Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Episode 7 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

A Fencing Tournament of Intrigue and Bloodshed

Nu reports to Cid about a brainwashed captive and a named child from the cult, Rex, while Cid, signed up for the tournament by Skel, is pushed into the qualifying match. In the match Cid feigns injury against Rose Oriana and is declared defeated by the referee. After he leaves the infirmary, Sherry approaches him, thanks him with cookies at the cafe and asks to be friends, and Lutheran Barnett asks him to get along with his daughter, which Cid accepts. Sherry then visits Alexia to ask about the rumored romance, and five days later an artifact barrier seals the Academy, magic fails inside it, and Shadow Garden impostors take over until Cid shields Rose and falls bloodied.

• Cult report and tournament entry

  Nu reports the brainwashed captive and the Cult's named child Rex to Cid, who is angered that Skel entered him in the qualifying tournament and beat Skel and Po for it.

• Qualifying match against Rose

  Cid deliberately takes hits to fake blood with his background technique, keeps standing, and is halted by the referee, who declares Rose the winner while Rose commits his name to memory.

• Friendship with Sherry and Lutheran

  At the infirmary and cafe Sherry thanks Cid with cookies and asks to be friends, and Lutheran Barnett asks Cid to get along with his daughter, which Cid agrees to while trying to stay obscure.

• Alexia and Sherry's conversation

  Sherry visits Alexia to ask about the rumored romance with Cid, learns they are not together, and Alexia smashes her coffee cup in frustration as Sherry leaves happily.

• Academy takeover by impostors

  Five days later an artifact barrier surrounds the Academy, magic fails inside it, and masked men claiming to be Shadow Garden seize the classroom; Cid pushes Rose out of the way of a magic-infused blow and falls covered in blood.

Recent Timeline

• Cid's release and the night raid (Episode 4)

  Cid is released from Knight Order custody under surveillance after five days of interrogation without confession, and he is thrown out with his belongings, becoming free to act against the frame-up in the kidnapping investigation. Days later, at night, Cid takes Delta's place to open the raid, ambushing and killing the two corrupt interrogator knights who tried to frame him for Alexia's kidnapping. Delta's blast then starts Shadow Garden's simultaneous raids on the Fenrir faction's hideouts across the capital.

• Monster slain, Zenon vaporized, Fenrir hideouts cleared (Episode 5)

  A cult-enhanced monster breaking out from underground rampages through the capital, and only Alpha's single sword strike defeats its regeneration, returning it to its original form. In the sewer tunnel, Shadow's Atomic spell vaporizes Zenon, who had taken red pills and become the Third Awakened, leveling several blocks and leaving a large crater at the royal capital's center. Afterward the Seven Shadows confirm all hidden Fenrir bases are destroyed and Zenon is presumed gone without a trace. Iris forms a new investigation team with trusted knights Glen and Marco Granger to probe the Cult of Diablos and Shadow Garden. Separately, after Cid refuses Alexia's proposal she slashes him behind the school building, leaving much blood but no body, and the case becomes one of the school's unsolved seven mysteries.

• Artifact decipherment and imposters (Episode 6)

  Princess Iris formally asks Sherry Barnett to decipher an artifact seized from the Cult of Diablos, and Sherry accepts, with Glen and Marco Granger of the Crimson Order assigned as her bodyguards. Shadow rescues Alexia from three men falsely claiming to be Shadow Garden, killing two of them, and Nu disarms the last and begins interrogating the pretenders.

• Chocolate for Sherry (Episode 6)

  Cid gives his chocolate to Sherry Barnett, the first girl he picks out, and Sherry recognizes him as the blood-soaked boy she bumped into the other day.

• Qualifying defeat and academy takeover (Episode 7)

  In the first round of the student qualifying tournament, Cid fights Student Council President Rose Oriana and keeps rising after each clean hit. The referee stops the bout to prevent further blood loss and declares Rose the winner, and Cid is carried to the infirmary. Rose takes note of his name, and Cid's public display of his techniques ends there. Five days later, a Cult artifact barrier seals the academy and blocks magic inside, masked men claiming to be Shadow Garden seize the classroom, and Cid takes a blow meant for Rose and falls covered in blood.

