The Eminence in Shadow (light novel)
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| Awesome first episode and absolutely dogshit second one. No comedy and self-irony anymore, just epitome of edgelord fantasies. Guess that I was wrong and Nexus made ep 1 not as a parody, but as a LOOK HOW COOL OUR MC IS stuff. What a disappoinment -_- |
| So Cid is basically lying about everything. lmao |
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| I love it. Maybe become to edgy for some people |
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| Hmm the beginning of his isekai life and how he's finally able to use mana to do what he wanted to do in his real life, especially the manipulation of all these girls against a fake sect but I don't really understand why the other guy was surprised when she said the name of the thing MC invented like if it existed for real, anyway what's surprising is that end with the girls all wanting to leave :o |
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| This was a nice episode. Understood what kind of comedy this is gonna have. It isn't anything hilarious but yes it is funny. MC is well OP, no surprise there. The twist that he wants to remain in shadow is unique. He's even keeping his real talent a secret from his family. Liked to see that our MC didn't go into full blush-fest awkward mode after seeing alpha. His sister really love him though. Haha the ending got me a little. 5/5. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| I admit I'm so disappointed, the anime it's too serious, the protagonist has no charisma (he is much more eccentric in the manga) and the comic parts have no impact, the manga is absurdly hilarious and the anime didn't catch the same essence. I recommend everyone to go read the first chapters of the manga. Same scene from this episode in the manga:  |
ThighsYLoverOct 12, 2022 10:50 AM
oscar worthy performances by shadow-sama. expected a more tsundere-like voice for claire and comedic moments could've been better but it's okay ig. decent animation all throughout. can't wait for next week!   |
ryoko6Oct 12, 2022 10:31 AM
| Not really impressed with what I have seen so far. Feels like as generic of an isekai as you can get. |
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| Seems like they're speed running the boring parts in the beginning of the LN, thank god for that |
 "Only one with the courage to shoulder the burden of their own fate can be called a hero.." |
| Regardless of how I feel about the content itself (which I'm not a fan of anyway), the pace felt way too fast and the delivery of some of the humor and twists felt really awkward here, especially with the Shadow Garden revealing that they know who are behind the kidnapping and just going on a little bit before the kidnapper was surprised about where and how they heard their name. I don't know, the flow of this episode felt weird and too quick I would say. The content is already really annoying besides that, but the flow does not feel cohesive in the first 2 episodes at least. The awkward-ish usage of timeskips don't help too much at least for this start. |
| Being reincarnated as the son of a baron isn't bad going at all after the last encounter with truck kun. Though that has to be the most forced cry i ever heard. Given Claire's talent sticking to a background character is a wise choice. But have to say Cid's slime weapon really makes him slightly OP. Bet he never expected the blob to be possessing someone else. Gaining Alpha was a boon for sure but its funny seeing him get caught up by her determination. Well we can see whos the real mistress of the house thats for sure. The combat abilities of the shadow garden aka Cid's harem squad is pretty impressive. But the fight against the viscount was pretty good. The ending for this ep sure was perplexing. But overall an interesting ep that featured a good balance of worldbuilding, char intros and action. Though i feel that the timeskips do cause some confusion though I hope will be explained in future ep's. I very much would want to know how he met the other girls. Side note its nice to see Rina Hidaka take more roles like Claire and branch out. |
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| The comedy, where is it? |
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| There were a few lines that were kind of funny but that hasn’t really hit yet. I’ll wait to see how that develops. I was surprised that cid is a capable fighter. For some reason I thought he was going to be faking his way through the fights with having the rest of his squad doing all the dirty work. So that was good to see. It definitely has me interested in seeing more. |
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| better than ep 1. Way better. But i'm still confused. So MC continues being a chuunibyou, being the embodiment of mediocre to the world and killing bandits in secret, but the tales he 'invents' are real ? Or at least some of them are and he himself doesn't even realize it ? Wouldn't that mean though he isn't a chuunibyou in the classical sense anymore ? Just a stereotypical overpowered isekai MC fighting against some demon cult ? I can see some comedic possibilities with that setup. Nice. |
