meets Nu, the newest Shadow. On his way home, Cid spots Princess Alexia fighting several murderers so he saves Alexia, slaughters the murderers, and hands one survivor to Nu for interrogation.		\| ShortSummary = The false Shadow Garden begins committing murders. A cult relic is recovered so Princess Iris gives it to the pink haired student, Sherry, the kingdom's most brilliant researcher. Cid’s friends Po and Skel take him to a new department store where it is revealed Cid’s subordinate Gamma opened the store to fund Shadow Garden, with branches in every city in the world. Cid is impressed but once again is convinced Gamma is role-playing, unaware he now owns dozens of stores making him one of the wealthiest men in the world. He also meets Nu, the newest Shadow. On his way home, Cid spots Princess Alexia fighting several murderers so he saves Alexia, slaughters the murderers, and hands one survivor to Nu for interrogation.
	Elsewhere the murderer’s boss, Gaunt Knight, confirms they located the relic. Alexia confirms Shadow Garden is not the real murderers, though Iris still insists they are enemies of the kingdom. Using chocolate from Cid’s store, Skell confesses to a girl but is punished by her fiancé. Po also confesses to a girl but is arrested as a stalker. Cid decides to just give the remaining chocolate to anyone, which by chance is Sherry. Her adoptive father, vice-principal Ruslan, informs the naïve Sherry the chocolates were probably meant as a love confession and to decide on her answer quickly to not keep Cid waiting.		Elsewhere the murderer’s boss, Gaunt Knight, confirms they located the relic. Alexia confirms Shadow Garden is not the real murderers, though Iris still insists they are enemies of the kingdom. Using chocolate from Cid’s store, Skell confesses to a girl but is punished by her fiancé. Po also confesses to a girl but is arrested as a stalker. Cid decides to just give the remaining chocolate to anyone, which by chance is Sherry. Her adoptive father, vice-principal Ruslan, informs the naïve Sherry the chocolates were probably meant as a love confession and to decide on her answer quickly to not keep Cid waiting.
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	\| Aux2 = Kazuya Nakanishi		\| Aux2 = Kazuya Nakanishi
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	\| ShortSummary = Sherry activates the control relic, deactivating the Eye and its barrier. Cid arrives disguised as Eminence and his army of ~~Shadows~~ begins slaughtering the terrorists. Iris is enraged that it appears Shadow Garden is responsible for the attack. Cid finds Gaunt Knight burning Sherry’s research and reveals he is Ruslan, Sherry’s adoptive father. Ruslan explains he was once a master swordsman, until an illness weakened him. Believing the Eye might cure him he cultivated a relationship with the woman studying it, Sherry’s mother. When she grew too afraid to continue her research Ruslan killed her and adopted Sherry as a pawn to complete the research he needed.		\| ShortSummary = Sherry activates the control relic, deactivating the Eye and its barrier. Cid arrives disguised as Eminence in Shadow and his army of Shadow Garden begins slaughtering the terrorists. Princess Iris is enraged that it appears Shadow Garden is responsible for the attack. Cid finds Gaunt Knight burning Sherry’s research and reveals he is Ruslan, Sherry’s adoptive father. Ruslan explains he was once a master swordsman, until an illness weakened him. Believing the Eye might cure him he cultivated a relationship with the woman studying it, Sherry’s mother. When she grew too afraid to continue her research Ruslan killed her and adopted Sherry as a pawn to complete the research he needed.

	Ruslan combines the Eye with the control relic and regains his lost sword skills. Cid is still the better swordsman so Ruslan brags he has framed Shadow Garden for all his crimes. Unconcerned, Cid kills Ruslan, witnessed by Sherry. The kingdom designates Shadow Garden as a terrorist organization. Sherry informs Cid she will miss him but with Ruslan dead she has decided to transfer to a scientific research academy to pursue her new goal. Cid asks what her new goal is; she insists it is secret, but her dark aura suggests her new goal is sinister.		Ruslan combines the Eye with the control relic and regains his lost sword skills. Cid is still the better swordsman so Ruslan brags he has framed Shadow Garden for all his crimes. Unconcerned, Cid kills Ruslan, witnessed by Sherry. The kingdom designates Shadow Garden as a terrorist organization. Sherry informs Cid she will miss him but with Ruslan dead she has decided to transfer to a scientific research academy to pursue her new goal. Cid asks what her new goal is; she insists it is secret, but her dark aura suggests her new goal is sinister.
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	\| Aux2 = Kazuya Nakanishi		\| Aux2 = Kazuya Nakanishi
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	\| ShortSummary = Cid visits a hot spring; uncaring Alexia is already there naked. Hiding her embarrassment Alexia explains the Goddess Trial involves challengers dueling the spirits of famous warriors. Alexia is busy with the Archbishop’s murder and asks Cid to assist by joining the Crimson Knights, which Cid refuses before nonchalantly leaving, fully exposing himself to the intrigued Princess Alexia. The Princess' investigation is cancelled by temporary Archbishop Nelson, who just happens to be Alexia’s prime suspect in Drake’s murder. Princess Alexia encounters Beta in her Natsume persona and both take an instant dislike to each other. Many fighters are humiliated when no famous warriors manifest to duel them, implying they are unworthy opponents. Cid is suddenly announced as next challenger, his entry fee having been secretly paid by Rose to show her father Cid’s potential.		\| ShortSummary = Cid visits a hot spring; uncaring Princess Alexia is already there naked. Hiding her embarrassment Alexia explains the Goddess Trial involves challengers dueling the spirits of famous warriors. Princess Alexia is busy with the Archbishop’s murder and asks Cid to assist by joining the Crimson Knights, which Cid refuses before nonchalantly leaving, fully exposing himself to the intrigued Princess Alexia. The Princess' investigation is cancelled by temporary Archbishop Nelson, who just happens to be Alexia’s prime suspect in Drake’s murder. Princess Alexia encounters Beta in her Natsume persona and both take an instant dislike to each other. Many fighters are humiliated when no famous warriors manifest to duel them, implying they are unworthy opponents. Cid is suddenly announced as next challenger, his entry fee having been secretly paid by Rose to show her father Cid’s potential.

