Eminence in Shadow is Trash, Change My Mind | Gigguk: This is the New King of Bad Isekai Reaction

[@SebasTian58323]

Nah boy, the show is great. People seem to think that for something to be good, it has to be some amazing story that blows you out of the water, but that's just not true. For something to be good it just has to accomplish what it set out to do in a competent manner. And Eminence in Shadows does just that, and it's amazing because of that. It just embraces what it is and makes no excuses or apologies for it, and it's backed up by amazing animation and Cid's Chuunibyu fantasy is honestly amazing because he's living out the exact life he wanted to but believes he's not and pretends like he is anyway.

[@whothou9154]

yeah this is show is peak You wouldn't call Tom & Jerry trash because it has no story

[@nabinoorshahil2715]

Also this show does clearly have story. There is a lot going on with shadow garden, Rose, Iris, Alexia and the cult of diabolos. Its just that our MC is completely unaware of the story due to his own insanity and delusions and he is just enjoying life and living his dreams one after another but with Shadow garden there is an epic battle with the cult as they both try to get the upper hand to destroy each other. With Rose she lost her kingdom, her father and even her name and has to deal with all of it in order to save her kingdom. With Alexia she is trying to catch up to her sister and be useful so that she can protect her country and for Iris she is loosing all confidence in her own combat abilities after being outclassed by both Alpha and shadow as she is loosing the faith of her people. She knows her country will never be safe as long as Shadow lives since he can destroy it at any time and as a result she is slowly developing an obsession with beating Shadow the man she sees as the cause of all these problems. Even Sherry has her own story with dealing with the death of her father and getting Revenge on Shadow which has become an obsession. Then There is Cid who is unaware of everything but is causing chaos in every ones plans. There is clearly a lot of story in the show but the mc is just ignorant about it. Once you notice the story you can't un notice it.

[@SebasTian58323]

@@nabinoorshahil2715 yeah, I didn't mean to say there was no story, just that an amazing story isn't necessary for something to be good. I actually like the story going on, and I'm going to read the light novels later to get more, but my focus was more on things that can make something a success without an amazing story

[@traphimawari7760]

@@nabinoorshahil2715 also technically the show isn't isekai, because the universe Cid is in is still his old world just a couple centuries into the future when the world reset that only fragmented traces remain of his old world and logic became warped that magic exists in place of science which is why magicians in this anime are akin to scientists who experiment on people like the good ol days of alchemy, in other words, its a time travel anime because Cid got sent thousands of years into the future that the Earth returned to the industrial age but with magic, its like a fake isekai, like those I can't believe its not butter butter commercial, im 14 and this is pretty deep ngl

[@achmodinivswe9500]

@@traphimawari7760 is this what you have gotten from the story or is it from the novel?

[@swiftstrike4044]

"I am impressed and I don't want to be." My thoughts exactly. Cid is without a doubt the edgiest edgelord who ever edged in the history of edginess. The author of this whole thing knew exactly what they were doing and not once did they apologize or look back. This is the most guilty pleasure anime I've ever experienced and it drives me nuts that it is 😭

[@The_Rising_Dragon]

Hehe! Edged.

[@VeilSharK]

@@The_Rising_Dragon And he edged everyone in the end

[@Malphorus]

Yes.

[@manavmehta3713]

to be fair, its the anime's fault. They did not understand the source material they were adapting. Try the the manga or the light novel and you'll see. The story is meant to be a satire. The author is hyper aware about how edgy the mc is. In fact, thats the point. Its meant to be comical, which it is in the manga. Would suggest you read few chapters of that.

[@Carsu12]

It works because he actively tries to be as edgy as possible instead of being edgy by mistake xD

[@Tplwtch]

"I though it was a JOKE!" - Airier, 7 years after irony's brutal execution

[@shayfarrelly6789]

spot on with "train wreck you dont want to look away from", this is the exact thing i fully expected to stop watching out of cringe but then started unironically finding funny because it knows how cringy its being

[@randomperson8375]

This show embraces "kill not the part of you which is cringe, kill the part that cringes." And it does an amazing job at it.

[@SyxxPunk]

Everyone else is playing the Game of Thrones. Cid is a Celestial Exalt.

[@Airier]

See this☝️ This is one heck of an endorsement. 😲👍

[@ControversialOpinionGuy]

alright boys this is what we call an EXTREMELY self conscious person whos terrified of being judjed

[@Airier]

Which is exactly why I put up videos on KZbin where I make an ass to myself. 😁

[@ControversialOpinionGuy]

@@Airierquick question, if you were with your friends and all of them started Naruto running across the street would you do it with them? or would you be the guy in the back walking normally because "that's cringe"

[@majin2351]

The Eminence in shadow is terrible what are you on

[@LUKAS-mh6op]

@@ControversialOpinionGuy Probably walk cuz he can't take fun jokes

[@krispats8257]

This take of its 'bad' or 'trashy' is honestly so dumb it makes my head hurt. TEIS was extremely entertaining to the point it was my most looked forward to anime of the last 2 seasons, it was extremely funny, it had great characters, a solid story and great music/sound design/VA. What more could you ask for in an anime or piece of entertainment? Why cant you just call good things good without qualifying it with negative language out of ridiculous bias or misplaced embarrassment due to the genre of the anime? Objectively speaking just in terms of it's production quality TEIS in better than 80% of the anime in the last 2 seasons in which it was airing. If you're going to go ahead an call this 'bad' or 'trash' then the vast majority of anime must be so bad to the point they are unwatchable.