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| Cid is what you get when you skip all the story and just go straight to the fights. Hilariously confused but still following the plot! Great episode. |
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| Sasuga Shadow-sama blood, blood everywhere. didn't expect i gonna see Alpha past tho |
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| I could probably binge watch the 20 episodes in a day, this is really entertaining stuff. |
鬼に逢うては鬼を斬る 仏に逢うては仏を斬る ツルギの理ここに在り |
Sajonji said: better than ep 1. Way better. But i'm still confused. So MC continues being a chuunibyou, being the embodiment of mediocre to the world and killing bandits in secret, but the tales he 'invents' are real ? Or at least some of them are and he himself doesn't even realize it ? Wouldn't that mean though he isn't a chuunibyou in the classical sense anymore ? Just a stereotypical overpowered isekai MC fighting against some demon cult ? I can see some comedic possibilities with that setup. Nice. |
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| A decent second episode with small inconsistencies with Light Novel. |
| And now we start with volume 1! Another great episode that shows how Cid recruited his first cult member lol. Starting with volume 3 was really a great decision because this episode would not have flowed well without seeing Cid’s life on earth and his motivations. As for the ep itself, loved the sakuga during the end fight there, Cid coming up with an origin story for alpha was also hilarious lmao. Studio is doing a really good job so far and I hope it continues. |
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| Glorious, just as I remember it being. Not as good as the LN/Manga but still enjoyable. Seems like people still haven't understood that this is a parody and a comedy anime, but I guess comedy is subjective |
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| A little bit too fast paced for my liking, though the show itself is kind of intriguing. A lot of characters were introduced including the shadow garden organisation, which they are all a part of. I haven't read the manga so I'm not familiar with the characters, unlike most people lol. Hoping to get more information about all the characters next episode. |
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| It has a very different feel from the manga, the main issue probably being that Cid is a lot more chill in the anime, while in the manga it's often written on his face how silly he actually is and how much fun he is having playing the edgelord role. The fights were really something though, and everyone else, like his wild sister, are mostly how they are in the manga. The slime stuff move in a different way than i thought, because my dumbass self reading the pages imagined the slime materializing as some menacing dark fog, even though slimes are supposed to be... Well, slimey. The ending is ok, i guess they used all the budget for the opening and the actual episodes lol. At least we'll get some nice pics of the heroines in every episode it seems. Speaking of the girls, i hope that one kuudere of Shadow Garden that isn't in the manga gets plenty of quality screentime later on. This way even if they completely mess up the rest of the anime i'll be able to kill my brain cells to say "It wasn't that bad guys, it had a cute kuudere look!" and then post a pic of her and bail out of the thread. |
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| I don't know if I really like that those "Chūnibyō" moments of the main character were sacrificed for this seriousness. The joke of all that was invented (about the cult and the curses and the heroes) is the way in which he expressed himself, his way of being and how the characters took him seriously because of the great power that the main character had. . I mean, it's fine and everything, but I don't know if I'm convinced. Anyway, let's see how the next chapters go, maybe when all the chapters are finished I can give an answer. |
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| This is pretty much my kind of thing. Fast paced, serious, action, edgy...Still, only 2 episodes out of 20, I have to see how all of this unfolds. But, so far, I find this great. |
| I feel about this the same way I did for the first episode. I assume the LN isn't comedy(?) and the manga readers were saying it's a comedy expecting the anime to adapt the manga? Anyway, it's completely my fault for believing them. |
| This series has great comedic timing, very enjoyable start with a nice blend of action and comedy. |
| Damn, i prefer read manga after watch this, mc lost all his touch, he is not cringe, he is not edgy, he is also not funny at all, unlike manga, u can feel it how its cringe/edgy/funny but this one, he is way too serious end up bland for me. probably just read manga at this point |
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