Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!

[neflight86]

Just marathoned the last 11 eps to get caught up.

I forgot how funny I find the chunni cringe to be. Especially when Cid kept repeating the same generic moonlight/frenzy lines during the last arc to anyone who he found (even the person who originally said them to him- he just didn't recognize her). Comic gold.

I also really enjoyed the train car fake money scene. Great stuff. Even if the arc is predictable, I can really enjoy the journey. For a power fantasy, I like how much effort is put into the rest of the cast moving and shaking the plot along. It reminds me of an autistic One Punch Man in that regard.

[Kraco]

S2 Episode 5



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First create a highly competent and powerful organisation, then turn against them to obtain a worthy adversary easily. A foolproof plan.

Although the competency is variable, looking at Gamma.

[shinta|hikari]

Episode 7:











@Ryll - How was this arc divisive? It's one of if not the best arc of the story! The misunderstandings, the drama, the emotions made a lot of sense, and the complexity of the plot worked because of the macro-economic angle. It was actually the first arc where there was actually something at stake, even if it is just the feelings of these cute harem waifus. Nine-tailed fox haremember acquired!

The treasure Delta found at the end was the cherry on top!

[Ryllharu]

@Ryll - How was this arc divisive? It's one of if not the best arc of the story! The misunderstandings, the drama, the emotions made a lot of sense, and the complexity of the plot worked because of the macro-economic angle. It was actually the first arc where there was actually something at stake, even if it is just the feelings of these cute harem waifus. Nine-tailed fox haremember acquired!

The treasure Delta found at the end was the cherry on top!

A lot of fans of the novels and manga were deeply put off by Shadow "betraying" the girls.

The girls don't know he really did intend to steal all their money and keep it for himself. Beta (and Eta, who has a small but critical presence) is just a lot smarter than he gives her credit for. The way he treated Alpha is also not great.

Shadow happens to be just stupid enough for this half-baked plan of his to go slightly wrong for him personally though he surrounds himself with very clever people like Beta and Yukime, so that this worked out in Shadow Garden's favor immensely.

But yes, your read on this arc is correct.

There's some things they did leave out of the anime that was in the manga at least. John Smith soaked himself in cologne (I believe Yukime or the trio with Rose in it comments on how pervasive the smell is) so that Delta wouldn't figure out who he was. He knew she would be sent eventually. Unfortunately, Delta can smell him right through it, which leads to the same cute scene where she figures it out and immediately switches from battle mode. Secondly, the battle with Alpha was very poorly done. He does praise her as he leaves her, which was cut, so the overall effect comes off quite a bit more devastating for Alpha because the impression she gets is that he truly has left them behind without explanation.

[shinta|hikari]

All of that is consistent with what we know so far. Shadow is a selfish prick obsessed with his chuuni fantasies, so the betrayal putting off people makes no sense. Did they somehow think he was ever a good guy???

Everyone around him in the show just thinks he is a good guy because of misunderstandings. That was the premise and point of the show. Did other people somehow also fall for a misunderstanding as the story went on? That is somehow meta as hell.

[Kraco]

All of that is consistent with what we know so far. Shadow is a selfish prick obsessed with his chuuni fantasies, so the betrayal putting off people makes no sense. Did they somehow think he was ever a good guy???

Everyone around him in the show just thinks he is a good guy because of misunderstandings. That was the premise and point of the show. Did other people somehow also fall for a misunderstanding as the story went on? That is somehow meta as hell.

The more essential point is that the whole army of girls in Shadow Garden view Cid as a really good guy, whose selfless mission is to defeat the evil cult and, on the side, do all sorts of good things like remove malign elements from the society and save those affected by the curse. All of that while being viewed as a villain by the (corrupt) rulers, which makes it all self-sacrificing. Like Batman, or something.

At the end of the day, this is an isekai trash series, so lots of people would read/watch this just for the usual reasons of finding an OP main character and lots of cute girls fawning over him. If the MC seems to betray the harem, it wouldn't sit well with their lowbrow expectations.

[Kraco]

Episode 8



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Cid's voice actor must have taken a week off, and the studio had no choice but to make an episode like this.