[@randomperson8375]

It's not being called trashy because it's bad, it's being called trashy because it leans into and embraces all the tellings of a typically bad isekai, aka trash, and cranks them up so high to the point it wraps back around to being absolutely amazing. It's just a lot easier to call it "the king of trash" to get that point across than to say "the show that should be trash but isn't because blah blah blah."

[@Haeruna]

@@randomperson8375 But thats stupid, its stupid to call it the "King of Trash" because it is good. Its a glass half full / half empty kind of thing. To one person the "King of Trashy Isekai" is going to be either trash thats good or trash thats absolutely the worst.

[@sdbzfan1]

@@Haeruna the mcdonalds example is the best No TEIS is not a 5 star michelin meal its just good fast food, other shows have way better writing and characters but what it does well it does better than its contemperaries Being trash doesn't mean bad, Fast Food is bad for you but its still edible and gets the job done as a meal, same with eminence it does the Isekai powerfantasy trope well but that trope in and off itself is overdone and highly predictable with little to no value outside of entertainment, watching this show doesn't improve your view on yourself or life or how to treat others in anyway, its just fun and there isn't anything wrong with that but calling it anything more than fun or trashy puts it on par with shows and media that actually do the things i've mentioned

[@dark_crimson4783]

Eminence in shadow is garbage You guys really need to watch good animes ngl if you guys think its is good and entertaining The story and plot both were snoozefest poorly written And there is the cringe overload The artstyle is pure garbage Action scenes were not good either The characters were so forgettable -1/10 anime Its just a generic show with shit story

[@krispats8257]

@@dark_crimson4783 Sounds like you're not very smart. Too bad.

[@shadowsstep6188]

I remember first starting to watch this because it just seemed silly as a concept, only for it to end being on of my favourite animes of all time and I am really considering buying the LNs and have read the manga up to speed. Like, this show does extremely well at what it set out to be. Not everything that is entertaining needs to be this revolutionary great story that blows your mind. Sometimes you need a show that you can sit back, relax and put on something that is just fun. And that is what The Eminence in Shadow did for me, it was a show fully aware of what it was doing and never apologised about it. And that is the biggest reason why I liked it. There are other reasons like the really cool fight scenes and ofcourse, because we can't forget, Cids anticts. Edit: I do feel like I need to say this. If you still don't like the show even knowing what it is meant to be, that's fine, (almost) no one is saying that this is an masterpiece of an anime, including me. If it isn't your thing, that's fine by me, but I am then more or less curious what you truly dislike about it. Edit 2: One last edit I swear, I highly recommend any people who are just starting this series to watch with earbuds or headphones. Several scenes in the show work much better with those (Like the I am Atomic in this vid).

[@RenderingUser]

Man I wanna read the next volume of the light novels Sadly, the author releases a volume every 1.5 years

[@chasinghaze0962]

I enjoyed the beginning the this series, but overtime it got kinda repetitive with the similar jokes. Cid I don't really like as an MC just cause how detached he feels from the plot. But that's just subjective. Other cast is fine more or less. it is still enjoyable don't get me wrong, but I don't think I will remember it after few years.

[@reddawn5196]

It is actually good, the story is seen from Cid’s perspective, which due to him being absolutely broken and his own disposition and view of the world, removes any real responsibility from him to solve the problems of the world, this funnily enough lets other characters do things instead of him, and show the world through different lenses. 1 being CID who is just larping and gaslighting everyone including himsel. And 2 being everyone else who actually take things and events seriously. Is it cringe, yes, does that make it bad , no not really.

[@Minderz]

Eminence in Shadows un unironically one of the best things to happen to anime/manga in years.

[@ErikaBernLambda]

LMAO it's SHIT

[@Prrojiya17]

*ironically. Because it's shit

[@sebastjansslavitis3898]

it is a trash only if you don't realize that it's satire. it exist only to make fun of isekai

[@TheGSone]

I'm half a year late to your video, but i hope you've given this show a chance. I think your problem was taking this show seriously. Episode 1 had me doubting, episode 2 made me accept the cringe, by episode 3 i was already embracing it. Episode 20 had the coolest battle sequence I've ever seen

[@persadies]

This anime was amazing. It works, it shouldn't but it does. "I am Atomic" should have been ultra cringe but it was so cool and I had to stop for like 5 minutes to sort it out and I never did.

