Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Season 2 Episode 7 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Something Precious

Counterfeit Major Corporate Alliance banknotes have destroyed public confidence, and bank runs spread through the royal capital while Mitsugoshi's headquarters struggles to respond. Shadow's coded note reveals he orchestrated the counterfeit scheme to turn the Cult of Diablos' plot against them and collected gold to keep Mitsugoshi solvent.

Gettan, told by Garter that the gold-hauling Snow Fox Corporation carriages point to Yukime, confronts her and is beaten and then fatally wounded by John Smith, who heals Yukime and is revealed to be the boy who once saved her.

Afterward Yukime joins Shadow Garden, Mitsugoshi regains public trust with a mountain of gold, and Cid and Delta part as Cid leaves on a journey.

• Bank run and gold exchange

  Counterfeit notes and falling confidence drive citizens to exchange paper for gold and trigger riots at MCA branches. Mitsugoshi's gold reserves run low until new funds arrive.

• Gettan's fall and John Smith's intervention

  Gettan turns on Yukime, is wounded and fights on with red pills, and John Smith intervenes to demand the truth. Gettan dies entrusting his treasure to John Smith, who heals Yukime and is recognized as her savior.

• Shadow's plan and aftermath

  Shadow's coded message reveals the counterfeit scheme was designed to beat the Cult of Diablos, and Yukime is brought into Shadow Garden. Cid and Delta part as he sets off on a journey.

Recent Timeline

• MCA cargo ambush and banknote scheme (Season 2 Episode 4)

  MCA-hired bandits ambushed a high-value Mitsugoshi cargo trade, but the employees they threatened were Nu, Chi, and Omega in disguise, and Shadow Garden encircled and crushed the bandits in a one-sided fight. Nu reported that the assault significantly weakened the MCA, forcing it to rely on legitimate resources in the coming war. Meanwhile MCA-affiliated merchants held a citywide sale to celebrate the new 1000 Zeni banknote, which Cid judged cruder than Mitsugoshi's notes. Cid and Yukime then plotted to counterfeit MCA notes and, at Yukime's proposal, to let the fakes be discovered to trigger a credit crisis while cashing out beforehand.

• Headquarters intrusion and counterfeit spotted (Season 2 Episode 5)

  Gamma, Omega, and Chi repelled intruders at Mitsugoshi headquarters, and Leaf One died when Gamma's flung sword pierced his neck and exploded. Garter then had to report the failed raid to Gettan. Shadow Garden caught the counterfeit currency after a few bills appeared in Mitsugoshi stores. Gamma reported to Alpha that the patrons seemed unaware the money was forged.

• Train confrontations and Garter's orders (Season 2 Episode 6)

  Delta charged John Smith's cabin to hunt him but was overpowered by his magical strings and buried under train debris. Recognizing her master Shadow by his scent, she turned playful, and Cid sent her to hunt Juggernaut at the Black Tower in the Lawless City. In the MCA office, Gettan beheaded one Cult agent who jested about his personal relations, then killed the remaining agent to frighten the hesitant Garter into compliance, leaving Garter to enforce royal capital checkpoints and find the source of the counterfeit bills. The MCA checkpoint was effortlessly destroyed as the train approached, and its senior member hoped they could go into hiding before the monsters found them. Atop the train, Alpha confronted John Smith, realized he was Shadow, and was defeated when her new mist form met Tiger Kung Fu and Iron Palm, left behind on the tracks as the train moved on.

• MCA bank run and Gettan's death (Season 2 Episode 7)

  Counterfeit MCA banknotes eroded public trust until citizens rushed the banks and MCA branches closed. The Major Corporate Alliance collapsed, forcing the crown to intervene: Iris Midgar and the Crimson Order raided its vault, found it empty, and had Garter arrested. Gettan, the Cult of Diablos agent who had plotted to bankrupt Mitsugoshi, was beaten by Yukime's war fans, attacked her again with a red pill, and died after John Smith beat him, entrusting Yukime to him.

• Shadow's code decoded and Yukime joins (Season 2 Episode 7)

  Eta and Beta cracked Shadow's coded notes, and Shadow Garden concluded he had run the counterfeit scheme to turn the Cult's plot against it and had stored the exchanged gold for them. Alpha then revealed to Yukime that Mitsugoshi was Shadow Garden's public front, and Yukime joined, with Snow Fox Corporation serving as underworld liaison. Towers of gold at Mitsugoshi's branches restored public trust in the company.

Character Graph

Cid Kagenou (Cid)

Kagenou family · Shadow Garden · Midgar Academy student · 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 ordinary Midgar Academy student. As John Smith he beats Gettan down and saves and heals Yukime, though the precious thing he wanted back was really his missing gold. Shadow Garden decodes his notes as a plan to turn the Cult's plot against it and uses the gold to save Mitsugoshi, while Cid digs in the snow in vain and then leaves on a journey.

