The Perfect Overpowered Character Officially Exists | (Cid Kagenou from Eminence In Shadow)

[@Nuxanor]

As promised.

[@Placeholder93]

Thank you

[@whatisaname24]

Pog

[@Baraath1]

Let's goooooooooo

[@sadkid2498]

POG

[@Preposter]

YES

[@kristofferbeer3011]

You know what makes Cid's thoughts of the Rose situation even more hilarious in the manga? He actually thinks she is a sheming, ambitious and cold hearted usurper. He only saved her at the tournament because he assumed she wanted to kill her dad and take over the country and thought her to be to much of a"Badass Tyrant Princess that's gonna rule with a Iron Fist" trope to let her be imprisoned or killed.

[@space1734]

Yah bruh that shit was funny

[@Ej_B]

I can't wait for John Smith

[@Red_MOON187]

@@Ej_B Awesome identity.

[@midgetydeath]

The light novel goes into more details about how Cid thinks and feels and man he is…pretty messed up.

[@exumbra1399]

@@midgetydeath Yup. Later, he set up a competing business to potentially destroy Shadow Garden's ultra-successful business empire simply to create more drama in the kingdom (and because he thought they were just profiting off his ideas, even though they openly tell him that all their resources are for him), and in the process (for a short time) breaks his follower's hearts because they thought he had abandoned them. It was only due to his plans accidentally backfiring that that didn't wind up happening. It's SAD how utterly incapable he is of making genuine emotional connections with people.

[@axis1247]

I think the best way to sum it up is that Cid isn't our self-insert Cid is HIS self insert. Thats why he wants everything he does to be as cool, badass, and mysterious as possible. He wants to fight strong opponents because it's boring when the protagonist just slaughters everyone.

[@maseprins3434]

Cid is so OP he managed to get nux into his harem XD

[@incurably_insane]

Lol...best comment 😂

[@rustkarl]

Unironically that seems to be the case.

[@User-unknown231]

Fr fr 🤣

[@timteray]

😂 I'm fucking dead

[@jadenfoster7702]

No cid is a weak background character

[@jcredcoast]

Finally! Someone with a decent acknowledgement of Eminence in Shadow. This series is not trash. This series is such a well-crafted story that thrives under the disguise of tropes we consider as trash because it is overused. Basically, this series is a GEM THAT DISGUISES ITSELF AS TRASH. Much like how Cid is actually an MC but disguises himself as an NPC.

[@jakariashafin1695]

I find the fact the story itself hides and makes people believe its trash but is actually a gem. A very genius move by the author.

[@Whysp]

The Eminence in Shadow aint trash. It's junk. The absolute PINNACLE of Anime Junk Food. People don't understand that and it's so sad.

[@jakariashafin1695]

@@Whysp well at least there are some people like nux do.

[@kekwnope]

AGREEEEEEED

[@sunder739]

​@@Whysp a special kind of junk but also an enjoyable junk. Think of this as one of the junk food that's fairly new... and it's actually really good at the time when people get the taste of it 😆

[@AlexPerez-tt9ru]

He wasn't trying to save alpha. He noticed that her magic was going out of control and cid wanting to understand magic more used alpha as like an experimental subject. He had no idea she would return to normal

[@jaymaledic5730]

Yea, dude used her to fine-tune his magic, and fine-tuned her instead.

[@nabinoorshahil2715]

Just further proves his point about the plot trying to make him look as bad ass as possible.

[@Broomer52]

@@nabinoorshahil2715 their was another KZbinr that phrased this same thing in a different way “he’s not playing the same game as everyone else. The World is playing Game of Thrones and he’s playing DnD. He ignores the big glowing Neon Sign that says ‘plot is this way’ he’s every DM’s worst nightmare because he does everything to ignore the plot happening and rolls nothing but 20’s”

[@Aman_Mondal]

​@@Broomer52 Gigguk said that

[@Broomer52]

@@Aman_Mondal thank you

[@shinobuk711]

The fact that Shadow came up with the story in the first place, was from clues left by the bandits... Who are part of the Diabolos Cult. The story isn't even that random, he comes up with it from his surroundings. The brilliance in the writing

[@atrckr-bf7de]

like the movie The Usual Suspects where ‎Keyser Söze comes up with the story. " the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the people he dosent exist"

[@saudel01]

This is part of the premise of the story. Cid just came up with this crap using popular fiction logic, he was basically a D7d gamemaster writing the lore of the game using all the props in the room. The fun/joke is that he doesn't realize that the world he is in runs entirely on that logic. So while he thinks that what he said can't possibly be true as it would be too cliche and would make him the MC, that is precisely the case with this world.

[@redshirt49]

More like the world exists purely for his entertainment. Everything delusion he comes up with just becomes reality.

[@rahn45]

I think the thing that makes Cid interesting is because he obsesses over the little details, but is completely oblivious to the bigger picture; usually the reverse happens with most stories, where the characters get lost in the main plot and all the little things are overlooked. As an example is when Cid is practicing all of his NPC defeat methods and poses, when he then becomes Mundane Mann the people he beats ends up in those NPC defeat poses.

[@blackhat4206]

I didn’t notice that they repeated the “Bloody Tornado” and other mob-fu poses with his opponents until you pointed it out. Good catch.

[@wisefelipe]

I also really like how disconnected he is. If he paid just a little more attention to people he would actually almost understand what is happening most of the time lol

[@Megalomaniac_Trans_Lesbian]

Speaking of NPC techniques, that's a great example of him missing the bigger picture In his mind, the more of those techniques he shows off, the more NPC-like he is, and the more people will disregard him Meanwhile to everyone in the audience, this crazy dude is tanking dozens of superpowered Sword strikes and keeps getting back up, what the hell is he made of, that's incredible, was he always this strong, better keep an eye on him EVERY. FUCKING. TIME XD

[@thaddeushill7080]

I took to long to figure this out....hope ur not making the same mistake scroller

[@g3n3ral1nsanity5]

Lol I still found that arc funny but that final battle was just.. damn..

[@brgorham68]

One of the most funny things about this show is that it stays cinema for him. Shadow Garden is gathering intelligence and building a power base, all the while Cid is thinking they are playing along with his "made up" fantasy.