Character Graph

Beta

Shadow Garden

One of the Seven Shadows, the core members of Shadow Garden who serve Cid. After the raid wiped out every Fenrir faction hideout, she reviewed the operation with the rest of the Seven Shadows, where they learned of impostors killing people in Shadow Garden's name.

• Role

  Gathers intelligence and identifies the secret hideout

• Cid Kagenou (Colleague, Affinity)

  Fellow 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, now a student at Midgar Academy. Fiercely protective of Cid, she tried to confront the knights who held him as a suspect, and she easily won her match in the Bushin Festival preliminaries.

• 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

Viscount Grease (Grease)

Viscount

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. After Alpha felled the Cult's monster in the capital, she found a pendant held by a young girl that bears a photo of him with his daughter Millia.

• 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

Po Tato (Po)

Lower nobility

A low-ranking noble and one of Cid's friends at Midgar Academy, a fellow background student at the bottom of the noble ranks. His chocolate gift got him branded a stalker, and when Skel signed Cid up for the Bushin Festival preliminaries, Cid punched them both.

• Cid Kagenou (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who pressed Cid on how far he got with Alexia and said they would have gone all the way.

Skel Etal (Skel)

Lower nobility

A low-ranking noble and one of Cid's friends at Midgar Academy, a fellow background student at the bottom of the noble ranks. He signed Cid up for the Bushin Festival preliminaries without asking, and Cid punched both him and Po for it.

• Cid Kagenou (Friend, Affinity)

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

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, whose operations she now directs. She has alerted the Seven Shadows to impostors killing people in Shadow Garden's name, and has promoted Nu to the Numbers as Cid's supporter.

• 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.

• 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.

• Viscount Grease (Other, Hostility)

  Enemy she wounds in combat at the hideout

Zenon Griffey (Zenon)

Royal fencing instructor · Cult of Diablos

The official royal fencing instructor and Alexia's fiancé, who secretly funded the Cult doctor's research and kidnapped Alexia for her blood to win the Twelfth Seat of the Knights of Rounds. Overwhelmed by Shadow in the sewer, he swallowed red pills to become the Third Awakened, but was still beaten and vaporized by Shadow's Atomic.

• Hidden allegiance

  Revealed to Alexia in a sewer junction as the one who funded the doctor's research and kidnapped her.

• Ambition

  Aimed for the Twelfth Seat in the Knights of Rounds, which he considered far above his post as an instructor.

• Death

  Despite becoming the Third Awakened with red pills, he was vaporized by Shadow's Atomic in the sewer.

• Alexia Midgar (Pact, Other, Hostility)

  His betrothed in a still-secret engagement. He held her captive for her royal blood and belittled her as a mere 'Fencer Ordinaire'.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Hostility)

  Advisor of the Section One team Cid joined, who treated him as the first suspect in Alexia's disappearance. In the sewer he faced Cid as Shadow and was vaporized by him.

Gamma

Shadow Garden · Seven Shadows

One of the Seven Shadows who runs the Mitsugoshi Company store and its franchises, built from knowledge Cid shared.

• Business

  Built a store and franchises in the kingdom and beyond, including mail-order service, and holds a secret budget of about one billion Zeni.

• Cid Kagenou (Mentor, Affinity)

  Cid mentored her and shared knowledge from his old life, which she used to build her business.

Glen

Knight

A known knight Iris trusts and a member of her new Crimson Order, formed to look into the Cult and Shadow Garden. With his partner Marco Granger, he now guards Sherry Barnett while she deciphers the Cult artifact.

• Recruitment

  Agreed to join Iris's new investigation team, honorably agreeing to help the princess.

• Bodyguard

  Promised to keep Sherry safe as her Crimson Order guard, together with his partner Marco.

• Sherry Barnett (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Crimson Order knight assigned to guard her.

Marco Granger (Marco)

Knight

A known knight Iris trusts and, alongside Glen, a member of her new Crimson Order. With Glen, he now guards Sherry Barnett while she deciphers the Cult artifact.

• Joining the team

  Honorably accepted Iris's request to join her new investigation team, alongside Glen.

• Bodyguard

  Assigned with his partner Glen, in Iris's Crimson Order, to guard Sherry Barnett.