• John Smith

  Wears a black Snow Fox suit, a short ponytail and a magician's mask as the secret agent John Smith, and disowns the name Shadow.

• Something precious

  Believes Gettan stole his gold and vows to take back what is precious to him, which Gettan and Yukime take to mean Yukime.

• Alpha (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Girl he freed from possession and renamed; she despaired at his apparent betrayal until his decoded notes convinced her he had not abandoned them.

• Yukime (Pact, Affinity)

  Saves her from Gettan and heals her; she realizes he is the boy who once saved her life.

• Gettan (Other, Hostility)

  Beats Gettan, believing he stole the gold; the dying Gettan entrusts Yukime to him.

• Delta (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Digs with him in the snow and presses him for her promised reward before he leaves on a journey.

Alpha

Shadow Garden · Seven Shadows

An elf girl Cid freed from possession and renamed, who now leads Shadow Garden against the Cult of Diablos. Crushed after learning John Smith was Shadow, she shuts herself away believing he abandoned them, until the decoded notes convince her his scheme was meant to save them. She then reveals to Yukime that Mitsugoshi is Shadow Garden's front and welcomes her into its ranks.

• Vampire mist form

  Replicates the vampire mist form to slip past John Smith's wires, but he points out its weaknesses.

• 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, Affinity)

  Her master; she despairs at his apparent betrayal until his decoded notes restore her faith.

• Yukime (Colleague, Affinity)

  Recruits Yukime after revealing Mitsugoshi is Shadow Garden's public front.

• Delta (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Welcomes Delta back through the window, unharmed.

• Gamma (Colleague, Affinity)

  Gamma warns her that Mitsugoshi's gold will last only days.

Beta

Shadow Garden · Seven Shadows

One of Shadow Garden's Seven Shadows, an elf who chronicles Shadow's deeds and once posed as the author Natsume Kafka. With Eta she cracks Shadow's code, and the translated message convinces Alpha that he never abandoned them; Beta takes it as proof of his unrivaled grasp of credit creation.

• Coded notes

  Is amazed by Shadow's notes in an unknown language and takes a page to decipher.

• Cid Kagenou (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Her master Shadow, whose coded notes she deciphers.

• Alpha (Colleague, Affinity)

  Brings Alpha the decoded message.

Gamma

Shadow Garden · Seven Shadows · Mitsugoshi

One of the Seven Shadows, who built the Mitsugoshi Company from knowledge Cid shared and runs it as its president. As bank runs reach Mitsugoshi she warns that its gold will last only days, then, once Shadow's gold arrives, stacks it in towers and restores public trust.

• Self Sacrifice Spinning Wheel

  Proudly names the accidental sword throw that killed Leaf One a secret technique.

• Cid Kagenou (Hierarchy, Colleague, Affinity)

  Her master, whose knowledge from his old life she turned into the Mitsugoshi business.

• Alpha (Colleague, Affinity)

  Reports the bank run to the despondent Alpha.

Nu

Shadow Garden · Numbers · Mitsugoshi

A member of Shadow Garden's Numbers who works at Mitsugoshi and serves as Cid's supporter. Her investigation shows Gettan was a Cult of Diablos agent who plotted to bankrupt Mitsugoshi with counterfeit bills.

• Cargo ambush

  Posed as a frightened Mitsugoshi employee with Chi and Omega to lure out the bandits Garter hired.

• Alpha (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Reports her findings on Gettan to Alpha.

• Cid Kagenou (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Serves Cid as his supporter.

Delta

Shadow Garden · Seven Shadows · Therianthrope

A therianthrope of the Seven Shadows whose father is her clan's chief. After her secret mission for Shadow she returns to Shadow Garden unharmed, keeping it to herself, then helps Cid dig in the snow and presses him for her promised reward before he leaves on a journey.

• Clan ties

  Father is the clan chief with over a thousand offspring; promises to give Shadow a hundred women if he defeats her father.

• Cid Kagenou (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Her master; when she demands her reward, he tells her to think about what she wants while he is away.

• Alpha (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Alpha welcomes her back and gently corrects her grammar.

Iris Midgar (Iris)

Midgar Kingdom · Royalty · Crimson Order

First Princess of Midgar and daughter of King Klaus, who leads the Crimson Order and has won the Bushin Festival before. When the MCA's collapse forces the crown to step in, she leads the Crimson Order's raid on its vault, finds it empty, and has Marco Granger arrest Garter for disrupting the market.

• Bushin Festival

  Lost the final to Mundane Mann and later chased Shadow across the capital without success.

