I like how exaggerated everything is. And i respect how Cid has such a fun dream that's why I can relate a lot to him. Most people would say how dum his dream is but if you have that kind of mind set then your probably naive. But that's my opinion if you do think his dream is dum that's ok we can still be Friends.😅
@@KhanMann66 There's two parts to this anime. If you want you can take it seriously (although I doubt anyone would be able to). OR you can just enjoy it in a comedic way like most people do.
@@talking_slime fr. I too irl act like a mob character, I do not wish for attention, but I do play as a character to fulfil certain scenarios and watch it play out without me directly influencing things. And if the "story" didn't go as the way I hoped for, I get mildly irritated but just move on with my day. So Cid being Cid is relatable to me.
Right? Having better character development is more important than an event that is happening right now. If character is good then any arc is good with it.
During his moment in Rose in episode 10 of season 2 something clicked, and I think he was broken by society. And that might be why he still thinks its all the game, he was gaslit into believing his dream is unatainable, so he goes for 2nd best thing - roleplaying his dream. He doesn't accept the notion that it could be realised, and thats why he views everything as a scenario everyone is playing into. At least I see it as a possibility lol
A good example of the people playing into it mindset would be when he “comes up” with the cult when he meets alpha but then we later see that it has been around a lot longer than him but he had no knowledge of it until later and so he just though alpha and the original 7 were just playing along until they decided to “leave”
@@calebhilderbrand7132 there has to be some similarities with the fiction on Cid's world and the reality of new world. Though we can just assume it's all a gag by the author and he made it blend seamlessly as if it was real all along. Plus most of the things that turned out to be true are all common cliches in storytelling. It's not that deep until Cid realizes it's not a facade
what i love about this anime and what the author does is 'cause and effect', its simple yet brilliant, the author genuinely gives shadow consquences for his actions, unlike any other isekai where whatever the MC does, its right and there's nothing to it. Like even when shadow was a 10 yro with a bag mask n kicked ALOT OF guy's butts, they came back for revenge, showing shadow's consquences, AND HE DOSENT EVEN CARE 😂 its great
I mean one example would be when he took the ring from asshat and lost it on the balcony for rose to use later which was technically what he was gonna do but completely different and accidental execution
Rewatch the show. Rose is able to grow so much as a character because of Cid. Thats only one example. His actions are directly encouraging the world to grow stronger. @KhanMann66
This video reminded me of how strong of an antagonist Sherry will probably be, when she inevitably returns, aparently she's still not back in the LNs. Nobody hates Shadow Garden as much as she does. Cid really excels at building up his adversaries, and since everybody else is too weak he needs too lol, right now in anime hes building up Rose, he build up Alpha and Delta he fought in the previous arc, he gave confidence to Alexia who might play a huge role in the future since I feel like she's being set up as someone important, and he made Iris and Sherry hate him.
@@potffinno, she is actually now very smart, on par with eta but with a twisted personality, she,s currently in the college city i forgot the name, submitted an academic paper on the brain and the soul which surprises even eta.
Shadow is the Dues ex Machina for the “main characters “. He is a stagnant character and everyone else has character development. I know his strength and skill and power grow but his personality and perspective never change (in the anime, I have not read the manga or light novel). I love his character tho, there is no reason to change it.
Except he's not - you can compare his performance in Vol. 2, Vol. 3 and Vol. 6. He never breaks OOC, he finally succeed in his goal to make *both* fun and profit - and Cid was finally on the same page as Garden because he actually *prepared* Alpha
@@Asmo_Lay learn how to read. He specifically said that he has not read the light novel yet you want to bring up 6 which hasn’t even been fan translated
@@ExpertContrarian it has - I was banned on reddit for spreading GPT-4 translation specifically. Also that's called teaser, so people could be interested in reading.
I wouldn't say cid is stagnant, he's more like a complete character who knows exactly what he wants and how to achieve it and will do anything and everything to reach it
His most memorable moment is when he took stab wounds all over his body to charge and fine tune his magic to win completely and utterly. "Fun fact about the human body..."
Cid is literally the perfect man to cultivate cause he have the temperament of what a cultivator should have in order for them to grow beyond their true limits.
His dream is to be the hidden power behind everything. Funnily enough he doesn't seem to realize that is what he has become despite himself. He thinks he still needs to achieve things yet his female army harem has done a beatiful job of putting all the pieces in place. My bet is latter in the story he will hear of his own exploits second hand and become convinced he needs to face this person himself xD
im pretty sure if cid ever figures out that shadow garden and the cult are an act, he'll probably still just go with it because then ill just mean that hes aware that hes living his dream.
Damm.... I knew that Cid's personality is sad but now I just pity him. A person that abandoned everything to live his dream without a second thought. Does not stop me from loving him and this show tho.
Cid is weirdly mature and very soft towards kids which surprised me. In each arc we get a character that parallels who cid was and his inner struggles in hope to achieve his chunni dreams.
I rolled my eyes when i first heard of this anime, but it turned out to be one of the best animes I've watched. The sound design: Peak, the animation: clean and stylish, the pacing: perfect. Everything I've seen in the first two seasons has been so well done i found myself replaying sections to analyze what they did. The "teleport" behind Beatrix was done so well that i actually gasped at how clean and right it felt at that moment.
To an extent, you can even watch this show as a comedy show, purely because Shadow hasn't quite realised what he's doing is real. He's just saying things to look cool, and somehow keeps rolling nat20s.
@@Not_interestEd- The only other bullshit lucky character I've seen is King and he is at least self aware of it! Cid just maxxing out everything asides awareness of reality!
@Lucci136 I mean obviously it's deadass obvious Cid is the Mc, but all the character's really feel like character's with their own stories going on. Your the main character of your own life after all. That's why it feels like that because everyone here actually has their own story.(most of them)
@@hellou667thesequel5 by an actual MC I mean like if this was a transmigration story. The person who would have been the MC if he didn't come to this world.
@Lucci136 Besides Rose completely fitting that role I'll have to overlook her since she would have died long ago if not for Shadow being stylish bandit slayer and several other occasions. But perhaps the original hero simply hasn't been born yet and Cid is fucking up the cult early for him
The thing with cid taking in every piece of information and acting in the correct way to achive his goal of larping as the eminence inshadow, despite his inner momologue often saying otherwhise is waht both frustrates and fascinates me with this anime. if they would just drop the false monologues and had him monologe teh correct observations that he ALREADY ACTS TOWARDS it would be perfekt.
I came to this anime since I really thought Shadow was cool But as I watched the anime, you can tell more and more that part of why he seems to even hold back when fighting people, is it’s lonely at the top I can imagine. His character constantly holding back, and testing those he faces off against, was one of the aspects I really liked I love this anime for the characterization we get, and even if the anime is questionable at times, he continues to be my favorite part of it
This is exactly why I loved shadow of garden. Cid himself and his dedication to his dream. I can relate to him on a personal level. The only difference is, I gave up because I know that this is reality and achieving nuclear immunity (I am only half joking) is just a pipe dream.
