Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Season 2 Episode 8 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

The Dragon's Tears

Skel and Po use six Mitsugoshi Hot Springs Land tickets to invite Nu, who has the Numbers call a meeting with the Seven Shadows, and the Shadow Garden members investigate a dragon-tears legend at the resort.

When Eta goads Beta into tears that fall into the hot spring, a dragon rises in the main pool; Alpha defeats it, and the dragon's spirit ascends after licking Beta's tears. The resort then stages the event as an opening promotion.

• Tickets and summons

  Skel and Po take six premium tickets from Cid's room and tell Nu the tickets came from Cid, prompting her to call a meeting of the Seven Shadows.

• Dragon tears legend

  At the Seven Shadows' meeting, Eta recounts how a dying adversary's remark led Shadow to a regional fable; later, in the resort's women's bath, Lambda narrates the princess and dragon legend as a shadow play, which Zeta links to the mission.

• Tears trigger and dragon

  Eta uses Beta's tears in the hot spring, causing a seismic tremor and a water dragon in the main pool, which the Shadows fight in white attire until Alpha defeats it.

• Aftermath and promotion

  The dragon's spirit licks Beta's tears and ascends, the resort stages the event as its grand opening promotion, and the episode closes with Skel and Po cheering into the night.

Recent Timeline

• Mitsugoshi raid and counterfeit notes (Season 2 Episode 5)

  Shadow Garden repelled an intrusion at Mitsugoshi headquarters, where Gamma, Omega and Chi drove back the intruders and Leaf One died when Gamma's flung sword pierced his neck and exploded. Garter then had to report the failed raid to Gettan. Around the same time, counterfeit bills surfaced in Mitsugoshi stores, and Gamma reported to Alpha that the patrons seemed unaware the money was forged.

• Train chase and the Black Tower fire (Season 2 Episode 6)

  Delta charged John Smith's cabin on the train but was overpowered by his magical strings and buried under 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. Gettan beheaded one Cult agent in the MCA office and killed the other to force the hesitant Garter into compliance, leaving Garter to enforce royal capital checkpoints and find the counterfeit source. The MCA checkpoint was destroyed effortlessly as the train approached. Alpha confronted John Smith atop the train, realized he was Shadow, and was knocked off the train by his Tiger Kung Fu and Iron Palm and left on the tracks. That night the Black Tower was consumed by an inferno, and Delta howled over the ruins.

• MCA collapse 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.

• Dragon rises from the hot spring (Season 2 Episode 8)

  Tears induced from Beta in the Mitsugoshi hot spring awakened a dragon that rose from the main pool and threw the guests into chaos. The Shadows, disguised in white, fought it, and Alpha defeated it. Its spirit, freed of its sorrow after licking Beta's tears, ascended. The resort staff then staged the event as an opening attraction, and the golden magic from the victory left the spring water with beauty and health properties.

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. After ending the counterfeit affair as John Smith he has left on a journey, and the six premium Mitsugoshi Hot Springs Land tickets found in his empty dorm room send Shadow Garden on a 'mission' to the resort.

• 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 reads his hot spring tickets as a hidden mission.

• Yukime (Pact, Affinity)

  Saved her from Gettan and healed her; she realized he is the boy who once saved her life.

• Skel Etal (Friend, Affinity)

  Classmate who takes the hot spring tickets from his empty room.

• Po Tato (Friend, Affinity)

  Classmate who goes to the hot springs with Skel on his tickets.

Alpha

Shadow Garden · Seven Shadows

An elf girl Cid freed from possession and renamed, who now leads Shadow Garden against the Cult of Diablos. Treating Cid's hot spring tickets as a hidden mission, she leads the Seven Shadows at Mitsugoshi Hot Springs Land, defeats the water dragon that rises from the main pool, and concludes Shadow sent them to save its soul.

• 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 reads his hot spring tickets as a hidden mission to save the dragon's soul.

• Yukime (Colleague, Affinity)

  Recruited Yukime into Shadow Garden.

• Beta (Colleague, Affinity)

  Fights the water dragon alongside Beta and the other Shadows.

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. Winning a place on the hot spring trip with Zeta and Delta, she is goaded into tears by Eta; her tears wake the water dragon, which captures her before its spirit licks her tears and ascends.

• 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 tickets she treats as a mission.

• Delta (Colleague, Affinity)

  Goes on the hot spring trip with Delta and Zeta.

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. When the water dragon appears at Mitsugoshi Hot Springs Land she has the staff evacuate the guests, then sells the event as a grand-opening show with limited-edition merchandise.

• 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)

  Handles the guests while Alpha fights the dragon.

Delta

Shadow Garden · Seven Shadows · Therianthrope

A therianthrope of the Seven Shadows whose father is her clan's chief. Back from her secret mission for Shadow, she wins a place on the hot spring trip with Beta and Zeta and enjoys the resort with them.

• 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, who still owes her a reward.

• Beta (Colleague, Affinity)

  Goes on the hot spring trip with Beta and Zeta.

Epsilon

Shadow Garden · Seven Shadows

One of Shadow Garden's Seven Shadows. At Mitsugoshi Hot Springs Land she checks with Chi and Omega for any trouble, and is puzzled to see the white versions of their uniforms that Eta has spray-colored to hide who they are as they fight the water dragon.

