The Eminence in Shadow (light novel)
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SimpleSight said: This episode felt ridiculously messy. This slow burn intro to set up Cid isnt flawed inherently, but the fact its based on a low effort commemorative volume release side story from the web novel with bonus rapey shit is insane. Everything after the ED felt off aswell. Entire episode is saved by the fact that our lord and saviour Jimina Senen is in the OP. this is from epilogue in Volume 4 Light Novel |
| This episode was interesting. Honestly I didnt think that this show would be an isekai show. The introduction made the show seem that it was one of those high school drama anime until the point that truck-kun came in and the MC got ran over. I didn't see that one coming and started laughing so hard. The after credits scene with the MC and friends gathering on the rooftop to do an operation brief, I couldn't help but think of Night Raid in Akame ga Kill. I am glad that the show will have 20 episodes so we might get a decent sized story and plot. |
| It was OK, in terms of overall story aspect. but it was really diverse and unique when it came to the isekai side and gore elements. it caught me off guard. lets see if this chunnibyo mc will be more entertaining throughout the whole course of show like he was in episode 1. |
| Weird place to start at but I'll take it |
 "Only one with the courage to shoulder the burden of their own fate can be called a hero.." |
| I love the sound effects! |
| Vide cor Meum |
| I actually really enjoyed it, i was hoping for more of the real world though, he seemed like he could eventually be a bad ass just in the normal earth |
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| What the hell, this looks REALLY promising!! |
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| Holy shit this was so good. But I came here expecting comedy not disturbing imagery wtf the fight scene was really good. loved how they showed the brutality of kageno's attacks and how nothing was censored. Nishino isn't normal, she seemed so unfazed after seeing a dude get beaten up so brutally. she must have gone through some serious shit in the past. the isekai part came out of nowhere. he's in a new world now. what about nishino now? not like i'm complaining, i'm liking this serious and kind of melancholic atmosphere of the show a lot but i came expecting comedy. are the tags wrong? 5/5 episode though. seems like this could be good. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| Here comes another chuunibyuu anime, this ep was an introduction from start to finish so not much to tell about it, and it was cool I like it |
"That's why, at this very moment, in the interval of a second, I wish to cross the world lines and protect your smile. Then, once again into a time loop devoid of misery, I will be swallowed as a lonely observer."  |
| I thought i was watching another anime. I remember reading the manga version of it and it didn't have that backstory.. So this is an adaptation from the LN. Anyway really good first episode and I am liking the animation so far... |
| And yet another time Truck-kun shows no mercy. |
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| Must be embarrassing at having to point out that someone was calling her the wrong name. The perfect mask to shield her from the effects of that trauma huh. Kagenou sure arrived in the nick of time though. But for a schoolboy though his combat ability is impressive as was the level of bloodthirst that he had in him. At the very least Akane should have had at least two other bodyguards to protect her rather than just one. Too bad that despite his skills he couldn't escape from his date with truck kun. If anything his imagination is pretty broad. Overall a damm good opening ep that did a great job at introducing the main character and his motivations for wanting to achieve his goals. As Isekai's go that first part was surprisingly well thought out though it was quite dark as well. Looking forward to seeing how he gets on in this new world though. |
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| So we have that very edgy boy that loves attacking people but suffers from a lack of power that ends up being isekaied in a very original way (truck as usual lol) and now he'll gather more power in the isekai world without limits... kinda weird start as I feel it will be kinda ridiculous and edgy but we'll see how it develops... especially that it will have 20 episodes |
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Splair said: haha looking forward to it thenTsutanaiFuun said: not like i'm complaining, i'm liking this serious and kind of melancholic atmosphere of the show a lot but i came expecting comedy. are the tags wrong? The tags are correct. You are in for a wild ride. |
The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| Ok, i uhhhh didnt like this very much, and im unironically surprised so many are enjoying it that much. Its fine to enjoy it, dont get me wrong, but as a manga reader, all i have cared about this was the comedy, because that was honestly golden and extremely good. The drama/lore on the other hand? I honestly couldnt care less, its all so edgy and kinda dumb most of the time, it just didnt work for me when i first read it (it could change tho as i first read this years ago). And when people talk about the series, they always talk about the comedy, so i also thought that most people also didnt care/like the actual lore aspect of the show. But today, the first episode of the anime airs, and its focused on a prestory apparently adapted from volume 4 of LN, which was mostly 17 minutes of serious (and in my opinion truly edgy) moments. And people seem to be really liking it either way, which again is fine, but it really didnt work for me. It just seemed like all of the other super edgy shows that there are each and every season that most people always call edgy/bad. Still, ill continue to watch it for a bit because next episode should actually have the comedic parts of the original work, and im interested in seeing how they do that. |
| A great first episode. I've read good things about this from novel readers so I'm looking forward to seeing more of this. I guess we'll have to wait until next week to see what this show is really about. |
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| How did he get magic???? |
  ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐น ๐๐พ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐น๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐น ๐๐๐. - ๐
๐๐พ ๐ฆ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ   |
| They really did me dirty. The beginning and the fight was cool and all but the reincarnation at the end. I'm not complaining, I'm still hyped for the rest. |
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| Seems aight, but why is every single person in his little group a girl lol......look I know waifus sell, but throw in another guy or two, it's just jarring |
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| Seems ok, but it has Asami Seto in it, so I'll keep watching |
Is it Batman? ๐ณ Nope.It's the Balaclava Berserker!(tm) ๐โ  |
| Didn't expect it to show so much of Cid's past already. I haven't seen the novel, only the manga, so this ep was mostly new stuff for me nice DoctorWasabi said: Seems aight, but why is every single person in his little group a girl lol......look I know waifus sell, but throw in another guy or two, it's just jarring Now that you mention it the series overall has a ton of female characters everywhere |
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| Fine prologue. Didn't expect the brutal fight was but he's def a chuuni and psycho |
| I liked the first part, but omg the chunnibyou cringe on the post-credits scene was unbearable. |
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| Literally a "Chuunibyou from another world" xd |
SunlitSonata said: Or your take is actually just feminist bullshit, and the same thing can be said about SAO. KatsukiKaito said: Here comes the angry twitter police guy. Bro its just an anime. A work of fiction. Kidnaping and shit like this is used frequently in fictional stories. Stop getting so upset about it. It's a lazy and cheap plot device that partially sexualizes the girl with few other traits or relevancy given to her and leads into exaggerated one-dimensional cartoon bad guys. The kind of shit that SAO and other similar shows constantly got knocked for, and you're saying it's okay now because............low standards? The fact that this is apparently a comedy series, and yet the first episode presents this look an angsty power fantasy for 12 year olds has me extremely dumbfounded. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| This one is interesting, in that the isekai mechanics seem a bit more well refined and distinct from the usual generic setup of a truck-kun killing. It is perhaps a bit edgy, and Kagenou reminds me of Ayanokouji from COTE, but just a whole lot more interesting in general. The show itself resembles Overlord to some extent as well, with Kagenou having a bunch of subordinates. Not entirely sure how much I'll like this due to the animation being rather sub-par, but I will say that this was one of the best first episodes for a non-sequel series this season so far, alongside Gundam. |
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