@durakeno5575 tell me, why are some people stronger than others despite their size being significantly smaller. Know that anything is possible. If you want to gain the strength to survive nuclear explosions then train. Or get reincarnated
i find OP character shows more entertaining because there's more nuance to the story. rather than: "get stronger to kill big bad guy", it can actually play around with a few ideas. him thinking it's a game and trying to look as cool as possible was an incredible and funny decision that absolutely makes the anime. if it was serious i think it'd be pretty meh. Edit: overlord is also fantastic for that reason. trying to live up to how evil his companions think he is, lol.
@@staffyman11 Yeah am genuinely curious to see where the plot goes aka the cult of diablos story i know alot people are there for the comedy and don't really care for the plot but I think its great And yes Overlord is great one of my favs
@@staffyman11and it’s goofy without being unbearable and feeling as if the stakes are non existent, we know the good guys will win but characters do experience genuine tragedy and we are opened up to dynamics outside of that between Cid and his harem. Rose’s arc is genuinely tragic and building Beta up from a poised tactical genius to now the laughing stock of the shadows who has fantasies like a wattpad girl is hilarious and a great development.
Well Im pretty sure Cid a dead inside mc, from beginning i don't see any changes from him, tbh i feel he doesn't anyone that he truly care or to protect, those all his doing is same thingas his previous life, bcoz his previous life he also like a non life person, all he just do is just get along with his current life, and he doesn't fit as harem character even he has many women, bcoz he doesn't feel intend to fell in love, u know he is very lonely guy who just comfortable to be a lonely guy, all he act is he just enjoy killing people bcoz that the way he feel he alive, the only person know well is Delta if im not mistaken other than her, he never intended to show his true nature, i don't why Cid still tdon't want to change but that is his life
In TEIS Season 2 Episode 12 preview, there is one where 'every single Cid persona so far, questioning him'. The 'him' refer to Cid, this acts like a mirror of what everything He has done until now. After that, Cid shows his resolve by saying. Whatever everyone said or ask of him. He will keep on this path of becoming an Eminence in Shadow. It really shows how much his dream means for him.
I discovered that he didn't throw himself in front of the truck in hopes of reincarnating, but he kept bashing his head against a rock out of complete frustration and insanity and desire for more power and from what i remember, a desire for magic, and he was in such a daze after that, when he saw the light from the truck, he thought it was a light down a tunnel to a new power, ran to it, and got hit by truck-kun. insane writing ngl
Cid is a rather sad character when you think about it. On paper he has everything, power, looks, and can charm any girl easily. And yet his obsession with his goal clouds him to everything to the point where it is sad rather then comedic at this point, one would think he would realise that the cult exists and yet he doesn't.Why? Well this is just headcannon but i think he does he just forgets it.I think he meantioned in a recent volume to a young Aurora that he doesn't remember things as well, this is connected to his philosophy of discarding things that aren't necessary, is knowing that the cult is real important to him?No, real or not he would in one way or another fight them so it doesn't matter if it's real or not, so he disregards that piece of information.
He said that he removes the memories which he thinks is not important for his dream. This also means the topics he talk about with other people. I think Cid is a complex character if we read his monologues of the very rare moments where Cid is serious. The anime cannot put all of his monologues because of limited time, that's why in anime he looks more goofy than in LN
...no, dude is just Enlightened. Like he actually following the majority of Buddhist philosophies, it's just the version that allows for the a goal to be the true end point. He also literally has shown he cares for those he actually cares about. He actually likes the girls in Shadow Garden it's just he wants to live out his fantasies first. He already plans to live just as long as them. Mans legit wants to be an Enlightened being from a Chinese novel or one of the variant sects of Buddhist teachings.
Cid has all the mindsets I need if I ever Isekai while actually having Powers, OP or other. A base value I'm just glad I'll have something that doesn't look OP others but it's Mega OP once I hone and train if not Cultivate it, For Example Chaos, or Plasma or Nuclear energy, or Dark Matter. In short, Cid I.e Shadow has all to what I've always admired in Power Fantasy, if not Low Key type Power Fantasy, Purpose and all.
Yes, that is a thing that happened. He goes back to school after the terrorist attack and everyone believes he "miraculously survived". Rose even invites him to an event and acts lovey dovey because she thinks he loves her.
I both am jealous of and pity Cid. On one hand, I am jealous of his ability to stay absolutely dedicated to what matters to him most. On the other hand, I pity him because that same admirable dedication makes it impossible for him to truly enjoy the small insignificant moments in life.
He seems to enjoy playing out the small bits in his character. Everyone is like that time some degree no one can like EVERYTHING, he just found what he likes and he sees those things as the only thing that matter.
That's a complete lie. He LITERALLY enjoys the small moments. The ones HE LIKES though. He's so observant and just watches everyone else to be a perfect background character and picked 2 guys to be friends with because they are such MOBs. He actually likes being around them, he likes seeing people try even when others deride them. He's is a literal Renaissance Man with multiple skills he wanted to get because he wanted to enjoy what he wanted which is considered the small stuff.
@@RavenCloak13 I think we’re thinking of different small insignificant moments. You talk of the people that he meets which are insignificant in comparison to his power and status. I talk of something else. The moments of life where it’s just perfectly nothing important. Be it a particularly good moment at an empty field that just fills you with calm, or some other mundane activity that for whatever reason is enjoyable that time. Cid’s character is one of escalating dramatics. Even if he enjoys the insignificant people around him, it won’t be because of them as a person. It’s always the role they play in his play of pretend. When he is in a calm moment, sure, he can live in that moment, but from what I understand, he doesn’t feel alive in them. The only time he does feel alive is when he is acting out his fantasy to perfection, so he does that for every moment of his life. To him each moment is a performance on a grand stage of life, and thus no moment is allowed to be just perfectly nothing important. But maybe we just interpret his character and life slightly differently. Not like that’s the point of the show. It’s an absurd comedy about a guy who wants almighty power for a chuuni fantasy.
@@AnArtistInAVoid Those small insignificant parts are apart of his play though. This is literal semantics at this point as well. Both are small insignificant things in life. He isn't enjoying tiktok brainrot is that some small insignificant thing hes missing out on? He does enjoy the small insignificant parts but apart of a main whole at the same time and of course NOT EVERY SINGLE INSIGNIFICANT SMALL THING.
I'm honestly shocked at the restraint this show has a lot of the time. Like there are so many times I was expecting the "You wanna know my secret identity?" But no, he literally has zero interest in the women around him and is completely committed to keeping Cid and Shadow separate.
Truth is most of had this dream, we just left it behind because in reality its simply "unrealistic" I could only feel pain whenever i saw cid talking about his life on earth, mans was in a life long battle all alone not that it botgered him but just that he never made much progress, so seeing him have all kinds of fun in the isekai fantasy world is so nice
i like his ideology. I took everything and cut away what i could live without. I think you should try that or at least contemplate it. I find that its not people or experiences or even getting some self indulgence but its those bursts of strong desires that i can't live without. That sudden want and chase.