[@jeremywinston1]

was cool and also hilarious

[@qwertykeypad3783]

It was so cringe that i stopped watching immediately, maybe if i was an 8y.o. this show will entertain me. But now naaaaaaaahhhh, Cringe ass protagonist.

[@Prrojiya17]

It was cringe af. I don't know what made you think it was cool

[@persadies]

@@Prrojiya17 to each their own

[@scarf550]

​@@Prrojiya17 it was cool in a cringe way

[@Bezaliel13]

"It sounds stupid." It's a parody, that's the point.

[@haraken3119]

To be fair, before watching the show I disliked it, after watching the first fews episodes I hated it, after watching further I absolutely loved it. Gigguk is not kidding when he says that this is what happens when everyone in the studio understood the assignment. Like having a bad set of cards in hand and just playing them masterfully and better than other plays with actually good cards. And bottom line is that it is true that like it One Punch Man has a moron protagonist, a bad plot and little to no stakes at all (on paper both show should be terrible), and somehow both of these are good series by playing the cards they do have as best as they can.

[@captainrick4513]

The fact he never saw the best parts of Re;Zero is so annoying, lmao. Oh, well. Requiem of Silence is still amazing, though.

[@kevinmiller7408]

My 2 cents. I found this show to be absolutely hilarious, like almost Konosuba level funny. The technical aspects, like storyboarding, pacing, animation quality, etc. are all as good as anything else out there and quite a bit better than some heh. It doesn't take itself seriously, you probably shouldn't either.

[@ExpertContrarian]

You must have a sad life if you’re not entertained by the show

[@Airier]

That would explain the dark clouds. I always just figured it was a Pittsburgh thing. 😯

[@YTPremiumSuks]

You mean you got entertained by garbage? Yeh you're the one with sad life

[@teikl3434]

@@YTPremiumSuks Said the one who supports pisslestine😂😂Imagine support trash getting dogwalked by israel, what a sad life you have🤣🤣

[@Serdepixel]

In modern slang cap means lie, meaning that "i don't recomend every single isekai" is the biggest cap ever. The other two beside the hats are an inside joke from his yearly/quarterly recap videos about an anime called "welcome to the ballroom" which artstyle is mostly necks

[@haryesidur]

My man, you like Warhammer (I do too), which takes grim and dark too far but commits to it until it breaches the cringe and returns back to being cool. Just because Cid could easily be a Nightlord chaptermaster doesn't mean you can't enjoy something cringe done well. This show is really fun. The only thing preventing you from enjoying it is pretention, or taste. If you enjoy something cringe, it doesn't make you shit, or it bad. It just means you need to embrace what you enjoy.

[@kobaltreaver]

I feel ya, friends told me about this show I started watching it by episode three I was cringing so hard. But as I continued watching it, bit by bit I soon found myself actually invested in the show. I cannot explain why or how, but I cannot wait for season 2.

[@ExpertContrarian]

You cannot explain? It’s extremely simple

[@unlimiteddreamer8321]

U should do a reaction series of it, it is so good :)

[@Revanshard4501]

I wholeheartedly agree. Even if just so we can watch him cringe through it all, only to slowly get sucked in.

[@majin2351]

So terrible*

[@Prrojiya17]

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[@Prrojiya17]

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[@myouitopias8462]

10:05 watch Gigguk's Spring anime 2022 and you get the joke.

[@feardieshogun8153]

otw

[@hendeyjagger7489]

Those weren't hats. They were caps. Hope that helps. Also the 2 guys were from animes were the characters had really long necks, so He made fun of that by expanding them. From seasonal anime Review, I believe.

[@terrorsanity]

Satire and irony in this show is spectacular. I shouted every time they did the trick to make fun of "regular shows" and "isekais" and dial it to even more ridiculousness by just intellectually using and referencing to the show's itself madness and absurd, which is really new and innovative while everything else these days is some classic story bullshit that has its own limitations. For example, they even made fun of exposition overload theory by just creating one and adding main character that doesn't give a F about this story-telling at all but acts like he listens. And this exposition was exactly deliberately boring, long and "important" which is really bad for typical story, but they did it just to use it and make an absurdly fun scene. This was so good. You literally skipping through and the guy goes "Yeah yeah really interesting I am definitely not spacing out while you tell me all this" as you skip. They definitely blew these limitations and did it with style. Truly masterpiece if you value the new ideas that come around and witness what you can make out of a show with just slight creativity, fun and hype build-ups and drops. And music man, music was on point.

[@michaelkimberling7307]

The humor is called “full circle” kind of like how a pug is so ugly that it’s cute. This show is so cringy that it’s funny.

