Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Season 2 Episode 3 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

The Hour of Awakening

Cid stages a dramatic entrance as the eminence in shadow, only to find the potential audience already dead, and leaves to look for the next plot development while the Blood Queen stirs in the tower. Claire and Mary reach the top of the Crimson Tower, where the awakened Blood Queen pierces Claire's chest, and Beta's Shadow Garden squad fights the queen but is overwhelmed.

Claire wakes on a medical cot in a dreamlike space and meets Aurora, who tells her that "he" once cured her possession but that she is now losing control, and gives her a mark on her left hand to manage it. Aurora then takes over Claire's body to hold off the queen until Shadow arrives and heals the ghouls, the wounded and Elisabeth with Recovery Atomic. Back in the Midgar Kingdom, Cid confronts Yukime on a train.

• Tower ambush and failed rescue

  At the top of the Crimson Tower, the awakened Blood Queen pierces Claire's chest with a red tendril. Beta's squad secures Claire, but the queen regenerates and her blood projectiles overwhelm them, so Beta orders 666 to retreat with Claire.

• Aurora and Claire's possession

  Claire wakes on a medical cot and meets Aurora, who explains that her possession is cured but is now slipping out of control. Aurora admits she helps because of Shadow, and reality then snaps back to Crimson Tower.

• Shadow's intervention and aftermath

  Shadow arrives and deflects the queen's attacks, then heals the ghouls, wounds, and Elisabeth with a spell called Recovery Atomic. Afterward Cid reflects on Claire's chuunibyou delusions and then confronts Yukime on a train in the Midgar Kingdom.

Recent Timeline

• Royal capital duel and Rose's defection (Episode 20)

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

  Rose kills her father, King Oriana, and, as 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 in Lawless City (Season 2 Episode 1)

  Claire brings Cid to Lawless City on her vampire-hunting assignment, and a wave from the red moon turns people bitten by ghouls into ghouls. Mary the Ancient Vampire Hunter tells Claire that a boy matching Cid's description was kidnapped by vampires and that a blood sacrifice is needed to awaken Elisabeth, so Claire allies with her to storm the Crimson Tower. Shadow cuts down ghouls across the city, saving Marie and the Dark Knight Association's remaining men, and appears between the rival rulers Juggernaut and Yukime.

• Juggernaut, Elisabeth's frenzy, and the ritual interrupted (Season 2 Episode 2)

  Claire and Mary, climbing the Crimson Tower, watch Juggernaut fight high-ranking vampires and are cut down. Mary drinks blood from Claire's mouth, reawakening her own vampiric powers, and holds Juggernaut off until Shadow kicks him off the tower to save Claire.

  Crimson mixes blood into Elisabeth's meal on a Red Moon night, sending her into a frenzy that massacres humans and destroys her haven. She ravages three more countries until Mary finds her and is asked to scatter her ashes; Elisabeth stabs herself without turning to ash, and Crimson takes her body to resurrect her at the next Blood Moon a thousand years later.

  Atop the Crimson Tower, Crimson begins the ritual to resurrect the Blood Queen by positioning Elisabeth's heart, but Shadow bursts in, interrupts it, and kills the vampire who proved less durable than expected.

• Shadow Garden's rescue of Claire (Season 2 Episode 3)

  A four-woman Shadow Garden cell arrives at Crimson Tower as the Blood Queen is about to feed on Claire. Beta beheads the Blood Queen while 664 secures Claire, but the head reattaches to the body and the attack escalates, forcing Beta to order a retreat with Claire.

  Claire wakes on a medical cot and hears from Aurora that "he" once cured her possession, but she is now losing control as two kinds of blood reunite in her body; a mark on her left hand helps her manage it. After reality shatters, Aurora takes control of Claire's body for temporary freedom.

• Shadow halts the Blood Queen assault and Cid's train confrontation (Season 2 Episode 3)

  Shadow enters the fight, shielding everyone from red and black missiles, then faces the Blood Queen directly. His Recovery Atomic spell heals the ghouls, the wounded, and the unconscious Elisabeth.

  Returning to Midgar Kingdom, Cid switches to his Shadow persona on a train and confronts Yukime, who has followed him from Lawless City.

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. When the Blood Queen awakens, he arrives glittering with gold, shields everyone from her attacks, and heals the ghouls, the wounded and Elisabeth with Recovery Atomic. Back in Midgar he humors Claire's claim of a hidden power and, as Shadow, confronts Yukime on a train.

• Treasury heist

  Chose gold coins for their value and portability, filling his slime bodysuit with one thousand coins worth a hundred million zeni.