Not sad at all. Honestly if the dude just brought in some bounties he would be kind of set for life given he is a literal renissance man. Multiple disiplines, he wasn't even in his prime yet when he died and still hadmore he could learn and given the literal world he came from also actually did have the potenial for magic he's kind of proven right by the narrative. Like even lowering the bar to be more realistic, this is basically just shoune troupes give a edgy twist. Man strove to be better through training. EDIT: Actually, unironically Cid basically reached Enlightenment as explained by Buddhist philosphy.
@@SerendipitousProvidence Its about relating immaterial things to material things. He notices that discipline is everything to his dream. I think it's really his willpower to live and do his goal.
I don't usually have anything in common anime protagonists, but with Shadow I do have a couple things in common. I'm not really attached to much in the world, and only care about my dream. I'll get rid of whatever I need to in order to get closer to said dream, I don't care about money, but I seek it out because it's necessary for my dream. Just like Shadow, I could be bought with money unless it violates my principles and my core being (For example, I won't kill, kidnap, or do anything hainous like that. They go against me, but also go against my drem). The biggest difference is that I place value on the lives of people, though I'm not sure if it's because of my dream, or if it's because of who I am. Not just people who can help me with my dream, but people I do not know. A million people dead on the otherside of the world does bother me, but only a little bit, not to get me up in arms, or talking about the injustice unless it would serve to aid my dream. I agree that there is a lot people can learn from Shadow, but shadow is a bit of a sociopath, so it's best you don't idolize him too much, in the end he still will use and throw people away if they aren't his close friends, or useful to his dream. He acts impulsively, and can't really contain himself if he sees a chance to be a background character, or to be shadow, he immediately jumps without much care. Bro is just exceptionally lucky. He also shows no regret for his actions, or the people he has killed.
There we have it, some kid thinking he is shadow a fictional character from a written story. It's cliche that you normally don't self insert in a character but shadow a complete psychopath that has the discipline and self believe that nobody has, because he's a fictional character! You probably have a dream or something idk but who cares, the fact that you post this is evidence enough that you don't share nothing with the main character.
@snoxy4003 I don't at all think I'm like him, and Shadow is NOT a psychopath. Shadow does have feelings, and he says so himself, but they're momentary and fleeting like a sociopath. I said that this character and I share some things in common, but I never said I was like him. I listed the 2 traits we share in common, that's it. I only care about my dream, and I go through countless nights working towards it. I don't care at all about most things unless it can help me make the dream a reality, but I also said we're different. That I put value in human life and he doesn't, because I'm not like him at all. I merely share a common trait with him that I think is admirable. The dedication one can have while removing themselves from materialism. The example of being bought for money isn't unique to Shadow or myself. Most people can be paid to do things because everyone has something they want to buy. I'm sorry if I came off as a "he just like me fr" kind of person to Shadow, but I very clearly showed my disdain for several of his traits that I clearly lack. You either didn't read the entire thing or read it and decided everything else didn't matter. There is only one character in anime that I can somewhat resonant with and swe part od myself in them, and Shadow is NOT said person. The people I take interest in and aspire to be more like are historical figures, but even they have their problems and should be looked up to, but not emulated. If anything, people should look up to Cid more than Shadow because at least his Cid persona cares slightly about the people around him and is more human. But even then, both use people and toss them aside like they're nothing. That's not someone you should aspire to be like. Leaving a trail of broken people and corpses behind like you're trying to male Machievillie blush.
Mah.. the usual excitement of a story writer showing her own emotions in the story and breaking the fourth-wall as if we don't know what's going on. (But man All hail L.V.B)
I somehow both like but also dislike how bland and somewhat straightforward this anime is and how so single minded Shadow is too, like a part of me just wants to scream out that he should try to at least be more empathetic but also another part of me also wants him to stay like that. What I should say is to paraphrase what that guy did on doing a retrospective on Halo Reach regarding Kat's death. Which is that if Kat got a heroic death like every other main character had at that point, ultimately it would not be that memorable since it is just another heroic death but since she died in such a anti-climatic and sudden way, her death was even more memorable and standout. This I feel the fact that Shadow does not do the trope of like for example falling in love or wanting to be like the active good guy in the story makes him even more stand out
or schizophrenia he really sick he pofigist and have risky emoution and he really not normal people but im feell too psycho but im to quiet but i never really ready to seciety im tired of this seciety im but im tired of peopls im need quiet and rest i never have friends ithe world is ruthless the worls is not fair im need say i love this character ithis character in my list 2 place after chihiro furuya i need say goodbye
I’m probably super late but after watching this and oshi no ko id like to think that his wish for magic or “the power to survive a nuclear blast and such” had a certain effect on the system of reincarnation which had given him what he wanted at the “cost” of being in another world which non my opinion adds a bit more to an isekai story than just dead and reborn again but that’s just me
@@SeriesZapNot possible, without any references (Ways to directly learn the language) it’s impossible to translate/decipher ANY language. If you need proof theirs old died languages that our worlds top experts have yet to translate into modern languages. Namely because theirs nothing to go off of, making translation impossible. Point is being smart is not enough to translate a language.
@@darth3911based on what the final couple episodes say about the world at large it’s likely Japanese does exist as a dead language. Meaning there is enough of it to help decipher his message. Also remember the dead language code Beta uses in the first season during the beginning of the church arc? Similar to that
He did say that the genre went from isekai fantasy to soap opera and even broke the 4th wall by saying, he needs to correct the story to bring it back to 6:30PM slot which is the slot given to anime on tv channels he viewed in his original world, I think. Considering both seasons, his earth has the same anime series aired as the real world considering Beta's parody works as Natsume, so it makes sense for the culture to be very close to the current world, which is further proof of him being able to imagine being in an isekai anime.
I think its extreme level pf his dream desire Thats i love it Its shadow mindset personalty he gave his time and effort for Amd abandoned everything include love family 🖤🙃 its sound insane but he live for his dream In our world here 7B pepole 7 So its really reare to see pepole like this Yahh not that way but really This Anime give me difrent wibe 🖤🙃
I dislike how nobody manages to connect the dots between cid and shadow. It's extremely obvious and yet it doesn't happen. Personally the thing I dislike the most about the anime is Cid's personality. It feels like if S1 Kirito got an extreme power trip.
