Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Episode 20 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Advent of the Demon

Mundane Mann's disguise is dropped in the stadium VIP seating, where the fight with Beatrix wrecks the seats and drives spectators out, and King Klaus is warned the battle may spill past the stadium. Iris and Beatrix then join forces against him, and the fight spreads across the royal capital, onto a construction site, a moving train and a riverside. Shadow outmatches them, halts his Atomic spell, and only dispels the storm, leaving Beatrix and Iris defeated. Rose accepts Alpha's offer to join Shadow Garden, and the factions and Knights react to the attack.

• Stadium reveal and VIP clash

  Dropping the Mundane Mann disguise, the fight with Beatrix wrecks the VIP seating and forces spectators out, and King Klaus is told the battle may spill beyond the stadium.

• Capital chase and train duel

  Iris joins Beatrix with a mythril fire sword, and the two chase Shadow through the capital, onto a construction site and a moving train, where he blocks their attacks with crowbars and dares them not to fall.

• Riverside defeat and final display

  Controlling river water, he kicks Iris into the river, but Beatrix breaks his crowbars; he then extends his magic over the capital, aborts the Atomic spell, and only dispels the storm, leaving Beatrix and Iris defeated.

• Rose joins Shadow Garden

  After learning Alpha will not help Oriana directly, Rose accepts the offer to join Shadow Garden and is taken to Lambda, who renames her Number 666 and strips her past.

• Aftermath across factions

  Sherry vows vengeance, Mordred rebukes Perv in Oriana Kingdom, Beatrix leaves the capital, and Shadow returns to the underground ruins, sensing the hour of awakening nears.

Recent Timeline

• Rose's flight and escape from the tunnels (Episode 17)

  After Rose attacks Perv and is branded mad, Perv orders her to surrender before the Bushin Festival or he will have her father kill one of his guests, and Rose weighs giving herself up to avoid war. Shadow heals her of her possession and leaves, after which Rose easily defeats several Cult assassins with her newly evolved power, marking her shift from fleeing to actively fighting the Cult. Rose later defeats Alexia in the tunnels under the Royal Capital and escapes without explaining herself to keep Alexia out of the conflict. Beta lets her go, hoping their ideals may be the same and that they will meet again.

• Mundane's victory and Iris's crater win (Episode 18)

  At the Bushin Festival, Annerose attacks Mundane, but he dodges and parries her strikes, overpowers her without magic, and wins by slashing her after she realizes he was matching his attacks to her. Annerose later thanks him for the lesson, and Mundane reveals he once abandoned everything for strength. In the same tournament, Iris resumes her bout and one-sidedly defeats her opponent by impacting him into a crater, with the overflow of magic disintegrating her sword afterward.

• Iris's defeat and King Oriana's death (Episode 19)

  In the Bushin Festival final, Mundane Mann defeats Iris. His gaze-based illusions make her feel as though she has lost her limbs, then he disarms her and holds his sword to her neck, showing she cannot match his skill. Rose arrives at the VIP seating, apologizes to her father, and stabs King Raphael Geerk Oriana after he forgives her. He dies in her arms, and Perv Asshat is left stunned by how easily she killed him. Beatrix leaps at Shadow, and their clash shatters the VIP seating area, moving the battle to the stadium roof while Perv escapes in the chaos.

• Shadow's defeat of Iris and Beatrix (Episode 20)

  Iris and Beatrix pursue Shadow across the Royal Capital, fighting from a construction site to a moving train. Shadow dismantles their attacks with crowbars and ends the fight by dispelling the storm.

• Rose joins Shadow Garden (Episode 20)

  Rose, now guilty of killing her father and a fugitive, accepts Alpha's offer to join Shadow Garden. She is taken to Lambda, who renames her Number 666 and strips her of her past life.

Character Graph

Alpha

Shadow Garden

An elf girl Cid freed from possession and renamed, who now leads Shadow Garden against the Cult of Diablos and shares the face of the hero Olivier. After the festival she finds the fugitive Rose and offers her the choice of fighting alone or alongside Shadow Garden, making clear they will not save Oriana for her. When Rose accepts, Alpha hands her to Lambda to be trained as a new recruit.

• Role

  Recruits for the organization and leads the search for the hideout

• Operations

  Observes the progress of the Shadow Garden raid and oversees the operation's roles.

• Olivier's face

  Revealed to have the same face as the hero Olivier, who is shown as an elf woman in a statue.