[@JustinStrife]

I'm 43 years old. Been watching anime since the mid 80's, playing jrpg's since the NES, and have seen ALOT of anime over my life. Manga? Read hundreds. Tabletops? DnD and old Star Wars with the 6 sided dice rules for years. MMO's? Been playing them for 20 years. And with all of my nerdiness out there, I also spent 10 years in a car group where I owned an 800 horsepower Corvette. Eminence in Shadow is fun. Plain and simple. It's entertaining and I look forward to every single episode that has been released. Is it the best thing ever? Absolutely not. But it certainly is a nice break from the usual stuff we've gotten over the last few years. I love seeing all of the crazy psychotic stuff Cid comes up with. At the same time, I love seeing the story that is developing around him with all of the other characters, and seeing what direction they go with, all the while he's completely oblivious to the seriousness of it all. It isn't for everyone. So it's okay if you don't enjoy it. Lets be honest. There isn't one thing on Earth, that 100% of people like. But if you do manage to have fun with it for what it is, and what it's suppose to be, well hopefully it'll feel like time well spent and not wasted.

[@yohohocow1291]

I just wanna remind everyone, the video he's reacting to is a KZbin stating his OPINION on an anime. If you choose anime just on someone's opinion. Then you'll miss Alot of good ones that exist.

[@nathanchishi7245]

Dude the anime fking trash

[@revengance4149]

everything that we associate with cringiness happens but not even Cid himself takes the show seriously. I'd suggest watching the beginning of Nux Taku's video on the show. here's the "in a nutshell" of the "in a nutshell" of "the eminence in shadow". Spoiler alert but not for the plot but for what makes the show appealing. Cid is a kid who unlike other kids of his agegroup didn't grow out of his rolemodels. he wants to be cool because of these rolemodels hence Shadow. however he isn't portrayed as someone cool, but as someone who imagines himself as cool. what's cool in his mind? whatever the hypothetical audience would want a "cool character" to be like. he isn't breaking the fourth wall the same way someone like Deadpool (who is ofc great) would. he has in his own mind constructed a story, wherein he is cool because he does what the idols he views as cool would do. he is inspired by them but not in a "what would they think is justice" way but more on a "if there was someone watching me, what would my idol(s) do, to appear cool" way, but with a twist. the twist ofc is that he IS the protagonist of his anime hence why he gets reincarnated, and fate makes it so that he IS cool, he DOES get all the hot girls's loyalty but he does not care. because it is so damn obvious to him and us, that fate is on his side that it annoys him, but for us it's entertaining because it almost feels like fate (the writers so to speak) and Cid have somewhat of a relationship themselves. fate wants to get the plot moving while Cid wants to play his double life of Shadow on the one and NPC6487 on the other side. It's just so obvious to Cid that fate is somehow on his side. because to his potential audience having fate be on his side would be boring but it's not. he makes up random lore about the world on the spot and it turns out 100% true. It not only annoys him because it would be boring to the hypothetical audience he imagines he is being watched by, but also because even to him it seems ridicules. that's it I hope my comment helped you get a better understanding of the story but just do what you want to do, and watch what you want to watch.

[@rion7720]

Every time someone says cringe about the show, that's just another compliment for it

[@snipersougo13]

It's not anime the room it's anime tropic thunder. It's completely self aware everything is intentional stupid but you still care about the characters. It's amazing Shadow/10

[@scrappy_horns8139]

Here’s my take on Eminence…i agree the MC is an acquired taste…but the world building and supporting characters are the ones getting serious developments and focus in the main story in this anime which i enjoy very much…You don’t have to like Cid to enjoy this anime though…personally I think Cid is a mass murdering Sociopath and i think I’m okay with him like that…the more i read the LN the more i start to actually think he’s lost his sanity & humanity to obtain OP status…lol

[@angelovargas938]

Eminence in Shadow is peak and I really wish people would stop dismissing it as trash. It's just dumb fun. You want something deep and emotional? Go watch Fullmetal Alchemist. Eminence is just plain old fun, but even then it still makes fun of itself while making the tropes it's parodying look cool as shit. Also, no shit it's different from Mushoku Tensei, the main character isn't a grown ass man thirsting over children

[@Prototiphrom]

the most annoying part this anime is so overhyped...I tried at least 2 times to watch it...but I can't it's unbearable but thing is it's for kids.

[@Namohs911]

I liked the cringe cause they don't even try to hide it. LOL And they kinda explained why he is. Cause he was a major ripped nerd before he transmigrated. lol But I may be biased cause I absolutely love Delta. Just far too precious.

[@jetpower6601]

Cid is an awesome main character man. Havent watched the show fully but ive read the manga past it. Also re zero protag suburu is good as well man, hes just human. Definitely worth a rewatch

[@ablekwok9130]

I'm just here to show my respect to a guy who has balls to say he doesn't like this show. As a woman who have watched anime for 30 years, I can honestly, proudly say "This anime is FXCKING AMAZING!!!!! I love it 🥰"

[@RavenShugo]

The show is amazing. It's the same as konosuba to isekai, but from different angle. I hate cringe, but this show made me love it...and I hate to admit it)))

[@darg2902]

as a favorite comment i saw said “This show is trash, see you all next week for the next episode”

[@feldraig]

Just go watch it, THEN judge it. It will start as a hate-watch and slowly become a... love-watch?

