It came out with 0 hype in a season with a lot of big names and as an LN reader watching the show gradually gain popularity and then have an explosive end in popularity warmed my heart 🥹
@@whothou9154 I wouldn't say zero hype as the moment it got announced LN and Manga readers started praising it everywhere(TH-cam, novel sites etc.) then they started arguing about which one was better(LN vs Manga)
@@currentlyaliveanddead6733 yeah but that's within the community when i say hype I'm referring to people outside. Then some people saw the isekai tag, girls on the cover or the end of ep1 and just automatically dismissed it.
To be fair this was polled when it only had 2 episodes. Not much people were watching it at that time. It started to pop off at episode 4 and 5. It got so popular that season 2 was announced as soon as season 1 ended. Season 2 is coming out around the end of this year or beginning of next year. This show may end up becoming a yearly anime due to how popular it is.
Eminence in shadow not darkness and the show isn't that good, its the type of anime that you watch, its funny and you forgot about it in less than a week
@@filipboskovic940 I enjoyed it more than overrated Jujutsu Kaisen that everyone recommends. And also, you're not true whatsoever, because it was airing in last season, but everyone calls it ONE OF THE BEST Isekais already. Season 2 was anounced aswell, so unless it fails the show won't be forgotten.
Love the transformation you guys have gone through over the years. I still watch your Attack on Titan reacts every now and then and it's awesome seeing you guys grow, the graphics upgrades and the awesome intros. Didn't realise you guys hadn't reacted to this series yet, but can't wait for more!
YEEAAAAAAHH!!! Guys I'm speechless, you guys are my favorite reactors and I love Shadow so much. Thank y'all for suggesting The Eminence in Shadow, this show will be 10 times more hilarious. 4:42 I've watched this show more than 6 times through the reactions, but only Lupasan was able to make me notice the weights on Cid's wrist, nice catch. 11:00 I miss the mr. Editor so much, you're goated.
Even his shoes were weighted as you can hear the shoe locker creak when Kagenou Minorou placed his shoes in. Its more subtle in the anime as the Manga played it for laughs showing Minorou being overtly buff to the point you would think he's Dwayne Johnson.
The manga prologue was hilarious, it was shown that because of his intense training his body was fucking jacked so even though he kept lying to himself about being hidden in plain sight he was just completely known to everyone. And then when he got hit by the truck it was because he was doing some forest training and then jumped at the truck because he thought it was an enemy.
I can't wait for this reaction series! I kept meaning to send this in as a suggestion to you guys, but kept forgetting, so I'm glad that it did get recommended and I am excited to watch you guys react to this.
It's kinda like Misfit of Demon King Academy. It's a parody that just goes so over the top with a completely straight face that it loops all the way back around from being ridiculously stupid to completely awesome.
I categorize this anime as "If Shirou Emiya was isekaied" because MC wanted what Shirou was also striving for, but the difference comes in the foundation of why he wants it. Shirou wants to undo the damage brought about by human, magus, and non-human entities. So he can save everyone even though it's impossible. Shadow wants power to live out his edgy superhero fantasy.
I'd call it more "Isekai One-Punch Man with the spirit of Misfit of Demon King Academy". It does the same unbeatable MC Protag parody that OPM does, but in less of a "parody of superhero while exploring psychological conflict on the downlow" and more of a "parody of OP isekai character but play it with a completely straight face and go so over-the-top that it loops all the way back around to awesome". One trick I came up with, actually, is to *not* think of Cid as the MC of the story just because he's the focal character. Instead, it's more like he's a stupid-OP cameraman who goes in to set up the equipment to shoot the scene for the _actual_ main character, who varies from arc to arc, but each time he ends up solving the problem himself and literally steals the scene. And that's *exactly* what he described wanting to be; an OP 3rd faction in a stereotypical good/evil conflict, a person and a group that says, "OK, what alignments are you guys? Lawful Neutral vs Neutral Evil this time? Or is it Neutral Good vs Chaotic Evil? Whatever, were crashing the party, and our alignment is Shadow."