	To avoid exposing his strength or embarrassing himself by faking a humiliating defeat Cid crashes the Trial as the Eminence in Shadow, his presence summoning Aurora, the Calamity Witch whom, according to Nelson, was the strongest witch in history. Alexia realises if Aurora manifested before Eminence it is possible he is the most dangerous man in the world. Cid defeats Aurora but is disappointed the duel was too easy, so he leaves. The arena barrier suddenly collapses and a new summoning spell is activated in response to Cid’s actions, impressing the observing ~~Shadows~~.		To avoid exposing his strength or embarrassing himself by faking a humiliating defeat Cid crashes the Trial as the Eminence in Shadow, his presence summoning Aurora, the Calamity Witch whom, according to Nelson, was the strongest witch in history. Princess Alexia realises if Aurora manifested before Eminence it is possible he is the most dangerous man in the world. Cid defeats Aurora but is disappointed the duel was too easy, so he leaves. The arena barrier suddenly collapses and a new summoning spell is activated in response to Cid’s actions, impressing the observing Shadow Garden.
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	\| ShortSummary = Cid decides to enter the circle and disappears. Alpha appears with the rest of Shadow Garden, kidnaps Nelson and all enter Sanctuary too. Princess Alexia and Rose also enter. Alpha reveals she is an elf and a descendant of Olivier, the hero who severed Diablos’ left arm one thousand years ago. Cid meets an imprisoned Aurora who has been trapped for a thousand years. Cid frees her and she reveals Sanctuary is actually a massive prison that stores the memories of every past hero. If they destroy Sanctuary’s magical core, Aurora and the other memories will be deleted. As they pass through memories Cid and the Shadows learn the cult used to use the Sanctuary to experiment on orphan girls with Diablos’ blood to resurrect him. Most died but some, like Olivier, became strong heroes.		\| ShortSummary = Cid decides to enter the circle and disappears. Alpha appears with the rest of Shadow Garden, kidnaps Nelson and all enter Sanctuary too. Princess Alexia and Rose also enter. Alpha reveals she is an elf and a descendant of Olivier, the hero who severed Diablos’ left arm one thousand years ago. Cid meets an imprisoned Aurora who has been trapped for a thousand years. Cid frees her and she reveals Sanctuary is actually a massive prison that stores the memories of every past hero. If they destroy Sanctuary’s magical core, Aurora and the other memories will be deleted. As they pass through memories Cid and the Shadows learn the cult used to use the Sanctuary to experiment on orphan girls with Diablos’ blood to resurrect him. Most died but some, like Olivier, became strong heroes.
	It is revealed experiments on Diablos’ arm produced the pills that turn people demonic, but once a year it produces twelve Beads that grant one whole year of immortality to the cults 12 leaders, the Knights of Round, one of whom is Nelson who helped create the first Beads ~~a thousand~~ ~~years~~ ago. Nelson turns demonic and, with his control over the Sanctuary, scatters everyone throughout multiple memories and creates copies of himself to fight all the Shadows at once.		It is revealed experiments on Diablos’ arm produced the pills that turn people demonic, but once a year it produces twelve Beads that grant one whole year of immortality to the cults twelve leaders, the Knights of Round, one of whom is Nelson who helped create the first Beads one millennium ago. Nelson turns demonic and, with his control over the Sanctuary, scatters everyone throughout multiple memories and creates copies of himself to fight all the Shadows at once.
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	\| ShortSummary = Epsilon reveals she and the named Shadows personally brought into Shadow Garden by Cid were all girls experimented on by the Cult. Cid cured them of the demonic/cursed side effects, leaving their strength intact. They enter Sanctuary’s archive and steal the records of the Cult’s experiments. Cid and Aurora reach Sanctuary’s core. Delta reveals she possesses berserker level strength, allowing her to kill hundreds of Nelson copies even without magic. The core is sealed behind chains that can only be cut by a nearby magic sword, and though Cid tries the sword can only be drawn by a hero’s descendant. Nelson summons Olivier to fight for him but Epsilon appears with all the Cult’s research so all the Shadows abruptly teleport out of Sanctuary with Alexia and Rose, leaving the confused Nelson. As Cid is still inside Sanctuary Nelson orders Olivier to kill him. T		\| ShortSummary = Epsilon reveals she and the named Shadows personally brought into Shadow Garden by Cid were all girls experimented on by the Cult. Cid cured them of the demonic/cursed side effects, leaving their strength intact. They enter Sanctuary’s archive and steal the records of the Cult’s experiments. Cid and Aurora reach Sanctuary’s core. Delta reveals she possesses berserker level strength, allowing her to kill hundreds of Nelson copies even without magic. The core is sealed behind chains that can only be cut by a nearby magic sword, and though Cid tries the sword can only be drawn by a hero’s descendant. Nelson summons Olivier to fight for him but Epsilon appears with all the Cult’s research so all the Shadows abruptly teleport out of Sanctuary with Alexia and Rose, leaving the confused Nelson. As Cid is still inside Sanctuary Nelson orders Olivier to kill him. T

	hey duel but Cid is disappointed as Olivier is mindlessly obedient, mute and without personality, so he finds the fight boring. Aurora decides to protect him as payment for providing her first new memories in 1000 years. Cid is annoyed at the assumption he will lose, claiming he has been paying close attention and has figured out one of Sanctuary’s secrets. Olivier stabs Cid through the heart, but he smiles and reveals one of his eyes has changed ~~colour~~.		hey duel but Cid is disappointed as Olivier is mindlessly obedient, mute and without personality, so he finds the fight boring. Aurora decides to protect him as payment for providing her first new memories in 1000 years. Cid is annoyed at the assumption he will lose, claiming he has been paying close attention and has figured out one of Sanctuary’s secrets. Olivier stabs Cid through the heart, but he smiles and reveals one of his eyes has changed color.
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	\| ShortSummary = Cid grabs Olivier and kills her with his teeth, revealing to a stunned Nelson he allowed Olivier to stab him in a way she missed his organs. He also reveals the secret he figured out; Sanctuary absorbs magic from the air, so by compressing his magic into a solid mass within his eye, he can use magic again. Cid sets off his atomic bomb spell, reducing Nelson and the Sanctuary core to atoms. Cid is able to say goodbye to Aurora who kisses him and hopes one day he finds the real Aurora. Princess Alexia and Rose decide they must form their own secret organization against the Cult and Shadow Garden. As Natsume, Beta agrees to help so she can spy on them. Alpha discovers from Sanctuary’s archives that Aurora’s true identity is the demon Diabolos.		\| ShortSummary = Cid grabs Olivier and kills her with his teeth, revealing to a stunned Nelson he allowed Olivier to stab him in a way she missed his organs. He also reveals the secret he figured out; Sanctuary absorbs magic from the air, so by compressing his magic into a solid mass within his eye, he can use magic again. Cid sets off his atomic bomb spell, reducing Nelson and the Sanctuary core to atoms. Cid is able to say goodbye to Aurora who kisses him and hopes one day he finds the real Aurora. Princess Alexia and Rose decide they must form their own secret organization against the Cult and Shadow Garden. As Natsume, Beta agrees to help so she can spy on them. Alpha discovers from Sanctuary’s archives that Aurora’s true identity is the demon Diabolos.

	Elsewhere, Shadow Garden begins buying all the property in the city of Madlid to open another shopping ~~centre~~, though secretly it is to access a valuable oil field. Alexia confirms the Beatrix church is involved with the Cult but politics prevents her investigating further so Iris decides to rise further up the ranks of the Crimson Knights to gain her own political power, starting with winning the upcoming Bushin Festival tournament. Rose discovers she may be infected by demonic blood.		Elsewhere, Shadow Garden begins buying all the property in the city of Madlid to open another shopping center, though secretly it is to access a valuable oil field. Alexia confirms the Beatrix church is involved with the Cult but politics prevents her investigating further so Iris decides to rise further up the ranks of the Crimson Knights to gain her own political power, starting with winning the upcoming Bushin Festival tournament. Rose discovers she may be infected by demonic blood.
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	\| Aux2 = Susumu Nishizawa		\| Aux2 = Susumu Nishizawa
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	\| ShortSummary = Cid’s elder sister Claire visits but he avoids her by pretending to join Skel in hunting Rose for a huge reward. Cid actually respects Rose for risking everything to escape an unwanted marriage. Cid overhears the piano song ] and finds Epsilon playing it. Epsilon explains she is able to cultivate useful connections in Oriana Kingdom by posing as a skilled pianist. Princess Alexia and Beta suspect Rose fled after discovering Perv is a cultist using magic to brainwash the king, so they enter the underground to find her.		\| ShortSummary = Cid’s elder sister Claire visits but he avoids her by pretending to join Skel in hunting Rose for a huge reward. Cid actually respects Rose for risking everything to escape an unwanted marriage. Cid overhears the piano song '']'' and finds Epsilon playing it. Epsilon explains she is able to cultivate useful connections in Oriana Kingdom by posing as a skilled pianist. Princess Alexia and Beta suspect Rose fled after discovering Perv is a cultist using magic to brainwash the king, so they enter the underground to find her.
	Rose, suffering more from her infected blood, considers surrendering to avoid dragging Oriana into war. She suddenly hears the Sonata and finds Eminence playing the piano in the underground. She realises she can’t surrender so Eminence cures her blood and grants her power before vanishing. Cult soldiers locate Rose but she kills them and decides to end her partnership with Princess Alexia and Beta to fight alone, pleasing Beta who is sure this was Cid’s goal all along. Cid is pleased he was able to pull off the dramatic scene of playing a piano underground to impress Rose. He returns home and finds Claire has stubbornly waited all day for his return.		Rose, suffering more from her infected blood, considers surrendering to avoid dragging Oriana into war. She suddenly hears the Sonata and finds Eminence playing the piano in the underground. She realises she can’t surrender so Eminence cures her blood and grants her power before vanishing. Cult soldiers locate Rose but she kills them and decides to end her partnership with Princess Alexia and Beta to fight alone, pleasing Beta who is sure this was Cid’s goal all along. Cid is pleased he was able to pull off the dramatic scene of playing a piano underground to impress Rose. He returns home and finds Claire has stubbornly waited all day for his return.
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	\| ShortSummary = After sadistically punishing Cid for neglecting her, Claire reveals she has replaced Rose in the festival and insists Cid watch her from VIP seating. Cid sits beside Iris, who apologises for the Zenon incident. They discuss the dark knight competitor, Beatrix the elvish War Goddess, the festivals very first champion. Cid realises Beatrix is Alpha’s aunt. Cid sneaks away to don his Mundane disguise to duel Annerose. Perv takes his seat beside Iris, who despises him. Perv is confident Rose will return and marry him. He also suggests he is interested in hiring strong warriors; particularly Annerose.		\| ShortSummary = After sadistically punishing Cid for neglecting her, Claire reveals she has replaced Rose in the festival and insists Cid watch her from VIP seating. Cid sits beside Iris, who apologises for the Zenon incident. They discuss the dark knight competitor, Beatrix the elvish War Goddess, the festivals very first champion. Cid realises Beatrix is Alpha’s aunt. Cid sneaks away to don his Mundane disguise to duel Annerose. Perv takes his seat beside Iris, who despises him. Perv is confident Rose will return and marry him. He also suggests he is interested in hiring strong warriors; particularly Annerose.

