Web Novel

"Just like how everyone adored heroes in their childhood, a certain young man adored those powers hidden in shadows. After hiding his strength and living the mediocre life of a mob character by day while undergoing frenzied training by night, he finally reincarnates into a different world and gains ultimate power. The young man who is only playing at being a power in the shadows, his misunderstanding subordinates, and a giant organization in the shadows that gets trampled…. This is the story of a young boy who had adored powers in shadows possibly eventually reigning over the world of shadows in another world."

- Source: Novel Updates

The Eminence in Shadow (陰の実力者になりたくて！) is a web novel written by Aizawa Daisuke and published on Syosetu. The web novel started in 2018, consisting of 8 volumes and 204 chapters (including character introductions). The web novel is on indefinite hiatus (last release 9+ months ago).

The original version of the web novel can be found on Syosetu and the fan-translated version of the web novel can be found on Novel Updates.

Chapters
Note: Does not include character introduction chapter. |-|Volume 1=


 * -|Volume 2=


 * -|Volume 3=


 * -|Volume 4=


 * -|Volume 5=


 * -|Volume 6=


 * -|Volume 7=


 * -|Volume 8=

Trivia

 * The initial Translations by TenshiTranslation starts at chapter 2 on Syosetu, skipping the character introduction chapter.
 * Chapter 113, contrary to popular belief, is actually translated mostly by Taishi translation. The successor translator work little on it.