To Be a Power in the Shadows! (WN)
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Rating(4.4 / 5.0, 1546 votes)
5 | 73% (1135 votes) |
4 | 11% (166 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 117.7 Day(s)Activity Stats [Graph]
Weekly Rank: #5309Monthly Rank: #4991
All Time Rank: #112
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On 22951 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #300
All Time Rank: #18
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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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Recommendation Lists
- Comedy recommended
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- Strong misunderstanding
Latest Release
Date | Group | Release |
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03/25/18 | Tenshi Translations | c8 |
03/24/18 | Tenshi Translations | c7 |
03/23/18 | Tenshi Translations | c6 |
03/22/18 | Tenshi Translations | c1-5 |
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But the truth is their leader is only strong, it's just that! But the thing that makes this LN different from Overlord is the MC keeps thinking all the things that he do are just a chuuni roleplay so "it's not real. Bad organizations? No that is just my imagination", while Overlord MC knows that all the things that happened around him are "real". OP MC : check Harem : check Lucky MC : check Smart MC : No Just for the sake of his roleplay, this MC choose an edgy option everytime. Moreover his ignorance about the real shadow world around him is really annoying. He keeps thinking that all the thing that happened are just an accident that somehowe suits his chuuni role play. "This is just roleplay, and those guys are a normal bandit/bad guy so no biggies. Demon lord? No no that's just a fairy tale" Aww come on! When will this MC open his eyes to see the truth in front of him?? If you somehow can stand this MC attitude, maybe you'll enjoy this LN.
Most complaints that I saw are about the MC which is understandable since not everyone would like the concept that he represents. He might see weir at first, but he is actually very intelligent and dedicated, it just that his effort was spent on being mob or "shadow". He purposely disconnects himself from as many things as he can so that he can achieve his goal. He actively makes himself as bland as possible in front of most people. He is an OP character that invents his enemies which gave me an "OverLord" Vibe and I like it. He always thinks that he isn't strong enough to be the "shadow" that he wants himself to be and that a lot of the people that he fights off are just small-fry bandits. He also does something that I find very funny and that is doing something that suits the character that he tries to play which leads him to make smart decisions without him knowing it. He is very naive and childlike where he will put his own life on the line just so that he can act cool as if he's in a play. Overall I have no problem with MC and the rest is hilarious.
Most of the bad reviews I’ve seen are about how little he cares about people’s lives. Yeah. He doesn’t. Not really. In fact, he doesn’t take the world seriously. It’s just a stage for him to execute his play. The side characters are mobs, the passerby’s are NPC’s, so on and so forth. Liking this aspect might be a little biased because it’s always bothered me how close an MC usually gets to his new parents/family. Like, you’re not actually their child are you? Also what the hell? Someone cozying up to you for a few years (depending on when they transmigrated) makes you treasure them eternally? Anyway this is besides the point. Claire is an as*hole IMO, their parents scarcely care for him (or at least, aren’t shown doing so), but I’m not going to try and justify his actions. He’s not doing it because he has a good reason, he’s doing it because he doesn’t care. I feel like trying to explain it is dumb because honestly I didn’t notice it until someone pointed it out. He cares but he doesn’t care. That’s pretty much the only conclusion I can make. It’s a cycle of being smug that no one knows he’s Shadow and laughing at him being smug than no one knows he’s Shadow. It’s great.
As many reviews have pointed out, this story is pretty much purely comedy. Everything that happens is just for comedy. Serious things may happen, but it's all for the laughs.
Try to read it through a lens of comedy, otherwise it loses the flavor.
Yes, the MC is dumb. He never stops being dumb, and he is just staying a 'capable' organization leader due to luck, his OPness (which he actually built from scratch), and his actually capable but misunderstanding subordinates (who are also dumb, in a way). His motive is purely to pretend to be a power in the shadows, and he thinks his subordinates are just playing along with him, when they actually think he's being legit. His whole life centers around this game of pretend thing, and nothing else is important. He stays in that character for the entire series. You'll have to accept it.