The Eminence in Shadow (light novel)
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| Poor Cid. Even his school life can't be normal because Alexia just happens to interfere with it. Like seriously though, Cid just manages to strike a strange relationship with her just like that. Gotta say though, Alexia really made an impression for herself to stand out among the crowd. Everyone's eyes were on her. I think out of any character introduced, she stood out the most. |
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| Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Episode 3 in a nutshell: woof! woof! |
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| Even for a little bit, we get to see Cid getting killed by Truck-kun... lmao (we finally got to see it!). Another great animation! |
CrazyButNot4UOct 19, 2022 8:02 AM
| 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. |
| Cid's journey into the new fantasy world, literally starting off with the Truck-kun trope, he's literate on wanting to become the Eminence of Shadow. Being new into the Midgar Kingdom being the background character he is, with his friends of Skel and Po, Cid has always wanted to experience what it means to get the most sufferable love confession from the most popular girl in school: the Princess Alexia Midgar. But instead of getting a rejection, the very last expectation of Cid getting the rom-com Protag-kun route is weird, yet unbelievable at best. From then on, Cid only ascends higher thanks to Alexia, and the latter's excuse of being his girlfriend is to avoid Instructor Zenon, her betrothed. The coin scene is done so well, Cid starts acting like a low-brow cheap shot Lelouch, is this a back-to-back reference to Chainsaw Man with Denji and Makima with the "woof, woof" lols? I'll admit that Cid and Alexia's date does look sweet, though it's nothing more than a façade against the 2 closest people in her life: Zenon and the Dark Knight of her sister Iris, being known as the Fencer Ordinairé. I think that Cid's reference to the "Standing on 1,000,000 lives" is a good one, though it's all from his introspective. Cid getting interrogated by Zenon with a false accusation that he kidnapped Alexia, it's BIG trouble. How would he come out of this situation alive? |
KANLen09Oct 20, 2022 11:27 AM
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| Absolutely perfect on the delivery of that scene, then went all the way. And I loved every second of it. |
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| Damn that symbolism in the coin scene is just freaking beautiful. |
astralkill00 said: Even for a little bit, we get to see Cid getting killed by Truck-kun... lmao (we finally got to see it!). Another great animation! The Comedy Finally Kicking Off🤣🤣👌 |
| I like Alexia, she's amusing and voiced by HanaKana no less. Cid became her dog, he has good taste. Also so that's how he died, that was dumb. |
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| I’ll be honest, now with all this comedy the show is actually fine. Coin moment was golden. Big improvement after the second ep edgy shit. Pacing and directing is still strange but may be ln is the same, dunno. |
| The start of the novel was pretty well adapted but with a few changes, that should not affect the plot. |
| I like the ed songs more than the last week. |
| im not too good to speak english .. -- / -. --- - / - --- --- / --. --- --- -.. / - --- / ... .--. . .- -.- / . -. --. .-.. .. ... .... |
| XD so funny ep I loved it |
| The moment with tossed coins was somewhat funny, the only actual joke in this show so far |
| Priness Alexia Midgar is a very interesting woman. |
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| Man, I just love this episode. It moves. I was a bit lost lost (need to go back and rewatch previous episodes, now) but utterly entertained and engaged. I was also pleasantly surprised Hidive didn't lock-up but won't grow too optimistic over it. Animation is clean, it was a nice break from any crazy OP. I'll enjoy rewatching. |
| Another good episode! We get to see Cid get in a relationship with Alexia, which throws his normal, background character life for a loop. But it leads to a few cute and humorous moments. Cid is indeed a man that can be won over with money! And the end of the episode is cool. Total cliffhanger. As someone who hasn't read the source material, I wonder what happened to Alexia! And I wonder what'll happen to Cid. All things that make me excited for the next episode! |
| I'm happy to see Cid's death scene adapted. |
| Yeah i can definitely say that this episode i got what i wanted. They even finally showed his death scene. The curious thing with Alexia is that while in the anime she looks ready to cut anyone's balls from the start, she actually acts all cutesy to fool Cid at first in the manga I guess the studio/director or whatever of the anime just really likes to make everything more sinister and everyone's expression more composed without much kirakira or moe stuff. Depending on the scene, that can be a downgrade, a improvement, or just a mere change. In this episode things still work nicely even with the changes. |
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| Cid:Magic! Magic, magic, magic, magic! MAGIC! Truck-kun: As you wish Now that's more like it, this episode definitely had noticeable comedic beats. I enjoy HanaKana as the princess. And sheesh, many dogs this season. |
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| Cid be like, all according to plan haha, until the unforeseen happened lol. Another dog for this season. |
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| Interesting progression since he's at the academy already with some new (silly) friends and especially the princess choosing him as her fake lover to escape from her fiancé... and I'm not surprised it didn't end good especially the very end since she somewhat disappeared and they're blaming the MC for that, things are getting tenser already, nice xD |
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| They really make the perfect couple. :D I bet the fiance is part of the cult as well. They always are. |
luinthoronOct 19, 2022 9:30 AM
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akarow12 said: This episode follows the LN very closely, so I'm not sure what your issue is with it. This is a "regular" isekai, but while also making fun of certain tropes. Dropped this. It's become regular Isekai with edgy protagonist. I think i will reread the manga and catch up with LN to forget how awful this adaptation become. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
Nyarly-kamin said: I guess that's just a manga thing, she does not act like that in the LN at all, but they probably made her a bit more sinister in the anime.Yeah i can definitely say that this episode i got what i wanted. They even finally showed his death scene. The curious thing with Alexia is that while in the anime she looks ready to cut anyone's balls from the start, she actually acts all cutesy to fool Cid at first in the manga I guess the studio/director or whatever of the anime just really likes to make everything more sinister and everyone's expression more composed without much kirakira or moe stuff. Depending on the scene, that can be a downgrade, a improvement, or just a mere change. In this episode things still work nicely even with the changes. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| The way Cid was isekai'd was messed up lol. And he seemed proud about it. Cid's plan as a background character failed in a spectacular. Him being Alexia's dog was amusing. High chance Zenon has something to do with Alexia's disappearance. It's always those types of characters. |
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| What an absolutely amazing episode. Seeing cid and alexia’s relationship animated was great. I love their banter and chemistry. Alexia’s seiyuu is also perfect for her role. The whole fake relationship had me dying the whole ep. Episode was a near perfect adaptation of the LN, can’t wait for next week. This must be national anime dog week tho lol |
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| woof. woof. lol. Chainsawman vibes with both having doggy style. Also, i found it hilarious how he died. It wasn't even Truck-kuns fault. This idiot jumped right in front of it lol. |
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GreyratAnimelist said: You're really not getting it. He's obsessed with playing the perfect background character because an "eminence in shadow" needs a cover identity. Let me guess the plot, now our MC will save the princess by showing her his real power and then princess will really fall in love with the MC, usual isekai plot. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
Leo said: He's proud about it because he believes he discovered a magic portal that reincarnated him, when in reality he got hit by a truck...The way Cid was isekai'd was messed up lol. And he seemed proud about it. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| "such a good doggie!" we got two good dogs this week; a horny dog and a greedy dog lmao. hanakana as alexia is so goood. good ep overall. |
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