I'll be sincere: I only saw the first season, but after the end of it... Me and my boyfriend decided to quit the anime: as writers of future books with a lots of idealistic characters that we are trying to make interesting this was a gur punch for us to watch. It started as dramatic for us to watch him die and reincarnate into Cid. Then comedy, for how he wanted to be a minor character. Then... We started to actually see just how much flawed his worldwiew is, and we couldn't believe we actually identified some traits of our characters to be in him, before we actually realized that, for what we saw he seemed to be nothing more than a teen that threw away his previous life in a futile pursuit of strenght, instead of fighting society more for his beliefs, eventually seemingly falling into a kind of "anime guy" who did nothing but using his powers to play god, For me it was just like Titan from Megamind: a case of great powers in the hands of the wrong person, the difference being he worked his ass for them, but that didn't make it better. Honestly... Yusuke Urameshi, Izuku Midoriya and Ken Kaneki were much more efficient and meaningful as leading figures of their respective animes than Shadow can ever be: they inspired me. All Shadow left me was "if a nerd with no true morality got isekai'd". This is my opinion, of course: you're free to dislike it or not, but I think it this way.
Dude just wants to live the life of an edgy Superman with the "Bruce Wayne" wealth so bad that he develops an extreme level of narcissism where he thinks all the events of the world that he BSed originally (which is hilarious) was all just Shadow Garden setting up a role-play just for him to be the star. As funny as it is, it's still a cringe 13 y/o's wet, edgy power fantasy.
I can't bring me to like this isekai. Is true that it has his good points. (And waifus) But the MC being trash infects everything else. There's a difference between autistic and idiot. There's a difference between sacrifice everything to achieve your goal and the MC personality...
Tried watching it.. terrible. Honestly the guy has no dream or anything he might even be detached from reality and actually suffering from a mental disorder. That said he is just another op guy with a harem.
I agree except the terrible part. Man came up with a childish and unrealistic dream but was so determined and detached that he actually wanted it to be real, he trained so hard he became so strong that he managed to beat up armed veterans with crowbars and masters all martial combats. He might just be another op guy with a harem, but he doesn't feel like other isekai mc that has the op isekai skill/gimmick bs.
@@emm6101 that's him at his peak strength tho? I was talking about his beginning cause other op isekai mc got gifted their op skill/gimmick to them in the 1st episode while Cid worked hard to be strong (it's not really shown but rather implied, he is literally just a normal dude even after he got isekai'd according to that world's standard)
Cids egocentric stupidity is really what handicaps EiS story. His entire ambition is to be a shadowbroker but he does absolutely nothing to further that goal in the entire story for either life and instead dicks around acting like a child despite living for a culmulative 30 years in total. He gets people close to him in dangerous situations that only seem tame because of plot and the need for the anime to be able to be comsumed mainstream otherwise those kidnappings and shit would be a hell of a lot worse for the victims. The only time i truly like cid is during his fights because his horseshit LARPing doesnt get in the way and instead compliments the action. Its a shame because EiS world has a lot of potential and the shadow war against the cult could have been interesting as a plot premise if cid was more like lelouch or palpatine instead of a 13 year old emo crackhead.
No this show is just pure trash to me I watched the first episode and I knew it would be trash trust me I'm a big fan of isekai but I know that this anime is trash
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Shadow probably:
- Appears
- Elaborates
- Kill
- Leaves spectacularly
He’s similar to Ajimu Najimi but they are bornly different.
*refuses to elaborate
@@TheKsenpai na he ELABORATES
I love this anime. None of the people I know watch this anime seriously, they treat as a purely comedic anime. I love your take on the show ❤
i like the idea that the show is completly serious in universe but the way its written makes it comedic
I like how exaggerated everything is. And i respect how Cid has such a fun dream that's why I can relate a lot to him. Most people would say how dum his dream is but if you have that kind of mind set then your probably naive. But that's my opinion if you do think his dream is dum that's ok we can still be Friends.😅
Because it is a comedic anime? It isn’t supposed to be taken seriously.
@@KhanMann66 There's two parts to this anime. If you want you can take it seriously (although I doubt anyone would be able to). OR you can just enjoy it in a comedic way like most people do.
@@talking_slime fr. I too irl act like a mob character, I do not wish for attention, but I do play as a character to fulfil certain scenarios and watch it play out without me directly influencing things. And if the "story" didn't go as the way I hoped for, I get mildly irritated but just move on with my day.
So Cid being Cid is relatable to me.
What makes me don't consider this isekai trash is that it gives a clear and full character to everyone
Right? Having better character development is more important than an event that is happening right now. If character is good then any arc is good with it.
@@SeriesZap indeed
@@darkspiro6467 Im really a fan of Rose's Character development
@Bien1222 me too it's very well established and executed
@@SeriesZap if i get reincarnated ima be just like Cid bruh
During his moment in Rose in episode 10 of season 2 something clicked, and I think he was broken by society. And that might be why he still thinks its all the game, he was gaslit into believing his dream is unatainable, so he goes for 2nd best thing - roleplaying his dream. He doesn't accept the notion that it could be realised, and thats why he views everything as a scenario everyone is playing into. At least I see it as a possibility lol
I like your view. I will try to incorporate your idea into my next video. Stay tuned.
A good example of the people playing into it mindset would be when he “comes up” with the cult when he meets alpha but then we later see that it has been around a lot longer than him but he had no knowledge of it until later and so he just though alpha and the original 7 were just playing along until they decided to “leave”
Or this idee fixe is the closest thing to God he can come up with. Because, y'know, sintoism or how does it named...
@@calebhilderbrand7132 there has to be some similarities with the fiction on Cid's world and the reality of new world. Though we can just assume it's all a gag by the author and he made it blend seamlessly as if it was real all along.
Plus most of the things that turned out to be true are all common cliches in storytelling. It's not that deep until Cid realizes it's not a facade
No, he definitely sees it as a possibility now that he has magic. He literally said so himself. He is both role-playing and not at the same time
what i love about this anime and what the author does is 'cause and effect', its simple yet brilliant, the author genuinely gives shadow consquences for his actions, unlike any other isekai where whatever the MC does, its right and there's nothing to it. Like even when shadow was a 10 yro with a bag mask n kicked ALOT OF guy's butts, they came back for revenge, showing shadow's consquences, AND HE DOSENT EVEN CARE 😂 its great
what consequence? he literally just lol i am op this over nonsense.
I mean one example would be when he took the ring from asshat and lost it on the balcony for rose to use later which was technically what he was gonna do but completely different and accidental execution
What consequences? Literally nothing happens because Cid just mows them down and move on to his next agenda.
What agenda? If the MC seems like a headless running chicken.
Rewatch the show. Rose is able to grow so much as a character because of Cid. Thats only one example. His actions are directly encouraging the world to grow stronger. @KhanMann66
This video reminded me of how strong of an antagonist Sherry will probably be, when she inevitably returns, aparently she's still not back in the LNs. Nobody hates Shadow Garden as much as she does.
Cid really excels at building up his adversaries, and since everybody else is too weak he needs too lol, right now in anime hes building up Rose, he build up Alpha and Delta he fought in the previous arc, he gave confidence to Alexia who might play a huge role in the future since I feel like she's being set up as someone important, and he made Iris and Sherry hate him.
or she'll be just a random small fry that is destroyed by an literal ballistic warhead.