[@g3n3ral1nsanity5]

I always found his oblivious nature funny

[@w9lo66]

An OP protagonist made the WORLD HIS STAGE!!

[@elmichellangelo]

OP "character"

[@Whysp]

Cid Kagenou put all his stats, every SINGLE bonus stat, into Luck

[@Whysp]

The funniest thing about this is that he's controlling fate but not only is he unaware of it, he thinks EVERYONE ELSE is Roleplaying alongside him, that the maidens of Shadow Garden have convinced everyone all the way up to political figures to Roleplay with him and indulge in his fantasy

[@levigreene9451]

"The world is a stage! And the stage... is a world... of *entertainment*" -alistor

[@eletricsaberman8916]

this show is proof that there are no bad cliches/tropes, only bad writing.

[@Iamlurking504]

You can put the best character in an average story and make them look bad, or you can put the worst character in the best story and make them look great.

[@Megalomaniac_Trans_Lesbian]

Fridging is the one exception that confirms the rule tho

[@_caff_]

theres certainly overused cliches and tropes

[@shwingcrimson8202]

@@_caff_overused and bad are not the same thing inherently. Good writing can make overused trope feel fresh

[@yeetthegargantuanleviathan6216]

500 year old loli romance:

[@SamTheGumMan117]

An hour of Nux maniacally laughing and proving everyone wrong lmao also there's a S2 for this series eventually not to mention Cid is *_HIM_*

[@alexisrodriguez6526]

IT'S REALLY HIM!

[@lwazinkasawe3887]

Himothy, even

[@juandriver6025]

Who cid all I know is John Smith

[@firestar-ng6lv]

His Prius gotta HIMI

[@teklisbenzi]

Who's Cid? Sounds like a name of a typical bordem filled NPC.

[@jackwatkins9219]

I also find it funny how Shadow has almost no flashbacks but is a part of everyone's flashbacks, it just adds to his badassness

[@Placeholder93]

I don’t know how you can make a full video on Cid? He is such a forgettable character. You should make a video on Shadow instead.

[@madszn]

that shadow guy really is something, Cids cool but he’s kinda just…there

[@evolutiongamer9573]

Who’s cid?

[@esdrot1375]

You got me in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@mikyah49]

​@@esdrot1375 same 😂

[@Carsu12]

Shadow is cool, but John Smith is much cooler

[@alexcsere]

I'd like to clarify the story arc described at @40:00. Shadow actually learned from Epsilon that she had been playing Moonlight Sonata and touring festivals around the world to the nobles. Then Shadow stole HIS OWN PIANO to play the same song in the sewers, knowing Rose likely had heard it from Epsilon.

[@g3n3ral1nsanity5]

Bruh he even stole his own money from his own organization after they presented it to him it's too funny

[@anonyousperson]

​@@g3n3ral1nsanity5after creating a distraction to turn there attention away from the money to steal it

[@Exile_Sky]

The best thing about Alpha's recruitment is that he wasn't even trying to undo it. He was just messing with it to practice his magic and undid it be complete mistake.

[@trevorthompson6825]

Makes nux's case for the universe deciding to grant him a harem even stronger. The gross blob of living flesh he decided to experiment on to get better at magic happens to not only be a hot girl somewhat close to his age, but one with natural leadership skills and initiative, deciding all on her own she wants to save other girls in her position and roping cid into it, prompting him to come along and save the girls that eventually become the seven shadows and all conveniently fall in love with him for it too and decide to continue saving hot girls en masse to serve him in accomplishing his objectives. It makes sense though too, since all of the girls he saves (and by indirect extension all of the girls saved by the seven shadows later) share being tossed aside like trash when their "possession" was discovered. Everyone they ever knew rejected them in an instant and abandoned them to die, then someone came along and saved them. He gave them somewhere new to belong, fulfilling work, the ability to save those in a similar position, a noble cause and a reason to view their mistreatment as the work of wicked men for wicked ends, taught them strength and how to fight, gave them knowledge and wisdom, and served as a sort of benefactor, leader, and provider to essentially help guide these seven kids through childhood. It was all a bunch of snowballing mistakes and misunderstandings made based on what he thinks is badass but in the end he does a lot of good for those girls. Every decision he makes to be in character either as an NPC or as shadow leads down a path to harem acquisition eventually.

[@Kos4Evr]

To be fair, he knew she was likely to be in the underground and he thought that using the piano to bring her to him would be epic. AND IT WAS

[@TheEddagosp]

He practices the piano **SPECIFICALLY** to have an epic piano moment like that. A moment that literally only one person besides himself would ever experience.

[@Kos4Evr]

@TheEddagosp not initially, no. In the beginning it was his parent's idea but then he liked the idea of playing his own boss music.

[@valisparda]

38:47 Rose wasn’t infected with mind control. She was afflicted with demon possession, the same disease that turned Alpha into the blob.

[@thebush6379]

oh good to know i didnt miss something

[@epicminer9047]

Yup. I don't remember if it was directly stated in the anime, but in the manga the king was being controlled with opium not magic just drugs

[@hitokiribattousai31]

Yes, and Perv Asshat knows this. That is why when they faced each other, he was surprised that she has Awakened

[@Kurukuu]

​@@epicminer9047 it was, Perv talking about the drug, and it being smelly

[@kith6118]

@@Kurukuu Actually the drug smells sweet, but it is too sweet because it was used continuously for long period of time.

