# The Eminence in Shadow (2022)

> A boy denied his destiny by a traffic accident is reborn into a fantasy world, where he becomes the hidden mastermind of a secret organization.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/99301

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 32
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, fantasy
- Network: AT-X
- Cast: Asami Seto, Kana Hanazawa, Fairouz Ai, Saya Aizawa, Hisako Kanemoto, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ayaka Asai, Shin Matsushige
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14115938/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: comedic, parodic, breezy, self-mocking

## What critics say

Viewers broadly find it a funny, self-aware parody of isekai and secret-organization fantasies, with a positive audience reception.

## Synopsis

The Eminence in Shadow (2022-2023) is a Japanese anime isekai comedy produced by Nexus and KADOKAWA and broadcast on AT-X. Sid, a boy who has spent every night secretly training to become a hidden power behind the scenes, is denied that destiny by a traffic accident and reawakens in another world at the head of a secret organization battling evil in the shadows. The engine of the show is the gap between his grand inner monologue and the mundane reality around him, as he executes elaborate schemes that others misread as genius while his organization's members scramble to keep up. Each episode is built from ambitious plans, dramatic villain confrontations, and escalating misunderstandings that undercut the protagonist's bravado. Across two seasons and thirty-two episodes, the story stays a single continuing arc with running gags and mounting absurdity. The tone is breezy, parodic and affectionately self-mocking, with fantasy action played for laughs rather than tension. The series is set in a fantasy realm with a secret-society structure and sits within the light novel isekai tradition. Fans of KonoSuba, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation and Kaguya-sama: Love Is War will find resonance in its comic overconfidence and tangled power games.

## Shows like The Eminence in Shadow

- [Skeleton Knight in Another World (2022)](https://ember.film/tv/102578)
- [Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody (2018)](https://ember.film/tv/65947)
- [The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far (2023)](https://ember.film/tv/129722)
- [The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest (2022)](https://ember.film/tv/98086)
- [In Another World with My Smartphone (2017)](https://ember.film/tv/63222)
- [Black Summoner (2022)](https://ember.film/tv/119885)
- [Demon Lord, Retry! (2019)](https://ember.film/tv/74745)
- [The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat (2021)](https://ember.film/tv/98792)
- [My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1 (2023)](https://ember.film/tv/124727)
- [Wise Man's Grandchild (2019)](https://ember.film/tv/72919)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt