To Be a Power in the Shadows! (WN)
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Rating(4.4 / 5.0, 1543 votes)
5 | 73% (1133 votes) |
4 | 11% (165 votes) |
3 | 6% (86 votes) |
2 | 4% (58 votes) |
1 | 7% (101 votes) |
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2018
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Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line
206 Chapters (Hiatus)
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Every 116.3 Day(s)Activity Stats [Graph]
Weekly Rank: #3721Monthly Rank: #4623
All Time Rank: #112
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On 22940 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #303
All Time Rank: #17
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Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.Just like how everyone adores heroes in their childhood, a certain boy adored those who hid in the shadows. One day, after living the mediocre life of a side character while undergoing frenzied training by night, he reincarnates in a different world and gains ultimate power. The young man who is only playing at being a secretive powerhouse, his misunderstanding subordinates, and a struggling, giant, shadowy organization…
This is the story of a boy who adored shadowy manipulations who might possibly reign over the dark side of another world.
Associated Names
One entry per lineKage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!
TEIS
The Eminence in Shadow (LN)
想要成为影之实力者
陰の実力者になりたくて!
TEIS
The Eminence in Shadow (LN)
想要成为影之实力者
陰の実力者になりたくて!
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Latest Release
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11/28/22 | Placeholder | c205.5 |
10/09/22 | Placeholder | characters |
10/05/22 | Placeholder | c205 |
10/05/22 | Soafp | c205 |
03/09/21 | Placeholder | c204 |
10/08/19 | WangMama | c203 |
09/17/19 | WangMama | c202 |
08/27/19 | WangMama | c201 |
08/23/19 | WangMama | c200 |
08/21/19 | WangMama | c199 |
08/16/19 | WangMama | c198 |
08/13/19 | WangMama | c197 |
08/05/19 | WangMama | c196 |
08/02/19 | WangMama | c195 |
07/17/19 | WangMama | c194 |
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He is a genius... and an idiot. Just from his descriptions of himself in the initial chapter, you can infer that he is both driven and solitary, possibly a bit lonely, extremely smart and capable, but also very, very (ad infinitum) "socially inept" (read Dense). Throw in a lot of jabs at common tropes for comedic relief, and make it a harem-style with an oblivious... nay, disinterested, MC and this LN is GOLD.
1. He has had the same passion and goal since childhood.
2. He works extremely hard at not APPEARING to work hard ("day-job")
3. Purely dedicated to his Night Training. (Who says you can't take it with you? Wink wink)
4. Using random information from two separate worlds, contrived an excellent story (excuse) for the purpose of his dream... That just happens to be NEARLY entirely correct.
5. He really has cut out pretty much everything else in pursuit of his dreams. Notices the hotness of the females around him... gives zero *you know what*. Gets insulted constantly... No skin off his back, he knows his own worth. Even his fighting styles point to him shucking the chaff and refining down to the essentials.
6. Has a great sense of humor, sometimes even self-deprecating humor. Nothing funnier than this guy's inner monologue, but his Mob life experiences are a close second. (*for the readers* 33/47 left, and does he look like a pet to you?)
7. He knows everything and yet he knows nothing. Is vigilant yet unobservant. Now, that is skill. The MC is an oxymoron in and of himself.
8. He is apparently a Master at explaining things... just think about it.
9. In pursuit of his dreams, he hasn't grasped that he has already fully realized his main one, with a little help from his friends.
10. Finally, Lady Luck smiles upon this bass-turd in such a way that he gets to experience many great moments, walk around oblivious to the Big Picture, and still come out looking like a Saint and Smelling of Roses. I hope I covered it without spoiling it. So, this isn't just an idiot MC with luck who comes upon things through pure happenstance (though, that happens, too)... The guy is a skilled genius... with quirks.
PS- Everyone who has a problem with his armor (most especially his sword)... you don't need to be a Blacksmith to forge a malleable magic weapon/armor. In case you didn't notice, he has had since infancy to learn control of magic, has been able to take in and retain vast amounts of information since birth, and over the course of 15+ years, through hard work and experimentation and some basic understandings and theories from his previous "years", has managed to figure out a few things to his advantage. The MC is OP, people. The reason this LN is so enjoyable is that he is also a dingus. Even better, for me, is that this anti-hero accidentally on purpose is really a super hero, but doesn't see himself that way. Meaning; everything he does makes him a super hero, and he does everything with a purpose, but the results are often accidental (read: Hero Worship, Dedicated Followers).