Impressions of “The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 4 “

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What kind of book?

The storyline jumps all over the place.
Apparently, they surveyed readers to determine interesting developments.
That’s why the development goes diagonally above and below expectations, so it feels messed up.
And that’s what makes it interesting.

After the third volume, there was no new issue for about two years. But, as soon as the anime was announced, he decided to publish volume 4.
Volume 4 was released at the same time as the announcement of the anime adaptation, around March 2021.

And volume 5 was released during the airing of the anime.
It was released on December 28, 2022.
We don’t know when it will be released.

The anime seems to be doing well.

And the second season of the anime will be produced.

Title of book read

The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 4
Author  Daisuke Aizawa
Illustration by Touzai

Synopsis / Contents

Rose, who killed her father and disobeyed her country, has fallen into the arms of Duke Doem in order to protect her mother, Queen Reina.
In the kingdom of Oriana, the capital of the arts, where signs of war are thick in the air, there are rumors of a marriage between Rose and Doem.
I won’t allow it!
I will never let them get married.
Even if her parents allow it, I won’t allow it.
Because ……
“If Rose becomes the ‘High King,’ my ‘Shadowy Power’ play will progress. !!!!!

陰の実力者になりたくて！　０４

impressions

Rose, the former Princess of Oriana who killed her father, King Oriana, entered the Shadow Garden and was stripped of her name and called number 666.

She was training day and night in a three-man cell with a committee chair type elf girl called number 664 and a nonchalant looking elf girl called number 665 in the team.

Their mission this time was to go to Fort Saisho to investigate, with No. 559 as the team leader.

The Doem faction and the anti-Doem faction have been fighting each other, and Fort Saisho has fallen into the hands of the Doem faction.

The results of that survey.

There were ruins in the neighborhood.

There, the Diabolos cult was performing a mysterious ritual.

At the altar was Rose’s mother, number 666, and number 559 tried to kill her, and when she defended her mother, number 559 turned Rose into a traitor.

Rose’s mother was taken hostage by the Doemites, and Rose was taken away by the Doemites.

Then, 559 and his group fought with the Doemites for three days, and finally Shadow, who had been investigating at Fort Scytho, came to their rescue.

Shadow was told by 559 that Rose had betrayed him, and furthermore, he read a flyer that she was going to marry Doem.

He says he will never forgive her and goes to Rose…

When he went to the royal castle, he took advantage of the fact that Epsilon of the Seven Yin was invited as a pianist.

When I tried to sneak into the castle as Epsilon’s disciple, I was told by Doem that those who did not apply would not be allowed to enter the castle.

If he wanted to enter the castle, he was told to play the piano because he was a pianist, and he was forced to play the piano in front of many people, which he successfully completed.

He was able to enter the royal castle as a pianist’s apprentice.

In the process, he also stole a ring from Doem’s bosom.

Cid, a.k.a. Shadow, puts the ring in his pocket, not knowing that it is a very important key item.

Then he meets Rose as Sid and drops the ring in front of her.

Rose is ready for it, thinking that Sid gave her the ring even though he understood everything.

Rose’s mother was having an affair with Doem, even though she listened to Doem for her mother’s sake.

When Rose learns of this from Shadow, she is

She is prepared to self-destruct and condemns Doem at the wedding.

Then, by chance, the ring that Sid (Shadow) gave (or dropped) comes up in the video recorded when Rose’s father was still sane and reveals Doem’s evil deed.

Rose then slashes at Doem and overpowers him.

Then, Doem is killed and his superior, Mordred, goes on a rampage, killing Rose’s mother.

Mordred then starts the Black Rose, which has become a legend in the Kingdom of Oriana.

Many black beings go on the rampage and attack the people.

Rose struggles alone to stop them, but then members of the Shadow Garden rush to her rescue.

Rose has teammates Nos. 664 and 665 fighting by her side.

In addition, Epsilon and Beta slash at Mordred, a Diabolos cult leader.

And then comes Ragnarok, the fiery bat coming out of the Black Rose…

Apparently, the Black Rose can connect other worlds, and various things can be called in from the other side.

As Mordred was explaining this, he was talking.

Shadow easily defeated Ragnarok, which Mordred had been relying on.

Mordred was also struck by the Shadow Garden.

And just when you think it’s over…

Shadow falls into the dimensional hole opened by the Black Rose.

He jumps into the hole without thinking…

Too stupid.

Then I found myself back in a devastated Japan, the Japan of when I was a shadow field.

Only Beta accompanied such a shadow.

However, she could neither speak nor read Japanese.

However, Beta was strong in literature.

She learned letters and words at a very fast pace.

Toward the end, he becomes fluent enough in Japanese to post on a bulletin board, but

She says she speaks fluent Japanese!

But there is something wrong with Japan.

And he was banned because she has no tolerance for aggression.

But he learned Japanese in a few days…

Beta, you’re a scary girl!

And it seems that the earth was the thing that Shadow (Sid), who was Kageno, thought was magic power just before he died, which was the reason why the world changed.

At that time, the soul of Kageno, who was connected to the other world and died, became Cid.

The earth was flooded with magical power, and magical beasts overflowed.

The magical beasts were similar to the ones that appeared in Oriana’s kingdom.

The earth is in turmoil, divided into small communities, and there is no sharing of information.

In such a world, Akane Nishino, the main character of this chapter, has acquired magical power and becomes a knight to protect those who have no magical power.

Then a refugee was found in front of Akane.

They saw Beta, a silver-haired elf, and called her an awakened person.

Akane and her friends then protected Beta and the sober high school student and brought him back to their base.

She then remembered Kageno, who had disliked the sober high school student Minoru in the past, and even moved in with him to protect him without a place of residence.

Incidentally, Beta is protected in the hospital as Shadow’s sister, Natsume.

Meanwhile, Minoru aka Shadow (Sid) explores the area to return to his original world.

In such a world, Minoru a.k.a. Shadow (Sid) goes around destroying the nests of magical beasts as if he were taking a walk.

The demons were a weak category for Shadow and Beta.

Shadow lightly shook off such demons and resolved the internal conflict by force.

He also decimated the demon stampede, and

He joined up with Beta.

A hole like a black rose was created, and we jumped into it to return to the world we are in now.

And then, Beta kidnapped someone to get more information.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Don’t just casually kidnap people.

And a computer and a digital camera. And a person.

They kidnapped Akane, who was unconscious.

The beta that people have more information than humans is really bad.

I wonder what happened to the world where Akane was after that?
It seems to have been destroyed, I guess.

Thank you for reading to the end.

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