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the reason why iris was so mad is that she realised she could never defend her kingdom against him. she almost lost her capital city if cid didnt do it for show thats why shes so frustrated

I like how Alexia is just "guess i'll just die ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

this line 'this is an A B situation, "C" your way out of it.' had me cackling 💀

I love how professional Beatrix is. she is fighting calmly and methodically without emotional clouding her judgement and she even improved a bit when she was able to see shadow's movements near the end.

apparently Rose was shown in the first episode as a Shadow Garden member. Which i find just brilliant and had no clue about.

8:49 remember, Alpha a disciple of Shadow made her look like a noob/dumbo in front of her clan and she declared him a terrorist/public enemy to cope with the fact that she is powerless..

Shadow be like "The day Shadow fought you through the city was the most important day of your life... but for me, it was Tuesday."

So, when Cid said he was going to show them the witch's power and then went on the water, he was talking about Aurora's attacks where she used blood magic. He was using water and that's why he said "water is weak when channeling magic through it." Still it was cool that he could ride the water, like when he rode on Aurora's blood magic during their duel lol. I loved seeing Iris be super pissed off because she took pride in being the protector of the kingdom, only to kinda be put on the backburner by everyone after her tournament and now Cid doesn't take her seriously at all and her logic was "he has to be using an artifact" lol. Now she's pissed because she knows there's no way he was and he still easily beats her. Also, Rose's story looks like it's going to be super interesting, gotta feel bad for her though, she's giving up everything and has lost everything AND on top of that, gets labeled 666 lol. I heard Sherry wasn't in the LN during this arc so I guess it's cool we get to see her going crazy. Oh yeah, biggest thing I have to say is fuckin' mad PROPS to this studio for putting out 20 episodes during a season where SOO many good shows are getting put on hold.

You were expecting a voice actor, BUT IT WAS I! DIO! So sad the season is over, never laughed at an anime as much as this one

Got to love Cid bc be just does not care. Everyone else is fighting for their lives yet shadow feels no threat. That's why he is stronger than anyone, his training methods are insane, effective, and brutal. He shows no fear for his life, so he goes for crazy plays. No one truly knows Cid bc he is always playing a role, "shadow" the op leader of shadow garden or "Cid" the normal student.

I'm kinda annoyed that only 20% (At least based on what i see since episode 18-20) of the Eminence in shadow community understand Iris perspective. She was the kingdom's protector obviously she will fight shadow, who is in her perspective was a villian roaming around her kingdom.

There's a "major announcement" for Eminence in the Shadow on the 22nd, everyone seems to think its gonna be an announcement for Season 2 and rumors are that its gonna be this year. We'll see how it goes in the end, but Eminence will definitely get a season 2 eventually, they set up a lot of stuff for later on in the story, and you don't hire Dio for a character that won't show up until much later unless you're in it for the long run.

when shadow says the witch's secret art, hes refiring to the time he fought Aurora, the demon.

(Iris mindlessly destroying the city structures with rage) Iris: You are wrecking havoc across the capital. (Iris used Blame Thrower, it was not effective) Meanwhile: Rose: My burger wrapper...

Yup it’s def top tier. That last two eps was🔥 ,not that the previous ones weren’t.

Iris is what happen when you never fails then experience a series of failure. Cid is really being pull in by his method acting that the boy in his inner heart needs to remind him to rein it in.

I am really satisfied with this adaptation and both the final battle and the Sherry scene was PERFECT. Now I am waiting eagerly for a next season and hopefully you will react to it once again If It comes

Cid’s one liners are what make him so badass even for a show that’s meant to be stupid Also him breaking Iris’ ego and showing her she was completely outclassed and seen as fodder was so nice to see

Crazy part is that super evil laugh is the "Kira laugh" Light Yagami did from Deathnote lol

I see no cap in the title. Definitely clears most isekai apart from Mushoku Tensei and Konosuba for me (still on par) This finale was phenomenal. Animation, direction, voice acting and sound design all great. Hopefully we get a season 2 announcement during the stream on Wednesday because this was such a gem

Shadow being like "Bitch, I could kill everyone in the capital if I wanted to"

Did anyone else yell “BAD CID!” when they thought he was about to launch ‘I am atomic’ 😂

My man Cid really just said to Princess Iris, “who?🔎🗿”

i was waiting for your reaction especially to the stomp scene!

