Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Season 2 Episode 1 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

The Lawless City

Shadow Garden holds a meeting where Shadow warns of bloodshed under the red moon and decides to investigate. In Lawless City, a wave from the red moon turns people bitten by ghouls into ghouls, and Claire and Cid, Skel and Po, and Marie each run into the outbreak. Mary the Ancient Vampire Hunter appears and tells Cid to flee, then Claire allies with her to storm the Crimson Tower.

The Dark Knight Association is overwhelmed by ghouls until Shadow intervenes. On the Crimson Tower, Lord Crimson learns the revival is nearly complete, and the rulers Juggernaut and Yukime clash until Shadow appears between them and gives his name.

• Shadow Garden meeting and red moon warning

  Shadow warns the assembly that the red moon signals bloodshed and decides to investigate the matter.

• Lawless City ghoul outbreak

  A red moon wave turns humans bitten by ghouls into ghouls, and the city falls into chaos across several groups of characters.

• Mary's intervention and Claire's allegiance

  Mary kills a ghoul and tells Cid to flee, then tells Claire that a blood sacrifice is needed to awaken Elisabeth, and the two ally to storm the Crimson Tower.

• Crimson Tower and Shadow's entrance

  Lord Crimson hears that some districts are holding out against the takeover and surmises that the Black Tower and White Tower rulers are behind that resistance, and Shadow intervenes between Juggernaut and Yukime.

Recent Timeline

• Mundane defeats Annerose (Episode 18)

  Annerose attacks Mundane at the Bushin Festival, but he dodges and parries her strikes, overpowers her without magic, and wins by slashing her after she realizes he has been matching his attacks to hers. Defeated, she later thanks him for the lesson, and Mundane reveals he once abandoned everything for strength.

  In the same stretch, Iris resumes the tournament and one-sidedly defeats her opponent by impacting him into a crater, with the overflow of magic disintegrating her sword afterward.

• Iris loses and Rose kills the king (Episode 19)

  Iris's final bout against Mundane Mann ends in defeat. His gaze-based illusions make her lose her limbs in her mind, then he disarms her and pins her with his sword at 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 jumps at Shadow, and their sword clash shatters the VIP seating area; the battle moves to the stadium roof while Perv Asshat escapes in the chaos.

• Royal capital duel and Rose joins Shadow Garden (Episode 20)

  Iris and Beatrix fight Shadow across the royal capital, from a construction site to a moving train, before Shadow dismantles their attacks with crowbars and ends the fight by dispelling the storm.

  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.

• Red moon outbreak and Claire's alliance with Mary (Season 2 Episode 1)

  Claire brings Cid to Lawless City on her vampire-hunting assignment, but he slips away. When a wave from the red moon turns people bitten by ghouls into ghouls, Mary the Ancient Vampire Hunter cuts down a ghoul near Cid and tells him to flee. Mary later tells the grieving Claire that a boy matching Cid's description was kidnapped by vampires and that a blood sacrifice is needed to awaken Elisabeth, the Blood Queen, so Claire allies with her to storm the Crimson Tower.

• Shadow hunts ghouls and faces the rulers (Season 2 Episode 1)

  Shadow cuts down ghouls across the city, saving Marie in the red-light district and the director and one subordinate left at the Dark Knight Association outpost. Atop the Crimson Tower, Lord Crimson suspects Juggernaut of the Black Tower and Yukime of the White Tower are behind the districts holding out, and when the two rulers turn on each other after the ghouls are gone, Shadow appears between them and gives his name.

Character Graph

Cid Kagenou (Cid)

Kagenou family · Shadow Garden · Midgar Academy

Reborn in another world, Cid dreams of being the Eminence in Shadow and secretly leads Shadow Garden as the masked Shadow while posing as an ordinary Midgar Academy student. Dragged to Lawless City by his sister Claire for her vampire hunt, he slips away, cuts down ghouls across the city as Shadow, and appears between the rulers Juggernaut and Yukime to give his name.

• Red moon warning

  At a Shadow Garden meeting, warns that the red moon over Lawless City is an omen of bloodshed and decides to investigate it himself.