	In the arena Annerose attempts to match Mundane’s speed, but is defeated. Iris is determined to defeat Mundane in the next match. Perv has Mundane investigated, though he is confident he has no connection to Shadow Garden, who are all female. Annerose thanks Mundane for showing her she still has room to improve and invites him to work for her country’s government, but he refuses. Cid looks forward to defeating Iris so he can become a legend by mysteriously disappearing immediately after his victory. Claire meets him at his room, quietly reminding him he forgot to watch her match.		In the arena Annerose attempts to match Mundane’s speed, but is defeated. Princess Iris is determined to defeat Mundane in the next match. Perv has Mundane investigated, though he is confident he has no connection to Shadow Garden, who are all female. Annerose thanks Mundane for showing her she still has room to improve and invites him to work for her country’s government, but he refuses. Cid looks forward to defeating Iris so he can become a legend by mysteriously disappearing immediately after his victory. Claire meets him at his room, quietly reminding him he forgot to watch her match.
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	\| Aux2 = Kazuya Nakanishi		\| Aux2 = Kazuya Nakanishi
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	\| ShortSummary = Cid sits beside Iris and Beatrix to watch Claire’s next match. Perv continues drugging the King, hoping Rose will try to save him. He also plans to have the king publicly assassinate Iris and Princess Alexia’s father, the King of Midgar, to cause war. Claire wins her match and furiously looks for Cid, absent from the audience again. Iris duels Mundane, but has repeated terrifying premonitions of Mundane killing her instantly with a counterattack. Mundane disarms and defeats her in a single move. Rose infiltrates the VIP area with help from Shadow Garden and Perv is enraged when she kills her own father, who shows gratitude at being freed from Perv’s control.		\| ShortSummary = Cid sits beside Princess Iris and Beatrix to watch Claire’s next match. Perv continues drugging the King, hoping Rose will try to save him. He also plans to have the king publicly assassinate Iris and Princess Alexia’s father, the King of Midgar, to cause war. Claire wins her match and furiously looks for Cid, absent from the audience again. Iris duels Mundane, but has repeated terrifying premonitions of Mundane killing her instantly with a counterattack. Mundane disarms and defeats her in a single move. Rose infiltrates the VIP area with help from Shadow Garden and Perv is enraged when she kills her own father, who shows gratitude at being freed from Perv’s control.
	Rose moves to kill herself but Mundane stops her, kills Perv’s men and sheds his disguise to reveal he was Eminence all along. Rose realises Eminence is also the boy she knew as Stylish~~-Bandit-~~Slayer, revealing that when Cid was training himself as a child he killed the bandits who coincidentally had just kidnapped Rose, inspiring Rose to learn sword fighting in the first place. Realising she can’t die yet Rose escapes. Beatrix, having wanted to fight Mundane anyway, realises he is a wanted terrorist and engages Eminence in a duel.		Rose moves to kill herself but Mundane stops her, kills Perv’s men and sheds his disguise to reveal he was the Eminence in the Shadow all along. Rose realises Eminence is also the boy she knew as "Stylish Ruffian Slayer", revealing that when Cid was training himself as a child he killed the bandits who coincidentally had just kidnapped Rose, inspiring Rose to learn sword fighting in the first place. Realising she can’t die yet Rose escapes. Beatrix, having wanted to fight Mundane anyway, realises he is a wanted terrorist and engages the Eminence in a duel.
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	\| Aux2 = Kazuya Nakanishi		\| Aux2 = Kazuya Nakanishi
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	\| ShortSummary = Beatrix engages Eminence and amidst their fight Iris teams up with Beatrix. Alpha meets Rose and offers her membership in Shadow Garden, which Rose accepts. Eminence shows off his most powerful attack which will obliterate the city, terrifying both Iris and Beatrix, but at the last second he vanishes instead, leaving Iris frustrated and determined to take vengeance. Perv is forced to beg his master’s forgiveness for his failure. Beatrix is sad she never found her niece. Sherry hears the news of Eminence’s attack and is determined to one day kill him. With Eminence revealed to the world the ~~Shadows~~ begin preparations to support Cid, hoping he will soon take a more active role in running ~~Shadow~~ ~~Garden~~.		\| ShortSummary = Beatrix engages Eminence and amidst their fight Princess Iris teams up with Beatrix. Alpha meets Rose and offers her membership in Shadow Garden, which Rose accepts. Eminence shows off his most powerful attack which will obliterate the city, terrifying both Iris and Beatrix, but at the last second he vanishes instead, leaving Princess Iris frustrated and determined to take vengeance. Perv is forced to beg his master’s forgiveness for his failure. Beatrix is sad she never found her niece. Sherry hears the news of the Eminence’s attack and is determined to one day kill him. With the Eminence revealed to the world, the Shadow Garden begin preparations to support Cid, hoping he will soon take a more active role in running their organization.

	Alpha guides Rose into the monster infested mountains near Cid and Claire’s childhood village, revealing the mountains contain the old Kingdom of Alexandria, now Shadow Garden's secret base of operations. Rose has everything traumatically taken from her, including her name, and becomes nameless soldier 666 in Shadow Garden’s army while she trains to prove herself. Meanwhile, Cid is pleased by how cool his role-playing was with Iris and Beatrix and looks forward to the next game.		Alpha guides Rose into the monster infested mountains near Cid and Claire’s childhood village, revealing the mountains contain the old Kingdom of Alexandria, now Shadow Garden's secret base of operations. Rose has everything traumatically taken from her, including her name, and becomes nameless soldier 666 in Shadow Garden’s army while she trains to prove herself. Meanwhile, Cid is pleased by how cool his role-playing was with Iris and Beatrix and looks forward to the next game.
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Japanese light novel series and its franchise

陰の実力者になりたくて！ (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!)
The Eminence in Shadow
Cover of the first light novel
Genre	Dark fantasy, isekai
Novel series
Written by	Daisuke Aizawa
Published by	Shōsetsuka ni Narō
Original run	May 2018 – present
Light novel
Written by	Daisuke Aizawa
Illustrated by	Tōzai
Published by	Enterbrain
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Demographic	Male
Original run	November 5, 2018 – present
Volumes	5 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written by	Daisuke Aizawa
Illustrated by	Anri Sakano
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA: Yen Press
Magazine	Comp Ace
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	December 26, 2018 – present
Volumes	10 (List of volumes)
Manga
Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Shadow Gaiden
Written by	Seta U
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Magazine	Comp Ace
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	July 26, 2019 – present
Volumes	4 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Kazuya Nakanishi
Written by	Kanichi Katou
Music by	Kenichiro Suehiro
Studio	Nexus
Licensed by	Sentai Filmworks
Original network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, SUN, BS NTV, TVA
Original run	October 5, 2022 – present
Episodes	20 (List of episodes)
Video game
The Eminence in Shadow: Master of Garden
Developer	Aiming
Publisher	Crunchyroll Games
Genre	RPG, Gacha
Platform	iOS, Android, PC
Released	November 29, 2022
Anime and manga portal

The Eminence in Shadow (Japanese: 陰の実力者になりたくて!, Hepburn: Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!) is a Japanese light novel series written by Daisuke Aizawa and illustrated by Tōzai. It began serialization online in May 2018 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Enterbrain, who have published the series since November 2018.

A manga adaptation with art by Anri Sakano has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace since December 2018. A spin-off manga by Seta U titled Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Shadow Gaiden (陰の実力者になりたくて！しゃどーがいでん, "The Eminence in Shadow! Shadow Side Story") has also been serialized via Comp Ace since July 2019. Both the light novel and main manga have been licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by Nexus aired from October 2022 to February 2023. A second season has been announced.

Plot

A boy in modern-day Japan desires to be a mastermind who exerts power from the shadows, but in the process of training, gets hit by a truck and dies. He is reborn in a fantasy world as Cid Kagenou, where he maintains a perfectly mediocre appearance as to not stand out and pursue his dream of manipulating from the shadows. One day, he stumbles upon an elven girl infected by a mysterious disease and cures her.