[@floxer]

21:13 wut? that was so an epic moment. and it also was not "lets launch a rocket to put a car into space" but "we have a test launch of our new rocket coming up, do we have an interesting payload other than the normal cement block?"

[@evanmiller4502]

even in the first season Subaru is still one of the best written characters I've ever seen in a fictional story

[@Eviltwin1]

After watching it, react to Mothers Basements vid on it. It is a really good analysis vid on the show (But wait till after you watch caz he covers the whole season, so Spoilers everywhere for season 1)

[@floxer]

yes that video is a lot better than whatever this shit is

[@Al-ir6vb]

Psst. A new Something Witty Entertainment MHA Abridged dropped. Just so you know.

[@lunarshadow5584]

As someone who has only second hand experience with Re:Zero's story, I do think that it's a great story. The problem with the main character is that he is an undeveloped character being developed through the first season. From the start, he is just a NEET that ended up in another world, but by the end, he's a man that's experienced death so often that he could only "grow up" or keep failing. A different story for a character experiencing different troubles from all other stories because he is one of few characters who has no power beyond "Return to Previous Save Point". But for Eminence in Shadow, its what you think it is in its perfected form. I personally don't like watching cringe because I want to look away from the screen because of second hand embarrassment taking over but the characters, world, and comedy make every cringy scene a joy from start to end. My heart may burn from MC's cringy, out of context lines but holy hell is it an experience worth experiencing as the man isn't just overpowered, but overpowered enough he can focus on his primary goal of looking cool while he kicks the a** of whoever is against him.

[@ExpertContrarian]

The main character not being perfect isn’t a problem

[@lunarshadow5584]

@@ExpertContrarian And I never said it was. I don't like Rezero because the concept of the story itself is something I can't watch, its also why I can't play through Majora's Mask despite it being a great game. The main character, on the other hand, is perfectly fine as he is because he's a character that matches the story. (I even defend the "I love Emelia" scene because the psychological damage he would've received from Rem slitting his throat while saying "I Love You" in a previous return is very much what would happen.)

[@ExpertContrarian]

"The problem with the main character is that he is an undeveloped character" Kinda seemed like you said it was a problem.

[@lunarshadow5584]

@ExpertContrarian it's been almost a year ago so this is only a guess what I meant "most people's problem with the main character" Because there are a lot of people who don't like to sit through character development (despite that being an important aspect of the story)

[@ExpertContrarian]

@@lunarshadow5584 I gotcha

[@dinomarinovic5241]

S2 was announced almost immediately after final episode of 1st season, the Dichotomy between Badass-ery and looserness is funny xD in that show

[@alexzaza12]

For RE:ZERO The main character is supposed to be like that. He's supposde to be unlikable at first, a bad person that needs to change, and the show is about his journey to that change . A lot of people that are into ISEKAI are like the main character, they are shut-ins that don't fit in society and wish to be reborn into another life to start over with cool super powers and a harem. RE:ZERO is good because it slaps this idea in the face with some reality, that if such a person would be reborn to such a fantasy world that they would still suck and be unlikable and most likely be the same as they were in the world they lived before, and that they will have to work really hard in order the change them selfs to something they can be proud of. The show tells its viewer a lot of very deeps topics like self acceptance, parental love, the value of life , self hatred, depressions, and shows how Subaru overcomes these struggles which make this show one of my favorites

[@syedfaizan4630]

I started re zero just a week ago and seriously 😑 first 16 ep were drag then it starts to get real then i move on to S2 but it was more pain in the neck and finally i dropped s2 halfway.

[@alexzaza12]

@@syedfaizan4630 The show is not for everyone, you proberly don't like ISEKAI that much, but here are some videos that might change your mind. If you have the spare time to check these out. "The point of Re:Zero a masterful Character Study" by Kevin Nyaa and "Re:Zero IS a Masterpiece.F*** You, Fight Me." by Mother's Basement. I personally had to give the show two tries before getting into it. First time watching I dropped the show mid first season when subaru got cursed and tried figuring out what was happening, and got back into it three months after watching some YT videos talking about Re:Zero, and went in with a differnt mind set, and suprisingly liked the show. But i get where your comming from a lot of people don't like the show becasue of subaru and the ISEKAI fantasy setting.

[@ExpertContrarian]

No, it’s not supposed to be like that. Subaru is likable and a good person from the very start.

[@Rikaisan]

Soooo, in the end, did you end up watching it? What did you think? lol

[@Airier]

Haven't finished yet, so there's that. But I enjoy the show a lot more when it's focusing on him not getting his new world (like how all his BS is unknowingly real). But the few times they jump back to earth, I'm not too into that. I think I mostly disliked the first episode over everything else.