Actually some time passed between that incident and when he died. He and Nishino get pretty close but that’s probably gonna be like season 2 or 3 depending on how they do it. Just thought I’d clear up that confusion. They’re definitely going to keep giving love to the series since the director and producer are fans of the novel. By the way there is a reverse Isekai this season called dead mount where he gets Isekai from magic world to Japan. It’s excellent
This anime confuses me in a way...and by the way, hot take, I think the initial story before broski got isekai'd into another world would have been an awesome plot.
Surprise surprise mf .....spoilers ... He goes back to his world and the girl he saved in ep 1 also gets more exposure and screentime in LN. It's plot progression is random but Shadow sama keeps it at stack.
@@kieranpearson5096 Nah I saw alot of people complaining and saying they're gunna drop it or dropped it more than seeing people enjoy it, probably cause of the tone shift, which icl did turn me off as well, but I watched it through.
I really like this Isekai. Cid emphasizes being the best version of yourself. You don't need to be the main character but be the best NPC character. Living a quiet and private life is a luxury with the age of social media and instant gratification.
In the WN, after banging his head, he saw two bright lights, that he felt were obviously the magic he was seeking, so he run straight to it and was proven right. No truck from his point of view.
Finally you guys react to it, PEAK IS BACK ON THE MENU (also nishino isn’t a throw away character, but we gonna have to wait a few seasons for her to come back)
That truck sound effect during him talking about nukes was definitely played for laughs. Like man's talking about how he has to worry about nukes meanwhile an ordinary truck takes him out. Also, him talking about how he needs to be able to survive a nuke is definitely supposed to be goofy AF.
I LOVED the first 3 episodes of Eminence in Shadow. It changes genre so many times. It's still good after that, but the first 3 are so interesting. Especially with the fake out on the first episode.
I don't really know the details about the poll between this and Black Lagoon but my guess was that at the time people didn't really care about this because hype for this show was almost non-existent (at least I didn't see anybody talking about it before the season started) especially since it aired along with big names like Chainsaw Man and Spy Family. I also went into this show blind but after a few episodes it shot up to be one of my favorites from that season. After watching a few more episodes you might feel that this first episode is out of place compared to the rest of season 1 and that's because this is from much later in the source material. I only read the manga starting from where season 1 ended but afaik in the original it went straight into the isekai setting with only a brief background on Cid's Earth life.
Ayyooo I KNEW it was just a matter of time before yall reacted to this. Yall never disappoint. Also @Yaboyroshi regarding someone from the middle ages who gets isekai'd into the future, the closest you'll get is probably Uncle from Another World.
There have been some "middle ages isekai'd into the future" one that comes to mind is Devil is a Part Timer (Fantasy transported to modern day, which I love as a series, check it out, since sequel is coming out).
"there was more character development on her than him" which is funny seeing how he wants to be in the shadows...so even episode 1 wasnt too much about him lol
In the manga, he went running naked towards the truck. It was late at night, and when he saw the blinding lights, he thought it was...can't remember exactly, but he just ran headlong into Isekai.
The way I started watching this last night and I’m already 8 episodes in 😅 I was heartbroken when I saw you guys didn’t react to it yet, and for it to happen today, my life is complete, thank you truly
4:50 DAMN IT, LUPA!!! You a damned G! NO ONE remarked on the wrist weights during the countless reactions I have watched!!! You bad, dude!!! As a ridiculously giant lover of Eminence, I can tell you safely, Fake MC Girl does definitely matter. ;)
finally reacting to it!
Finally something worth watching of your channel
@@Sugma2 there’s already alot of good stuff on his channel tf u talking about
Took ya long enough 😂
i was wondering if yall would do it, im lucky to catch it just when i started to eat too.
When is next reaction for episode 2 of Eminence in Shadow?
This show is the definition of "I owe you an apology I wasn't really familiar with your game"
especially after episode 20
Probably top 3 isekai for me ngl
It came out with 0 hype in a season with a lot of big names and as an LN reader watching the show gradually gain popularity and then have an explosive end in popularity warmed my heart 🥹
@@whothou9154 I wouldn't say zero hype as the moment it got announced LN and Manga readers started praising it everywhere(TH-cam, novel sites etc.) then they started arguing about which one was better(LN vs Manga)
@@currentlyaliveanddead6733 yeah but that's within the community when i say hype I'm referring to people outside. Then some people saw the isekai tag, girls on the cover or the end of ep1 and just automatically dismissed it.