• Cid Kagenou (Hierarchy, Colleague, Affinity)

  Leader who renamed her and whom she serves

  Visits Cid in his dorm to update him and watches over him, trusting him to trust their efforts.

Aurora (the Demon Diablos)

Imprisoned in the Sanctuary · Demon

The Witch of Calamity, a woman imprisoned in the Sanctuary, whose other name Epsilon's report confirms to be the demon Diablos. She teamed up with Cid to escape, and after he destroyed the Sanctuary she admitted she had called him there, thanked him, and faded away.

• Arena fight

  Fights Shadow and is defeated by a single slash, then disappears into light.

• Escape plan

  Explains the Sanctuary is a memory prison and that its magical core must be destroyed to leave; plans to vanish into nothing once free.

• Identity revealed

  Epsilon confirms the theory that Aurora was the demon Diablos, and that she had another name.

• Final farewell

  Before fading completely, Aurora tells Cid what to do if he ever met the real her.

• Cid Kagenou (Colleague, Friend, Affinity)

  Fellow escapee who agreed to work together to leave; Aurora sees Cid as the strongest of those in her incomplete memories and a gallant knight.

  Aurora called Cid into the Sanctuary, confessed to having lied about other things, and thanked him for a memory she did not want to forget; Cid accepted this.

Alexia Midgar (Alexia)

Midgar royal family · Royal · Crimson Knights · Midgar

Princess of Midgar and Iris's younger sister, who once used Cid as a fake boyfriend and has since sworn an alliance with Rose and Natsume (Beta). Beaten by Rose and left behind by Natsume, she has vowed to stop pitying herself, and keeps training even as Shadow's battle shakes the capital.

• Fencing reputation

  Known as The Fencing Ordinaire; has always wanted to be as good as her sister.

• Cid relationship

  Asked Cid whether he was interested in continuing their pretend relationship; Cid refused, and she slashed him.

• Audit

  Was investigating the previous archbishop, and the audit is cancelled by the new acting archbishop Jack Nelson.

• Current stance

  Refuses pity from Natsume and vows not to pity herself any longer.

• Cid Kagenou (Pact, Other, Neutral)

  Fake boyfriend she chose as a low-class aristocrat she could easily control, so she could get out of her engagement.

  Former partner in a pretend relationship that was arranged for specific reasons and has since ended.

• Beta (Other, Friend, Mixed)

  Antagonism begins at the Trial when Alexia stomps on Natsume's foot; Alexia sees Natsume as corrupt on the inside.

  Finds Beta had left a dossier and resents receiving details rather than being present.

Annerose Nichtsehen (Annerose)

Bushin Festival contestant · Tournament participant · Velgalta

A swordswoman from Velgalta who left home on a training journey to grow stronger and entered the Bushin Festival. Beaten by Mundane Mann without his using any magic, she thanked him for the lesson and offered him a post in Velgalta, which he declined. She now leaves the capital to continue her journey, hoping to meet him again someday.

• Trial

  Summoned an ancient warrior at the Goddess's Trial.

• Challenge to Mundane

  Confronts Mundane in the tunnel and warns she has seen all his moves.

• Training journey

  Left her country to become stronger; resumes her journey the next day.

Claire Kagenou (Claire)

Kagenou family · Midgar Academy

Cid's older sister, a gifted student at Midgar Academy who keeps a tight, possessive grip on her younger brother. After winning her match in Rose's place, she keeps searching for Cid, who slipped away from his seat, even as Shadow's battle throws the capital into chaos.

• Abduction

  Taken from her room on the day she was to leave; held in magic-sealed chains

• Festival role

  Expects to replace Princess Rose representing the school and to become the next champion.

• Cid Kagenou (Family, Mixed)

  Younger brother she trains with; she protects him fiercely

  Chokes him over broken promises and gives him a VIP ticket to watch her compete.

• Iris Midgar (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Recruitment target for Iris's personal knight order after graduation.

Skel Etal (Skel)

Lower nobility · Bushin Festival spectator

Cid's friend, a low-ranking noble at Midgar Academy, who has sunk into gambling during the Bushin Festival. After piling up debts and even betting his friend's freedom on another wager, he is dragged off by stadium security.

• Betting

  Gathers data for better bets and begs Cid for savings to wager on Goldy.

• Gambling

  Continues feeding a gambling addiction and writes to Po for funds, which Po denies.

• Debt

  Accrued debt at the stadium and bartered his friend's freedom for another chance to wager.

