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Dec 7, 2022 7:56 PM
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Lezet said:
From dedicating the first half to lingerie, to having upped the titty physics.

What a note to leave the first part on. On to January 2023 for part two 👀
Yeah its seems that the info about the anime will continue in january was incorrect, since it was a misinformation from the one who give the source. The episode 11 will still be continuing next week.

Dec 7, 2022 8:23 PM
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Suginami85 said:
Why does Cid's eye color keep changing? Sometimes it's grey, other times it's red, even when he's dressed as Shadow. What's up with that?

The underwear discussion and the siscest was HOT, and Rose coming to sleep with Cid (who is sleeping On The Ceiling!!!) is rather daring. Or is she that innocent?


The red eyes is because of his ability that called overdrive. Overdrive is basicly a technique that raises his mana capacity by around 10 times and when he used it his eyes turn red.
Dec 7, 2022 8:38 PM
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too much boobs not enough actual story
Dec 7, 2022 8:40 PM

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HajimeNozomiUwU said:
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Such a hilarious episode. lmao
It has that normal and random atmosphere which really toned down the bgm and focuses more on the characters interactions.

I thought this was going to be a fan service but it's probably not. I get to see Alexia and her sister buying lingerie with Gamma's recommendations and she's so cunning for some reason, I'd really like to know what she's thinking while recommending stuff to her... LOL.
Alexia's line is so unreal, I like it though and then they added some kind of wall slam in the...

They really added so many tidbits of the girls daily life which makes this episode more wonderful to watch which were a bit lacking in the past few episodes. Eta (Adult Version) slamming on the wall while half-asleep was so cute... OwO

Rose... seriously, has fallen in love, with Cid even though it was a misunderstanding... I'd love to see how this plays out... >.<

P.S. For some reason, it feels like they censored Beta and Epsilon's arguments earlier... with that *come here kitty, let's play~* (IDK about the LN but it feels like that but their VA's make up for the lack of scenes)


I don't think the point of the cat or the worker in the department store blocking the frame was censorship, but rather comedic/unique directorial decisions.

It was that as well, of course. (⁠。⁠ŏ⁠﹏⁠ŏ⁠)
It was an adorable scene with the cat.
It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines
and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it,
is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service.
Dec 7, 2022 8:51 PM

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I love lingerie as much as the next woman. Yes, we do buy it to feel sexy and confident for ourselves, but also to attract a man's gaze.

But for women, all that boob stuff was a bit too much unnecessary fanservice to the point that it actually got offensive.

This is now off the list of anime that the kid will watch (kid was offended). Oh well.

Dec 7, 2022 8:53 PM
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Tomaseeek001 said:
The great Thong discussion.(But I am pretty sure this wasnt in manga)


It was not in the manga, but in the LN.
Dec 7, 2022 9:02 PM
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Nyarly-kamin said:
This was a really weird episode, but in a good way. It always cracks me up how Cid thinks Rose is some religious freak trying to convert him. There were some random shots of a member of SG playing with a cat, i guess the director wanted the scene of Beta and Epsilon to be more than just the typical "haha booba" anime moment. Or maybe he just likes cats. In either case, it was a based decision, cats do improve everything. Alexia and Iris' scene was... something. It almost felt like i was watching a different anime for a moment, but it do appreciate some eye candy since i'm quite horny rn.
Eta just randomly hitting a wall made me laugh really hard for some reason lol. The tiny scene of Delta sleeping was cute.


For an episode that was so full of fanservice and horny camera angles, I wish they at least showed off Alexia in the thong properly, cuz otherwise it just feels pretty underwhelming. They just off-screened most of the sequences during the panty shopping scene (even Gamma demonstrating her thong to them was off-screened).
Dec 7, 2022 9:06 PM
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Compared to the LN, the panty shopping scene in the anime was really underwhelming in terms of fanservice. The bit with Gamma demonstrating her thong to them, Alexia and Iris in the changing room, they just off-screened all of it. You would think they would at least show us how Alexia looks like in the thong properly, but nope, all we get is a cropped out, quarter of her booty shot instead of giving us a full proper shot. Feels like a weird decision to me if fanservice was really what they were going for. It's like they just teased the audience, but then denied them actually showing anything. What happened to all the horny close camera angles they have doing since the beginning? Lol
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Dec 7, 2022 9:43 PM
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there's too much fanservive, a waste of time
Dec 7, 2022 10:25 PM

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Poor Epsilon xd doesn't fool Cid at all... I didn't know that Alpha had a higher rank in the shadows, even Gamma refers to her with Sama... I thought that among the main ones they were all equal in rank.
Dec 7, 2022 10:45 PM
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I was enjoying the show up to this episode, but the fan service really killed it for me. I may pick it up again next week and hope it's toned back down. Though I have been interested more in Cid's delusion about the Cult and the fighting than anything else, so I don't find these side parts fun personally.