This entire series of reactions gonna be hilarious af and I’m here for it. We ready
Facts the hype is real
Finally shadow sama is getting the recognition.
Man some the episodes catches u off guard
Exactly! I've been waiting for this
I was gonna comment this if they ever gonna watch, but Im 4hours too late
Bro went from stylish thug slayer to being slayed by the legendary truck-kun💀
Truck-kun stays undefeated
@@RaveTheo undisputed champ of sending mc's to the other world fr
Mf I thought you said thug shaker 💀
@@RaveTheo They're rubbing it in too, they literally called him Truck-kun instead of "The Truck Driver" lmfao.
A nuke no trained soldiers no the legendary truck-kun any day any time any were
Cannot lie, my man Cid was hittin them notes on the piano on that Beethoven's Moonlight
Literally learned moonlight sonata after hearing cid play it😭
And with the wrist weights on. Wild
@@kyroking9934I am goona do that too after my violin brake
@@kyroking9934 hell yeah, ive loved it ever since you had to play it in Resident Evil waaaay back.
Moonlight isn't hard to play, but to play it good is something difficult for beginners, intermediate can do it i guess.
I don't think my stomach can handle how much I'm gonna laugh watching them react to this
Im so ready to die 😭😭
To be fair this was polled when it only had 2 episodes. Not much people were watching it at that time. It started to pop off at episode 4 and 5. It got so popular that season 2 was announced as soon as season 1 ended. Season 2 is coming out around the end of this year or beginning of next year. This show may end up becoming a yearly anime due to how popular it is.
Agreement
It can't really be yearly because it will catch up to the LN too fast at that rate.
@@vex_d673 true
yeah there sadly isnt that much to adapt, it would have to take a few breaks in order to not just catch up to even the LN
it got popular because of all the fan service I think 😄I'll just stick with the manga
"I think he's like a chunibyu" - Bam, probably the earliest I've seen someone call it.
can’t wait for the HUH and YEAH moments during the bath house scene. 😂
Lmao the hostage situation at the school 🤣
Excalibur
I was having a really bad day... you guys reacting to this helped me smile. thank you.
You're welcome
Can't wait for Eminems in Darkness becoming their favorite show 🥳
Favourite show
Don't be funny
Eminence in shadow not darkness and the show isn't that good, its the type of anime that you watch, its funny and you forgot about it in less than a week
@@filipboskovic940 bro rewatch the video, Lupa calls it Eminems in darkness in the first 40 seconds
You mean M&Ms in Darkness??😂
@@filipboskovic940 I enjoyed it more than overrated Jujutsu Kaisen that everyone recommends.
And also, you're not true whatsoever, because it was airing in last season, but everyone calls it ONE OF THE BEST Isekais already. Season 2 was anounced aswell, so unless it fails the show won't be forgotten.
Finally! Shoutout to yall for bringing this reaction to TH-cam! Looking forward to seeing ya'lls journey witnessing PEAK! 🙏🏾
This is it!! Finally, a reaction for The Eminence in Shadow!
Yes I'm so glad you're reacting to this series it deserves a way more love because it's hilarious.
A surprise to be sure but a welcome one. This is gonna be hilarious
One of the funniest shows in a while, and with a surprisingly level of competence both in writing and presentation. I freaking love Cid
I’m japanese high school student. I love watching this TH-cam videos. I hope one day to be able to understand their every reaction.
Love the transformation you guys have gone through over the years. I still watch your Attack on Titan reacts every now and then and it's awesome seeing you guys grow, the graphics upgrades and the awesome intros. Didn't realise you guys hadn't reacted to this series yet, but can't wait for more!
Have I gone mad? Is this the correct timeline? Is he finally reacting to Eminence? Yeaaahhhhh.