• Recovery Atomic

  Declares "I am Recovery Atomic" and, in one burst, heals the ghouls, the wounded, and Elisabeth's unconscious mind.

• Train confrontation

  After returning to the Midgar Kingdom, changes into Shadow on a train and confronts Yukime, who followed him from Lawless City.

• Shadow identity

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

• Claire Kagenou (Family, Mixed)

  Older sister who now claims to have a hidden power; he does not dismiss it and promises to stand by her.

• Alpha (Hierarchy, Affinity)

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

• Beta (Colleague, Affinity)

  Member who tried to protect Claire on his behalf and cheered him on at the Crimson Tower.

• Mary (Other, Neutral)

  Vampire hunter whose protests he ignores as he faces Elisabeth.

• Elisabeth (Other, Mixed)

  Blood Queen he faces down and heals with Recovery Atomic.

• Yukime (Other, Neutral)

  Followed him from Lawless City; he confronts her as Shadow on a train.

• Aurora (Colleague, Affinity)

  Witch he escaped the Sanctuary with; she now helps Claire because of him.

Claire Kagenou (Claire)

Kagenou family · Midgar Academy

Cid's older sister, a gifted Midgar Academy student sent to hunt vampires in Lawless City. Pierced by the awakened Blood Queen, she learns from Aurora in a dreamlike infirmary that her once-cured possession is slipping out of control, and Aurora borrows her body to fight. Back home she wraps her hand in bandages and tells Cid she has a hidden power.

• Possession history

  Showed signs of demon possession as a child and lives in constant fear of one day transforming into a monster.

• Blood taken by Mary

  Bled from the mouth after Juggernaut's strike; Mary sucked that blood to reawaken her own dormant vampiric abilities.

• Condition

  Her once-cured possession is slipping out of control as two kinds of blood reunite in her body; a mark on her left hand helps her manage it.

• Hidden power

  Wraps her hand in bandages and confides to Cid that she has a hidden power, which he takes as chuunibyou delusions.

• Cid Kagenou (Family, Mixed)

  Younger brother to whom she confides her hidden power; he promises to stand by her.

• Mary (Colleague, Mixed)

  Vampire hunter who fought beside her to the top of the Crimson Tower.

• Aurora (Other, Mixed)

  Woman who explained her condition, gave her a controlling mark, then borrowed her body to fight the Blood Queen.

Mary (Ancient Vampire Hunter)

Vampire hunter

A red-haired vampire hunter who, a thousand years ago, vowed to watch over Elisabeth's remains. Reaching the top of the Crimson Tower with Claire, she despairs as the awakened Elisabeth pierces Claire, and protests in vain when Shadow faces her queen.

• Elisabeth's remains

  Found Elisabeth after the Blood Moon had set, could neither revive nor end her, and vowed to watch over her remains forever.

• Vampire power reawakened

  Sucked the blood from Claire's mouth, reawakening her own dormant vampiric abilities, and used them to hold Juggernaut off momentarily.

• Claire Kagenou (Colleague, Mixed)

  Companion who climbed with her to the top of the Crimson Tower.

• Elisabeth (Guardian, Mixed)

  Queen she has guarded; she despairs when Elisabeth awakens and attacks Claire.

Elisabeth (Blood Queen)

Vampire ruler

The Blood Queen, a vampire ruler who once lived alongside humans in the Haven until Crimson drove her into a frenzy. Awakening atop the Crimson Tower, she pierces Claire and overwhelms Beta's squad, regenerating even after being beheaded, until Shadow's Recovery Atomic heals her unconscious mind.

• Haven

  Ruled a small territory called the Haven and refrained from drinking blood alongside her subjects.

• Frenzy and massacre

  After Crimson secretly added blood to her meal under the Red Moon, she massacred humans and destroyed the Haven, then wreaked havoc in three other countries.

• Awakening

  Awakens atop the Crimson Tower, pierces Claire's chest and chooses her as her first meal; her head returns to her body after Beta cuts it off.

• Healed by Shadow

  Smiles and asks Shadow's name as she prepares for death, but his Recovery Atomic heals her unconscious mind instead.

• Mary (Guardian, Mixed)

  Hunter who has watched over her remains since she begged to have her ashes scattered.

• Claire Kagenou (Other, Hostility)

  The first prey she chose on awakening.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Mixed)

  Masked warrior who answers her question with Recovery Atomic and heals her.

Beta

Shadow Garden · Seven Shadows

One of Shadow Garden's Seven Shadows, an elf who also writes as the bestselling author Natsume Kafka. Leading a four-woman cell at the Crimson Tower, she beheads the awakened Blood Queen to protect her master's sister, but the queen regenerates and overwhelms them until Shadow arrives.