Cid makes up a story, explaining this world is secretly run by the Cult of Diablos, and his secret organization, "Shadow Garden", are the only ones that can fight them. The elven girl, now named Alpha, joins this organization and begins recruiting new members. However, the stories Cid made up were actually true, but he believes it to be total delusion. Cid continues fighting the Cult of Diablos under the alias "Shadow", completely unaware that he is involved in a complicated power struggle.

Characters

Main characters

Cid Kagenou (シド・カゲノー, Shido Kagenō) / Shadow (シャドウ, Shadō) / Minoru Kageno (Kagenō Minoru) / John Smith (ジョン・スミス, Jon Sumisu) / Mundane Mann (ジミナ・セーネン, Jimina Sēnen): Voiced by: Seiichirō Yamashita, Hikaru Midorikawa (Mundane Mann) (Japanese); Adam Gibbs (English); Kageno is the main protagonist and a high-school student who dedicated himself into becoming stronger than a nuclear bomb. However after an accident where he was hit by a truck, he was reincarnated into another world where magic exists. In this world, he is the son of a noble family and uses his reincarnated powers to secretly moonlight as the leader of the Shadow Garden, an organization that fights in the shadows against the Cult of Diablos (ディアボロス教団, Diaborosu Kyōdan), but he believes both organizations to be imaginary and their participants are simply role-playing. He desires to act like a 'mob' character and blend into the background, but he has chūnibyō tendencies, basing all his actions on whatever he believes would look coolest.
Claire Kagenou (クレア・カゲノー, Kurea Kagenō): Voiced by: Rina Hidaka (Japanese); Luci Christian (English); Cid's older sister, a skilled spellsword. She thinks herself as stronger than Cid and pushes him around, often acting aggressively towards him in the form of punching him and other forms of bodily harm when she finds herself annoyed by him. However, she does care about him to an obsessive degree, acting quite recklessly when she thinks her brother might be threatened. She later absorbs Diablos and becomes its host, but Cid thinks she is role-playing.
Princess Alexia Midgar (アレクシア・ミドガル, Arekushia Midogaru): Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Japanese); Olivia Swasey (English); A haughty princess, she makes it her job to make Cid's life as annoying as possible. She and Cid previously dated as an act, but she developed genuine feelings for him while he was eager to end their relationship. Also, she is one of the only characters to have personally seen "Shadow" in action (outside of Shadow Garden members) but does not know that Shadow's true identity is Cid himself.
Princess Iris Midgar (アイリス・ミドガル, Airisu Midogaru): Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa (Japanese); Patricia Duran (English); Princess Alexia's older sister. She built up a circle of soldiers, independent of the Knights, to fight anybody who threatens the peace, be it Shadow Garden or the Cult.
Rose Oriana (ローズ・オリアナ, Rōzu Oriana): Voiced by: Haruka Shiraishi (Japanese); Donna Bella Litton (English); The princess of the neighbouring kingdom of Oriana, a country known for its art. She controversially took up the sword instead of traditional arts and became a transfer student at the Midgard Spellsword academy. She became the student council president and her swordsmanship at the academy was considered only second to the first princess of Midgar, Iris Midgar. She becomes known as "666" in later volumes of the light novel when she joins Shadow Garden after a series of events.

Shadow Garden

Seven Shades

Alpha (アルファ, Arufa): Voiced by: Asami Seto (Japanese); Christina Kelly (English); The first member 7 Shades of Shadow Garden, those who receive magic power infusion directly from Shadow himself, with appearance as a beautiful elven girl which resemble the Hero from the past as well as her aunt, Beatrix the Goddess of War. When Cid first encountered her, she was suffering from Demon possession and was hardly recognizable as a human being. Cid experimented on her and inadvertently found a cure for Demon possession, in return for curing her she swore fealty to him becoming his second-in-command. She went on to find and recruit the other 6 main members of Shadow Garden and leads them in their pursuit of the Cult of Diablos.
Beta (ベータ, Bēta): Voiced by: Inori Minase (Japanese); Annie Wild (English); The second member of Shadow Garden, she was the first member to be found by Alpha instead of Cid. An elf known for her natural beauty and ample chest. She writes 'the war chronicles of Shadow-sama', in which she details the exploits of Cid in his Shadow persona. She became a world-famous author named Natsume Kafka by publishing the stories Cid would tell her, which include popular media like Spirited Away and Spider-Man. Being a Jack of All Trades, she is given the positions of Operations Coordinator and Head of Mission Logistics in Shadow Garden.
Gamma (ガンマ, Ganma): Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori (Japanese); Elissa Cuellar (English); The third member of Shadow Garden, though she is weak both physically and in technique, she possesses great intelligence. She is responsible for the creation and daily operations of Mitsugoshi Company, the front organization that funds Shadow Garden. Cid originally told her about concepts and products from his original world in the form of his "Shadow Knowledge" which Gamma was eventually able to recreate and sell for great profits. Nicknamed "the Brain" by Cid. Her public persona is president of Mitsugoshi company. Her immense intelligence and master diplomacy granted her the position of Head of Finance and Administration in Shadow Garden.
Delta (デルタ, Deruta): Voiced by: Fairouz Ai (Japanese); Raven Troup (English); The fourth member of Shadow Garden, a dog beast-kin girl that is extremely strong and violent, but rather unintelligent. Due to her beast-kin nature, she also has heightened senses, such as being able to recognize scents from great distances and uses these to find and hunt her targets. She only listens to those stronger than her, and has only acknowledged Alpha and Cid as stronger than her. Also called "the Glass Cannon" by Cid. Many members consider her Shadow Garden's main fighting force due to her ferocity and ruthlessness in battle.
Epsilon (イプシロン, Ipushiron): Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto (Japanese); Ellen Evans (English); The fifth member of Shadow Garden, an elven girl with a haughty attitude. She is skilled in the use of the slime bodysuits worn by the organization's members, using it to make her seem tall and busty due to her being insecure about her short and slender figure. She is renowned as a world-famous pianist that popularized the Moonlight Sonata, taught to her by Cid. She's nicknamed the "Precise" among all Shadow Gardens members.
Zeta (ゼータ, Zēta): Voiced by: Ayaka Asai (Japanese); Dominique Meyer (English); The sixth member of Shadow Garden, a cat beast-kin who is in charge of the organization's recon, travelling the world in search of new sights and products. She does not get along with Delta very well. She is a descendant of the legendary "Beastkin Hero" Lili. Her hatred of the Cult of Diablos is so great that she goes to extreme and radical measures to destroy them no matter the cost which puts her in odds with Alpha. Due to her disapproval of Alpha's leadership, she secretly created a sub-branch within Shadow Garden that is solely loyal to her alone. Her true goal is to make Shadow immortal and make him god of the new world to ensure the Cult of Diablos would not return.
Eta (イータ, Īta): Voiced by: Reina Kondō; The seventh and final member of the original Shadow Garden, the organization's head scientist. She has sleeping problems, tending to suddenly collapse at any moment.

Numbers

Nu (ニュー, Nyū) (#13): Voiced by: Maaya Uchida; After the first 7 members of Shadow Garden (those recruited by Cid himself) come the 'numbers'. Nu is the first of the numbers to be featured, a formerly noble girl cast aside when she contracted Demon possession. She was later saved and initiated by one of the Seven Shadows into the Shadow Garden. She is highly skilled at make-up and disguises. Utilizing specially treated slime to mimic skin and shaping it to its desired form.

Others

Sherry Barnett (シェリー・バーネット, Sherī Bānetto): Voiced by: Saya Aizawa (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English); A researcher studying in the academy, and adopted daughter of Vice Principal Ruslan. Her mother died after she discovered an ugly truth, and was adopted by Ruslan. After he died, she left the academy to study more.
Skel Etal (ヒョロ・ガリ, Hyoro Gari): Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Japanese); Nathan Wilson (English); One of Cid's fellow low-level students.
Po Tato (ジャガ・イモ, Jaga Imo): Voiced by: Shin Matsushige (Japanese); Greg Ayres (English); Another of Cid's fellow low-level students.

Media

Light novel

The series is written by Daisuke Aizawa and illustrated by Tōzai. It began serialization online in May 2018 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was acquired by Enterbrain in November 2018, who have published five volumes. Yen Press licensed the series for English publication.

No.