Thank you both Patreon and TH-cam subscribers we made it happen 🥺
Eminence of Darkness 😂😂 Japanese Batman 😂🔥🙌🏾
isnt it shadow rather than darkness, or is that some translation issue ???
Eminems*
@@akhilmvs387 It's a joke. Lupa said it in the intro.
No
Finally the anticipated reaction 😂
Yo your edits are incredible. Had me rolling when the truck drove across the screen 😂💀"Undisputed Champ"
YEEAAAAAAHH!!! Guys I'm speechless, you guys are my favorite reactors and I love Shadow so much.
Thank y'all for suggesting The Eminence in Shadow, this show will be 10 times more hilarious.
4:42 I've watched this show more than 6 times through the reactions, but only Lupasan was able to make me notice the weights on Cid's wrist, nice catch.
11:00 I miss the mr. Editor so much, you're goated.
Even his shoes were weighted as you can hear the shoe locker creak when Kagenou Minorou placed his shoes in. Its more subtle in the anime as the Manga played it for laughs showing Minorou being overtly buff to the point you would think he's Dwayne Johnson.
Omg wait I can’t get over the intro, the M&Ms of darkness😂.
This Is Very Good Series, Cant Wait For Future Episodes
13:17 Ya Boy Kongming is an anime about a srrategist from ancient China being isekaid into the future. And it is a great show.
"I AM ATOMIC" can't wait for the amount of "yeah? " love issekai reactions
Bro you are spoiling it lmao they literally read the comments
@@idkneo I’m sayin
@@idkneo lmao I don't think anyone will really understand its just one line 😂 the show is too crazy for them to put together unless it's the sheeragan
Dont spoiler
@@KAKASHI_D_LUFFY exactly bruh
13:20
"Was there someone from middle ages who got isekaied into the future"
Anime : "Ya boy Kongming"
YESSSS IVE BEEN WAITING FOR YALL'S REACTION TO THIS CANT WAIT TO SEE THIS SERIES!!!
YES, this is peak hype/stupidity the anime! I hope you all enjoy
I'm so glad its not a patreon exclusive reaction i got no money 💀
i love yalls reactions
Truck-kun needs his own spin-off
The manga prologue was hilarious, it was shown that because of his intense training his body was fucking jacked so even though he kept lying to himself about being hidden in plain sight he was just completely known to everyone. And then when he got hit by the truck it was because he was doing some forest training and then jumped at the truck because he thought it was an enemy.
I can't wait for this reaction series! I kept meaning to send this in as a suggestion to you guys, but kept forgetting, so I'm glad that it did get recommended and I am excited to watch you guys react to this.
LETS FUCKING GO!! PEAK ISEKAI! The reactions are about to be halarious and hype.
Chill out kid, peak isekai is Mushoku and i fking hate Mushoku.
@@dorodo1125 nah
I watched 2 episodes it's pretty mid when does it get better?
You all tripping, peak Isekai is konosuba
@@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord yes way hetter
I totally forgot him playing the piano in the first ep. I love the line this anime walks between parody and taking itself seriously.
It's kinda like Misfit of Demon King Academy. It's a parody that just goes so over the top with a completely straight face that it loops all the way back around from being ridiculously stupid to completely awesome.
Couldnt help but laugh at Lupas monologue during the piano scene lol
I categorize this anime as "If Shirou Emiya was isekaied" because MC wanted what Shirou was also striving for, but the difference comes in the foundation of why he wants it.
Shirou wants to undo the damage brought about by human, magus, and non-human entities. So he can save everyone even though it's impossible.
Shadow wants power to live out his edgy superhero fantasy.
I'd call it more "Isekai One-Punch Man with the spirit of Misfit of Demon King Academy". It does the same unbeatable MC Protag parody that OPM does, but in less of a "parody of superhero while exploring psychological conflict on the downlow" and more of a "parody of OP isekai character but play it with a completely straight face and go so over-the-top that it loops all the way back around to awesome". One trick I came up with, actually, is to *not* think of Cid as the MC of the story just because he's the focal character. Instead, it's more like he's a stupid-OP cameraman who goes in to set up the equipment to shoot the scene for the _actual_ main character, who varies from arc to arc, but each time he ends up solving the problem himself and literally steals the scene. And that's *exactly* what he described wanting to be; an OP 3rd faction in a stereotypical good/evil conflict, a person and a group that says, "OK, what alignments are you guys? Lawful Neutral vs Neutral Evil this time? Or is it Neutral Good vs Chaotic Evil? Whatever, were crashing the party, and our alignment is Shadow."