And it didn't help that the other members of Shadow Garden (besides Cid) made so little of an impression on me that I don't remember who's who unless I read their names on the bottom.
Dec 7, 2022 11:24 PM
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Almondillo said:
I was enjoying the show up to this episode, but the fan service really killed it for me. I may pick it up again next week and hope it's toned back down. Though I have been interested more in Cid's delusion about the Cult and the fighting than anything else, so I don't find these side parts fun personally.

And it didn't help that the other members of Shadow Garden (besides Cid) made so little of an impression on me that I don't remember who's who unless I read their names on the bottom.


I honestly feel like they should have just made this episode a separate OVA and give it the ecchi tag. I think that would have been a lot better decision. Even a show like Kaguya Sama had done it before, so I don't see why this show can't do the same.
Dec 8, 2022 12:32 AM

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yeah i'm going to agree with some others here that it felt really out of place, and i really didn't like it. there was some story to it but most of it was a wash because of silly ecchi nonsense.
Dec 8, 2022 1:27 AM
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Just finished stand alone complex, so now watching anime like this, especially with episodes like THIS, make me feel like I'm losing braincells.

Actually gonna drop the show here; it was fun while it lasted. But maybe I'll go through a withdrawal phase and end up coming back to this next week- who knows. I do hope that the rest of you do indeed continue on enjoying THE EMINENCE IN SHADOW


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Dec 8, 2022 1:30 AM

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Epsilon lmao. Even Cid noticed how she was using the slime for um... purposes. But I want to see more development with Cid and the cult instead of fan service. It just feels out of place in the show.
Dec 8, 2022 2:51 AM

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CMIIW but Alexia ogling Cid's excalibur should be next episode, so the fanservice will still continue
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Dec 8, 2022 3:09 AM

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Good way to introduce more characters and that hand action was very well done.
Dec 8, 2022 4:02 AM

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Thongs discussion was easily the best part of the episode.

Also, Epsilon pads her chest. Preach.




Dec 8, 2022 4:43 AM
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LMAO the fanservice in this episode was CRAZYYYYYYY (enjoyed every single second of it tho😩) and the “One Purse” and “Dragon Bowl” reference was hilarious to me😭😭😭
Dec 8, 2022 6:14 AM

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that alpha ending wallpaper screen is awesome and naughty !!
Dec 8, 2022 8:12 AM

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Lame fanservice episode.


Nah, this show isn't clicking with me. I gave it more and more chances but it's still peak AVERAGE at best. Maybe even worse than that.

10 more episodes to go? I'd say I'm close to dropping the show entirely. Seems incredibly boring to me... Too bad, it had potential.
Dec 8, 2022 9:03 AM
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memenizi sıkım
Dec 8, 2022 10:15 AM
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The scene is set for the next adventure
Dec 8, 2022 10:57 AM

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looks like we going into the next arc, and as always cid doesn't know what the flip is going on
Dec 8, 2022 11:24 AM

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The new plot is pretty incomprehensible, but Cid remains funny enough to justify continuing on with the show. Epsilon's jiggle physics and the story rip-offs were also pretty funny, even the meta joke about one of the books being named after the show itself.

Dec 8, 2022 1:55 PM

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ForeverTraitor said:
The new plot is pretty incomprehensible, but Cid remains funny enough to justify continuing on with the show. Epsilon's jiggle physics and the story rip-offs were also pretty funny, even the meta joke about one of the books being named after the show itself.

I'm not bashing you or anything but looks like a lot of people here got confused by this episode?
It's the usual transition/lull/transition episode while also showing off shadow garden members.
The slime boob joke parts is for introducing and setting up how expert Epsilon at controlling magic. She's potentially even better at it than Cid. Also why boob, well Epsilon = ε
In the novel Alexia and Iris part supposed to happen around time when Cid and his friends went to buy chocolate, but anime decided to move it here so they can have all fanservice in one episode.
The rest is setting up next story and explanation about the legend of three heroes and sealed arm of demon Diabolos.
Natsume's version of Eminence of Shadow actually replace all the heroines position in each story (Claire,Alexia, Sherry) with her instead
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Dec 8, 2022 6:00 PM