[@anonymous_first_sin]

Show is top tier give it a shot watch the whole show . It's edgy yes but it's funny and epic . Trust me it was so good I watched all 20 episodes . I didn't even do that for the masterpiece that is steins gate and I love stiens gate . And it's the best time to watch it as season 2 is announced.

[@brunotheboar692]

QUICK BOYS let's gaslight/force/convince/politely ask him to start watching Shadow and ReZero

[@magistertenebris1703]

it should be bad it should hurt i love it its not a hatewatch

[@AzureDrag0n1]

Eminence in Shadow is the best thing I watched last season. I liked it so much it was one of the few anime in my life I watched more than 2 times. I think I watched the last episode 4 times. You know those videos of terrible accidents that you rewind over and over? That is this show.

[@betathoughtexperiment]

The moon is red.

[@Eclosion5]

No velma is soooooo much worse

[@Le7emeChat]

Your suffering watching this feed me. Good video.

[@syedfaizan4630]

Sword art online:🥚 Rising of shield hero:🐣 Chainsaw man:🐥 Eminence in shadow: 🐔

[@jayburn00]

The main character has no interest in s3x, wants to be magical Batman, but his Bruce Wayne has the outward attitude of Clark Kent, and has absolutely no clue what is actually going on.

[@HollyWils92]

Honestly Eminence in Shadow is just a great ride, some people call it a guilty pleasure, but I just genuinely enjoyed it, you're not meant to like Cid as an MC but goddamn does he entertain, he is so cringe but that's what makes it great, they also went so damn hard on the SFX and some of the fight choreography and production, the side characters are also well fleshed out with motivations and back stories, it's up there as one of my favourite anime (not just favourite Isekai), I unironically love it

[@coujintrapp7973]

The announcement of season 2 is after a week of season 1 end and the production is now rolling.

[@Skywolfhd20]

a reminder that you not liking something does not not make said thing bad

[@Airier]

Very true.

[@willyvereb]

@@Airier Also just because something is good doesn't mean it's liked by everyone. If you don't like the show, don't force yourself. And if you really want to like a show, watching it with somebody else probably helps. But don't force it.

[@Skywolfhd20]

@@willyvereb agreed, nothing is for everyone even if said thing is good

[@kmstx2]

Purely unironic opinion: I watched the first season on this platform, and while I agree with your thoughts on episode 1 because I felt the same way when I first tried to watch the series, it really is a series worth warchi... it's a great series to binge when you have time to kill. It's a series worth watching because it's exactly what you think it is, but better than you've ever seen it done before...if that makes as much sense out loud as I thought it did while typing. I haven't caught the 2nd season yet, but I'm hoping for a free afternoon to binge it.

[@iXSIKOBOIXi]

Eminence in Shadow actually does have really good writing for the observant viewer. The first episode is the weakest of the season, but the whole point of the show is that it's a parody of Isekai's and Power Fantasies so hating it because it's an Isekai Power Fantasy fine but you're falling for the bait. It's easy to just write it off as a generic Isekai, but it's really not. There's not really any other isekai as self-aware as this one, but it doesn't pull it's punches. I also can't think of any other Isekai with this kind of story, because even though it's a Power Fantasy, having the main character trying to Blend in gives it it's own unique spin that you won't find anywhere else. Objectively speaking, the animation, sound design, voice acting and art is all really high quality which are all reasons to watch it. Just because it's "trashy" isekai, doesn't mean it's bad. It's nothing like the room because The Room is objectively bad, but so bad it's good. Eminence in Shadow is objectively good, but people don't want to give it the chance because it's another Isekai. Calling it The Room of anime is just wrong.

[@SovereignSoul1717]

the show is absolutely amazing, brother, you just don't get it stick with it and you'll see

[@natrixnatrix]

I bounced off this show at first to. It's a lot easier to watch when you know that the idiocy of the main character is intentional.

[@TheArcSet]

Any chance you could react to _'Isekai Trash Worth Treasuring | The Eminence in Shadow'?_ It's what's made me consider watching at some point and heaps writing praise in places.

[@TheElemynt]

Airiers' reactions to this is what happens when the anime tells you to not take it seriously and just have fun with a sledgehammer to the face but instead proceeds to expect top-tier story, world, and character building and screams to speak to the manager when not given that despite all signs pointing to the show being a gag/parody of the isekai genre to begin.

[@Airier]

That's the thing, the voice acting is great, the animation is great, and I don't think the story is bad at all. And I can definitely see a lot of time and effort went into the show.

[@LostWallet]

im so surprised so many people keep forgetting the show is a comedy.