I fkn busted out laughing seeing roshi's reaction when he found out it was an isekai, y'all kill it every time time fam 😂
I hate those who insist on wearing a mask, fakeing social interactions
deceiving nd cowardly snakes,
there is no truth (honesty) in them
Actually some time passed between that incident and when he died. He and Nishino get pretty close but that’s probably gonna be like season 2 or 3 depending on how they do it. Just thought I’d clear up that confusion. They’re definitely going to keep giving love to the series since the director and producer are fans of the novel. By the way there is a reverse Isekai this season called dead mount where he gets Isekai from magic world to Japan. It’s excellent
As a fan of this anime I just got one advise
"Use headphones"
I can't wait for y'all s hilarious reactions to this series
Been gone for 4 months and I am so glad yall are reacting to this
love how lupa's comment about character development is literally the whole point of the show
This anime confuses me in a way...and by the way, hot take, I think the initial story before broski got isekai'd into another world would have been an awesome plot.
Surprise surprise mf .....spoilers ...
He goes back to his world and the girl he saved in ep 1 also gets more exposure and screentime in LN. It's plot progression is random but Shadow sama keeps it at stack.
Alot people agree, heck alot of people dropped it after episode 3, then came back after it started getting hype and talked about 😂
@@KyosisPlays that's not true lol. Most people watched it through initially
@@kieranpearson5096 Nah I saw alot of people complaining and saying they're gunna drop it or dropped it more than seeing people enjoy it, probably cause of the tone shift, which icl did turn me off as well, but I watched it through.
But that would be generic as shit man
I so do love people's reactions to the first episode and the left turn it suddenly makes.
Just watched this a couple weeks ago glad you guys are put on deff in for a funny ass show
13:15 There is 'the devil is a parttimer'. A demon lord, his right hand and the hero get transported to the modern world. It's pretty good.
I really like this Isekai. Cid emphasizes being the best version of yourself. You don't need to be the main character but be the best NPC character. Living a quiet and private life is a luxury with the age of social media and instant gratification.
You are projecting yourself lol
That was the first time I saw that intro and it goes HARD! That was SICK!
In the manga he challeneged the truck head on and lost terribly in the most hilarious way, they did it way too seriously in the actual anime
In the WN, after banging his head, he saw two bright lights, that he felt were obviously the magic he was seeking, so he run straight to it and was proven right. No truck from his point of view.
I WAS THINKING THAT Y'ALL SHOULD REACT TO THIS WHEN I WAS WATCHING AND I JUST FOUND OUT Y'ALL DID, GODDAMN BLESSING
Finally you guys react to it, PEAK IS BACK ON THE MENU (also nishino isn’t a throw away character, but we gonna have to wait a few seasons for her to come back)
Don’t be saying manga stuff bruhh
"peak"
*isnt*
Isekai’d into the future? You mean Captain America?
Can't wait for the iconic line in Episode 5 🙇🏾♀️
Akane later kept the MC's clothes after his death.
Let’s go, they finally reacting to the number one Anime W shadow
That truck sound effect during him talking about nukes was definitely played for laughs. Like man's talking about how he has to worry about nukes meanwhile an ordinary truck takes him out.
Also, him talking about how he needs to be able to survive a nuke is definitely supposed to be goofy AF.
I LOVED the first 3 episodes of Eminence in Shadow. It changes genre so many times. It's still good after that, but the first 3 are so interesting. Especially with the fake out on the first episode.
YES, I been waiting for you to react to this man, since I love you guys reaction the most out of all the reaction channels. Thank you roshi ❤🔥
Siiiii pensé que no lo hiban a reaccionar ...ufff gracias por otra reacción más cómo adoro este anime
“ I feel like there was more character development for her than him “ FACTS🤣
That was kinda the point of this episode though
They went hard with selling the "this guy is just a side character" vibes
Can't wait for this to be their new favorite show!