• Cid Kagenou (Friend, Affinity)

  Close friend from the bottom of the noble ranks; they confront Cid about his dating progress.

  Friend who keeps refusing to fund his bets.

Beatrix (Beatrix the War Goddess)

Elf · Former Champion · War Goddess

An elf known as the War Goddess and the first Bushin Festival champion, who had not appeared in public for over a decade. Joined by Iris, she chases Shadow across the capital but is outclassed and accepts her defeat. She then leaves the capital, still without a lead on her late sister's daughter.

• Festival

  Attends the Bushin Festival, shares burgers with Cid, and offers one to Iris.

• Public standing

  Recognized by onlookers as a famous figure; Cid thinks her presence has the worth of a War Goddess, and she claims Cid caught her eye.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Friend, Mixed)

  Probes Cid about whether he ran into a similar elf and shares burgers with him.

  Says Cid is the one who caught her eye, drawing the crowd's doubt and Cid's annoyance.

• Iris Midgar (Other, Friend, Affinity)

  Meets Iris after her match and offers her a burger.

  Invited to the festival as Iris's guest and sits beside her at the VIP seating.

Beta

Shadow Garden

One of Shadow Garden's Seven Shadows, who allied with Alexia and Rose while posing as the bestselling author Natsume Kafka. After sending Rose on to the VIP seating at the festival, she now reads Shadow's battle across the capital as a deliberate move to draw Midgar's eyes away from the Oriana Kingdom.

• Role

  Gathers intelligence and identifies the secret hideout

• Current focus

  Directs monitoring of Rose's movements and orders more intel on Perv Asshat.

• Cult investigation

  Working the case of Rose's hiding place and suspecting Perv Asshat's ties to the Cult.

• Mission go-ahead

  Tells Rose she can proceed and fulfill her mission, after which Rose removes her disguise and dons her sword.

• Cid Kagenou (Colleague, Affinity)

  Fellow member who reports to him on the investigation

• Alexia Midgar (Other, Colleague, Affinity)

  Looks down on Alexia with superiority and is secretly annoyed at how Alexia used Cid; believes Alexia is corrupt inside.

  Shares information and goes into the tunnels together; her alliance with Alexia is reconsidered as a good idea.

• Rose Oriana (Colleague, Neutral)

  Joins Rose and Alexia in forming a team and pooling resources.

  Gives Rose the go-ahead to carry out her mission.

Cid Kagenou (Cid)

Kagenou family · Shadow Garden · Midgar academy student · Academy · Midgar Academy for Dark Knights · Tournament participant · Midgar Academy · Midgar Kingdom

Reborn in another world, he dreams of being the Eminence in Shadow and leads Shadow Garden as the masked Shadow while posing as an unremarkable Midgar Academy student. After revealing himself as Shadow at the Bushin Festival, he fights Iris and Beatrix across the royal capital and ends the battle by dispelling the storm instead of finishing his Atomic spell. Branded the demon who attacked the capital, he returns to the underground ruins sensing that the hour of awakening is near.

• Hidden strength

  Trains in secret while posing as a background character at school; a skilled fighter who uses crowbars and other improvised weapons as clubs.

• Encounter with Beatrix

  Beatrix suspects he knows an elf and tests him with a sword strike, then leaves praising his potential.

• Hidden identity

  Keeps his Shadow identity concealed while at the festival and feigns surprise at Beatrix.

• Rose's past encounter

  Was the masked boy who saved Rose from bandits when she was young and was called the Stylish Bandit Slayer.

• Alpha (Hierarchy, Colleague, Affinity)

  Girl he freed from possession and renamed; she pledged to join and punish the guilty

  Shadow Garden member who visits his dorm and reports on the organization's progress; he owes her a tuna sandwich.

• Beta (Colleague, Affinity)

  Member who reports to him and works the investigation with him

• Claire Kagenou (Family, Mixed)

  Older sister he spars with; she is abducted on her departure day

  Cid's sister; she gives him a VIP ticket and expects him to watch her match.

• Alexia Midgar (Pact, Other, Neutral)

  Fake boyfriend who agreed to continue the act until Zenon gives up.

  Met again at the hot springs in Lindwurm; she apologized for slashing him, and he ignores her gaze while she is flustered and then puzzled by his riddle about the sword.

• Skel Etal (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who confronted him about his dating progress.

• Rose Oriana (Other, Neutral)

  Opponent in the qualifying match who now remembers his name.