[@jled787]

There are modified versions of "I AM ATOMIQUE!" And the reason why Japanese Protags would speak in a different language is because they would sound cool inplace of regular moonspeak. Its the same reason why english weebs would sometimes use Japanese inplace of an english world because it would sound better. Hate watch it if you want Airier, but if you did enjoy the comedic parts of Overlord then you would love Eminence in Shadow. Its PEAK Parody that the characters (except for the Protagonist himself) would take everything seriously. As Cid, he takes the role of being an NPC as being the top priority and would playup tropes and cliches that he knows. As Shadow, he becomes the epitome of Mysterious Power House who had already known what's your next 5 move is going to be and doesn't give a f^ck about it because he absolutely CANNOT LOSE. An prime example of what I mean is from the webnovel and has yet to appear in the Light Novel and Manga. Cid in an attempt to ghost Claire (his sister) and the girls (basically everyone in Shadow Garden, Alexia and Iris) secretly joins a Mercenary Army with Quinton and Goldoh Kinmeki (two recurring Side Characters). He just assumes they would just be bandit hunting because Mercs are unruly, rowdy and undisciplined when compared to a Kingdom's forces, and they are sent as a clean-up crew to one of the Cult's bases that have been previously destroyed by The Kingdom. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Mercs were actually sent there as a sacrifice to open up a hidden piece of Diabolos. Cid somehow gets along with these random NPCs that he has forgotten that he had already met before while experimenting on his Mana to create a buff effect on other people. So when the Cult surrounds the Mercs and the situation was dire, Cid completes his experiment and unleashes the buff magic on all of the Mercs, showering them in a Violet Light and because why not, Cid makes the shape into the Goddess' Flower Symbol. With the new buffs, the Mercs win and because the Buff is actually permanent, everyone (but Cid) now has the Goddess' Mark on their body, which prompts the Mercs to form an unofficial Holy Army by their own discretion and authority. And the Diabolos piece that the Cult wanted? Cid swooped in and got Aurora's finger and somehow becomes Cid's pet because the finger "recognizes" Cid's mana from when Cid met Aurora during the Goddess Trials. I said this when I was reading the webnovel, because the trope of Isekai Protag is that they get blessings or power when they get isekaid, Cid's real cheat is that any BS he thinks of and says to other people, it warps the world around him so to make anything that he says or does, no matter how improbable or impossible somehow becomes true and real and has always been true and real. Randomly saves elf from an unknown magic disease and randomly creates a story about a Cult rewriting history, Cult is REAL and is actively doing sh*t because reasons. Sister gets kidnapped and is shown a bunch of possible locations to where they took her, randomly throws a knife and misses the spot he wants to hit but says in an affirmative tone that they will find Claire on that random area where nothing is marked. ACTUALLY IS THE ENEMY MAINBASE IN THE AREA. Cid who actually does not know how to read or write Ancient Characters, SOMEHOW creates a CODE where Beta manages to break to find the location of all the stolen money (which Cid Stole) is stored.

[@Airier]

And this actually sounds interesting. 😲

[@skyking4557]

Well,the Black rose is the Divergent Point in LN and WN,Cid didn't became Merc but reverse isekai in LN.

[@jotana_ch]

10:15 He is wearing caps. Beacause cappa.

[@markjack9772]

Is it just me or did he not get a single joke in this entire video

[@jotana_ch]

@@markjack9772 he did not. He also did not understand to embrace the cringe.

[@aizenuchiha4998]

The whole show is making a mockery out of Isekai and OP main characters the whole show is one big joke dedicated to embrasing cringe and it is beautiful

[@ShadowWizard]

there is difference between OP and mary sue and this edge lord is just OP not mary sue, mary sue is perfect awry way and he is not perfect

[@Chris-qj5cs]

The anime is brilliant, amazing and funny. The cringe is also 100% intentional, if you cant understand that or accept it knowing this then you're probably not very smart. Also I find the mere idea of 'cringing' to what occurs in this anime moronic. You cringe when a character does something embarrassing, I dont see how a character who is supposed to be a crazy, delusional and a chuuni in a comedic way is cringey. I can barely watch things where characters do embarrassing stuff and I didnt cringe once watching this so...... Finally there is nothing 'trash' or 'bad' about this anime, dumb take spoken by dumb people, simple as that.

[@sasukesarutobi3730]

this one is cool 😄 The Abridged Boiis Eminence in Shadow Abridged Short

[@LostWallet]

the world building in this show is ludicrous. without the main characters in it, its game of thrones level stuff. but they dont care and that is the point

[@Mauditduparadis]

That's ok man, it's pretty rare to see people not liking Cid enjoying the anime. Like Re-zero it's not for me and i grew tired of Slime after the 1st season. I had a really good time with The eminence in shadow.

[@crustybomb115]

i gotta say, from watching the show myself... the shows so laughably bad, but thats what makes it hilarious... i mean seriously, an OP MC that wants to basicly act like the average joe for once? meanwhile the plot basicly revolves and is moulded around him? aaaalso the reddit youre talking about is literally "iam14andthisisdeep"... self explanatory, kinda funny at times, mostly cringe...

[@bernieburton6520]

Couldn't watch it. Way too cringe. I don't watch "it's so bad it's good" anything. I'm just not into that kind of entertainment.

[@unrealvaloyt]

WE dont need to change someone else's opinion. like it or hate it its upto you.