Brooooo! I can't wait for them to meet peak Cid
@@jahray6300 It's not gonna happen if you clowns keep spoiling characters.
They had in the first half when they said they wouldn't react to it had me balling honestly
FINALLY THE BOYS ARE REACTING TO THIS MASTERPIECE, AND YES I'M VERY MUCH BIASED TO IT 🔥🔥
Oh yeah, been waiting for yall to react to this
I'm here and ready for the cringe
Yesssss I was hopping they react to this
oh this is gonna be funny asf
also that OST post credits scene is one of the most FIRE OSTs i think ive EVER heard
We gonna get so many YEAAHHH from this Anime.
Lupa with the Web of Shadows reference! My man, always on top of things!
5:24 loving lupasan easter egg about spider-man web of shadows🤣
I don't really know the details about the poll between this and Black Lagoon but my guess was that at the time people didn't really care about this because hype for this show was almost non-existent (at least I didn't see anybody talking about it before the season started) especially since it aired along with big names like Chainsaw Man and Spy Family. I also went into this show blind but after a few episodes it shot up to be one of my favorites from that season.
After watching a few more episodes you might feel that this first episode is out of place compared to the rest of season 1 and that's because this is from much later in the source material. I only read the manga starting from where season 1 ended but afaik in the original it went straight into the isekai setting with only a brief background on Cid's Earth life.
That "Undisputed Champ" edit bro I'm crying xD
Ayyooo I KNEW it was just a matter of time before yall reacted to this. Yall never disappoint.
Also @Yaboyroshi regarding someone from the middle ages who gets isekai'd into the future, the closest you'll get is probably Uncle from Another World.
the finally watched it, after so much teasing, the madlads are in the rabbit hole
There have been some "middle ages isekai'd into the future" one that comes to mind is Devil is a Part Timer (Fantasy transported to modern day, which I love as a series, check it out, since sequel is coming out).
Awesome I'm so glad y'all started to react to this series; it's so fun!
they fact that they used that ending song(piano) in the 1st ep , when he died is crazy, especially when you keep watching the show.
"there was more character development on her than him"
which is funny seeing how he wants to be in the shadows...so even episode 1 wasnt too much about him lol
Omgggg i literally commented on your vid yesterday that y'all need to react to this show 😂💜💜💜 I'm so excited! The humour is about to be top tier.
Dang bro I had the biggest smile when I saw this recommended. It’s about time y’all react to this masterpiece.
That sounded like "M&Ms in darkness"
@13:20 it's called "Dead mount Death play"
So happy u guys are doing this series. Keep up the amazing work.
Lupa with his Spider-Man voice over as he played the piano
"See you at school tomorrow! 'Spiderman noise' " thats the cultured shit I tune in for
In the manga, he went running naked towards the truck. It was late at night, and when he saw the blinding lights, he thought it was...can't remember exactly, but he just ran headlong into Isekai.
Three words without spoiling I AM....
HIM
I loved how they built up the first episode only to have Truck-Kun off screen Cid lmao
Man has Joker and Red Hood sweating with that deconstruction of the crowbar in combat...
We gonna enjoy rewatching this with you guys frrr
This made me so happily surprised to see yall doing this one.
“Kill not that which makes you cringe, kill the part of you that cringes.”
-Mother’s Basement
For the reverse isekai thing, 'Gate - Thus the JSDF Fought There!' is a close and fun one.
The way I started watching this last night and I’m already 8 episodes in 😅 I was heartbroken when I saw you guys didn’t react to it yet, and for it to happen today, my life is complete, thank you truly
4:50 DAMN IT, LUPA!!! You a damned G! NO ONE remarked on the wrist weights during the countless reactions I have watched!!! You bad, dude!!!
As a ridiculously giant lover of Eminence, I can tell you safely, Fake MC Girl does definitely matter. ;)
Hopefully you guys wear Headphones for certain episodes!!!
FINALLY I’ve been waiting for y’all to react to this!