  Rose secretly entered Cid into the Trial to show off his worth, and Cid decides how to appear in response.

• Aurora (Colleague, Affinity)

  Works with Aurora to escape the Sanctuary; she regards him as a gallant knight.

• Beatrix (Other, Friend, Mixed)

  War Goddess who tests Cid with a sword strike and predicts he will become a strong warrior.

  Beatrix names him as the one who caught her eye, which the crowd doubts and he finds annoying.

Iris Midgar (Iris)

Midgar Kingdom · Royalty

First Princess of Midgar and daughter of King Klaus, who leads the Crimson Order and has won the Bushin Festival before. After losing the final to Mundane Mann, she takes up an ancient mythril blade and joins Beatrix in chasing Shadow across the capital. She is beaten again when he simply dispels the storm instead of finishing his spell, and is left weeping in frustration.

• Festival ambition

  Intends to win the Bushin Festival tournament and regards Mundane Mann as an unknown threat with hidden skill.

• Mundane encounter

  Loses in the tournament match against Mundane Mann, who pins her down with his sword at her throat after using illusory attacks.

• Claire Kagenou (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Plans to recruit Claire into her personal knight order upon graduation.

• Perv Asshat (Pact, Mixed)

  Scolds him for intruding into the VIP aisle and for his teasing about Rose's relationship; reminds him of their alliance.

• Beatrix (Friend, Affinity)

  Invited Beatrix to the festival and introduces her as her guest, then sits beside her in the VIP seating.

Perv Asshat (Perv)

Oriana Kingdom · Cult

Son of an Oriana Kingdom duke and Rose's fiancé, whom she stabbed before fleeing. Having fled the Bushin Festival back to Oriana, he begs his superior Mordred's forgiveness for his failure. He predicts that Rose will come home now that Oriana has lost its king and the Cult holds the royal family.

• Position

  Son of an Oriana Kingdom duke; the kingdom wants the matter handled domestically.

• Swordsmanship

  Has some proficiency with a blade despite Oriana's disdain for sword arts.

• Plot against kingdoms

  Plans to use King Oriana to kill King Midgar and instigate a war between the kingdoms if Rose does not appear.

• Reporting failure

  Begged Mordred's forgiveness for his failure through a monitor and forecast that Rose will return to Oriana Kingdom.

• Iris Midgar (Other, Pact, Mixed)

  Discusses festival security with her; she is irritated by the Chancellor's smug assurance.

  Teases Iris about an engagement and jests about Midgar's avarice; Iris reminds him of their alliance.

• Annerose Nichtsehen (Other, Affinity)

  Wants to invite her to Oriana after seeing her in the tournament.

• Rose Oriana (Other, Hostility)

  Expects Rose to come save her father and intends to use her for the Cult's experimentation.

• Beatrix (Other, Hostility)

  Is wary of Beatrix after she insulted him and is offended, then apologized to by her.

Rose Oriana (Rose)

Student Council President · Oriana Kingdom · princess · knight · Shadow Garden

Princess of the Oriana Kingdom and Student Council President of Midgar Academy, regarded as its finest swordswoman, who took up the sword after a masked boy rescued her as a child. Now a fugitive branded with her father's murder, she accepts Alpha's offer to fight alongside Shadow Garden even after learning they will not save Oriana for her. Handed to Lambda as a new recruit, she is renamed Number 666 and stripped of everything from her past.

• Engagement

  Engaged to Perv Asshat, whom her father is set to introduce.

• Father's death

  After her father forgives her, she attacks Perv, who shields himself with the king, and stabs her father; she then puts her blade to her own neck until Shadow tells her the fight is not over.

• Recruitment

  Accepted Alpha's offer to join Shadow Garden and was taken to Lambda as a new recruit.

• Renaming

  Placed in a squad with members 664 and 665 and renamed Number 666.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Friend, Affinity)

  Opponent in the qualifying match; underestimated him at first, then got serious and was impressed by his determination.

  Was saved by the masked boy Cid as a child and later dedicated herself to becoming a fencer after seeing his fencing.

• Perv Asshat (Pact, Hostility)

  Fiancé; she stabbed him before running away.

• Alpha (Mentor, Neutral)

  Recruited Rose into Shadow Garden after offering her the choice between fighting alone or alongside them.

World Memo

• Shadow Wisdom knowledge term

  The term for knowledge from Cid's previous life that he taught the Shadow Garden girls while mentoring them. Gamma used it to recreate items and goods.

