Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!

The Eminence in Shadow
陰の実力者になりたくて！

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Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be someone just like that more than anything, and something as insignificant as boring reality isn't going to get in his way! He trains in secret every single night, preparing for his eventual rise to power—only to denied his destiny by a run-of-the-mill (yet deadly) traffic accident. But when he wakes up in a another world and suddenly finds himself at the head of an actual secret organization doing battle with evil in the shadows, he'll finally get a chance to act out all of his delusional fantasies! (Source: Yen Press)

Publication notes

Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! ranked third, seventh, and 10th in the 2020, 2024, and 2025 Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! for the Books division, respectively. The series has been published in English as The Eminence in Shadow by Yen Press under the Yen On imprint since August 11, 2020.

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Nov 5, 2018 to ?

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Cid Kagenou9739 fan favorites
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Cid is the founder and leader of the secret organization Shadow Garden under the moniker Shadow to help realize his fantasy of becoming an "Eminence in Shadow." However, unbeknownst to him, his fabrications are often revealed to be quite genuine in reality.
Delta2126 fan favorites
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Delta is a member of Shadow Garden, being fourth of the original Shadow Seven to join the organization after her Demonic Possession was healed by her master Shadow. As the most physically gifted of the Seven, Delta is also often the most destructive and brutal of the group due to her lack of sense and self-control. (Source: The Eminence In Shadow Wiki)
Alpha767 fan favorites
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Alpha is the second-in-command of Shadow Garden, as well as a descendant of the elf Hero Olivier. After being cured of Demon Possession by Cid Kagenou, she would devote her life to his cause, becoming the first member to be recruited into his organization. She is strict, but attentive to the feelings of subordinates. Alpha found and recruited six core members of the organization in an effort to destroy the cult of the demon Diablos. (Source: The Eminence In Shadow Wiki)
Beta438 fan favorites
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Beta is the third member of Shadow Garden, supporting her master Shadow against the Order of Diabolos. Outside of her Shadow Garden activities, she adopts the identity of Natsume, an up-and-coming author of numerous original pieces of literature. (Source: The Eminence In Shadow Wiki)
Claire Kagenou391 fan favorites
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Claire is the older sister of Cid Kagenou and Heir to the Kagenou Family. (Source: The Eminence In Shadow Wiki)
Epsilon244 fan favorites
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Epsilon is fifth member of Shadow Garden. Due to her insecurities with having a flat-chest, she manipulated her slime-body suit every year to slowly increase the mass on her chest, eventually, developing a fake large breast. As a consequence of this, she developed extreme magic control earning her the title, "The Precision." (Source: The Eminence In Shadow Wiki)
Gamma216 fan favorites
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Gamma is a member of Shadow Garden, being one of original the Shadow Seven as well as the director of the Mitsugoshi Company. Despite her lack of coordination, Gamma's knowledge has allowed her to recreate many of the items described by her master Shadow to sell as Mitsugoshi's exclusive products. (Source: The Eminence In Shadow Wiki)
Zeta171 fan favorites
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The sixth member of the secret organization "Shadow Garden", is one of the participants of the original Seven Shadows. Prefers to travel alone, collecting intelligence data.
Eta146 fan favorites
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Eta is a seventh member of the secret organization Shadow Garden, is one of the participants of the original Seven Shadows. Publicly, she is known as This Lloyd Wright, a brilliant and talented architect whose work has been awarded the Architecture of the Year Award, but in reality she holds the position of head of the research department of the organization.