• Mission

  Believes Shadow entrusted her with protecting Claire; orders 664 to tend to her and, once outmatched, orders 666 to retreat with her.

• Cid Kagenou (Colleague, Affinity)

  Master whose resolve to protect everyone at the tower deepens her infatuation.

• Claire Kagenou (Guardian, Affinity)

  Her master's older sister, whom she is determined to protect.

• Rose Oriana (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Member 666 of her cell; Beta orders her to retreat with Claire, reminding her of her own ambitions.

Rose Oriana (Number 666)

Oriana Kingdom · Shadow Garden

Princess of the Oriana Kingdom who killed her father and joined Shadow Garden as Number 666. At the Crimson Tower she covers Beta's assault on the Blood Queen and, though she wants to stay and fight, is ordered to retreat with Claire.

• Renaming

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

• Relapse

  Like the other previously cured possessed in her cell, suffers returning symptoms during the Blood Queen fight.

• Beta (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Leader of her cell, who orders her to retreat with Claire for the sake of her future ambitions.

Aurora (the Demon Diablos)

Imprisoned in the Sanctuary · Demon

The Witch of Calamity once imprisoned in the Sanctuary, whose other name Epsilon's report identified as the demon Diablos. She appears to Claire in a dreamlike infirmary, explains that her possession is slipping out of control, admits she helps because of Shadow, and then borrows Claire's body to hold off the Blood Queen.

• Identity revealed

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

• Claire's guide

  Explains that the blood of progenitor vampires and of the possessed has reunited in Claire's body, and helps her manage it with a mark on her left hand.

• Borrowed body

  Takes over Claire's body, delights in her brief freedom, turns the Blood Queen's blood projectiles back on her, and attempts Atomic until the body can't take the strain.

• Cid Kagenou (Colleague, Friend, Affinity)

  Fellow escapee from the Sanctuary; she helps Claire because of him.

• Claire Kagenou (Other, Mixed)

  Girl whose condition she explains and whose body she borrows to fight the Blood Queen.

Juggernaut (The Tyrant)

Black Tower ruler

Juggernaut the Tyrant, ruler of Lawless City's Black Tower, who cut down Claire and Mary before Shadow kicked him off the Crimson Tower. When the Blood Queen awakens he throws himself into the fight, but only ends up slammed into a wall.

• Assault on the Crimson Tower

  Broke through the artifact gate with one swing of his cleaver, then wounded Claire and Mary and was about to deliver a fatal blow to Claire before Shadow kicked him off the tower.

• Against the Blood Queen

  Joins the fight against the Blood Queen while Yukime holds back; his only contribution is a body-shaped crater in a wall.

• Yukime (Other, Hostility)

  Rival ruler of the White Tower whom he fought in Lawless City.

Yukime (The Spirit Fox)

White Tower ruler

Yukime the Spirit Fox, ruler of Lawless City's White Tower. Judging the fight with the Blood Queen beyond her, she holds back, then follows Cid to the Midgar Kingdom, where Shadow confronts her on a train.

• Entry into the Crimson Tower

  Followed Juggernaut closely through the artifact gate of the Crimson Tower.

• Train confrontation

  Followed Cid from Lawless City and is confronted by Shadow on a train.

• Juggernaut (Other, Hostility)

  Rival ruler of the Black Tower whom she fought in Lawless City.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Neutral)

  Followed him from Lawless City; he appears before her as Shadow on a train.

Crimson (Lord Crimson)

Vampire · Crimson Tower

A vampire lord of the Crimson Tower who, a thousand years ago, secretly mixed blood into Elisabeth's meal to drive her into a frenzy, then stole her body to revive her at the next Blood Moon. Shadow burst in and killed him as he began the resurrection ritual, and his bisected body lies atop the tower.

• Elisabeth (Other, Hostility)

  Queen he drove into a frenzy and plotted to revive.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Hostility)

  Killed by Shadow while performing the ritual.

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

World Memo

• Lawless City as kingdom-free slum

  Lawless City is a notorious slum outside the jurisdiction of any kingdom, and resources bound for it have increased.

• Crimson Tower as Blood Queen domain

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

• Red Moon frenzy

  Under the Red Moon, ghouls across Lawless City fall into a frenzy and people bitten by them turn into ghouls. A thousand years ago, Elisabeth's own frenzy also came on a Red Moon night, after Crimson mixed blood into her meal.

• Vampire vulnerabilities

  Vampires turn to ash when exposed to sunlight, cannot regenerate if they lose their hearts, and lose all vampire abilities without consistently consuming human blood.