[@trevorthompson6825]

The contrast in perspectives between Cid and Rose is even way wilder than you describe, as crazy as it is. They meet in the school sword tournament where cid decides to implement his 48 methods of how to get beat up stylishly like a mob, but only gets through like 13 of them before getting forced to quit and dragged away since all the fake blood he spat up looks like a lethal amount of blood loss. Rose actually takes note of his insane resilience and determination and is both intimidated by it and decides he's worth remembering. Later when cid decides that it is his born right as an NPC to die to the terrorists first as a threat to the other students, rose assumes he dies for her as an act of selfless love and misunderstand his behavior in their past duel as his passion for her, instantly falling in love. Rose later runs into cid on his way to lindwurm and insists he travel there with her since she's going too, where she proceeds to talk about their love and their future and how if he becomes a hero then their marriage should be allowed, but cid just half tunes it out and half misinterprets it as her being some weird religious freak trying to indoctrinate him into her religion, so just passively says yes to everything to pacify her. She then volunteers him for the sanctuary challenge thingy to start his journey of becoming a hero so they can marry, forcing him to cause a distraction and reappear as shadow so he doesn't have to break his mob persona by summoning an OP enemy when he enters the ring. Later on, she meets him before she's supposed to meet her arranged fiancé to ask cid to trust her (as in, that she loves him and will work it out) and cid casually encourages her, then stabs perv when she sees him controlling her father. Cid thinks the idea of a princess stabbing her a-hole fiancé is badass and thinks it would be cool to support her, so he drags the piano into the sewers since he knows she's somewhere down there and she finds him. She understandably assumes he knows the unjust circumstances she finds herself in when really he thinks she's just a bit badass and admires her defiant behavior. After healing her and giving her some mysterious motivational lines and "power", she feels called by his words to solve the peril of her kingdom by any means necessary, even killing her father the king. After she does so, Cid thinks she's an iron woman hellbent on seizing the throne for herself and considers this super badass too, and thinks it would be badass for him to fight off her adversaries so she can escape the scene of the crime and eventually take the throne. So many layers and differences in perspective, it's crazy.

[@johanneseure6761]

I think one thing worth mentioning is that his overpoweredness makes sense. He wasn't just reincarnated with that power. He as a character even in his old life wanted to get stronger with every ounce of his being. He even makes Asta from black clover look normal in terms of motivation. It just makes sense that Cid is overpowered because he was obsessed to a point where no human, real life or fictional, would be.

[@Zxycvhjgbidnopbo]

Yes, this person say power of fate or whatever because the ignorance and idiotic he is (NUX)

[@rustkarl]

At the same time that’s all he has. Most other protags have an advantage that they can capitalise on to gain power. Cid doesn’t. I’d understand if he handily outclasses other people but utterly god-tiering them? It makes no narrative sense to justify that ridiculous a power gap.

[@IAMHERE-vy6sx]

@@rustkarl no

[@IAMHERE-vy6sx]

@@rustkarl read ligth novel kid

[@BarioIDL]

@@IAMHERE-vy6sx you lost them at "read"

[@CJ-442]

One small correction. During the Terrorist Attack arc, Cid didn’t jump in front of the attack to make it seem like he was an NPC that was in love with the Sword Princess. In fact, he absolutely WOULDN’T want it to be taken that way bc that would bring him into contact with (as he would say) “main character territory.” The reason he jumped in front of that sword strike was bc one of the most NPC things to happen is to be killed to show the serious threat of bad guys, and he wasn’t going to let anyone take that “privilege” away from him bc HE’S the most NPC of NPCs. However, the fact that it looked like he did it to save the princess he was in love with is just another example of fate itself working for him again.

[@EMalachi]

One correction: The blonde princess wasn't infected with a mind control thing from Perv Asshat. She, like everyone in Shadow Garden, is a descendant of the hero that sealed Diablos and that thing on her chest was her blood curse, the same thing that Cid cured Alpha of at the beginning, which was basically the magic power of their blood overwhelming their bodies. When Cid cured them, it essentially "realigned their matrices" which unlocked their innate power, which Wargod Beatrix essentially did on her own and is part of the reason she's so friggin powerful as well.

[@Cat-pv6yx]

Just one correction: They’re descendants of ONE of the heroes, there are 3, one is the human hero, who is unnamed, there is the elf hero Olivier, and the kahji- I mean fur- beastkin hero

[@sunder739]

​​@@Cat-pv6yx I guess 5 of the Seven Shades were from Olivier, if I get this right, while Delta and Zeta is basically from that beastkin hero

[@Cat-pv6yx]

Eta and Epsilon are from the human hero I’m pretty sure

[@mrkvn223]

@@Cat-pv6yx No! There's no human in the Seven Shades. Alpha, Beta, Epsilon, Gamma and Eta are elves.

[@m-wan2547]

As someone who didn't know the story reading this gave me cringe isekai AIDS

[@offcue4102]

The moment in the show that's stuck in my head right now is in the last episode where Cid is fighting Iris and the War Goddess and Iris says something like "Don't think you can escape from us", and Cid just starts maniacally laughing, followed by him saying "Running? Running where? Running from WHO?!!" in a moment where he seems genuinely offended by the idea and then starts powering up to go off with his "I am Atomic". The VA killed it with that line imo (at least in the sub, ain't seen the dub... yet?)

[@sdbzfan1]

I just love how it sounds like he yells "As If" like he's offended by the mere thought of running away from what he's always wanted, it just made me love him more

[@karlhyetravelerofworlds]

"Run? Who's running? Running where? *AND WHY?!!"* - Shadow the leader of shadow garden

[@alesztra937]

@@sdbzfan1 did you watch the dub?

[@sdbzfan1]

@@alesztra937 no

[@alesztra937]

@@sdbzfan1 then how does it sound like "as if"? "Nigeru?", "dareka?", "doko e?", "NAZE!!?". How does any of that sound like "as if"?

[@Argionelite]

The side characters in this anime are main characters, and good ones too. Alexia would fit in perfectly as a "untalented, but gaining power through diligence" type protagonist. Sherry would be the tragic, innocence lost protagonist on a quest for vengeance. Rose's story is an entire epic drama itself, a princess who studies the sword abroad, realizes how deep rooted the corruption in her country is, and comes to terms with her own powerlessness over and over to the point of tragically, emotionally throwing away her past and identity just in hopes of attaining the power and getting the help she needs as she bides her time, uncertain of what would become of her homeland. They all go through incredibly compelling character development, each of them having to change and grow as people within their own circumstances in this evolving world, and I absolutely love how the anime, in comparison to the other mediums, really tackles and emphasizes these consequences that come with Cid's fuckery. Lastly, Skel. If you haven't noticed, the guy who voices him is the same guy who voiced Kirito from SAO and Sora from NGNL. They took one of the most famous main character VAs in the genre and had him play the sleaziest, most inconsequential side character. They not only came up with this joke that would only mess with the subsection of viewers who have watched enough anime to identify VAs through sound, but they went ahead and committed the extra money needed to hire such a famous guy to carry it out.