• Hunting ghouls

  As Shadow, saves Marie and the Dark Knight Association's remaining men from ghouls, repeating Mary's lines to each person he rescues.

• Shadow identity

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

• Claire Kagenou (Family, Mixed)

  Older sister who dragged him to Lawless City for her vampire-hunting assignment; he soon slips away from her watch.

• Alpha (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Elf he freed from possession and renamed; she leads Shadow Garden under him.

• Beta (Colleague, Affinity)

  Member who reports to him and works the investigation with him

• Mary (Other, Neutral)

  Vampire hunter who cut down a ghoul in front of him and told him to flee.

• Juggernaut (Other, Neutral)

  Ruler of the Black Tower; Shadow steps between him and Yukime mid-fight.

• Yukime (Other, Neutral)

  Ruler of the White Tower; Shadow steps between her and Juggernaut mid-fight.

• Aurora (Colleague, Affinity)

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

Claire Kagenou (Claire)

Kagenou family · Midgar Academy

Cid's older sister, a gifted Midgar Academy student whose win at the Bushin Festival has brought her fame and new duties. Assigned to hunt vampires in Lawless City, she drags Cid along so he will not become a layabout, loses track of him, and allies with Mary to storm the Crimson Tower after hearing that vampires kidnapped a black-haired boy.

• Vampire-hunting assignment

  Reports to the Dark Knight Association in Lawless City and brings Cid along, hoping the trip will help him secure a place in the Knight Order.

• Alliance with Mary

  Hears from Mary that one boy matching Cid's description was kidnapped by vampires and teams up with her to storm the tower.

• Cid Kagenou (Family, Mixed)

  Younger brother she keeps on a tight leash; she fears vampires have taken him.

• Mary (Colleague, Neutral)

  Vampire hunter she allies with to storm the Crimson Tower.

Mary (Ancient Vampire Hunter)

Vampire hunter

A red-haired girl in a cocked hat who calls herself Mary, the Ancient Vampire Hunter. She cuts down a ghoul in front of Cid and tells him to flee, then tells Claire that a blood sacrifice is needed to awaken Elisabeth, the Blood Queen, and joins her to storm the Crimson Tower.

• Claire Kagenou (Colleague, Neutral)

  Ally in storming the Crimson Tower.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Neutral)

  Boy she saved from a ghoul and told to flee.

Crimson (Lord Crimson)

Vampire · Crimson Tower

A vampire who rules from atop the Crimson Tower, the Blood Queen's domain, and is preparing her revival. Told the takeover of Lawless City is succeeding except in a few districts, he names Juggernaut and Yukime as the force behind that resistance and dismisses them, saying the queen's revival will kill them anyway.

• Juggernaut (Other, Hostility)

  Ruler he suspects of being behind the districts holding out against his takeover.

• Yukime (Other, Hostility)

  Ruler he suspects of being behind the districts holding out against his takeover.

Juggernaut (The Tyrant)

Black Tower ruler

Juggernaut the Tyrant, ruler of Lawless City's Black Tower. Crimson suspects him of holding out against the takeover, and once the ghouls around him are gone he fights Yukime until Shadow appears between them.

• Yukime (Other, Hostility)

  Rival ruler of the White Tower; they fight each other until Shadow interrupts.

Yukime (The Spirit Fox)

White Tower ruler

Yukime the Spirit Fox, ruler of Lawless City's White Tower. Crimson suspects her of holding out against the takeover, and once the ghouls are gone she fights Juggernaut until Shadow appears between them.

• Juggernaut (Other, Hostility)

  Rival ruler of the Black Tower; they fight each other until Shadow interrupts.

White Devil

Criminal · Crimson Tower watchdog

A ruthless criminal with a considerable bounty who, now one-armed, serves as Elisabeth's loyal watchdog at the Crimson Tower. He defeats Goldy and Quinton at the tower entrance, and the pair end up sold to a slave trader.

Beta

Shadow Garden · Seven Shadows

One of Shadow Garden's Seven Shadows, an elf who also writes as the bestselling author Natsume Kafka. At the Shadow Garden meeting she reports that the Cult's sects have paused their Midgar activities since the Bushin Festival, and eagerly records Shadow's words about the Blood Queen's revival in her chronicle of him.