• Alpha (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Fights the water dragon under Alpha's lead.

• Cid Kagenou (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Her master Shadow.

Nu

Shadow Garden · Numbers · Mitsugoshi

A member of Shadow Garden's Numbers who works at Mitsugoshi and serves as Cid's supporter. When Skel and Po invite her with tickets from Cid's room, she grills them and has the Numbers call a meeting with the Seven Shadows, then ends up working a resort stall on her day off.

• Cargo ambush

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

• Alpha (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Calls the Seven Shadows together over Cid's tickets.

• Cid Kagenou (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Serves Cid as his supporter.

Skel Etal (Skel)

Midgar Academy · Lower nobility

A low-ranking noble at Midgar Academy and Cid's friend, always chasing girls with Po. Finding six premium hot spring tickets in Cid's empty room, he uses them to invite Nu, tries tips from a dating guide at the resort, and heads home with no memory of the chaos.

• Hot spring date

  Follows tips from Count Virgin Boy's dating guide at the resort, with little success.

• Cid Kagenou (Friend, Affinity)

  Classmate whose hot spring tickets he takes.

• Po Tato (Friend, Affinity)

  His partner in every scheme to meet girls.

• Nu (Other, Neutral)

  Invites Nu with Cid's tickets and is interrogated by her.

Po Tato (Po)

Midgar Academy · Lower nobility

A low-ranking noble at Midgar Academy and Cid's friend, Skel's partner in chasing girls. He tells Nu the tickets came from Cid, assures the girls at the resort that Cid is just running late, and after the disastrous day cheers that they are on the right track to becoming men.

• Hot spring date

  Follows tips from Count Virgin Boy's dating guide at the resort, with little success.

• Cid Kagenou (Friend, Affinity)

  Classmate he claims gave them the tickets and is just running late.

• Skel Etal (Friend, Affinity)

  His partner in every scheme to meet girls.

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 saved and healed her; she realized he is the boy who saved her life when her village was destroyed.

• Gettan (Other, Mixed)

  Former betrothed who killed her mother; she spared him, but he attacked her again and died.

• Alpha (Colleague, Affinity)

  Joined Shadow Garden at Alpha's invitation.

Alexia Midgar (Alexia)

Midgar royal family · Royal · Crimson Order · Midgar

Princess of Midgar and Iris's younger sister, who once used Cid as a fake boyfriend and is known as The Fencing Ordinaire. Wanting more strength after sparring with Cid, she studies books from the palace archives, telling Iris she must learn where to swing her sword instead of swinging it at random.

• Fencing reputation

  Known as The Fencing Ordinaire; has always wanted to be as good as her sister.

• Motive for growth

  Fears that the world is moving on without her and that she will be left behind if she stays idle.

• Cid Kagenou (Friend, Neutral)

  Former fake boyfriend she now spars with; she envies his carefree outlook on life.

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.

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 spared him, but he attacked her again and, dying, entrusted her to John Smith.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Hostility)

  Died after an enraged John Smith beat him.

World Memo

• 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.

• 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.

• Mitsugoshi Hot Springs Land resort

  A Mitsugoshi hot spring resort built on the site where a dragon's-tears hot spring was found, with spring water said to improve beauty and health.

• Dragon's tears legend of the region

  A regional fable in which a princess's tear and a dragon's grief flood the land with hot springs filled with the essence of life.

Clue Board

• 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.

• Cid's absence and selective tickets (Season 2 Episode 8)

  Cid is missing from his dorm yet left six premium Mitsugoshi tickets; the tickets were delivered only to a chosen few, Skel and Po were not on the list, and Po claims Cid is merely running late.

• Anomalous underground magical signature (Season 2 Episode 8)

  Eta reports an anomalous magical signature underground; the magical energy surge follows the hot spring tears, and Zeta hypothesizes the legend links the princess's tears to the source.

Battle Record

The hot spring water at Mitsugoshi Hot Springs Land takes the form of a dragon and the Shadows fight it. Alpha defeats it, and its spirit ascends after Beta's tears.

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

Dragon rampage at Mitsugoshi hot spring

Water takes dragon form in the main pool · Episode 28

Location: Mitsugoshi Hot Springs Land main pool

Trigger: Beta's tears falling into the hot spring triggered a seismic tremor and a dragon formed from the water

Shadow Garden vs. dragon

• Shadow Garden — combatants: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Eta
• Dragon — monster: the dragon

Outcome: Dragon defeated by Alpha; golden magic enhanced the hot spring water

Aftermath

• Hot spring water gained properties that improve beauty and health
• Beta was captured during the fight
• The dragon's spirit ascended after licking Beta's tears
• Staff staged the event as an opening promotion and sold limited merchandise

Ability Table

Music Releases

• Grayscale dominator (OP)
• Darling in the Night (Seven Shadows Ver.) (ED)
• Polaris in the Night (Omega ver.) (ED)
• Polaris in the Night (Chi ver.) (ED)
• Polaris in the Night (Lambda ver.) (ED)