Cid really succeeded beoynd all reasonable expectations to enhance his nameless mob character disguise by acquiring 100% utterly useless friends.

[Ryllharu]

Episode 9

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One of my favorite gags: Shadow doesn't even know that Shadow Garden uses numbers to refer to the girls below the Seven Shades and high commanders like Nu and Lambda, or that they have upwards of 666 girls.

[Kraco]

Cid is being betrayed all the time, sometimes by his own organisation stealing his money, sometimes by his scummy "friends". He doesn't bother to develop a grudge out of it. However, nobody must try to ruin his fun as the shadow eminence. That's unforgivable.

[shinta|hikari]

It is literally the title of the show, so yeah.

[Ryllharu]

Episode 10

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The comedic timing on this episode was really on point. Epsilon is always a favorite. She deludes herself into thinking her fake boobs are flawless, and he magic skills are honed by the daily use of ultra-realism, but she still fails every time to the real thing. And of course, Cid has known the whole time but is still polite enough not to tell her outright.

Rose does have it rough though. A pity that she only betrayed Shadow Garden because they were too kind to disclose to her that her mother is a greedy, self-serving whore who betrayed her father long ago. She's hated by her people and her previous closest allies (the equally self-serving maid), but she truly did the right thing in freeing her father.

The voice acting in this series is exceptional.

[shinta|hikari]

Shadow Garden's actions were not kind. They were utterly stupid. If the mother is a villain, report that immediately ffs. Keeping quiet about it especially because the mother is still alive helps no one.

[Kraco]

Yeah, Shadow Garden's decision was extremely poor. On the other hand, you might say it wasn't only poor judgement to keep that important detail hidden from Rose, but in fact employing Rose at all. She's only a member to fix her own country, which is natural considering she's patriotic royalty, but she was also the last person who should have been sent to deal with the situation in her home country. It was already difficult enough for her to slay her own crazed father, so what did the Greek Alphabet team expect would happen when Rose meets her mother? Kill her as well? It was inevitable she would encounter the mother eventually, seeing how the mother is in a relationship with the current ruler, Doem.

But then again, it was all a part of Cid's plan (which rarely is a plan at all before all pieces mysteriously fall into place due to his random actions), so it's not like the Shadow Garden women would have much say in the matters. If you want to blame someone, blame Cid, but like he said at the end, everything's going smoothly and it's no problem for him to solve everything in a jiffy.

[Ryllharu]

S2 Eps 12


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A pretty standard and formulaic episode, but still a fun one.

Series done for now. There will be a movie covering the next arc apparently.

In case it wasn't clear, Cid wasn't the only one sent back to Earth. Beta just barely made it through the portal as well.

(turn subtitles on)

[Buffalobiian]

I just watched S1 and S2. I like the latter half of the series better than the first, mostly because I didn't enjoy him gimping himself in school, but rather liked when he goes all out undercover.

Most of the Seven are cool. My favourite would probably be Alpha just because she's a pretty badass, but Beta and Gamma have their charms. Delta is cute in a pet kind of way. Epsilon is entertaining.

[Ryllharu]

Most of the Seven are cool. My favourite would probably be Alpha just because she's a pretty badass, but Beta and Gamma have their charms. Delta is cute in a pet kind of way. Epsilon is entertaining.

The ones that have presence (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon) are all the best. My particular favorite is Beta, but especially when she's "fighting" with Epsilon (the boob size rivalry is largely one-way, Beta is generally oblivious about it). Beta is also the most vicious to Alexia and the other girls outside of Shadow Garden, which is very funny to me.

Zeta is only good for cat gags imo, and Eta just has zero presence at all.

[KrayZ33]

I'm a Delta Boy, because I like kemonomimi.
They are the cutest, and Delta gets bonus points due to how this show made her act like an actual dog that does and wants silly things.

Plus, she reminds me of Yuel (Granblue) in terms of looks and that's just hot.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm a Delta Boy, because I like kemonomimi.
They are the cutest, and Delta gets bonus points due to how this show made her act like an actual dog that does and wants silly things.

Plus, she reminds me of Yuel (Granblue) in terms of looks and that's just hot.

This would be my favourite clip from S2