Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! Season 2 Episode 9 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

The Key

On a journey of self-discovery, Cid stops at Marie's tavern in the Oriana Kingdom and resolves to make Rose a tyrant queen whom he can later stop as the Eminence in Shadow. When three soldiers extort Marie, he plays a hapless bystander and is beaten; Marie, whom Shadow once saved in Lawless City, refuses his money. He later kills the soldiers in a ruined house, and Marie finds a bag of gold at her door.

Meanwhile 664, 665 and 666 join 559 as Kouadoi the Gale's Cult has Queen Reina unlock a ring tied to Hero Freya. 559 attacks the queen, but Rose blocks the strike to protect her mother, and 559 brands her a traitor. After three days of fighting, 559 is revived by Shadow and kills Kouadoi, and Shadow flies off after Rose on reading that she will marry Perv.

• Tavern interlude and soldier extortion

  Cid and Marie talk at the tavern, then three soldiers beat Cid and take the war-effort collection, and Cid later kills the soldiers in a ruined house.

• Rose's nightmare and Shadow Garden departure

  Rose wakes from a nightmare of patricide, and the trio departs with 664 explaining that 559 leads the mission.

• Rendezvous and amphitheater ceremony

  At the rendezvous 559 explains the mission to uncover the Cult's intentions, and at the amphitheater Kouadoi's ceremony unlocks a ring affiliated with Hero Freya.

• Assault on the Queen and Rose

  559 attacks Reina Oriana, but Rose blocks the strike to protect her mother; 559 punches Rose aside and pursues her as a traitor into the Cult crowd.

• 559's last stand and Shadow's return

  559 fights until exhausted, is revived by Shadow, and reports 666's betrayal while Shadow reads the marriage headline.

• Capital surveillance and Cid's scheme

  Gamma and Nu track the operation, Gamma orders troop deployment, and Cid plans to make Rose queen before planning a jailbreak.

Recent Timeline

• Train and Tower Battles (Season 2 Episode 6)

  Delta charges John Smith's train cabin but is overpowered by his magical strings and buried under debris; Cid reveals his identity, halting her attack and sending her to hunt Juggernaut at the Black Tower in the Lawless City. Alpha confronts John Smith atop the train, realizes he is Shadow, and is defeated by Tiger Kung Fu and Iron Palm when she attacks with her new mist form, left on the tracks as the train moves on. That night the Black Tower is consumed by an inferno and Delta howls over the ruins.

• MCA Collapse and Yukime's Defection (Season 2 Episode 7)

  Counterfeit MCA banknotes eroded public trust until citizens rushed the banks, branches closed, and the Major Corporate Alliance collapsed; Iris Midgar and the Crimson Order found the MCA vault empty and official intervention followed. Gettan, the Cult of Diablos agent behind the counterfeit scheme, was defeated by Yukime's tessens and then killed by John Smith, who placed Yukime under his protection. After learning the gold exchange was Shadow Garden's counter to the Cult's scheme, Yukime accepted Alpha's offer and joined Shadow Garden, with Mitsugoshi handling public affairs and Snow Fox Corporation as underworld liaison. Mitsugoshi displayed towers of gold from the exchange at its branches, restoring public trust.

• Hot Spring Dragon Uprising (Season 2 Episode 8)

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

• Amphitheater Ring and Tavern Extortion (Season 2 Episode 9)

  In the ruins of First Castle Town, the Queen unlocked a ring tied to Hero Freya at Kouadoi's behest, and 559 attacked her as the first target. Rose parried the strike to protect her mother and was punched in the face as the Cult Members boxed the group in; Rose's betrayal convinced 559 that Rose was unworthy to serve Lord Shadow. At Marie's tavern, three soldiers demanded war-effort payment and suggested she pay with her body; Cid tried to intervene, was beaten, and the soldiers took their spoils before Marie was rescued by an unseen gold delivery.

• Looters Slain and Kouadoi Overwhelmed (Season 2 Episode 9)

  The three soldiers, looting a ruined house with a stolen treasure, were killed by a black tendril from the bloodied Cid, who left with red eyes glowing. After three days of fighting, 559 defeated Kouadoi's First Named Children and was knocked down by Kouadoi. Shadow arrived under the full moon; 559's severed arm regenerated, and she turned Kouadoi, the last man standing, into red slime.