[@unseen575]

The madlad really dropped a 1 hour vid on Cid.

[@turnermarius4471]

Why not. Cid>>>>Goku no joke, he is more interesting then DBS Goku. fight me goku fanboys.

[@alzhanvoid]

​@@turnermarius4471uhhhh, is this a joke or are you _really_ trying to start some juvenile 'my character is better than your character' argument?

[@duck7441]

​​@@turnermarius4471 dude you need to understand that art is subjective and it is perceived differently by different people i might like something you don't like or you might like something i don't like

[@turnermarius4471]

@@alzhanvoid Noo, what just facts. 😎

[@jamesmayle3787]

The Bible is truth. To understand this read genesis, Mathew, and one book of the Bible you chose yourself. As you do this practice forgiveness. It's about what's in your heart, love Is the key. If there's love in your heart you forgive. The act proves the truth. To be forgiven we must forgive. Start with your parents, they've loved you, they're easiest. Look inside for the grievances we all build up there and Genuinely forgive from within. It teaches you something you can learn no other ways. You have to learn first hand by what this process does inside your soul. Please trust me. Break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness today. It's not too late. God loves you. Please trust me. Jesus Christ is the way truth and life.

[@derpypotato677]

I love that in the finale, when he is told that everyone in the capital is his enemy now, he just laughs. For most characters, this would be cringe, "I am so high and mighty that amuses me." He is genuinely taken aback by how confident she is. After toying around in a 2v1 with the two most powerful swords women of their generation, and absolutely demolishing them with ease, moving so fast it looks like he teleported, and she thinks that he is threatened by a bunch of people far weaker than them. Then he threatens to destroy THE ENTIRE CAPITAL CITY BY ENVELOPING IT IN HIS MAGIC just so he could dash what little hope she had of him being beaten one day.

[@Grim_and_Proper]

I feel like we owe the studio a lot for how great the Eminence in Shadow ended up. It really felt like they pulled out their A-game. Out of curiosity, I compared a few scenes to the manga and, from what I saw, I feel the anime topped it. One example is the sanctuary door being a fairly plain metal door in the manga compared to the runed, glowing apparition we see in the anime. Maybe I didn't see the best of the manga, maybe the light novel is amazing, but I can't help but feel the anime team really helped elevate the source material. It also has some of the best sound engineering I've seen in anime. I'm usually a bit oblivious to sound but they truly blew me away here. (Edit: I hadn't finished watching and I didn't expect Nux to cover this in this vid, oops). Looking forward to the series review!

[@durikodurien1056]

i think the manga and the anime did different things better. i read the manga first and compared to the anime it nails the comedy aspekt a bit more. For example whenever there are flashbacks about his life on earth and he talks about how he trained and trained to become powerfull enough to withstand a nuke etc., while also trying to be a mob character in school, he is portrayed as absolutely huge and bulky. Because on earth if u train your muscles to what is humanly possible you just become some bodybuilder type giant, which makes it even funnier when you see him sit in class like that and act as if he was just a mob character, even though he is twice the size of every other kid in his class. all in all i think the manga is a bit more exaggerated and over the top for the sake of elevating the comedy, while the anime tones that down a bit to make everything seem a bit more ""realistic"" and gets you more invested in the story.

[@elmichellangelo]

Sound design was just chef kiss

[@Grim_and_Proper]

​@@durikodurien1056 That makes sense. Usually you hear things like "the manga was better" or less commonly "the anime was better". It's pretty rare that an adaptation plays to the different strengths of the specific media. I just hope they can maintain momentum through to the end with the adaptations.

[@01cton]

@@elmichellangelo I’m pretty sure it’s the same person who did fire force, so it makes sense

[@joecarosella7418]

Nux saying “cid wants bad things to happen so he can look cool” reminded me of high school back in 2010 when me and pretty much every other guy would just sit in class thinking “okay what would i do if someone came in with a gun”. That’s probably even more prevalent these days, but it’s a bit less of a daydream and more of a necessity 😅

[@omaramurrio1662]

We have to clarify that he did not confront the almighty truck on purpose. He was just on some shrooms while trying do a ritual so that he can aquirte magic. When he saw a light he tough it was magic and ran to it. Also he did all that in the middle of forest all nude.

[@clementmarchat8419]

He never realize it was a truck, not even after he was reincarnated. 😅

[@Sagebrush58]

I made a comment saying this! Deleted it because yours was better!

[@Red_MOON187]

And was smashing his head against trees for hours XDDD

[@g3n3ral1nsanity5]

Ah that's just normal lol

[@colinsmith1495]

Most animes: Fate: I will make all your dreams come true! MC: Why does Fate dictate my future? EIS: Fate: I will make all your dreams come true! Cid: Oh yes! Fate: OH YES! CID: *OH YES!* (I won't let you overdo me, Fate)

[@realzooflicks]

Literally my favorite anime, I am personally a reincarnated addict and the eminence in shadow is art.

[@Chris-qj5cs]

Truth. I usually never rewatch things but I've watched TEIS 3 times. It's amazing.

[@realzooflicks]

@@Chris-qj5cs I think I rewatched a couple episodes, definitely a first for me to do it too.

[@Cybersale169]

The best part is he has a writer constantly documenting his achievements 🤣

[@xkiri7484]

You can hate tropes and "Isekai" (which is not exactly a genre), but the moment you see a second of Eminence in Shadow, you're doomed to love it. This is his power. From the Gigguk video, we knew already you were going to end up one of us. Well done

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

Tropes are tools not sins and nothing is 100% original or 100% unoriginal and wasn't a genre at first but it became one over time

[@xkiri7484]

@@Scalesthelizardwizard I'm not sure it's a genre, since usually those are into 8 categories. For example some follow the "hero's journey", then you have sub categories like "fantasy" or "sci-fi". Isekai is just a plot device instead, more like a background to have normal people in a fantasy word. Eminence in shadow follows mainly the "comedy" genre, and even if the Isekai trope is overused, it's still a trope imo.