@@potffinno, she is actually now very smart, on par with eta but with a twisted personality, she,s currently in the college city i forgot the name, submitted an academic paper on the brain and the soul which surprises even eta.
@@alizainal7180 Huh, didn't she shortly appear in the latest volume?
@@alizainal7180ok... but what she can do to reality warping Shadow
I wouldn't say she is on par with Eta, she is a genius, but Eta is just another thing on her own@@alizainal7180
Shadow is the Dues ex Machina for the “main characters “.
He is a stagnant character and everyone else has character development. I know his strength and skill and power grow but his personality and perspective never change (in the anime, I have not read the manga or light novel).
I love his character tho, there is no reason to change it.
Except he's not - you can compare his performance in Vol. 2, Vol. 3 and Vol. 6. He never breaks OOC, he finally succeed in his goal to make *both* fun and profit - and Cid was finally on the same page as Garden because he actually *prepared* Alpha
@@Asmo_Lay learn how to read. He specifically said that he has not read the light novel yet you want to bring up 6 which hasn’t even been fan translated
@@ExpertContrarian it has - I was banned on reddit for spreading GPT-4 translation specifically. Also that's called teaser, so people could be interested in reading.
@@ExpertContrarian docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1xF60uoucDE3CODj1Je-2YFRG1Cj8ISnRW_pjq_zHnoE/mobilebasic
I wouldn't say cid is stagnant, he's more like a complete character who knows exactly what he wants and how to achieve it and will do anything and everything to reach it
His most memorable moment is when he took stab wounds all over his body to charge and fine tune his magic to win completely and utterly. "Fun fact about the human body..."
Cid is literally the perfect man to cultivate cause he have the temperament of what a cultivator should have in order for them to grow beyond their true limits.
Holy shit, you're right! But instead ascending the heavenly jade emperor dragon nine realms, he's descending further and further into chuuni insanity
@@eggbun hahahahahahahahaha
Yeah,he had the right Mindset to cultivate The Tao.unlike The so called Cultivator In xianxia novel that hold Grudge and having many World desire
True
😂😂
His dream is to be the hidden power behind everything. Funnily enough he doesn't seem to realize that is what he has become despite himself. He thinks he still needs to achieve things yet his female army harem has done a beatiful job of putting all the pieces in place.
My bet is latter in the story he will hear of his own exploits second hand and become convinced he needs to face this person himself xD
im pretty sure if cid ever figures out that shadow garden and the cult are an act, he'll probably still just go with it because then ill just mean that hes aware that hes living his dream.
They’re not an act…
thats the thing he thinks its an act but it isnt an act
@@ExpertContrarian it was a typo i meant to write aren't instead of are. too late i guess lol
@@sreyes103 you can edit it y'know?
Damm.... I knew that Cid's personality is sad but now I just pity him. A person that abandoned everything to live his dream without a second thought.
Does not stop me from loving him and this show tho.
Cid is weirdly mature and very soft towards kids which surprised me.
In each arc we get a character that parallels who cid was and his inner struggles in hope to achieve his chunni dreams.
I rolled my eyes when i first heard of this anime, but it turned out to be one of the best animes I've watched. The sound design: Peak, the animation: clean and stylish, the pacing: perfect. Everything I've seen in the first two seasons has been so well done i found myself replaying sections to analyze what they did. The "teleport" behind Beatrix was done so well that i actually gasped at how clean and right it felt at that moment.
To an extent, you can even watch this show as a comedy show, purely because Shadow hasn't quite realised what he's doing is real. He's just saying things to look cool, and somehow keeps rolling nat20s.
@@Not_interestEd- The world's just rigging the game for Shadow with an always Nat20 xD
@@groadmiralinerika2540 max luck builds go craaazy bro.
@@Not_interestEd- The only other bullshit lucky character I've seen is King and he is at least self aware of it! Cid just maxxing out everything asides awareness of reality!
@@groadmiralinerika2540 how could you have POSSIBLY forgotten Lord Ainz Ooal Gown? This is insulting the Supreme Being.
So basically love and idolize his discipline and not his goals.
I think it would be fun if his world had an actual MC.
Huh, now what you mention it it feels like Hunter x Hunter series where every character is mc and not, at the same time.
@@SeriesZap No it doesn't?
@Lucci136 I mean obviously it's deadass obvious Cid is the Mc, but all the character's really feel like character's with their own stories going on. Your the main character of your own life after all. That's why it feels like that because everyone here actually has their own story.(most of them)
@@hellou667thesequel5 by an actual MC I mean like if this was a transmigration story. The person who would have been the MC if he didn't come to this world.
@Lucci136 Besides Rose completely fitting that role I'll have to overlook her since she would have died long ago if not for Shadow being stylish bandit slayer and several other occasions. But perhaps the original hero simply hasn't been born yet and Cid is fucking up the cult early for him
The thing with cid taking in every piece of information and acting in the correct way to achive his goal of larping as the eminence inshadow, despite his inner momologue often saying otherwhise is waht both frustrates and fascinates me with this anime. if they would just drop the false monologues and had him monologe teh correct observations that he ALREADY ACTS TOWARDS it would be perfekt.
Super good video going really in depth about cids motivations
some of this stuff i didn't even realize
"Tactical selfdefenestration" is now my favourite word xD
Same
I came to this anime since I really thought Shadow was cool
But as I watched the anime, you can tell more and more that part of why he seems to even hold back when fighting people, is it’s lonely at the top I can imagine.
His character constantly holding back, and testing those he faces off against, was one of the aspects I really liked
I love this anime for the characterization we get, and even if the anime is questionable at times, he continues to be my favorite part of it
This is exactly why I loved shadow of garden. Cid himself and his dedication to his dream. I can relate to him on a personal level. The only difference is, I gave up because I know that this is reality and achieving nuclear immunity (I am only half joking) is just a pipe dream.
Do you really believe it is impossible?
@@BakedPotato76 Yeah, I wish it wasn't... But it is. I can't survive a nuclear explosion to the face with my body alone.
@durakeno5575 tell me, why are some people stronger than others despite their size being significantly smaller. Know that anything is possible. If you want to gain the strength to survive nuclear explosions then train. Or get reincarnated
@@BakedPotato76 bruh lol
@@BakedPotato76lol, baki wather:
I just wanted to watch a video about an anime I'm about to watch. I did not expect to be questioning my dreams.
xD. It like realising that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
"while she is heartbroken he is having the best time of his life terrorizing the terrorists" is a line i will alway be laughing at
I enjoy this anime a lot but ever since getting back into persona 5 again I can't stop thinking of how similar shadow looks like to Joker...
You are going to love Light Novel Volume 6 then.
Tbh am actually interested in the plot its honestly not bad
i find OP character shows more entertaining because there's more nuance to the story. rather than: "get stronger to kill big bad guy", it can actually play around with a few ideas. him thinking it's a game and trying to look as cool as possible was an incredible and funny decision that absolutely makes the anime. if it was serious i think it'd be pretty meh.