Lutheran Barnett (Lutheran)

Midgar Academy of Science

Sherry's adoptive father and the Assistant Principal of the Midgar Academy of Science, a master swordsman who once won the Bushin Festival. Worried that his daughter had no friends, he asked Cid to get along with her, and Cid agreed.

• Role in Sherry's assignment

  Encourages Sherry to accept the princess's request, believing she can do it and building her self-confidence.

• Sherry Barnett (Family, Affinity)

  Father and daughter; he adopted her and is proud of her growth as a researcher.

Nu

Shadow Garden · Numbers

A newly promoted member of the Numbers, an employee at the Mitsugoshi store who serves as Cid's supporter. Disguised as a student, she reports to Cid that the captured impostor was brainwashed like the Cult's Third Children and that Rex, one of the Cult's Named First Children, has arrived in the capital.

• Promotion

  Promoted to the Numbers by Alpha for her skill; assigned by Alpha to support Cid.

• Gamma (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Works under Gamma at the Mitsugoshi store.

• Cid Kagenou (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Her master, whom Alpha assigned her to support. She caught the last impostor after Shadow rescued Alexia and took over the interrogation. She reports the brainwashed captive and the Named Child Rex to him and marvels at his 'Shadow's Wisdom'.

Alexia Midgar (Alexia)

Midgar royal family · Royalty

Princess of the Midgar Kingdom and the most sought-after girl at Midgar Academy, who paid Cid to act as her boyfriend so she could get out of her engagement to Zenon. Still recovering, she learns from Sherry that the two have become friends and smashes her coffee cup in jealousy once Sherry leaves. Returning to school five days later, she finds the gate shut and its guard dead.

• 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.

• 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.

• Zenon Griffey (Pact, Hostility)

  Her fiancé in a still-secret engagement, whom she badmouthed in private; he turned out to be the Cult member who kidnapped her, and she watched Shadow destroy him in the sewer.

• Sherry Barnett (Other, Hostility)

  Became frustrated when Sherry revealed her friendship with Cid and smashed her coffee cup and pastries.

Cid Kagenou (Shadow)

Kagenou family · Shadow Garden · Midgar academy student

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. Entered in the Bushin Festival preliminaries against his will, he stages a bloody loss to Rose and, at Lutheran's request, agrees to be Sherry's friend. When impostors seal away magic and seize the academy, he takes a sword blow meant for Rose and falls.

• 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.

• Shadow identity

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

• Alias revealed

  Introduces himself as Shadow to Zenon and Alexia at the sewer.

• Confrontation with knights

  Kills the two corrupt interrogator knights who tried to frame him.

• 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, Affinity)

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

• Alexia Midgar (Pact, Neutral)

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

  Former pretend partner; their pretend relationship ended.

• Skel Etal (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who confronted him about his dating progress.

• Po Tato (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who confronted him about his dating progress.

• Zenon Griffey (Other, Hostility)

  Advisor of his Section One team who treated him as the first suspect; revealed as the Cult member behind Alexia's kidnapping, he was vaporized by Cid as Shadow.

• Sherry Barnett (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend since agreeing to Sherry's friendship request.

• Rose Oriana (Other, Neutral)

  Opponent in the qualifying match who now remembers his name.

• Lutheran Barnett (Other, Neutral)

  Assistant Principal of the Academy of Science, whom Cid considers someone to avoid if he wants to stay obscure.

Rose Oriana

Student Council President · Oriana Kingdom

Princess of the Oriana Kingdom, a land of art and culture, and the academy's Student Council President, regarded as its best swordswoman. She beats Cid in the Bushin Festival preliminaries but is struck by how he keeps getting back up, and when impostors seize the academy and break her sword, he takes the blow meant for her.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Neutral)

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

Sherry Barnett (Sherry)

Midgar Academy of Science

A brilliant student at the Midgar Academy of Science and the adopted daughter of its Assistant Principal, Lutheran Barnett. Smitten with Cid, she thanks him with homemade cookies after watching his qualifying match and becomes his friend, then is overjoyed to hear from Alexia that their romance was only an act.

• First encounter

  Bumped into a blood-soaked Cid, accepted his offer to help her up, and was smitten by him.