Joe geeking out all through the episode was great. Also if you rewatch episode 1 you can see Rose with shadow at the end with all the rest.

Cid's crowbar return was fantastic

Remember cid not only mastered every fighting style from this world, he also mastered every fighting style from his previous world. He is also a science genius although he didn't master every science in his previous world he still knows alot about scientific stuff which is why his knowledge is far superior than this world knowledge since his previous world were more advanced technologically and scientifically. He also mastered every meditation style etc from his previous world and combined it with magic technique from this world to better control his magic. This wasn't really explained but that's why cid and the other shadow garden members have different color mana from everyone else. It's because of the advanced magic techniques he created that causes there magic to be a different color. The normal mana color of people are red but in shadow garden the strong members have blue mana whereas cids mana is purple and has things that look like circuits moving through it.

When cid is in shadow mode his face hides in a black shadow so nobody can’t see his face... We anime watchers just can see his face in shadow mode The animators made that way so we can see cid face expression when he goes crazy mode

The reaction to the fake nuke is the best 🤣 "YOU DO NOT NEED TO NUKE THIS" 😂✌

No one will be able to figure out that Shadow is Cid. The anime does not mention it but in the manga it is said that Shadow's hood "creates an illusion" and everyone who looks at Shadow's face even from close range just sees only dark.

im kinda wondering what would happen if Lambda realised the burger wrapper was a gift from Cid.... just me?

I loved the silent step Cid did😮‍💨 showed how fast our man is and the sound design for this show is amazing itself

Loved the entire season! This is one of my favorite anime now. I enjoyed your reactions! Thank you for covering the series.

Iris is talking about the time Shadow nuked the city. The hole in the ground is still visible in the aerial shot.

The second season of Eminence in shadow has already been announced with its teaser🥳💚👍

That fight was so epic in how it showed Shadow being so OP. No music to detract from the fact that it was just that. A fight. Best fight I have seen in a long while!

It's definitely the best iseaki this year yet whatever comes out in the future needs A LOT to beat this cuz DAMN it was very enjoyable to watch

Notice that everything was raining but the moment shadow did his ultimate move the sky went clear. Dude is such a chuunibyou

I love how Beatrix in that episode basically compares Cid’s power and ass whooping to being a natural disaster lmao. And says there are some things mortals can not hope to fight and the he’s one of them.

He did release his bomb, but to the sky and clean up all the rain clouds, not the city. That's why the weather turns sunny after that

Definitely one of my favorites with youjo senki. Hopefully we get a season 2 for both of them soon!

I guess you managed to reach 50k earlier than expected. Congrats

They even changed Rose name to 666 in the credits immediately afterwards.....👌

You're really hyped even though you were confused on some story beats. Liked!

7:50 Yeah, I have Madara Uchiha vibe from Sid , every time he shoots his funny phrases XD hahahaha

10:16 no need to apologize, that was all our reactions 😂

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the best balance in all production lines: anime, manga, light novel, web novel, waifus, merch, gacha, mobage doujins in the whole universe history

Studio nexus went to perfection in this episode

Season 2 confirmed ! Lets goo!!!

There's been a rumor about a second season, I don't really put faith into rumors unless it's official though. I'd say it's safe to say though that this will get a second season, there's no reason for it not to. They also have the special announcement next week. If there's anything right now that points the most to a second season is that the actual japan aired version of this episode had an image pointing to it that we didn't get to see on the hidive stream. If you recall how the opening of each arc changed the final image to fit the setting of the arc, well the japanese version of this episode had one of those images that was 100% the setting for the next arc. There seems to be little reason for them to include that unless another season was in the works.