[@ShadowWizard]

facts

[@UltimaAzN]

This show is great because i'd rather watching something trashy but super entertaining, than something dull and boring.

[@Malphorus]

As a weeb, as far as abridges go. They're usually +1 AT LEAST and don't even really follow the story outside of the visual images. So it makes sense, but if you're not dumb, you'll get spoiled for obvious reasons. Catch 22 as it were.

[@LegatusLucius1994]

Some words that are said in English are because they don't exist in Japanese not because they're trying to speak English

[@Malphorus]

Ayo, this boomer doesn't know about the new standing-drive wheely things without the hand holding bar. In my defense I'm a millenial and I can't even stay upright on a skateboard, I'm not gonna test my luck with a whisky throttle for my feet. No idea what that shit is called, just see zoomers riding them and knew that had a propensity for blowing up at one point.

[@ayonhussainforever9390]

when Overlord gets flesh blood and skin

[@Nikigreeneeee]

I feel like edgy Mary sue is kinda a disservice. He's not a self insert or has a dark and edgy personality he's someone who's obsessed with this goal that he himself calls childish but, that obsession keeps him working in humanly hard. The anime skips pretty much all his hard work but, using magic and skills he desperately learned in his last life to get 1-2 hours of sleep so, he can train and do inhuman experiments on himself and Alpha when she was a blob. That doesn't mean he's devoid of emotions (he has a lot more internal dialogue in wn and manga he says he appreciates all of shadow garden) he is a psychopath and he admits it but, their are moments when we can't hear what he's thinking which happens when he cares about what's being said because most of the time we see him thinking over people. People say he doesn't care about anyone and just wants to look cool but, in s1 he gets revenge for someone out of anger that he doesn't understand. We get a lot more backstory for him later though. This was probably a bad explanation.

[@Nikigreeneeee]

Oh I forgot to mention the story is actually pretty good 👍. There was of course more added fanservice over some story and other details still good adaptation.

[@Nikigreeneeee]

The first impression might also be because that was an episode you didn't see from his perspective. Though from your reaction to the after credit scene you might think about edginess even though I don't like the term.

[@AStixMatism]

Thank you for your opinions, Joey TheAnimeMan with short hair and a pointy neckbeard

[@MrLoowiz]

If people actually believe dubbed anime is good, of course they'd believe this show is good. It's like junk food, you know it's bad, but you keep eating it, because your taste palates are already rotted.

[@Malphorus]

Only good part of mcdonalds is the fries, God speed bro. Keep it down.

[@_Vanquish_]

"he is the plot, and you need the armor"

[@jayburn00]

Ironically, it's the women of the show who ultimately are running most things because the MC is clueless.

[@gurindertehara9881]

21:00 ... oh god Cid is realistic

[@Airier]

😶🤔😯😨

[@vinaslimbo]

just embrace the stupidity the show give us lol it's just a comedy show for me :D

[@officialflikz]

2:25 it's a hoverboard, 2012 man remember?

[@hian]

Not counting the anime I watched in elementary school without knowing it was anime(Moomin and Jungle Shounen Mowgli) the anime I watched in 8th grade was Ghost in The Shell, Vampire Hunter D and Berserk... So, no. No, I don't remember what it was like trashy anime. I never had that phase. Not saying it's bad to have that phase or indulge guilty pleasures. Just saying, I'm not sure being young is a great excuse for thinking everything is cool...

[@Jjk58174]

It is not for everyone. If you turn off your brain, it can be enjoyable.

[@megsicula]

bro is making me question his taste in anime😭🙏 ( it's been so long so i don't know if you finished it or not)

[@HelloItsMikkan]

Slime ok. Re:,zero.. ok but The Jobless Isekai is on his top list is Sus Also best Isekai Idea is you reincarnate as Truck Kun

[@MizukiStone44]

Just view it this way. Cid is not meant to be the one you empathize with. Or at least not the one you _primarily_ empathize with. Cid is _Godzilla_. The rampaging monster who's mindless rampage changes the world forever. Savior, destroyer, utterly uncaring of what role people actually assign him because he's just there to punch King Ghidorah in the face. The real story is not about Cid, it is about the world _reacting_ to Cid. To the naïve, well meaning fools who follow him thinking he'll help them save the world. To the numerous villain's, both simple and nuanced who watch their carefully stacked castle of cards fall to ruin around them as he blunders through like a 10,000,000 ton kaiju. To those living their normal lives, uprooted by the chaos inflicted by this madman, and the even greater monsters he devours. One Punch Man fits. There is no conflict in the conflict. The Chuuni bastard cannot be stopped. That's not what it's about... it's the catharsis of watching not some pluckily fool from our world need to deal with the madness of some strange, magical alien world, but some strange alien world have to deal with the insanity of our greatest madness!

[@GC-Shadow1327]

I Agree its overrated trash. The hype went on for two straight months.

[@batorian03]

This series is the best Isekai I've watched in a long time. Slime probably the only one I like better.