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

Midgar, Alexia Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Kagenou, Claire Supporting

Hidaka, Rina Japanese

Epsilon Supporting

Kanemoto, Hisako Japanese

Aurora Supporting

Nazuka, Kaori Japanese

Gamma Supporting

Mimori, Suzuko Japanese

Zeta Supporting

Asai, Ayaka Japanese

Kikushima, Kazufumi Producer

Watase, Shouta Producer

Maruyama, Hajime Producer

Mizuguchi, Takeo Producer

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Jul 27, 2026

KatsumataJ

Recommended

Eminence in Shadow doesn't just play with the Isekai formula. It steals it, wears it as a disguise, and dares you to notice. Is this a parody? A real, fully fleshed out Isekai? Honestly, by the time you figure it out, you won't even care.

Eminence in Shadow has a way of having a very special tone throughout the show. It's very "parody-ish" while also keeping the main structure of a half-decent Isekai. It's very "tropey," but what show isn't? You're watching a man who wants to be a side character actually live as the CEO throughout the series, and it gives the whole thing such ... an amazing feeling, like you're in on the joke and invested in the story at the same time.

The style that Eminence is going for definitely hits. All of the characters are fleshed out, Shadow Garden is actually a fun organization to watch build its empire, and the girls have some very good personalities, none of them are entirely the same, and they actually feel like real characters. Funny, and not too bad to look at either (lol).

For what Eminence in Shadow is trying to accomplish, it definitely hits the mark. It's a good show that follows every tag that it has, and it's done at a very good scale, if I must say. If you're looking for something funny, and also serious at the same time, this is your show!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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May 29, 2026

Zypher01

Mixed Feelings

This show would be 10x better if he realized the cult was real and spent more time with his hot sidekicks. His lack of interest in any of the women around him is extremely silly. Most of the Isekai elements are good and there are many interesting side characters. Many of them are actually more interesting than the main character and deserve much more screen time(Claire, Alexia, Rose, and most of the Shadows tbh).

The Oblivious MC trope isn't inherently bad but rarely done well. Would be much more effective if it was used to show growth in the character by eventually overcoming the obliviousness ... but the obliviousness never changes and grows old quickly(I Parry Everything is another prime example).

Cids 2 male classmates were by far the worst part of this show and probably didnt need to exist at all ngl. Eventually i skipped every second it was only the 2 of them on screen.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Dec 22, 2025

Muruyono

Not Recommended

•Starting from the characterization
There is not a single admirable character in this Anime, they all seem like just a lump of meat or a punching bag for the MC, there is no emotional bond that can be felt and the characters who pretend to be weak but are clearly depicted as strong at the same time look very annoying and disgusting, especially the MC, and also many characters who love the MC for no clear reason, this is one of the same reasons why I don't like Harem Anime, there are characters who look dignified but become very stupid later on

•power concept
One of the ... most ambiguous things about this anime is the concept of the MC power, he has a black slime as hard as steel but on the other hand he can explode like a nuclear, stop his heartbeat to pretend to be dead to Genjutsu like when fighting the red-haired woman (I forgot the character name), how can slime do all that? And also when I'am Atomic first appeared, there were 4 people (the MC, antagonist, silver-haired woman and woman with her hair tied) when he exploded they were all close together but when the explosion ended only the antagonist died, how could the two girls survive? The three of them should have died because the MC as the explosion point was very close, but when the explosion ended it looked like it was very far from the silver-haired girl who should not have died

•Plot
Of the 20 episodes I've watched, honestly episode 1 is the best, I read someone's comment that said "the plot of this anime tells of an MC who wants to live an ordinary life but is very influential in the shadows" I agree and I think that's the reason this anime is so bad, there is no character development, no conflict discussed and no interesting discussion, even the comedy is very thin, I only smiled a few times and the rest kept hoping for a scene that could amaze me and I regret having hoped, there are many scenes that are easy to predict and seem useless, I really feel like I've wasted my precious time on this anime
There was also a time when the MC was bathing with a silver-haired girl, what was the purpose of this scene?? It was so worthless that it wasn't even worthy of being called fanservice.

•Conclusion
I don't know how an anime this bad can get an 8/10, and even have a second season. There's nothing interesting about this anime. The only good thing is the animation during "I Am Atomic," and even that is marred by the MC disgusting voice.

There's a lot more I'd like to discuss, but because this anime is so worthless, I only remember a few scenes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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