Original release date

Original ISBN

English release date

English ISBN

November 5, 2018

978-4-04-735302-2

August 11, 2020

978-1-97-535906-5


Prologue: Preparing the Perfect Stage! Chapter 1: Starting the Shadowbroker Tutorial! Chapter 2: Assuming the Role of a Side Character at School! Chapter 3: My Official Beginning as a Mastermind in Action! Chapter 4: The Two Sides of the Shadow Garden?!	Chapter 5: Mastering the Peaceful Life of a Nobody! Chapter 6: The Scene Where Terrorists Take Over the School Final Chapter: My Idea of the Ultimate Shadow Commander! The Chronicles of Master Shadow Complete Version: Volume 1

March 5, 2019

978-4-04-735580-4

November 10, 2020

978-1-97-538699-3


Prologue: To Lindwurm, the Sacred Land! Chapter 1: Fun Times at the Goddess's Trial! Chapter 2: Investigating the Sanctuary! Chapter 3: When Things Get Boring, It's Time for Explosives! Chapter 4: This Situation Calls for a "Who Is That Guy?!″ Chapter 5: A Battle to Attract Only MVPs!	Chapter 6: A Mastermind Always Plays Piano Under Moonlight! Chapter 7: Showing Off a Smidgen of My Strength! Chapter 8: Lay Your Eyes on My True Powers! Final Chapter: Just Who Is This Mysterious Badass?! The Chronicles of Master Shadow Complete Version: Volume 2

July 26, 2019

978-4-04-735711-2

April 27, 2021

978-1-97-531578-8


Prologue: Heading to the Lawless City over Fall Break! Chapter 1: Lawless City Bandit Hunting! Chapter 2: Storming the Crimson Tower! Chapter 3: Pursuing the Blood Queen! Auxiliary Chapter: Field Notes on a Little Brother — by Young Claire!	Chapter 4: I'll Destroy It All and Start from Scratch! Chapter 5: Printing Fake Money as Mitsugoshi Throws Down with the Major Corporate Alliance! Chapter 6: Circulating Counterfeit Cash! Epilogue: The One to Destroy It All and Start from Scratch — with Fake Bills! The Chronicles of Master Shadow Complete Version: Volume 3

February 26, 2021

978-4-04-735878-2

June 7, 2022

978-1-97-534184-8


Prologue: It’s Time for a War in the Oriana Kingdom! Chapter 1: Putting the Kibosh on Rose Oriana’s Wedding! Chapter 2: Begin Operation: Obstruction! Chapter 3: Crashing the Ceremony! Auxiliary Chapter: Rise of the Fancy Hoodlum Slayer!	Chapter 4: Lurking in the Darkness in Fantastical Japan! Chapter 5: Sneaking Around in Japan, Just Like the Old Days!! Chapter 6: Something Smells Fishy… But an Eminence in Shadow Always Cracks the Case! Epilogue: Behold, a Full-Fledged Eminence in Shadow! The Chronicles of Master Shadow Complete Version: Volume 4

December 28, 2022

978-4-04-737311-2

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Manga

A manga adaptation with art by Anri Sakano has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace since December 2018 and has been collected in ten tankōbon volumes. Yen Press also licensed the manga adaptation.

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	July 25, 2019	978-4-04-108471-7	November 23, 2021	978-1-97-532518-3
2	September 24, 2019	978-4-04-108683-4	December 7, 2021	978-1-97-532520-6
3	June 25, 2020	978-4-04-109326-9	March 22, 2022	978-1-97-532522-0
4	August 25, 2020	978-4-04-109332-0	July 5, 2022	978-1-97-533876-3
5	February 26, 2021	978-4-04-111002-7	October 4, 2022	978-1-97-533878-7
6	June 25, 2021	978-4-04-111564-0	February 21, 2023	978-1-97-534272-2
7	March 26, 2022	978-4-04-111565-7	July 18, 2023	978-1-97-536295-9
8	September 26, 2022	978-4-04-112936-4	—	—
9	October 25, 2022	978-4-04-112937-1	—	—
10	November 25, 2022	978-4-04-112938-8	—	—
11	May 26, 2022	978-4-04-113684-3	—	—

A spin-off manga by Seta U titled Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Shadow Gaiden (陰の実力者になりたくて！しゃどーがいでん, "The Eminence in Shadow! Shadow Side Story") has also been serialized via Comp Ace since July 2019. It has been collected in four tankōbon volumes.

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	June 25, 2020	978-4-04-109327-6
2	February 26, 2021	978-4-04-109333-7
3	March 26, 2022	978-4-04-112378-2
4	October 25, 2022	978-4-04-113040-7
5	May 26, 2023	978-4-04-113688-1

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on the fourth volume of the light novel on February 26, 2021. The series is produced by Nexus and directed by Kazuya Nakanishi, with scripts written by Kanichi Katou, character designs by Makoto Iino, and music composed by Kenichiro Suehiro. It aired from October 5, 2022, to February 15, 2023, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "HIGHEST" by OxT, while the ending theme song is "Darling in the Night" by Asami Seto, Inori Minase, Suzuko Mimori, Fairouz Ai, Hisako Kanemoto, Ayaka Asai, and Reina Kondō. Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for a North American release, and HIDIVE will be streaming it.

A second season was announced during a livestream on February 22, 2023. The main staff are returning from the previous season.