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

@@xkiri7484 I love Isekai but I do wish we wouldn't get so many every season

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

I just realized I miss read your comment I thought you said you hate tropes and Isekai my bad

[@Jaz-nt2sn]

@@xkiri7484 technically a plot devise which affects how a story is told is known as a genre for example romance genre this is a plot devise used to drive the story on but then you go onto yuri and yaoi which are not genres but sub genres of the romance genre, and heros journey is usually the plot devise used by fantasy/isekai or even sci fi to help it progress. lastly lets not forget the definition of isekai is 'in another world' not nessissarily fantasy worlds for example x-creators is technically a isekai due to game/ manga characters appearing in the real word similariy trigger is also classed as a reverse isekai its just something to think about

[@HKy0uma]

Cid is one punch man, but all the fun of the show comes from what all the other characters get up to. I'm only 6 episodes in and loving the characterizations of every supporting cast member.

[@g3n3ral1nsanity5]

Enjoy it's just so much fun to watch

[@HKy0uma]

@@g3n3ral1nsanity5 Update loved it

[@thatsinteresting3415]

Nux: "You can't self insert into Cid." Me lookin' at Cid: "I like ya, and I want ya. Now we can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way, the choice is yours."

[@keithunderwood8803]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@Kemot300]

The guy is so overpowered that he does things "in the shadow" without a mask and no one recognises him.

[@BattleGodorMRH]

Watching this show purely based on your videos about it, loving the show

[@bibbobella]

I have said it before and I will say it again. The writing for this show is honestly amazing. The story itself is a bit cliche for sure, but it is honestly really good. It is intriguing, have a lot of twists and turns (Well, the twists are incredibly obvious, but that is half the point...Like, one of the main bad guys in the first season is even called out by Yandere princess as being the main suspect, but they just can't touch him because he is in a powerful position) interesting world building, a really rich history, cool fights etc. The only thing making it into a comedy is the main character. If we had watched the show through the eyes of Alpha it would have been one of the darkest fantasy animes we had seen in a LOOONG time....and Shadow would have genuinly seemed like a really cool powerful yet mysterious entity seemingly with some knowledge of our world. He would have been one of the coolest most discussed characters as he seem to know everything and anything that is going on somehow, but for some reason doesn't tell people about it even hiding his true strength. The only reason we find him silly and over the top is because well..he is...but that is thanks to us actually hearing his thoughts.

[@Haeruna]

Rose didn't get infected with a parasite, she got possession, the same thing all the members of Shadow Garden did, which Claire did too.

[@Erudito_Ra]

I loved it, the torture/interrogation scene is what took me over the top. I said only a selfish mf would intentionally take a messed up situation like that and turn it in their favor 😂😂

[@MikePeterson-gm4xk]

I'm really glad that you were able to appreciate this brilliant anime. So many of the other content creators that covered this anime seemed to miss the plot entirely and only looked at it from the most superficial level possible. The Eminence in Shadow is the best anime I've seen in years.

[@albertnovak1035]

He cannot control fate he just managed to train the luck stat and max it out P.s. princess blood wasn't being mind controled but was suffering from the same "curse" that alpha was

[@gojojyrking1996]

Oh yeah, my take on this Cid controlls the fate kinda take is pretty different. The story we follow on a surface level is following the generic plot structure for a lot of parts and uses these to subvert expectations and play it for comedy aswell. The thing though that I have not heared anybody talk about is that the reason why Cid is almost always almost right and picks the right choices for the most parts is because he is familiar with these troupes and because he views the world like we do. Just a story he obviously will make up shit based on stuff that he already knows which in some kind of way plays into the world building and it's actually so genius

[@ramirobarrera2845]

This is exactly what I've been thinking. This world is a trope world and it's so obvious that just saying the most generic trope may be in fact true. I mean just look at the names of some of these characters lol

[@space1734]

That's how I see it and I think that's what the author was going for

[@random1237]

I agree

[@CainChaosis]

Closing scene of the show you find out the entire world the Anime takes place in is just Cid's mind racing to create the life and story he wanted so desperately to live and experience as he lays bleeding to death on the street in front of the truck that hit him in episode one. His racing mind being the reason things are so crazy over the top like a lucid dream state and yet uses someone's personality as their name just to save time and effort since they aren't the important parts of the story his mind creates. It was enjoyable to hear your thoughts on the show so thanks Nux.

[@scr1m844]

you talking about the outro music video? i dont think you should consider that canon 😂

[@Chalo122790]

I love how much Nux suddenly started loving Eminence, and I am all down for it as it deserves all this praise.

[@Crytica.]

Not just is he a brilliant protagonist where the writer exactly KNEW what kind of world and anime he was creating. The voice actor for Cid and tbh everyone were so god damn good. I was really suprised by how good the voice acting was in this entire anime by pretty much any of the major characters.

[@DallasBrownridge]

As nux once said "The world writes itself around him."

[@iXSIKOBOIXi]

Unironically has really good writing and fun, well fleshed out characters. People hate on it purely because it's an Isekai.

[@Pioxys]

From a simple reaction, to being part of 2 legendary series. Next I'm gonna hear Cid is going to be in the Round Table Of Black Air Forces.

[@ryanpierc3]

Finally, someone understands that this show isn't trash, these plebs saying so need to appreciate it for the Mastapiece (a little loose here) it TRULY IS! But a show doesn't make you like it just because its fun. I didn't sit on the edge of my seat every week waiting for more Shadow-sama just because its fun. Finally, the video we needed, and shadow deserved

[@sunder739]

well, I'm not entirely sure for everyone who claim that they've been burnt out of an abundant amount of bad Isekai anime and then say they're done with it.

[@SSB_Master_Hand]

A whole 1 hour analysis dedicated to one of the best isekai characters to this day. This is gonna be good!

[@frostfirescorpion]

He was slapping his head against a tree and (from concussion) thought that trucks lights was the magic awaking in him so he jumped to grab it.

[@michaelkimberling7307]

He’s a perfect parody character disguised as a serious anime character.

[@aVoice_art]

Damn, the real amazing thing is how you kept my youtube shorts but, captivated for and entire hour, just explaining why Cid is badas.