• Artifact research

  Accepted Iris's request with her father's encouragement and noticed the artifact's code resembles one her mother had researched.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Friend, Affinity)

  Became smitten with the bloody boy after he offered to help her up.

  Became friends with Cid after he accepted her friendship and she offered thanks with cookies.

• Lutheran Barnett (Family, Affinity)

  Her father, who asked Cid to befriend her and who she is embarrassed about in front of others.

• Iris Midgar (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Princess who asked her to decipher the Cult's artifact.

Iris Midgar (Iris)

Midgar Kingdom · Royalty · Crimson Order

Princess of the Midgar Kingdom and Alexia's older sister, a fighter stronger than ordinary knights. No longer trusting the Knight Order after Zenon's betrayal, she has formed the Crimson Order to investigate both the Cult and Shadow Garden, and she sees both as threats to the kingdom. She has entrusted the artifact seized from the Cult to Sherry Barnett and assigned Glen and Marco to guard her.

• Monster battle

  Severed the arm of the Cult-enhanced monster rampaging in the capital, but it kept regenerating until Alpha stepped in.

• New investigation team

  Distrusting the Knight Order after Zenon proved to be a Cult adherent, she formed a team under her command with Glen and Marco to investigate the Cult and Shadow Garden.

• Artifact request

  Formally asked Sherry Barnett to decipher an artifact seized from a Cult facility, assigning Glen and Marco of her Crimson Order as Sherry's guards.

• Alexia Midgar (Family, Affinity)

  Her younger sister, rescued from kidnapping, who later tells her the serial killers are not the real Shadow Garden.

• Glen (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Trusted knight of her Crimson Order, assigned to guard Sherry.

• Marco Granger (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Trusted knight of her Crimson Order, assigned with Glen to guard Sherry.

• Sherry Barnett (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Science Academy student she asked to decipher the Cult's artifact.

• Alpha (Other, Hostility)

  Shadow Garden member who felled the monster in one blow and told her not to get in Shadow Garden's way.

World Memo

• 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.

• Midgar Academy admission at fifteen

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

• Knights of Rounds

  The twelve highest-ranking knights of the Cult, a rank whose seats bring wealth and fame far above ordinary standing in society

  Membership in the Knights of Rounds is organized into numbered seats, with a Twelfth Seat among them; admission is reserved for those able to control great power.

• Seven Shadows inner council

  Shadow Garden's inner group of seven members, named Alpha through Eta, which reviews operations against the Cult and assigns tasks such as investigation and research.

• Crimson Order knight order

  A newly established, small order of knights created by Princess Iris. It has few members, all of whom she trusts.

• 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.

• Cult of Diablos secret organization

  A secret cult that maintains hidden facilities and has core members, operating beyond the knowledge of the kingdom's knights until its existence came to light.

  The Children of Diablos have a hierarchical system, with the Third Children as the cult's vanguard. Members of this group share a trait in which powerful brainwashing has destroyed their minds. The cult's recruitment methods have been developed over the years.

• Bushin Festival qualifying system

  The Bushin Festival is a tournament for which the Academy selects its representative through student preliminary qualifying matches. Lutheran Barnett was once its champion.

• First Child designation

  The First Child are those among the Children who maintained their sense of self despite being one of the Children. Named First Children are recognized individually by name.

• Oriana Kingdom land of art and culture

  Oriana Kingdom is a land known for art and culture. Its princess Rose Oriana is also the best swordswoman at the academy.

• Science Academy

  A separate academy from the Dark Knight Academy, with its own set schedule for days and events. Its assistant principal is a master swordsman skilled in both martial arts and science.

• Artifact magic suppression barrier

  A red-eyed artifact, when ignited, creates a barrier around the school that suppresses magic use within it. People inside cannot use magic, while those who came in with the artifact's effect are not affected.

Clue Board

• 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.

• Possible Cult infiltration of Knights (Episode 5)

  Alpha questions whether the Cult has infiltrated the Knight Order, which Cid's interrogation makes suspicious. Two corrupt interrogator knights framed Cid, but their link to the Cult is not confirmed.

  Zenon, a renowned sword instructor and future Knights of Rounds candidate, is revealed to be a Cult adherent, and Iris distrusts the Knight Order over it.