• Garter (Other, Hostility)

  Orders his arrest after finding the MCA vault empty.

Garter (President of the MCA)

Major Corporate Alliance

President of the Major Corporate Alliance (MCA), a pious merchant in public who answered in secret to Gettan. He traces the gold-hauling Snow Fox carriages to Yukime and names her as the mastermind, but when the MCA collapses Iris finds its vault empty and has him arrested.

• MCA strategy

  Sent bandits after Mitsugoshi's cargo and reported to Gettan that Mitsugoshi's private soldiers were stronger than estimated.

• Gettan (Hierarchy, Mixed)

  His real master, whom he served out of fear.

• Iris Midgar (Other, Hostility)

  Arrested on her orders for disrupting the market.

Gettan (Gettan the Sword Devil)

Major Corporate Alliance · Cult of Diablos · Great Wolves

Son of the Great Wolves patriarch and a lycanthrope warrior who secretly ran the MCA for the Cult of Diablos, and who killed Yukime's mother long ago. Beaten by Yukime, he swallows a red pill that restores his sight and slashes her back again, but John Smith beats him down; dying, he confesses he only wanted the power to protect and entrusts Yukime to him.

• Lost eyesight

  Recalls that a masked monster took his eyesight years ago.

• Red pills

  A red pill boosts his power and makes his blinded eyes regrow.

• Garter (Hierarchy, Hostility)

  Treated Garter as his subordinate and ruled him through fear.

• Yukime (Other, Mixed)

  Former betrothed whose mother he killed; she spares him, but he attacks her again and, dying, entrusts her to John Smith.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Hostility)

  Beaten by an enraged John Smith, he recalls the masked monster who took his eyesight.

Yukime (Spirit Fox)

White Tower ruler · Spirit Fox clan · Shadow Garden

Ruler of the White Tower and daughter of the Spirit Fox clan's only three-tailed fox, who partnered with Cid as John Smith in the counterfeit scheme. She overpowers Gettan with her war fans and nine-tailed fox technique and spares him, but he slashes her back again until John Smith saves and heals her, and she realizes he is the boy who once saved her. She then accepts Alpha's invitation to join Shadow Garden, with Snow Fox Corporation as its underworld liaison.

• Rise to power

  After her village was destroyed she survived as a prostitute and slowly gained power until she became queen of the White Tower.

• Joining Shadow Garden

  Accepts Alpha's proposition after realizing her gold will carry Mitsugoshi through the credit crisis.

• Cid Kagenou (Pact, Affinity)

  John Smith saves and heals her; she realizes he is the boy who saved her life when her village was destroyed.

• Gettan (Other, Mixed)

  Former betrothed who killed her mother; she spares him, hoping the man she knew remains, but he attacks her again and dies.

• Alpha (Colleague, Affinity)

  Accepts Alpha's invitation to join Shadow Garden.

• Juggernaut (Other, Hostility)

  Rival ruler of the Black Tower whom she fought during the ghoul outbreak.

Juggernaut

Black Tower ruler

The brutish ruler of the Black Tower in Lawless City, who wields a massive cleaver. He cut down Claire and Mary in the Crimson Tower before Shadow kicked him off it, and is now the target Cid gives Delta; the Black Tower is later seen engulfed in flames.

• 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.

• Yukime (Other, Hostility)

  Rival ruler of the White Tower whom he fought during the ghoul outbreak.

• Delta (Other, Hostility)

  Delta is sent by Shadow to hunt him.

World Memo

• Mitsugoshi Company retailer

  A high-end retailer in the royal capital that sells innovative products never seen before in this world, including chocolate as a novelty goods item. Its building resembles a department store and houses the owner's private rooms on top.

• 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.

• MCA and Mitsugoshi trade rivalry

  The Major Corporate Alliance and Mitsugoshi Company compete in trade, with the MCA led by Garter as president and its secret leader Gettan; Mitsugoshi's profitability and expansion alarm MCA leadership.

• MCA 1000 Zeni banknote

  The MCA issues a new 1000 Zeni banknote in the royal capital, with cruder printing and less detailed design than Mitsugoshi banknotes.

• Inconspicuous viscountcy as production base

  Counterfeit banknote production is located in an inconspicuous viscountcy where law enforcement is weak, governed by a desultory magistrate, with printing presses housed in an abandoned coal mine.

• Fractional-reserve banking exposes bank runs

  Mitsugoshi has adopted fractional-reserve banking, so a loss of trust in one currency could spread to the other and trigger a credit crisis.

• Royal capital exit checkpoints

  Inspection checkpoints are set at every exit from the royal capital, imposed under Garter's authority, and draw public and knight order anger over overreach by a merchant alliance.

• Encryption or destruction of documents

  Shadow Garden regulations require all documents to be encrypted or destroyed.

