Back سماحة الظل Arabic ئیمینێنس لە سێبەردا CKB Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! German Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Spanish The Eminence in Shadow French The Eminence in Shadow ID The Eminence in Shadow Italian 陰の実力者になりたくて! Japanese 어둠의 실력자가 되고 싶어서! Korean Kage no jitsuryokusha ni naritakute! Polish
| The Eminence in Shadow | |
 First light novel volume cover | |
| 陰の実力者になりたくて！ (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!) | |
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| Genre | |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | Daisuke Aizawa |
| Published by | Shōsetsuka ni Narō |
| Original run | May 2018 – present |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Daisuke Aizawa |
| Illustrated by | Tōzai |
| Published by | Enterbrain |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | November 5, 2018 – present |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Daisuke Aizawa |
| Illustrated by | Anri Sakano |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine | Comp Ace |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | December 26, 2018 – present |
| Volumes | 14 |
| Manga | |
| Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Shadow Gaiden | |
| Written by | Seta U |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Comp Ace |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | July 26, 2019 – September 26, 2023 |
| Volumes | 6 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kazuya Nakanishi |
| Written by | Kanichi Katou |
| Music by | Kenichiro Suehiro |
| Studio | Nexus |
| Licensed by | Sentai Filmworks |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, SUN, BS Nittele, TV Aichi |
| Original run | October 5, 2022 – December 20, 2023 |
| Episodes | 32 |
| Video game | |
| The Eminence in Shadow: Master of Garden | |
| Developer | Aiming |
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| Released | November 29, 2022 |
The Eminence in Shadow (Japanese: 陰の実力者になりたくて!, Hepburn: Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!) is a Japanese light novel series written by Daisuke Aizawa and illustrated by Tōzai. It began serialization online in May 2018 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was later acquired by Enterbrain, who have published the series since November 2018.
A manga adaptation with art by Anri Sakano has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Comp Ace since December 2018. A spin-off manga by Seta U, titled Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Shadow Gaiden (陰の実力者になりたくて！ しゃどーがいでん, "The Eminence in Shadow! Shadow Side Story"), was also serialized via Comp Ace from July 2019 to September 2023. Both the light novel and main manga have been licensed in North America by Yen Press. An anime television series adaptation produced by Nexus aired from October 2022 to February 2023. A second season aired from October to December 2023. An anime film, titled The Eminence in Shadow: Lost Echoes, was announced in December 2023.
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