Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Episode 2 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Shadow Garden Is Born

Minoru Kageno, reborn as Cid, son of Baron Kagenou, heals a possessed elf girl as a child and founds Shadow Garden with her, renaming her Alpha. Three years later, when his sister Claire is abducted by Cult of Diablos members, the Seven Shadows that Alpha has recruited track Viscount Grease to a hideout and cut down his men, and Shadow cuts Grease down in the tunnels. Claire returns home healed and leaves for the academy, after which Alpha tells Cid it is time they leave him.

• Shadow Garden founding

  Cid, calling himself Shadow, tells the healed elf girl that the dying demon Diablos cursed the heroes' bloodlines and that the Cult of Diablos, which twisted history and plots the demon's revival, is her enemy; she joins him and is renamed Alpha, and the organization Shadow Garden is named.

• Claire's abduction

  Three years later, Claire is kidnapped on the day of her academy departure, and Beta reports that Alpha is searching for clues.

• Hideout raid and Grease's defeat

  Cid's map trick reveals the secret hideout, where Viscount Grease holds Claire; the Seven Shadows cut down his men, and Shadow defeats Grease in the tunnels.

• Claire's return

  Claire comes home healed the next day and departs for the academy, leaving Cid shocked when Alpha says it is time they leave him.

Recent Timeline

• Kidnapping rescue in warehouse (Episode 1)

  After Akane is abducted following the driver's assault, the masked Kageno crashes in, disarms the lead kidnapper, and defeats the remaining veteran with crowbars, breaking his leg before freeing Akane. Her father then uses his connections to keep the case from going public.

• Kageno dies and is reborn (Episode 1)

  The hated classmate Minoru Kageno is killed when run down by a truck, and he is reborn into a new world, ending his life in the school setting.

• Claire Kagenou abduction and rescue (Episode 2)

  On the day of Claire's scheduled academy departure she was abducted by a high-ranking Cult of Diablos member, who likely believed she was a hero descendant. Shadow Garden traced the secret hideout through Beta's map analysis, and Shadow defeated Viscount Grease, who held Claire chained, freeing her. Claire returned home the next day and left for the academy.

Character Graph

Akane Nishino

Nishino Zaibatsu

A classmate of Minoru Kageno, Cid's past self: daughter of the Nishino Zaibatsu and a former actress who has hidden behind a mask of composure since a scandal drove her from show business. She disliked Minoru for never truly looking at her, yet he rescued her from kidnappers shortly before he was killed by a truck.

• Public persona

  Plays the teacher's pet to be liked by teachers and the popular girl to be admired by students, deliberating every action so no one hates her.

• Kidnapping

  Abducted on her walk home after her driver was assaulted; rescued by Kageno and her father quietly kept the case out of the public eye.

• Cid Kagenou (Colleague, Mixed)

  A classmate she hates; he repeatedly gets her name wrong and never looks at her. Later she suspects he also lives behind a mask.

Alpha

Shadow Garden

An elf girl Cid cured of her possession, who pledged herself to fighting the Cult of Diablos and became Alpha, the first member of Shadow Garden. Over the next three years she recruits more members, leads the search for the kidnapped Claire and wounds Grease in the raid on his hideout, and once Claire is safe, tells Cid it is time for them to leave him.

• Role

  Recruits for the organization and leads the search for the hideout

• Cid Kagenou (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Leader who renamed her and whom she serves

• Viscount Grease (Other, Hostility)

  Enemy she wounds in combat at the hideout

Beta

Shadow Garden

One of the Seven Shadows, the core members of Shadow Garden who serve Cid. When Claire is abducted, she reports to Cid and, from the spot his thrown knife marks on the map, works out that the cryptograms are a bluff and a secret hideout lies there.

• Role

  Gathers intelligence and identifies the secret hideout

• Cid Kagenou (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Member who reports to him on the investigation

Claire Kagenou (Claire)

Kagenou family

Cid's older sister and the talented hope of the Kagenou family, a line of Dark Knights, who fiercely protects her brother. Abducted by Viscount Grease on the day she was to leave for Midgar Academy, she is rescued when Shadow cuts him down, returns home the next day, and sets off for the academy.

• Abduction

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

• Cid Kagenou (Family, Affinity)

  Younger brother she trains with; she protects him fiercely

• Viscount Grease (Other, Hostility)

  Captor who holds her and tests her for possession

Cid Kagenou (Shadow)

Kagenou family · Shadow Garden

Minoru Kageno reborn in a world of magic as the son of Baron Kagenou, who plays a forgettable background character while secretly working to become the Eminence in Shadow. Calling himself Shadow, he founds Shadow Garden with Alpha to fight the Cult of Diablos, an enemy he made up on the spot that turns out to be real, though he thinks the girls are just playing along. He cuts down Viscount Grease to rescue his kidnapped sister Claire, but afterward Alpha tells him the members are leaving him.