Character Graph

Cid Kagenou (Shadow)

Shadow Garden · Midgar Academy for Dark Knights · Kagenou family

A boy reborn from modern Japan who lives as a background student while leading Shadow Garden as the masked Shadow, chasing his dream of becoming an Eminence in Shadow. On a journey through the Oriana Kingdom he resolves to make Rose a tyrant queen, kills the soldiers who extorted Marie and leaves gold at her door, then flies off after Rose on reading that she will marry Perv.

• Shadow identity

  Calls himself Shadow, he who lurks in the shadows to hunt shadows.

• Rose's past encounter

  Was the masked boy who saved Rose from bandits when she was young and was called the Stylish Bandit Slayer.

• Plan

  Intends to make Rose the next monarch from the shadows as an unknown figure, and to stop her himself if she becomes a despot.

• Marie's tavern

  Plays a hapless bystander when soldiers extort Marie and is beaten, then kills the soldiers in a ruined house; Marie later finds a bag of gold at her door.

• Alpha (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Girl he freed from possession and renamed Alpha; she leads Shadow Garden in his name and recently confronted him atop the train when he was John Smith.

• Beta (Colleague, Affinity)

  Member of the Seven Shadows who reports to him and records his deeds.

• Rose Oriana (Other, Mixed)

  Plans to help Rose's ambition to become monarch and to stop her if she becomes a despot; on reading of her marriage to Perv, he flies off after her.

• Marie (Other, Affinity)

  Stood up for Marie against the extortionists and was beaten; she refused his money, and he later left a bag of gold at her door.

Beta

Shadow Garden

Elf of the Seven Shadows who gathers intelligence for Shadow Garden and chronicles her master's deeds. In Lawless City she led the cell that held off the awakened Blood Queen to protect Claire, and she later decoded Shadow's cipher, revealing that his counterfeit scheme had turned the Cult's plot against it.

• Role

  Gathers intelligence and identifies the secret hideout

• Cult investigation

  Working the case of Rose's hiding place and suspecting Perv Asshat's ties to the Cult.

• Mission go-ahead

  Tells Rose she can proceed and fulfill her mission, after which Rose removes her disguise and dons her sword.

• Mission

  Entrusted by Shadow with protecting Claire; orders retreat when outmatched.

• Cid Kagenou (Colleague, Affinity)

  Serves him and reports on Shadow Garden's investigations.

• Rose Oriana (Colleague, Neutral)

  Joins Rose and Alexia in forming a team and pooling resources, and gives Rose the go-ahead to carry out her mission.

Alpha

Shadow Garden

Elf freed from possession by Shadow and renamed Alpha, now the leader of Shadow Garden and first of the Seven Shadows. In grief and anger she confronted John Smith atop the train and realized he was Shadow, and only when Beta decoded his note did she learn that he had not abandoned them.

• 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.

• 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)

  Leader who freed her from possession and renamed her, and whom she serves.

559 (Commander 559)

Shadow Garden

Shadow Garden member and devout fanatic of Shadow, whose win over 89 earned her the right to challenge the Numbers; she commands the surveillance mission in Oriana. She attacks the queen to seize the ring, brands Rose a traitor, and after three days of fighting is revived by Shadow and kills Kouadoi.

• Fanaticism

  Believes anyone undeserving of Shadow's power must be eliminated and regards Rose as unworthy.

• Rose Oriana (Colleague, Hostility)

  Commander who asked for Rose on the mission; after Rose shielded her mother from 559's strike, she declared Rose unworthy and asked Shadow for the right to assassinate her.

664

Shadow Garden

Shadow Garden member who leads the squad of 664, 665 and 666 and keeps an eye on the troubled Rose. When 559 reports Rose's betrayal, she defends her, explaining that Rose only acted to protect her mother.

• Mission

  Explains that 559 commands the Oriana mission and offers to hear out the preoccupied 666.

• Rose Oriana (Colleague, Affinity)

  Squadmate she worries about and defends before Shadow after 559 brands her a traitor.

• 665 (Colleague, Mixed)

  Squadmate whose gluttony she keeps scolding.

665

Shadow Garden

Cheerful, gluttonous member of 666's squad in Shadow Garden. She cheers Rose on before the mission and, with 664, defends her when 559 reports her betrayal.

• Appetite

  Snatches half of a sandwich at Marie's tavern and wolfs it down, ignoring 664's reprimands.

• Rose Oriana (Colleague, Affinity)

  Squadmate she cheers on and defends when 559 calls her a traitor.

