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REVIEW: The Eminence in Shadow Novel 1




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Seagloom



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 30, 2020 2:32 pm Reply with quote
Having read through three volumes of this, the humor can certainly be an acquired taste and somewhat polarizing. Albeit not always for the reasons stated in this review.

What makes this series enjoyable to me is how it manages to take a blatantly chuuni premise seriously while simultaneously mocking it. That's probably why I don't find the fights particularly gruesome despite descriptions of dismemberment or worse. More often than not they have a black comedy vibe.

I also like how Cid is handled as a protagonist. A person littered with personality flaws maintaining the public persona of a buffoon secretly being admired as a genius mastermind when in reality he actually is that buffoon. It has a similar feel to One Punch Man except Cid actually remains central to the story throughout.

I can totally see it becoming the next big isekai parody after an inevitable anime adaptation. Nothing else out there at the moment comes close with KonoSuba having wrapped up.
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maximilianjenus



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:08 pm Reply with quote
WEll, this is overlord if it stopped taking itself seriously.
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Merxamers



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 7:22 pm Reply with quote
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person littered with personality flaws maintaining the public persona of a buffoon secretly being admired as a genius mastermind when in reality he actually is that buffoon.


Agreed; this series is basically a "OP magic battle high school" series in disguise, but the difference is the narrative is 100% aware of what a poltroon our protagonist is, OP skills or not. Enjoyed the first volume a lot more than I expected, I'll definitely be checking out the rest as the come out.
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