• 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.

• Ambition

  Has always dreamed of becoming a powerful being and is determined to overcome human limits at any cost.

• Shadow identity

  Calls himself Shadow, he who lurks in the shadows and hunts shadows

• Akane Nishino (Colleague, Mixed)

  A classmate who saved her from kidnappers; he sees her clearly for once, though he has long been indifferent to her.

• Alpha (Hierarchy, Affinity)

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

• Beta (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Member who reports to him and works the investigation with him

• Claire Kagenou (Family, Affinity)

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

Viscount Grease (Grease)

Cult of Diablos

A viscount and high-ranking member of the Cult of Diablos who abducted Claire and held her in magic-sealing chains at a secret hideout. Boosting his magic with pills, he fought Shadow in the tunnels and was cut down.

• Fate

  Cut down by Shadow in the tunnels; as he fell, he admitted he had been powerless against the darkness but said Shadow might not be.

• Claire Kagenou (Other, Hostility)

  Captive whom he holds and tests

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Hostility)

  Opponent who is defeated by Shadow

• Alpha (Other, Hostility)

  Opponent who wounds him in combat

World Memo

• Fantasy planet just past its industrial revolution

  The reincarnation world is a planet at a post-industrial revolution stage, where technologies are still emerging, and it is populated by various fantasy races.

• Kagenou barony in remote lands

  The Kagenou barony is a baronate ruling a nearly remote stretch of territory, far from the centers of power.

• Kagenou Dark Knight lineage

  The Kagenou family has produced Dark Knights for generations; these soldiers enhance their abilities using magic, and the family places great hopes on talented children.

• 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.

• Midgar Academy admission at fifteen

  Noble children begin attending the Midgar Academy for Dark Knights at around age fifteen.

Clue Board

• Black van watching Akane (Episode 1)

  A black van quietly watches the car carrying Akane away from home, hinting that she was under surveillance before the abduction. Who is in the van is not revealed.

• Kageno's unseeing gaze (Episode 1)

  Akane notices Kageno never looks at her and that his eyes seem fixed somewhere far away, leading her to suspect he too lives behind a mask. She never confirms this suspicion.

• Kageno near the abduction scene (Episode 1)

  Kageno is seen hiding around a corner while Akane is taken, and he is later observed outside the warehouse before he intervenes. Why he was following her is not explained.

• Claire's abduction culprit (Episode 2)

  Claire was taken by Viscount Grease, a high-ranking Cult of Diablos member. Beta's map analysis showed the cryptograms were a bluff and revealed a secret hideout at the spot Cid had marked, where Claire was found.

• Suspected healing of Claire's possession (Episode 2)

  Grease has heard rumors that Cid healed Claire's possession and suspects he may need to be looked into. Claire denies that anyone could heal her, so the question remains open.

Battle Record

Shadow Garden's Seven Shadows raid a hidden Cult of Diablos hideout to free Claire Kagenou; Viscount Grease is defeated by Shadow.

Warehouse rescue of Akane Nishino

Kidnapping of the Nishino heiress · Episode 1

Location: Warehouse in Sakurazaka

Trigger: Akane Nishino abducted for ransom after her driver was attacked

Kidnappers vs. masked Kageno

• Kidnappers — leader: lead kidnapper with a gun / fighters: veteran kidnapper with a knife, energetic kidnapper
• Masked Kageno — lone fighter: Minoru Kageno, masked

Outcome: Kidnappers defeated; Kageno frees Akane

Aftermath

• Akane calls the police
• Her father uses his connections to keep the case from going public

Hideout raid to free Claire

Shadow vs Viscount Grease · Episode 2

Location: Secret hideout of the Cult of Diablos, with a secret tunnel

Trigger: Claire Kagenou abducted by a high-ranking Cult of Diablos member

Shadow Garden vs Cult of Diablos

• Shadow Garden — Shadow and the Seven Shadows: Shadow, Alpha, Beta
• Cult of Diablos — Commander: Viscount Grease / Subordinates: Grease's men

Outcome: Viscount Grease defeated and cut down by Shadow; Grease's men cut to pieces by the Seven Shadows

Aftermath

• Claire Kagenou freed and returned home the next day
• Shadow took Grease's locket

Ability Table

Music Releases

• HIGHEST (OP)
• Darling in the Night (Alpha ver.) (ED)