Gamma

Shadow Garden · Seven Shadows · Mitsugoshi

One of the Seven Shadows, who runs the Mitsugoshi Company with knowledge Cid shared. From Midgar's capital she hears Nu's report on Oriana, suspects the meeting with Rose's mother was a trap, and orders troops deployed while leaving Rose to the Cult.

• 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.

• Disguise

  Explained how to create a realistic slime face mask and proposed the Mundane Mann backstory.

• Order

  Orders Nu to deploy numerous troops and leave Rose to the Cult.

• Cid Kagenou (Mentor, Colleague, Neutral)

  Cid mentored her and shared knowledge from his old life, which she used to build her business; she also helped him craft a disguise for the Bushin Festival.

Kouadoi the Gale (Kouadoi)

Cult of Diablos

Cult commander who leads the First Named Children at the amphitheater and has the queen unlock a ring tied to Hero Freya. Hoping to surpass Perv with the key and Rose, he knocks down the exhausted 559, but Shadow revives her and she kills him.

• Ambition

  Aims to become the next Knight of the Rounds by surpassing Perv Asshat.

• 559 (Other, Hostility)

  Cult leader whose forces 559 fought; he is enraged by her killings and vows to torture her and her teammates.

Marie (Tavern keeper)

Tavern keeper

Keeper of a small tavern in the Oriana Kingdom who once worked in Lawless City's red-light district, where Shadow saved her. Soldiers extort her for the war effort, and after Cid is beaten trying to help, she finds a bag of gold at her door and thanks Shadow.

• War hardship

  Her tavern's stock is thin because soldiers seized expensive items to finance the war.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Affinity)

  Kind patron who was beaten standing up for her; she refused his money and they parted ways.

Mordred (Ninth Seat of the Round)

Round

Ninth Seat of the Knights of Rounds and the puppet master behind the Oriana Kingdom's turmoil, still untraced by Shadow Garden. He is content to wait while his subordinate Perv grows anxious.

• Role

  Manipulates the Oriana Kingdom's circumstances from behind the scenes.

• Perv Asshat (Hierarchy, Mixed)

  Mordred is content to wait, but his subordinates do not share his patience; Perv Asshat's anxiety is apparent.

Perv Asshat (Chancellor Asshat)

Oriana Kingdom · Cult · Perv faction

Oriana noble and Cult agent serving Mordred, who once used the drugged King Oriana as a puppet and shield. He now leads the Perv faction in the succession war, his troops thinning under civil unrest and Shadow Garden harassment, as a newspaper announces Princess Rose's marriage to him.

• Position

  Son of an Oriana Kingdom duke; the kingdom wants the matter handled domestically.

• Plot against kingdoms

  Had planned to use King Oriana to kill King Midgar and instigate a war between the kingdoms if Rose did not appear; the king has since died by Rose's hand.

• Reporting failure

  Begged Mordred's forgiveness for his failure through a monitor and forecast that Rose will return to Oriana Kingdom.

• Marriage

  Has a newspaper headline announcing Princess Rose's marriage to him.

• Rose Oriana (Other, Hostility)

  Fiancée who stabbed him before fleeing; a newspaper now announces their marriage.

• Mordred (Hierarchy, Mixed)

  Superior who once warned him not to fail again; Perv grows anxious while Mordred waits.

Reina Oriana (Queen Oriana)

Oriana Kingdom royalty

Queen of the Oriana Kingdom and Rose's mother. Brought to the amphitheater by the Cult, she unlocks a ring tied to Hero Freya, then recognizes Rose when her daughter shields her from 559's attack.

• Cult ritual

  Places her hand on a runic circle at Kouadoi's behest, unlocking a ring affiliated with Hero Freya.

• Rose Oriana (Family, Affinity)

  Her daughter, who shields her from 559's strike; she recognizes Rose and falls on her for support.

Rose Oriana (Rose)

Student Council President · Oriana Kingdom · princess · knight · Shadow Garden · Oriana Kingdom royalty

Princess of the Oriana Kingdom who killed her father, the drugged king, and joined Shadow Garden as Number 666 (Rose is her birth name) to gain strength and save her kingdom. Sent to Oriana under 559, she shields her mother from 559's strike and is branded a traitor.

• Engagement

  A newspaper announces her marriage to Perv Asshat, the fiancé she stabbed before fleeing.

• Renaming

  Placed in a squad with 664 and 665 and given the name Number 666.

• Motive

  Joined Shadow Garden to gain strength and rescue her kingdom.

• Ambition

  Pursues the goal of becoming queen, which Cid considers a tyrannical ambition.

