When Cid first encountered her she was suffering from Demon possession and was hardly recognizable as a human being. Shadow Garden Alpha ( アルファ, Arufa) The First of Shadow Garden, a beautiful Elven girl. She became the student council president and her swordmanship at the academy was considered only second to the first princess of Midgar, Iris Midgar. She controversially took up the sword instead of traditional arts and became a transfer student at the Midgard Spellsword academy. Iris Midgar ( アイリス・ミドガル, Airisu Midogaru) Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa Rose Oriana ( ローズ・オリアナ, Rōzu Oriana) The princess of the neighbouring kingdom of Oriana, a country known for its art. She is also one of the only characters to have personally seen "Shadow" in action (outside of Shadow Garden members) but does not know that "Shadow"'s true identity is in fact Cid himself. Alexia Midgar ( アレクシア・ミドガル, Arekushia Midogaru) Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa A haughty princess, she makes it her job to make Cid's life as annoying as possible. She was trained as a spellsword from a young age and is thus considered highly skilled. Though she seems antagonistic towards him she does care about him, acting quite recklessly when she thinks her brother might be threatened. She thinks herself as stronger than Cid and pushes him around, often acting aggressively towards him in the form of punching him and other forms of bodily harm when she finds herself annoyed by him. Claire Kagenou ( クレア・カゲノー, Kurea Kagenō) Cid's older sister. (In reality, the Cult actually exists and Cid's operations unknowingly interferes with the plans of the Cult.) Originally he lived in a world similar to our own but in his quest for magic he reincarnated to another world with magic in it. He is also secretly the leader of the Shadow Garden, an organization that fights in the shadows against the imaginary Cult of Diabolos (ディアボロス教団, Diaborosu Kyoudan). Little does he know that his eighth-grader syndrome-induced story has actual basis in the world.Ĭharacters Main Characters Cid Kagenou ( シド・カゲノー, Shido Kagenō) Voiced by: Seiichirō Yamashita The protagonist, Cid Kagenou is the son of a noble family. The girl swears her allegiance to Cid and so, he builds his organization, the Shadow Garden. After rescuing a girl, Cid creates an elaborate plot about how he was the leader of an ancient organization, sworn to fight the Cult of Diabolos, so as to prevent said cult from resurrecting Diabolos. And so, he died.Įven after reincarnating, the boy, now the son of a noble, Cid Kagenou, wanted to achieve his dreams. However, this was not magic and was in fact, the headlights of a car. He trained up his body, doing practically everything possible in the world, until one day on one of his training sessions, he encountered magic.
An anime television series adaptation by Nexus is set to premiere in 2022.Įver since he was a child, he wanted to become a shadowbroker, a person who operates in the shadows. Both the light novel and main manga have been licensed in North America by Yen Press. It has been collected in two tankōbon volumes. A spin-off manga by Seta U titled Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Shadow Gaiden ( 陰の実力者になりたくて! しゃどーがいでん, "The Eminence in Shadow! Shadow Side Story") has also been serialized via Comp Ace since July 2019. It was later acquired by Enterbrain, who have published four volumes since November 2018.Ī manga adaptation with art by Anri Sakano has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace since December 2018 and has been collected in six tankōbon volumes. It began serialization online in May 2018 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. The Eminence in Shadow ( 陰の実力者になりたくて!, Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!) is a Japanese light novel series written by Daisuke Aizawa and illustrated by Tōzai. Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Shadow Gaiden