• Undeciphered artifact (Episode 7)

  An artifact recovered from the crime scene is the only clue left behind, and its function still needs to be deciphered by someone.

  The artifact is still undeciphered, but Sherry, while studying its code, notices it resembles a code her mother had researched, suggesting a personal connection to the artifact's origin.

  A red-eyed artifact ignited by Gaunt Knight creates a barrier around the school that suppresses magic use; only Cid seems to notice it, and the Knight Order-requested artifact Sherry studies remains undeciphered

• Captive with destroyed mind (Episode 7)

  The man in black captured last night was brainwashed until his mind was destroyed, a trait shared with the Cult's vanguard, the Third Children; he gave no information, and the black hooded cloak he wore was obtained through black market channels

• Masked men seize the classroom (Episode 7)

  Masked men in black claiming to be from Shadow Garden burst into the classroom and announce they are taking over the Academy; Nu suspects the Cult uses the name to lure the real Shadow Garden out of hiding

• Shadow's concealed identity (Episode 5)

  Shadow hides his true name, and Zenon's demand to learn it goes unanswered; Shadow only declares that Shadow Garden lurks in darkness.

• Named First Child in the capital (Episode 7)

  A Named First Child called Rex, the Game of Betrayal, has been confirmed in the Royal Capital; First Children keep their sense of self despite being Children, and deploying Named Children there suggests the Cult has another purpose

• Hidden force behind the incident (Episode 7)

  Alexia senses that something more hidden is brewing behind the public resolution of the incident involving Cid.

  A figure called Gaunt Knight commands the gathered Cult forces underground and launches their plan, which is the hidden force behind the school takeover

Battle Record

Masked men claiming to be Shadow Garden seize the academy under a barrier created by an artifact; Cid is wounded shielding Rose.

Alley clash with Shadow Garden impostors

Capital night alley · Episode 6

Location: Alley and rooftop in the royal capital

Trigger: Black hooded impostors claiming to be Shadow Garden commit random serial killings in the capital; Alexia confronts one of them while on night patrol.

Impostors vs. Alexia and Shadow

• Shadow Garden impostors — Attackers: Black hooded assailants claiming to be Shadow Garden
• Alexia and Shadow — Defenders: Alexia Midgar, Shadow, Nu

Outcome: Shadow kills two impostors; Nu disarms the last one and tortures him for information; Alexia is injured in the left arm and faints.

Aftermath

• Alexia receives treatment at the academy and reports that the killer is from a different organization that falsely took the Shadow Garden name.
• Shadow leaves Alexia in the alley and flies away.

Qualifying Tournament Bout

Cid vs. Rose Oriana · Episode 7

Location: Midgar Academy for Dark Knights qualifying tournament

Trigger: Cid chose to enter the student preliminary tournament for the Bushin Festival after being registered by Skel

Competitors

• Cid Kagenou — Competitor: Cid Kagenou
• Rose Oriana — Competitor: Rose Oriana

Outcome: The referee stopped the bout and declared Rose Oriana the winner; Cid was then stretchered to the infirmary.

Aftermath

• Rose commits Cid's name to memory
• Cid leaves the infirmary heavily bandaged

Academy Takeover Attack

Masked impostors invade the classroom · Episode 7– (Ongoing)

Location: Midgar Academy for Dark Knights classroom

Trigger: The Cult's plan begun by Gaunt Knight, using an artifact to create a barrier around the school and disable magic

Attackers and defenders

• Masked impostors — Attackers: Masked men in black claiming to be from Shadow Garden
• Student Council — Defenders: Rose Oriana, Cid Kagenou

Outcome: Unresolved at the end of the episode; Cid is down and bleeding after taking a sword blow for Rose.

Aftermath

• The artifact's effects prevent magic use within the barrier
• The academy gate is closed and the guard is dead

Ability Table

Music Releases

• HIGHEST (OP)
• Darling in the Night (Zeta ver.) (ED)
• Darling in the Night (Epsilon ver.) (ED)
• Darling in the Night (Delta ver.) (ED)
• Darling in the Night (Gamma ver.) (ED)
• Darling in the Night (Beta ver.) (ED)
• Darling in the Night (Alpha ver.) (ED)