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original air date
1	"The Hated Classmate" Transliteration: "Kirai na Kurasumeito" (Japanese: 嫌いなクラスメイト)	Kazuya Nakanishi	Kanichi Katou	Kazuya Nakanishi	October 5, 2022 (2022-10-05)
Akane Nishino is a famous actress, good student and friendly with her classmates. However this is a fake persona she created after an incident when a fan kidnapped and molested her. Inside she is angry, bitter and despises everyone, in particular classmate Minoru Kageno who barely acknowledges her existence. Kageno is shown to carry weights in his bag and clothing to increase his strength. Nishino is kidnapped by criminals who intend to ransom her. They are interrupted by Kageno disguised as a masked vigilante calling himself Stylish Ruffian Slayer but when they see Slayer uses dual crowbars they realise he is actually a dangerous brawler who can defeat gangs by himself, known as Balaclava Berserker. Slayer defeats both men and frees Nishino. Nishino suspects Kageno but a few days later Kageno is abruptly hit by a truck and dies. Through flashback Kageno explains his entire life he wanted to become a secret mastermind controlling society from the shadows to protect the innocent to be like the fictional heroes he's looked up to his entire life and relentlessly trained in martial arts hoping to one day be as powerful as a nuclear bomb. In death Kageno laments at how no matter how hard he trained or how much he tried, in the end he could never realistically achieve that level of power as the laws of physics made him just an ordinary human no matter what he did. Now in the present Kageno is reborn in an alternate world with magical powers, where he still hopes to achieve his dream of controlling society as the Eminence in Shadow.
2	"Shadow Garden Is Born" Transliteration: "Kessei Shadō Gāden" (Japanese: 結成シャドウガーデン)	Kazuya Nakanishi	Kanichi Katou	Kazuya Nakanishi	October 12, 2022 (2022-10-12)
Kagenou is reborn in an alternate world as Cid Kagenou, son of minor nobles Baron and Lady Kagenou and older sister Claire. In keeping with his previous life Cid trains in secret and resumes his vigilante lifestyle by killing bandits. Cid discovers a living blob of rotting flesh and succeeds in curing the curse afflicting it, returning it to its true form; an elven girl. To amuse himself Cid, in character as Eminence in Shadow, convinces the girl she is a descendant of ancient heroes who defeated a demon called Diablos, but a Cult is seeking to resurrect Diablos. Believing his lies the girl agrees to form a group called Shadow Garden to resist the cult. Cid gives her the name Alpha but secretly is amused Alpha believed his made up story. Three years later Claire is abruptly kidnapped. Alpha, who has now recruited six girls as the Shadow Seven, locates Claire and confirms she was kidnapped by the Cult of Diablos. Cid is convinced the girls are merely role-playing with him; completely unaware the cult actually exists and intends Claire to be Diablos’ host body when he resurrects. Cid leads the attack under the impression he is hunting normal bandits, and most cultists are killed. Claire escapes during the chaos and, with no idea Cid was involved, later leaves to attend Midgar Academy as planned. Cid, still completely ignorant of what really happened, is surprised when Alpha and the other Shadows abruptly announce they are leaving.
3	"Fencer Ordinaire" Transliteration: "Bonjin no Ken" (Japanese: 凡人の剣)	Daisuke Takashima	Kanichi Katou	Kazuya Nakanishi	October 19, 2022 (2022-10-19)
The Shadow Seven separate to hunt the cult all over the world; Cid believes they simply grew up and grew bored of his game. He enrolls in the same academy as Claire where he deliberately avoids standing out, even choosing two average boys, Skel and Po, as friends. As a forfeit for doing badly on a test, Cid is forced to confess love to Princess Alexia and be publicly humiliated. Cid plays along in his role as a “typical background character” but is shocked when Princess Alexia agrees to be his girlfriend. She invites Cid to her fencing class where he discovers Alexia is engaged to royal fencing instructor Zenon, but has no desire to marry him. Fully aware he is being used and Princess Alexia is secretly spiteful and selfish, Cid agrees to continue their fake relationship in exchange for money. After two weeks Alexia admits that despite the effort she puts into sword training she is not as skilled as her sister, Iris, thus she was nicknamed “Fencer Ordinaire”. Cid admits he actually likes her sword style, which focuses on mastery of the basics. Alexia becomes angry and ends their fake relationship. The next day Zenon reveals Alexia has disappeared and has Cid arrested as a suspect in her kidnapping.
4	"Sadism's Rewards" Transliteration: "Kagyaku e no Hōshū" (Japanese: 加虐への報酬)	Hazuki Mizumoto	Kunihiko Okada	Hazuki Mizumoto	October 26, 2022 (2022-10-26)
In a cell next to a mutated human girl, Alexia has her blood stolen by a cult scientist who claims it contains demon DNA. Cid is tortured by knights for Alexia’s location, but having trained himself to withstand pain he pretends to be a pathetic but innocent NPC, thinking it makes him look cool. After five long days, Princess Iris orders Cid released. Alpha reappears to Cid with news that they have continued to monitor the cult while increasing Shadow Garden's influence. Cid is impressed Alpha and her fellow Shadows still occasionally visit to carry on their role-playing game with him; unaware Shadow Garden really has become a powerful organization. Alpha plans to rescue Princess Alexia with 114 loyal soldiers; Cid plays along to amuse himself as he knows Princess Alexia really has been kidnapped but mistakenly believes it was corrupt knights and the 114 soldiers are just background actors Alpha hired. In a massive attack, Cid murders the knights who tortured him while his army searches for Princess Alexia. The scientist desperately injects Princess Alexia’s blood into the mutant girl who becomes a demon, kills the scientist, then frees Princess Alexia. She runs into Zenon who reveals he gave her to the cult so they would arrange for him to be promoted to a high ranking knight. Princess Alexia attacks but Zenon easily defeats her. Cid suddenly appears.
5	"I Am..." Transliteration: "Ai Amu......" (Japanese: アイ・アム……)	Kazuya Nakanishi	Mio Inoue	Kazuya Nakanishi	November 2, 2022 (2022-11-02)
Zenon identifies Cid as the one behind recent attacks on the cult and announces himself as one of the cult’s core members. The demon girl rampages through the city and fights Princess Iris. Alpha reveals herself to Iris as a member of Shadow Garden, defeats the demon, then vanishes. Cid dominates Zenon in a duel.Princess Alexia, who has no idea he is Cid under his disguise, is captivated by his sword style which expresses the heart of the style she has searched for her entire life. Zenon swallows pills that turn him demonic, but, using the principles of a nuclear explosion Cid sets off a magic bomb that dissolves everything in the blast radius to atoms, killing Zenon and destroying most of the evacuated city. Princess Alexia reunites with Iris freshly determined to master her chosen sword style.Princess Alexia, having remembered that Cid likes her sword style, offers to be his real girlfriend now Zenon is dead, but when he abruptly rejects her, she punishes him violently. Alpha returns to investigating a group that has been masquerading as Shadow Garden while committing crimes. Iris orders a full kingdom investigation into the Cult of Diablos and Shadow Garden. Cid meets a girl with pink hair.
6	"Pretenders" Transliteration: "Itsuwaru Mono" (Japanese: 偽る者)	Daisuke Takashima	Kanichi Katou	Daisuke Takashima	November 9, 2022 (2022-11-09)
The false Shadow Garden begins committing murders. A cult relic is recovered so Princess Iris gives it to the pink haired student, Sherry, the kingdom's most brilliant researcher. Cid’s friends Po and Skel take him to a new department store where it is revealed Cid’s subordinate Gamma opened the store to fund Shadow Garden, with branches in every city in the world. Cid is impressed but once again is convinced Gamma is role-playing, unaware he now owns dozens of stores making him one of the wealthiest men in the world. He also meets Nu, the newest Shadow. On his way home, Cid spots Princess Alexia fighting several murderers so he saves Alexia, slaughters the murderers, and hands one survivor to Nu for interrogation. Elsewhere the murderer’s boss, Gaunt Knight, confirms they located the relic. Alexia confirms Shadow Garden is not the real murderers, though Iris still insists they are enemies of the kingdom. Using chocolate from Cid’s store, Skell confesses to a girl but is punished by her fiancé. Po also confesses to a girl but is arrested as a stalker. Cid decides to just give the remaining chocolate to anyone, which by chance is Sherry. Her adoptive father, vice-principal Ruslan, informs the naïve Sherry the chocolates were probably meant as a love confession and to decide on her answer quickly to not keep Cid waiting.
7	"A Fencing Tournament of Intrigue & Bloodshed" Transliteration: "Bōryaku to Ryūketsu no Kenjutsu Taikai" (Japanese: 謀略と流血の剣術大会)	Kazuya Nakanishi	Kunihiko Okada	Kazuya Nakanishi	November 16, 2022 (2022-11-16)
Nu informs Cid the murderer she interrogated was a typical Cult foot soldier; orphans brainwashed with drugs and magic. One such soldier, Rex, is in the city on a Cult mission. Cid is preoccupied as Skel and Po have entered him in the academy’s sword tournament to impress girls. Nu mistakenly thinks Cid rambling about the festival is him plotting to deal with Rex. At the festival Cid duels student president Princess Rose and, while still role-playing as a secret hero keeping his skills hidden, feigns injury repeatedly. The referee eventually declares Rose victor but she is impressed at Cid’s fighting spirit. Sherry asks Cid to be friends before they consider dating, though Cid has completely forgotten who Sherry is and decides to just avoid her. Sherry asks Princess Alexia about her relationship with Cid and is happy when Alexia reveals their relationship was fake, though Princess Alexia is privately upset another girl is interested in Cid. An election is announced to fill an empty student council seat. Gaunt Knight erects an anti magic barrier, allowing the fake Shadow Garden to capture the academy. Rose attempts to fight but without her magic she is almost killed and Cid is hurt recklessly rushing to protect her.