[@MrHarshverdhan]

Man remember when gigguk was having so much build up while now talking about actual show trying to make people watch this show.......and nux still almost passed over it and now its ruling every channel lol

[@AlexPerez-tt9ru]

Yeah it kinda annoyed me how everyone is reacting to gigguk and people look like the show isn't worth a watch. Calling it good trash seems to put alot of people off the show. It's doing it such a huge disservice

[@Chris-qj5cs]

@@AlexPerez-tt9ru Personally I think Gigguk is a moron and dont like him. A bunch of other people basically copy pasted his video with the same awful take. It's a great anime, the words stupid, bad or trash dont belong in the discussion.

[@songschannel9059]

@@Chris-qj5cs Why do you have to insult people because they said something bad about an anime that you like? It's kinda sad

[@Chris-qj5cs]

@@songschannel9059 Gigguk literally cries about the depiction of slavery in anime in every single video I've seen him make which is an utterly moronic and pathetic woke take. Slavery goes back thousands of years throughout human history and quite literally every race of people were slaves. Whites were slaves under the Romans, Ottomans, The North African slave trade etc. as an example. Slavery is not a uniquely American or black occurrence in human history and so to play on the misplaced sensitivities on a single group of people in an effort to remove its depiction from media is just pure ignorance. My grandparents were basically used as slave labor by Germany in WW2, their country was all but destroyed, 1/5 of its population was killed and the Germans had plans to commit genocide on it's people to take their land. Yet you dont see me crying about it and suggesting every depiction of a German from WW2 should be removed from media. Somehow I'm able to thoroughly enjoy things like Tanya the Evil because I'm not a pathetic snowflake in a perpetual state of victimhood.

[@Chris-qj5cs]

@Drew Niven You realize sexual slavery still exists today in 2023 in places around the world? As does slavery for manual labor? There is no issue of realism here. Even if this wasnt true it was a common occurrence for thousands of years of human history and so to apply modern morality to fantasy and medieval settings is simply dumb. There is no issue believing these things would exist in these settings. If you can depict murder, rape, genocide etc. in anime without complaint I fail to see you would be so hung up on slavery. Although I know what his specific reason is, woke pandering because of sensitivity regarding a specific country and a specific race of people.

[@DarkAbyss-em5ly]

Honestly every single part of this series exceeds my expectations everytime I watch a new episode. One of the few isekai I genuinely can't wait for season 2 to come out I just hope it doesn't take more than 3 or 4 years or I might forget this masterpiece by then 😂

[@jesseboateng5415]

Season 2 is out bro

[@madszn]

thank god someone actually admits eminence is good and not just trash. Most fun I’ve had with an isekai, can’t wait for season 2

[@andysee6996]

I have some suggestions for future Overpower Characters done Right episodes. Dr. Manhattan (Watchmen) - He is treated as a real life Superman in the context of Watchmen. He can teleport anywhere, see subatomic particles, has absolute control over matter, and kill anyone he wants. The problem is, all these powers have detached him from his own humanity even flat out stating "A living and a dead organism have the same number of particles, there's no difference". One of these powers is the ability to see the past, present, and future at the same time. Instead of giving him more choice on what to do, it takes that choice away from him. When he first shook hands with John F. Kennedy, he instantly saw the man getting shot in the head and felt there was nothing he could about it. Dr. Manhattan himself compares it to being a puppet who can see the strings. Kusuo Saiki (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.) - Saiki's incredible psychic powers make him essentially a watered down version of Dr. Manhattan. He has every psychic power you can imagine to the point where he could kill humanity in three days if he wanted to. Unfortunately, he can't turn his powers off which voids his life of any sense of surprises, challenges, or sense of accomplishment. Saiki doesn't want a lot of attention on himself so he can't use his full power all the time and he thinks he's too different to relate to others. Of course, fate has other plans for him. Maple/Kaede (Bofuri: I don't want to get Hurt so I Maxed Out My Defense) - How would this protagonist in the isekai adjacent VR game genre be able to stand out? First of all, Maple (who is named Kaede in the real world) puts all of her skill points into vitality because she thought getting hurt in the game meant getting hurt in real life. Second, she doesn't become OP because she's just better than everyone else, she does so through unconventional playstyle. She's she doesn't have any prior experience with gaming, she uses her own logic. In the first episode alone, Maple spends an hour shielding herself against an apple bunny and gains Absolute Defense which doubles her vitality. She also manages to gain poison resistance early and it becomes poison immunity when she goes up against the poison dragon. Unfortunately, she's already lost her sword so after some failed attempts to damage the poison dragon, she eats it. Finally, at the end of the day, New World Online is just a video game. The whole of Bofuri is about having fun with video games, it doesn't have much (if any) bearing on the real world.

[@zotaninoron3548]

It is amusing watching Nux's arc of not knowing about this anime, almost reluctantly agree to watch it, then falling deep down the rabbit hole.

[@joshuasterling2144]

When the sword princess joins Shadow Garden at the end and they destroy the McDonald's wrapper I thought that was a good moment. No matter how small it was the last memento of anything good in her life and the last anchor to her identity.

[@TheCrazybloo3]

There is an anime being released soon that is great for similar reasons that The Eminence in Shadow is. The name of the anime is I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! It is about a character that decides to be evil because he had a bad previous life but he ends up being humble because he can't really understand the scale of what can be considered greedy on an intergalactic scale. Also he becomes an op swordsman by learning from a conman that doesn't know swordsmanship.

[@bkshrekmrass6669]

Yes I read is novel it is so good

[@LeatherbackPlatypus]

the way i interpreted him being hit by truck-kun was he was so delusional that he believed that the head lights was actually a magic phenomenon which he tried to capture

[@S_SSolitude]

"Fate Is Often Disappointing. Now, Fate Can Be Whatever I Want." - Cid Kagenu probably

[@StorymasterQ]

It's a very interesting series, actually. 🤣

[@Speykious]

You said out loud what I was thinking deep down each time I saw people saying it's trash you can't ignore. THIS IS SO TRUE

[@esdrot1375]

The dude larped so hard that GM decided to make him the main character.

