Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!


The Eminence in Shadow

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Synonyms: Shadow Garden
Japanese: 陰の実力者になりたくて!
English: The Eminence in Shadow
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Type: TV
Episodes: 20
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 5, 2022 to Feb 15, 2023
Premiered: Fall 2022
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 22:30 (JST)
Producers: AT-X, BS NTV, Kadokawa, NewGin, Aiming
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: Nexus
Source: Light novel
Genres: ActionAction, ComedyComedy, FantasyFantasy
Themes: IsekaiIsekai, ReincarnationReincarnation
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 8.301 (scored by 293156293,156 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #2582
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #369
Members: 570,278
Favorites: 12,884

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Synopsis

For as long as he can remember, Minoru Kagenou has been fixated on becoming as strong as possible, which has led him to undertake all kinds of rigorous training. This wish, however, does not stem from a desire to be recognized by others; rather, Minoru does everything he can to blend in with the crowd. So, while pretending to be a completely average student during the day, he arms himself with a crowbar and ruthlessly thrashes local biker gangs at night. Yet when Minoru finds himself in a truck accident, his ambitions seemingly come to a sudden end. In his final moments, he laments his powerlessness—no matter how much he trained, there was nothing he could do to overcome his human limitations.

But instead of dying, Minoru reawakens as Cid, the second child of the noble Kagenou family, in another world—one where magic is commonplace. With the power he so desired finally within his grasp, he dons the moniker "Shadow" and establishes Shadow Garden: a group whose sole purpose is to combat the enigmatic Cult of Diablos, an organization born from Cid's imagination. However, as Shadow Garden grows in both membership and influence, it becomes increasingly apparent that the Cult of Diablos is not as fictional as Cid had intended.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! was released on Blu-ray and DVD in four volumes from January 25, 2023, to April 26, 2023.

The anime adapts volumes 1 and 2 of the light novel series.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kagenou, Cid

Main
Yamashita, Seiichirou
Japanese

Delta

Supporting
Fairouz Ai
Japanese

Alpha

Supporting
Seto, Asami
Japanese

Beta

Supporting
Minase, Inori
Japanese

Kagenou, Claire

Supporting
Hidaka, Rina
Japanese

Midgar, Alexia

Supporting
Hanazawa, Kana
Japanese

Epsilon

Supporting
Kanemoto, Hisako
Japanese

Gamma

Supporting
Mimori, Suzuko
Japanese

Eta

Supporting
Kondou, Reina
Japanese

Zeta

Supporting
Asai, Ayaka
Japanese

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Reviews

Dec 1, 2023
People giving this a low review because it “takes itself to seriously” and quoting Poe’s theory are a joke. If you genuinely couldn’t see the satire in this anime laughing at MC in other isekai’s then you also probably suck at reading a room. From episode 1 I could tell this was laughing at the tropes of every other isekai in existence. The MC doesn’t make it known they’re OP, they quote being a “background character” and staying as far away from being a “main character”, Cid himself is essentially laughing at isekai tropes with us. Yes there’s blood, in what world does that mean ...
Nov 4, 2023
Mixed Feelings
It's one of the "Damn, I've seen/read the novel/manga version and this didn't match the expectation" animes.
Maybe it's the budgeting that couldn't fit in all the funny scenes or perhaps it's just poor decision-making on what to alter in general despite it having 20 episodes, but once watching the anime, it definitely cooled my excitement a lot right from the get-go.

The gist of the story is centered around a boy who never outgrew his chunnibyou-phase, but miraculously managed to obtain powers that transcend human limits after his truck-kun isekai to pursue a higher and ultimate version of edge lords.
It's intentionally cringy, that's what makes it ...
Sep 19, 2023
FunnyFunny
This is not a good anime. The protagonist is repulsive. The writing is bad. The only thing saving this from a 1/10 is the animation. The main character is absolutely unlikable. There isn't a single saving grace with him. You're spending the entire time watching for the story around him. I didn't read the manga, but unless it is meant to be a meme, it's truly a bad series. I've seen some real stinkers over my years of watching anime. From slice of life to Isekai to Sports. This is one of the very few that left me with such a bad taste in my ...

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