8	"Dark Knight Academy Under Attack" Transliteration: "Nerawareta Makenshi Gakuen" (Japanese: 狙われた魔剣士学園)	Daisuke Takashima	Mio Inoue	Daisuke Takashima	November 23, 2022 (2022-11-23)
Cid had been excited at the chance to look cool fighting terrorists and saved Rose to appear heroic. Rose mistakenly thinks Cid sacrificed himself because he loves her. The students are taken to the auditorium and Cid secretly heals himself. Rex attacks Sherry to retrieve the relic but Iris’ Crimson Knights help her escape. Cid begins killing terrorists and saves Sherry. Sherry identifies the relic generating the barrier, the Eye of Avarice, which absorbs magic and explodes once full. Cid deduces the cult are using the Eye to kill the students and prevent them becoming knights. The relic Sherry has been researching is the Eye’s control unit and she hopes it can stop the explosion. Needing tools from her room Cid volunteers to get them. Rex warns Gaunt Knight someone is killing their men and Gaunt Knight suspects it is the real Shadow Garden. It is revealed Gaunt Knight’s true goal is to be reinstated to the Knights of Round. Nu sees the sole surviving Crimson Knight is Marco, her former fiancé, and is tempted to kill him. Cid delays Nu and her fellow Shadows from attacking the terrorists until Sherry has the control relic ready. Nu decides to let Marco live.
9	"The End of a Lie" Transliteration: "Itsuwari no Hate" (Japanese: 偽りの果て)	Kazuya Nakanishi	Kanichi Katou	Kazuya Nakanishi	November 30, 2022 (2022-11-30)
Sherry activates the control relic, deactivating the Eye and its barrier. Cid arrives disguised as Eminence in Shadow and his army of Shadow Garden begins slaughtering the terrorists. Princess Iris is enraged that it appears Shadow Garden is responsible for the attack. Cid finds Gaunt Knight burning Sherry’s research and reveals he is Ruslan, Sherry’s adoptive father. Ruslan explains he was once a master swordsman, until an illness weakened him. Believing the Eye might cure him he cultivated a relationship with the woman studying it, Sherry’s mother. When she grew too afraid to continue her research Ruslan killed her and adopted Sherry as a pawn to complete the research he needed. Ruslan combines the Eye with the control relic and regains his lost sword skills. Cid is still the better swordsman so Ruslan brags he has framed Shadow Garden for all his crimes. Unconcerned, Cid kills Ruslan, witnessed by Sherry. The kingdom designates Shadow Garden as a terrorist organization. Sherry informs Cid she will miss him but with Ruslan dead she has decided to transfer to a scientific research academy to pursue her new goal. Cid asks what her new goal is; she insists it is secret, but her dark aura suggests her new goal is sinister.
10	"The Sacred Land, City of Deception" Transliteration: "Seichi Giman no Miyako" (Japanese: 聖地・欺瞞の都)	Daisuke Takashima	Kunihiko Okada	Daisuke Takashima	December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)
Cid is contacted by Alpha requesting he visit the sacred city of Lindwurm. Beta, Epsilon and Nu also receive a mission from Alpha. Alexia and Iris visit Cid’s department store as they are also visiting Lindwurm for the Goddess Trial. Princess Alexia purchases thong underwear to seduce a certain man. A flashback shows after defeating Ruslan Cid pretended to have miraculously survived the injury he received rescuing Rose. Rose swears to accept his feelings by becoming his lover, even accompanying the reluctant Cid to Lindwurm. Cid reveals the dominant religion of Lindwurm is worship of Goddess Beatrix, who empowered three legendary heroes. Rose hopes if Cid wins the Trials her father might allow them to marry. Cid mistakenly believes she is trying to convert him to worship Beatrix and avoids her attempts to seduce him. In Lindwurm Cid sees Beta in her persona as the popular author Natsume, who became famous by publishing stories he told her from his past life's world, such as Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet and Star Wars. Beta passes Cid his mission briefing coded in an ancient language. Rose misinterprets Cid’s enthusiasm as a passion for history and languages, though really Cid is just impressed at what he thinks is Beta’s latest role-playing event for him. A cultist murders Archbishop Drake of Beatrix’ Church, and while Epsilon kills one of his men, the murderer escapes.
11	"The Goddess's Trial" Transliteration: "Megami no Shiren" (Japanese: 女神の試練)	Daisuke Takashima	Mio Inoue	Kazuya Nakanishi	December 14, 2022 (2022-12-14)
Cid visits a hot spring; uncaring Princess Alexia is already there naked. Hiding her embarrassment Alexia explains the Goddess Trial involves challengers dueling the spirits of famous warriors. Princess Alexia is busy with the Archbishop’s murder and asks Cid to assist by joining the Crimson Knights, which Cid refuses before nonchalantly leaving, fully exposing himself to the intrigued Princess Alexia. The Princess' investigation is cancelled by temporary Archbishop Nelson, who just happens to be Alexia’s prime suspect in Drake’s murder. Princess Alexia encounters Beta in her Natsume persona and both take an instant dislike to each other. Many fighters are humiliated when no famous warriors manifest to duel them, implying they are unworthy opponents. Cid is suddenly announced as next challenger, his entry fee having been secretly paid by Rose to show her father Cid’s potential. To avoid exposing his strength or embarrassing himself by faking a humiliating defeat Cid crashes the Trial as the Eminence in Shadow, his presence summoning Aurora, the Calamity Witch whom, according to Nelson, was the strongest witch in history. Princess Alexia realises if Aurora manifested before Eminence it is possible he is the most dangerous man in the world. Cid defeats Aurora but is disappointed the duel was too easy, so he leaves. The arena barrier suddenly collapses and a new summoning spell is activated in response to Cid’s actions, impressing the observing Shadow Garden.
12	"The Truth Within the Memories" Transliteration: "Kioku no Naka no Shinjitsu" (Japanese: 記憶の中の真実)	Kazuya Nakanishi	Kanichi Katou	Kazuya Nakanishi	December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)
Cid decides to enter the circle and disappears. Alpha appears with the rest of Shadow Garden, kidnaps Nelson and all enter Sanctuary too. Princess Alexia and Rose also enter. Alpha reveals she is an elf and a descendant of Olivier, the hero who severed Diablos’ left arm one thousand years ago. Cid meets an imprisoned Aurora who has been trapped for a thousand years. Cid frees her and she reveals Sanctuary is actually a massive prison that stores the memories of every past hero. If they destroy Sanctuary’s magical core, Aurora and the other memories will be deleted. As they pass through memories Cid and the Shadows learn the cult used to use the Sanctuary to experiment on orphan girls with Diablos’ blood to resurrect him. Most died but some, like Olivier, became strong heroes. It is revealed experiments on Diablos’ arm produced the pills that turn people demonic, but once a year it produces twelve Beads that grant one whole year of immortality to the cults twelve leaders, the Knights of Round, one of whom is Nelson who helped create the first Beads one millennium ago. Nelson turns demonic and, with his control over the Sanctuary, scatters everyone throughout multiple memories and creates copies of himself to fight all the Shadows at once.
13	"A Bloody Showdown as an Offering to Annihilation" Transliteration: "Shōmetsu ni Sasageru Kettō" (Japanese: 消滅に捧げる血闘)	Daisuke Takashima	Kunihiko Okada	Daisuke Takashima	December 28, 2022 (2022-12-28)
Epsilon reveals she and the named Shadows personally brought into Shadow Garden by Cid were all girls experimented on by the Cult. Cid cured them of the demonic/cursed side effects, leaving their strength intact. They enter Sanctuary’s archive and steal the records of the Cult’s experiments. Cid and Aurora reach Sanctuary’s core. Delta reveals she possesses berserker level strength, allowing her to kill hundreds of Nelson copies even without magic. The core is sealed behind chains that can only be cut by a nearby magic sword, and though Cid tries the sword can only be drawn by a hero’s descendant. Nelson summons Olivier to fight for him but Epsilon appears with all the Cult’s research so all the Shadows abruptly teleport out of Sanctuary with Alexia and Rose, leaving the confused Nelson. As Cid is still inside Sanctuary Nelson orders Olivier to kill him. T hey duel but Cid is disappointed as Olivier is mindlessly obedient, mute and without personality, so he finds the fight boring. Aurora decides to protect him as payment for providing her first new memories in 1000 years. Cid is annoyed at the assumption he will lose, claiming he has been paying close attention and has figured out one of Sanctuary’s secrets. Olivier stabs Cid through the heart, but he smiles and reveals one of his eyes has changed color.
14	"Your Lie, Your Wish" Transliteration: "Kimi no Uso, Kimi no Negai" (Japanese: 君の嘘、君の願い)	Kazuya Nakanishi	Mio Inoue	Kazuya Nakanishi	January 4, 2023 (2023-01-04)
Cid grabs Olivier and kills her with his teeth, revealing to a stunned Nelson he allowed Olivier to stab him in a way she missed his organs. He also reveals the secret he figured out; Sanctuary absorbs magic from the air, so by compressing his magic into a solid mass within his eye, he can use magic again. Cid sets off his atomic bomb spell, reducing Nelson and the Sanctuary core to atoms. Cid is able to say goodbye to Aurora who kisses him and hopes one day he finds the real Aurora. Princess Alexia and Rose decide they must form their own secret organization against the Cult and Shadow Garden. As Natsume, Beta agrees to help so she can spy on them. Alpha discovers from Sanctuary’s archives that Aurora’s true identity is the demon Diabolos. Elsewhere, Shadow Garden begins buying all the property in the city of Madlid to open another shopping center, though secretly it is to access a valuable oil field. Alexia confirms the Beatrix church is involved with the Cult but politics prevents her investigating further so Iris decides to rise further up the ranks of the Crimson Knights to gain her own political power, starting with winning the upcoming Bushin Festival tournament. Rose discovers she may be infected by demonic blood.