[@RiptideRapsody]

The concept of Eminence in the shadow is like Tuxedo man from sailor moon, a mysterious, strong, and intelligent person who guides the main characters from the side keeping themselves out of spot light,

[@francenkovcan5211]

this story feels like writers got tired of trashy isekais, so they made one of their own and made it well just to show how it's done, and if that is correct, that is so in-character for the show, it's hilarious

[@onebear6504]

Tbf am pretty sure this series' source material (web novel) is pretty old (first chapter of WN at May 2018), so probably before Isekai boomed? Considering the author would have written the draft first before posting? But idk when Isekai boomed exactly so *shrugs Also sorry to reply to an old comment, just crossing by~

[@Frawkesish]

You know it's gonna be a banger when a Nux video start with THAT laugh

[@togekiss1995]

Volume 4 of the light novel actually gives a kinda plausible reason why Cid was reincarnated in the first place. It’s kinda paradoxical though, so just don’t think to much about it.

[@AlexPerez-tt9ru]

Yeah the whole things about different dimensions kinda threw all the cid changing the history of the world. There is a pretty good explanation on what's been going on behind the scene..cid just used tropes as he understands from his original world

[@theonly7372]

Spoilers I don't see it as paradoxical. If you consider the two lights may have not been the truck, but actual magic. Also Cid isn't correct with his info, he might be partially right but never fully. Ex possession isn't a curse. Its genetics trying to evolve with the magic.. basically. This story is all about misunderstandings including our own. We expect cid to rescue the girl and carry her off.. nope. Beta sees Shadow not moving normally. Assumes Shadow is trying to protect them (vamp arc)... nope. Its a giant middle finger to everyone's expectations and that's a reason it's so great.

[@togekiss1995]

@@theonly7372 I legit can’t wait to see how they adapt volumes 3 and 4. It’s gonna be a big ol’ all out brawl!

[@theonly7372]

@@togekiss1995 100% I found an audio book of fan translation of book 5 and honestly i hope we get a season 3, if season 2 is ln 3 and 4. It doesn't slow down at all. The delta/zeta relation is hilarious.

[@togekiss1995]

@@theonly7372 This may reflect bad on me, but those two are definitely the best girls.

[@RobertGomezN7]

I showed my friend this series. We binged up to EP 6, to which he now loves this series. His favorite quote, so far, is "I can't allow him to out un-shine me as an NPC!"

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

Love the SAO Abridged Reference in the Thumbnail.

[@jamesmayle3787]

The Bible is truth. To understand this read genesis, Mathew, and one book of the Bible you chose yourself. As you do this practice forgiveness. It's about what's in your heart, love Is the key. If there's love in your heart you forgive. The act proves the truth. To be forgiven we must forgive. Start with your parents, they've loved you, they're easiest. Look inside for the grievances we all build up there and Genuinely forgive from within. It teaches you something you can learn no other ways. You have to learn first hand by what this process does inside your soul. Please trust me. Break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness today. It's not too late. God loves you. Please trust me. Jesus Christ is the way truth and life.

[@jonathanmumbi8618]

Cid is a lovecraftian dreaming god, he warps reality unwittingly based on whatever his whims are at that moment.

[@Chris-qj5cs]

I'm glad you brought up the point of Cid not being a self-insert protagonist. The Eminence in Shadow is not wish fulfilment and Cid is not self-insert protagonist. The decisions that he makes and the life he leads are not those that the average or normal person would make. I've seen several videos where people suggestion its wish fulfilment or self insert but that simply isnt the case.

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

Ya for example he has no interest in his harem while the average person who be all over them

[@Chris-qj5cs]

@@Scalesthelizardwizard Also most people would take advantage of being the strongest person to be famous or rich not pretend to be a background character and get abused/ridiculed.

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

@@Chris-qj5cs Ture I think people that call him a self-insert don't understand what it means

[@sunder739]

​@@Scalesthelizardwizard for now, yeah he has little to no interest about romance, though I believe someone said that Cid is likely "trapped" in his own tunnel vision that he doesn't look at the girls he encountered, even someone like Rose. Basically _romance_ is in his lowest priority, so it likely won't have any romantic moment sooner or later, unless you're playing the mobage

[@aaronvittore2596]

Now imagine the whole anime didn't have Cid's internal voice and didn't see mob npc persona.

[@grip3939]

1 hour of isekai content

[@golfer435]

Cid is a role model for all of us background characters out here in life

[@Onii-chanIsWatchingYou]

your usual analytical videos are super monoton so i really like that in this one there are actually emotions in your voice

[@jamesmayle3787]

The Bible is truth. To understand this read genesis, Mathew, and one book of the Bible you chose yourself. As you do this practice forgiveness. It's about what's in your heart, love Is the key. If there's love in your heart you forgive. The act proves the truth. To be forgiven we must forgive. Start with your parents, they've loved you, they're easiest. Look inside for the grievances we all build up there and Genuinely forgive from within. It teaches you something you can learn no other ways. You have to learn first hand by what this process does inside your soul. Please trust me. Break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness today. It's not too late. God loves you. Please trust me. Jesus Christ is the way truth and life.

[@travelerspooks]

Your talk about controlling the fate of the world, basically "willing" the story into existence was actually a little head theory I had a few weeks ago as well. It makes so much sense. If you think about Isekais, whether they're named or not - the reincarnation is always the result of a Deity's actions. Now it's not to say that Cid is his own Deity, but it is saying that the concept of whatever this Deity is, maybe it's the concept of Fate, flows through him. This also goes into not only did he reincarnate in the first place, but he reincarnated with a body that was even able to reach these potentials in the first place.

[@finnskiler]

Some backstory for his isekai-ing. To achieve supernatural powers, my guy goes to the forest naked to become one with nature. Bashes his head in trees to get one with nature. Then with a severe concussion he finally "sees" magic. Two magical orbs floating in front of him, he reaches out to them, he dies to a truck. The orbs were headlights in case that wasn't obvious. Source: LN

[@hifty7779]

I NEED more shadow content from you! Please keep posting about the eminence in shadow!

