Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!

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]

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

Aurora Supporting

Nazuka, Kaori Japanese

Zeta Supporting

Asai, Ayaka Japanese

Kikushima, Kazufumi Producer

Watase, Shouta Producer

Maruyama, Hajime Producer

Mizuguchi, Takeo Producer

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Jul 4, 2025

RacerDuvan

Recommended

If you go into this anime expecting a overpowered main protagonist that everything works out for in the end this is actually a enjoyable show. It does what it's supposed to do and it does it good.

It also does a number of other things good like how the pacing is very nice and leaves some time to recover from the fight scenes and action. Also with it having 20 episode it leaves room for the characters to do other stuff, not just fighting, which helps in making the characters more relatable and more human. And the writing in this story is good most times and ... feels very natural and when they introduce a new plot point (if thats the right word) they do so in a natural and sometimes unpredictable way, that unpredictability leads to more engagement from the viewer who is going to want to figure what will happen next. It can also be a bit funny at time, in my opinion. (I do have quite the terrible taste in comedy tho lol)

Now for some negative points... Cid, the main character is a bit to unrelatable at times. It's like he dosen't care about the seven shadows at times and they feel left out of the story untill they are conveniently needed. Also, while it does have some space for character building, in my opinion it's not enough. Character building is very important in a show because it gets the audience more attached to the characters and for a anime with some comedy elements in it, it can aslo be a great opportunity for intergrating some more comedy. The story in the beginning is also a bit to confusing and moves way to fast to actually get a grasp on what is happening.

It is a good anime with good visuals and a good story, besides it's flaws it's still worth the watch and i recommend it.

I kept the review short so to not bore anyone.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 14, 2025

Onidzuka453wvf

Mixed Feelings

CRINGE
The plot is cliched to the max. All the worst features of the genre are present and in abundance. This anime is absolutely not for thinking.
Perhaps author wanted to put something satirical into it, but it looks more like laziness and stupidity.
Sometimes such nonsense happens on the screen that it is funny from the fact that someone actually came up with it.

As for the anime that doesn`t pretend to be anything worth, it`s watchable, you may even have fun while watching, but don`t expect something. If you are looking for an art or interesting story, try other isekai, like Mushoku Tensei or Re:Zero.

I can`t say ... surely, but one thing is clear "You can give it a try"

Abandon hope, all ye who will watch this

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 2, 2025

Just_Yao

Not Recommended

So I just saw a clip of this on YouTube, and it was the scene of him confessing to the princess and getting accepted. I though, oh this Issekai anime seems kinda funny, its been 3 years since I stopped watching, but maybe they made changes to anime, it seems to have pretty good ratings, why not give it a shot?

20 episodes later, I now am questioning my sanity and how plainly mediocre and borderline garbage this show is. I can't believe this has a similar rating to Mushoku Tensei, because this show was just so boring. The MC is just OP beyond any ... means without any proper explanation, things just happens because the plot says so, and the whole funny light hearted tone I thought this show was going to be became just a serious beta male fantasy of how he thinks he will be if he was reincarnated in a fantasy world.

Its not terrible, its just not good. If you are 13-15 and getting bullied in school, this show is right up your ally. This is just bad... and I cant believe I hate watch the entire season.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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