• Meeting report

  Reports that Shadow's intervention at the Bushin Festival forced the Cult's ancillary sects to pause their Midgar activities and put the Fenrir sect's rebuilding on hold.

• Cid Kagenou (Colleague, Affinity)

  Master she reports to and whose words she records in her chronicle of him.

Alpha

Shadow Garden · Seven Shadows

An elf girl Cid freed from possession and renamed, who leads Shadow Garden against the Cult of Diablos and shares the face of the hero Olivier. She attends the Shadow Garden meeting where Shadow resolves to investigate the red moon over Lawless City.

• Olivier's face

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

• Leader

  Leads Shadow Garden's operations on Shadow's behalf.

• Cid Kagenou (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Leader who renamed her and whom she serves

Rose Oriana (Number 666)

Oriana Kingdom · Shadow Garden

Princess of the Oriana Kingdom and former Midgar Academy student council president, now a fugitive after killing her father. Having accepted Alpha's offer, she has joined Shadow Garden as Number 666, in a squad with 664 and 665.

• 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.

• Alpha (Mentor, Neutral)

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

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 with her to leave the Sanctuary and whom she saw as the strongest in her incomplete memories and a gallant knight; before fading, she admitted she had called him there and lied about other things, and thanked him for a memory she did not want to forget.

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.

• Lawless City as kingdom-free slum

  Lawless City is a notorious slum outside the jurisdiction of any kingdom, and money bound for it has been increasing.

• Crimson Tower as Blood Queen domain

  The Crimson Tower marks the domain of the Blood Queen, sovereign of the vampires.

• Blood sacrifice to awaken Blood Queen

  A blood sacrifice is needed to awaken Elisabeth, the Blood Queen, from her long slumber.

Clue Board

• 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.

• Unexplained funding surge (Season 2 Episode 1)

  Monetary resources bound for Lawless City, a slum outside any kingdom's jurisdiction, are increasing, and the source is not yet identified.

• Red Moon as omen of bloodshed (Season 2 Episode 1)

  Shadow warns that the red moon overhead is an omen of bloodshed, and the red moon then sends a magical wave across Lawless City, implying a supernatural cause not yet explained.

• Two boys matching the description (Season 2 Episode 1)

  Mary reports meeting two boys matching the description of the missing black-haired boy: one smiled during the ghoul rampage, and the other was kidnapped by vampires. Their identities remain unknown.

• Blood sacrifice for the Blood Queen (Season 2 Episode 1)

  A blood sacrifice is required to awaken Elisabeth, the Blood Queen, from her long slumber, and the method of that sacrifice is not yet known.

• Unknown third party killing ghouls (Season 2 Episode 1)

  A subordinate reports that one more person, apart from the two rulers, is killing ghouls, and that person's identity is not revealed.

Battle Record

Yukime and Juggernaut, rulers of the White and Black Towers, fight each other until Shadow interrupts.

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

Lawless City ghoul rampage

Red moon outbreak · Episode 21– (Ongoing)

Location: Lawless City

Trigger: Magical wave from the red moon turns ghouls loose across the city

Ghouls vs. city defenders

• Ghouls — attackers: ghouls
• Defenders — defenders: The Dark Knight Association, Shadow

Outcome: Ghouls driven back at the Dark Knight Association outpost by Shadow's sword; the battle continues across the city

Aftermath

• Majority of Dark Knight Association members fled
• Mary and Claire pursue the Crimson Tower

Yukime and Juggernaut clash

Rulers' duel · Episode 21– (Ongoing)

Location: Lawless City

Trigger: With the ghouls around them cleared, the rival rulers of the White and Black Towers turn on each other

Rival rulers

• Yukime, Spirit Fox, ruler of the White Tower — combatant: Yukime
• Juggernaut, the Tyrant, ruler of the Black Tower — combatant: Juggernaut

Outcome: Interrupted by Shadow's appearance between the combatants

Ability Table

Music Releases

• Grayscale dominator (OP)