• Cid Kagenou (Other, Friend, Affinity)

  Classmate she once faced in the qualifying match; as a child she was saved by him as the masked Stylish Bandit Slayer and took up fencing after seeing his swordplay.

• Perv Asshat (Pact, Hostility)

  Fiancé she stabbed before fleeing; their marriage is now announced.

• Alpha (Mentor, Neutral)

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

• Reina Oriana (Family, Affinity)

  Her mother, whom she shields from 559's strike; the queen recognizes her and falls on her for support.

• 559 (Colleague, Hostility)

  Shadow Garden commander who requested her presence and later declared her unworthy.

World Memo

• Goddess' Trial ritual rules

  The Goddess' Trial is an annual fighting ritual in which ancient warriors are awakened from the Sanctuary to compete against modern challengers. Challengers must request participation in advance, and the ancient warriors answer only the few they deem worthy; hundreds try each year, but only about ten reach battle. Once a bout begins, the barrier around the arena cannot be left until either a contestant or a summoned warrior has been defeated.

• Three classes of Sanctuary doors

  Sanctuary doors are not physical entries but change shape and location at will, and appear according to who seeks them and who is worthy: a Forbidding door, a Beckoning door, and a Welcoming door.

• Holy sword drawable only by direct descendants

  The ornate holy sword before the chained door can be drawn only by the chosen one, namely direct descendants, and cannot be removed by anyone else.

• 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.

• Cult sect faction hideouts

  The Cult is divided into sect factions, with the Fenrir sect faction maintaining hideouts spread across the capital. After Shadow's Bushin Festival intervention, the Cult of Diablos' ancillary sects were forced to temporarily cease Midgardian activity.

• 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.

• Name Children dispatched by Cult of Diablos

  The Cult of Diablos deploys Name Children, its strongest troops, to conquer areas.

• Mordred as hidden puppet master

  Mordred, the Ninth Seat of the Round, is the puppet master behind the Oriana Kingdom's circumstances and has not yet been tracked down by Shadow Garden's intelligence network.

Clue Board

• 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.

• The ring called 'the key' (Season 2 Episode 9)

  559 recognizes the ring unsealed at the amphitheater, which is tied to Hero Freya, and calls it 'the key' without explaining what it opens.

• A meeting without Perv (Season 2 Episode 9)

  Hearing that Rose met her mother while Perv was absent, Gamma wonders whether the whole encounter was a trap.

• Mordred behind Oriana (Season 2 Episode 9)

  Mordred, Ninth Seat of the Rounds, pulls the strings behind Oriana's turmoil, but Shadow Garden has yet to track him down.

Battle Record

After three days and nights of fighting, 559 wins over Kouadoi's forces under the full moon, is knocked down by Kouadoi, and then rises with regenerated limbs after Shadow's arrival.

Tavern extortion and beating

War-effort collection turned violent · Episode 29

Location: Marie's tavern in the Oriana Kingdom

Trigger: Soldiers demand a war-effort collection from Marie and her patrons

Soldiers vs Cid

• Soldiers — extortioners: three soldiers
• Cid — defender: Cid

Outcome: The three soldiers beat Cid and take their spoils

Aftermath

• Cid apologizes and leaves; Marie thanks him and refuses payment

Ruined-house killings

Revenge on the tavern extortionists · Episode 29

Location: A ruined house near Marie's tavern

Trigger: The three soldiers shelter in a ruined house with loot and propose taking Marie

Cid vs three soldiers

• Cid — attacker: Cid
• Soldiers — victims: three soldiers

Outcome: All three soldiers are killed; Cid, bloodied, leaves with red eyes glowing in the dark

Aftermath

• Marie finds a bag of gold coins at her door

Night stand against Kouadoi's forces

Three days and nights of continuous fighting · Episode 29

Location: Ruins of the war memorial

Trigger: Shadow Garden's pursuit of the ring and of Rose after the amphitheater clash

559 vs Cult of Diablos

• Shadow Garden — fighter: 559
• Cult of Diablos — commander: Kouadoi the Gale / soldiers: First Named Children, Named Child

Outcome: 559's strength destroys Kouadoi's forces; Kouadoi knocks 559 down, but after Shadow arrives she regenerates and turns Kouadoi, the last man standing, into red slime

Aftermath

• 559's severed left arm regenerates under Shadow's purple magic
• 559 reports Rose's betrayal to Shadow

Ability Table

Music Releases

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