The Eminence in Shadow

After some thugs kidnap a teenage actress to procure a ransom from her rich father, a masked man wielding a pair of crowbars comes to her rescue.

Kageno is reborn into a world of magic as the second child of an aristocratic family. One night, he slays some bandits and makes a peculiar discovery.

Cid enrolls in a prestigious academy. When his friends force him to ask out the most popular girl in school, she gives an unexpected answer.

Princess Iris finds few leads in her effort to rescue her kidnapped sister Alexia. Later, Cid and Shadow Garden attack the enemy's hideout.

Iris and her knights battle the monster in the capital. Meanwhile, in his fight against Cid, Zenon enhances himself with a strange medicine.

Iris asks a genius student to decipher an ancient artifact recovered from the Cult of Diablos. Cid encounters an old friend at a department store.

Cid enters a school sword-fighting tournament and faces Princess Rose of the Oriana Kingdom. Afterward, he encounters Sherry and her father.

After playing the part of the terrorists’ first victim, Cid gleefully and surreptitiously begins setting the stage for his grand entrance.

Sherry arrives at the auditorium and negates the Eye of Avarice. After Shadow Garden joins the ensuing battle, Cid confronts the Gaunt Knight.

As his school goes on an early summer break, Cid gets summoned to the sacred city of Lindwurm, which is preparing for its annual Goddess’s Trial.