Dec 4, 2022
The Eminence in Shadow is a gem hidden in trash
On a first glance most people just like I did at first would discard this anime to what would seem as just another unoriginal, mediocre Isekai with an OP Kirito clone MC who Isekaied through truck-kun and has a harem of stunningly beautiful yet extremely powerful girls on his side who are the only ones who could stand to the evil of that world, but if you were to look past the bad trashy surface and the staunch stench you will find a glimmering gem of refined quality waiting for those who are willing to give
...
it a try.
The story revolves around Cid Kagenou, whose goal is not to be the hero, the villain, or the final boss, his goal is to be the eminence in shadow, the one who's pulling the strings in the shadow, and he is going to achieve his goal with extreme power and his even more extreme acting skills.
The MC plays two roles in this show to fulfil his goal, the first one is the role of an insignificant background character who can be easily replaced and forgotten if they were to die whose only role is to fill the background to make the main characters of any normal story shine even brighter in contrast to their background, and he really plays this role perfectly, and what I really like about this is that he keeps his personality in this one instead of just being like the average Isekai MC who have no personality whatsoever and are supposed to just a template for the viewers to put themselves into, instead he acts like any normal person would do and in ways that we can relate to, heck, even the opening theme for this anime follows this act by focusing on the girls that work with shadow instead of shadow himself who he himself is only shown in the beginning and the ending of the opening theme perfectly capturing his role of being The Eminence in Shadow.
The second role he's playing is the role of Shadow, the leader of the secret organization Shadow Garden, acting as the eminence in Shadow, and he pulls it off in away that is both edgy and cool which makes the payoff of going through the background character act even more rewarding, and if you think I'm exaggerating then I have only thing to say for you:
I AM ATOMIC
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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