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A pretty calm episode and we see another of the girls being better at business than their lord lmao
On the other hand, i hope that this whole trial will bring some masterplans from our lord.
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Dec 8, 2022 6:17 PM
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coomer bait and shit i don't know why the fuck do they have to resort to this stuff always like isn't it already enough to have 1500 female characters jesus also i liked the part where he jiggles his hand from that girls grip it was pretty funny
Dec 8, 2022 6:39 PM

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Didn't expect the insane Slime Physics in this one XD
Dec 8, 2022 8:54 PM
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boobby i love it and the panties omg
Dec 8, 2022 11:46 PM
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Kinda ironic that Eta got already more screentime than in the whole webnovel. Also strange style to focus the cameras on mobs/numbers playing with cat and mob/number putting new panties on a display during Beta/Epsilon and Iris/Alexia quarrels respectivly. Although I found several scenes quite entertaining, this was one of those episodes, which in my opinion were executed worse than the manga chapters.
Poor Cid. When will he find his dreamgirl, while hounded by non-mobs? ;)
Dec 9, 2022 12:27 AM

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One Purse is REAL!

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Dec 9, 2022 6:11 AM
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A LOT of fanservice and it was nice to see some daily life of the other members of Shadow Garden
Dec 9, 2022 8:36 AM
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wery najs end gutasdsda
Dec 9, 2022 9:18 AM
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Too much fanservice
Dec 9, 2022 6:29 PM
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amzing anime i loved it and i would rate it a solid 9/10
Dec 9, 2022 9:31 PM
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the fan service was a little heavy-handed for my liking, but overall still good. for me, Cid remains the only interesting character
Dec 10, 2022 5:13 AM
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very nice... very nice indeed
Dec 10, 2022 8:53 AM

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Overboard with the fanservice yes. Though I was getting more annoyed that Cid would have all that female attention and just be annoyed by it. I find this particular trope to be very annoying in anime, especially harem, to have multiple girls in love with you and the MC has no idea. Or in this case knows and doesn't care. I just don't buy it and I just start feeling sorry for all these girls wasting their time in a plot device that is not funny in the slightest.

Dec 10, 2022 9:29 AM

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there was a lot of fanservice in the episode sooo i didn't like it.
Dec 10, 2022 2:01 PM
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Too much fanservice
Dec 10, 2022 4:29 PM

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Decent episode. It was nice getting to see more of the girls in Shadow Garden and it was one hell of a bouncy episode. It was funny how Beta wrote about the stories that Cid told her about and just changed the titles, making it seem like those low-budget games that use real-life names while changing little details. Will be interesting to see what happens next in the Sacred Land story-wise.
Dec 10, 2022 10:50 PM
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We needed this episode. I have no shame in saying I liked it the most.
Dec 11, 2022 2:49 AM
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There is too much "PLOT"! I repeat, there is to much "PLOT" in this episode!!

also Beta absolutely no shame of plagiarism... LMAO
Dec 11, 2022 4:26 AM

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so an oppai episode huh...quite clever huh...
4/5.


Dec 11, 2022 12:18 PM
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Episodes are becoming somewhat less action paced and very easy to predict. The comic angle is what is whats keeping it going it now. Though thats essential to the story the story itself is becoming slow.
Dec 12, 2022 6:31 AM
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it could be better
Dec 12, 2022 8:55 AM
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VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY BIG TITIS
Dec 12, 2022 9:52 PM

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Cid didn't have any idea what's going on but acted all bossy and all XD
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Dec 13, 2022 3:46 AM
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this show is such a treat, and if not for his backstory harem, I'd love to see Rose try to fully make him into a proper man worthy of her station lol

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What was Eta doing with that comically large wrench, I wonder


Well clearly she heard of this wise sage.. Archimedes... give me a wrench long enough, and I can screw the whole world... or is there a better term for a wrench used on a nut?

She's probably the innocent sort though, so she was probably building something that needed massive leverage.

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Wtf are you doing Epsilon. Alexia finding out about lingeries was hilarious. She's really gonna try to seduce Cid with it. Rose has fallen hard for Cid but Cid seems to think she wants to turn him into her religion for some reason lol. Beta sure went all in with the plagiarism. Also did he just stop a sword with a ice cream stick lol?


oh yeah I forgot about that part there was so much interesing in part 2 of this episode. WIll Rose and Alexia cross swords over Cid's uhm... own sword? This isn't that kind of anime right?


Last thing I'll say, the group isn't supposed to be a harem right, but almost all of the main underling girls were saved by him personally, and owe him something. A good villain could cause them to fight with each other over who was most deserving of Cid, and I think Cid has little to no S drive. Which makes this hilarious.
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