• Shadow Garden secret organization

  A secret organization that operates from the shadows and hunts its targets unseen; hunting from the shadows is described as the sole purpose of its existence.

  Shadow Garden expands its influence through several franchises in major cities and beyond, inside and outside the kingdom, and uses a mail-order system for remote areas. It holds a secret budget of approximately one billion Zeni for immediate disposal.

• Heroes' descendants cursed as possessed

  The Three Heroes who slew the demon Diablos were cursed by its dying breath, and their bloodlines were marked as possessed; history was later altered to make the descendants objects of scorn.

  The royal family carries a higher concentration of hero's blood in their veins than others, which is why the Cult targets their blood

• Cult entrenched in the kingdom

  The Cult's roots within the Oriana Kingdom run deep enough that removing one member does not end its influence, and its presence threatens the kingdom's politics and its delicate ties with the church.

• Mountain realm ruled by Mist Dragon's grant

  The mountain region's magical beasts are under a realm that the Mist Dragon declared ruled by Shadow after Shadow defeated it, and it bathed him in its breath.

• Alexandria as Shadow Garden headquarters

  The ancient city of Alexandria serves as the secret headquarters of Shadow Garden.

Clue Board

• Beatrix search for late sister's daughter (Episode 19)

  Beatrix is searching for the daughter of her late sister and asks Cid whether he has seen someone who resembles her. Cid is reminded of Alpha but denies it.

  Beatrix asks Cid whether he met an elf who resembles her and hopes to find that person among the festival crowds; Cid denies seeing anyone.

  Beatrix openly asks the crowd at the arena whether anyone has seen her niece, and no one has, so the search continues without a lead.

• Mundane's unclear backers (Episode 19)

  Perv suspected Mundane might be backed by the Lawless City and dismissed a Shadow Garden link because Mundane is a man; his investigation turned up nothing beyond a possible underworld tie.

  Mundane then reveals himself as Shadow, answering the question of who he really is.

• Beatrix's possible heroes' blood awakening (Episode 19)

  Perv panics at Beatrix's presence and suspects she may have awakened the heroes' blood, a possibility left unconfirmed in this episode.

• Ancient darkness deepening (Episode 20)

  The darkness lurking since ancient times has taken a deeper hue, and the kingdom must prepare for it.

• Hour of awakening approaching (Episode 20)

  Designs are said to be proceeding as planned while "the hour of awakening" draws near; its meaning is not explained.

Battle Record

The fight between Shadow and Beatrix, joined by Iris, moves from the stadium roof across the royal capital's buildings and a moving train to the clock tower. Shadow ends it by dispelling the storm with a show spell after an incomplete attack, and Beatrix accepts her loss.

Iris vs Mundane Bushin final

Bushin Festival Finals · Episode 19

Location: Bushin Festival stadium

Trigger: Bushin Festival Finals match

Bushin Festival finalists

• Iris Midgar — combatant: Iris Midgar
• Mundane Mann — combatant: Mundane Mann

Outcome: Iris Midgar is defeated; Mundane Mann pins her and holds his sword at her neck.

Aftermath

• Crowd and King Klaus Midgar react to Iris's defeat.

VIP seating assault

Rose's strike on Perv and King Oriana · Episode 19

Location: VIP seating, Bushin Festival stadium

Trigger: After King Raphael Geerk Oriana forgives her, Rose attacks Perv, who shields himself with the king, and she stabs her father

Rose and Shadow Garden vs Perv's men

• Rose and Shadow Garden — attackers: Rose Oriana, Shadow, Beta
• Perv's men — defenders: Perv Asshat

Outcome: Perv's men are slain and Perv escapes; King Raphael Geerk Oriana is killed by Rose.

Aftermath

• Rose stands and escapes after Shadow's words.

Royal capital rooftop duel

Shadow vs Iris and Beatrix · Episodes 19–20

Location: Stadium roof, royal capital buildings, moving train, clock tower

Trigger: Shadow's terror attack on the royal capital

Shadow vs Iris Midgar and Beatrix

• Shadow — combatant: Shadow
• Iris Midgar and Beatrix — combatant: Iris Midgar, Beatrix

Outcome: Shadow ends the fight without destruction; Beatrix accepts defeat and Iris is left kneeling in frustration

Aftermath

• Shadow's ultimate spell is left incomplete when his life flashes before him
• Shadow dispels the stormy weather overhead with the spell used for show

Ability Table