Following in the footsteps of Madara Uchiha, Cid beat those who thought themselves surperior, with great ease And then pulls a perfect susanoo equivalent move to break them even further.

That water attack was what the with did using blood... that is why he says it does not flow as well using water...

12:00 he actually want to nuke the entire kingdom, but the child cid inside his mind said "yamero(stop)" (without voice, only lipss gesture), so he change his mind and say he was just joking and aim his nuke into the sky, that's the reason why the entire sky around the kingdom change from heavy rainy to bright sunshine.

I LOVE the cinematography for Shadow vs Beatrix. Never have I seen someone use such clever framing and intentionally NOT animate to show the speed of a character. It's brilliant.

Fun fact: Shadow actually activated the Nuke,but he sent it straight into the sky (that's why suddenly after his attack the sun shines and the rain stopped)

The catgirl on the boat is the 7th Shade Zeta, the mist dragon battle is detailed in the Gachi game master of the garden, and the Dark elf cutting up 666 clothes is Lambda. Yes Rose is officially 666 in the credits of the story.

He did launch the attack at the end. However, he sent the attack into the sky. Notice it's dark and raining before the attack and after the clouds are gone and the blue sky and sun are out.

I thought he was going to actually do I-am-atomic but purposefully shield all living beings in the target zone. But the current result actually fits his “behind the scenes” ambitions more with people thinking Iris and Beatrix were able to beat him.

I love how its Shadow vs War Goddess and Iris is just there getting disrespected the entire time he barely pays attention to her existence she is literally a background character in the fight and its funny.

i think the way Shadow just attacks then walks off then seemingly teleports behind her was a demonstration of speed or something

I genuinely thought that Cid was gonna blow up the entire capital and that Shadow Garden was gonna start hunting him down in the next season. It was so intense

In the last moment he redirected the "i am atomic" to the sky, so the rain and clouds were expelled by the explosion. The whole city was covered by clouds a moment after... the sun, so he could have the city destroyed if he wanted it.

16:38, that is so true. I laugh every time I see Cid. He is not joking, but it is just funny for no reason.

shadow is overpowered done right

The gap between between iris and the shadow and Beatrix is hilarious Beatrix is actually skilled and can fight iris by comparison can barely catch up to the fight lmao

In morse code, Eta is tapping out, "To Be Continued."

iris realized there is nothing they can do if he decides to destroy the capital if he wants. she felt hopless as she thought she was one of the strongest in the capital

Alexandria (アレクサンドリア, Arekusandoria?) was the former ancient capital of the Midgar Kingdom until it was destroyed by the guardian Mist Dragon, upset at an ancient king for not upholding a vow to kill it. Centuries later, it became the Shadow Garden headquarters base after Shadow bested the Mist Dragon in battle.

True Eminence in Shadow move, the climax is peak. 💜

Best thing is that we needed an isekai with an overpowered MC who can be evil and good when needed. Not just generic ohh i am afraid to kill ill turn evil and that stuff. Cid just doesnt care. Bloodlust during the tournament and killing in the school in early episodes, and just in general he doesn't care. Really cool. We need more of this kind Isekai.

Iris' father said it: "In order for her to find the truth, she's willing to put the kingdom at risk", and that's exactly what she is doing. She literally destroyed the city just because of her hatred towards shadow. She's oblivious to what's really happening because she's obscured by her rage. Not working in her favor. Loved the show. 👍

If you notice the cast screen for VA her name been replaced with 666

10:20 the way he apologizes 🥲👍

Bro decides his own theme song

5:11 it's like ultimate level asmr :D top

When he’s disappearing in front of Beatrix, what’s really being illustrated is how stupidly fast Cid is, even compared to the war goddess. It’s shown from his perspective, so it appears as if time is dramatically slowed down to a walking pace.