Edit: overlord is also fantastic for that reason. trying to live up to how evil his companions think he is, lol.
@@staffyman11 Yeah am genuinely curious to see where the plot goes aka the cult of diablos story i know alot people are there for the comedy and don't really care for the plot but I think its great
And yes Overlord is great one of my favs
@@staffyman11and it’s goofy without being unbearable and feeling as if the stakes are non existent, we know the good guys will win but characters do experience genuine tragedy and we are opened up to dynamics outside of that between Cid and his harem. Rose’s arc is genuinely tragic and building Beta up from a poised tactical genius to now the laughing stock of the shadows who has fantasies like a wattpad girl is hilarious and a great development.
Well Im pretty sure Cid a dead inside mc, from beginning i don't see any changes from him, tbh i feel he doesn't anyone that he truly care or to protect, those all his doing is same thingas his previous life, bcoz his previous life he also like a non life person, all he just do is just get along with his current life, and he doesn't fit as harem character even he has many women, bcoz he doesn't feel intend to fell in love, u know he is very lonely guy who just comfortable to be a lonely guy, all he act is he just enjoy killing people bcoz that the way he feel he alive, the only person know well is Delta if im not mistaken other than her, he never intended to show his true nature, i don't why Cid still tdon't want to change but that is his life
I feel like he does not need to change lol. The story is pretty serious its just covered up by a chunniboy.
In TEIS Season 2 Episode 12 preview, there is one where 'every single Cid persona so far, questioning him'. The 'him' refer to Cid, this acts like a mirror of what everything He has done until now. After that, Cid shows his resolve by saying. Whatever everyone said or ask of him. He will keep on this path of becoming an Eminence in Shadow.
It really shows how much his dream means for him.
Oh that is so intresting thank you for pointing it out.
I discovered that he didn't throw himself in front of the truck in hopes of reincarnating, but he kept bashing his head against a rock out of complete frustration and insanity and desire for more power and from what i remember, a desire for magic, and he was in such a daze after that, when he saw the light from the truck, he thought it was a light down a tunnel to a new power, ran to it, and got hit by truck-kun. insane writing ngl
That's Why He's The GOAT
I like the fact that you took the time to compile this episode. You did a great job!
love the moonlight sonata playing in the background
Cid is a rather sad character when you think about it.
On paper he has everything, power, looks, and can charm any girl easily.
And yet his obsession with his goal clouds him to everything to the point where it is sad rather then comedic at this point, one would think he would realise that the cult exists and yet he doesn't.Why?
Well this is just headcannon but i think he does he just forgets it.I think he meantioned in a recent volume to a young Aurora that he doesn't remember things as well, this is connected to his philosophy of discarding things that aren't necessary, is knowing that the cult is real important to him?No, real or not he would in one way or another fight them so it doesn't matter if it's real or not, so he disregards that piece of information.
He said that he removes the memories which he thinks is not important for his dream. This also means the topics he talk about with other people.
I think Cid is a complex character if we read his monologues of the very rare moments where Cid is serious. The anime cannot put all of his monologues because of limited time, that's why in anime he looks more goofy than in LN
...no, dude is just Enlightened.
Like he actually following the majority of Buddhist philosophies, it's just the version that allows for the a goal to be the true end point.
He also literally has shown he cares for those he actually cares about. He actually likes the girls in Shadow Garden it's just he wants to live out his fantasies first. He already plans to live just as long as them.
Mans legit wants to be an Enlightened being from a Chinese novel or one of the variant sects of Buddhist teachings.
@@anisomeone7303
No, it's just people pay attention to one part and nothing else.
Even if you showed all of those people still wouldn't get it.
I wonder if he will ever slip his plans and accidentally reveal the fact that Cid is shadow, since humans aren't perfect no matter how powerful
That's why it's my favorite anime because it's similar to me
Cid has all the mindsets I need if I ever Isekai while actually having Powers, OP or other. A base value I'm just glad I'll have something that doesn't look OP others but it's Mega OP once I hone and train if not Cultivate it, For Example Chaos, or Plasma or Nuclear energy, or Dark Matter. In short, Cid I.e Shadow has all to what I've always admired in Power Fantasy, if not Low Key type Power Fantasy, Purpose and all.
I wonder if cid pretends to die and everyone saw it then he shows our of nowhere
Yes, that is a thing that happened.
He goes back to school after the terrorist attack and everyone believes he "miraculously survived".
Rose even invites him to an event and acts lovey dovey because she thinks he loves her.
I both am jealous of and pity Cid.
On one hand, I am jealous of his ability to stay absolutely dedicated to what matters to him most.
On the other hand, I pity him because that same admirable dedication makes it impossible for him to truly enjoy the small insignificant moments in life.
He seems to enjoy playing out the small bits in his character.
Everyone is like that time some degree no one can like EVERYTHING, he just found what he likes and he sees those things as the only thing that matter.
That's a complete lie.
He LITERALLY enjoys the small moments. The ones HE LIKES though. He's so observant and just watches everyone else to be a perfect background character and picked 2 guys to be friends with because they are such MOBs. He actually likes being around them, he likes seeing people try even when others deride them.
He's is a literal Renaissance Man with multiple skills he wanted to get because he wanted to enjoy what he wanted which is considered the small stuff.
@@RavenCloak13 I think we’re thinking of different small insignificant moments.
You talk of the people that he meets which are insignificant in comparison to his power and status.
I talk of something else. The moments of life where it’s just perfectly nothing important. Be it a particularly good moment at an empty field that just fills you with calm, or some other mundane activity that for whatever reason is enjoyable that time.
Cid’s character is one of escalating dramatics.
Even if he enjoys the insignificant people around him, it won’t be because of them as a person. It’s always the role they play in his play of pretend.
When he is in a calm moment, sure, he can live in that moment, but from what I understand, he doesn’t feel alive in them.
The only time he does feel alive is when he is acting out his fantasy to perfection, so he does that for every moment of his life.
To him each moment is a performance on a grand stage of life, and thus no moment is allowed to be just perfectly nothing important.
But maybe we just interpret his character and life slightly differently. Not like that’s the point of the show. It’s an absurd comedy about a guy who wants almighty power for a chuuni fantasy.
@@AnArtistInAVoid Those small insignificant parts are apart of his play though. This is literal semantics at this point as well. Both are small insignificant things in life. He isn't enjoying tiktok brainrot is that some small insignificant thing hes missing out on?
He does enjoy the small insignificant parts but apart of a main whole at the same time and of course NOT EVERY SINGLE INSIGNIFICANT SMALL THING.