• Clan alliances after Shiva's fall

  After the Great Hero Shiva fell in battle, mighty clans fought over his crown; the Spirit Fox clan, facing destruction, allied with like-minded clans including the Great Wolves.

• White Tower of the Lawless City

  The White Tower in the Lawless City is ruled by a queen, a position Yukime rose to through years of hardship and acquired power.

• Banknotes backed by gold reserves

  Banknotes are essentially worth only their paper value, functioning as promissory repayment notes so long as banks hold gold reserves equal to the notes in circulation; their advantage is convenience over carrying gold coins.

  Counterfeit circulation destroyed confidence in MCA banknotes; banks closed, gold redemption ran dry, and the MCA collapsed into official intervention.

• Mitsugoshi as Shadow Garden public front

  Mitsugoshi Company serves as the public face of Shadow Garden, handling public associations, while Snow Fox Corporation acts as its underworld liaison.

Clue Board

• Black Tower fire cause (Season 2 Episode 6)

  Delta was sent to hunt Juggernaut at the Black Tower, and afterward the tower is left in a raging inferno with the cause and Juggernaut's fate unexplained.

• Counterfeit mastermind identified (Season 2 Episode 7)

  The source of the counterfeit MCA notes, left an enigma by Garter, is revealed: Shadow distributed them under an alias and cut off contact, and Shadow is John Smith.

• Snow Fox carriages carry gold (Season 2 Episode 7)

  Carriages hauling exchanged gold are identified as Snow Fox Corporation vehicles, which front for the White Tower and follow the same route as the counterfeit bills.

• Gettan's credit-crisis plan (Season 2 Episode 7)

  The credit-crisis plan Alpha feared was Gettan's true purpose, but it was not meant to start this early; the premature circulation of counterfeit MCA banknotes threatened the Cult's capital still tied up in MCA assets. Nu's investigation then shows the Cult of Diablos aimed to bankrupt the Mitsugoshi Company with counterfeit bills, using Gettan as its agent.

• Scar on Yukime's back (Season 2 Episode 7)

  Yukime showed John Smith a deep scar on her back while vowing to deal with Gettan herself. It dates from the day Gettan killed her mother and slashed her; now, empowered by a red pill, he cuts her back again with his snapped blade.

• Gettan's hidden scarred eyes (Season 2 Episode 7)

  Gettan hides his scarred eyes behind a visor. A red pill makes his eyes regrow, and while John Smith beats him he recalls that a masked monster took his eyesight years ago.

• Healer is Yukime's childhood savior (Season 2 Episode 7)

  Yukime recognizes that John Smith, who healed her wound with magic, is the boy who saved her life when her village was destroyed.

• Missing gold under the snow (Season 2 Episode 7)

  Cid digs in the snow for the gold he believes Gettan stole and buried, unaware that Shadow Garden had already taken it from the storeroom to restore trust in Mitsugoshi.

Battle Record

Gettan's final duel with Yukime, interrupted by John Smith, ending with Gettan's death.

Train cabin ambush by Delta

Delta charges John Smith on the train out of the Lawless City · Episode 26

Location: Train leaving the Lawless City

Trigger: Delta, ordered by Alpha to hunt John Smith, pursues the train

Delta vs John Smith

• Delta — attacker: Delta
• John Smith — defender: John Smith

Outcome: Delta is pinned under rubble and then redirected by John Smith to a new mission

Aftermath

• Delta is sent to hunt Juggernaut at the Black Tower in the Lawless City

Alpha's clash atop the train

Alpha attacks John Smith (Shadow) atop the train · Episode 26

Location: Atop the nose of the train

Trigger: Alpha confronts John Smith, demanding to know what happened to Delta

Alpha vs John Smith (Shadow)

• Alpha — attacker: Alpha
• John Smith — defender: John Smith

Outcome: Alpha is defeated and left on the tracks as the train moves on

Aftermath

• Alpha is left crying in the snow on the tracks

Gettan's last duel with Yukime

John Smith intervenes · Episode 27

Location: Snow embankment

Trigger: Gettan's betrayal of Yukime and John Smith's claim on his precious item

Gettan vs Yukime and John Smith

• Gettan — combatant: Gettan
• Yukime and John Smith — combatant: Yukime, John Smith

Outcome: Gettan is killed; John Smith takes his precious treasure

Aftermath

• John Smith heals Yukime's wound
• Yukime thanks John Smith and returns to Kana and Natsu

Ability Table

Music Releases

• Grayscale dominator (OP)
• Everything is Changing (ED)
• Polaris in the Night (Omega ver.) (ED)
• Polaris in the Night (Chi ver.) (ED)
• Polaris in the Night (Lambda ver.) (ED)