Not many people that have realised it, but Cid acutally got the cloud and rain away and the sun came out.

4:57 The next season would have something like this, where Claire (Cid’s sister) got saved by him after he kicked juggernaut down the tower, she recognised his back

Cid is literally the Peak of Gordon Freeman's skills when it comes to Crowbar Welding from Half Life. 😂😂

Why do you think Iris is so mad? Maybe cause at first Arc, Shadow Garden started fight against Cult in City and that resulted in death of many kingdom knights? Or maybe how Cid Nuked the City after that? Maybe it was because when he started fight in School, killing Vice Principal and burning entire School and not giving a damm information as to why he did that? Or now, how he helped a Rose to kill the King of friendly nation? And humiliated her in front of kingdom Nobles? I sure wonder why she hate him.

he explained pretty early on that the sword styles in this world are really crude and inneficient he just has the perceptive ability to read their attacks and he knows how to defend himself no matter what its so cool to me

Shadow doesn't need a villain he IS the villain

God I'm gonna miss this freaking show man

To answer your question "if Claire were to met Shadow, would she recognize him as her brother?" the answer appears to be most likely a yes. After the 7 Shades, Claire had the most sparring matches with Cid and knows his style too well. Even if Cid only used the 'mobbiest mob Swordmanship" against her, she started to catch on since her childhood meaning she has 15+ years of observation. No disrespect to Alexia and Rose, but they have got nothing on being able to recognize an "average yet captivating Sword", so if they can easily see his style then Claire would do it even faster and efficient than them. As a result, Shadow or Stylish Bandit Slayer hasn't appeared before Claire even once since their childhood. Cid doesn't seem to want to make the dare and he already generally avoids her as an overall tactic.

cid disappearing in 1 frame while the sound stops is probably the most creative thing ive seen in an anime in decades

I really loved this one so much

The cat on the ship that’s zeta of shadow garden

Joe, if you are interested of learning more about the Mist Dragon, I recommend playing the Eminence in Shadow mobile game. It gives more content that was not in the light novel or manga. There is a side story of them establishing their base, the battle with the mist dragon, the 2 year gap of what happen to Alpha and the others when they left Cid, etc.

I loved the light yagami laugh in the rain

Personally I figure that the kings and rulers have knowledge of the Cult, but not the power to resist them.

He has a long list of roles, including Dio from Jojo's, but he also played Scar's brother on Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.

Excited for a season 2. This anime is amazing!

Cid went back to basics, crowbar dual wield for the win lol.

Last scene he was just practicing lines. Never take Cid too seriously.;) There will be a fun dynamic with claire and cids real identity in season 2, but it might be a long time before she is truly in the know.

"who's the one destroying this entire fucking city?" idk man, who's the guy that nuked it last time he was there?

Did you know if you look and the end credits scene of this episode you can see rose rename to 666 in a meta but metaphorical way that here identity have changed.

The mist dragon event is recounted in the light novel, Shadow challenged a dragon to test his power and by winning the dragon became an ally under the condition that Shadow kills him in the future, the dragon helps shadow garden to protect their base since that mist is a magical poison that will kill anyone who doesn't have a slime suit or travels too closely with someone who does. The craziest events happen from volume 3 and the anime only showed the first two.

As a light novel reader the eminence in shadow final episode aka episode 20 was super epic . Because future potential spoiler of season 2 or light novel volume 6 , sherry turn into a villain , lawless city arc , vampire arc , john smith arc , return of japan arc , oriana kingdom arc , shadow v.s iris / beatrix city fight was amazing , shadow kick there ass , iris turn into a villain or join cult of diablos , perv kickass incoming , high member of cult of diablos , beatrix her niece alpha aka elf kingdom arc story line , alexia new path same as shadow or future aillies of shadow garden and rose officially join shadow garden aka ( number 666 was devil female lilith version of the group ) .