@@johnjohnjohnson7720 let’s just agree to disagree and leave it at that
Beautiful analysis it makes so much sense
I'm honestly shocked at the restraint this show has a lot of the time. Like there are so many times I was expecting the "You wanna know my secret identity?" But no, he literally has zero interest in the women around him and is completely committed to keeping Cid and Shadow separate.
that's why I love this show
Truth is most of had this dream, we just left it behind because in reality its simply "unrealistic"
I could only feel pain whenever i saw cid talking about his life on earth, mans was in a life long battle all alone not that it botgered him but just that he never made much progress, so seeing him have all kinds of fun in the isekai fantasy world is so nice
i like his ideology. I took everything and cut away what i could live without. I think you should try that or at least contemplate it. I find that its not people or experiences or even getting some self indulgence but its those bursts of strong desires that i can't live without. That sudden want and chase.
It is the path of the loner and his theme song should be "the impossible dream"
He's basically just a -hero- pretend background character for fun
i have an underlying theory that cid's overwhelming power just causes causality itself to collapse and bend to his will unconsciously
I do not feel sorry for a deluded guy. There’s a line that he crossed that goes into maniac narcissist and he’s definitely beyond it.
Now you made me watch it again but with an english dub!
every time I learn more about this show I enjoy it all the much more. It is my favorite anime.
Not sad at all.
Honestly if the dude just brought in some bounties he would be kind of set for life given he is a literal renissance man. Multiple disiplines, he wasn't even in his prime yet when he died and still hadmore he could learn and given the literal world he came from also actually did have the potenial for magic he's kind of proven right by the narrative.
Like even lowering the bar to be more realistic, this is basically just shoune troupes give a edgy twist.
Man strove to be better through training.
EDIT: Actually, unironically Cid basically reached Enlightenment as explained by Buddhist philosphy.
Could you elaborate on how his mentality relates to enlightenment? Is it just a matter of discarding everything deemed useless?
@@SerendipitousProvidence Its about relating immaterial things to material things. He notices that discipline is everything to his dream. I think it's really his willpower to live and do his goal.
Cids dream: become a director of a show XD
2:22 I don't know about that,He literally says “I'm dead"🤣
Cid is Fang Yuan in an alternate universe
I don't usually have anything in common anime protagonists, but with Shadow I do have a couple things in common. I'm not really attached to much in the world, and only care about my dream. I'll get rid of whatever I need to in order to get closer to said dream, I don't care about money, but I seek it out because it's necessary for my dream. Just like Shadow, I could be bought with money unless it violates my principles and my core being (For example, I won't kill, kidnap, or do anything hainous like that. They go against me, but also go against my drem). The biggest difference is that I place value on the lives of people, though I'm not sure if it's because of my dream, or if it's because of who I am. Not just people who can help me with my dream, but people I do not know. A million people dead on the otherside of the world does bother me, but only a little bit, not to get me up in arms, or talking about the injustice unless it would serve to aid my dream. I agree that there is a lot people can learn from Shadow, but shadow is a bit of a sociopath, so it's best you don't idolize him too much, in the end he still will use and throw people away if they aren't his close friends, or useful to his dream. He acts impulsively, and can't really contain himself if he sees a chance to be a background character, or to be shadow, he immediately jumps without much care. Bro is just exceptionally lucky. He also shows no regret for his actions, or the people he has killed.
There we have it, some kid thinking he is shadow a fictional character from a written story. It's cliche that you normally don't self insert in a character but shadow a complete psychopath that has the discipline and self believe that nobody has, because he's a fictional character! You probably have a dream or something idk but who cares, the fact that you post this is evidence enough that you don't share nothing with the main character.
@snoxy4003 I don't at all think I'm like him, and Shadow is NOT a psychopath. Shadow does have feelings, and he says so himself, but they're momentary and fleeting like a sociopath.
I said that this character and I share some things in common, but I never said I was like him. I listed the 2 traits we share in common, that's it. I only care about my dream, and I go through countless nights working towards it. I don't care at all about most things unless it can help me make the dream a reality, but I also said we're different. That I put value in human life and he doesn't, because I'm not like him at all. I merely share a common trait with him that I think is admirable. The dedication one can have while removing themselves from materialism. The example of being bought for money isn't unique to Shadow or myself. Most people can be paid to do things because everyone has something they want to buy.
I'm sorry if I came off as a "he just like me fr" kind of person to Shadow, but I very clearly showed my disdain for several of his traits that I clearly lack. You either didn't read the entire thing or read it and decided everything else didn't matter.
There is only one character in anime that I can somewhat resonant with and swe part od myself in them, and Shadow is NOT said person. The people I take interest in and aspire to be more like are historical figures, but even they have their problems and should be looked up to, but not emulated.
If anything, people should look up to Cid more than Shadow because at least his Cid persona cares slightly about the people around him and is more human. But even then, both use people and toss them aside like they're nothing. That's not someone you should aspire to be like. Leaving a trail of broken people and corpses behind like you're trying to male Machievillie blush.
@@KraNisOGPerfectly said. The other kid is running from your reply, though.
@@snoxy4003 Apparently you can't read
Cid is neither a sociopath nor a psychopath
I love this show. I love it. I love that karens hate it more than i love this show. But damn do i love this show
Wow I didnt know Cid is so enlightened like that
I love this anime too.
Yeah me to. Might you consider subscribing? I'm planning on releasing more TEIS content even after S2 ends.
@@SeriesZap of course. I love this character.
Sad dream? From perspective of normal human maybe. But Sid is nothing close to normal.
Series Of Zap: How sad is Cid's dream.
Me: For you.
Mah.. the usual excitement of a story writer showing her own emotions in the story and breaking the fourth-wall as if we don't know what's going on. (But man All hail L.V.B)
I somehow both like but also dislike how bland and somewhat straightforward this anime is and how so single minded Shadow is too, like a part of me just wants to scream out that he should try to at least be more empathetic but also another part of me also wants him to stay like that. What I should say is to paraphrase what that guy did on doing a retrospective on Halo Reach regarding Kat's death. Which is that if Kat got a heroic death like every other main character had at that point, ultimately it would not be that memorable since it is just another heroic death but since she died in such a anti-climatic and sudden way, her death was even more memorable and standout. This I feel the fact that Shadow does not do the trope of like for example falling in love or wanting to be like the active good guy in the story makes him even more stand out
or schizophrenia he really sick he pofigist and have risky emoution and he really not normal people but im feell too psycho but im to quiet but i never really ready to seciety im tired of this seciety im but im tired of peopls im need quiet and rest i never have friends ithe world is ruthless the worls is not fair im need say i love this character ithis character in my list 2 place after chihiro furuya i need say goodbye
So nobody gonna talk about the smooth transition to the channel at 8:30 😮💨
Gigachad of isekai
I’m probably super late but after watching this and oshi no ko id like to think that his wish for magic or “the power to survive a nuclear blast and such” had a certain effect on the system of reincarnation which had given him what he wanted at the “cost” of being in another world which non my opinion adds a bit more to an isekai story than just dead and reborn again but that’s just me
translated: Cid's a Drama King (addict)
I really wanted to know how Eta decoded shadow's letter that points the gold's location and what is the actual words Cid's used in the letter. 😂
He used actual Japanese language. Eta is incredibly smart, so she figured it out.