• 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

• Progenitor and possessed blood

  Aurora explains that traits split by blood can come from adaptation; the blood of the progenitor vampires and that of the possessed are one such pair, and the two have reunited inside Claire's body.

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.

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

  Grease had heard rumors that Cid healed Claire's possession and suspected he needed looking into, while Claire denied anyone could heal her. In the dreamlike infirmary, Aurora tells Claire that "he" cured her possession but will not say who he is.

• Rose possession-like behavior (Episode 17)

  Surveillance reports describe Rose's physical actions as sounding like possession, and Beta orders continued monitoring of even small changes.

  Shadow's magic heals Rose of her possession, which resolves the earlier question of her possession-like behavior, though how and why remain unexplained.

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

  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.

  The Red Moon triggers a frenzy among the ghouls of Lawless City. Elisabeth's frenzy and the massacre of her haven also followed a Red Moon, after Crimson secretly added blood to her meal.

• Identity of the man in black (Season 2 Episode 2)

  A man dressed entirely in black arrived at the Crimson Tower gate with Juggernaut and Yukime. His power is still unknown, and he killed the White Devil by severing his body in half when the White Devil attacked him.

• Mary's concealed vampire secrets (Season 2 Episode 2)

  Claire doubted Mary's loyalty over her vampire knowledge, and Mary refused to explain her secrets. Mary then revealed that she had pursued Elisabeth, the vampire ruler, and vowed to guard her remains, which Crimson later stole intending to resurrect her at the next Blood Moon.

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

  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.

  Crimson began the ritual to resurrect the Blood Queen by positioning Elisabeth's heart for sacrifice. Shadow interrupted the ritual, and the vampire performing it died.

• Relapsing symptoms in cured possessed (Season 2 Episode 3)

  Previously cured possessed show merging tumors and regressing symptoms, and Claire regresses fastest. The cause of the relapse is not explained.

• Claire's medical-room space (Season 2 Episode 3)

  Claire wakes on a medical cot in gym-like clothing and talks with Aurora there; when their talk ends, that reality shatters and the Crimson Tower reappears. What the space is is not explained.

• Aurora's motive tied to Shadow (Season 2 Episode 3)

  Aurora admits she is helping Claire because of Shadow. The reason for her tie to Shadow is not explained.

Battle Record

Claire and Mary arrive at Crimson Tower and find the Blood Queen awakened; a Shadow Garden cell of four women intervenes, the battle escalates, and Shadow arrives to end it through a healing spell.

Crimson Tower Juggernaut attack

Claire and Mary vs vampires and Juggernaut · Episode 22

Location: Crimson Tower

Trigger: Claire and Mary ascending the tower and encountering high-ranking vampires fighting Juggernaut

Sides

• Claire and Mary — fighters: Claire Kagenou, Mary
• Vampires and Juggernaut — attackers: Juggernaut, high-ranking vampires

Outcome: Shadow kicks Juggernaut off the Crimson Tower; Mary holds Juggernaut off only momentarily

Aftermath

• Mary reawakens her own dormant vampiric abilities by sucking the blood from Claire's mouth
• Mary reveals her concealed secrets to Claire

Shadow interrupts Crimson's resurrection ritual

Shadow vs Crimson's ritual · Episode 22

Location: atop the Crimson Tower

Trigger: Crimson's ritual to resurrect the Blood Queen

Sides

• Shadow — attacker: Shadow
• Crimson's ritual — defender: Crimson

Outcome: The vampire dies as Shadow interrupts the ritual while Elisabeth's heart is being positioned for sacrifice

Aftermath

• The ritual is interrupted

Blood Queen assault at Crimson Tower

Shadow Garden cell vs the awakened Blood Queen · Episode 23

Location: Crimson Tower

Trigger: The awakened Blood Queen pierces Claire's chest with a red tendril and chooses her as her first meal

Shadow Garden vs Blood Queen

• Shadow Garden cell and others — combatants: Beta, 664, 665, 666, Mary, Juggernaut, Aurora (in Claire's body), Shadow
• Blood Queen — combatants: Blood Queen

Outcome: Shadow overwhelms the Blood Queen and heals everyone, including her, with Recovery Atomic

Aftermath

• Aurora briefly takes over Claire's body and holds off the Blood Queen until Shadow arrives
• Recovery Atomic heals the ghouls, the wounded, and Elisabeth's unconscious mind

Ability Table

Music Releases

• Grayscale dominator (OP)
• Polaris in the Night (Nu ver.) (ED)
• Polaris in the Night (Lambda ver.) (ED)