15	"The Strongest Weakest Man" Transliteration: "Saikyō Saijaku no Otoko" (Japanese: 最強最弱の男)	Daisuke Takashima	Kanichi Katou	Susumu Nishizawa	January 11, 2023 (2023-01-11)
The Bushin Festival arrives, attracting hundreds of fighters, and Cid plans to astonish the crowd by disguising himself as weak but defeating everyone. Using magical slime makeup Gamma gives Cid the pathetic face of Mundane Mann, an unskilled knight who died in poverty. Annerose, a foreign knight who fought at the Goddess Trial, witnesses the disguised Cid allowing himself to be beaten by a fighter named Quinton, and is amazed Cid suffers no injuries. Cid learns the favorites to win the festival are Iris, Rose, Annerose, Quinton or a mysterious nameless Dark Knight. Rose encounters Cid and informs him her father has selected a man named Perv Asshat to become her fiancé and force her to quit the sword. Cid advises she do what makes her happy and try to relax for once. During the preliminary fights Goldy Gilded, a skilled but annoyingly arrogant knight, advises Skel how to identify warriors most likely to win but is disappointed when Cid, as Mundane, wins a fight without moving. Only Annerose notices Mundane moved so fast he defeated his opponent before the fight even began. Goldy announces that Mundane’s victory has made him Goldy’s next opponent. Next morning it is announced that Rose has disappeared after stabbing Perv.
16	"Unseen Intentions" Transliteration: "Miezaru Shin'i" (Japanese: 見えざる真意)	Yoshinobu Tokumoto	Kunihiko Okada	Yoshinobu Tokumoto	January 18, 2023 (2023-01-18)
Rose’s escape makes her appear guilty, which has dire consequences for inter-kingdom politics. Alexia decides to find and protect her, but Beta stalls her from interfering as she already knows Rose is hiding in the underground ruins. Cid meets an elf named Beatrix who is searching for her missing niece, and happens to greatly resemble Alpha. As Mundane, Cid faces Goldy for his first duel, watched by Annerose and Quinton who are both suspicious of Mundane’s abilities. To their great confusion Mundane dodges Goldy’s first attack by flexing his neck, and then causes Goldy’s own attack magic to explode backwards by sneezing, knocking Goldy unconscious. Despite his unusual methods Annerose doubts even she could copy Mundane’s movements. While meeting with Perv Asshat Iris discovers Rose didn’t injure him at all and he has a sinister influence over Rose's father the King. Mundane defeats Quinton, making Annerose his opponent the next day. Annerose attempts to intimidate him, until Mundane reveals he wears armour weighing over a ton and yet still moves too fast for people to follow his true movements. Rose continues to avoid the soldiers sent after her.
17	"Moonlight That Pierces the Darkness" Transliteration: "Yami ni Sasu Gekkō" (Japanese: 闇に射す月光)	Daisuke Takashima	Mio Inoue	Susumu Nishizawa	January 25, 2023 (2023-01-25)
Cid’s elder sister Claire visits but he avoids her by pretending to join Skel in hunting Rose for a huge reward. Cid actually respects Rose for risking everything to escape an unwanted marriage. Cid overhears the piano song Moonlight Sonata and finds Epsilon playing it. Epsilon explains she is able to cultivate useful connections in Oriana Kingdom by posing as a skilled pianist. Princess Alexia and Beta suspect Rose fled after discovering Perv is a cultist using magic to brainwash the king, so they enter the underground to find her. Rose, suffering more from her infected blood, considers surrendering to avoid dragging Oriana into war. She suddenly hears the Sonata and finds Eminence playing the piano in the underground. She realises she can’t surrender so Eminence cures her blood and grants her power before vanishing. Cult soldiers locate Rose but she kills them and decides to end her partnership with Princess Alexia and Beta to fight alone, pleasing Beta who is sure this was Cid’s goal all along. Cid is pleased he was able to pull off the dramatic scene of playing a piano underground to impress Rose. He returns home and finds Claire has stubbornly waited all day for his return.
18	"Betting on a Moment" Transliteration: "Setsuna ni Kakeru" (Japanese: 刹那に賭ける)	Yoshinobu Tokumoto	Kunihiko Okada	Yoshinobu Tokumoto	February 1, 2023 (2023-02-01)
After sadistically punishing Cid for neglecting her, Claire reveals she has replaced Rose in the festival and insists Cid watch her from VIP seating. Cid sits beside Iris, who apologises for the Zenon incident. They discuss the dark knight competitor, Beatrix the elvish War Goddess, the festivals very first champion. Cid realises Beatrix is Alpha’s aunt. Cid sneaks away to don his Mundane disguise to duel Annerose. Perv takes his seat beside Iris, who despises him. Perv is confident Rose will return and marry him. He also suggests he is interested in hiring strong warriors; particularly Annerose. In the arena Annerose attempts to match Mundane’s speed, but is defeated. Princess Iris is determined to defeat Mundane in the next match. Perv has Mundane investigated, though he is confident he has no connection to Shadow Garden, who are all female. Annerose thanks Mundane for showing her she still has room to improve and invites him to work for her country’s government, but he refuses. Cid looks forward to defeating Iris so he can become a legend by mysteriously disappearing immediately after his victory. Claire meets him at his room, quietly reminding him he forgot to watch her match.
19	"Dancing Puppet" Transliteration: "Odoru Ningyō" (Japanese: 踊る人形)	Daisuke Takashima	Mio Inoue	Kazuya Nakanishi	February 8, 2023 (2023-02-08)
Cid sits beside Princess Iris and Beatrix to watch Claire’s next match. Perv continues drugging the King, hoping Rose will try to save him. He also plans to have the king publicly assassinate Iris and Princess Alexia’s father, the King of Midgar, to cause war. Claire wins her match and furiously looks for Cid, absent from the audience again. Iris duels Mundane, but has repeated terrifying premonitions of Mundane killing her instantly with a counterattack. Mundane disarms and defeats her in a single move. Rose infiltrates the VIP area with help from Shadow Garden and Perv is enraged when she kills her own father, who shows gratitude at being freed from Perv’s control. Rose moves to kill herself but Mundane stops her, kills Perv’s men and sheds his disguise to reveal he was the Eminence in the Shadow all along. Rose realises Eminence is also the boy she knew as "Stylish Ruffian Slayer", revealing that when Cid was training himself as a child he killed the bandits who coincidentally had just kidnapped Rose, inspiring Rose to learn sword fighting in the first place. Realising she can’t die yet Rose escapes. Beatrix, having wanted to fight Mundane anyway, realises he is a wanted terrorist and engages the Eminence in a duel.
20	"Advent of the Demon" Transliteration: "Majin Kōrin" (Japanese: 魔人降臨)	Kazuya Nakanishi	Kanichi Katou	Kazuya Nakanishi	February 15, 2023 (2023-02-15)
Beatrix engages Eminence and amidst their fight Princess Iris teams up with Beatrix. Alpha meets Rose and offers her membership in Shadow Garden, which Rose accepts. Eminence shows off his most powerful attack which will obliterate the city, terrifying both Iris and Beatrix, but at the last second he vanishes instead, leaving Princess Iris frustrated and determined to take vengeance. Perv is forced to beg his master’s forgiveness for his failure. Beatrix is sad she never found her niece. Sherry hears the news of the Eminence’s attack and is determined to one day kill him. With the Eminence revealed to the world, the Shadow Garden begin preparations to support Cid, hoping he will soon take a more active role in running their organization. Alpha guides Rose into the monster infested mountains near Cid and Claire’s childhood village, revealing the mountains contain the old Kingdom of Alexandria, now Shadow Garden's secret base of operations. Rose has everything traumatically taken from her, including her name, and becomes nameless soldier 666 in Shadow Garden’s army while she trains to prove herself. Meanwhile, Cid is pleased by how cool his role-playing was with Iris and Beatrix and looks forward to the next game.

Reception

By October 2022, the series had a cumulative total of 2 million copies in circulation; over 3.5 million copies in circulation by December 2022; and over 4 million copies in circulation by February 2023.

The first Blu-ray volume sold 2,327 copies in its first week of debut; the second volume sold 2,499 copies in its first week.

Video games

An RPG mobile game developed by Aiming, titled The Eminence in Shadow: Master of Garden (陰の実力者になりたくて！マスターオブガーデン, Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Masutā obu Gāden) was released for iOS, Android, and PC on November 29, 2022. Crunchyroll Games launched the game worldwide on iOS and Android on the same day.

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External links

Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
Manga official website (in Japanese)
Anime official website (in Japanese)
The Eminence in Shadow (light novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Game official website at Crunchyroll Games, LLC
The Eminence in Shadow at IMDb

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Television series	Wakaba Girl (2015) Chivalry of a Failed Knight (2015) Comic Girls (2018) Granbelm (2019) Darwin's Game (2020) The Eminence in Shadow (2022–present)
Films	Santa Company (2014)
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