@@SeriesZapbut how there’s literally no Japanese in his isekai world 💀
@@xbgsheikiii3593 Eta is incredibly smart, she deciphered it.
@@SeriesZapNot possible, without any references (Ways to directly learn the language) it’s impossible to translate/decipher ANY language.
If you need proof theirs old died languages that our worlds top experts have yet to translate into modern languages.
Namely because theirs nothing to go off of, making translation impossible.
Point is being smart is not enough to translate a language.
@@darth3911based on what the final couple episodes say about the world at large it’s likely Japanese does exist as a dead language. Meaning there is enough of it to help decipher his message. Also remember the dead language code Beta uses in the first season during the beginning of the church arc? Similar to that
Way to put Cid into prospective. ❤😊
1:02 “jeem”
lmao
Bruh🗿
I wonder if he knows he’s in an anime.
He did say that the genre went from isekai fantasy to soap opera and even broke the 4th wall by saying, he needs to correct the story to bring it back to 6:30PM slot which is the slot given to anime on tv channels he viewed in his original world, I think. Considering both seasons, his earth has the same anime series aired as the real world considering Beta's parody works as Natsume, so it makes sense for the culture to be very close to the current world, which is further proof of him being able to imagine being in an isekai anime.
What a beautiful video
the anime feels like a different version of OPM, still the op mc but with something to make it different from others
Great video pal keep up the good work
he just wants to RP
3:08 Terrorizing The Terrorist 💀
The song at 3:11, i forgot what its called
Verdi's Messa da Requiem - Movement II_ Dies irae & Tuba mirum
@@SeriesZap ty, appreciate it.
I think its extreme level pf his dream desire
Thats i love it
Its shadow mindset personalty he gave his time and effort for
Amd abandoned everything include love family 🖤🙃 its sound insane but he live for his dream
In our world here 7B pepole 7
So its really reare to see pepole like this
Yahh not that way but really
This Anime give me difrent wibe 🖤🙃
Best Isekai to all the cast
I dislike how nobody manages to connect the dots between cid and shadow. It's extremely obvious and yet it doesn't happen.
Personally the thing I dislike the most about the anime is Cid's personality. It feels like if S1 Kirito got an extreme power trip.
vergil son is confirm
I'll be sincere: I only saw the first season, but after the end of it... Me and my boyfriend decided to quit the anime: as writers of future books with a lots of idealistic characters that we are trying to make interesting this was a gur punch for us to watch.
It started as dramatic for us to watch him die and reincarnate into Cid. Then comedy, for how he wanted to be a minor character. Then...
We started to actually see just how much flawed his worldwiew is, and we couldn't believe we actually identified some traits of our characters to be in him, before we actually realized that, for what we saw he seemed to be nothing more than a teen that threw away his previous life in a futile pursuit of strenght, instead of fighting society more for his beliefs, eventually seemingly falling into a kind of "anime guy" who did nothing but using his powers to play god, For me it was just like Titan from Megamind: a case of great powers in the hands of the wrong person, the difference being he worked his ass for them, but that didn't make it better.
Honestly... Yusuke Urameshi, Izuku Midoriya and Ken Kaneki were much more efficient and meaningful as leading figures of their respective animes than Shadow can ever be: they inspired me. All Shadow left me was "if a nerd with no true morality got isekai'd".
This is my opinion, of course: you're free to dislike it or not, but I think it this way.
It is flawed for Society,but it is the best one for Individual to have his trait.and his personality is perfectly suited him in every way possible.
So he's a Psychopath? Got it.
No
Hes a lonely guy
The english Dub is killing me
The Japanese version is better than English, the audio and voices are ruined in english
How can you listen do english dub?
Why is every member of shadow garden a female besides cid
harem
Male possessed turn into fine powder
Good 👍
Dude just wants to live the life of an edgy Superman with the "Bruce Wayne" wealth so bad that he develops an extreme level of narcissism where he thinks all the events of the world that he BSed originally (which is hilarious) was all just Shadow Garden setting up a role-play just for him to be the star.
As funny as it is, it's still a cringe 13 y/o's wet, edgy power fantasy.
w video, i think hes insane tho.
I love ur accent
I can't bring me to like this isekai. Is true that it has his good points. (And waifus) But the MC being trash infects everything else. There's a difference between autistic and idiot. There's a difference between sacrifice everything to achieve your goal and the MC personality...
Tried watching it.. terrible. Honestly the guy has no dream or anything he might even be detached from reality and actually suffering from a mental disorder. That said he is just another op guy with a harem.
I agree except the terrible part. Man came up with a childish and unrealistic dream but was so determined and detached that he actually wanted it to be real, he trained so hard he became so strong that he managed to beat up armed veterans with crowbars and masters all martial combats. He might just be another op guy with a harem, but he doesn't feel like other isekai mc that has the op isekai skill/gimmick bs.
@@HeseliqMikav he literally is, when losing he just goes oooh, that was not my full power i win. No different than the rest with all respect.
@@HeseliqMikav He doesnt struggle so pretends to struggle. Thats how op he is and it just makes the anime boring.
@@emm6101 that's him at his peak strength tho? I was talking about his beginning cause other op isekai mc got gifted their op skill/gimmick to them in the 1st episode while Cid worked hard to be strong (it's not really shown but rather implied, he is literally just a normal dude even after he got isekai'd according to that world's standard)
@@HeseliqMikav literally has atomic btw as his gimmick
Can Cid/Shadow defeet Aurora/"demon diablos" when she is on peeak power?, not a trapt memeroy of the past
Yes
@@theobserver200 why/how?
@@magnusaarsland9421 diabolos is just a replication of an entity from another realm. Cid will be annihilating those said entity/realm.
Nice manga, shtty adaptation
Cids egocentric stupidity is really what handicaps EiS story. His entire ambition is to be a shadowbroker but he does absolutely nothing to further that goal in the entire story for either life and instead dicks around acting like a child despite living for a culmulative 30 years in total. He gets people close to him in dangerous situations that only seem tame because of plot and the need for the anime to be able to be comsumed mainstream otherwise those kidnappings and shit would be a hell of a lot worse for the victims. The only time i truly like cid is during his fights because his horseshit LARPing doesnt get in the way and instead compliments the action. Its a shame because EiS world has a lot of potential and the shadow war against the cult could have been interesting as a plot premise if cid was more like lelouch or palpatine instead of a 13 year old emo crackhead.
I could not get into this anime, at all.
Try it from episode 2. As it jumps straight to the story.
Dub...
To be fair, I just don't like it in general so
please dont ever use dub ever again
The show is awesome but honestly Cid is so stupid and annoying
Ew dub my thoughts of you has lowered by 6points in 50 points
No this show is just pure trash to me I watched the first episode and I knew it would be trash trust me I'm a big fan of isekai but I know that this anime is trash