[@jamesmayle3787]

The Bible is truth. To understand this read genesis, Mathew, and one book of the Bible you chose yourself. As you do this practice forgiveness. It's about what's in your heart, love Is the key. If there's love in your heart you forgive. The act proves the truth. To be forgiven we must forgive. Start with your parents, they've loved you, they're easiest. Look inside for the grievances we all build up there and Genuinely forgive from within. It teaches you something you can learn no other ways. You have to learn first hand by what this process does inside your soul. Please trust me. Break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness today. It's not too late. God loves you. Please trust me. Jesus Christ is the way truth and life.

[@MSixteenWoTB]

Oh, Nux. This is the internet. No one hears what someone has to say BEFORE harassing them. They bully them, find out they’re wrong, and then slink into the loveless hole they came from without an apology.

[@bellyanchor138]

30:45 best sync with your rig. Very satisfying to see, I must say.

[@SefricFrampus]

The Eminence in Shadow is a piece of art of *satire*. It's a satire not only of its own genre (isekai), but a satire of the anime industry itself. And Shadow (the part that he defines as his true self) is an otaku (the original sense, lost son, bizarre, displaced in society man), except that he's a successful determined otaku, just like he tell us in the beginning, he's just chasing his ultimate dream, a dream like everyone have. I firmly believe that the underlying message of the story is not only making fun of the otaku industry, but about the meaning of Purpose and Determination, in a very raw way. If you find your *path* (in a transcendent sense) and walk it unwavering, there's no difference between you and nature itself. You simply act, like a force of nature.

[@NTTofMistery]

otaku also means, or used to mean, something along the line of unhealthy obsession right? which shadow would also fall under as he gave himself a concossion trying to unlock magic and then jumped infront of a truck to get isekaid.

[@SefricFrampus]

@@NTTofMistery Oh yeah, for sure. But the otaku obsession is a hobby obsession, it's some inconsequential something that disconnect them from reality. But I agree, it's a really good contrast. Because Shadow is disconnected from reality by his dream, except his dream is not inconsequential, it's actually lofty even, and while the disconnect is funny, it doesn't matter for him, because of pure will.

[@sendie7645]

Nux i'm not going to "fuckle my seatbelt" without proper consent.

[@MultiMisskitty1]

Honestly think this is one of the best written animes I've seen in a while It's so out of the Box

[@bluepheonixsoul1553]

Praise, thank you for bringing up the sound design it's so crisp even in mundane things like him dropping his bag and closing his locker in the first episode, it's insane.

[@Onii-chanIsWatchingYou]

5:03 in a way it was to save the girl. he wanted to be the hero and "that's the kind of stuff heroes do, right?" something like this was probably his thought process

[@joshuasterling2144]

Man stole a piano and dropped it into a catacomb just for dramatic effect.

[@francenkovcan5211]

i am wiling to bet, Cid had a chunni phase, and at one point realized he's not that guy, so he coped by deciding that he will become that guy, which ended up working to enough a degree, he ended up persisting in that quest, resulting in him chunnying so hard he manifested the story he had delusions of, making him become that guy through sheer willpower of his internal chunni

[@robertpepper860]

Nuxanor, Love how you get excited when talking about the story.

[@peterattilaradivojevics5645]

All Im gonna say is that the fact people say this show is trash serve as the proof that people forget what a good parody is like.

[@Chris-qj5cs]

It's just dumb people with dumb takes. The anime is brilliant period.

[@mmalachii]

@@Chris-qj5cs or just different people with different opinions just like everyone isnt gonna like the music you like or the food you like or the women you like we all have different tastes

[@theshadowking7772]

An hour long video on CID Kagenou? LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO.

[@timeconquersall1789]

It was pretty obvious to me that whoever wrote this was was a good writer it takes so meone really good to write something so trash but enjoyable I've said this once and I'll say it again this is what Velma was trying to be

[@timeconquersall1789]

Velma was trying to be a satire of shows like Riverdale by doing all the tropes of but it was very badly executed because they wanted us to know that they are smart and didn't go full send unlike Eminence in Shadow is a satire to isekai by being the prototypical isekai put to 150% do you know how you know the difference when you're watching Eminence in Shadow you don't know if it's well written or badly written you feel like it take itself 100-percent seriously and that's the beauty of the show I think that's why it was fantastically written satire

[@jaymaledic5730]

Velma was created to lecture, not entertain.

[@asifhossain8363]

@@jaymaledic5730 velma was a shit tier show

[@dizzyheads]

@@jaymaledic5730 Perfect explanation

[@lordturtle8735]

The way this show portrays speed in battle is awesome. He's so far he just seems to appear behind people.

[@linus116]

Cid Kagenou is the best main character to come out in recent years. Eminence is in my top 3 anime of all time.

[@thecursed_1lordofcats738]

You know when Nux starts a video off with maniacle laughter, ya know you are in for a good time.

[@DarkPegasus87]

Minor gripe: Rose wasn't being controlled. That was the initial phase of possession to turn her into a blob because it destroys everyone eventually. The plan wasn't to control Rose. Wiki spoiler: It was all a plan by her mother to take over the kingdom. She needed her husband and daughter gone. She was working with P.A., who she was having an affair with, to achieve that.

[@jamesmayle3787]

The Bible is truth. To understand this read genesis, Mathew, and one book of the Bible you chose yourself. As you do this practice forgiveness. It's about what's in your heart, love Is the key. If there's love in your heart you forgive. The act proves the truth. To be forgiven we must forgive. Start with your parents, they've loved you, they're easiest. Look inside for the grievances we all build up there and Genuinely forgive from within. It teaches you something you can learn no other ways. You have to learn first hand by what this process does inside your soul. Please trust me. Break down before Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness today. It's not too late. God loves you. Please trust me. Jesus Christ is the way truth and life.

[@DarkPegasus87]

@@jamesmayle3787: 1) I believe in Him already. 2) Who asked you? This is a chat in a video for an anime. What about the setting made you think this was a good place for that?

[@MrGerhardGrobler]

Your review of emminence in shadow was brilliant. I really enjoyed it. But now I know why I enjoyed it so much. Looking forward to your in-depth review of the series.

[@favorites8651]

Thank you for doing this anime justice. People need to realize it's genius

[@danielkoller9717]

Videos like this remind me why I truly love this channel. Thank you Nux for putting into words those vague thoughts I couldn't properly articulate or identify to help me better understand why I love this show so much.